In Search of Driving Heaven | Top Gear
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The hills are alive to the sound of horse power as Clarkson, Hammond and May pack their suitcases in their Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Vanquish supercars and go on an epic journey to find the best driving road in the world.
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Top Gear really getting me through lockdown
Exactly 👍👍🤝
i spend at least 3 or 4 hours every day rewatching old episodes. Lol
Indeeed, couldn't agree more.
It’s the only thing holding me together, just rewatching and rewatching
Me too..Always a fan of TopGear and always used to see every episodes again and again, but I think LD makes me watch TopGear's watched episodes again and again, old missed episodes..Its really became an everyday LD hobby now❤️❤️Those Three Men❤️❤️
The best job in the world, Top Gear
The stelvio pass is in italy-southtirol...its my homepass...
The Aston Martin looks like a damn taxi
The Aston is cool.
what is the soundtrack at the start of the video?
6:08 james may's ahh special
As an American, it's so abstract to see them go through different countries so fast
It would be like moving through different states, size-wise.
Likewise as an Australian.
Unsinkable Sam Yup 🇦🇺👍
We are a bunch of small, angry countries that have not enough space for all of us and decided to just take room elsewhere.
@@HappyBeezerStudios lmao that is perfect
edit: we states take out our territorial aggression using american football
This content is worth watching even in this low upload quality
And even after 10 years or so...
Low quality my arse
My country is fuck i am watching in 144p 🤣🤣💔
When the quality of the production itself is so high, the quality of the video resolution doesn't matter that much. I will always prefer to watch these old films that were shot on lower quality cameras (by today's standards), but the production itself was brilliant (and small details are taken care of), rather than all the new 4k ultra HD but unimaginative, boring as hell crap that most, if not everyone, seems to be making nowadays. The music selection also plays a big part in this.
I can imagine the swiss mountains. lol
Stelvio Pass: a road so good, Alfa Romeo named a vehicle after it.
That’s when you know you have a good road
If only it wasn't an SUV...
@@johnracy2871 fells like a sedan tho
@@samtunks8833 it's a very good SUV, but no SUV will ever drive as well as a good sedan, or balance performance and practically as well as a fast estate. All that compromise just to sit higher. I'll personally never understand it.
@@johnracy2871 so true
Why did James bring a full fat racing car on the roads ? ahah
Cuz he is full on British
It was basically a road legal Group 4 car
Probably on a bet, that it get would impounded for not being road legal. Race cars don’t have VIN #.
The the show
A_Fist_Full_Of_Arrows It has a VIN.
Happy new years 2009 everyone! I'm using internet explorer so I hope my comment will get in time!
Lol.
+CAYVEMAN LOL You made my day
+CAYVEMAN am no a little bit later :D but not much :D
So... This comment is 7 yrs old?
It just lasts 7 years
Top Gear UK is such a great show! I was never interested in cars at all, I started watching TopGear channel videos, then decided to watch the seasons and found it very interesting and entertaining, Now I see that I actually learned so much about cars! :)
this is a great mix of fun and education for me. I wish everything could be learned like this!
I want to Thank Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, The Stig and all the Top Gear crew who makes this show so interesting and entertaining!
You still into cars? Grand Tour?
honestly for me, it is less about the cars and more about the three gentlemen having fun
This comment is a gem of the past.
i just wonder if the stig was michael schumacher, he disapeared same time michael had the accident.
@@sebastianconstantin5176 No the real Stig was a man called Ben Collins, Michael was just there for that episode I guess, also there have been multiple Stigs as the original ''Ben Collins'' had a court battle with the show, you can just google it
I love how Jeremy is talking about the secure car park while a car alarm is going off in the back ground at 3:43
They add a lot of sound effects in for comedic effect
@@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 They did it well really
that was your takeaway...? not him hopping over the fence or driving in lol
to be fair also a reasonable takeaway haha
Driving heaven = Being able to drive your car (whatever it happens to be) on roads with NO OTHER TRAFFIC.
Taekwondo Time swiss alps are good for that. youll be alone on the road if you drive during the week early in the morning. thats also when theres still mist around and the sun is rising. most beautiful time of the day on those roads.
Surprised that James went with an Aston, and not a Ferrari (unless they were trying to avoid the obvious choice, in which case a McLaren/Mercedes).
Ah, I just know that May always prefers Ferrari's on these sort of trips (like supercars do France), and he states how he prefers the smooth ride.
Just as surprised he picked the wrong Aston...you'd figure he'd have done more homework in that regard.
Seracen I don't think they actually choose...its the producers that give them cars that they want/havent been used before
@104567277918282273739 What Ferrari would you advice then?? Hammond said "new generation light weight supercars'
What Ferrari with ligthened weight was there. Sure, the 430 Scuderia but that was already tested months ago.
