Renault Espace Convertible Challenge - Top Gear - BBC
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- Опубликовано: 8 янв 2009
- May, Hammond and Clarkson attempt to build a Renault Espace Convertible capable of driving at high speed, through safari parks, and - most challenging of all - a carwash. Expect fires and destruction throughout!
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“It cost the owner about a million pounds”
One top gear later:
“It’s on fire”
"How big is our budget?"
"Yes"
I thought you were talking about the convertible and I was genuinely confused on how that garbage could cost around 1m lol
I hope they payed them back.
(They had to I think.)
Just run 😂😂😂
Lol I was wondering why they had the figure on a car wash and the man who owed it. Then they set fire to it and it all made sense.
Remember when literally the funniest people ever were replaced by the human equivalent of sliced bread
LMAO
Bahahaha
At least sliced bread is tasty, would you put any of those guys' body parts into your mouth?
@@user-njyzcip A slice of bread is tasty, but it's not funny at all....
@@H2O_Addict I guess you could say it doesn't taste funny at all
This is one of the rarest occasions where all 3 of them rode the same vehicle and I love it so much
Watch the mongolia eipsode from the grand tour for more :)
It's gold every time too. The Geoff episode kills me from laughter
Also the Avantime, another renault
The caravan holiday was another.
They all entered jeff together.
Running away at the end like a pack of schoolboys who just realized it's all gone worse than they could have imagined.
@@Skaitania We have a different understanding of that word.
🤣🤣🤣 love this show.
Laughed so hard at that hahahah
Some say that they are still on the run from the police and the grand tour is run by their stunt doubles.
ruclips.net/video/4G6e4TaJxkI/видео.html
Almost like this ⬆️,
Noo! They cut out my favourite quote where Jeremy says "The thing is, we've managed to set fire to something that's basically made of water!"
Such a shame
A fire in a seaparks?
Marksmithwas12 One of the greatest lines of the "old new" top gear.
How have you got a verified tick with 4k subs?
Luigi2012SM64 Probably because his channel is 10 years old
Looking at this again 11 years later under quarantine. The boys look so young.
Yessir
More like 15 years ago mate. It was uploaded 11 years ago cause that’s when RUclips started to take off.
I've been watching the full episodes on Netflix
Tombs ikr
Yep
The funny thing is, yet again, James was absolutely right. Monkeys can just as easily severely damage a human in a confined space as a lion.
You might even be able to keep the Lion calm, monkeys on the other hand, no way you'll stop then from trying to tear you apart piece by piece.
ok but 30 minutes in a confined space with a 10-15kg monkey vs a 100-300kg lion (males usually >200kg, females ~150kg).
With a lion they're going to panic being in a small space too, and regardless you're not going to keep that wild animal calm for 30 minutes
You have a better chance of survival overpowering an aggressive monkey than trying to keep a 100-300kg lion calm enough to not maul you for 30s in a bloody phone box
I have to say I'd go with the lion. Maybe if you're lucky you could stay on its back and it would have difficulty turning around. I can't imagine anything I could do to stop a reasonably-sized enraged monkey from immediately ripping my balls off.
if the lion isn’t hungry you might have a chance of him leaving you alone. the monkey will rip your face off just because
Ofc the lion is worse. James was just being a contrarian
You have to remember that half the stuff they did was so dangerous that they had an ambulance on standby for almost all episodes
And they did end up having to use it several times
@@JetFalcon710 tho most of those times, it was Hammond, they have to use on.
@@jagrathty2743 Clarkson got a fair amount of uses as well, like when he drove a truck through a brick wall or snapped his neck in the Nissan GT-R. James probably has the least ambulance uses, but they were usually pretty serious
I'd bet an army of police/military/nurses, etc. if you see what they all did x)?
This show is the British version of jackass
A bunch of British lads, in their 50's, running around doing shit you'd expect from 20 year olds XD
Lord, I love this show!
@@iammarkfirth Hammond is 39, as always
this was early top gear, early 2000's, hammond was in his early 30s, clarkson and may were in their mid-40s
Tox would you expect 20 year old to modify people carriers into convertibles ?
Connor Ross pretty boring thing to do mate
Harvey Hyslop just cause you do crack on the weekends doesn’t mean this is boring
Clarkson: "it's on fire"
Hammond: "it's wot...it can't be on fire"...*looks*..."its on fire"
just run
@@samlicata5912 *RUN*
and it burns through the night at the speed of light
XDDD
Obviously
Seenms scripted considering how calm they were there. Hmm.
