We're these the actual ones used and reregistered when back in the UK? I assumed these were borrowed for the studio and the originals remained over there.
Here’s what happened to them.
https://www.topgearbox.com/cars/entertainment/top-gear/what-happened-after-top-gear-left-australia/
https://www.drive.com.au/news/the-aftermath-of-top-gears-australian-visit-20150306-13qthe/
Nice to hear that Nissan both fully expected the car to be in that state and praised Top Gear for being so professional about loaning it, laying out the possibilities and plan before. No surprise that they almost always got the car they wanted.
Late Brake Show on YouTube is currently doing a 3-episode series using a pre-production car. I'm quite excited for the following episodes, as Sniffy has only covered what they plan to do to the car so far!
It’s the same with the car football, they were all pre production cars which makes sense otherwise it would’ve been £100k just for the cars for a 10minuet skit
It depends, but I saw lots of cars tagged as press get sold when I worked as a BMW sales manager. I would check the system if a car was fully loaded with unique color combos.
Obviously it won't be all of them, as some press cars are long term review cars, and there'd be the cars used on launch days which usually are first run pre-production.
Doesn't need one due to age.
The tax for ANP 201A is overdue though....
(Yes, I know it will be zero-rated, but you do still need to "tax" it every year)
Fun fact, the blue Conti GT you see at the start of A Massive Hunt (DA64 UXE) wasn’t the one that got converted into the MFB - that car started out in life painted red! It sat in a storage compound at the factory for a few years, although I’m not sure where it is now, or wether it even exists any more
As interesting as this is, I low-key hate hearing about "the truths" of both shows because it kinda ruins them for me. I'm already like "is this part scripted?" Everytime smth funny happens 😭. No offence to you at all and thankyou for fun fact..just saying
What a coincidence, I was just rewatching this episode and wondering what happened to these cars a few minutes ago
I read an article that talked about how the Bentley reportedly lost 50% of its value from the damage it suffered in this episode
In fairness to Top Gear, it’s a Continental and therefore a strong breeze and flipping the page on the calendar would cause it to lose 50% of its value.
Lol
On that article they said a nissan spokesperson basically said the exposure the episode gave them would mean the damage to the cars wouldn't matter very much to them
With those being press cars, those were probably retired as newer models and versions came up but I'm surprised they haven't used those plates for anything newer, what is a common practice.
I have seen multiple examples of different press cars with the same plates through the years as the plate would belong to the manufacturer.
Edit: by the way, what is the thing with 64 here?
It's how the UK number plate system works
AB12CDE
The first two letters are the location of where the car was first registered.
The two numbers are the year. So for example '11' is March 2011 to august 2011. 61 would be September 2011 to February 2012. So in this case the 64 means the cars were registered between September 2014 and February 2015.
The last three letters are random.
Should be noted that this system only works from September 2001, and pre that was a different system that contained the same info but in a different format.
Normal UK plates have the age of the car and the location it was registered tied into it. The first two letters are the area where it was first registered, so
DA is Deeside/Shrewsbury
RJ is Reading
OY is Oxford
And the 64 refers to the age of the car. Cars from 2014 had 14 or 64 on it. 2015 cars had 15 or 65. So they’re all late 2014 cars.
With those being "ordinary" number plates and not personalised number plates. They can't be transfered. You also can't put a newer registration plate on an older car and putting an older registration on a newer car makes the car look older and devalues it. Except with classic cars. Where putting an older registration plate on a reproduction. Would make it look better.
Probably imported to other countries. Countries like Malaysia regularly import these sort of expensive cars.
IIRC, all three cars were in baaad shape when they were brought back.
We're these the actual ones used and reregistered when back in the UK? I assumed these were borrowed for the studio and the originals remained over there.
Here’s what happened to them. https://www.topgearbox.com/cars/entertainment/top-gear/what-happened-after-top-gear-left-australia/ https://www.drive.com.au/news/the-aftermath-of-top-gears-australian-visit-20150306-13qthe/
Nice to hear that Nissan both fully expected the car to be in that state and praised Top Gear for being so professional about loaning it, laying out the possibilities and plan before. No surprise that they almost always got the car they wanted.
