BMW X6 - Too Cramped, Complicated and Expensive | Car Review| Top Gear
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2010
- In the midst of the credit crunch, Jeremy Clarkson's undertakes a modest and low budget 'worldwide' review of the BMW X6.
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I love the way he kept it cheap and simple !
Don't you hate it when someone writes a comment that has almost 1k likes and no responses and then someone ruins it?
@@jancovanderwesthuizen8070 yea me too mate, bugs me out
@@jancovanderwesthuizen8070 forgot the . at the end of the sentence
@@jancovanderwesthuizen8070 my bad.
Fooey
He flew 40 hours for that 10 second bit. Absolute Chad move
Jeremy was probably on vacation and took a couple hours out of his day to film that bit, whats hard to believe about it? There is only 6 episodes of TG in 1 year. What you think hi's doing all that time beside the show, siting in home in London whole year? Beside that, he also writes books and travels around the world for their PR and sales.
@@3Dekart 1. of course I realize that he didn't just fly to Australia for this bit and then flew right back, this comment obviously wasn't meant 100% seriously...
2. there weren't just 6 episodes of Top Gear a year, you may be thinking of The Grand Tour now, they only have a few episodes a year. Top Gear didn't
@@richard_nj no, they always made 6 episodes for year + one or few specials, so the regular season consists of 6 up to 9-10 episodes. Besides, all BBC TV shows has a 6 episodes + 1 or 2 specials per year.
@@3Dekart 6 episodes a year?
2002: 10 episodes
2003: 19
2004: 19
2005: 17
2006: 9
2007: 16
2008: 14
2009: 13
2010: 9
2011: 12
2012: 13
2013: 6
2014: 9
2015: 8
@@3Dekart you must be fun at parties
Ok, so let me guess this straight
In his "cheap" film
-he went to Australia to test the glovebox
-then to Spain to test the suspension
-then to the Alps to test the grip
-then to HK to compare a building to the X6
-and finally went to Barbados to have a vacation
God I love Top Gear
all of it done during the credit crunch
Wow, thanks you for explaning the joke! I really didn't understand it at first, but I do now, thank you thank you thank you!
I like your Name though
jeremy and top gear was the best, carwow is a close second.
In Clarkson's mind
Cheap = Overspending
I love it 🤣
James: keep it cheap and simple
Jeremy: Travels to Australia to test a glove box.
Jeremy: Travels to Hong Kong to give the X6 a metaphor
Did he... god I didn't notice that!
Maybe if I watched the video I would already know. Wait, nevermind. I did...
@@odgie9915 dude....chill..
@@odgie9915 exactly. It pisses me off when someone says the thing that someone said or did in the video. I mean why do these people make these comments? I will never understand
dead lol
Jeremy litteraly did a world tour to tell us BMW sucks
Victor Stoev He did describe the e92 bmw m3 as "just perfect" i can agree with him. I have a e92 bmw 335i and i cannot say otherwise then he did. :)
Mcgyver B no it doesn't the bmw x6 is trash. you must be one of the idiots that brought one.
Does a good job off road? You must be a troll, or a Bimmer fanboy. An Audi A4 FWD would do better off road than the X6.
President Casey Audi A4 is ugly as shit ! That why nobody wants it!
Ehm, only x6 ;)
Jeremy was ahead of the times with his Australia memes
he was the one who took australia jokes the furthest
Oh my goodness I was thinking the same...
Thought the same lmao
sometimes his genius... it's almost frightening
Yeah, that Chinese Australian flag on the yacht to mock Australia's economy with China in the last 2 decades
The beginning of the second most extended pandemic ever: SUVs
Nah that was the Hummer H1, or the Ford Explorer probably
90s in America was when the SUV was born and nurtured. In the 2000s they were all over Europe already, just watch a video on a clarkson old show, Clarkson's Car Years - Family Car 2000. Yea, by 2000 SUVs were already the rage in the UK, and it wouldn't take long for the rest of Europe to jump in.
