Why 1970s American Cars are Awful | Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld | Top Gear

Fancy hearing a few classic Clarkson quotes? Late 70s American cars are given a grilling by motoring world's biggest critic, Jeremy Clarkson in his car review show, Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld.
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[@connor107]

Jeremy talking shit about the style of this car while wearing double denim and a permed mullet is hilarious

[@ktm8848]

out of jealousy & envy

[@ChiefofGeneralSfaff]

Clarkson is a professional shit talker.

[@mrquique2]

both you and him are right though

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

@@ChiefofGeneralSfaff pretty much.

[@johnschmidt7588]

😂😂😂💀

[@slowlydistancing]

Fun Fact: This was the inspiration behind GTA IV's driving physics.

[@WarCrimeGaming]

A 85 Lincoln Town car was the inspiration for GTA IVs driving physics... It's an weird and awesome fact

[@dernerdderkluge9079]

Well this video come out in October 2008 and gta 4 came out in April 2008! I know I got wooshed could it be that the original clip came out in the late 90s?

[@WarCrimeGaming]

@@dernerdderkluge9079 Yes, the original clip was filmed in the 90s

[@dernerdderkluge9079]

@@WarCrimeGaming Oh than the joke is great!

[@dernerdderkluge9079]

@@WarCrimeGaming thanks

[@AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj]

This was filmed in 1994. You can see a billboard for the movie Natural Born Killers in the background at 1:21. That movie came out in August of '94

[@cauldron938]

Exactly 30 years ago

[@roberthaworth8991]

Agreed, they stank. My dad, a WWII veteran, hated the Japanese and refused to buy anything made by them when we began looking for a new car in Fall 1977. After a long search, he was finally persuaded to enter a Honda dealership, where he inspected the then-new '78 Honda Accord hatchback. Dad, who was an engineer, was so impressed by the car's design, fit-and-and-finish (esp. as compared to the US competition he'd just surveyed) that he ordered one on the spot. We waited 3 months for delivery, but it was indeed an excellent car that lasted us for many years. The Japanese forgot nothing -- even the Owner's Manual was beautiful.

[@Calmdown1354]

Yes, strange how it's now the Germans and Japanese who make the best cars 🤔

[@jeromeglick]

@@Calmdown1354 Good at one thing, not good at another.

[@Calmdown1354]

@@jeromeglick to be fair mate, I live in the UK and I have been to the US, Germany and Japan. Germany is certainly a more organised efficient country, but not without it's problems. Japan on the other hand, those guys are on another level, and when I got home I realised we are never going to catch up!! 😂 I suppose it helps when you haven't spent the last 80 years fighting proxy wars!

[@jeromeglick]

@@Calmdown1354 From what I've heard, Japan has dropped a lot economically since their tech boom times of the '80s.

[@Calmdown1354]

@@jeromeglick that's probably true, but they are certainly light years ahead of the UK/US, and the place runs like clockwork! I can't think of anywhere else in the world who exports more renowned high quality technology, although imagine S Korea aren't far off. But if you ever get a chance to go there, once you have been on their trains, and used their toilets, you will agree with me 😂😂

[@KneesOfTheBees23]

Jeremy actually does a pretty good hillbilly impression lol

[@tommaika9121]

He does...

[@umakanthkakarlapudi8988]

It's all hillbilly except ny and la for the rest of the world.

[@tiko5876]

DoughRayMe sounded like a totally different person haha

[@ryanpham3308]

@ggg, wouldn't call it Midwestern; take it from a Midwesterner.

[@harryhowarth0687]

Sounds like jay leno

[@mikesnyder6481]

I find it funny he is making fun of that car with a haircut like that.

[@surgedidit]

😂

[@patriot4786]

He looks like a 1970s car reviewer actually 🤣

[@bleakhollow4845]

with a haircut like that he fits right in with the usa

[@djpeekay25]

Was thinking the same thing lol

[@AramiMedia]

Times change mate. You might have a fresh fade now but back then this was looked at in the same way.

[@scoots8519]

I worked as a car mechanic in the late 1960's and 1970's and I have to say he is correct about 1970's cars. Especially General Motors products. I don't know what went on with GM but the 60's cars were cool and 70's GM cars were junk and ugly.

[@rareblues78daddy]

The "Colonnade" styling from '73 to '77 was a looker, though. Especially the Malibu.

[@barryervin8536]

I was a Chevrolet dealership technician from 1971-77 (of course we were called mechanics back then) and couldn't agree more about the quality (or lack thereof) in 70s GM cars. i never ceased being stunned at the things I found wrong with brand new cars. It was glaringly obvious that the assembly line workers didn't give a rat's ass about doing their job properly. I even found some of those beer cans inside doors and screws run through wire harnesses and half-eaten sandwiches under the carpets that I'd heard about but had always thought that stuff was just a myth.

[@blu_e1910]

1970 was the last good year because cars of that model year came out in 1969. Look at the 1970 deville convertible for example

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

* '70s, '80's, '90s and early 2000s GM cars were junk and ugly.... except for the Corvettes.

[@blu_e1910]

@@PistonAvatarGuy c4s were ugly

[@3.2Carrera]

When I was a very young boy, I remember my Grandfather buying these type of cars and remember this one is much smaller than the ones built in the 70's. The people that bought these new at the time were born from 1900 to maybe 1920 so they were far from driving enthusiasts. Now on to this generation chassis, my Dad had a LTD Ford Crown Victoria unmarked police package car in the late 80's that was actually a boatload of fun with the 5.0 small block and stuff cop suspension. It was grey with red vinyl interior. Very cool car.

[@davidpowell3347]

Lincoln Mark 7 LSC was about the best car of its generation and type.

[@mnky75]

70's muscle cars: 1. Sexy to look at. 2. 1.5 miles to the gallon.

[@grahamjohnson7412]

If it was a car made after emissions regulations neutered engines in 1972: All of the above and 150ish horsepower from a 500 cubic inch engine.

[@charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243]

The only muscle in the 70s were the T/A 6.6 and the HD T/A. Because Pontiac didn’t give a rip about emissions.. they may have been “down” on power through underrated numbers. They could pull a home off its foundation.

[@ps2bndled]

3. V 8 M O D U R

[@cefb8923]

Those weren't muscle cars lol.

[@charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243]

@@cefb8923 These kids think a big engine it must go. Nah 70s “muscle” was making non turbo non performance 4 cyl hp.

[@ethanpower381]

1:17 GTA IV's driving physics in a nutshell

[@meninao5916]

Yep, and still for some reason I loved it...

[@AaroMesa]

It is quite bouncy but the best physics in a GTA game to date In my opinion at least

[@s_for_short2400]

@@AaroMesa tbh, the only open world game with better driving physics for me would be mafia 2. People bash gta4 physics, but every other open world game has such bland driving, i almost fall asleep. imo Gta 4 has some of the best driving in an open world game, people are just too used to their cars having infinite grip and reaching top speed in 2 seconds

[@luckyduckydrivingschool3615]

@@meninao5916 Me too... it felt more... realistic? Or maybe I should just pop in Driver 1 to get my fix of 70's shitboxes sliding around...

