Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2006-10-22 06:00	Note: as we have no in depth details of all earlier episodes ..in place of the episode # ..we have the broadcast year. Also cars only get *** stars if tested on the show (not if just driven briefly by the hosts) -- Last edit: 2006-10-24 12:47:54
Star Wars Fanatic ◊ 2007-02-02 23:51	This was Jeremy Clarkson's first ever appearance on the show, in 1989:
dudley ◊ 2007-03-28 21:02	This was Top Gear when it lasted just 30 minutes and talked about residuals, fuel economy, insurance and dodgy dealerships. No wonder is was axed in this format.
CRAFT372 ◊ 2009-10-30 20:28	Here is Top Gears oficial YoyTube user page http://www.youtube.com/user/topgear
Road Wars Fanatic ◊ 2009-11-04 17:22	No. Thats for new top gear 2002-2009. But there is 2 good channels with old segments from top gear from the 1990s. Here they are: http://www.youtube.com/user/ysivyboi1 http://www.youtube.com/user/gadjann note the second one some vids have bad sound quality and when you turn your computer and speakers up remember to turn it down again before watching a good quality video. -- Last edit: 2010-01-08 21:37:16
ysivyboi1 ◊ 2010-01-10 20:57	RIGHT I have uploaded more than 150 videos of Old Top Gear dating from 1988 (including Jeremy Clarksons first appearance testing a Bentley Brooklands which has been converted into a two door coupe in early 1988 and have uploaded every upisode up until 2001 visit ysivyboi1 for high quality videos
Sandie ◊ 2012-07-27 04:56	Nice Panhard 24(?) seen in the background in a 1991 episode: -- Last edit: 2012-07-27 04:58:17
DynaMike ◊ 2012-07-27 22:29	Wow! Although the license plate is different, I'm pretty sure it's the same 24 CT as here: http://world-viewer.com/photos/panhard-24-ct/08/ (never seen this colour on another Panhard)
G-MANN ◊ 2012-08-08 00:37	Why not list it?
ventr1s ◊ 2012-12-30 01:17	I added pictures from S11E07 [1983]: "William Woollard is in Warsaw to look at the Polish car industry and motoring in Poland. Sue Baker compares the Zastava Yugo 45, Skoda Rapid Coupe, Lada Riva and FSO Polonez." The whole episode is available at YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU6NUInl9dk]. Weasel1984 & Jale: Please help! [Do you guys think we can upload sth more from that episode?] NOTE: YouTube & end credits says it is 1983, but imdb [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948362/] shows 1984. I'm not sure which date is proper. -- Last edit: 2012-12-30 01:20:09
Weasel1984 ◊ 2013-01-01 14:04	1983, but the rule is we do not list traffic/background cars in this type of shows. What might be added is the white Polonez with red plates, visible during the end credits. I really belive it had to be the car visible from the inside during the episode. Also it was in interesting trim - Lux or X (if domestic version).
ventr1s ◊ 2013-01-05 12:55	Weasel1984 wrote 1983, but the rule is we do not list traffic/background cars in this type of shows. What might be added is the white Polonez with red plates, visible during the end credits. I really belive it had to be the car visible from the inside during the episode. Also it was in interesting trim - Lux or X (if domestic version). Just added.
michail2003 ◊ 2016-06-24 07:29	Who had this episodes?
carenthusiast08 ◊ 2021-06-12 23:35	michail2003 wrote Who had this episodes? BBC2 aired these episodes, but these episodes are sometimes reran on UK Horizons.
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-06-27 17:52	Here are some screenshots I took of some of the cars in this show. From left to right: Either a Ford Fiesta or an Austin Metro, Austin Seven, a Porsche 924 and a Leyland Terrier in an episode from 1982, 2 Ford Capris from an episode from 1987, an Austin Metro, Ford Cortina MkIV and a De Dion Bouton in an episode from 1981, a Ford Orion, a Ford Escort MkIII, a Ford Cortina MkV and an Austin Maestro from Series 11, Episode 4. -- Last edit: 2021-06-28 13:31:44
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-06-27 18:34	Armstrong Siddeley was not formed until 1919. If AA20 is a post 1919 car I would be extremely surprised, especially as it is a 1903 De Dion Bouton. /vehicle_435641-De-Dion-Bouton-Type-Q-1903.html Link to "www.alamy.com" The Austin Seven is correctly described here- /v032890.html -- Last edit: 2021-06-27 18:56:08
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-06-27 19:54	johnfromstaffs wrote Armstrong Siddeley was not formed until 1919. If AA20 is a post 1919 car I would be extremely surprised, especially as it is a 1903 De Dion Bouton. /vehicle_435641-De-Dion-Bouton-Type-Q-1903.html Link to "www.alamy.com" The Austin Seven is correctly described here- /v032890.html Thanks. I don't really understand older license plates. But the other cars, they'll be listed, right? I've also noticed that, besides the RS 3100 and Angela Rippon's Capri, no other ones are currently listed. -- Last edit: 2021-06-27 19:58:52
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-06-27 20:18	Link to "www.siddeley.org" This will show you what an Armstrong Siddeley looks like, you do not need to understand the registration system. The plates are not license plates. I don’t know about the other cars, and I don’t watch Top Gear, I think I have better things to do. -- Last edit: 2021-06-27 20:30:30
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-06-27 21:16	johnfromstaffs wrote https://www.siddeley.org/history/armstrong-siddeley-cars-part-2/ This will show you what an Armstrong Siddeley looks like, you do not need to understand the registration system. The plates are not license plates. I don’t know about the other cars, and I don’t watch Top Gear, I think I have better things to do. Ok. I just understand the current reg system, the one from 1983 to 2001, and the one from 1963 to 1982.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-06-27 21:26	No worries, just concentrate on post 1963 cars, there are some of us who lived with the earlier system.
