British sports cars CHALLENGE | Top Gear
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2011
- Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take to the track in their classic British sports cars as they go head-to-head in a race. But can any of them post a faster lap time than the Stig in a very unsporty and rather French Peugeot 205? Fantastic high definition clip from the award-winning motoring show.
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“I couldn’t get a GTI so I got a Diesel. Basically the same.”
would had be fun against a 205 GTI :>
@@orack6355 eeer no, it would just trounce them especially with the Stig in it, for sure under 2 minutes
@@christoforospaphitis4090 it's a peugot 205 GTI not a M3 GTR
@@RayanM50B25 and you think that it is a slouch?😋
@@christoforospaphitis4090 what the fuck is a Slouch
"Did you know in the whole history of TVR there is not one recorded instance of one breaking down?"
I don't know how they managed not to laugh. I was cracking up.
Was it not true?
Mine never did. It ran perfectly with no problems whatsoever. It was a 1985 TVR 280 i. I bought it new .
Louie Smithen Yes because they crashed before they could break down. Those later TVR’s were wild cars.
In fairness, there is not ONE recorded instance of a TVR breaking down...
Dafydd Flower tricky bit of language that.
Captain Slow: *presses accelerator*
Car: Are you sure?
*engine rumbles*
Oh alright then.
Totally Winning Pro Gamer Mr Slowly, as the italians call him
Totally Winning Pro Gamer Now I want that car
😂😂😂😂
Rolls Royce feature lol
Was obviously a faulty throttle sensor
"look at that tvr in my mirror. and that Jenson... cornering so flat.." *rolls like an ocean liner* lmao
I love that line hahaha 😅
😂😂
clearly youve never seen a Citroen 2CV corner they roll more than a hot dog being cooked
The amount of roll those cars have is what I'd describe as "just right". They're not fast but I bet you they're more fun to drive than most modern cars.
@@darkwatersband 😂😂
James's car is really beautiful, just look at the interior
Yosafat Kushariandi thats all its got
TVR were pretty but built terribly
yes.
That interior is of almost trump level vulgarity
👌 Classic
The fact that the stig managed to get even somewhat closed to their 3 cars says volumes about Stig's driving talent
And how slow those old British sports cars are, especially the used ones they have.
I love all those cars, but it's clear that even a modern standard corsa would destroy them all
@@MrHenhen5 if you took at their era counterparts they were all stunning performance cars but times move on
@@MrHenhen5the lotus is still decently quick and still quicker than the corsa
@@2003AudiS3yeah true, but then again you can always get an old corsa vxr and it'll smoke it.
But I know I'd rather have the lotus.
@@MrHenhen5 I do not know about the handling but number spec wise the lotus is really similar to the vxr
LOTUS = Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious
TVR - TreVoR.
Oh, hang on, that's actually correct.
“He thinks he’s bond”
Didn't Kia built the Elan?
@@joeneri150 yes, but not like that, the Elan was created and built by Lotus, then when it was discontinued, the rights were sold to Kia and they continued production of it as a Kia
Land Rover = Land Over
A man called Nobby XD
specialpatrolgroup92 All we know is, he’s not the Stig. He is the Stig’s TVR assembly line cousin.
It was me!!!! I’m nobby!!!
Hiker Nob from Pokemon
What better place to build sports cars than Blackpool?
He liked boobs.
RIP
the ONLY video where the guys don't insult each-other's cars the entire time...
ur forgetting the rally cross challenge
And Alfa Romeo challange
That would have been too easy given those pieces of junk.
not right tho
And the only time they beat the stig
TVRs always made for a magnificent sight as I drove down to Le Mans in the 80s and 90s. All neatly parked at the side of the road every few miles with their bonnets up and people looking at their engines.
Not broken down. The owners were just admiring the engine.
Thank god it was never documented.
