Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 4:32 pm
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Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 5:00 pm
Ach 68 is too young. RIP
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 5:10 pm
Aww damn 
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:09 pm
I was shocked to see that. Someone I enjoyed watching back in the day, definitely part of my automotive history. Way too young. 
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:25 pm
From Reddit, impossible not to hear his voice in the quote:
This clip of them together springs to mind.
RIP
Always liked his dry presenting style. I met him on stage along with Jeremy and Tiff on stage at the motor show in 1995 and they were all lovely.Always remember a funny story about him from Richard Porter's (wrote most of the Top Gear and Grand Tour scripts) book about Top Gear.
Him and Andy Wilman has been invited to some kind of gala event, and Wilman, a notoriously scruffy man at the best of times, insisted that normal suits would be fine. The pair of them turn up looking like a couple of businessmen about to attend a conference.
To their horror, the event is actually a black tie event, so they stand out like Del Boy and Rodney when they turn up to the wake in full fancy dress.
Quentin walks up to them, eyebrow cocked, and intones "and _this_, is why you _always_ read to the bottom of an invitation.'
This clip of them together springs to mind.
RIP
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:39 pm
That’s incredibly sad. I wish we’d seen more of Quentin in the recent past; 68 is way too young to go.
I also bought my Puma substantially on the basis of that TG clip and always felt sorry for Quentin who had a very raw deal in the back seat.
RIP to someone whose influence was, I think, far greater than he even knew himself.
I also bought my Puma substantially on the basis of that TG clip and always felt sorry for Quentin who had a very raw deal in the back seat.
RIP to someone whose influence was, I think, far greater than he even knew himself.
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:42 pm
Ahh, RIP Quentin. I really did enjoy the era of classic TG he was in.
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 8:07 pm
Wow, I wasn't expecting that. Only 68 too
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 8:31 pm
RIP Quentin.. 68 is too young
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 9:41 pm
R.I.P..I didn't know his age, but now it's been in the news I guess they won't put a private plate on his headstone. R.I.P..
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 10:35 pm
CG, that’s sad RIP
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2025 5:34 pm
Ugh. Lung cancer's still a bitch.
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2025 6:47 pm
Ahh, you can’t help read his quotes with his voice in your head. RIP Quentin.
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2025 6:51 pm
Because of the driving? Or because there's fuck all leg room back there at the best of times, never mind behind Clarkson....made for decent boot space though.Jobbo wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:39 pm I also bought my Puma substantially on the basis of that TG clip and always felt sorry for Quentin who had a very raw deal in the back seat.
68 does seem to young these days.
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 2:41 pm
That's very sad to hear, 68 seems way too early, fuck cancer.
That Pump clip was also the first thing that came to my mind, nice to see it popping up again.
That Pump clip was also the first thing that came to my mind, nice to see it popping up again.
Re: Quentin Willson
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 2:43 pm
He was a heavy smoker by all accounts.
Had the opportunity to go to an event he hosted at The Motorist and passed up on it. Wish I'd gone now.
RIP
Had the opportunity to go to an event he hosted at The Motorist and passed up on it. Wish I'd gone now.
RIP