The non-supercharged Virage did get quite cheap but I don't think that these Vantages every dropped below £90k or so. XJ220s were down at around £100k too.
Still, one of if not the best looking "proper" car, ever made. Living in MK and seeing these SuperCars being wheeled across the road from one shed to another was always a special "thing" to see, esp. as a Kid!
Loved the previous generation Vantage so much (and still do) that this one just never floated my boat. I'd still have it if someone gave me it mind you.
Have been looking for Clarkson’s “poetic violence” and “… get on their knees and thank god…” quotes for years. I knew he said those words, and that they had to exist in some form or another somewhere on the net. But years of googling failed to locate them. Now at last, here they are, together in the same feature that begins with the green shutters - just as I remembered. Excellent. Thank you for sharing.
@@chamade166 Only if you’re a soy boy that’s naive enough to believe in the obvious fake ‘climate change emergency’ myth psyop. In which case, Darwin has a plan for you.
My favourite Aston Martin still to this day. When they were new a friend was about to buy a 993 but i convinced him to take a look at a DB7 first. They had a V8 Vantage in a London showroom and I just melted in it's presence.
Been looking for this review with the Pink Floyd Welcome to the Machine background soundtrack as its uncut and the original broadcast version Later versions remove the Floyd track and the other great songs like Cher's Just Like Jesse James, Alice Cooper's Poison and also it remove the price quote. The cut version is found on the VHS video Top Gear : Super Cars.
🥰🥰🥰🥰 Wonderful handmade and cultural and STYLE! Not like todays garbage… These handcraft-workers are real artists! Eternal thank for there Cars!🥰👏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰
Every supercar had parts.borrowed from other cars . Jag xj220 had rover back.lights , mclaren f1 rear lights from a coach ,.later diablos had headlights from Nissan 300 zx .
Tapped this off the telly when first aired, my God how time has flown, 90s best decade it was my youth where anything seemed possible, thanks for uploading x
That, is a proper Aston Martin, and one of my all time favourite cars, specifically the LM 600 version. At one time, not that long ago, the basic Vantage version could be had for as little as £25K!!! I knew I should have bought one then, doh!!
One of my favourite cars of all time. I remember seeing one (in an Aldi car park of all places) in the 1990's and was just amazed at it. British muscle car, but a very luxurious one!
Strange - the older Clarkson got, the less he cared about proper journalism and actually making his content about cars. First the cars were relegated to a role secondary to some game, then his content became about juvenile playtime with imbeciles where sometimes a car was used without being deliberately destroyed.
Last of the Old School NP WASP hand made Aston Martins....The Vantage was never imported to USA 2/2 to EPA standards, only got the Virage for a few yrs & later the DB 7 which was not a pure Aston Martin, jaguar mass produced as the NP factory closed in 2000
That Holden/Pontiac has the spec but not the looks and refinement. Don't get me wrong, though. I would enjoy that vxr500 every day for any amount of time, but it's no comparison to the v550 or v600. It barely gets to 10% of the refinement that went into the Aston Martin.
Yes it was during the period I owned a couple of Renault 5GT Turbos, and these used were cheaper than a new 5GT turbo, I also seriously considered one, whish I had taken the plunge.
I miss these days and TV like this so much. I’d sit as a kid and watch my dad watching top gear. Back when the world made sense, before they invented climate change and all this other nonsense.
You mean back when corporations and oil companies were still destroying our only planet for profit but the billions of dollars they spent convincing us it wasn't happening was successful? Ah yes, the good old days. Ignorance is bliss
@@G58 For a car company such as Aston Martin, this is a very ugly car, it just looks plasticky and fake, I’m sure in 1993 this was the ‘modern fashion’ but no I just don’t like it.
There was a brief period when these beautiful cars went out of fashion, and I really should have bought one, or three.
The non-supercharged Virage did get quite cheap but I don't think that these Vantages every dropped below £90k or so.
XJ220s were down at around £100k too.
I bought a 2009 db9 for £56k in 2023. A V550 was around £80k
Lesson learned
My brother swapped his carlton gsi for one of these back in 2003. It was almost a straight swap.
@@tompettersson3814 Oh, that’s crazy.
That 1993 Ford Taurus steering wheel is a sight to behold.
Indeed. Imagine if at the time you had realised that and had kept a brand new one.
Still, one of if not the best looking "proper" car, ever made.
Living in MK and seeing these SuperCars being wheeled across the road from one shed to another was always a special "thing" to see, esp. as a Kid!
Loved the previous generation Vantage so much (and still do) that this one just never floated my boat. I'd still have it if someone gave me it mind you.
No it looks like a cheap American muscle car. Astons really came into their zenith looks wise in the 2000s.
@@idreeskhan8885 No, they were pussy cars for Luton's drug dealers and money launderers. Your mates.