Yeh yeh yeh
I thought usually they were just crashed and disintigrated
@@houseking9211 You thought wrong then
This is what made old Top Gear brilliant... three guys who were 100% passionate about their cars, and despite being rivals in the challenges... came together in their shared admiration of each others cars.
Hear hear
That's not what I like about this show at all IMO. In fact the reviews aren't very informative or enthusiastic. It's more entertaining and comedic than serious
Commander Fluffy
ryan whymark Nothing gay about that
Agreed. But it seems like the producers at this time were youngsters that don't like classic cars or these guys.
the way Jeremy says "oh! Oh!" at 6:48 is so funny 😂
That was the most British oh I ever heard lol
Shalom
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I had in fact also heard that no TVR had documentably broken down, myself. I suspect it is because the car hails from an era before writing was developed, and the last roadworthy example besides James May's car was lost at sea circa the year 256 BC. So really, May's car is not only a unique fossil record, but it is the vehcile on which the entire TVR mystique hinges. Stirring, actually.
aaaaaaahahahahahahhahahah that was a good one!!! :D :D :D :D
you should write for Top Gear, mate !
+bbb462cid
Scientists believe that the "hobby" picture in the TVR is actually a depiction of the evolutionary missing link beween modern humans and our ancestors.
TVRs don't break down, and the reason for that is very simple. TVRs bite like a snake when you show even a slight bit of overconfidence, so they're crashed before they can break down. The ones that haven't been crashed are collectors' cars and weekend cars which never get a chance to break down.
None ever broke down, but most occasionally fail to proceed.
I bet Hammond loved being introduced by Phil Collins haha
he loathes Genesis, they play Collins to annoy him
@@poopie870 Hammond is an American
Genesising him did not work
-Jeremy Clarkson, 2012
@Damian 2000 Yes, in disguise, are you new to top gear?
@@poopie870 I'm American and I grew up on my dad playing Phil Collins. Still love his music
07:00 "Oh wait there isn't anymore gears..."
Hahaha I died
😂😂
Me when i spend some time with my family's 6 speed Honda Accord and then go back to my Polo
Ya i noticed the Stig reachs for the stick as he redlines, but he was at top speed lol
"basically the same" lol
“Ohh I love the sound of a twin cam” (shifts gears, crunch crunch). Oh dearie me
I’m dead lmao 🤣
No syncromesh will do that to you 😂
@@danieldryden718 so essentially I think you gotta rpm match the shifts perfectly to avoid grinding 😂
@@spencer1244 kinda, i mean your still gonna get the crunch, the series 1 E-type is a bitch for it
Set up for the camera
4:50 James May has such a specific kind of humor that is found nowhere else. He is great
The Dutch have a very similar sarcasm actually! Amazing if you get two people together who have mastered the art
Dammit. It seems EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, there's an old airfield in the UK. I wish it was like that in the U.S.
+Steve Mills A lot of them have been built over now. All the old buildings are gone & in their places are things like golf courses, business parks & new housing developments with names like Lancaster Avenue & Spitfire View.
+runlarryrun77 how many airfields are there, where you can actually get out and drive a car? Is it against the law? I'll be visiting for a few months from the states, to Swindon in a couple of months.
Steve Mills Around Swindon I think there's very little. You can get to the Duxford Imperial War Museum though, which is an old WW2 airfield. There's loads to see there & about halfway along the site are several WW2 hangars & lots of buildings from that era, all well preserved. As far as I know entrance to the site is free. If you're really interested in that kind of thing that's the best place to go in the whole of the UK. It's not exactly close to Swindon, but you could easily drive there. Make sure you go early though, becaise the site is massive, there's more there than you can see in a single day.
As it goes for other airfields, those that aren't still in use or that haven't been redeveloped are most likely owned by someone so you'd be trespassing. Almost every scrap of land in the UK is owned by someone, so yes, technically you'd be breaking the law if you entered the site. Most of the buildings would also have been cleared away too, so there wouldn't be much point.