I'd say this is the birth of a more horrendous pandemic trend: *the crossover*
@@miaugato93 the Nissan Kwashkwai and the Nissan Joke for example, BMW X3, Audi Q5, Audi Q7, Mini Countryman they're all horrible
Ryad Hasan Ahmed ngl I’ve been actually liking SUVs a bit more
wagon gang unite
Koby New my grandma died because of the virus...99.8% my ass
To find out how Jeremy kept it this simple and cheap, I flew to the UK.
I thought you died
thanks jfk
1:12 wait... He seriously just went to Sidney to try one stupid thing out?? And that's why i love Top Gear so much!
Sydney*
Auke Brinkman yeah just 5 countries
So there really is people who believe everything they see on TV
they did go
Chris Constantinou lmao how is that fake, Jeremy was probably on vacation and took a couple hours out of his day to film that bit, whats hard to believe about it?
Top Gear producers: “We’re waaaay under budget this season and we only have one episode left to film. We’ve gotta come up with a way to spend all this money”
Clarkson: “Hold my pina colada”
Piña colada, if you please.. 🤪🤪
@@Weimar76 That's what was said.
@@rexeverything4578 piNa, not piÑA 😜
This is exactly what happened
it was the exact opposite in this episode. TG had miscalculated the budget for this episode meaning each presenter was supposed to keep it low budget, but Clarkson took the P and spent the money that James was meant to spend
I love how his rant about this car essentally applies to today's SUV-obsessed industry
At least today coupe-SUV have 5 seats and a big trunck.
If Guinness had a world record for the most unnecessarily expensive review ever, this would by far be the winner.
I think the Ford Fiesta shopping chase they did would take the cake for that
Thw Renault Twingo gets close to the Fiesta review ^
It's like BMW set out to create a $60,000+ Pontiac Aztek, except even less functional.
@tom lewis yep!
At least with the Pontiac Aztek you could choose to have it turn into a tent in the back
@@maclaintrepanier2511 and it probably wil perform better ofroad too
@@crispyshaman4937 off-road needs good tyres as I saw he had normal summer tires my friend uses good tyres for off-road and he had never problem about driving on hill. When u blindly trust jeremy Clarkson have u tested this car or driven u argue the talking which does jeremy say have u heard about problems of x6 or how is it daily top gear is show it's not channel where man makes review about car and says everything from experience and what he knows it's just entertainment
@@Bot-hq1ew yeah my bad he was running normal summer tires
You seriously went to australia to see if it will "open"
I guess the director wants to convey some message in the clip. They were in a recession at that time and all the place he went in this clip were used to be British's colonies.
+Aimee brown Spain used to be a british colony? Interesting.
even spain and the alps?
Arainion mm.
Most likely green screened
Travels to Australia to check if the lid opens normally... keeping it real cheap.
A green screen
@@ionelpatrunjel5536 nope. it was real.
@@mdgfb05 yes, it's real, but that was not a travel for only that 10s video. Beside TG show, Clarcson also writes books and travels whole the year around the world for their PR and sales. Probably he was in tour in these countries and spend a few minutes to film that short videos for TG episodes.
*This is back when car reviewers had real opinions - nowadays, no reviewer would dare negatively rate any car, so they don’t offend anybody.*
so they don't offend the car company*
@@wchristian2000 The thing is, this car is much capable, sure you won't get far with summer tires.
There are multiple vehicles of BMW M3 and M4 Rear Wheel Drive vehicles doing very well in snow, tires are a big factor.
@@PatalJunior if I had a family this would be my car of choice no doubt
@@PatalJunior yeah they put the wrong tires on for this review imo
the only car manufacturer who has ever been offended by top gear was elon musk
"One simple film coming up"
*travels all over world to test car*
Whhoooosh
That’s the fucking joke
@@opvityas1305 r/iuseredditsoisaythat
That’s the beauty of top gear.
**Travels to Australia for checking glovebox**
"No no, he's got a point..."
Damn imagine if we still lived in a world where it was economical for a TV show to travel to Australia, Spain, the Alps, Hong Kong, and Barbados for a 10 minute bit.
It wasn't ever economical to do that - that's the whole point of this bit!
Spain and alps are pretty near Britian, and the HK and Australia bits can be done when they're filming another episode.
