Inside Chris Harris’ Dream Garage | Chris Harris Drives | Top Gear

now you might have seen a couple of weeks ago on the internet that RM Auctions was dealing with a sale of around 130 cars from the 70s 80s and 90s and I saw the pictures of those cars in that warehouse and thought I got to see them guess where we are we're with them this is and I don't say this lightly the most extraordinary room full of cars I've ever seen I don't have the stats but I think if you looked at my browser history for used cars more time will be spent looking at used BMW M cars Alpena's AMG's that kind of stuff than anything else those are the cars but for some reason I can't get enough off and I'm just walked into a room well I'll paint a mint mint that's a b7 turbo mint that looks like a 65 si si come be an m6 e 60 m5 in Europe paddles remember that big outcry journalist like me saying it didn't have a manual gearbox like the only 39 but these ones but in America they did a six-speed manual for a while they're both manuals over here in Europe I'm I wasn't aware of any others in Europe I mean that is that's special opens door inside stick look at the seat bolster on that car you show me an e 60 m5 doesn't have a collapsed driver's seat bolster they all do this one doesn't like everything else here it's absolutely mint there are three three three a 38 Alpina seven series is here there's a six liter of 5.7 and another six liter I've wanted one of these ever since I first drove one in 2001 the only place I've ever seen more than one of these was I think the Geneva Motor Show I don't think even then they only had two there are three here and then you just drunk on a 38 and you think well what oh look there's a Annie 28 mint b7 turbo I've not seen one of those in the raw before so just um just stay there while I have a bit of man moment to myself right there I'm breathing okay right so this is Annie 28 with with the Croft bucket seats I mean look at them they're just perfect look at the steering wheel fellow sad people what's the first thing you do when you're approaching an old BMW you look in the boot for the toolkit don't you so let's just choose one this is a 65 si si come in come on you know put the boot up it goes look inside undo undo undo perfect absolutely perfect look why all the spoilers so good my spoiler thought that good is that all the brothers just right and it's not perished and extended wheelbase 7 Series another one oh no this isn't it was about a 32 oh look these are rare as well as our load of eight series that's one 850 C is an 850 si si that's a 5.7 I think these are rare as you like look it's got a NACA duct on the bonnet the Aston Martin Lagonda Neil told me not to take fit let's have a look at it wheel rim tire okay that is a 15 inch rim this is a 2 5 565 r15 it's an Avon turbo speeed ljk set right would love that time love the neighbour on turbo speed left a Honda Prelude in his world and they had a bristol I'm not sure if he loved the Aston Martin Lagonda though okay bad my old car magazines if I can find out but just look at it come on I mean it started out pretty haphazard but by the end they got it nailed this is a great-looking car its massive and there's no room inside but look how cool it is I want one of these right now I want one of these we're just gonna take a few minutes out because I actually need to go and have a a chat with myself cuz I I've never seen anything like it this feels like therapy feels like I'm finally revealing how much I like cars of this era they just excite me this is what I want to be and if BMW or Alpina's not your thing there's always the Mercedes AMG corner that's actually a lie because behind you there's a load more AMG s but let's start with these 600 another 600 look at these we've got s l's and SE C's it's an e 500 look how sexy is with the slightly flared arches this comes from a time when people understood quietly demonstrating your potential you know see one two six AMG s so that's basically the big makuu play from the mid 80s with the wide arch body kit I mean it's just the signature thug car isn't it it couldn't look better come and have a look inside this because the 80s was the decade of X s and the 80s wasn't smug with hindsight the 80s was proud to be the 80s and the 80s love buttons this seat has 13 buttons alone this one seat that means there's 26 across the two of them and the dashboards and the clock faces and them you know when it all goes electric soon I think I might want one of these I've never done this before but I'm taking photos myself see go from something else now I did your deal we're gonna go to the estate car I never thought I'd say this I'm about to walk straight past a 300 SEL 6.30 woah look at that because that is one of my dream cars but we need to ignore that to get to that that is a w123 Turing estate car and it's been to AMG and it has a 5 liter engine in it which would have been from an s-class you might know of a cooler car on the planet than that but I don't look at it yes so that's an SL 70 the bored out version by AMG and that engine became the basis of the come on answers on a post you're right that became the engine that went in the Zonda and these are now worth a few quid because there aren't any more zonder engine so the only way to get is on their engine is to buy one of these and do something unspeakable to it I wonder if you can just sort of live here have a tent or motorhome in the middle and just just hang out with them how wonderfully random is this so American spec 280 big bumpers 280 turbo mill of said cars the cameras shaking a bit because he's getting excited and they just get better look at the tiger panels on that another 280 in that sort of late seventies early eighties metallic brown color and now we come to the 50th anniversary turbo you have to see inside this car for the sheer madness and what was going on come on this side Miller I'll let you in here can you squeeze through there look at this dashboard can you see that that is madness down here we have we have a body sonic amplifier with two rotary dials that just say intensity in the middle we've got electronic dampers I bet they don't work and we've got all sorts of amazing things here it's just the eighties climate control got it so cool look at the steering wheel this is all the stuff we're going to miss when the world becomes electric and boring this is just madness look at these dials here it's got a stick that's a manual nine to eight GTS the Sun 40,000 miles on his in mint condition I don't think that's a repeatable proposition it's even got the kind of purply leather interior that I want what you need to know about a nine to eight is even met with the ninety rates trim it never goes back the same way any interior panel and the exterior panel a rubber a union any of these bits here if it's been tampered with will never go back the right way this car is completely mint I've never seen one as good as this these are perfect the rubbers are perfect so this isn't a room full of Motley old junk this is a room full of the best cars I've seen these are absolutely perfect Bentley's and what's really really surprising about this era of Bentley now is that when I used to see them as a kid they looked absurdly big and ostentatious but of course now because every car is so big and because people are obsessed with SUVs these look just the right size for a large motor car to me what's that one then the early context like it's got big wheels it might be it might be a special one let's have a look that is a quantity right so this is really special two calipers for the big old beast I love that from that era twin calipers still with a disc that you'd see all the Ford Focus now we're getting to the era of cars where I actually tested them so I remember driving one of these when it was new God like that Doris and this one is definitely in better condition than the one that I saw that came from the factory it's mint absolutely mint these were really good fun Renault 5 turbo 2 leather interior 29,000 kilometres red what more do you say one of the coolest looking cars ever made I still have no idea what Renault was smoking when they did this what I quite like some Mitsubishi Starion Mitsubishi Starion come on have a look in here this is this is more 80s than Bruce Willis watching rocky for having a beer with Arnold Schwarzenegger this is the most eighties thing I've ever seen look here look at this high-five look at this look at these buttons look at this steering wheel let's think of the etymology of the word Starion in this context because you must know the story if you don't know the story go and look it up online look at the ruffled leather this cars done 9,000 miles I think the sterian is one of the great looking cars name me a car that's got big box launches on it that doesn't look good there isn't one is there is there a car that's got box arches on it flared arches like that that looks bad there isn't one ether tm3 so I had to choose one vehicle from this remarkable treasure trove that I've just loved wandering round and I've chosen one here we go can you guess what that is how many cylinders is that sounds expensive to me [Music] look at this half white head you know it's called us than I've ever seen it's got a built-in radar detection everything down there [Music] it's just so comfortable drive on seats [Music]