My advice, go to Duxford. You won't be disappointed.
I'm sure my uncle certainly knows somewhere. As he manages a high-end sports/super car rental outfit in London. To be honest, that's one of the primary reasons as to why I'm making the trip. Lol.
Thanks for the museum info. I love that stuff.
+Steve Mills Is simillar all around Europe really... I used to live in Poland and there were tons of abandoned airfields there too.
3:18 - Jeremy looking for 'a' gear: "Yes! I knew there'd be one there if I looked hard enough." :-)
The lotus elan m100 is one of the most underrated cars of all time. That 1.6L engine from Isuzu revved up to 8000 rpm, and made 130hp (the turbo version made 162). It was known to be the best handling front wheel drive car ever produced, and that same engine made its way into the Isuzu impulse xs, which also got tuned suspension from lotus. I would kill to have that car today
i was told one of the reasons it handled so well was the front wishbones are different lengths, and you could not get sympathetic vibration's witch are prevalent on front wheel drive, a magnificent sports car LOTUS rules.
Imagine the elan with a Honda b18 or K20…. talk about high revving
@@TheCommentator353not everything needs a honda engine swap
id like to contest the best handling fwd car point - the nissan nx2000 was out at the same time and had arguably slightly better handling in/out of corners (according to road and track, which tested the Elan Turbo SE against the NX2000 ... among other cars (mazda RX-7 FD, porsche 911 turbo, etc). It is definitely one of the best FFs there is, it is so so unfortunate how it was largely forgotten.
Max power at 6600rpm, rev limiter is at 7200rpm. The only way you’ll get 8000rpm is on a bad downshift
“Oh dear, oh deary me” whilst trying to find a gear gets me every time 😂
"Styled by the same man who did the Aston Martin Lagonda"
I think the Jensen is pretty nice to look at, but saying "the same man who did the Lagonda" is possibly the least flattering sentence one could make about it
Oh, I don’t know, it’s all subjective really. As a child of the seventies, that Lagonda was a very striking thing to behold and I’d still have one today if they had any concept of reliability and didn’t cost a thousand quid a week in petrol.
that's the joke
My favorite episode! Especially the closing scene of all the restored British Sports Cars from years back. And Clarkson's closing line: " I'm sure there are good reasons why these cars aren't made anymore but right now we cant think of any."
Always loved my British cars. I had a Jag XKE, Jensen Healey, Triumph TR6, Lotus Europa, 37 Austin Nippy Roadster, and a DB5 which I was part owner of as it was bought as an investment. The last one I owned was a Jag XKRS which was wickedly quick.
"He's got a *Jyaaaaaaaag* "
I've watched many episodes of Top gear, but until now, I just realized how much subtle and run-on sarcasm they really use.
The amount of people that don't get that they massively diss these cars is astonishing. That's what I love about English humour, they can laugh about themselves and their achievements. I couldn't imagine a German carshow ridiculing German cars the same way, or a French show...
as time has moved, I think the sarcasm is starting to click... early on though, a lot of people missed the joke...
See I'm not actually into cars at all, so I can sense sarcasm but have no idea what's being mocked at all.
@@Profile__1 British cars, these sports cars especially, are notorious for being unreliable and poorly built, and unsafe compared to newer cars. Hence the rise of the hot hatchback, which were better built, handled well, and were generally faster. Not to mention hatchbacks being better first/only cars thanks to their cargo and passenger space compared to a 2 seat sports car.
That said, the core concept of the British sports car, a light and agile roadster, is a very good one. Mazda built the MX-5 on the same core principles, to the point of aping the Lotus Elan for styling on the first generation, and the MX-5 has been hugely successful for 30 years. All Mazda had to do was make the british sports car reliable.