This was in 2008, full swing recession.. that's the joke
@@lukasg4807Top Gear was so profitable they could well afford these types of non economical things during the economical crisis just to entertain people
people who buy SUV coupes want a car with the performance and handling of a coupe with the practicality of an SUV but get neither.
What they get instead is a fashion statement…
telling the world they don’t have any style.
@@AndorRadnai lmao, that pretty much sums it up. my neighborhood is full of BMW X6M's which are over $150k and are basically the worst possible way to spend your money.
This car is very useful in countries with bad roads, when you want a bmw but not want to leave a wheel in a pothole.
Performance Wagons are the answer
@@Andrushe4kanka you have never driven one of those, right? They have a harsh ride and you will feel every bit of bad road you encounter. Buy a Truck and no performance SUV when you live somewhere with bad roads smh
6:08
"...I went in search of a metaphor and inevitably that led me to Hong Kong"
I officially lost it at that point lol
iDrive was clearly created by a bunch of kids who have never driven or even sat in the front of a car. It's painfully bad.
In my E39, changing from CD to FM radio is ONE button.
In my E60, it's 2 clicks, 2 turns, 2 clicks.
Sounds like the same issue the Apple TV remote might face
Let me pour one out for the man willing to risk it all on E60 BMW 🤣🍾
Lewis72 true the iDrive is a pain in the bum
I own a E60 and i have a radio button, only 1 button CD to FM.
@@nickgage1438
That will be a later E60 then.
Mine is October 2003.
May: "Keep it cheep and simple"
Jezza: "Did someone say world tour?"
Not only did Jeremy prove the glove box works in Australia, he proved the world is not flat.
4:33. I love how the script probably said that he had to get out of the car there. But instead, he found the handbrake problem. Then when he slides down the hill, you can quietly hear a cameraman laughing. Unscripted things like that make it special. I don't usually pick out things like that but it really gives it some heart.
Technically, the parking brake did work by locking the rear wheels. It's just that the reason why it could not stop is also the reason it could not climb: rubbish traction.
"To find out, I went to ..." and
"I went on the inetrnet, and I found this ....." are two sentences that, in our times, cue some of the most rdiculous, outrageous, naturally funny speeches ever said or written. And I am serious!
AkairuFuyuNoAme a friend of mine is on her third Range Rover Evoque, the first two where so faulty. And were purchased brand new.
AkairuFuyuNoAme I love the inetrnet.
I'm guessing not many X6's were sold in Britain :):)
Wrong, we have these things all over the place, I try to resist the urge to be sick every time I see one of these things in front of my car.
Will James Sick of jealousy you mean?
***** Lucky for you and I, there are! You think they all believe Clarkson?
Firemarioflower No sick because they are the ugliest car BMW have ever made, if I had the money id buy an M6 Grand Coupe its probably even more comfortable and practical than this piece of crap!
W-James it's in front because it's always ahead of you.
2:00 the shifter is not back to front, that’s how it is in real sequential gearbox cars
This
I thought I was going mad for a moment!
I was so confused
You got to remember that this was filmed in 2008
@@athithg9742 yes, 2008 when Sequential gearboxes were the norm in any high performance racecar (something of which Jeremy was HEAVILY into and still is).. So he was still being a tad pedantic about it
little did they know that this category of crossover would blowup
I love how he narrates this like a BBC documentary. "To find out..." you hear that so much in both! Hehehe
I've honestly just associated "To find out" with Top Gear
@@FarmYardGaming Is the PS5 really worth the money or should I wait till its cheap? To find out, I went to Disneyworld Florida, then Barbados.
2:03 that's how it's supposed to be. Even racing sequential gearboxes use forward for down and back for up.
+tavi921 I've never heard of a car like that. Examples? Actually, even if you do have examples, it still wouldn't make sense, because all the others cars like it go back for down and forward for up.
4ven8
Look at rally cars with on board videos and sequential gearboxes, it's forward for down and back for up.
*****
"If you want to change down you push it away"
*****
No no, the paddles don't go forward and back, just back :D
+tavi921 You're wrong. In this car they both go forward and back, and they both do the same thing.