Firemarioflower I guess so. I just know that James always harped on about Ferraris, so I'm surprised he didn't figure something out, even if it was a repeat (didn't stop Hammond or Jeremy in other instances).
But more importantly...RIP Top Gear, you will be sorely missed...
@john m ehm no hahahah
4:10
I think most of us can agree that our dream life, would be waking up in the morning on an exotic coastline, driving the car of our dreams..
4:22 Except in traffic like that lol
Quadraxon very true.
Hear hear!
Except my dream car seems to be a Mini Cooper Countryman Hybrid, and the traffic is slightly worse, but MUCH FASTER, in my native California.
Go figure.
@@rambunctiousmedia3350 The mini countryman is fucking wankshit, not even mini.
What's the name of the song at 4:10 when they introduced Lake Maggiore?
@@rambunctiousmedia3350 your dreamcar is a girl car?
The drive from Davos to the Stelvio Pass is amazing... it truly is driving heaven. The roads in the States are nothing compared to what is available in Europe, even what is available in England. Man, I miss living in Europe... if not just for the driving...
I’ve been trying to find the road at 7:32
@@joeszpak4704 It's the Flüelapass near Davos (a little bit below and to the right of it) in Switzerland
bro commeneted this 13 years ago
@@rizelol8377 13 years ago... fuckin hell
The catch though: Davos to Stelvio doesn't go over the pass, if you were actually driving for purpose. You would stay on the 28 till Italy, and not go over the Umbrailpass for no reason.. :) You would have to specifically choose to go the long way around over the Stelvio pass, if that's what you wanted.
It's 2024 buddy
Stelvio pass is famous for being the best road in the world. I believe.
Krasane one of the best
Laughs in Transfăgărășan
Japan and China also have some amazing roads .
The 99 turns to heaven in China is even better, if scenery and curves is what you are after.
Well technically the Nurburgring is a road
Respect to the camera man at 0:38 running along. He made this video a lot more enjoyable that way
Was that meant to be funny ?
Imagine the stamina he got
@@harley7417 yes, and it was funny
@@harley7417 Well a 109 people laughed....
r/PraiseTheCameraman
Today ( august 2021 ) I’ve done, for the first time in my life, the Stelvio Pass…
It is something special…a stunning piece of road.
The emotions you fell when you are on top of the pass and u see the landscape are so strong it s impossible to describe them ( maybe a little bit terryfing ). Seeing e touching the snow in August is incredible :)
Mate you've probably accomplished the dream of many of us
@@SebVelasco I don't know where you are living, but if it's in Europe there is no excuse for not making it ! I'm planning on doing 1500+ km of roads pass through France and Italy on... a 125 Supermoto ! Everyone can do it... Make you dream comes true my friend
The Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera still to this day is a stunning car.
Timeless.
I have a hot wheels car of that very car and 100% agree UwU👌
The road with the awesome aerial shot just after Davos is called the Flüelapass. I know this because i have been driving it just a few days ago. Very awesome piece of road. I was giving my Renault Clio the spurs, and even had a Maserati get out of my way because i was driving too fast for it. Can't tell you how good that felt.
@@jackoates6418 nippy means slow
@Visionist
Sorry to be late, but Brittanica says of nippy:
British : able to move quickly : fast. a nippy car.
What did they do in Davos? On visite at WEF/Klaus Schwab?
I like how there were subtitles for James' moaning as he sprayed the deodorant on his pits.
Top Gear has always made me laugh, but this time I was in awe. I mean, that last bit of landscape was just incredible
I couldn't stop laughing when James and Richard were bashing Jeremy in Italy haha :P
Same
I love that james allways seems to chose the most hardcore and uncomfortable cars. Not what you would expect.
4:37, literally the best insults brought to the orangutan.
Edit
Unlike other times Hammond and May genuinely look pissed off
@@TheAlps36 And even Jeremy looked like he knew he messed up.
I can't believe you guys are still driving on the left...
AmusementForce why does that surprise you
***** How does it make more sense?
*****
"significant portion".. not really. Neither does it make more sence than driving on the right.
***** well forgive a person who's first language isn't English. We could try this in Dutch but I'm fairly sure you don't speak that language. The fact that you have to go personal on me makes clear that you dont have any good points. The rest of your comment confirms this: 'it does make sence if more people go on the left'. Most people already drive on the right. So right back at you: it would make more sense when all people go on the right, since that is where most are already. But since it is very inconvenient for nations to switch over everything, lets just keep things the way they are. It works fine.
john m how does that make more sense? Thats the dumbest thing i ever heard!!! They also drive on the opposite side of the road soo its basically the same thing.
Timeless classic!!!!!!!
I loved it when it first came out and I love it all these years later
And still love it, in 2022 ...
