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[mab01uk]

A Mini is seen in the trailer but is it to be featured in this new 3 part BBC series?

 

In Sundays episode 1 he began by travelling to Germany, Italy and Russia to examine how dictators kick-started the mobilization of the masses, finding tales of design brilliance, abject failure, war, fraud and double dealing. James also learns about how the British motor industry blew a gift-wrapped chance to rule the world by turning down the offer of the VW Beetle.......

 

 

[Cooperman]

Hopefully the Mini will feature in a later prog.

The prog was critical of the Wartburg. It used a 3-cyl 2-stroke engine similar to the original SAAB 93 & 96 and they went well enough for their time. I remember that every year the Wartburg company used to send a team over to do the RAC Rally and they were very strong & reliable, if not the quickest cars around.

[Tamworthbay]

Typical of program's that look backwards with the benefit of hindsight. The Trabant was not a bad car for its time, especially as you can run the things on anything from decent fuel and oil to meths and chip fat. Very useful. I was surprised they let him loose on open roads in the beetle prototype.

[Zach P-D]

Prototype number 6... now that is old.

[lewBlew]

WHY OH WHY OH WHY (rant alert) do they produce a programme about classic cars and then feel the need to destroy one at the end.... tonight a low mileage, fully working - and apparently more practical than a brand new Range Rover - Lada Riva.

 

In the trailer, a 2CV and a Renault 4 get shot at. All decent cars which no doubt will stand the test of time longer than the Top Gear franchise.

 

It's cheap, it's unnecessary, and it doesn't make sense. Does Antiques Roadshow chuck Chinese porcelain out of helicopters into the sea? No, because it's stupid.

[Ben_O]

I like James May.

 

Might give it a go

[Sam]

WHY OH WHY OH WHY (rant alert) do they produce a programme about classic cars and then feel the need to destroy one at the end.... tonight a low mileage, fully working - and apparently more practical than a brand new Range Rover - Lada Riva.

 

In the trailer, a 2CV and a Renault 4 get shot at. All decent cars which no doubt will stand the test of time longer than the Top Gear franchise.

 

It's cheap, it's unnecessary, and it doesn't make sense. Does Antiques Roadshow chuck Chinese porcelain out of helicopters into the sea? No, because it's stupid.

 

It's pretty funny for the masses!

 

I don't like destroying anything rare or interesting. The Lada was no biggie though. Hardly a classic - I think he said it's from 1999? I guess it would be the equivalent to smashing up a V reg Mondeo over here.

[lewBlew]

 

WHY OH WHY OH WHY (rant alert) do they produce a programme about classic cars and then feel the need to destroy one at the end.... tonight a low mileage, fully working - and apparently more practical than a brand new Range Rover - Lada Riva.

 

In the trailer, a 2CV and a Renault 4 get shot at. All decent cars which no doubt will stand the test of time longer than the Top Gear franchise.

 

It's cheap, it's unnecessary, and it doesn't make sense. Does Antiques Roadshow chuck Chinese porcelain out of helicopters into the sea? No, because it's stupid.

 

It's pretty funny for the masses!

 

I don't like destroying anything rare or interesting. The Lada was no biggie though. Hardly a classic - I think he said it's from 1999? I guess it would be the equivalent to smashing up a V reg Mondeo over here.

 

 

When there's no 90s Mondeos left you won't say that.

[surfblue]

When did you last see a Lada Riva?

A collectible cult car in the making.

(My mum had 2 of them new in 1987 and 1990, I actually quite liked them in a weird sort of way)

[Cooperman]

I can't find the photo now, but my wife had a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow which wouldn't start. My friend Jim called in when I was fiddling with it and we jump started it from his Lada Niva Estate! What a picture. Those Ladas have huge batteries.

[1984mini25]

I can't find the photo now, but my wife had a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow which wouldn't start. My friend Jim called in when I was fiddling with it and we jump started it from his Lada Niva Estate! What a picture. Those Ladas have huge batteries.

 

They are also built like a tank with the thickness of steel there were made from and such heavy steering, still didn't stop them rusting though. I've still got the unused spare wheel and a few other bits that were removed from the lada my parents had in the early nineties before it was scrapped.

[Ben_O]

When did you last see a Lada Riva?

A collectible cult car in the making.

(My mum had 2 of them new in 1987 and 1990, I actually quite liked them in a weird sort of way)

I had a Lada Riva for a few months about 11 years ago. I paid £30 for it with T&T so i could get to college without having to go on the train.

I drove it from home in Kent up to Nottingham, drove it all week there and back down again. It behaved so well i ended up keeping it a bit longer.

 

Hideous looking car but the seats were very comfortable! The pedals were in an awful position and the steering wheel had absolutely noting to do with the direction of travel but it was a laugh. 

 

I ran it into the ground but really all that failed at the end of my ownership was the clutch slave which would have been pennies to fix. I ended up selling it for export and it went home to Russia.

 

wonder if it is still in use?

[1984mini25]

 

When did you last see a Lada Riva?

A collectible cult car in the making.

(My mum had 2 of them new in 1987 and 1990, I actually quite liked them in a weird sort of way)

I had a Lada Riva for a few months about 11 years ago. I paid £30 for it with T&T so i could get to college without having to go on the train.

I drove it from home in Kent up to Nottingham, drove it all week there and back down again. It behaved so well i ended up keeping it a bit longer.

 

Hideous looking car but the seats were very comfortable! The pedals were in an awful position and the steering wheel had absolutely noting to do with the direction of travel but it was a laugh. 

 

I ran it into the ground but really all that failed at the end of my ownership was the clutch slave which would have been pennies to fix. I ended up selling it for export and it went home to Russia.

 

wonder if it is still in use?

 

 

From what I remember, the ones that were shipped back to Russia were stripped of parts on the way back over and the remains dumped overboard.

[Ben_O]

 

From what I remember, the ones that were shipped back to Russia were stripped of parts on the way back over and the remains dumped overboard.

Really!?

[1984mini25]

 

 

From what I remember, the ones that were shipped back to Russia were stripped of parts on the way back over and the remains dumped overboard.

Really!?

 

 

Yep.