Love how he almost tries to hit the cyclist at 3:09
When the accounts department at top gear accidentally adds one more zero to the budget
White X6 look like a Panda
I got broads in Atlanta
goin out like im montana
Hundred killas hundred hammers
Panda panda Panda panda panda
Credit cards and the scammers
My favorite Clarkson review... In the world.
Travels through 3 continents to roast BMW
Savage
3:00 - “To find out, I went to Spain - and nearly hit a cyclist straight away” 😂 I love Clarkson.
He went to Sydney only for try that?? LOL...really good, that what make me really miss him right now...
With the budget they getting from Amazon we can expect this kind of things every episode :)
ilcool90 we didn't
@@wowdogememe1541 erm, don't know which show you watched, admittedly the first season was a bit awkward, but season 2 and 3, #boss
@@DIRTYGOAT2 I disagree. It always seemed forced and just didn't feel right.
Clarkson is not in feud with Amazon. So showing middle finger to producers isn't necessary. And this is all what this clip was about.
If you follow top gear, you’ll remember Jeremy complaining about paddle shifters that require both hands on the wheel to shift up and down. BMW gives him paddle shifters that can go up or down with just 1 hand. Jeremy still complains about that. Haha. I think he just hates paddle shifters in general.
Who dosent, they take the fun out of everything :D
@@nickgage1438 Absolutely agree.
0:10 God that is the best instrumental fitted to review a car
Car for drug dealers and dodgy club owners.
A wretched man comment
And it is ugly as fook
Don’t forget wanna be hard men with a tattoo sleeve
The X6 is more rubbish than a G-Wiz.
@@Stop..carry-on There is a solid pattern! A 5 series would be much better but doesn't match the tattoo sleeve
The most pointless car, too expensive, too heavy, than nobody likes, bashed by top gear and everyone else ... resulted in the most unexpected market success for BMW ever, with close to half a million sales to date!
Caused the launch of the X4, and even copied by Mercedes and soon by all others.
I drove one, wanted to hate it soo much , but I just loved it.
Amen!
its weird, i hate that im starting too like it as well :')
Even the Range Rover copied it too, in a small scale. The Evoque!
+revivingsweetmusic at least Evoque will climb that hill ...
Hill climbing is down to tires, put the BMW's tires on the rover and it too will struggle. Quite simple really, however topgear clearly wanted to show off the benefits of their UK car as something totally unique, I wonder why...
One of Jezza’s finest reviews imo. Sooo funny yet informative. Sooo Clarkson. Sooo Top Gear.
And up BBC's rear. No vaseline.
If only he knew that everyone would start buying cars like this
I love how he goes all around the world randomly to review this vehicle.
God this IS the best show ever! Its the perfect blend of subtle humour, heart pounding driving and fascinating sports car reviews!
You’ll never guessed what happened
@@mklztrbytd what happened
@@Ghost-vp7wz Jeremy effectively got fired and both Hammond and may left
@@mklztrbytd its 2013 they're still on top gear?
😭
1:04 I started crying
That jab on BMW boss and hongkong tower though😁
is this the way to advertise Landrover?
Maybe
In Russia most drivers of x6 are young pretty girls and boys. So its just a showoff car. Ofc its popular. People like to showoff.
@from the dark side of the moon what the fuck
@@gabrielcooper1248 hahaha
The best way of saying: looks aren’t everything.
4:34
I love the fact that the car insulted itself when jeremy tried to insult the car
Heard it wasn't a fair comparison because the X6 & Range Rover were fitted with different tyres?
@@lzh4950 I don't think so if it isn't fair, since both is the same class as SUV.
5:09 well what did you expect doing that with summer tires. im surprised it was able to do this well :D
started laughing immediately when the Range Rover started crawling up the hill in the background ahaha
6:33 "by a world, for a world that doesn't exist anymore." ..captain?
Captain here. He's referring to the recession, indicating that the X6 comes at a time when their target audience doesn't really exist. Flies away.
in other words he's also indicating the British Empire as well.