"JC. Thing is we basically set fire to something that's made of water!" "RH. Did you see the owner of the car wash afterwards he was so cross!" "JM. He was especially cross when I asked if we could have our £3.50 back" 😂
i remember that line, classic top gear :D
Michael Brooks Only classic Top Gear could bend physics 🤣 was a beastly episode with the Koenigsegg CCX and the Chevrolet Lacetti debuting. I remember watching it on the day it came out in 2006
3:31 might be my favorite moment in all of Top Gear. Jeremy just finally succumbing to the absurdity of what they’re doing
You know it's good television when Jeremy and the others can't function because they're laughing too much lol
I love how James has to hold up the number plate 😆😆
That not James that Richard
Michael Hardeman 7:39
@@michaelhardeman6004 You're wrong in the head
they both did
Michael Hardeman yikes got proved wrong quick huh?
Top Gear. Possibly one of the best shows to have ever existed.
Alex Jedlicka not the new one
@@AzaanPD the new one is extremly boring
Federico Ferrari
The new one is an embarrassment to the name
New one is OK, but isn't this.
In the world.
Whoever had the idea of leaving a bunch of food for the monkeys on top of their car is a genius
Only these three could set a machine that sprays water on fire.
"Its on fire."
"Its not on fire! How could it be on fire?"
"It's on fire."
"Run just run."
Fantastic.
McoatsGames Very fantastic. :D
Skytriqqer Bloody Fantastic!
James: "We'll be absolutely murdered.."
hahahaha
I love the way he says the second "its on fire"
That's the hardest I've seen Jeremy laugh on the show, he was nearly in tears.
@@Max-xr4vh yeah that one, and a few other episodes where he just can't hold it, i love it when that happens, i always crack up myself when he does. like when james fills his car with a sea aquarium in that special
Ward Geys, can always tell the moments that weren’t scripted when they’re properly cracking up. As you say, Grand Tour when May tries to move his Merc aquarium and gets soaked. Or the Ukraine one, when May is trying to set off a nuclear missile with his lighter.
Watch the one when James' Hersebulance's back door falls down after going up for a year and smashes on the track.
Harder than the time Michael McIntyre was a guest on the show.
You must hear his laugh when James May drives the Austin Princess over cobbeled Stones. When he looks eggy
I will never NOT laugh uncontrollably at Jeremy's head popping out from the floor of the backseat like a young child asking their parents "please can we go"
As soon as they got soaked they evacuated the car.
two crims: "How do we make a million pounds on an insurance scam?"
Top Gear: "Hello!"
this is probobly the most quintessentially "Top Gear" clip of Top Gear on RUclips. if you wanted to show your friend what the show was about with a single video, this should be it.
+Yukikazehalo Yes, this or their caravan holiday from 2004
+David Trowbridge 2006, my friend.
+David Trowbridge Or the caraven train. And if Clarkson was in it the Reliant Space Shuttle of course.
DO NOT FORGET GEOFF!
Ah yes, Geoff.
- It's on fire.
- It's what? It can't be on fire! It's on fire.
Hahaha
L'inspecteur tahar COMPLEXE TOURISTIQUE LE SAHEL
Top gear USA sucks :D point proven...
TG US is good
Ahmad El-khatib nope
Kamil K.
Tonight on top gear
Jeremy Clarkson almost breaks through the sound barrier in a homemade convertable Renault Espace
James May gets eaten by lions
And Richard Hammond commits arson
Bo-Om gear
hi top gear🕋🕋
I well be de
🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🏩
tonight on bottom gear
i drive a loud converted car
richard lowers a roof
and james commits arson
Tooonoight on boooltooom geaor
3:40 clarkson dying of laughter makes this one of the best moments in the history of the show
Its the finniest laugh, as he cant help laughing at that jumbled mess
"its on fire"
"what? It cant be on fire!"
*looks round corner*
"its on fire"
"run"
@Meme Unit Of Law & Order *Brigade
CALL 999 THE FOOKIN CAR WASH'S BEANING ON FIRE MATE!
Well the fire brigade has issues with this one: Add more water and fire retardant foam!
@@pooletrainboy ALL U HAVE TO DO IS CALL THE FIRETRUCK, CJ!!!