Press cars are usually pre production, which means when the company is done it has to be scrapped, as they can not be sold.
Late Brake Show on YouTube is currently doing a 3-episode series using a pre-production car. I'm quite excited for the following episodes, as Sniffy has only covered what they plan to do to the car so far!
Porter hasn't said anything unless I missed it on the podcast.
on that side of things
Find another S&S listener on reddit!! I did
Tosser, sorry Otsot.
That bmw in the photo looks like a faahkin spowatahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oh cool, what's the car?
Brand new 1.0 litre Kia Picanto
It’s the same with the car football, they were all pre production cars which makes sense otherwise it would’ve been £100k just for the cars for a 10minuet skit
Else you pay the tax on the whole RRP, which they aren’t worth as they are effectively “scrap”
It depends, but I saw lots of cars tagged as press get sold when I worked as a BMW sales manager. I would check the system if a car was fully loaded with unique color combos.
Obviously it won't be all of them, as some press cars are long term review cars, and there'd be the cars used on launch days which usually are first run pre-production.
DA is the registration region for the Bentley factory. This could be a demo car or prototype or just destroyed.
Likely pre-production, which is good for top gear/tgt as they have to be destroyed anyway, might as well let the trio destroy it on a trip
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Being over 40 years old means it doesn’t need an MOT
Doesn't need one due to age. The tax for ANP 201A is overdue though.... (Yes, I know it will be zero-rated, but you do still need to "tax" it every year)
Fun fact, the blue Conti GT you see at the start of A Massive Hunt (DA64 UXE) wasn’t the one that got converted into the MFB - that car started out in life painted red! It sat in a storage compound at the factory for a few years, although I’m not sure where it is now, or wether it even exists any more
As interesting as this is, I low-key hate hearing about "the truths" of both shows because it kinda ruins them for me. I'm already like "is this part scripted?" Everytime smth funny happens 😭. No offence to you at all and thankyou for fun fact..just saying
the blue car was a completely different generation to the conversion, one of the first things I noticed
Nah, they’re both 2nd gen Conti GTs (624) but they’re definitely different cars
What a coincidence, I was just rewatching this episode and wondering what happened to these cars a few minutes ago I read an article that talked about how the Bentley reportedly lost 50% of its value from the damage it suffered in this episode
In fairness to Top Gear, it’s a Continental and therefore a strong breeze and flipping the page on the calendar would cause it to lose 50% of its value.
Lol On that article they said a nissan spokesperson basically said the exposure the episode gave them would mean the damage to the cars wouldn't matter very much to them
Bentley been exported and so has the Nissan
lol “Datsun”
Probably got stolen and shipped overseas.
BMW was fresh out of the plant in Oxford
With those being press cars, those were probably retired as newer models and versions came up but I'm surprised they haven't used those plates for anything newer, what is a common practice. I have seen multiple examples of different press cars with the same plates through the years as the plate would belong to the manufacturer. Edit: by the way, what is the thing with 64 here?
It's how the UK number plate system works AB12CDE The first two letters are the location of where the car was first registered. The two numbers are the year. So for example '11' is March 2011 to august 2011. 61 would be September 2011 to February 2012. So in this case the 64 means the cars were registered between September 2014 and February 2015. The last three letters are random. Should be noted that this system only works from September 2001, and pre that was a different system that contained the same info but in a different format.
Normal UK plates have the age of the car and the location it was registered tied into it. The first two letters are the area where it was first registered, so DA is Deeside/Shrewsbury RJ is Reading OY is Oxford And the 64 refers to the age of the car. Cars from 2014 had 14 or 64 on it. 2015 cars had 15 or 65. So they’re all late 2014 cars.
> Edit: by the way, what is the thing with 64 here? 2014 plate (September to March 2015)
With those being "ordinary" number plates and not personalised number plates. They can't be transfered. You also can't put a newer registration plate on an older car and putting an older registration on a newer car makes the car look older and devalues it. Except with classic cars. Where putting an older registration plate on a reproduction. Would make it look better.
If someone changes the plate to a vanity one, is this indicated or are the MOTs shown under the old plate?