Alfa Romeo CHALLENGE | Top Gear
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2010
- The Top Gear trio's attempt to make their one thousand pound Alfas look good come hilariously unstuck as they line up on a race track against some speedy, and frankly, much more reliable cars!
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Rule of Top Gear: If a host says "Edit" or "don't put that part in." It will be in the final cut no questions.
its all scripted
It's not scripted, they just goof around and act as they always do then they edit out the boring parts.
+13thSystem A lot of it is scripted, and rightly so - made it much more entertaining
tdc1991x Nope, the three just said what they wanted to and did what they want, it's why the new top gear sucks, because they're not as creative and funny as the old trio. The only thing scripted in top gear is their schedule.
13thSystem im guessing you haven't read 'on that bombshell' written by the SCRIPT EDITOR for TG where he says it's scripted, even all of the trips and falls.
The delivery on the ‘Alfa build a car to be as good as a car can be... briefly’ line is superb.
That is my favorite quote from this show, ever, and I had to spend an hour trying to find a clip of it.
As Clarkson would say elsewhere, "the pause is everything" 😁
My first car was an alfa its like that kid at school whos got some much potential but never tries hard
Just as bad as when he started? It doesn't start period
I just found out I'm an Alfa Romeo.
appelpower1 uhuh, im sure. Does everyone who fail tell themselves they had oh so much potential?
@@huleyn135 usually it's other people telling them that
My first two cars were an Alfa156 v6 and 916 GTV v6. I now own a Maserati Gransport 4.2 v8. I still miss both my alfas!
Theyre not kidding when they say Alfas have a certain 'magic'. The GTV for example just FELT so responsive and lively! The 156 v6 2.5 litre sounded AMAZING. Yes, the Maserati is obviously a much higher caliber car, but a car is a lot of things and Alfas give you this amazing feeling of being driver centric and, for their price, are amazing
4:19 ever noticed there’s a track map on James passenger seat for when he gets lost on the track
Even a lot of professional racing drivers have a track map in the car
The track their at there is my local race track
@@grzybowy1680 Yeah but we know why James needs it
@@grzybowy1680 ... Captn. Slow would need a map for an oval.
4:22
"The only car that is out there right now, working, is Hammond's!"
*proceeds to cut to Hamster's car coming round a bend sounding like a V-1 flying bomb in flight*
Hamster behind steering wheel of V1 car? V engines must have at least two cylinder to be V.
@@tazionuvolari8142 the v1 he was referring to was a pulse jet engine, not a piston engine
@@tazionuvolari8142 V-1 referring to Hitler's revenge missile revenge missile in ww2.
@@jamesbowen2105 listen here u little son of b, here, we calling it FAU-1, THATS WHY I ASKED U SCUMBAG
alfa romeo made a car to be as good as a car can be BRIEFLY. hahahahahahaha
+Dumy Jobby I therefore thought to cool it off with a fire extinguisher, it was a brrRiliant Idea! LOL
Alfa romeo lives as a man because has a heart.
Awful Romeo
And with ones of the best engines in the world xD both GTA series have an insanely powerful V6 biturbo which gives about 250 horsepower
@@mhplayer theres no Biturbo V6s
"But it still has that alfa magic, only alfa romeo owners know."
*Clung zeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
"What was that!!"
Yeah, alfa owners really do know that feeling... 😂😂😂😂
"No! Clutch!" were my exact words too with my GTV 3-litre when I had it xD
Ahaha and the noise xD
One of the funniest things ever on top gear
"Brutus Hammond was out with a broken water pump, and soon it was the turn of Cassius May"
Pure poetry, I come back just to rewatch that part again over and over
I was laughing so hard at that too😂
"Feed the power through the long banked curve" *loses control and exits the track*
I wonder if that guy in the lambo purposely let Jeremy through to make him think that he got a point :-)
75 : im gonna pass you !
Gallardo : NOPE
75 : ohh no
Probably was worried he'd crash into him with that shitbox
3:32 YES! 😆 Utter joy... 😊 oh wait, no 😳 he's gone again. ☹️
@@Chironex_Fleckeri Yes the lambo is a shitbox compared to the alfa
@@Chironex_Fleckeri Dont think Jerermy was that worried about the Lambo hitting him
My all time favorite phrase from James May: "Oh cock!"
antivenomworld And bringing up the rear: _"MAYDAY!!!"_
+nope. gopping
impress yahoos
Mine is "Watch this", then he screws everything up.
James May's only phrase
0:55
Statements like this shows the genius that was Top Gear. This is the kind of insight only car fanatics would understand and feel, brilliantly explained to the general public so they too can understand, but with a sly quip emphasizing how ridiculous the situation is. Because the world of cars IS often ridiculous and that's what makes it fun and special.
SOUL
CHARACTER
PASSION
opsimathics more like...