"The hills are alive to the sound of horsepower!" Oh, the growl of those is just fantastic! :-)
music @ 7:05 is Mystic Tryst by Jim Dooley. I've been searching forever for that tune :)
Thank you, kind sir!
Thank you sooo much!
I liked the phrase ' as the cars ticked themselves cool'
"The hills are alive to the sound of horse power as Clarkson, Hammond and May pack their suitcases in their Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Vanquish"
nice
"They are going to shout at me." (first thing that came to his mind seeing that place) 🤣😂🤣😂
As a rally fan myself, I find it... uhm... a little disrespectful to call the Col De Turini just "something"... It's "a bit" more than that, it's pretty much the most famous and historic place in the WRC calendar.
DocDudix van of the car
DocDudi
The people of this time didn’t know bout corona, lucky 😔
James is driving a car with the plate 4SKN 💀💀
Best episode of all time but I'm still upset that James in an Aston rather than a Ferrari
As an American those European mountain passes are just incredible
I live in the region in switzerland (chur) they drove through and to be honest, we avoid these passes most of the time, the san Bernadino for example has a good tunnel. Otherwise a journey to the south would take way to long, particulary during winter. But you are right, the passes are quite beautiful.
@rural_student750 As an American who drove over 500 miles just today, I'm pretty confident we wouldn't be bothered by the distance or travel time. This is a HUGE country I drive my Miata 2.5 hours one-way to get to my favorite driving roads. Our good roads (at least up here in OR/WA) also tend to be quite low traffic, but for the simple reason that the bears and Bigfoot outnumber the people. Very few people have business going from Carson to Randle, which is why there's only one gas station in 70 miles. But it's a spectacular run all to yourself with the Mt St Helens volcano in the middle.
4:52 "Ehh...Trust me... Italy is the place... its the home .... of the fast car...."
"cRuShED tEsTiCLes" James May, 2008
“You can’t search for driving heaven in a Japanese hatchback”
Takumi Fujiwara would politely disagree.
With his trusty tofu machine
Who is watching this in 2016
me
me,
i've watch this scene about 5 time, 2014, 3 time in 2015, and now
me!
i would pick the 911 gt3
I'd pick the superleggera
Any day
Me too. Not in that color though…
Andor Radnai yes, and definitely in that colour
@@stefan_4508 noooooo black with red stickers and wheels
Who’s here in 2024
Jeremy used the same word to describe Switzerland as I do. Heaven
0:17 “ now obviously you can’t go looking for the best driving road in the world in a Japanese hatchback…”
Takumi: “hold my tofu...”
haha xD I agree xD somebody in Japan would have something to say about that XDDD LAWL X)
arguably one of the greatest episodes in television history
0:20 civic type r fans triggered
Not just the Type R as well
i've seen the porche 1 too many times on this show
What is the place at 7:15 ? its just beautiful
Sarin, this is Fluela Pass:-) Check my channel with best roads, not only for motorcyclist:-)
this route is in Davos, Graubunden Canton.
regards from Schaffhausen Canton :P
@@TrasyMotocyklowe would be nice, if you have the best roads on your channel, it be in the international language 'english' ;)
@@Line-vw5io James May on Jeremy Clarkson's choice of Italy having the best roads: Why would you think that any of this would be good, you big daft c#ck?!!! XDXDXD
James: “Numb buttocks, crushed testicles, sweaty shirt, smelly pits”
Also James: “That was unbelievably good”
😂
COCK AND BALL TORTURE
4:30 "This road is rubbish"
Come to Croatia, and see how real rubbish roads look like
Think I'll hitch a ride this August in Tony's Lamborghini, whilst dodging cyclists 😂🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
i wish i had there life and/or job
You probably don't wish it that much otherwise you would get your ass off the couch and do something about it.
I am sir you should too sir
Good for you then
@@Dunken54 hey man it's been 4 years since you said you were working hard,how's the progress?
Bahathi Ntuli I’ll answer that for him err not very good 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😎😎😎😎😎😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
FYI all, song at 7:23 is *Director's Cut: Mystic Prelude*...
I had saved this video years ago for this reason, had forgot its name and looked it up. Ma man.
Which car would you take Aston Martin lambo Or porche
Porsche 911 RS three
It's crazy how dated the Aston and Lambo look in 2021 and how fresh the Porsche looks. Brilliant episode
Neither of them look dated.
The Vantage looks the least dated of them all.
4:04 Haha, they prolly didn’t plan on a long-legged, 6’5” guy trying to climb over the wall and fence to get inside the carpark!
so Jeremy Clarkson was right about Italy at the start
I miss top gear :(. The new one just isnt the same without these guys.
Lived in Switzerland for a year. Saw cars like these everyday. Roads are awesome as well.