@@idreeskhan8885You've got no idea, honestly.
It’s one of the most beautiful Aston Martin’s of modern times without doubt…
Have been looking for Clarkson’s “poetic violence” and “… get on their knees and thank god…” quotes for years. I knew he said those words, and that they had to exist in some form or another somewhere on the net. But years of googling failed to locate them.
Now at last, here they are, together in the same feature that begins with the green shutters - just as I remembered. Excellent.
Thank you for sharing.
.......in the world......Clarkson at his best 😂
Rather vulgar and toxic by today’s standards.
@@chamade166 Only if you’re a soy boy that’s naive enough to believe in the obvious fake ‘climate change emergency’ myth psyop. In which case, Darwin has a plan for you.
How can Clarkson not put a smile on your face? Total legend. Oh, and the car is a dream too!
This is the car that should have been in Goldeneye. Bond in a BWM? To the Tower!!!
'BWM'? It's only three letters, man - and you still couldn't get it right?!
A couple of weeks shy of 30yrs ago now. Still, probably, my favourite Aston. Few cars are as memorable as this in the flesh...
My favourite Aston Martin still to this day.
When they were new a friend was about to buy a 993 but i convinced him to take a look at a DB7 first. They had a V8 Vantage in a London showroom and I just melted in it's presence.
Your mate should have bought a 993 turbo and kept it and profited!
@@huzcer exactly, as soon as you drive the Aston out of the showroom the cost is halved.
@@lobsterwhisperer7932 a 993 turbo s in top condition is worth nearly $500,000
Imagine telling Jeremy back then he would some day become a farmer 😁
This car will never go out of fashion. Looks good then, still looks good today. This is a sports car.
Been looking for this review with the Pink Floyd Welcome to the Machine background soundtrack as its uncut and the original broadcast version
Later versions remove the Floyd track and the other great songs like Cher's Just Like Jesse James, Alice Cooper's Poison and also it remove the price quote.
The cut version is found on the VHS video Top Gear : Super Cars.
🥰🥰🥰🥰
Wonderful handmade and cultural and STYLE!
Not like todays garbage…
These handcraft-workers are real artists!
Eternal thank for there Cars!🥰👏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰
He really said "opulent interior" while holding the same steering wheel that came in the Ford Taurus', crown Victoria's, and fox body mustangs 😂
Every supercar had parts.borrowed from other cars . Jag xj220 had rover back.lights , mclaren f1 rear lights from a coach ,.later diablos had headlights from Nissan 300 zx .
Dangling people from upstairs windows by their eyebrows, saying, "give me the keys" is a compelling argument.
I remember seeing this back in 1993. It was one of my favourite Clarkson reviews and somewhere I still have the VCR!
Clarkson's "in the world" at 4:25 wasn't slow enough 😁
He perfected it in the following years😉😉
Clarky had an escort cosworth at this point in his life.
Tapped this off the telly when first aired, my God how time has flown, 90s best decade it was my youth where anything seemed possible, thanks for uploading x
Welome to the machine (and what a machine!)
Someone, somewhere has the guts to put Scirocco-II tail lights on a 365.000 GBP car. Not even the tinted ones...
And the icing on the cake was the sound! No stereo required.
Kaleb was still swimming around in his dad's ballbag when this was made...
😂
That, is a proper Aston Martin, and one of my all time favourite cars, specifically the LM 600 version. At one time, not that long ago, the basic Vantage version could be had for as little as £25K!!! I knew I should have bought one then, doh!!
That was the basic Virage version.
Yes, they were down at around £25k. As were the wedgy Lagondas.
@@lewis72
Ooooop's, brain f4rt! I meant Virage. Anyway, superb cars, I just love the brutality of them!
Yes, true Aston Martin. Gaydon will never have that.
That 25K was actually referring to the annual fuel and maintenance costs :/
They get about 15MPG on a good day LOL
It's one of my favourite cars ever. Not even bond had one of these.
I noticed how Jeremy said “craftsman or even craftswoman”
These days there’d be uproar with that😉🤣
One of my favourite cars of all time. I remember seeing one (in an Aldi car park of all places) in the 1990's and was just amazed at it. British muscle car, but a very luxurious one!
The best front engined car period!
Strange - the older Clarkson got, the less he cared about proper journalism and actually making his content about cars. First the cars were relegated to a role secondary to some game, then his content became about juvenile playtime with imbeciles where sometimes a car was used without being deliberately destroyed.
Last of the Old School NP WASP hand made Aston Martins....The Vantage was never imported to USA 2/2 to EPA standards, only got the Virage for a few yrs & later the DB 7 which was not a pure Aston Martin, jaguar mass produced as the NP factory closed in 2000
The last real Aston Martin. At least they went out with a bang and a roar.
