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Old 03-17-09, 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"
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Old 03-17-09, 04:53 PM
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HOLY crap you have found the holy grail. Clarkson reviewing the FD!
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haha nice find!
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Did he just say he see's George Michael driving an fd?
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Old 03-17-09, 09:45 PM
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Cool!
Although I trouble not laughing due to Clarksons hair!
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Lol I can't believe this video is still around nice find
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Old 03-18-09, 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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lol...I love how he always has to talk **** about Japanese cars..
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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.
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1 small turbo followed by a larger one which gives it a wallop. Geez...
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i had no idea the mitsubishi had so much **** on it.
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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"
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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
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Old 03-20-09, 06:06 AM
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2.6 liter? wtf umm, i think they needed to recheck thier facts
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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?)
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Old 03-20-09, 10:48 AM
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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?
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Old 03-21-09, 11:46 PM
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Great find! Especially since I use to own a VR-4.
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Old 03-23-09, 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?
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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.
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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
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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.
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Old 03-27-09, 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
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Old 03-27-09, 08:18 PM
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nice find! woahh i didnt know 3kgt's were that hightech!
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Old 03-28-09, 04:51 PM
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finally a good solid review on an FD
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