Actually shifting by pulling back makes sense, if you really need to get to the shift quick its usually cause your redlining and you need to avoid detonation. In this case you will be getting pulled back, if the car is any good quite hard. So to use that pull action rather than fight it to push something forward makes heaps of sense. Military vehicles of some sort do the same, i cant remember which so not going to specify.
"Cheap and simple" looks like Clarkson took sarcasm to a whole new level!
The shifter is perfectly fine. In a rally car you pull the shifter to change up (you are accelerating, so your body gets pushed backwards and it is easier to pull the shifter) and you push it away to change down (you are breaking, so your body is pushed forward and it is easier to push the shifter away).
And this is clearly a rally car :D
@@jacopochiefjaco123 XDDDD
Not just rally but racing in general.
Miss the good times
Watching in 2016
OneFace M 2018
@@GangsterDolphins 2021
@@jonathanberisha183 time flies
@@GangsterDolphins yeah I know
I like how the gear lever is actually the correct way around
I Remember the First the First Time i Saw in my Town , it was amazing back then
He has just about the BEST job in the world
John locke id kill someone for his job😪
looks a bit like a panda
HA HA HAAAAAAA
black x6, phantom, white X6 look like a panda
I agree, so does the car!
The problems he outlined here are still prevalent in newer X6's and most modern SUV's too. Terrible visibility, little to no superior storage space over a station wagon or a hatchback, and sometimes even worse off-roading or in snow than a regular sedan or coupe that's lighter and more agile than something this big and needlessly bulky which is more prone to getting stuck in mud or snow, size and weight also contributing to higher emissions, worse fuel economy, the car being slower, and since it's an SUV it's also got a higher center of gravity which means that you're actually in more danger when you're hit by somebody because you're more prone to rolling over, and because you're taller, the likelihood is that if you DO roll over, you're gonna get more hurt.
Simply put, if you want a cheap car, get an economy car. A Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic are nice, reliable ways to go. If you want a practical car, get a pickup truck. Toyota Tacoma if you want a mid-size truck, or a Ford F150 if you want a full size one - something with a good bed weight and towing capacity. If you want a fast car, get a sports car. I personally would recommend a Subaru WRX or a Chevrolet Camaro, but there are many more out there that are also very nice. If you want a luxury focused car, get a luxury car! Volvo and Lexus make very nice luxury cars, Lincoln USED to but now they're dropping all of their sedans for SUV's which... doesn't solve anything.
SUV's add nothing to the table. They're not even a jack of all trades since they're good at pretty much nothing. Stop buying them.
Love my X5
Exactly they're for people who can't drive and need to sit up high so they can "see".
Range Rover sport, Porsche Cayenne, Mercedes
GLE, Audi Q7 are all SUVs that can function as a jack of all trades, great off road capability, good handling and comfort, very practical in terms of load capacity and towing, depending on your engines very economical, most of these are also available as 7 seaters or were available as them too and also have very good crash safety ratings. Bit difficult to say they are good at nothing it seems lol
Even after watching every single episode more than once, you buffoons still make me smile. Thank you for sharing your genius with the world, your contribution to mankind is unquantifiable.
except those range rovers break down like there is no tomorrow
So will the x6 LMAO
@@tehgzizlauw1787 nah bmw's are reliable not joking. i have a bmw 330i and never had any issues
@@gtigaming3059 330i as in the E46 or F30? Regardless, the X6 is a completely different beast
@@tehgzizlauw1787 E90.
@@gtigaming3059 that generation of x6 was pretty shit for reliability iirc
If you're wondering, they actually filmed this segment over the course of the series, they visited each of these countries in different eps, then just edited it together lol clever
Shift lever is right actually, like in a race car. Paddles on the steering wheel are also right, for easy one handed cruising on the autobahn
7:22 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH the transition
The button mashing at 2:18 :)
kinda reminds me of the new shelby f150 that came out this year. Unbelievable horsepower and torque in a pick up, and it is 4 wheel drive. But with so much power, I cant imagine the tires gripping the terrain well since the tires would be spinning so fast
Heartbreaking I liked the look of the X6 and use to want one.... Thanks for the review TG
The Comment on this video:
90% about Jeremy traveling the whole world
10% about Jeremy traveling the whole world
Good job Top Gear🙌🏽
WTF Man! Jeremy is AWESOME! I just wish he would do more in NZ...