The best car in the world the best presenter in the world and the best program in the world👏🇬🇧
I liked the previous model Aston that looked like a proper muscle car
I was expecting May in the beginning with some piano concerto, till Pink Floyd came 😄.
The best that Aston Martin ever made, but for 10% of the price you could have it’s sister, the monaro vxr500, that’s what I would buy.👍
That Holden/Pontiac has the spec but not the looks and refinement. Don't get me wrong, though. I would enjoy that vxr500 every day for any amount of time, but it's no comparison to the v550 or v600. It barely gets to 10% of the refinement that went into the Aston Martin.
Love it. Vantage 550 pls. (bows to Lotto Gods)
Clarkson at his best for me. 🙏😎
Oh the days of the manual.
3:12 Well it took them longer than we expected.
Love that shape.
Db7 was the best I’ve a vantage and db9 now I have a db11 but I still my 7 I love it
Now in an time that Hot hatches are faster to 100! Crazy.
Yes it was during the period I owned a couple of Renault 5GT Turbos, and these used were cheaper than a new 5GT turbo, I also seriously considered one, whish I had taken the plunge.
Virage was cheap , not the vantage
That FORD Steering wheel…😖
I miss these days and TV like this so much. I’d sit as a kid and watch my dad watching top gear.
Back when the world made sense, before they invented climate change and all this other nonsense.
You mean back when corporations and oil companies were still destroying our only planet for profit but the billions of dollars they spent convincing us it wasn't happening was successful? Ah yes, the good old days. Ignorance is bliss
"Before they invented" - man-made climate change has been accelerating since the Second World War and was being talked about plenty in the 90s
£185k nearly 30 years ago, wow!
Increible divino adorables los Aston gran video hermoso paisaje gracias Sonia G Nielsen👏👏👏
Nice castle of OCTOGON you have there, Jeremy. The Pharaonic archway is a nice touch too.
I’m not a British car fan. At all. But if I were to EVER own an exotic…or an import in general…it would be an Aston.
Was that an automatic Vantage in The US at tte beginning? Oh dear lord no 😞
Did they run out of money and paint it with the leftover factory paint ? Bloody looks like it !
I miss exciting car times like these instead of the stupid all electric dictatorship they want to push.
My dream car. This is the one
0:33 Theresa May?
Looks like a more refined 2005 Mustang.
look how high the arch is on the rear wheel lmao
Wonder where it is know 🤔
The green one (prototype show car) is in my garage. 😁
The black one (DP2055/4) was crash tested.
Just a shame the thing didnt have the Jensen Interceptors looks .
I have an Interceptor and you're a fool.
Look folks we actually had a real country only 20 years ago
That guys good at reviewing cars i wonder what happened?
Top Gear was a great show
Tadek's engine 😊
Looks like a maintenance nightmare
Hasselhoff would be so proud!
Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful #AstonMartinVantage🇬🇧
An excellent point. Bye bye, motor industry.
At least the steering wheel is at the right place!
And it would be faster if you just LS swapped it
Only rich buy this because high insurance or smash windows cost 5,000 pound than house window
Vantage v600 le mans for me please
The only Aston worthy of the name .
Ford steering wheel 😁
Stupid music when we could be hearing the engine
Sounds like Diablo 2 😂
Notice you had to talk with a plum in your mouth of you were a presenter in 80 and 90s
how much are these today? looool
150k to 250k right hand
150k to 300k left hand
That's some hair!
A homage to American muscle cars.❤
думаю что джереми круче слр мак ларен не видел.
Did pink Floyd members buy it ..
A whopping 185,000 pounds…..
It hasn't aged well..
It looks like a Mustang. It's cool, but not really worthy of Aston Martin.
That music's LAME
Please replace that ugly steering wheel.
It looks like a mustang, what a shame
The car hasn't really aged well, though. Sounds good and the interior is classy as heck - but the exterior looks pretty odd by today's standards.
Standards today? It'd be polite to call them such 😂.
@@killerdinamo08 the perfect reposte.
Oh dear! That’s an ugly car! 🤣🤣
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Oh dear! I do hope your taste amputation didn’t hurt as much as that silly comment damaged your credibility.
There was a brief period when these beautiful cars went out of fashion, and I really should have bought one, or three.
@@G58 You couldn’t afford it they were extremely expensive for the Mid90s $250,000 range back then. Also the maintenance was absurd.
@@G58 For a car company such as Aston Martin, this is a very ugly car, it just looks plasticky and fake, I’m sure in 1993 this was the ‘modern fashion’ but no I just don’t like it.
Welcome to the machine = very good choice !! ☝️🙏👍👏🤘🫂🤞🍀
Trouble is modern machinery can do things better nowadays.