Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear in 1988!

[SSDude100]

2CV At 6:26, Jezza Parks In Front Of It!

[larjanus]

not only that, lazy fat fucker Clarkson would rather sit in traffic for 20 minutes than walk a mile? there's the problem right there...podgy bastard.

[TheKenjoje]

@larjanus no, the point is he circled around a mile because he couldn't find a parking space

[larjanus]

wtf is a copy typist? they went the same way as the dodo when computers became widespread.

[ibyb2k6]

they were complaining then? i wonder what they think now?

[CoDAddictors]

I love watching stuff like this before I was born, a) shows me what I've missed & b) I love seeing the old cars like what my family used to have when I was 4 :D

[TheKenjoje]

@CoDAddictors yeah, I like to see old cars on films and on every old programme as well

[abhijeethapase]

i wasn't born at dat time...clarkson looks d same except d hairs.....

[lovetheatre100]

God how you forget what the past looked like. look at the old cars on the road.. How young we all were.

[PercyBeanProductions]

bmw fuckes your gradeds balls

[TheWhupper]

You,re weird

[TheDudleyheathens]

if someone could travel in time to that point and tell clarkson that in the future he was going on all these challenges to eg vietnam, north pole, bolivia etc i wonder what he would say

[renaultlover1]

@Cookiefan1876 only 4 or 5 years old; terrible.

[MrPekisha]

0:19 Robin reliant :P

[josaldinho1883]

this is great to look

[DarthJedi2005remixes]

Speaks very posh compared to nowadays, doesn't he!

[ChrisAJ94]

he looks weirdly like Hugh Grant...

[MrEngineerNasa]

164 fucks bmw and mercedes

[galbmw]

@MrEngineerNasa i love BMW and Mercedes but ALFA is the best of the best of the best... like clarkson said its like it came down the pipeline for heaven

[IDontLiveTodayJH]

This is from the year I was born! lol

[SPeacock]

@IDontLiveTodayJH Me too, buddy.

[Makoyouidiot]

Recently I bought a '91 164 S, and it's pretty damn good for a car born in the late 80's.

[TurboVW2004]

I'm surprised he's not whining about that 164. Those cars still look new to me.

[kristoffer3000]

@TurboVW2004 He loves those old alfa's.

[saladpasta]

He forgot to lock the door?! LOL

[xpander2007]

3 series beemer @3:55 <3

[Weden12]

Dat hair.

[djvinnie112]

he sounds like the black dude from family guy

[sammyball88]

Look....at his hair....

[hiddenbutdeadly]

@sammyball88

when i first saw his hair i was like HOLY HELL....thats a afro!!!!!

[antonyr123]

love alfa romeos <3

[stealthiscool]

lol london looks the same tbh

[mattprinn]

ok, when he pulls out, behind him is a lada and in front of him is a reliant robin, WHATS GOING ON CLARKSON

[KhmerKhat]

Jeremy Clarkson has always had shit hair!

[rickerbycourt]

What was that thing he stuck in the door at 6.56?

[avobenzone]

New one's better

[quirpco]

Christ...Jezza was only 28.

[gnarkillkicksass]

@MsClaireLouLou I agree, remember when it used to be about reviewing cars?

[adlt271010]

Can you notice that there isnt some many pakis as there is today on the roads?

[49Ibanez]

@adlt271010 fuck off cunt

[adlt271010]

@49Ibanez who you telling to fuck off!?

im not being racist but im just making the point that there is more indian people in some cities in England than English people

[stealthiscool]

@adlt271010 believe me there's not look at the statistics

[adlt271010]

@stealthiscool I know, but i only said it because i couldnt see any of them in this video.

[blueburaq]

reliant robin @0:20 in the faaaar left side

[dvc0987]

a tory wanker

[TheUberPlayboy]

this is awesomeness... i love new top gear but late 80s to late 90s with jezza was the all time greatest!

[TheGeraldemerald]

And Jezza looks like a Pet Shop Boys tribute!

[TheGeraldemerald]

Wow! This is like watching an old French movie!!! (OK It's not exactly Claude Chabrol or Maurice Pialat but...)