@@Profile__1 Take all the positives and safety features they're talking about and turn them into negatives using some logic. For eg. - Jeremy saying the engine wouldn't blow up because the water pump would go first means the water pump is more unreliable than the engine (which can blow up), when James was talking about the throttle delay, it meant the throttle was literally too slow (for a sports car), and Hammond talking about the other two cars "cornering flat" the next clip shows massive body roll on the cars, which is the total opposite of flat cornering, due to the cars not having stiff suspension.
2:30 the guy in the lab coat isn't having much fun delivering envelopes lol
Karl Pilkington's scientist brother
As I kid I thought that James' car's "safety feature" is actually genius and was asking myself why dont other cars have that?😂😂😂😂
James sounded like a rotary at 2:50-2:52 😂😂.
ah yes, the a bit more reliable rotary
I can still remember the first Honda car I ever saw broken down on the side of the road, it surprised me that much (it was along side the south bound lane on the interstate outside the Kansas City airport). Years before I had discovered that British sports cars have the second front seat for the mechanic and the boot was for spare parts.
I always loved these sarcastic, tongue-and-cheek Top Gear films. Cracks me up so much.
+Michael Tom It's "tongue-IN-cheek," but other than that, I completely agree. :) Love the humbling and smart black humour of these types of episodes. :)
No no, Tongue AND Cheek is another shifting method, like heel AND toe, but for amputees
@@99bimmer lol wtf
1:29 THE GREATEST INTRO TO ANY CAR EVER!
Phil Collins just fits in with anything.
Budget yellow testarossa
Remember when Jeremy complained about people getting into period clothing when driving older cars? Nice driving gloves and jacket Jeremy.
Tbh that's just his clothes, and the driving gloves which with old Bakelite steering wheels is a must unless you want sore hands.
Oh boy, the sarcasm is killing me XD
Elsewhere in the original scene...
Clarkson: "Can you make it go a bit more in the back?"
Hammond: "Ugh, I never want to hear you say that to me ever again"
Pure comedy.
I have owned a Jensen Healey for 12 years. Absolutely love it! First car I ever bought. I would describe its condition as barely hanging together. Against all rational thought it is brilliant to drive. Best car ever, 120,000 miles and still going strong (sometimes)
The british sarcasm in this video is from 0:00 - 7:21
The sarcasm is so convincingly good, it almost feels like they are praising the cars.
I love how Phil Collins starts playing when Hammond arrives 1:29
1:00 - The Builder's Mark - "Nobby" - Hahahahahaha !!
I love how these three guys love their country while poking fun at it. We all need to laugh at ourselves.
Series 15, Episode 6.
thanks
+Vladpryde thanks, mate. I was about to ask which episode is it. I wish there were more understanding people like you :D
+Vladpryde you the real man bro
No need to thank me. It's a service I provide. :)
many thanks, looking for this
The Lotus M100 Elan is actually a very good car. Alright, the car's exterior was made out of fiberglass but this and others measures were taken to make sure the car was very light, as it only weighs about a 1000kg. Also the 1.6 turbo had a 0 to 60 time of 6.5 seconds and the handling was absolutely sublime. By many magazines and reviewers it was and still is seen as one of the best, if not The best handling FWD car ever made.
The only episode where all of them admired and appreciated each other's cars.
5:01 Magazine - Shot by both sides Great choice!
Great riff
Wow... The Stig driving slower than Captain Slow? Now that's something you don't see everyday...
because The Stig is drive the peugeot 205 GRD. and other drive a sport car ( old ) :0 .
Davin Eka Putra it doesn't matter fatass
Maximilian Tay Wow, you're mean.
+Davin Eka Putra Non turbo diesel = not so fast :P
+C K Foo Ever day*.
Perhaps the first episode i've seen where all the cars weren't trash talked by each other
antivenomworld I think that everything was sarcasm.
They were trashtalked by themselves lol
The GTI became so rare because It's been driven mostly by teenagers as their first cars. They overestimated theirselves and crashed them.
Many of these teens didn't survive their crashes aswell.
The other reason is that they simply rusted away
What teenager could afford the insurance on a 205 GTI?