[@meninao5916]

@@luckyduckydrivingschool3615 YEEES!! That's exactly why I liked it so much, the suspension specially felt quite real... and man... oohh the memories from Driver 2... those physics... those cars, Havana... hahaha still have the game and the PS1 hehe

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

What’s funny is these cars were actually pretty exceptional when it came to longevity. They are very simple to work on and tend to rust less than earlier 70s and 60s cars. The problem is they have the aerodynamic qualities of a brick and get 20mpg max lol though modern pickups aren’t much better…

[@101Volts]

Stick a 6.5 Turbo Diesel in, and you're good for 40 MPG HWY. Of course, the Diesel costs more these days. I said 6.5, which is a different version of the 6.2 Diesel. I did not say the darn 5.7 that G.M. cheaped out on in the early years.

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

@@101Volts Hell yeah, I've thought about doing that. When I have the money, I'd like to find a chasis of one of these boats and put in a fuel-efficient turbo diesel

[@redtra236]

@@101Volts Don't you need to change the transmission and/or rear end gear ratio to be able to drive at a halfway decent speed?

[@fexploder3281]

How would a turbocharged 6.5L GM Detroit Diesel get 40 mpg though? I thought it was 20 mpg max.

[@thegreatone11]

6.5 was junk

[@danp7463]

I'd drive one of those land yachts in a heartbeat. I grew up around car's like that. In the 70's & 80's if a family had money they had a large American car in the driveway. If not they had a Japanese or Korean car. Back in the 80's my Dad had a Ford LTD with a 351 that was built. That car could tow & lay rubber like nobody's business. Good childhood memories.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Yes, sit on one of those comfy couches with your girl next to you, air and stereo on cruising down the highway nothing better.

[@gteixeira]

Your parents were rich, that is why.

[@bridgecross]

These were the cars I learned to drive on. Big heavy boats that were always "tacking" to the left or right. My dad spent his life swearing to never buy a Japanese car, but then the 70s came along and Detroit lost a third of their customers... permanently.

[@ai4px]

Seems to be a thing. Detroit ignored the Japanese until they couldn’t. Then it was too late so they asked the us Government to have a tariff. Next thing ya know Honda and Toyota have American plants and still ate GM’s lunch. American car makers went back to resting on their Laurels and along came a little startup called tesla. Now they are all promising 30 new cars in the next five year and swearing they’ll best tesla. Go back to sleep GM… it’s what you’re good at. Keep dreaming you are the leader.

[@punker4Real]

​@@ai4px GM quit electric cars business back in the 1990s when they sold the Nickel-metal Hydride Battery patents to chevron other wise we would all ready have electric cars more main stream

[@ai4px]

@@punker4Real It’s funny… The 18 650 sell that used in Tesla model S today was developed in the mid-1990s. GM refused to try it and scrapped the ev1. Some out of work engineers from gm created ac propulsion which became tesla…. Using batteries that were available during ev1. Gm got an exemption from California air resource board and called in ev1’s that were leased to be crushed. They began to sell hummers instead.

[@user-eq2nr1iq4x]

Are you from any country

[@kelownarealman]

well gmc is chinese now. true.

[@noneofyourbusiness1199]

Had the "pleasure" of driving one of these a few years ago. Absolutely enormous, especially on english roads. To say that it handles like an 17th century frigate would be an understatement.

[@Colt45hatchback]

Did you have to tack? 🤣

[@bradlemmond]

I wouldn't want to drive one of those on English roads. Based on videos I've seen, there are country roads where both sides of that car would scrape the walls or hedges.

[@noneofyourbusiness1199]

@@bradlemmond No it's awful. The car itself is more or less the same width as the lanes on most roads. And dont even bother going to a drive thru 😂😂😂

[@artoodiitoo]

that´s why they were made for american roads

[@brettbuck7362]

Enjoy driving your Morris Minor all the way across Nebraska. If you didn't know better, you might think they never even considered England when they were designing it!

[@zekemercado3403]

Its funny how the brits call our cars bad when yet their cars are 100 times worse for reliability and build quality

[@gmann6269]

I remember watching this as a kid in the 90s and believing the suspension really was this bad and it wasn't just him wiggling the steering wheel as he drove and people off camera pushing the car up and down at 1:05.

[@bobsmithinson2050]

He’s just pumping the brakes to make it do that

[@gmann6269]

​@@bobsmithinson2050Yes, he pumps the brakes as he stops but when the car has stopped there must be men pushing it up and down.

[@bobsmithinson2050]

@@gmann6269 used to have an old Lincoln, the suspension is so wobbly that you can just sit there in drive with your foot on the brake, and pump it, you can build a rhythm getting to to bounce dramatically with zero help. I’m not saying you’re wrong as we will never know if people were punching or not, but I’m stating that it’s entirely possible to do what he did with pumping the brakes alone. Also, it’s hard to notice, but he’s advancing forward an inch or less with each pump

[@gmann6269]

@@bobsmithinson2050 I mean, clearly this car has pretty wobbly suspension if it has that much body roll from some fairly gentle swerving.

[@101Volts]

@@gmann6269 The reason *why* is likely a case of *no shocks being installed.* They probably removed them for comedic effect, while not telling you.

[@Forge17]

The irony of using this Town Car as an example of a 70s barge, is that it first came out in 1981

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

Right????

[@c.d.c9425]

Well then the question should be why did 1980s American cars look so old and outdated

[@fishtacos7350]

@@c.d.c9425 Not necessarily. 70's American cars had a more fuselage look to them, and 80's American cars were more boxy. There were round 80's American cars though, such as the 1986 Ford Taurus.

[@PeterPeter-wh4vh]

Even worse then

[@Forge17]

@@c.d.c9425 because the 80s were generally the dark ages for the American automotive industry 👎 but in the 70s we still produced some decent cars

[@willgeary6086]

You know the irony is, well besides that British cars of the 70's were also complete crap, was that Britain actually did make a car with a square wheel.

[@willgeary6086]

+Joel Schembri Neither am I, I fully acknowledge that 1970's American cars are crap.

[@willgeary6086]

Kevin Beh Kok Chong I imagine this is because these were the last of true muscle cars of the era, plus it's the the power and straight line performance, they insist upon, not handling.

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

Yes indeed, but Germany and Japan were making some pretty sweet shit in the 70s. At least somewhere in the world the car was thriving in that era.

[@willgeary6086]

No they haven''t, just because they were made for a different environment for different customers doesn't make them bad.

[@willgeary6086]

I can a test that's not exactly true, it depended on the company and the time, I have a 53 Hudson and it runs like a charm, and I wouldn't call them ugly, that's my personal preference, plus the regular cars of Europe at the time were rather austere looking, yet again preference.

[@BenLapke]

The Brits making fun of American cars is rich, especially when everyone knows what unreliable junk cars the Brits made in the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s (I’m beginning to see a theme here), etc.

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

Hank's been triggered, nobody mention World Wars.

[@windowsxpnt2347]

i'm pretty sure that there has been at least 1 top gear episode where they shit on british leyland

[@UhOhUmm]

They made fun of British cars too, so much they made their own companies bankrupt.

