Top Gear - Peugeot 306 3.0 V6 vs. Old Austin-Healey

At this time - We can call this challenge - Old generation vs. New generation car culture. Hammond and May argue about the state of modern-day driving, which sparked a time trial showdown at Prescott Hill Climb Course, pitting a Austin-Healey Sprite representing a mostly middle-aged classic car owners club, versus a modified Peugeot 306 backed by a more youthful group. The Stig takes the two around, with the Sprite, on a serious race-focussed diet, defeating the showy and stereo-laden 306 by one second.

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[Fernando Eid Pires]

THE UGLIEST 306 I'VE SEEN FOR SURE!!!!!

[Dave Chadwick]

That 3.0 V6 Is peugeots ES9J4 engine. Amazing engine but ridiculously underpowered. The

[MixedReadings]

Haha i agree

[KrankyBIAS]

If you could throw about that much money I don't think it'd matter what you'd spend it on.

[KiLLTH3DiR3CTOR]

He's ruined that pug.

[chester wilkins]

they could of use the skyline because skyline are really fast

[Ryan Banks]

Exactly... You could get a decent car for that, and you wouldnt look like a cunt driving it

[Ryan Banks]

200bhp from a 3L??? lol

[MattiusHawkEye]

I can appreciate qualities of both cars - yes, the Peugeot is more powerful but the Austin-Healy is lighter. What bothers me is the stigma between the two cultures - that car people can only ever see one or the other, and the two of them, these people in particular, can never merge and can never seem to accept one another.

The two cultures are not that different, you can get along.

[MixedReadings]

Instead of spending £26,000 on that Pug, why wouldn't you buy a £26,000 car thats much better?