[andeegreen]

Martin Mogridge looks like a character from Reeves & Mortimer! Love it!

[vaj99]

2:14 Didnt the neanderthals become extinct 30,000 years ago?

[jaggass]

his voice is alot higher. smoking made it deeper.

[jaggass]

his hairstyle so 80's.

[MrPlonkas]

battersea rise

[Ayrshore]

Wow - Asstwat Edmund King looked mega young.

[Firebirds2012]

Lol, his hair

[JamesB767]

People claim that Topgear today is to stupid and not factual...Why the hell would you want this! it's soooo boring! and Topgear today is factual, they say Lambo's & Zonda's etc are fast :) is that not a FACT! :)

[rokkdinface]

Wow. How did Clarkson keep from making a remark about Germany or fox hunting for all that time. Must have been killing him inside.

[BREN70S]

flying delorens thats the answer , what could possibly go wrong ???

[Dodek72]

My 91 alfa 164 doesnt have a cd player :(

[graknor]

man, this guy always looked old

[Celroycheo]

I AM WATHING THE TOP GEAR WHILE WATCHING THIS

[TheYorkMan]

or they could just introduce a congestion charge.......

[1320carlover]

2:18 WTF!?!?!?!?!?!? That dude is ugly.

[mthalali]

The Stig was born on that day!

[ErnestHemingwayJr]

Classy car ... a very nice silver Alfa Romeo 164 3.0 V6 at the beginning. Good taste, Clarkson!

[misium]

Damn, world looked dull back in 88.

[astonmartini]

Martin Mogridge is secretly a wizard

[therese294776]

I love the change in Clarkson's manner.

Back then: "This is my opinion. I shall state it confidently and forthrightly."

And now: "THIS IS THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CLARKSON. HEED ME."

[ExtremeBogom]

Jeremy was so soft spoken compared to now lol.

[uploadanvideos]

@ExtremeBogom

Nearly 20 more years of smoking and having one's ego fanned by (deserved) success might account for his deeper voice and more bombastic style.

[ExtremeBogom]

@uploadanvideos

Yup xD

[longfrancesco]

wow old top gear was BORING

[djdavedoc]

@longfrancesco Why because they talk about ACTUAL Motoring and cars the average Joe can afford to buy rather than just being idiots with Super Cars?

[longfrancesco]

@djdavedoc you answered your own question there. that is exactly why

[djdavedoc]

@longfrancesco Give me old Top Gear like this anyday with factual information. Im fed up with seeing the new Aston Martin S or Lambourghini Gallardo SS or Ferrari 430 SSSSS that most people in this world will never ever drive or see one.

[FreshApplePieOnXBL]

@djdavedoc

What about fun challenges and stuff?

all in all, Top Gear's views shot up since they changed it; no wonder, it was boring as shit.

Maybe some people prefer it like this, but you can still watch old Top Gear.

[ioraglifatmama]

@longfrancesco no it wasn't! Clarckson for president!

[daibadrumu]

@longfrancesco for an american

[est1830]

@daibadrumu what?

[daibadrumu]

@est1830 it was boring for an american

[est1830]

@daibadrumu why was it boring for an american

[daibadrumu]

@est1830 exactly

[est1830]

@daibadrumu what are you talking about?

[daibadrumu]

@est1830 troll much?

[est1830]

@daibadrumu how am i a troll .. im not hating im asking a simple question ... dumbass mutch?

[Eshlar]

@daibadrumu est1830 is not a troll, he's just genuinely stupid.

[rock3tcat]

@longfrancesco

Yes, yes, yes.. For simple minded people it is.

[Veyronp87]

@longfrancesco

it was a better consumer show, but a terrible entertainment show

[jordannewcastle]

@Veyronp87 And now its the exact opposite, I prefer it now.

[dukeallen2001]

@longfrancesco Hasn't really changed then, has it?

