The Sixties came back for a while. Then the Seventies returned for an
encore performance. Now, even things from the Eighties are coming
back into style. But we're praying to everything holy that the
Nineties stay far, far behind us. Especially after taking this trip
down memory lane to a 1991 episode of Top Gear.

Yes, in case you were wondering, Jeremy Clarkson was hosting the BBC
car show even back then, having started in 1988. And yes, his
Brit-fro was even bigger then, even when juxtaposed against his
big-shouldered, blinged-out biker jacket and high-top sneakers.

As if to foreshadow how far Top Gear has come over the past couple of
decades, Clarkson (Sideshow Bob wig and all) climbs behind the wheel
of a Ferrari 348 – widely remembered as a low point in Maranello's
history – and loved it. Hindsight being 20/20 and all, we did manage
to extract one juicy nugget of Clarkson perspective that stands the
test of time: namely, that driving a 160mph sportscar around town at
30 is every bit as justifiable as driving a four-seater by yourself.


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