SAD
CRAPPED
PATHETIC
Still S.C.P.
BROKEN BITS
EDGES
OTHER PILES OF CRAP
That'll be 3 pounds
Uh oh not the SCP
I love it when they actually work together to slow down the other drivers
which was inevitably followed by one of them betraying the others
With the whole track you mean? That Audi sorry I mean Lambo could have easily got passed them on the straight. A bus could have.
I’ve just bought and Alfa 159 so chuffed that I’ve managed to get a proper Alfa at 19… edit. She suffered an awful bout of Alfaitis and died for 19 weeks but she’s back for now 😂
Nice well done What engine did u get I also I have a alfa 159 mine is the ti 2.2l 185bhp my first car was a mito lmao
@@MCRM_Finnegan unfortunately all i could insure was the 1.8 mpi but now im looking for a 3.2 v6 or a 2.2 jts wouldn't mind a 1750 tbi
@@cameronrichardson3108 ah nice i would not mind getting the 1750tbi but there about 5-6k did u know in the UK there are only 32 Alfa 159 TI 2.2's left in that specific spec also the 2.2 gets about 25MPG if ur lucky lmao
@@MCRM_Finnegan 32 i think i can beat that lol, 24 1.8 MPI lusso left 😂 and truth b told the 1.8 mpi don't get much better mpg cause its too weak to pul that big heavy car but anyway
@@cameronrichardson3108 wait Really lol in my town there are 2 1.8mpi's
The “N” in Alfa Romeo stands for “no electrical problems”
but the "M" in Romeo stands for "much other problems"
tbf, they didn't have a single electrical issue during this vid.
this why these guys made the most successful TV series in history
6:24 "Brutus Hammond..."
I lol'd.
Cassius may, tho. Brilliant
TheIceWarri
It refers to one of the men who conspired to kill Julius Caesar, Jeremy was "stabbed in the back" by the guys by overtaking him.
Et tu, Hammond...
Wouldn't that be ; l'dol?
5:24, Captain Slow comes into his element!
I owned an Alfa 166 with the busso v6 for 6 glorious years, 10 years later I still miss that car. Very reliable as long as it was looked after, be late with a service or go cheap on the oil and it would let you know it didn’t approve.
"it has the Alfa feel" *clunck* "something is very wrong here"
sounds like an Alfa to me.
"Its Alfas, they do things you are just not ready for " hahahah
"Jeremy, how you doing?"
"Not brilliantly."
*toppled car*
The tradition of bumping into May at every opportunity just cracks me up. The boys!
Alfa forever...as Jeremy said: You can't be a true petrolhead until you had an Alfa!
I'd rather not spend all my money on fixing the car all the time :c
You own a Volkswagen or a Bmw?! Cause in the workshop i work i get tired of seing Volkswagens and Bmws!
You change tires and brakes?
T om Guess he retrieves the trouble code for Check Engine lights.
Rubén Valente says who lmao
3:05 Lewis talking to max after British GP
"It's Alfa's. They do things that you're just not ready for." - Jeremy Clarkson
A very useful quote for petrolheads... literally
My dearest Alfa Romeo,
~I love you now and forever always...
I only cared about their sporty variants , not their peasant types
2:56 WHAT GOES ON IN JEREMYS BRAIN. so I have an opportunity to crash into James May but I’m in a beaten down Alfa romeo in critical condition with a long rally stage and i will get black flagged. WORTH IT.
I tried to get a point by overtaking Captain Slow [crash]. Naturally, that got us black flagged, but at least I took full responsibility. *YOU turned in on me!*
_"Just overtaking you again, Jeremy."_
*SHUT UP, HAMMOND!*
The 75 (Jeremy's car) is now privately owned and fully road legal...
fully restored ?
Rasputin desirable ? Wat about the 75 Evoluzione
How?
Didn't Jezza used to own a GTV6?
@@keyboardwarrior327 an old friend of mine bought it from the BBC. It didn't need much work to make it road legal again and it still Clarkson's paint job. It has its own Facebook page. Search for "Minty the Top Gear Alfa".
I've had one Alfa, it was fantastic, fantastic to drive and awesome styling... never let me down... except for high maintenance costs (always had something that needed replacing)
The two happiest days of a persons life is when they buy an Alfa and when they sell it
Haven't sold and still not thinking about it
Not true at all
Absolutely true. However, Alfa stands for “always looking for another”
I sold my GTV and returned to Honda : D
Might be I wasn´t ready for italian reliability.