[DasHauss]

he looks like Hugh Grant :)

[novamad65]

VAN DRIVER AT 5.43 HAS A OLD MOBILE TELEPHONE.HE MUST HAVE BEEN RICH

[13Psycho13]

So we all gone on the Internet, when we found THIS!

It's just hideous, look at that hair, and the clothing style!

Luckily we have james may now :P

*Sarcasm mode off*

[ldjaxx]

look at the size of that Martin head it's massive.

[JZZ31]

How awesome were the late 80s! 

[NitroBobbyracer151]

we didn´t even have a cd player in our bmw 95

[lee2217]

@NitroBobbyracer151

thats cause even a fag lighter was and still is an extra in a bmw ;)

[timykaien]

he's got an alfa!!!!

[deanbrickland]

C.D'S IN 1988!!!!!

[J4K31]

wow to think he was only 27 here :o

[galbmw]

ALFA 164 EPIC CAR

[Mewzickchannel]

is that Beethoven at 2:30?

[Mewzickchannel]

Is that Wagner at 2:30?

[Valera123456]

Man, old age hitted him lika a brick

[jerryg1964]

@Valera123456 it hits most of us like a brick!

[Valera123456]

@jerryg1964 I guess so :)

[ilia93]

@Valera123456 hitted .... really ... ?

[hamster700]

I have a good idea charging people money to drive into the center of London and the money that is made could be invested in public transport  now whats should I call it a traffic charge

[kenjigc8]

His Alfa only last 4 years.

[liamcrazyman]

omfg how young is jezza here lol

[nodealertouchesmyJag]

He was 28 in this video.

[0MrAnon2]

Why does he sound so posh here?

[0MrAnon2]

@007bondspy I see your ignorance and raise you one bigot

[007bondspy]

@0MrAnon2 throw in a couple of catholics and we have a deal

[Marbas777]

lololol afro hair clarkson! I just jizzed my self laughing.

[gruntguy007]

The hair...

[Loftworthy]

A CD player in a car in 1988. Must have been mind-blowing.

[tiagob0592]

@Loftworthy Even today I was really surprised. I thought that CD's were only invented in 1991!

[SPeacock]

@tiagob0592 Oh, no. They've been around since 1982, maybe '83 - but they were too expensive - it wasn't until 1990, maybe '91, that they became more affordable. :)

[vitalalive69]

LOL, Jeremy Clarkson is pro public transport

[ladyauri]

i knew that once Jeremy had to be handsome. Well he still is, but he has less hair :D

[Naxarion]

0.16 пятерка... желтая )

[RebelGamingxxVlog]

Top Gear has come a long way...

[MegaMrDamo]

he didn't lock his front door

[sexDrugsNrockNroll1]

haha he reminds me of james may...thats probably why he makes fun of him, cause he once was exactly like him!

[mentalmonkey26]

xr2 xr3/i montego metro cav sri sierra/saphire "This Is England 80's style!"

[jonnydongle]

2:17 ... lol

[acueyes]

Clarkson is a smart mother f%#er!!

[MrMushkin85]

ahh the beauty of simply graphics

[kuruptzZz]

dunno how much london has changed since 1988 (probably way worse), but they need something like the 407 toll highway we have in toronto...my regular 1 hour stop-and-go drive becomes 15-20 minutes, and all I pay is $3 per trip...so $6 a day to avoid all this stress and hassle? the choice is easy

[WashaTai]

Can you believe that this exact problem we're having in Mexico City... 30 years later?? And guess what, our polititians are building more roads!!

[eddyfieldhouse]

Ooooh CD player! :-p

[aldopeer]

He was a petrolhead already. The proof? Driving a Alfa 164 3.0 V6. Brilliant car.

[bliglum]

He actually looked a bit George Clooney ish' when he was younger.

[mentalmonkey26]

@bliglum George Clooney in a car crash you mean!

[bliglum]

@mentalmonkey26 HAH! yeah, but with reconstructive surgery though..

[notton155]

Lovely AR164 v6 by Pininfarina!!!!!!

[anonymuswere]

oy, did anybody else notice the guy at 4:02 looks like Ringo, and shares his real last name? mabey he's a cousin?

