Gotta love the banter from this trio. Highly unlikely we'd see Tiff, Jeremy and Quentin present a motoring show together again. They also proved that any car that is European COTY, doesn't necessarily mean that it'll be a great one.
I have owned 2 Alfa 156 models and they were fabulous cars. I did 46000 miles in 2 years in one of them. I drove through Europe 3 times and it went like clockwork. Great car.
As a Land Rover Freelander owner I can tell you its on of the worst cars you can buy. It's bad in every single way. Its a bad offroader because it doesn't have a low range gears or locking diffs, it's bad on the road because of it's super soft suspension, dead steering and the wolrd's worst brakes (rear brakes are drums), it's bad on the inside because its all cheap plastic and clots that falls off, it's ugly to look at, it's noisy at high speeds it's as aerodynamic as a brick, the diesel is slow as hell while getting 12l/100 km. The electronics being from Lucas electric are as you would imagine absolutely horrendous. The brake light module went twice the headlights burn out every 2 months and I have changed 6 window motors and 1 window cable,2 clutch master cylinders, and many more that i can't remember now. Bottom line do not buy one there is a reason tiff and vicky placed it last in suv category a few years later
The Ford puma had its engine tuned by yammaha and it showed, it was quick. In the UK the Ford puma was considered a girls car and had a rust problem, mainly on the rear wheel arches and sills, which rusted very badly after 8 years and sent them to the scrapyard at the age of 10 or 12 - no rust problem on the Alfa. Today there are almost no pumas left on UK roads and they sold massive numbers of them. Compare that to the Alfa 156 which they sold in much smaller numbers, yet you still see them on the road today.
It's funny to see reviews of cars that you can now find neatly stacked on top of eachother at your local scrapyard.
Clarkson once said, nobody could drift like Tiff, looking at his mega car control and ability to power slide a fwd car, I can see why!
Clarkson, Tiff Needell, and Quentin Willson were a great group of presenters.
Tiff was the old Hammond and Quentin was the old James
Can't believe all of these cars are 20 years old now!!!
when you're a motering journalist from the 1990's you have to end every sentence...Like This!
That Passat stopped being driven in 2013 at about 210,000 miles.
Gotta love the banter from this trio. Highly unlikely we'd see Tiff, Jeremy and Quentin present a motoring show together again. They also proved that any car that is European COTY, doesn't necessarily mean that it'll be a great one.
None of these cars look old or dated to me, but that is because I am old and dated.
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I have owned 2 Alfa 156 models and they were fabulous cars. I did 46000 miles in 2 years in one of them. I drove through Europe 3 times and it went like clockwork. Great car.
Tiff is well the best driver top gear ever had..
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The Freelander was considered stylish and reliable. Oh my how the times have changed.
That XJR still looks good today
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As a Land Rover Freelander owner I can tell you its on of the worst cars you can buy. It's bad in every single way. Its a bad offroader because it doesn't have a low range gears or locking diffs, it's bad on the road because of it's super soft suspension, dead steering and the wolrd's worst brakes (rear brakes are drums), it's bad on the inside because its all cheap plastic and clots that falls off, it's ugly to look at, it's noisy at high speeds it's as aerodynamic as a brick, the diesel is slow as hell while getting 12l/100 km. The electronics being from Lucas electric are as you would imagine absolutely horrendous. The brake light module went twice the headlights burn out every 2 months and I have changed 6 window motors and 1 window cable,2 clutch master cylinders, and many more that i can't remember now. Bottom line do not buy one there is a reason tiff and vicky placed it last in suv category a few years later
Jeremy: Our car of the year can't be the Xsara because we want something with style.
The Ford puma had its engine tuned by yammaha and it showed, it was quick. In the UK the Ford puma was considered a girls car and had a rust problem, mainly on the rear wheel arches and sills, which rusted very badly after 8 years and sent them to the scrapyard at the age of 10 or 12 - no rust problem on the Alfa. Today there are almost no pumas left on UK roads and they sold massive numbers of them. Compare that to the Alfa 156 which they sold in much smaller numbers, yet you still see them on the road today.
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