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-06-28 00:14	johnfromstaffs wrote No worries, just concentrate on post 1963 cars, there are some of us who lived with the earlier system. I grew up with the post-2001 system.
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-06-28 13:56	Should I add the cars I posted screenshots of?
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-06-28 14:03	Not up to me to answer.
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-06-28 14:13	OK. It's up to G-Mann, I assume.
Lateef ◊ 2021-06-28 14:37	^ That's a name I haven't heard in like 5 years...
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-06-28 18:14	Oh. Right...
Lateef ◊ 2021-06-28 18:44	If you'd like to add them, you may add the thumbs on existing pages of the individual vehicles. If there isn't a page for a similar vehicle, you are free to submit them as separate entries
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-06-28 18:54	I've commented a screenshot of the Aston Martin V8 on it's respective page. There are no other pages for the other vehicles I took a screenshot of.
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-07-27 23:40	Just wondering, should we list Rally Report and Top Gear Motorsport, along with other spin-offs of this show as separate movies/tv shows?
night cub ◊ 2021-07-28 00:40	Carfan1978 wrote Just wondering, should we list Rally Report and Top Gear Motorsport, along with other spin-offs of this show as separate movies/tv shows? Considering that we are trying to limit the number of reality TV shows added to the site, I would say no. I don't think any of the admins are looking to expand this title with offshoots.
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-07-28 01:15	night cub wrote Considering that we are trying to limit the number of reality TV shows added to the site, I would say no. I don't think any of the admins are looking to expand this title with offshoots. Ok. Just wondering.
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-07-28 20:56	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSnfS7UmAuU At the top is the link to a 1983 episode of the show about hill climbing. At the start there is a few quick scenes of cars participating in the Prescott Hill Climb. Should we add these cars? -- Last edit: 2021-07-30 17:49:23
Carfan1978 ◊ 2021-08-10 23:46	I took this from the credits sequence from the episode we found the Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 GLS in. Anyone know what car this is?
RedBoy9199 ◊ 2021-08-10 23:50	Carfan1978 wrote I took this from the credits sequence from the episode we found the Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 GLS in. Anyone know what car this is? 1981 VW Auto 2000 concept Link to "www.motor1.com" -- Last edit: 2021-08-10 23:51:21
BlaringCoder ◊ 2021-08-12 10:01	Where's the Aston Martin DB7 from this 1994 episode? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRtiTY2XKmc
night cub ◊ 2022-05-14 22:11	@Carfan1978 - Check your episode numbers. Not sure how an entry can be listed as "1977" ep when the show started in July 1978.
Carfan1978 ◊ 2022-05-29 22:01	night cub wrote @Carfan1978 - Check your episode numbers. Not sure how an entry can be listed as "1977" ep when the show started in July 1978. Well, the first episode I took the Spitfire image from was from '77, and originally, the show was a Midlands exclusive until 1978.
BlaringCoder ◊ 2022-09-10 23:46	Motorbikes on this programme are missing in this page. Bimota DB3 Mantra from this 1996 episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDv_UISp4tE Various motorcycles at the British Motorcycle Show, Buell S1 Lightning and Yamaha DragStar 650 in another 1996 episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESt52d8EB1Q
night cub ◊ 2022-12-08 00:46	@SC375 - This is the Top Gear series that you are looking for
Carfan1978 ◊ 2023-06-08 21:45	Need help with identifying this car from the same episode as the Hope.
Baube ◊ 2023-06-08 22:31	ouch.. looks like a Volvo 240 had a kid with one of the GM minivans triplets.. -- Last edit: 2023-06-08 22:31:22
chucknorrisfan ◊ 2023-11-25 15:34	New picture uploaded!
BlaringCoder ◊ 2025-02-01 20:42	A wrecked Mazda MX-3 is seen in a 1991 report on joyriding.
JFKLetsplays ◊ 2026-02-23 01:57	This youtube channel has uploaded some episodes in high quality: https://youtube.com/@topraremedia?si=utIRDjF6tDk7wAVs For example, lastest post is of an episode with second gen Renault Laguna review, which isnt posted here.
walter ◊ 2026-09-29 17:43	@JFKLetsplays: I don't want to curb your enthusiasm but I think we agreed on stopping adding new vehicles here (same goes for Motorweek) - that's why is locked for normal users.
JFKLetsplays ◊ 2026-09-30 12:11	So I was correct siding with caution. Road test cars are classified as 3 stars, and except for the lastest batch of sedans which were somewhat rapidfired trough, i didnt add anything boring with 2 stars (Matra, Arrow formula three seater, the 1904 Arrol-Johnston and Lea-Francis concept i stand by). I can delete those. Though I got a question: there are some listings here, like a Fiat Stilo and Peugeot 307, which are from a car show. I seen those featured in a full fledged road test, so would it be OK if i would repurpose that listing, swap the picture around, and have it upgraded to three stars? (and any other listings that come up for that matter)

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