VW models of this era were very solid cars. The MK1-MK3 were built like tin cans but from MK4 onwards which is what this New Beetle is they were remarkably strong cars.
Me too! Just watched One For The Road about a month ago. What an incredible journey these guys have had. Petrol-heads will remember them for many years to come
I bought a turbocharged one in late '99. I really liked how it drove. However, getting on a first name basis with the Service Advisor gave it a short life with me. I traded for a Honda after the two-year warranty. Amazing how the passenger compartment held together!
I bought a New Beetle band-new in 2000. It was a perfectly competent little car and lived two full decades. I actually just rented one in Hawaii for two weeks last summer.
It's about it's image and marketing scheme, they all hate the beetle already for it's origin, as they have said on numerous occasions, so the new beetle that specifically caters to the original beetle nostalgia is even worse. They spent their life trashing both on top gear and the grand tour lol
I will never understand people disrespect other people's opinion. New Beetle was a reminiscent of the original Beetle, which the original Beetle has a bad history.
@@automation7295 Well the Porsche 911 is a direct descendant of the Beetle; does that make it ok to hate them because they have a bad history? Your logic is flawed.
Imagine being the person setting this up? Calling the owner of property or country saying "yeah we are going full blast a VW Beetle off a cliff is that cool? Thanks. I'm going to miss these guys!
Oh dear, the same happened to Jezz with that Ferrari rally kit car on the Perfect Road Trip special. Can't believe he's unlucky enough for it to have happened again 😱😱
If the Beetle could talk, what would it say? 🤣
I HATE YOU! ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*CLARKSOOOOON!!!*
It would say: "Please clean up every single bit of glass and plastic that I've lost on my way down."
I do not mind sending me down a cliff. But - it is a „broom“ Jezza, not a „brumm“.
SPEEEEEEED!
What a terribly random and unavoidable accident.
Its baffling how such an unavoidable and completely irreversible accident could have occurred
This was probably the best cliff accident in all 22 years.
Agreed. That beetle went full send. Like it wouldn’t stop.
@@chuckkfinnley Pretty sure it was edited some, but still very impressive.
Ichokwadi..( True ) 😊
That absolutely was!
The jaaaag is a close contender
That actually held up remarkably well, better than expected.
Well they smashed 2 of them. But still.
@@MuitoDaora do elaborate 😜😅
That moment when the engine block says "Well, I'm out of here"... 😂😂
Bit of t-cut.. it'll be fine !
VW models of this era were very solid cars. The MK1-MK3 were built like tin cans but from MK4 onwards which is what this New Beetle is they were remarkably strong cars.
So is the beetle not coming on then?
Well, the beetle went over the cliff somewhere around 40-50mph and it was beyond salvageable. So that's a no
Nice.
I already miss these guys even though I'm constantly watching hours of their content lately
Me too! Just watched One For The Road about a month ago. What an incredible journey these guys have had. Petrol-heads will remember them for many years to come
Imagine the cleanup of that hill? Insane
No way they are getting all the little glass shards.
Greta can do it
@@Makrel94They won't even find all the metal.
Wow Mr. Wilman was so generous to get them a Porsche, too bad it had that cliff accident
Porsche? That's a VW
@@redmr2na clearly that was a 911
@@mixswistyeah!
@mixswist It looks like a 911, but a 911 has the engine in the back.
Well, Porsche was the designer of the original beetle, so @AbysmalRapture is sorta right by extension ;)
Even the engine block was like "yeet, I'm out of here. I'd rather be in a golf"
I still can’t get over the fact that these 3 will never grace our screens as a trio again ☹️☹️😩🫡
This trio!!! 🥰🙏🥰 james vacuuming his car while clarkson and hammond insult him 😂
Can't help but wonder the cost and length of time required to tidy that up.
This Beetle should've been yellow
1:33 The Perfect Road Trip 2 Reference!
And on that bombshell.
Back to the studio
After learning to drive and struggling owning that car for a year, this scene was one of the more cathartic scenes I’ve ever watched on television
thank you for all the years of British humor, love of cars and so much more, far more than just a car show
This is what you could call going Over the Top...Gear 🤣
It did pretty well considering.
"It's still going, isn't it"? I'll miss Grand Tour.
We can always count on the valxwagon beetle to bring the trios together in their hatred for it.😂
How about we call this Show:
“Better Gear”
The new definition of a border- line - collie - accident? Love it!
At least Hammond wasn't in it this time.
Just imagine if the “brum” handle had gotten trapped in the car?🤔
Poor pooch. 😂😂😂
@4:10 Director: Hey guys we forgot to hit record…sorry
I bought a turbocharged one in late '99. I really liked how it drove. However, getting on a first name basis with the Service Advisor gave it a short life with me. I traded for a Honda after the two-year warranty. Amazing how the passenger compartment held together!
Clarkson also did this to his old Ferrari in The Perfect Road Trip 2 when he’s rallying against Richard Hammond.
That was not a real ferrari tho 💀
@@Makrel94 In the same way this isn't a real Beetle
@@Brebgon Is it not ?
Hope someone cleaned all of that up.
Nature & Passage of time will clean it up
@@falloutraider4168 yea... we all know how plastic naturally decomposes in less than a year... :P
Hope they cleaned all that up after
Have you got anything😅
I've got nothing😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 man that special was amazing
Appreciated the edit showing the airborne cartwheel from both the side and top angles. Excellent.