@@zxspeccy48k well in the late 90s/early 2000s they were dirt-cheap. And the insurance was often covered by their parents
@@snowballthecat7542 well, that's my era, and I don't remember any of my mates having a 1.9GTI. Lookalikes, but not the real deal. One mate who'd done an apprenticeship had a 1.6GTI and that was silly money to insure.
clarkson and may:"who made that nobby"
me:" missed focus on the picture right next to the nobby letter"
There is no recorded history of one ever breaking down.
"No, I've heard that" hahaha
It is crazy how they’re actually agreeing with each other about how each car was great. Rather than dissing one another’s cars
The mutual dislike of the Peugeot/French was more important than cheap shots at each other.
They’re being sarcastic
I own a black 1992 TVR S3, its looking a bit tatty now as it has'nt been restored but it IS great fun to drive,& gets admiring glances wherever I go & apart from the usual cooling problems it HAS NOT broken down on me in 10 years of ownership.I would recommend one.Seriously.
My dream car is a Sagaris. I went to a Cars&Coffee here in Florida and there was a red one that was magnificent. Guy got a show car exemption with a max 2500 miles a year from the government. I’ve always loved TVRs
@Venturi Atlantique English vehicles are good unlike your proven american ford. german electrics are also terrible and id love to know what you think is reliable.
@@dbdb9334 you arent a car mechanic are you?
@@Ocastia No and neither are you. Also I dont have to be a mechanic to know I have a good reliable car.
@@dbdb9334 haha, wanna see my certificate of apprenticeship? I had 3,5years of on the job training at the Porsche Niederlassung Hamburg City, so im pretty Shure that I am indeed a car mechanic.
And no you don't need to be a car mechanic to know that your car is reliable, however chances are that if you aren't a mechanic you don't see enough cars to judge a company.
May I just say that the use of In the Air Tonight was, as you Brits would say, splendid?
I still LOVE this episode. The 458 film was amazing and this trip across the UK was the trio at its finest antics.
I CAN FEEL IT COMIN' IN THE AIR TONIGHT,!, HOLD ON!
This episode was a beautiful, tastefully done tribute to the ambitions, successes and failures of the British Car industry. This was Top Gear at its finest tackling a hard subject, and treating the lost dreams of the workers, the families and the owners with a ton of respect.
The lost dreams you refer to is literally a bunch of lazy twats making shit
Note how they focused on Jeremy's license plate as he pulls in at the very start. The lads giving us a little hidden message
Please, let me in on the joke, it has passed over my noggin.
@@jonathanpinckney9227 Later in the original episode Clarkson makes a comment about James's number plate and the fact the letters stand for something (can't remember what) and that they suit the drivers, then mentions anagrams. The letters on his plate rearranged describe him (C**T).
@@MKAdamski ah thanks.
The British sarcasm in this episode was strong.
1:29 Phil Collins’ last tour ended recently. I think it was in April. I could be wrong but it ended recently. Anyway, “In The Air Tonight”? Such a great song!
The TVR is the best looking car, and it has the best sound!
I wonder where nobby went after tvr went bust. Maybe theres a Vauxhall Corsa out there with some tits drawn on the inside of the fenders
Elan is front wheel drive, because it’s just better 🤣🤣
I owned a TVR for a few years back in the late 90's. I never thought to look under the carpets to see the assemblers signature but I did find an unused condom stuffed under the leather trim over central tunnel left there by the fist owner (dated June 1987).
I love that little drum roll as the Stig sets off. Nice bit of music.
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
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I really like the "are you sure" delay option on james' car.. very safe and useful 👍
Car: Are you sure you wanna run this as Administrator?
Yes
One of my favourite TG challenges. Think they should do more like this
For 22 of the 24 hours... it didn’t break down. Frikin hilarious.
I love the Peugeot 205. There is a GTi in the town I live in, and we are only like 60k people.