[@Wally-H]

You're not wrong. The Austin Princess defined just how terrible our cars were, closely followed by the Mini Metro.

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

@@Wally-H You're no Brit.

[@szimonettaster]

"we just filled it up, look what it did to this petrol station" 😂 it's gold

[@davisdesigns1153]

I love these big old cars, it's like a living room on wheels 😂

[@mattbartolovich8228]

Amen

[@pedrosilvamusician]

Thats because you never drove a car like that in anywhere but american roads lmao you would hate this car in EU roads 😂

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@pedrosilvamusician I'm from Slovenia and I knew a 1978 black Cadillac Eldorado which I once saw parked outside an apartment complex and then a gas station. I also saw another one in the capital and I was surprised when the car did a sharp turn without crashing on the road, near an intersection.

[@scottdodge6979]

@@pedrosilvamusician correct they are quintessentially American. Indicitave of excess and comfort and being BIG. If you have driven in the U.S.A in one of these you would fall in love with it.

[@pedrosilvamusician]

@@scottdodge6979 oh yeah ofc Im just saying its not suited to EU roads not that it wouldnt be a good car

[@justsumguy2u]

Oddly enough, I bet James May would love that car.

[@justsumguy2u]

Good point. Now if we can only keep him from getting lost....

[@jetpigeon8758]

I would love that car.

[@appelpower1]

Not really, he'd think it's vulgar and preposterous.

[@Catboy.]

appelpower1 nah nah, ghopping

[@georgejacob3162]

I agree. He loved his Cadillac on that road trip they did despite all its faults! Jeremy loved his Camaro and Hammond loved his pick up truck too!

[@Tovek]

Man, I miss driving a boat. So comfy, so much room. Best car ever!

[@billybill6604]

euh nah.... murican cars are all crap!

[@InFernoKnight95]

@@billybill6604 american cars are the best!!.............for people with big belly and short limps.

[@rohan_7444]

european cars are better, more comfy too as they don't bounce up and down all the time

[@stevenwoeste7428]

I have owned a 1972 Pontiac Grandville, a 1974 Ford LTD, and a 1976 Buick Electra; all of them monstrous and gigantic cars, and I loved it. There's nothing like gliding by someone in a smaller car while they nervously eye the sheer mass of your vehicle passing them. You can't beat the feeling of invincibility driving one of these cars as you glide along the expressway, feeling and hearing nothing. Never mind that maneuvering one of these is like steering the titanic, or that filling the tank could bankrupt you; these cars were made for one purpose, to provide status to the owner.

[@MrSunrise-]

"the feeling of invincibility" - unfortunately, that's all it was: a feeling. Today's vehicles are much more survivable.

[@squipman2194]

@@MrSunrise- made out of plastic? These old cars can hold up at 100mph in an accident and still be fine. Id do some research bud

[@Shteven]

@squipman2194 Yea the car will be fine, YOU will not.

[@cerhart7172]

To be fair, there's a lot of legitimate reasons why the era from about 1974-1983 was called the Malaise era for American cars. Between emissions requirements, the pressure to build cars "cheaper" (like paint that you could buff through with a wet rag without much effort) and the horrific quality control, it's amazing that any US automaker survived.

[@user-eq2nr1iq4x]

Are you from any country

[@cerhart7172]

@@user-eq2nr1iq4x ?Why, are you looking for a scam

[@peterl3417]

@@user-eq2nr1iq4x Yes, we are from a country

[@rl1275]

If Americans didn’t buy American cars out of national pride then the auto industry would have died here. Chrysler would have been the only one to survive, and that’s because they were smart enough to build the K car

[@MrMarinus18]

The boxy look is also because you needed to do the welding by hand and welding flat surfaces is easier than angled surfaces. Modern robots have have thin arms that can have over 7 joints so they can reach any part you need.

[@iantownsend5480]

In most Villages in England that would block the whole road

[@jaystewart691]

Might actually take down small buildings if taken a corner.

[@Ivandrago89]

Ian Townsend hahahahahahahahahaha

[@kwanlinus6999]

'MERICA

[@jbogalho]

it would be a house. its designed like one, it's the size of one, it moves like one...

[@ZackFrisbee]

That's why you live in Kansas, Nebraska, or Wyoming.

[@jamesflynn10]

That car likely needs a suspension overhaul for a fair representation. It likely needs control arm bushings, sway bar bushings and shocks by the looks of it. Then it would ride reasonably well.

[@KCCardCo]

They removed the shocks

[@jesse7631]

So, my first car (given to me by my uncle) was a 1978 Chrysler LeBaron. This was a V-8, 455 (I think). The hood stuck out 7 feet from the front windshield. My mom tried driving it and hated it. Its gas mileage was so bad, that one day after driving it on the highway, I told my dad I thought there was a hole in the gas tank. He laughed, and said 'yeah, the one that the fuel line is connected to!' In idle (when starting it up, but before touching the gas pedal), I could switch it into Drive and get up to 40 mph in it.

[@TraveladvRajanSRai]

360 ci, 15 17mpg not bad jus tune it up

[@jamesdevrees8663]

The Mullett really makes the Hillbilly impression sing.

[@Powermad-bu4em]

It could also get his ass kicked.

[@Yukatoshi]

LOL

[@alexhuman7749]

@Bkzy _ well it’s certainly not hard to miss

[@Grulaz]

Makes him look like one of those church singers

[@RamblingCatastrophe]

Cut to Richard Hammond: This car is brilliant! Whoever designed this knew what they were doing!

[@erikterock9071]

I have had one of these (a 1987 model) as my daily driver for almost 7 years now and it has absolutely been the most amazing car I've ever owned. Slow, but reliable, comfortable, and a pleasure to drive

[@Ksoism]

This. When you are just doodling around the town, there isn't much that's more comfortable. It's useless to pinpoint the sway when turning or pitching during braking. You don't drive this like M5 on the 'ring. And then when you get this to the highway blast through continent, you realize how supernaturally comfortable the seats are, and how effortlessly it runs. Between the fuel stops. Jeremy and other journos are a big reason why we got the fidgety, overtly sporty cars after maybe late '90's and onwards. There is a place for sporty cars, but there sure should be place for comfortable average guys family cars, too.

[@jackwild1111]

I had an 89 Town Car 🚘 , it was FABULOUS ✅

[@phuturephunk]

If you ever absolutely need to drive a couch, the Lincoln Town Car was that couch. And it was bliss.

[@painkillerjones6232]

The one used in the video wasn't bad, but had nothing on my 73 Chrysler Newport.

[@ThatGuy-te9wh]

I remember my first car - it was a 1989 Ford LTD Crown Vic I bought in 2005 for 5000 dollars. I loved that thing.

[@ryebread8925]

My old Buick LeSaber was a wonderful couch with wheels

[@Jason-sz5zv]

I moved from England in tge eighties. Initially I bought small shit cars that reminded me of home. But after getting acclimated I bought an Olds Cutlass . Fantastic. The hood ornament was 400 miles away and felt like a bomb sight as you cruised down the road. You literally melted into the bench seat. I couldn't afford the 442 with bucket seats. But I loved that car. Came with the V6. So underpowered it would start rolling backwards on a steep hill. Good by Oldsmobile. Those were the days!

