How Can You Spot a Future Classic Car? | Top Gear

October 20, 2008

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How Can You Spot a Future Classic Car? | Top Gear

Ever wanted to know the best way to spot which cars out now will be heralded as the best cars in the future? Check out this classic video from BBC autos show Top Gear and listen to the wise words of Richard ‘the Hamster’ Hammond to find out more!
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No Limits
July 31, 2020
With this car you get married with the gas owner
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Vikrant Bhalerao
August 2, 2020
He is looking like Jessie Pinkman from Breaking bad 😂
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JiWiK
August 2, 2020
12 years later – you can´t find a reasonably priced Corrado without heavy tuning from like 2010-2012 tuner wave.
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J B
August 14, 2020
Anyone else think Hammond started out funny and witty in the first 7-8 series, then completely changed into a scripted poor mans comic as soon as he started with the long hair, stupid clothes and voodoo necklaces?
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Stephen Phillips
August 17, 2020
Brundle most certainly did describe the 190 cosworth as the best handling rear drive chassis ever made; I remember it from a contemporary interview, talking about the cars he’d owned. It was a long list. It was published in CAR magazine, where J May was then a contributor.
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Zizo Gaucho
August 19, 2020
I would say the w210 e55 is definitely a near-futur classic
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J Are
August 20, 2020
Corrado is hardly a classic haha. Pick one up for 3k
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Chris Dooley
August 22, 2020
I didn’t realize Hammond had perpetuated that Martin Brundle myth about the chassis lol. Love that later episode where Jeremy calls him on the phone with Capt Slow and he says he never said that lol 😆
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Bluefire397
August 24, 2020
Good segment but I disagree with the embarrassing celica bit
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Gwidon Popielski
August 25, 2020
Celica looks much cooler than that simple overpaid Corrado, but Hammond is self called guru and everybody has to follow him.
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Mainan Om Reza
August 26, 2020
its already happen for the benz..but not for the vw
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Jonathon M.B
August 26, 2020
Easy way to find out a classic: When someone famous mentions it on YouTube
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Keith Freeman
August 30, 2020
944 and 951
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Jordan 09
August 30, 2020
I love how it says no mature content on the description😂
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Tommie Reid
September 1, 2020
Look at what young men like..
My brother got me into Datsun 510's. back in the 80's. They were cheap. You could get them for under $1,000 (American). Today you can't get a rust-free, stock and original 510 for under $5,000. If you can find a stock and original 2-Door you're paying around $10,000.
Back in the early 2000's young guys were customizing the BMW E30. You could get a good one for under $2,000. Today in 2020 a straight, clean E30 is over $5,000.
Today I see young guys are customizing Subarus, and Infinity's. You can get these cars in good shape for under $5,000.
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Nathan Manning
September 2, 2020
My prediction as of September 2020 is that classic vaxhauls such as mk2 Astra gte nova Sri and mk3 Astra gsi will sky rocket because there are none left and you only have to look at the prices of nova gte‘s sand mk1 Astra gte’s to see how crazy the will go.
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Luke Emmison
September 4, 2020
Manual all day everyday on sports cars and basic hatchbacks auto on a high end luxury s class or rolls Royce Bentleys
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Moh
September 6, 2020
Was he right? What’s their value now?
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Simeon Bell
September 11, 2020
It‘s insane how accurate he was
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Wezy MH
September 12, 2020
Stonks
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Jam D
September 13, 2020
A Merc 190E Cosworth Evo recently sold for £300,000 😱
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FixxxeR208
September 15, 2020
Corrados are great but they have rust problems
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YMH YMH
September 18, 2020
I think BMW m140i might become a classic or start rising in price soon. Especially manual ones. Thoughts before I buy one?
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Asif Noaman
September 18, 2020
Well he is wrong about the Calibra, its already a classic
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Oversteer _
September 29, 2020
And indeed they are
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Gabriel Afonso
September 29, 2020
I swear my uncle had this car in the 90’s. I loved it as a kid, his was dark blue, I was infatuated with it. But his dumbass sold it.
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kevin parker
September 29, 2020
And when we are all made to give up the internal combustion engine what then. And from what's being pushed its getting closer, they will all become 'X' amount of scrap. Plastic bodies, electric motors & batteries is all we will be able to have. That's the future.
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Richard C
October 1, 2020
How can you spot a future classic car? Waiting the car to reach 25 years
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Tall Dog
October 1, 2020
This is the best advice I ever got from watching Top Gear. Pontiacs and Saturns aren’t exactly the best performance names on the market, especially since they’ve been gone for over a decade, but the Pontiac Solstice and the Saturn Sky are pretty much fitting the same bill as the Corrado VR6 and that pink 180E
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Śhàrpñèšš ĪĪĪ
October 2, 2020
That car in forza!!
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cumber-slicee
October 2, 2020
The 190e especially
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MrManiac
October 3, 2020
Coming to this video in 2020, the Corrado is actually a very rare car (in USA) its Vr6 is famous for tunning and reliability.
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Bob Ross
October 4, 2020
@2.55 Song?
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Hasta la vista baby
October 6, 2020
after 2 decades, i can say theyre still not that expensive but 190E is a classic now
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usman fasih
October 7, 2020
Paint of Mercedes door and fender do not match. It was poorly repainted.
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khanman v.1
October 14, 2020
My honda s2000 will be a gem
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Lucian
October 14, 2020
is this the same car you start with in forza horizon 1? the VW
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Alex Tegg
October 16, 2020
Well, everyone should have listened to this when it was first aired! Spot on with these two.
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Mad Flavour
October 17, 2020
Audi S2 coupe.
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