@@loganshaw9198 hi Logan. Whats up?
"That's the spine of the last person who came through here in a convertible" hahahaha!
As we know it’s not lions we should worry about. It’s the honey badger.
@@sparky4878 Honey badger will tear you a new one.
"To him we look like a sandwich box with the lid half off" I'm dead LMAO
If someone asks you why its important for tv co stars to have chemistry, just point to these guys, they’re the very definition.
100 mph is pretty good for a old renault van
+Abe Markillie french car have very good engines despite their awfull look and it comes from a french vw owner lol
The Espace is quite fast. And it's so ugly that it becomes beautyful in its own way :D
lmao there are actually quite a lot of people who thinks that way in france too. But at the time it was alright
So fast they made an F1 version of it
as a passenger, that car was brilliant, it had the softest seats and suspension, I loved sitting in it. as a driving car, It cant get much worse
6:35 hammond,"what if it tries to do that to us"
These boys have THE greatest job in the world, hands down.
R.I.P. Good top gear 😢
Agreed
+Adrian Lopez they stopped the production of this show...
+Adrian Lopez Jeremy's contract was not renewed due to his assault of a producer, Richard and James left the show and the three of them are making a production with Amazon. The new Top gear cast consists of Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc, Sabine Schmitz, Chris Harris and Rory Reid
+Kranku
Everyone knows that, mrs anime.
Don't think about changing your picture.
Super Trini Gamer they asked, I answered
This top gear- makes you laugh
New top gear- makes you cringe
im happy with grand tour ...
Czech Empire new top gear is fifth gear
@@tormentor6737 than any show not just any car show man .... Top Gear was most popular show on earth
Grand Tour have 3 series already - and at the end of 3rd they say they end the show in a tent - they will continue to do special trips and so on ....
but no more audience in tent no more live shows i guess
Yea bro
@@tormentor6737 I just think Richard Jeremy and James bonded so well. you can't beat it
There's an element of truth to what James said. People often think monkeys are cute and harmless, but they have been responsible for serious, permanent injuries. They're also far more likely to get inside that contraption (obviously, if they hadn't been distracted by the food staff had thrown for them). I've seen them tear bits off cars all the time
9:32 "it can't be on fire🤨"
*Hammond look the car wash 👀
"Its on fire😐"
Best moment 😂😭😂
automatic washer: smokes and literally on fire
trio: "just run"
more to the point, who's gonna pay for that damage??
@@HelloThereUniverse um, the bbc obviously
6:32 " WHAT IF HE DID THAT TO US!? I died. XD
lol
Adel Dragon lol XD
me too
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I loved how they tried to make the car wash look terrifying and ominous
I think the music helped to convey that as well.
I loved the normal challenges where each lad had his own thing, but I really loved when they worked together.
Holy Shit! I'm actually surprised that the Espace went 100 mph.
It had some serious weight reduction!
My 4th gen once ran 110 MPH through half of Germany... Good old times. I'm pretty sure it could've surpassed that magical barrier of 125 MPH (200 KPH) had it been pushed a little more.
9:35 James May running on television!
Captain jog
It isn't May, it is a film stuntman.
@@Matt-ot9nx amazing name 👍😂
RUclips pranks in 2020 7:44 "We Destroyed a New Million Pounds Car Wash!"
Look how bonded the lads are. This is what made Top Gear, TOP GEAR.
that is the main issue with the new seasons of top gear they just feel like 3 people who like cars not three mates who like cars
clarkson laughing at 3:40 infectious
+Mike Holland Hahahahaha, absolutely!
3 minutes later, I'm still laughing.
+Mike Holland The exact reason I came back to this video.. I think that might be one of Top Gear's funniest ever moments when he realised how shit their creation actually looked!
+James McKay "Neatness we can work on"
+Mike Holland Yea..
Whats that music called that goes with it so funny
8:42 "I'm dry still." 8:44 "I'M WET NOW!"
Johnny Hall That’s what SHE SAID!
@@Mike-mc3ty _wheezes_
Jeremy when he sees an alfa romeo of any kind
Johnny Hall well it wasn't very sealed at all so what would you expect
Giggity
I will treasure the memory of watching this with my dad when it came out, and the two of us absolutely dying of laughter from when the car wash catches fire.
6:00 - 😆 i realized Hammond threatens James like this on quite a few occasions.