[@area51isreal71]

Yes, I would pick a Lincoln, Chrysler or Cadillac over a 70's mainstream British car any day. They were badly built (when the workers weren't on strike) and under powered. No wonder Datsun and Toyota had a field day cleaning up. None of these comments apply to the Jaguar XJ6 though. That has to be the most gorgeous car ever produced by anybody anywhere.

[@GBPaddling]

"Got me a car an it's as big as a whale, and we're about to set sail"

[@B1Springfield]

No no, that was a Chrysler that seats about 30.

[@deanarupe73]

Tiiiiin rooof .......rusted.......

[@tmanepic]

"got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20 so hurry up, and bring your jukebox money!"

[@p0llenp0ny]

@@B1Springfield 20*

[@kennarajora6532]

that's from that song. Love Shack by the B52's.

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s so I have a fondness for cars of that era. What I really miss are the full size personal luxury cars: Thunderbird, Cougar, Continental, Cordoba, Coupe de Ville. By the late 70’s they were underpowered though.

[@dudejo]

If you were driving them as race cars, yeah, they'd feel pretty slow. ~150 HP doesn't make for sporty acceleration. But for normal driving, they'd still be adequate; their torque is still close to today's engines, which makes them reasonably responsive under mundane conditions.

[@waterloo123100]

@@dudejoYou can easily get rid of the emissions to make more power too. They might be gas guzzlers but their reliable and simple

[@S4KCx]

@@dudejo you’d struggle to get up to modern day motorway speed limits in most of them.

[@dudejo]

@@S4KCx sorry but that's a completely unrealistic statement. I drive a Ford Transit 350 for work. It's powered by a standard V6 and is often loaded up to 4,000 kg. It's obviously no speed demon but the typical acceleration ramps are almost always enough to reach the local 60 MPH highway limits before I merge on. Those highway cruisers are not only much lighter than the truck, they have larger displacement engines. I'm very confident in their ability to accelerate as needed.

[@kronk9418]

@@S4KCxLet me guess: you’ve never owned one?

[@mharris5047]

I had one of those Town Cars -- a 1983 model. I loved that car, I ran that thing until the electrical system was so messed up that it needed a complete new electrical harness. Since that job is tedious and expensive (and the car had over 250K miles on it) I finally replaced the car. The engine and transmission were still in excellent condition, if the electrical hadn't failed I would probably have put another 50K miles on it.

[@Name-ps9fx]

They were called “boats” for a reason...

[@marengo3508]

@Dat Boii That would be because they still are undrivable boats

[@1voiceofstl]

The early 70's were alot bigger

[@pot6577]

i dont get it explain the joke pls

[@Name-ps9fx]

@@pot6577 Imagine stepping onto a boat from a dock… It would kind of roll side to side and kind of slide out from underneath you...That is about how the American cars up until recently felt like when you were driving them. They were also very large. My first car was 18 feet long, or about 5.5 m!

[@HiVizCamo]

* Land yachts

[@johndubovick9482]

I love your stuff, but that is an eighties model Lincoln. 70's were much larger. Keep in mind, those big cars were designed for long highway cruising in the USA, bringing you the comfort of your living room, on the highway.

[@glennmillerfan]

The 1970s ones have a cooler body style.

[@balrogDCLXVI]

But why the hell is this monster called "town car"?

[@Bourikii2992]

Because America isn't 5 square kilometres unlike 99.99% of European countries.

[@dernerdderkluge9079]

Yeah but 70s American boats used a lot of oil! It’s enough to get deaf by Greta Thunberg

[@MrPeterbennett]

top gear wrong ??? never haha

[@CCFHymns]

His description of sharing a waterbed with a baboon doused in itching powder was absolutely hilarious

[@Tigerfire75]

That's because it is the only thing that will get into bed with him

[@kaykiekid]

I remember the A/C of those cars when you turn it on was like very powerful and felt like below zero temperatures inside. I'm telling my friend back then to turn it down it was so cold. 🥶 😄👍

[@joninpgh]

That's not a 70's Town Car though. More like a mid-80's model. A 79 Town Car was even bigger.

[@scottkrafft6830]

Late 80s actually. Appears to be a 1989. Yes, the same year as a first-year Mercedes-Benz R129. What a complete and utter joke.

[@jblyon2]

They were all just as badly engineered. Doesn't really matter. No power but still guzzled gas like mad, squeaked, rattled, leaked when it rained and grew mildew. What an utter embarrassment that we built these and had the nerve to call them luxury cars. Sure you got one every now and then that by chance was reliable, but that was far from normal.

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

@@jblyon2 ... re: above rant. Do you ever have anything POSITIVE to say/write about anything in life ?!?

[@jblyon2]

@@warriormanmaxx8991 Of course. I own a Toyota.

[@americantacos7618]

@@jblyon2 ahh, that's why you're pissed.

[@jasontucher7011]

Me: Innocently watching a video. Jeremy Clarkson: "sharing a waterbed with a baboon doused in itching powder." ☠

[@thomastheshockedengine]

I saw this right as he said that

[@wezob4569]

Oh my goodness Ahaha he has a hell of an imagination with those creative metaphors 🤣🤣🤣

[@philipdillon83]

So what his wife experiences then.

[@jeremybarcelo6486]

I’m eating a bowl of cereal right now and it’s safe to say that I spit it out upon hearing that

[@znome8500]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@chrismaggio7879]

We traveled the country in our '78 Olds Ninety Eight... mom, dad, 4 kids. And we never complained about being squished or not having enough space to climb around and play... including in the back deck! Seatbelts were tucked securely into the seat crack so as not to be in our way as we rolled along at 90mph! Long live BIG CARS!

[@CoconutsHD]

Dang! a Detroit road without potholes?? What a time to be alive

[@niriop]

It’s one of the cars Danny DeVito would try to sell in Matilda.

[@aumjayakishatriya2982]

But not in Deck the Halls.

[@meninao5916]

Damn, I always think of him when I see these 70’s, 80’s cars

[@dennispierson5607]

That was a good movie. :)

[@justinvang6338]

Not epic. Legendary.

[@joes.8500]

It makes me want to say "Thank you, Mr Arkavano"

[@grumpyoldman3458]

Jeremy: American cars are overweight and undersprung. Me: So am I.

[@cambellschunky704]

@@janetmerner3731 I grew up in a 75 Plymouth - the ride was bad but clearly the dampers in that Lincoln were shot or removed from the car.

[@sierraraiderx2]

WEAK

[@aumjayakishatriya2982]

@@cambellschunky704 Were you born in that Plymouth, too?

[@cambellschunky704]

@@aumjayakishatriya2982 Actually I was

[@roguelead72]

@@janetmerner3731 My father had a 78 Mercury Marquis and a 79 Cadillac Factory Limo, neither rode like that.

[@jofajr]

That particular model was built between 1985 and 1989. It was also available as a stretch limousine. I dare you to find a more elegant looking car today.