Channel: Top Gear

Views: 1,898,692

Rating: 4.9138598 out of 5

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Id: fiLImHQbjis

Length: 12min 40sec (760 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 01 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/TopHatTony11]

I need Chris to go over every single car in the warehouse. Every. Single. One. 80’s Mercedes is where the automobile peaked.

[u/plaid_cloud]

I don’t know what is more admirable to me. His fondness for great cars or his driving skills.

I used to love Chris purely for his driving videos and had no idea how geeked he got about cars until recently.

He’s got to be the greatest enthusiast and ambassador to the world of Motorsport and all things automotive.

[u/viralcarking]

I would do bad things for an E38 Alpina B12. Unspeakable things.

[u/IcantDeadLift]

That black C126 AMG. WOW. Every car in is just mint. I wish I had a chance to see this collection.

[u/ChrisShiherlis]

Those e38s are jaw-dropping.

[u/cadomski]

Chris Harris is my favorite auto journalist. He is a car guy's car guy. And he's also a great driver.

Watching his reaction was great. It's exactly how I am around cars like that.

[u/FsDxRAGE]

I think I'd have to take a seat and breathe slowly if I walked in there. Every single one of these cars are what I lust after. Why is this not two hours long?

[u/RennieMackintosh]

You know Chris is a real car enthusiast when he rolls his sleeves to cover his hand before touching them. Respect.

[u/frankztn]

Saw a b7 turbo at our local exotics meet and holy shit. People were drooling at the la Ferrari and I was at the b7 staring and noticing every little thing. The kind of off center exhaust the ground effects kit. 😍😍😍