Orange loud football fan noisemaker "If you play a solo, I'll kick you."
On the ship. "If you ask to be piped aboard, I'll throw you off."
Remember any more?
6:33 - "What if he tries to do that to us?!" You cannot un-hear what has been heard...
😂😂🤣😅
Some say ... he knows two facts about lions; and they’re both wrong.
All We Know Is He's Called The Stig!
Car wash owner: So, the BBC is paying for this, right? Hello?
Exactly what i was thinking
if this was in murica, the owner would have sued.
+beautifullion69 You mean he'd have gunned him down.
+WinAndLinuxTutorials funny that you say that because I just watched the Florida episode and the guy selling Jeremy a car had a gun on him and a rifle in his office.
was probably an old car wash , mesh gates on the front lol doubt the owners wanted it
9:38 The British leaving India after plundering it for over 400 years. Colorised. Circa 1947.
It took them 400 years to exploit it
More like leaving the Holy Land in 1948.
Lmao but they where not chased out
@Furry Police it was Britain not the Netherlands
@Furry Police im Indian and either you're wrong or i don't even know our history
Pls check but i know that there were other countries. I just don't know the timelines but i yeah i have no idea about the Netherlands.
“it cost the owner a million pounds”, also them: “it’s on fire”
A million phey'unds
@David David Meh, who uses pounds anyway...
@David David Damn, that was easy.
@David David Maybe not, but at least I know east from west. ;)
@David David Oh, boy! I sure hope so!
BTW, give your previous comment a little peek. ;)
Its cute that Jeremy frantically helps Hammond out of the car when usually they have a philosophy of abandoning each other whenever possible.
9:17! They're like little kids who've just pulled a prank, and are now running away, giggling! XD
They could make a whole show of them just running from whatever they caught on fire and it'd be hilarious
This one challenge captured perfectly what Old Top Gear was all about...I miss this, these were good time, we had no idea how lucky we were...
6:57
"AAARGH"
"No! You've gotta stay there after you mocked me."
"Bugger off!"
That cameraman had big balls to continue filming inside the carwash.
Where. precisely were his 'big balls' on show ? ? ?
6:32 "What if it tries to do that to us".
That is what you worry about when you see an lion 😂
"So when did [the lions] last eat?"
"Two days ago."
"Yeah, but..."
"IF YOU MENTION MONKEYS, I'M THROWING YOU OUT!!"
**Monkey Eats Carrot**
Jeremy- HE'S EATING A CARROT! LOOK WHAT HE'S DOING TO IT
I'm dead.
Dani Hammond said that actually
Only carrots will understand
Its fine coz the monkey isn't from Alabama
*OR IS IT?*
Sad hybrid monkey-carrot noises
Richard said that not Jeremy
"It can't be on fire, it's on fire"
The license plat at 4:55 🤣
Seen these all before but these 3 are rewatchable , miss their antics and camaraderie, brothers in arms
Or cars , or bars but brothers of different mothers they are .
They truly are the ultimate brotherhood on tv. Just guys having fun and being themselves. Knowing damn well each challenge or task will end in an a massive disaster. Like Jeremy breaking character knowing they fucked up the section for the van. It’s moments like these they are genuine. Real and understand what clown show they put themselves through for viewer’s entertainment and pleasure. I miss these guys so much man.
‘Takes no more than 5 or 10 minutes’ I don’t know why but I continually laugh at that! Jeremy’s attempt at seriousness!! 😂
"dont look back hammond...just run, just run
"Don't look back Hammond... Just run... Just run
"dont look back hammond...just run, just run
"Don't look back Hammond... Just run... Just run
"Don't look back Hammond... Just run... Just run."
"Don't look back Hammond... Just run... Just run."
I love the rating: "No mature content."
This is accurate, and this is also why I love these old clips LOL
Jeremy Clark’s won once said: we’ve managed to set something on fire that’s basically made out of water.
This just might be my favorite thing that Top Gear has ever done.
Evi1M4chine
The Botswana special I think is the one you’re referring to.
“Oliver!!!!”
I prefer the Rover James ep tbh
RAMBULANCE
6:30 Hammond -what if he try’s doing that to us 😂😂😂
8:18 Lol jezza in love or something with May.
The Jurassic park music in the background makes it so much funnier
"6 tons of muscle and teeth"
They're lions not elephants
It was an intentional exaggeration because this is a car show and not a wildlife documentary with David Attenborough.