[@bojanglespowerboats]

I own a 1988 Lincoln Town Car and these are one of the best cars ever produced in America/Canada. The Panther platform was produced for over 30 years. They can run for 300k miles easily.

[@scar3xcr0]

1970s engineer: "Damnit Myrtle I can't figure out how to make the wheel square... Round wheel ruins the whole car" Tesla engineer: "hold my beer"

[@joel9002]

You are a npc

[@faithlesshound5621]

BMC solved that problem with the "quartic" steering wheel of the 1973 Austin Allegro.

[@rareblues78daddy]

Tesla engineer: "THIS BLOWED UP REAL GOOD!"

[@literallya442ndclonetroope5]

*”We finally made the steering wheel square, but now the damn car is round! Are we not able to have both!?”*

[@LegendStormcrow]

I can't even identify what that accent was, other than the Australian State of Alabama.

[@JanicesSonHarpo]

Most cars are designed to work for a specific area. In the 70s, alot of America was nothing but long roads with big cities hundreds of miles apart. So a nice comfortable car to sit in for those long rides was ideal.

[@jacobsale8830]

Did not hear about him complaining about the suspension i mean c'mon how is being swayed up and down or side to side sound comfortable

[@johnlightbody9942]

Traversing these long roads in huge moving trampoline with ridiculous v8 getting, what maybe an eye watering 10mpg?! US vehicles have wasted so much fuel during the last 6 or so decades, even to this day making huge SUV's with ludicrously huge engines!!

[@Shade_tree_garage01]

Soar Alba! Actually it got 21MPG 24HWY it was a 5.0 Ford 302 emissions engine, ALSO, the suspensions aren’t that trampoliney

[@Shade_tree_garage01]

Soar Alba! I’d recommend you drive one of these before you actually comment

[@dillonh321]

@@johnlightbody9942 What is so ludicrously large about the 6.8l v10 in my Ford Excursion SUV? It gets good gas mileage too: a whole 5 miles to the gallon in the city.

[@Dez_The_Wolf]

one of my best friends (malice-risu) had a 1970 Lincoln Continental. I actually found a Faygo can from 1969 under the trunk, duct tape on the fuel line, and a notecard inside the rearview mirror.

[@alexandreb.1101]

Fun fact: the square wheel ended up being made by the British for the austin allegro...

[@Yukatoshi]

I love Clarkson’s video for that too.

[@TheDeeplyCynical]

You should see the hexagonal one on the latest Peugeot Partner

[@zloychechen5150]

@@TheDeeplyCynical or rather you shouldn't.

[@fto9398]

@@zloychechen5150 shut up, he should.

[@aolson1111]

@twinblade98 shut up, he should

[@roguelead72]

My father had a thing for big 70's boats, I took my drivers test in a 77 Malibu Wagon, the great thing was you weren't all sitting on top of each other, and you didn't need a truck for everything, between that Malibu and 78 Mercury Marquis we hauled a lot of stuff and towed an 18 foot boat no problem.

[@DTD110865]

And the Malibu was considered mid-sized!

[@Argiedan]

Any pics??

[@roguelead72]

@@Argiedan Sadly no.

[@GeeEm1313]

I miss those Malibus.

[@drpoundsign]

Not only were those Old cars Too Heavy, but they still had Carburetors and Distributors, insead of EFI paired with an Engine Control Unit. Nowadays, even the automatic transmission is usually computer controlled. Emission control further reduced efficiency and power-but is Crucial for the Environment. My Late Father wanted Mother and Me to learn to drive the Ford Fiesta (Manual) but we Both Wimped Out. I'm a Dude, and I had enough trouble in Driver's Ed with an automatic. The Fiesta, you see; was quite efficient for its' time. The Diesel Rabbit was stingy, Too, but those have Dirty exhaust fumes.

[@frankjager2420]

Buddy of mine purchased a 1988, or 89 (I cant remember tbh) a Crown Vic LTD, basically a dummied down version of this car in a way. It has the 5.0 liter motor out of the mustang, but its not geared the same way which would be expected. And it has the interior you'd expect; red maroon color fabric seating, and plastic wood grain interior paneling. It looks and feels cheap. But you know what? It was one of the most fun vehicles Ive ever been a passenger in, and I dont know why. He let me drive it for a few minutes, and the brakes of all things surprised me, it was as soft as pillows. As many sports and luxury cars Ive been in, this was the most fun ride Ive ever had, playing the song Stylo, in the Baltimore Beltway at 2am in the morning, seeing the city in the background

[@IronMan3582]

Even though it ended badly for his company, the build quality concerns Jeremy mentioned were among the many reasons John DeLorean left General Motors to found his own. He felt the two biggest investments in your life are your house and your car. The house should last your entire life and so should your car...but back then in the 70s domestically produced cars were barely lasting four years and that's when he felt like he didn't want to be a part of it anymore.

[@Helladamnleet]

Eeesh, that would suck. I guess that explains why the Vista Cruiser on that 70s show was considered old on the show despite being less than 10 years old.

[@hartfordsignpost589]

No, many lasted way more than 4 years. I had a 72 Caddy Coupe Deville in 1991 and it ran great. It was the small cars (Vega, Pinto etc) that American car companies whipped up quickly due to high gas prices that were junk.

[@IronMan3582]

@@hartfordsignpost589 Lee Iacocca saw what Ford Europe was doing with the Ford Escort and how it was consistently the best selling car in the UK and wanted to bring it over during the energy crisis. Henry Ford the Second was too proud to admit that the European arm of the company had come up better than what they had on the drawing board and shot down any plans to do that while he was still with the company. What we got stateside to fill the void the Escort was planning to fill, was the Pinto, and we all know how well that turned out. We wouldn’t get the Escort until the 80s and by then it was nothing like the ones they had in Europe.

[@faithlesshound5621]

A car should last your entire life? That philosophy was thrown out by Alfred P Sloan, who brought in the idea of changing your car every year like your hats and dresses, by making them subject to fashion. That was enforced by built-in obsolescence, which can't always be distinguished from low build quality. British Fords of that era started to rust within a year, as did all other popular cars. The engineers were aware of that, and carried on designing throw-away vehicles to keep the turnover high. Competition from Eastern Europe and later Japan and Korea got in the way of that.

[@IronMan3582]

@@faithlesshound5621 I’m well aware of Sloan’s “planned obsolescence” which came out of a direct result of fearing at how well the Ford Model T was selling that it would stagnate the car market with everyone buying and driving the same thing. Also yes I know that the Ford Cortina in particular had boughts with rust in the early 1970s but those issues were resolved by the 1972 model year. As best I know the Escort did not have the same issues.

[@icespicefan4771]

I miss when cars dont all look like eggs with no sharp edges

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

Me too

[@jarleskogly8388]

When I was a kid and I first starting seeing them I always called them egg cars. I grew up with minivans and sedans.

