The Cars that made Britain great

[drewf]

New series on Channel 5 at 8pm tonight, hosted by Rufus Hound and VBH, I believe...

 

[allandwf]

Not going anywhere, may give a watch. Thanks for heads up.

 

[conaero]

Ta, PLUS'd it I'll give it a go later.

 

[daverichardson]

Cannot stand VBH
She should marry Chris Evans and do the decent thing.................................

 

[CatmanV2]

She's only a talking head. No idea who the 'presenter' is

C

 

[Ebenezer]

It was awful. Could only stomach the first 30 mins. Minimal content.
Eb

 

[alfatwo]

Just watched it, they waffled on quite a bit about some of the rubbish that British manufacture's built in the day..

Take the Aston Martin DB4 for example, they look great but drive like tractors E types ain't much better either

A nice little Italian made Alfa Romeo Sprint GT would eat the lot for breakfast! they didn't mention that though


Dave

 

[allandwf]

Typical! missed it got called out.

 

[CatmanV2]

Much waffle

C

 

[Contigo]

Downloaded and so much **** from the Z list celebs who to be fair know very little about the cars.

 

[zagatoes30]

Got it recorded, VBH is actually quite nice when you meet her she is god mother to one of our girls friends and we bump into her quite often at summer BBQs etc.

 

[CatmanV2]

Got it recorded, VBH is actually quite nice when you meet her she is god mother to one of our girls friends and we bump into her quite often at summer BBQs etc.

I have heard this from one of the drivers on 'So you want to be a Grand Prix driver'

C

 

[Andyk]

Got it recorded, VBH is actually quite nice when you meet her she is god mother to one of our girls friends and we bump into her quite often at summer BBQs etc.

Agree, I met her some time ago and she was lovely.....Like her a lot....

 

[mjheathcote]

Can remember VBH when she used to write for Max Power...a few decades ago!!

 

[MrMickS]

Watched it on CH5+1 last night after seeing this thread start. We both quite enjoyed it. It was lightweight and predictable but nice to see some of the cars all the same.

 

[daverichardson]

Apparently at Noon on Dave TV is a Top Gear repeat and James May reviews the Quattroporte
That is all

 

[drewf]

Not the best format - loads of Z-listers offering opinions and memories, not really much about the cars and history around them.

 

[daverichardson]

I watched TG at noon on Dave to see a young James May test the QP
It was a white duo select model. He did not like the flappys and thought the Auto mode was not too good either.
This was around town in Italy. Then he went on the roads that make up Targa Florio and thought it was wonderful
Back in the stuidio he said he would not buy one but would opt for an XF.
Throughout though he kept referring to Maserati heritage and the real meaning of owning a Maserati and how the blood line had not been tainted by diesels and accountants!
Not sure of the year this was made but times do indeed change
All in all a decent review