Tiff Needell? What does he drive?

[lambo_xx]

I was just thinking does he own anything nice? I know Clarkson has had 355s gallardos etc and that Jason off Fifth gear has a 911 Turbo but what does Tiff have?

[EDLT]

He had a Mercedes GL for a bit (he mentioned it on Fifth Gear when he was testing the new one).

[Rollcage]

Didnt he have a Cherokee some time ago? Seem to remember it being mentioned by Quentin once.

[boomboompow]

I can picture him having something along the lines of a M5... haven't a clue though.

[v8will]

IIRC I read an interview one time that he hadn't owned a car for over 20 years and just used loners. He had a V8 disco at that time and I remember reading that he had a Nissan Primera GT back in the early nineties

[Libertine]

Auto Trader Interview said:

"I haven't owned a car since 1982. I don't need to - I've always got a test car to drive. People always ask me what I've got in my garage - I've got nothing! I built myself a garage, but the only things in it are a lawnmower and a quadbike," says Tiff.

This quote was from 2006 though.. At the time, he had a 550i on loan..

[Gummy Sagoo]

That does sound a lot like most motoring journalists I know.

[grumbledoak]

If he had a garage of beauties, surely we'd have seen a show on them by now?

I'd imagine he has such a stream of loaners that he doesn't bother much.

[Rollcage]

I like Tiff, but not sure what his earning capacity is these days, especially compared to, say, Plato or Clarkson.

[Monkey news]

Tiff lives not too far from my friends house and he swears he has seen Tiff driving around in an Enzo, which is regulary at his house. Now this is in a fairly quiet part of the world, so it will deffinitely be him.

[Mattygooner]

He had a 944 turbo i think, seem to remembe a show with hhimriving one again.

[Shuvi]

Monkey news said:

Tiff lives not too far from my friends house and he swears he has seen Tiff driving around in an Enzo, which is regulary at his house. Now this is in a fairly quiet part of the world, so it will deffinitely be him.

Tiffany in a Enzo...

He's a hasbeen/never was bit rubbish. Worse, he's a monumental diva.

[silverthorn2151]

Shuvi said:

Monkey news said:

Tiff lives not too far from my friends house and he swears he has seen Tiff driving around in an Enzo, which is regulary at his house. Now this is in a fairly quiet part of the world, so it will deffinitely be him.

Tiffany in a Enzo...

He's a hasbeen/never was bit rubbish. Worse, he's a monumental diva.

Tiff is actually a really nice guy, a stupendous driver and has a depth of experience in terms of driving different machinery that I suspect will never be repeated. So actually Shuvi I think you're talking bks, especially if you are critisising his behind the wheel stuff and he's less of a diva than many 'celebs' I have met.

But an Enzo...can't see it myself. Every time I have met him he's been driving a beemer of some description.

[t11ner]

He is reckoned to have amazing car control which is more than be said for a lot of other TV motoring presenters .

Given the endless line of cars that he must get put on his driveway, you can understand why he wouldn't bother buying one of his own unless it was something he really got excited about.

[David87]

I recall him driving a BMW M6 in that weird cherry red colour.

[Strawman]

t11ner said:

He is reckoned to have amazing car control which is more than be said for a lot of other TV motoring presenters .

He managed a 3rd in Le Mans in 1990, so he is a useful driver, but there are better drivers out there. I suppose his USP is being a good driver combined with a decent TV talking head.

[HellDiver]

I remember him mentioning in a magazine he had a Stage 1 SIII pickup Land-Rover in the bright green.

[DickyC]

He arrived at a launch at HWM in Weybridge where he was the guest speaker in a very tired Renault saloon. He was a bit late and his parking was atrocious.

[Shropshiremike]

Mattygooner said:

He had a 944 turbo i think, seem to remembe a show with hhimriving one again.

He did indeed , he also had an E21 323i before that

[mat205125]

I saw him arrive at a race circuit a few years ago and he was driving a sport spec 5 series. Not an M5, but a 520d IIRC. I've read that he is a bit of a 5 series fan, and I'll leave it for us all to speculate whether the chicken came before the egg - did he appreciate the fine dynamics and quality of the german saloon, and consequently be given (no doubt) a string of them to drive - or vice versa???