[anonymuswere]

notice that the yarping about traffic has done a complete 180...now there's too MANY traffic lights and specialty roads, I hear.

[theandy4ever]

he has realy changed in 22 years

[bigbloons]

its not top gear.

its jeremyes independent video.in that time hi dont work on BBC.

[expertmax1]

@bigbloons In English please?

[alfabestija]

he had an alfa and a CD !!...

talking about enjoyment... :)

[kortedfranela]

wow, he had CDs

[geffel]

2:20 - Martin Mogridge was in Lord of the RIngs, wasn't he? As ALL of the orcs...

[MrToiletclogger]

0:19... is that the red car that i think it is.. O_O

[hitmanieves]

@MrToiletclogger i think it is my friend XDDD

[MrToiletclogger]

@hitmanieves omgggggggggggggggggggggggggggg­ggggggggggggggggggggggg :O <3

[Doctorwhorage]

ohhhhh not again someone should do something about this its ridiculous!! looooool

hammond and may should play this vid on the next episode of top gear to laugh at him.

[Hissmannen]

cds were invented in 1981..

[DrClaw77]

@Hissmannen true, I think [bautosai006] was surprised to see an in-dash CD player in a car in 1988. That wasn't even a factory option in many cars until well into the 1990s hereabouts. I think it was a rather expensive aftermarket add-on prior to then.

[atherrien95]

@bautosai006 CD's were invented in the early to mid 80's

[Levazoid]

beta Alfa -Romeo

[mrchrisw8]

OH THE 80S

[Stevebromley]

It almost seems like this was the video they watched before coming up with the congestion charge. Who wouldve thought Clarkson would be involved in THAT?

[ludocrat]

Martin Mogridge, of UCL, looks very strange. Very strange. But he's sort of right, especially now.

[xRAMxDOD]

wow, he was 28, now hes 50

[solarisautobusy]

CD in 1988 i dont think

[atherrien95]

@solarisautobusy CD's were invented a few years before 1988

[AdorableRuffian]

At 4:02 there's an appearance by an economist called David Starkie - wonder if he's any relation to Richard Starkie aka Ringo Starr of the Beatles? The physical resemblance is obvious!

[theta82]

@AdorableRuffian

Different spelling of the surname, but they do bear quite a striking resemblance to one another!

[LimpPand]

He was about 27-28 years old in here! :O

He's now 50!

Time makes us change a lot! :S

Don't ya think?

[Laofse]

@LimpPand Somehow he's less mature now, haha. ^^ He's much more entertaining now, though. :P

[MaximusRelaximus]

martin mogridge needs lsd badly...

[VTS1337]

At 2:02, there is a Rover SD1 in front of that small van. Lookit!

[Tait011]

Why would anyone, living in london, drive their car to their destination if it was also in london??!!

[AidanLunn]

@Tait011 Depends if you mean just the city centre or including all the twosn on the outskirts. My girlfriend lives in Maidenhead and it takes forever to get to the city centre by car coz it's such a long way.

[Shift4chizzle]

top gear was soooo boring back then

[FenderUsa]

@Shift4chizzle nah it was better for us car nuts

[VirgLondon2]

the south circular is a shit road to drive along and is that actually a man on 2:15? lol

[noircluck]

@VirgLondon2 Lol I am not sure!!

[minihats]

he's sounding a bit more northern than nowadays

[dqSOBERqd]

1:47 : that was me at blue Ford Sierra! :) (I have the same car now)

[aza5882]

didnt even think CDs were invented in 88 not to mention CD players for cars O_O

[AdorableRuffian]

@aza5882 CDs first came out in 1982, but even by 1988 it was pretty damned unusual to have a CD player in your car. Heck, even in the late 90s cars were still coming out with cassette players as standard fitment!

[tudythegangster]

Zomg his haircut ^^ And he laughed at Hammond's :P

[leparditas]

at least he dont have to pay for parkin...

[BeryJensen]

22 not 28

[unrealharry]

Ah the 1980s, great times

[VegardMinde]

ONE mile !? He should walk !