Top Gear Review of Old American Cars
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@qtyypjw yes i mean it. i couldnt believe it when my friend told me about this site. and i can tell u , ive seen this car selling rediculously cheap on this site. i got it from here. you can also try it : bit.ly/VIha0Z?=rgjqul
Jeremy was pimping!
No, I’ve been in on though. The facts speak for themselves, like it or not. There’s whole documentaries out there, that’s basically called “The Downfall of GM -1960′s / 1970′s”.
lol, have you owned any american cars from the 50′s?
when that lincoln is rockin its bacause someone is bounging on the hood!!! he over exadurated that!!!
It’s really the other way around. 1910-1945 was good, then suddenly America wanted to end the war, American cars were then shit pretty much all the way up to 2003, with the occasional classics and reliable cars.
we do make some shit cars but you brits actually believe that we do incest and that we think lincoln town cars are cool, and that were all rednecks and hillbillys. thats just the south
but ford isnt designed by just europeans, only three or four of their cars are, the mondeo (known as the ford fusion to the US) is now an incredibly made car thats made with both american and euro ideas. and what about the chevy camaro zl1? jeremy clarkson said the camaro was a car a pro murderer would drive
40′s to the early 70′s was prime time for American automakers. no one will make cars that good again.
Yes,as I walk around the UK it makes me proud to see no fat,beer drinking chavs dressed in the tracksuits.
The cars we made in the 70s were crap as well the Allegro did have a square steering wheel.Oh,and calling someone a “dumb cunt;”doesn’t make you sound superior to a thick yank
Ford F150 is still the biggest selling single vehicle in the world though
And I’d have a ‘vette if they were available in RHD.
Yeah compared to European cars 24 mpg is bad but considering that the car was supposed to get 28 mpg when new is not bad. My current Caddy gets around 30 mpg,
24 mpg is considered pretty bad by European standards. Plus 184,000 isn’t a lot.
Well this isn’t the 1970s anymore and British car manufactures are on the rise again with worldwide record sales (mostly been bought in China) while the rest of Europe are falling, i’m not saying that because i’m British but because it’s true
I am an American and I have to agree. American made cars are pieces of shit. We had a few diamonds in the rough though, Shelby GT350 (Hamster even has one) is an example. And also don’t judge the rest of Americans based on that redneck piece of trash… Even Americans dislike Americans.
Hahahaha, awh did he touch a nerve? At least we aren’t fat, illiterate, hillbilly rednecks that think a car like this is “practical”. Go back to wearing your flag and sleeping with your sister. American cars are shit, that’s why noone buys them. The only well regarded car firm is Ford and there global success is down to the the fact that they are designed and made by Europeans such as the mondeo, focus and fiesta. Hahaha bad teeth? Seriously you actually buy that? Grow up you dumb cunt.
American cars today are the same crap
welcome to the gallows, boy.
That’s how everyone should react, instead of starting a pointless discussion. In this case different people like different people and we have said what we like, but mostly when I say what I like others start flaming. Tho thats the internet, it’s not the most nice way of using the internet.
23 years and still nothing’s changed besides using old bins for the dashboard
I had a 1991 Cadillac DeVille. The car was built like a tank and got a decent 24 mpg on the highway. Got rid of it with 184,000 miles on it. Liked Caddys so much, I bought a 1999 DeVille and I love it!
Haha ‘only’ 4200 lbs… Brilliant. In all fairness UK cars of the mid – late seventies were shockingly put together as well. Consequently the UK car industry mostly dissappeared. Even Jags had dodgy electrics. My wife had a Buick that did over 200k those old US V8s are good motors
no it had 230 hp got 12 mpg in the city and 19-20 on the highway.i had one for 3 years,plus it had 228,000 miles on it when i sold it and it still ran good.and it only weighed 4200 ilbs.i know that for a fact because i ran it over the scales.
that’s jeremy clarkson,he’s likes to piss everbody off.i shouldn’t let it get to me and won’t for now on.
Love you as a teacher! You’re amazing. Also, I find it interesting because I’m from eastern canada and we use blinker and bumper, like in britain.
You’re super funny, and your videos are educational. Thanks for doing this!
is it true that Canadian boys used to call girls as “squirrels”? Similarly like Americans do for “chicks”!!? As well as Canadians call “the female thing” – canoe?
Thank you! You are a very funny and good teacher.
no we say ‘indicator’ here in britain cos it indicates were you are going :/
thanks
Yeah,you are right. There are so many difference between USenglish and CAenglish,especially spelling.
That is correct, a Fender is known as a wing, which goes around the wheel to form the wheel arch. Its also onto which mirrors used to be fixed for rear view and most likely where the term wing mirror comes from.
thanks ma please i want to learn letter writing in English can you teach me?
Silencer = Muffler..In the US a silencer is a device put on the end of a pistol so nobody hears the gunshot when the gangsta busts a cap in someones’s ass
The fender isnt the bumber its the part around outside of the wheel wells
you sound like meryl streep!
Automobile was used when the car was first invented by the Germans.
I think U.S. and Canadian English must have some differences. I’m from the U.S. and on the West Coast, we say “blinker,” “manual” and “bumper.”
In British, Car is short for Motor Car and Automobile is a more formal word for Car: simple they all mean the same.
And we also don’t say “silencer”. We call it a “muffler tip”.
We don’t use the term “blinker”. It’s called an “indicator”.
I love her sense of humor lol
Haha noone says blinkers indicators would be the proper terminology
I’m from South Africa and we use British English. We use Indicators for “blinkers”. But all the other is the same. Was so funny, when I met a guy from the US and I said “I’ll invite you to my flat for a bitter” and he had no idea what I meant with that!
Ha yes exactly, we say Indicators in the UK
no they don’t.
Nobody I know uses bumper and fender interchangeably as they are distinctly different parts with different purposes.
A fender extends from the front or rear of the car along the side of the car to the windshield or rear window and has the openings for the wheel in it. Stops stuff being thrown against car sides by the tires.
A bumper is the part that runs across the front or rear of the car and provides protection for the rest of the car from minor impacts or bumps. Hence the term “bumper.”
Some of these words vary by region within the US. The words “manual” and “blinker” are definitely used more often than “standard” and “directional” in the southern US. The words “bumper” and “fender” are interchangeable.