[@cranjismcbasketball919]

It’s like you didn’t watch this video

[@davideb.4290]

Well, yes but for sure I don't miss the time when cars looked like they were put in a hydraulic press before selling them

[@Arklysirzirgas]

yes those pesky aerodynamics always get in the way

[@johnmeskens5613]

My parents owned Town Cars, Fully loaded ones from Signature, Presidential and Executive Series. They had one even with a factory option cell phone in the center console.All the way back to the older body style then this. Were awesome cars. L earned to drive in one. They handled like a dream,and plenty of power. Wish I could come across one in that kind of shape again

[@Tigerloco70]

Those were the great ones I had a 96 town car edition of a golf player, several mercs grand marquis , and they were indestructible , the suspension take all the rough thingd without even feel it

[@jonvelde5730]

Away from the east coast, American roads were long and straight, with great distances to cover. Not a lot of corner carving, in other words, and very few obstacles or tight situations. Thus, an enormously spacious castle on wheels made perfect sense in light of the task being performed. It didnt transfer well to the Boston/NYC corridor however, or Europe. But those areas were not the customer base at that time.

[@roberthaworth8991]

Yes; and try cruising from TX to WY in a British car. Legs: cramping. Radiator: Overheating. AAA: Waiting to dispatch.

[@jkeelsnc]

It is funny that you compare this to a Castle. It is a good analogy. One of my friends had a 1978 Cadillac Coupe De Ville once. My dad was visiting one day and said "Yeah, I see your Castle De Ville". 😂

[@Guns7469]

The great American manufacturers had mafioso, hustlers, pimps and all other entrepreneurial endeavors in mind. Style and plenty of trunk space.

[@seed_drill7135]

My brother had a friend in high school with a 69 Imperial. He had a "Mafia Hit Car" license plate on the front.

[@mu99ins]

Motor city executives were snorting cocaine, too. They blew it. Japan stole half their market share with better made cars. My parents bought a Toyota in something like 1974 and sold it 5 years later for more than they paid for it new....not allowing for inflation. I bought a used 1978 T-Bird and it was a boat, but it got me to the job site for a year. I sold it to somebody extra cheap, as he was going to give it to his daughter to go to college with. I felt sorry for the daughter.

[@mu99ins]

@@CanadianaEast - The quality was bad in the 70's and 80's, and that is one of the reasons Japan gained market share. Also, the bigness of cars was out of tune with the times. They had gas lines in the 70's, and people wanted fuel efficient cars. Inside the corporate world, you don't buck the corporate culture, which is determined by old guys. The culture in Detroit was behind the times and refused to require close tolerances for their parts. Also, the unions were too powerful, which affects the corporate culture even today, with the move to eliminate the American worker. Thus, corporations support the extreme leftists, to sweep the American worker under the bus, in favor of illegal aliens and building factories in Asia.

[@Tokmurok]

**boot space**

[@local38on-tv]

@@mu99ins yeah but those Toyota’s and datsuns from the 70’s didn’t last at all, but you’ll still see American cars from the 70’s because they had quality parts, unlike their Japanese counterparts which rusted like hell after 5 years

[@bundy26]

"Dammit myrtle" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zt5547]

That car from 1976 is still on the road. While British cars from 1976 ended up in a junkyard in 1978

[@robmontier3770]

Good source of spares then!

[@Corn-Pop.]

I had a 77 Lincoln continental, I'm 6' 4" and could lay on the hood and my heels just hit the end of the hood with the top of my head on the top trim, had a 7.5 L 460 cubic inch monster under that huge hood, got about 5 miles a gallon if I hit the gas hard, it was a monster

[@kaystephan2610]

7.5 Liter engine WTF ☠☠☠☠

[@Corn-Pop.]

@@kaystephan2610 they made special intakes you could install that would fit 2 or 3 carburetors instead of the single one, makes that 5 miles a gallon turn into 5 gallons per mile, and that 7.5 was outclassed by Cadillac's 500 cubic inch 8.2 liter which was being sold in the early and late 70s in almost everything Cadillac made as a optional upgrade, the sad thing is even if you did everything possible to get the most horse power out of it you'd be lucky to hit 400 hp, which is a joke considering how a new Mustang with the 6 cylinder the smallest engine available gets 30 mpg and over 300 hp

[@kaystephan2610]

@@Corn-Pop. Yea fr I wonder where all that gas went??? Cause with that fuel consumption you could feed a Bugatti going 250mph but instead it powered an overblown engine in a car that went 30mph 90% of the time lmao 😂

[@darrenjenkins7730]

He should have a 78 Lincoln instead of an 86 if he's gonna be talking about 70s cars

[@jackwarren3080]

Is the 86 different? Probably worse

[@woodyofp8574]

They downsized for 1979. This is a fairly small car, somewhere around eighteen feet long, whereas a 1978 is closer to 20.

[@MrJimmytheweed]

@@jackwarren3080 : don't be stupid. Completely different cars. By 86 most were front wheel drive , smaller and lighter., although still pretty big. I had a 77 Olds and an 85 Olds. Very different cars. Build quality was much better in 85 as well.

[@jackwarren3080]

"most were front wheel drive" so I'm right then.

[@MrJimmytheweed]

@@jackwarren3080 : completely useless statement.

[@AdamJDM1]

70s American cars actually pretty cool, not every car needs to be tuned to go around a race track. Driving a nice, floaty cruiser is a very relaxing experience for long journeys. Also, he's reviewing a 1986 Lincoln Town Car when talking about 70s cars, lol.

[@0tispunkm3y3r]

Would it have been designed in the 70s though? And then they just kept making it because "that'll do"

[@Emppu_T.]

Roads are very straight in america in comparison

[@alexanderchristo3857]

@Fred Jansen I can't really agree with that, my dad has a 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with a 229ci V6 and belive it or not but it's actually the most reliable car in our family, and even beats his 1996 Volvo 940 because of a fuel gage that refuses to do it's job, and i'm talking from experience, we've had a 2012 Chevy Spark and the door handles kept breking on the rear doors so you can't open them from the inside, a 2015 Kia Rio where the radio would continue to break and fix itself and would somtimes refuse to lock when you tried to, a 2011 Alfa Romeo Mito with power steering issues that comes and goes frequently, a 2006 Ford Mondeo TDCI where piston no. 2 broke in half, another Mondeo TDCI from 2004 where the turbo comitted suicide, i myself have a 1967 Chevy El Camino with electrical issues but thats expected after 53 years. Point is my dads been driving his Monte Carlo for a long time and has never had any issues with it and we even use it for road trips, last time was from Denmark to Amsterdam, and back witch i belive is about 1800 km. Funny thing is that its also more comfortable and economical than his Volvo

[@AdamJDM1]

@Fred Jansen American cars of the 80s were overall not the best, but there are definitely outliers. I think the entire Ford panther platform lineup were really solid cars, and did what they needed to exceptionally well. Not every vehicle needs to have sports car handling. Sometimes it can be very relaxing to drive a land yacht that just floats you along.

[@AdamJDM1]

@@0tispunkm3y3r The W126 Mercedes S-class was designed and developed in the early 70s and produced into the early 90s. If the car being built that serves its purpose well- why not? Heck, the Beetle, which was designed in the mid-30s was still being produced into the start of the new millennium!