I want the Stig to make a lap with a 2015 GTI 1,9. An amazing and really funny car to drive.
***** I know, that's why they're so much fun.
You love peugeots? Whats wrong with you?
@@dbdb9334 Some older models anyway, nowadays not so much. Citroen and Renault are decent as well.
btw 6 year old comment damn
@@s4n714g000 Everyones entitled to their opinion. Mine is they're all crap.
My that Jensen Healey is beautiful, particularly as Clarkson expertly drifted it around a corner. Just perfect.
so nice they were getting along and complementing each others cars.
205 GRD. My first car. Brings back good memories. Although the one depicted in the video was the updated version of mine.
I love how the 3 love each other cars and dont nitpick them, also the producers thought these cars were slow, but they are not, these are purely good British sport cars, and they are most certainly not ridiculous
too true, it's surprising more Producers don't get punched.
There are just too many children on youtube. It seems like like every satirical video like this has more confused comments or comments pointing out that the sarcastic points made in the video are in fact not true.
Honestly this challenge just made me fall in love with the Jensen, and watching videos of it powering along small roads just sealed it for me
I know it's stupid but I am deeply in love with each of these cars
Not stupid at all. They had real character then, unlike today's 'appliances'.
"The second world war, which we won" haha loved that. I absolutely LOVE these 3 in such different and amazing cars instead of the newer sports cars. Something about an old car going about a track...
I so miss this version of Top Gear....
Some of my favourite memories are of living in a bachelor pad with 2 mates in the 2000s, all of us car nuts, downloading Top Gear Monday night while getting dinner and beers ready then sitting back and watching 3 other car nuts doing what we wished we were. Great times... Now it's 2022 and everything has gone to shit
I have an Elise...and used to have a 71 TR6...but the Jensen Healey was always a car I aspired too...never see them anymore...would happily take an Elan...a cool little runabout!
2:30 Is that Karl Pilkington?
I'm fairly sure it is.
@DriftZ TwoSeven It did...
Defo
nice this was a good episode of top gear
I love the rogue traders playing in the background of the lap racing
My Dad had a TVR s2 when I was younger. Good memories of that car. Sounded awesome 👌
I love how they find something shit about their cars and make it sound like a positive
James TVR looks gorgeous, must be fun to use for a cruise during the summer
I watch this clip over and over for: "plastic body -- it just sounds right."
The TVR interior looks like it's lined with marshmallows and I love it.
I'm guessing they had to wait for a dry day to do this test so the British cars would run
@selman inceoz:
"When I warned them that Britain would fight on alone, whatever they did, their generals told their prime minister, and his divided cabinet, 'In three weeks, England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.'"
"Some chicken."
"Some neck."
Sir Winston Churchill
I love how when you play this at 0.5 speed, they sound like they are blitzed and having the time of their lives!
Fitting that Hammond arrives with a song from Genesis on the background
The TVR is so beautiful... incredibly cool. Retro class...
1:30: "in the air tonight" Phil Collins.
6:30 is "Dog eat Dog" by Adam and the Ants - almost forgotten but an amazing pop-song
This is epic Top Gear still so funny even years later and watched for the second time
I love this clip it's the first time I see them all three agreeing with each other and not trash talking
That Elan is a beauty
What they arrived in...
•Jeremy and James= plastic TVR and a Jensen
•Richard= plastic lotus
what i was expecting...
•Jeremy= aston Martin DB4.
•Richard=Dodge viper.
•James= horse and cart
Darrian Weathington James had a Jensen not a TVR
James had a TVR, Jeremy had a Jensen
@@johanhesselholt3253 ok
@@example2844 Thanks. fixed...?
Matthew Hopkins amazing sarcasm right there. Good show mate. How can people be stupid enough to think a Dodge Viper is British?
I always wanted to have a 205 GTI but I had to settle with an Echo. It's faster but the handling is a little bit worse. Totally didn't crash that car
One of my old time favorites