@@DylRicho and I was just joking
Might've been talking about all of them put together. He IS James May though, might be just as bad as the camera crew was while photographing during the animal safari
A lion weight is about 450lbs
@David David the UK was NOT a leader by any means in converting to metric and most brits, at least people over forty, still interchangeably use the imperial system. The reason most of the world followed after UK is because of how many current and former colonies depended on trade. Metric isn't perfect either, there are several non-SI (international standard) units.
"That's lion porn" Hammond is so hilarious
"What if he tries to do it to us?!" XD
why did the narrator say 6 tons of muscle and teeth. That seems kinda heavy
Loool
@@justinvaughn2277 Because there were a few lions on there
Clarkson laughing when they get the roof down has got to be one of my most favourite TopGear moments! Absolutely brilliant! Makes me laugh everytime!
2:30
Jeremy "69!"
The boys:YES!!!!
Ikr, that was my favourite.
Nice
This was the golden age of top gear.
I wonder how the people of the car wash felt when it was on fire
THIS is Top Gear, not that rubbish on now
Oh come on, it's not that bad. Not as funny, but it's meant to be a more serious show.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer i stopped watching it and loads other people did. Its THAT bad
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Yep, it's that bad. People even argue about how some of their car reviews are actually bad. Some youtubers do actually did it way better than them. For example, the new honda E review, the fully charged youtube channel did it way better than the current channel.
@@bukanmatin5973 Ah. That's not good, if random people on the Internet can do better than you...
Puddinghead 3434 the newest version with flintoff and paddy is actually pretty good
'He's eating a carrot, look what he's doing to it!' Gets me every time
3:01 Everyone laughing wholeheartedly but I loved James' innocent laugh :)
2:16 James’ “Uh oh” gets me every time.
dont watch top gear when you're eating, because you never know when you're going to bust out laughing haha
I am watching Top Gear while eating.
Living life on the edge
"I'm dry still"
*literally 2 seconds later*
"I'M WET NOWWWW"
I love these men with my whole heart
I genuinely think Jeremy wet himself laughing so hard at 3:47
"it's on fire!"
"it can't be on fi, it's on fire"
6:36 That’s music from Jurassic Park from when Nedry is stealing embryos.
7:44 too, that’s from when raptors enter the kitchen
Glad Im the only one that didn’t notice.
Imagine having a job you love as much as these guys? Plus get paid a lot of money. Never get tired of watching them.
"I'm structurally integral to the roof!"
Probably the best line in this show.
oh my gosh, I watched this yeaaaaaaaaaaars ago but never realised that 7:09 is actually part of the Jurassic Park soundtrack! Ah, memories ;D
yaseen reza oh yeah
So's 1:00! It's from when Nedry steals the embryos!
Also the 7:03 is when he is trying to escape
7:03
yaseen reza i
This is the carwash my mother uses. It's in Bedford, on Kingsway if you'd like to visit...
“It can’t be on fire!”
2 seconds later…
“It’s on fire!” 😂
I like how easily you could tell what was off script and what was completely set up back in the day, the extra bit of cheesiness really seals it. The best bit was the monkey food just sitting on top of the car lol.
I dunno if the car wash was supposed to catch fire though, I figure they planned to get out, but still.
"the African lion, 6 tons of teeth and meat"
6 TONS lol
its 6 tons of teeth and MUSCLE you idiot
No wonder they enforce starvation days if their lions reached 6 tons
@@idum1685 ok Idumb 168
I love how Hammond and Jezza are being the cameraman in the back
9:40 -- Okay, now I'm *absolutely* convinced that Hammond is The Doctor. Just running.
The 100mph and safari park thing were just brilliant! They give a sense of three good friends fooling around (that they in reality are). Just perfect chemistry!
English humor at his best
I had a DVD with this scene. A Top gear-er since then, never need more
Sign : do NOT under any circumstances go out of your car
Cameraman : i live in a free country
Ive never seen Jeremy laugh harder than in this video!!!
I'd say his hardest laugh ever was when James fell in the water in the vietnam special
Id have to watch that one again! XD
It's the Burma special may falls in the water but yeah, that was funny as hell.
It's actually the vietnam special
Oh, on the bit where they converted the motor bikes into boats? I thought you was on about the bit where Clarkson lifted James's tent up with the crane and he fell out into the river and got washed away.