[@rogerking7258]

As a new driver in the 1970s I used to wonder why Kojak's car used to bounce up and down long after he's stopped. I borrowed my uncle's Thunderbird in the early 1990s and had to stop twice for a cooling session when coming down a moderate but very long sloping zig-zag road because the brakes started to smell bad every time I came to a hairpin bend.

[@ThanhVu-pf5hm]

0:53 i got me a square dials i got me a square dash i got me a square body, BUT THE WHEEL IS CIRCULAR 💀

[@ciaopippociao]

"it's circular, it ruins the whole car" ahahahahahh

[@johnhopkins849]

I'd love to drive my old 1975 Chevy Impala again. It was massive - a "boat" as many would call it - and seemed to just float on the highway. So comfortable. But so thirsty for gasoline.😌

[@AntiLGBT_SuperExterminator]

dude i got a 1984 Caprice wagon, it's literally a heavy titanic tank and everything He mentioned was true, i love everything about my caprice, everything

[@dmoore0079]

I had a '77 Dodge Aspen wagon with the 360ci V8. It wasn't huge (at least for the era), but the suspension was definitely soft. The American cars of the era really didn't have much to compete with the European and Japanese imports, so they made the suspensions soft and used lots of plushy seat material to fool people into thinking they were buying "luxury".

[@jrkastl]

I was born in '75, and my dad's first car was a Chevy Impala. Awesome car used to haul me and two great danes in the back seat. And it was brown. Great times.

[@michaelcontreras8769]

I’ve got a 76 caprice and it’s probably the most comfortable to drive in terms of interior and the suspension isn’t terrible as well especially for 70s tech.

[@bernlin2000]

I just had to look that up: 12 mpg mixed roads (i.e. average). Compare that to my 2007 Pontiac G6 GT (following the Grand Am tradition) with a V6 VVT 3.5L (224 hp) gets 21mpg. Much better but damn...were we improving fuel economy very little in that time, considering the cars were manufactured 30+ years apart (and the Impala was no doubt heavier)

[@Dannysoutherner]

Cars up thru the mid 80s were great not because the quality was very good, it wasn't, but they could be fixed and for low cost. Todays rolling computers leave you at the mercy of the stealership when they die, which they do too often. Old cars had carbs and distributors which would generally get you home if there was a problem. If not then sorting out the problem wasn't hard to do. Hooray for old cars, down with new cars.

[@silvestersze9968]

70’s American cars were stylish! 🎉 Too bad, American cars nowadays don’t have beautiful lines and curves, characters anymore and have forgotten their traditions… But profit first; quality and people last. 😢

[@tweedyburd007]

Ah yes, talk about American's hairs in the 70s when you yourself have an afro mullet.

[@qrud]

Vaxtin needs a vaccine, hes spreading his toxic contagious virus around

[@tweedyburd007]

@Gerson Guevara It's a joke you knobhead.

[@Snakepliskin76]

@Gerson Guevara "the Germans are in France! Egad, call the Americans." (x2)

[@-abacchus]

@@Snakepliskin76, yes! They might arrive by the time its over (x2)

[@i.m.s.s2564]

@Gerson Guevara Since when did he say that? like at all?

[@Leigon26]

Titled "1970s American Cars" Shows a review on a 1980s Lincoln

[@coolsdon]

CaptainB52 Which would have been developed in the 70's...much like all 'murican cars still are today.

[@StewieGriffin-pi6gc]

CaptainB52 this Lincoln was produced in 1978

[@Leigon26]

Steve Rira If you paid any attention to the car, which you clearly did not, you would notice the exposed headlights which all Lincoln models (except the Continental) had from 1980 onward. You would've also noticed the rear end which is a post-1985 Lincoln Town Car design. But since you didn't pay any attention, you missed those obvious clues to the year of this car. Why don't you try watching a video before you try to prove somebody wrong about it's contents.

[@Leigon26]

coolsdon Which modern American cars were designed in the 1970's? Last time I checked 1970's American cars had almost no safety features, got gas mileage under 10mpg, and were boxes on wheels.

[@EbonyBunny1]

No safety features? It was Chrysler, not Mercedes Benz, to offer the first car with ABS brakes, in the 1970's. General Motors, not European cars, was first to offer air bags, in the 1970's. Not to mention, American cars had better exterior lighting (front, rear, & side) they were the first cars to offer seat belts, first to have steering wheel locks, etc.

[@christianmarriott3696]

Strange because the just look so absolutely badass, I wish we made cars like this in the UK.

[@banksta3]

There were a few exceptions, but he's generally right. I'll take a late '70s Cadillac Seville though.

[@donquixotedoflamingo5510]

What decade was it better? 80s? 90s? what's the golden age for American cars?

[@MrPropanePete]

I worked on a few cars like this now and again in Australia in the late 60's and the 70's. They were absolutely unbelievable, massive. We could hardly get them into the workshop. Drove like crap, stopped like crap, handled like crap. Having said that, I would love to get hold of one today, make a great project car to restore, a time machine.

[@LegendStormcrow]

If you restore it, why not turn it into an American style low rider?

[@randomdude4669]

​@@LegendStormcrow nah turbo barra swap and mini tubs

[@mattc9875]

You forgot a key detail - they RIDE awesome

[@MrPropanePete]

@@mattc9875 Yes, that's true. They just floated along.

[@aarondavis8865]

maybe take the time to put a modern day engine and other similar things in so it can last longer

[@Dee12327]

🤷🏻 grew up in Canada, when I was growing up those things were everywhere, pretty comfortable, road nice, was powerful for its time. We called them boats. Lol

[@billstorm5889]

Went to college in 1979 with the 3-year-old Buick LeSabre. It was a fantastic and comfortable car. Who cares about the suspension? I was able to pile most of my dorm into the car for road trips. Never paid for gas at the time because I demanded my friend's chip in. Kept that car for 12 years. The beauty of that car was while it was dying at the end of its life span there were so many specialty products that could be bought in the Auto store that could keep it running just a little longer. Engine treatments, feelings, etc. Enough room to work on the engine with limited skills. It's sad that many teenagers and young men will never have that experience today because they're so obsessed with technology. What a joy to own a big American car and explore one's first taste of freedom.

[@redtra236]

I mean a lot of younger people work on cars... personally I'm in my 20's and own a 1960s model truck(that's mostly stock). I've done some upgrades on it though like adding a trailer hitch and dual bowl master cylinder.

[@TheA8lee]

"If you can imagine sharing a bed with a baboon doused in itching powder...." 😂

[@johnnyrimbow1461]

If I’m honest, I actually like those cars.

[@williamsample2631]

@nickys34 Rolls Royce a cheap one is 25000 used. And $3,000 a year maintenance cost. He can Bang on American cars all he wants. We make great mass production cars!

[@jamaly77]

@@williamsample2631 good joke

[@CrayonsYummyYummy]

@@williamsample2631 Yea no

[@knifecraze2.087]

Same

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

re: "If I'm honest, I actually like those cars." 1. Are you honest ?!? 2. Liking an 80's Vintage Lincoln Town Car is nothing to be ashamed of. 3. Are you the type that ends/starts sentences with, "To Be Honest ..." (??)

