Favorite Car Reviews

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by whynot

For my money, Peter Wherrett did the best car reviews and reports on general motoring on ABC Torque.

This video (so old that it was recorded in black and white film) is a classic Wherrett dissection of some serious engineering problems with the then new Holden HQ.

https://youtu.be/UaI0BjaFoTI

Wherrett was not the only motoring journalist of the time who was critical of poor vehicle safety. But he was able to use TV as a medium to clearly demonstrate this to the public. The short section on roll understeer is brilliant, so too is the section on how to fix locking rear brakes with a load proportion valve.

Absolutely awesome how much great footage that the ABC was able to squeeze out of those very heavy 16mm film cameras of the era. Using film also meant doing as few takes as possible.

Sure, Top Gear and Fifth Gear are great entertainment. ABC Torque from the 1970's is pure motoring journalism.

Agreed. the 'Auto Expert' John Cadogan could learn a lot from Peter Wherretts style.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by GasoLane

Agreed. the 'Auto Expert' John Cadogan could learn a lot from Peter Wherretts style.

John Cadogan could learn from a lot of people! What a moron!

[tbro4123]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

John Cadogan could learn from a lot of people! What a moron!

DFB, if you haven't got something nice to say, but your bloody right, if anything your insulting morons!


Terry

[DFB FGXR6]

This is a channel I have been liking a lot lately.

https://www.youtube.com/@AutoTopnl

While he does do spoken reviews, he also does a separate no-speaking version of each car. Sometimes, all I want to hear is the engine, not the reviewers voice or some sort of background music. It's as close as it gets to sitting in the car and listening to some truly amazing engines.

Of course, I can never get enough of 5.0 Coyote V8 goodness -

Listen to the induction note at 3min 46 on this Mach 1 -




The latest, a GT500 -




And a little 5.0 vs 5.0 -

[anobserver]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

This is a channel I have been liking a lot lately.

https://www.youtube.com/@AutoTopnl

While he does do spoken reviews, he also does a separate no-speaking version of each car. Sometimes, all I want to hear is the engine, not the reviewers voice or some sort of background music. It's as close as it gets to sitting in the car and listening to some truly amazing engines.

This *1000!!

Whilst not a car review per se, i do like the sound of the gtf at full noise.

Driven by John Bowe, of course, very appropriate.




https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zVTMAOiL-8

[jgmdat]

Originally Posted by anobserver

This *1000!!

Whilst not a car review per se, i do like the sound of the gtf at full noise.

Driven by John Bowe, of course, very appropriate.




https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zVTMAOiL-8

That supercharger whine, god I miss my GS.

[roKWiz]

This should stir the haters up.

No Toy boy but got to admire an old school design built around a non turbo mechanical diesel.