James May in the next scene to Jeremy “You’re an apocalyptic dingleberry”😂😂
4:22 you can see the traction electronics are actually doing their job really well. All 4 tires are spinning at the same time, it's just the sporty road tires holding it back.
We all love old Top Gear for its comedic escapades but sometimes we for get that it is also a pretty damn good car review show.
sequential mode pattern is taken from racing cars- when you're braking it's easier to push lever, and when accelerating it's easier to pull it.
Take a look for onboards from GT1 or GT2 series for example
Same with rally and rally cross cars
This design has to be one of the most popular suv designs now. Mercedes ripped it off with the GLE and GLCS. BMW still uses it and uses it on other variants too not only the X6.
Its crazy succesful imo
"see that Skyscraper, the one Batman jumped off? " haha
A friend of mine bought 2 X6's. this version and then its replacement. Such a huge car and he says he can't really fit more than 4 people. and certainly not much of anything, yet he bought 2 of them. Because it looked profound...
the fact that nobody understood the sense of the clip blows me up....of course Jeremy went all over the world to do stupid tests. The clip is understandable now because everybody buys unnecessairly big coupe suv and THAT is the message the review wants to send. Nobody needs a coupe SUV so they made a clip where Jeremy made unnecessary tests...it is the best metaphore/parallelism. Throwback where Top Gear was totally ahead of its time
1) The rang-rover on that hill (4:12) had a momentum that's why it could easily go over that hill, but the X6 had not and the video clearly shows the X6 starts on the hill. Look at tire tracks on grass.
2) what kind of tires you had on that X6 compared to Rang rover?
but still id rather go with range rover,if you want to buy off road car, buy off road car. if you want to buy sports car, buy sports car. not combining them into 1 car because the result won't be satisfying
The whole point is showing how the vehicle comes equipped. The X6 comes with those fat tires, this is all part of what hes trying to say.
A bit biased ! The Range Rovers are also very unreliable and have a market value of a half eaten hamburger !
Bilal Ahmed jeremy has the same point as me. he didnt actually compare range rover vs x6. did you read my previous comment? thats what he wanted to show us. in case of luxury off-road car, of course I wouldnt buy the range rover, I'd rather buy toyota land cruiser
of course british car is better for Jeremy :D looks like a brick machined with a sledge hammer. my opinion, no hard feelings.
2021 - compared to the subsequent X6 released on the market, this generation was the best looking one. it's just nice to look at.
This video is the perfect introduction to Jeremy Clarkson.
The budget for this review must be off the charts
Clarkson loved the M3 (and probably some other BMW models) so he's definitely not a BMW hater (although a Merc lover). If he thinks a car is absolute crap he'll have his reasons for that and it seems to me he has some pretty good reasons to think this X6 is just that.
and it still went on and sold very well in the years coming
this is best one cheap and simple film i hope they come back to TOP GEAR AGAIN
Jeremy is a cool guy. He tests cars and doesn't afraid of anything.
They came to my island, Mallorca
jeremy literally reviews and gives solid descriptions on cars like no other host to feature the show
Pull for upshift and push for downshift is how sequential Gearboxes work , and it’s the only way I feel comfortable using it . It’s a plus for me :)
Even though it's a pretty stupid car, it actually sold pretty well. I see them in Toronto very often.
well now wonder it wont move on snow if it has summer tires...
This video is beyond description, absolutely majestic at least
« All the clowns in the laptop department” 😂😂😂that made me laugh every time 😂😂
What a colossal dingleberry lol
Lmao he went to Australia just for the glovebox bit and did this entire segment to travel the world and get a free Caribbean vacation out of it 😂😂😂
A fashion accessory of a car. It will be a huge success!
1:50 I just ease the temperature up and “loses map” THE SCWEENS GONE!! I DON’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO BECAUSE THIS IS… WHY YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT!!!!? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