TOP GEAR review of FD/300GT VR-4 from 1992

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Mar 17, 2009 | 04:48 PM

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TOP GEAR review of FD/300GT VR-4 from 1992

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yc13...axa_popt02us05

I guess where all just a bunch of "all night disco hoppers"

Mar 17, 2009 | 04:53 PM

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HOLY crap you have found the holy grail. Clarkson reviewing the FD!

Mar 17, 2009 | 05:01 PM

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haha nice find!

Mar 17, 2009 | 06:31 PM

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Did he just say he see's George Michael driving an fd?

Mar 17, 2009 | 09:45 PM

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Cool!
Although I trouble not laughing due to Clarksons hair!
Crispy

Mar 17, 2009 | 10:08 PM

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Lol I can't believe this video is still around nice find

Mar 18, 2009 | 01:38 AM

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It's a good thing the FD is an R1 without sunroof or that hair would have been pretty flat after the test drive.

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Mar 18, 2009 | 01:46 AM

KhanArtisT

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lol...I love how he always has to talk **** about Japanese cars..

Mar 18, 2009 | 06:00 AM

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Nice!!!

Mar 18, 2009 | 01:13 PM

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He didnt say it was a bad car. He just said he would rather have a jag. Face it, at that price level, the 7 was asking to be compared to it.

Mar 18, 2009 | 07:03 PM

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1 small turbo followed by a larger one which gives it a wallop. Geez...

Mar 18, 2009 | 10:51 PM

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i had no idea the mitsubishi had so much **** on it.

Mar 19, 2009 | 12:51 AM

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nice denim, OH LOOK its richard dean anderson reviewing a mazda. oh wait thats just clarkson from the 90's, haha. cool video clip. deffinatly not a car for tall people im 6' and its tight for me, cant imagine 6'5"

Mar 19, 2009 | 10:39 AM

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Top Gear Review of the 99 FD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxHWCjFaUo

Top Gear Review of the weird-spec FC with a distributor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCLL54aB74U

Mar 20, 2009 | 06:06 AM

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2.6 liter? wtf umm, i think they needed to recheck thier facts

Mar 20, 2009 | 08:07 AM

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That's 2.6 piston-liters, which is an appropriate number to use for displacement when talking to a piston-centric audience.

But actually, he did get that wrong (in the FC v. 924 video) - the reviewer said that is equivalent to a 2.3L piston engine. I think that he was looking at 12A numbers? (2354cc?)

Mar 20, 2009 | 10:48 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by purerx7

Did he just say he see's George Michael driving an fd?

Yeah, but back then wasn't George Michael considered like the coolest most hetero guy in the world or something?

Mar 21, 2009 | 11:46 PM

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Great find! Especially since I use to own a VR-4.

Mar 23, 2009 | 06:46 PM

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Man, side by side, you can really see how the 3000GT has aged terribly, and yet the RX-7 still looks modern and exciting!

Active Aero... Too ahead of its time?

Mar 23, 2009 | 10:27 PM

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Quote:

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2.6 liter? wtf umm, i think they needed to recheck thier facts

When I imported my 7 to the UK, they classed it as a 2.6L.

Mar 25, 2009 | 08:37 PM

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thats wierd, especially cause it is just a 1.3 liter engine. and ive never seen it advertized as anything different

Mar 26, 2009 | 08:42 AM

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Check the web. There is a ton of info on this. Its really confusing. I think gordon make a thread about it to.

Mar 27, 2009 | 05:52 AM

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top gear is such a kick *** show, i have every episode. wish some of those european cars would make thier way across the pond, ex. an MG zr turbo or if you have the money a BMW m3 CSl