Clarkson did the same, even traded it for the same car lol
I own two cars a Honda Jazz and a Alfa Romeo Montreal and I will never get rid of my Montreal it's not the most reliable it's not the fastest but what it is, is pure italian magic and my car I know it I fix it and nothing is better for a gear head than that feeling when you are doing 120 on the highway in your car
ALFAS ARE SPECIAL AND RELIABLE WHEN YOU'RE AN ALFA ROMEO OWNER!
donte alexander thats whta Jeremy Clarkson said then it broke down hahahaha 0:42
0:42 BREAKDOWN!
aaaaaaaa
+donte alexander your drunk
+donte alexander Traditionaly Alfa are the best, copied by others, some owners are un able to look after them.
I've had an Alfa 145 for 14 years now, regularly driven at full speed (above 200 Km/h), ran 210.000 Km, spent all her life in the street, no major part was ever changed, not one breakdown or unexpected failure of any part. No noticeable rust except now for the exhaust system but then I visited seasides quite a lot too. Still as frisky as she used to be when new.
i own a 145 too, 150.000 km and it runs better than when it came out of the factory, it has been ridden hard its whole life and used on the track on various occasions and NOTHING broke down.
i could of gotten lucky with mine, or you could of gotten unlucky with yours, also you need to realise most of the things you named are things that have to be replaced on a regular basis on pretty much any car, like the leather or the lambda sensor, for example i did have to replace the lambda sensor once (cheap fix), i have an aftermarket exhaust so i cant say anything about the rust, my gearbox works well, the only leather that looks a little worn is the one on the steering wheel ( cheap fix), badges look good, dashboard lights look good, water pump never gave me any problems.
not every car is the same.
oh and i did have problems with my sideskirts but only because the roads here are shit and i damaged the mounting points after hitting some potholes pretty hard.
every car has its flaws, i am not saying it is perfect but it isnt unrealiable either.
It must be haunted
Where do you drive over 200 km/h ?
Friend of mine has al Giulia Junior 1600 from 1970'. First owned, 200 thousand miles. The thing has been rebuild twice and wen throught 4 engines. It spends about 6 months every year in the shop because it's broken, even thought everything, and I mean EVERYTHING has already been replaced. It's a curse really.
@3:30 gotta love when someone with a much more powerful car feels like playing with you.lol
I miss this show so much.
So well said. My car was an alfa. Its was so fun and classy and dynamic. Such a pleasure to drive. But ive never seen a car disintegrate without any exterior impact like it did! And the unearthly noises it would produce sometimes. Like "what in the world could that have been and can i make it home alive por favor?"
@Pixelparaszt corrected, i got too excited
Alphas always win
this has to be the one of the best challenges they ever done
Last January I bought an Alfa Romeo Giulia, I absolutely love it, but I'm not sure it's really an Alfa, because it seems to work
Nico Hulkenberg, Carlos Sainz, and Lance Stroll.
TheJokerit19 😂
I don’t get it
@@jacksmith3105 It's a reference to what happened in qualifying for the most recent Italian GP involving these three.
Brutus Hammond and Cassius May lmao.
6:50 George Russell after Hungarian GP
This video sums up everything I like about the old top gear
My Alfa 33 1.5 i.e still running since 1992 !!!!
3:52 when your friend playing goalkeeper and saves a fast shoot with the face.
I always liken the sound of Jeremy's Milano/75 to a car that sounds like its groaning in both constant pain and crying out in effort to keep moving, to keep driving as best as it can.
remember when top gear was good?
+
I menber
Don't even watch it anymore. Grand tour baby!
Yes.
Feel old yet?
Jeremy had the same flywheel bearing problem in the GTV6 he had on the old Italian coupe challenge. The one, he himself, fix the problem by making a phone call 😂😂 and it does make sense as the 75 is basically a 4 door gtv6
AlfaRomeo. The real sport cars. Light, powerfull, buautifull and with a story and a tradition to tell!
3:27 The most emotionally filled "Cock!" Jim have ever said
James*
"Have you been over taken recently?"
"No. Not for awhile i suppose."
LOL
yo it's been 10 years
I love how Top Gear uses the great escape soundtrack when they do something clever.
i realized when Jeremy tried to overtake James, he lost the left indicator, but at the 3:05 we can see, he also lost the right one
6:45 that shot of Clarkson in the Alfa just makes me laugh 😂
5:34 who the hell honks at a race? Hahahahahhahaha!
My first car was an alfa 156 with the lovely twin spark engine. Such a soulfull engine and such a lovely car to both drive and look at. Would not trade it for anything!
6:13 I love how Hamster gets so excited lol
Oh my god the brakes!! lol
3:34 when you think you're fast and then this happens
In the Spider, you only have to think of a corner to make it oversteer. It has a live rear axle, very little weight in the back, and therefore hardly any rear-wheel traction in corners.