Still haven’t watched the second half of this special, it’s still not over for me.. yet 😅
Don't do it 😢
No, actually you must 🥲
No! Don't do it 😭
But you must 🥲
It'll be okay if you cry a bit. We all did.
I bought a New Beetle band-new in 2000. It was a perfectly competent little car and lived two full decades. I actually just rented one in Hawaii for two weeks last summer.
A genuine thing of beauty starts at 3:10.
Doggo made the right choice. Hate a vase on wheels...
That's the nicest thing anyone has ever done to a Beetle.
hehe! At least the broom handle, didn't get stuck inside the car...
Well, on _that_ take, it didn't! Look closely to see how many dogs they got through!
This is the nastiest way to dump a car.
"Oh no! Anyway..."
Must have been a lot of work for the team to collect all the parts afterwards.
Thats right up there with the Mini Coopers shoved out of the bus in the original The Italian Job.
0:55 hahahhahaah I can't 😂😂
3:05 POV: you are bored in BeamNG
And after all these years he still loathes the beetle
Even though this segment for sure is acting I still love it
One the funniest moments of the final episode 😂
I will never understand their hatred for the "new" Beetle, after all it is nothing more than a rebodied Golf. . .and they love the Golf.
It's about it's image and marketing scheme, they all hate the beetle already for it's origin, as they have said on numerous occasions, so the new beetle that specifically caters to the original beetle nostalgia is even worse. They spent their life trashing both on top gear and the grand tour lol
Because it’s awfully hateful. Had an MK4 Golf and was bad, drove the New Bettle and it was worse
I will never understand people disrespect other people's opinion. New Beetle was a reminiscent of the original Beetle, which the original Beetle has a bad history.
@@automation7295 Well the Porsche 911 is a direct descendant of the Beetle; does that make it ok to hate them because they have a bad history? Your logic is flawed.
3:11 pov: im playing my summer car
So that's how they make the compact versions of cars.
for once, a car was totaled....and Hammond wasn't in it!
It’s great watching these clips 👏👏👏
Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾
thank you clarkson, hammond, and the slowest man in the world for putting the modern beetle out of its misery
I pitied it. Give it to someone in need instead of destroying it.
This is like a 1 in a billion accident, truly unfortunate.
Like the license plate, referring to Leonardo di caprio ! 😂
🤣🤣🤣 hilarious
What a terribly unfortunate series of accidental events
It was better than other support car.😐
Hammond: loves Porsche 911
Clarkson: dislikes Porsche 911 and calls it VW Beetle
May: neutral on Porsche 911
All of them: HATE VW Beetle.
Only the real ones remember the “Ferrari” broom handle - incident in Italy
“Smash Tour.” The Best Of Clarkson, Hammond And May After 22 Years, Still Memorable And Always Will Be! 🥹🤣
Imagine being the person setting this up? Calling the owner of property or country saying "yeah we are going full blast a VW Beetle off a cliff is that cool? Thanks. I'm going to miss these guys!
How nice, the beetle went back to nature 👍
Lol....I love my green little bug....but to each their own....and remember don't pollute....take your garbage home with you.
That’ll T Cut out.
Somebody had to say it and tonight it’s me. I’ll get my coat …
When I saw this scene for the first time I cannot stop laughing 😂 I will miss them..
Also kind of explains the predicament Volkwagen's presently in..
Just remove the brick (very carefully) and put the handbrake on. Still, good thing they had happened to have a drone to film it all the way down.
Yes, what a horribly unfortunate accident. 🤣
Oddly enough, the car did not explode.
I guess that when 99.9% of the cars in movies explode, they just happened to buck the odds.
Sad, just sad.
Could happen to anyone.
Oh dear, the same happened to Jezz with that Ferrari rally kit car on the Perfect Road Trip special. Can't believe he's unlucky enough for it to have happened again 😱😱
Sorry for being logical, but if the car is in gear, clutch fully depressed, how does it stay stationary on an incline ?
Wonder where in Zim this was done?
Ohhh I forgot about the vase!
“I’m free to flyyyyy” “Shark” “give this writer a job”
0:57 my reaction for the future.
Thats an impressive improvement...
They murdered at least 2 red beetles for this, if you watch the cut you can tell. Wonder how many it really took
I didn't notice that. What time mark does it change?
and two dogs lol
Loved this one ,😁🤠🖤❤️
Hope domeone will clean all that....
I'm actually against this. What a waste !
Some people can't afford a car like this one their whole life.
Very good for the environment
Totally unbelievable. No way would Clarkson walk 5 miles back from the village
Matt Armstrong will sort it in 24hrs👍
Bet that took awhile to clean up
Somehow better than when Hammond and May pushed Clarkson’s Citroen campervan off a seaside cliff 😂
Makes the Italian job Lamborghini look like a trip off the kerb..
I'm more surprized that Hammond wasn't driving it at the time.
I can't believe Jeremy Clarkson is the Bug Harbor Butcher
Brilliant!!.💥💥👍
Whats the trailer line about?
I agree…the original beetle is the goat
*Anorak alert*
Funny considering Jeremy gave it a positive review on Old Top Gear and even (!) considered buying one!!
What an epic crush 😅
Excellent 👌
Absolutely rolled up😂😂😂
there was absolutely nothing they could have done to save that beetle