[@sreekarpradyumna]

I actually love cars that look like that. And Jeremy making fun of people's hair with that monstrosity. 😂

[@mattwisdom2022]

It's been said that Jeremy took the inspiration for his hair from the R&B group "Full Force" lol

[@cardtrix1970]

Perhaps I am biased, but the hairstyles of the 70s & 80s were a lot cooler than the side-scalped, military styles of today. Today's haircuts look a lot like those of the late 1800s. Awful. That & the generic beards.

[@TacJam]

He looks like Bob ross

[@cardtrix1970]

@@TacJam Yes! Lol!

[@TheClarksonFan]

Some say he took inspiration for his barnet from a 70s lady garden.

[@zevfarkas5120]

We had a 1974 Chevy Malibu station wagon with a manual transmission (same as the car in The Karate Kid, down to the color). By the time I got my license about two years later, my father, OBM, who was an experienced driver, had burnt out two clutches. So, when I started driving, he knew that yet another toasted clutch was not my fault. Big V-8 with lousy fuel economy to boot... and one spark plug placed so that you had to pull out the whole engine to replace it.

[@KCCardCo]

My 88 Town Car never swayed like that. The body on this one is just riding on the coils.

[@user-nm4gt9zx7k]

0:46 - I like that ‘American’ accent :)

[@erneststyczen7071]

Yeah, its so funny.

[@4peaceandharmony]

Those huge cars were so much fun to drive and were great for "sleeping" in 😉

[@Luna_AlmondSF]

Lmao

[@markstevens1729]

Doing both at once was the key to better living back then. The suspension lean was there to wake you up when you nodded off.

[@Luna_AlmondSF]

@@markstevens1729 yeah, but I think that person meant something else lol

[@markstevens1729]

@@Luna_AlmondSF I wrote it, noticed the now obvious difference, and decided, aw fuck it. My “sleeping” in the late 70’s was in the back of a late 60’s Nova coupe. No luxury allowed. Then I a got a 79 Pontiac Parisienne/Bonnyville and it was like driving the sofa. By then I had a bed for “sleeping.”

[@Luna_AlmondSF]

@@markstevens1729 alright alright lol

[@DG-sf9ei]

1980's were much worse, even less power, not much fuel mileage improvement, even boxier cars, and their throttle body electronic engines had so many gadgets underneath the hood that even the most advanced mechanics told the customers the only way to find the engine problem was to replace the entire top end of the intake system and revert back to a carburetor setup, OR JUST REPLACE THE ENTIRE CAR.

[@spiritualexercise265]

I had a 1975 Ford Econoline Van with the 351 Windsor engine, one of the best engines ever made and a solid van to this day. Regretted trading it for a Cadillac Seville with what turned out to be a bad alternator.

[@MrDjvas]

Back when Jeremy's hair was all one color.....

[@ryanandriano3202]

@helicopter weewee bruh

[@zezebro17]

It still is

[@zezebro17]

Just a different color

[@qdHazen]

"I bet the part in his hair was something to behold as well." Probably the best description of Ford's Vehicle Division President and Secretary of Defense under Kennedy Robert McNamara ever.

[@fletcherhyslop]

Wow congratulations, you watched Mr. Regular's review of his Falcon where he explains this joke. So you came here eight years after this was uploaded, one day after the joke was explained, to make this comment.

[@fletcherhyslop]

douchechillum Hahah I done did a roasting

[@digitalrailroader]

I automatically assumed he was talking about a Ford designer in the late 70s, when the 1st Generation Town Car he was standing by was being developed, and not describing Robert McNamara.

[@fletcherhyslop]

digitalrailroader Nope, he was describing McNamara. As head of the vehicle division, he was in charge of crunching numbers basically, this joke was towards him, especially the part in the hair section.

[@Terminxman]

Did you notice Clarkson's hair?

[@1963Austria]

Love how people say they will not purchse a japanese car, yet never do thney look at the sticker and see where the parts of their GM, Ford Dodge come from. assembled in the USA

[@joshofcywg8162]

I drive a 79 Continental Mark V, love these old 70's cars, dead reliable, yea they aren't fast, but they drive well, and you'll never sit in something more confortable.

[@JackKirkpatrickVideos]

That is not a late 70's town car. It is '85 or later, look at the tail lamps.

[@ClaudioMichel]

Doesn't that make it even worse?

[@evanfinch4987]

It doesnt matter. In fact, it even moreso demonstrates his point. The things 10 years newer than the cars his whinging about and its STILL as bad

[@skull9674]

It makes a difference because the oil crisis was in 1973 and by 1986 gasoline was at an almost all time low in America when adjusted for inflation. God bless Ronald Reagan.

[@societyofamusementparkhistory]

My 1988 looks exactly the same

[@ThatGuy-te9wh]

Even better, they didn't make the Town Car until 1981.

[@someoneelse7629]

When Volvo launched the 750 series in Sweden, it was deemed to soft and swayy for Europe and almost undrivable, and the most sold uppgrade was a stiffer suspension. When it was sold in the US, they deemed the suspension too stiff and almost undriveable and the most sold uppgrade was softer suspension

[@lt.lasereyez8891]

740, but even then I think you mean 200 series, the 750 is a semi truck

[@someoneelse7629]

@@lt.lasereyez8891 Yeah, typo, it was the 740 series, the 240 was kind of OK

[@lt.lasereyez8891]

@@someoneelse7629 the 740, did roll but so did the 940 years later

[@Lionface308]

Which season is this?

[@ajithkumar1136]

Where can I watch this full video

[@sartainja]

You did not drive a Lincoln Town Car - you just pointed it. Drove like a tuna boat.

[@pancudowny]

+Jeff Sartain You mean guided it... Like a large, complacent steer.

[@lifted_above]

Try driving a tractor from the 1930s with worn steering. Hahaha. You don't steer it. You herd it.

[@volvoguy804]

Lmao! Tunaboat! Nickname for last ex.

[@101Volts]

I've driven a 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis. For being so soft, that's the point. It cured a back problem I had, and that's no joke. I slept funny, and I was walking funny. After I drove it for an hour or more, my muscle tension was all gone.

[@jakethreesixty]

Probs smelled like one too

[@marioskoutras6583]

This car would look so much better with the square steering wheel from the allegro!

[@Colt45hatchback]

ever since I first saw this video I thought exactly the same thing

[@TraustiGeir]

You read my mind!

[@judebrown2672]

SQUARE WHEELS TOO................LOL.

[@JohnSmith-cf4gn]

Started driving in 1967 and I have been driving cars, pickups, vans, and motorcycles from the 1970s until 2015. Mostly Fords, some Chrysler products, and Chevrolets. I bought two cars from this century which I don't have now. I now drive a 1990 Ford F150 4.9 liter.

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

The super soft suspension makes sense when you realize the speed limit when this car was designed and built was 55mph. There's no point in sacraficing ride comfort for performance under those conditions.

[@coffeecigarettes9422]

For me this Lincoln Town Car is just beautiful and it looks so comfortable. It doesn't beat the Continentals of that age and some US cars of the late 60th but it is ways more prettier than almost every car since the 80th. I understand why the design has changed (aerodynamic etc.) but it has made cars uglier.