My favorite of the three, given they were in good condition, would be the 75
I absolutely love the Top Gear rolling roadblock
Seeing that the cars range of 15 + years old I'm not surprised they all broke down, if you take any car to the track and beat the living piss out of them they all will brake down or have some sort of mechanical failure
That's absolutely untrue
If its even sort of looked after it wont. Then again i only have japanese cars... Perhaps thats the difference
tell that to the 106 rallye with 387 000 km sitting in my shed. barely requires oil to have a ton of fun in it on the weekends
@@Colt45hatchback Na ,the only cars left on the road that still rust ,and make you want to rip up your licence and get the bus ,they are that bland and boring
@@LOTPOR0402LOL
"that's the thing you have to remember. Alfa builds a car to be as good as a car can be... BRIEFLY" jajaja classic
Good points on an alfa: It looks beautiful, drives lovely and has a nice sound to it. Major bad points is the fact that you are pretty much screwed when it starts breaking down thick and fast
Really
It’s just how you maintain the car, if you have a little knowledge or you do every maintenance work they’ll run forever. My 3.0 V6 Alfa 75 reached in march 500.000 km, now aiming for 600.000. The problem with alfas is just that everyone expects them to be as good as bmws and Mercedes’ while treating them much worse. If you treat a bmw like you would treat an Alfa, it won’t even reach 100.000.
Judging British cars on reliability is unfair. It's like judging frenchmen for smelling.
'Till Hammond buggered off that is!
One of my favorite episodes.
6:38 The Stig!
I don't think Alfa ever managed to shake the reputation of the Alfa Sud, modern day Alfa's are brilliant cars.
this was my first video of "Top Gear" since then, im in love with the show
Do you still love it?
5:14 now i know where the qualifying mess in f1 2019 in italy came from😂😂
Who’s here after the F1 debacle where they held each other up
Me. I thought I'd be the only one.
@@TheJokerit19 Nope.
F1 debacle?
@@AbortedFeti Yes, a qualifying-debacle last time out.
☝ Vettel-fan and i was very pissed, luckily KARMA hit Hulkenberg and that German traitor will not get a seat next year 😁. Stupid talentless loser that he is.
5:23 probably the best moment in racing history! lol
Keep up new topgear seasons!!!! :)
Funniest teamwork ever XD
Unreliable? Yes. Fun to drive: Certainly.
I bought my 156 in 1998 and still have it. It is the only car I have loved,. You're not a petrolhead unless .....
Few years ago on Italia day in assen (netherlands), we lined up in the cue to park our car (my dad got a 159), and we got sended to a diffrent route, we got allowed to drive into the circuit section, and park next to all the Lambo's and Ferrari's it was awesome.. I like alfa's since that moment
Ive said it before and I'll say it again. Cheap car challenges are what Top Gear do best imo, so much fun. Do more! Ya hear?!
i like how there was what looked like an open wheel racer on the track LOL
Welcome to track day
As an Italian, I can say one thing, my father is a true “alfista” since the 60’s, Alfa Junior, GTV, Giulietta, Alfetta, 33 sw, 164.
I’ve always been on his cara since I was a baby.. the engine of a 2.0 v6 busso modified will deeply remains in my soul.
Everything they saying about problems is also true. I remember on garda lake’s highway in summer running at 200km/h in the 164 and the rearview mirror felt down because the glue that was keeping it up just did’n’t kept it. imagine this was a 65 millions Italians Lira at this moment.. probably comparable to a 45k € today. Anyway my friends still loves my father because when we were young they wanted to come in my father’s car because the émotions were strongers than they’re parents pussies Mercedes cdi
I love a good stall from Captain Slow :) Great clip!
One of the best challanges
The past and the future: Alfa Romeo, Italian Pride!
1:37 I might be able to get a new one in by (calculating maths) OCTOBER
I almost bought a 78 alfa romeo spider. At the time I couldn't deal with it and I needed a truck for work instead. I still regret not getting it. It was beautiful cream white.
Man lowkey it was so cool to see the (based on me growing up) first hot hatch , the Ford focus rs, in the best original color!
Track day with an F1 Car? @ 3:13
7:27 happens to me all the time
I love Alfas! Beautiful cars.
I love the references to Brutus and Cassius. :)
I still haven't gotten my driver's licence and the ONLY car I ever wanted to drive and did was an Alfa Romeo Brera
I bet the idea from 5:12 was James' idea!
Love the moment when the 'The March of River Kai' come in.
was in tears when the exhaust feel off XD
It's a Minor Scuff!
Look what you done men!
speedy20091 you mean 'tis but a scratch
@@karoma7898 Beat me to it....
By two years
I've always wondered what happened to Jeremy's Alfa 75 for it to develop such a whine that is based on engine rpm.
Propshaft runs at engine speed, clutch and gearbox are in the back of a 75
Wonderful video and great car
I have the 75
1.8IE no cat
One of the last, 1992
The car has a good punch and a great handling, these things are really rare on today’s cars
Today a 75 3.0 as That one in good shape is around 15 thousands in Italy....
one word - awesome