late 80's 760 in rather amusing video

A late 80's 760 GLE complete with 2.8L V6 engine goes into a battle royal
with an Audi 80 and a Rover 416 of roughly the same vintage... The Volvo
wins in braking at least, and by a nice margin.... and it hits the brick
wall at 40mph not 30 like the other cars... and its the only one to drive
off ;-) (the driver broke his thumb tho...)

www.flixvault.net

Cars from the 80s #1 and #2

#2 has the high speed track test - VERY amusing.... This is why you never
see old Volvo's in chase scenes in movies.

 

I can't find that video. I can't even find a "Cars from the 80s" section.
What am I missing here?
KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

 

AFAICS it's a clip from the BBC Top Gear programme, which had a
light-hearted section where the three presenters each bought a car for
under £100 and put them in competition. They had races, a crash test
and other amusing comparisons. The Volvo was last at the final round,
which was purchase price. 1 point was awarded for every pound saved
from the £100 purchase price.

The two others had paid £50 and £70 (or something like that). The
Volvo had cost £1, as the main dealer who took it in p/ex was going to
have to pay to scrap it. So it won!

The crash test involved driving into a wall at 30mph. Unfortunately
the speedo didn't work on the Volvo, so our hero actually hit it at
40+ and demolished the wall completely.





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Follow the link

then click on the picture of the video on the website that comes up.

 

You imply that there is a 'serious' section to this daft programme.
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Follow the link

I did that last night, but there was no picture of the volvo clip.

I went back tonight and it was there. Don't know why I couldn't get there last
night.
KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

 

You mean you think there isn't??? Its entertaining and has some very useful
factual information presented in a way which is far from being a tech heads
wet dream. It may not be everyones cup of tea but then some of us prefer
coffee and there's nothing wrong with that...

 

Once again, I am delighted to post this link

http://www.urban75.com/Punch/clarkson.html

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Well you are as always entitled to your opinion (its what free speech is all
about)... And I similarly am entitled to mine.

Happy 'punching'....