Im watching this in 2015
Boris Racer Right, as if i couldn't tell, because your comment says '2 months ago' and it's May 2015, so...
Boris Racer Can't believe there won't be any new Top gear episodes !! It is a shame.... not that I am so much into cars but I loved their jokes and sarcasme !
me to
Boris Racer Good for you.
+MrMagicalToast liar, it's only 1996. Troll
Did James seriously, and voluntarily choose a racing car for a Eurotrip?
6:01 really james
"The hills are alive to the sound of horsepower"
Such beautiful country.
Ain't it crazy how I'm not the only one who is watching this in 2020 that's 11 years later after the release of this episode and people still enjoy watching it this just shows how amazing top gear is
3:15 the map is completely messed up
the original used EVEY REBORN as the theme. i miss it...
Yes omg am I the only one who noticed that?? There are two songs missing from this video that was on the original! omg im trying to figure out what the other one is.
As always everyone end up that Italy is the most beautiful place.
The downside to Austria's smooth roads are frequent road constructions to keep them nice. :D
This video existed basically since I was 8 and still I'm not deterred by that.
I was in college
1:15 anyone know what song that is? Epic as and sounds really familiar; it's driving me crazy! Help would be very appreciated :)
Richard Hammond is wrong. There’s a Japanese hatchback that is worthy of this road...
You already know what Im talking about :3
Johan Harris Zain inertia doriftooo
This episode is one of the greatest ... I would love to do this road in my SVT focus (ST170 EuroVersion).
0:27 does anyone know the song used here?👀 Its amazingggg ♥️♥️♥️😍
No clue aha sick song though
@@CumminsBT-bp7dt nevermind bro I managed to find it hahaha😂. ruclips.net/video/XtplPda931U/видео.html. Let's share the love♥️♥️♥️.
@@sarveshdevan8510 thank you man! 😂
This is the best and most perfect episode of Top Gear ever made! It is their magnum opus!
Three perfect manual sportscars, a breathtaking location (my all time favourite in fact), a noble challenge, music to melt your heart, and real world legacy still standing to this day.
What episode and series is this one?
@@charliesalter3744 Series 10, Episode 1 ^^
@@AndorRadnai thank you a lot. I remember watching this one ages ago but couldn't find the full episode after they stopped top gear with these 3. Now BBC have every old episode so I have to definitely watch this one
@@charliesalter3744 I was hooked merely by this little video a few years ago. It really is one of their best episodes.
2:02 did he just say Monte Carlo rally? No wonder that road feels so familiar, I kept crashing my car while cornering there, in Dirt Rally
Col De Turini, such a unknown place for motorsports. :D
feels so good to watch as a swiss
Same here!!
James may is like the Fernando Alonso of team choices an amazing team choice but at the wrong time
Wow, Davos to Stelvio was beautiful. Nice classical background music too. The shot where Clarkson, Hammon, and May were standing over a lookout while gazing at Stelvio almost looked like a scene from Lord of the Rings.
I always get anxiety in those curves, like how do they know no one comes fro. the other direction?
Note 1: 4:44 - 5:06 "****...****...****...****...****...****...****" James May and Richard Hammond cursed 7 times in total!
Note 2: 5:20 "We did." It's somewhat absurd that Richard Hammond would just say "We did"
i did this with my son in my 2.8 Z3 BMW 1996. it was amazing. I never fully appreciated before the power of the torque nor the benefit of the rear wheel drive. I could turn on a sixpence and pull straight out of the bends whilst pointing upwards at 45 degrees :-) I felt sorry for all those posh Ferraris that could neither handle the tight turns nor the steep angles and had to take the turns wide and slow lol ;-) oh by the way its very much a drivers experience..... my son was sick about half way but I just kept going ha ha ha
Poor James, the Aston turned his pelvis into dust.
Top Gear, you have no idea... There are many more passes in the Alps that can compete with the San Bernadino or the Stelvio. Passo di Rombo, Col d'Iseran, Col de la Bonette, Flexenpass, Silvretta, Kaunertal Glacier Road, Furkajoch, Furkapass, Faschina, Hahntennjoch, Passo Pordoi just to name a few...
It is a tv show...
What is the best of them in your opinion?
Jan Vehmanen I don't have a favorite. But I would recommend you the Col d'Iseran and the Furkapass. Or the Valparla, Pordoi and Sella combined...
Yupp. If you dare you could also drive Griesalp (sometimes ascending 24%). One of the most difficult dead ends ever.
not in the werld ther are many more difficult end
They've got one of the BEST JOBS IN THE GALAXY i mean seriously driving around with 2 of your best friends, got a chance to drive Supercars, gets to appear on camera (becoming famous), getting paid for i don't know approximately more than 10 million pound as salary, got a chance to travel the world, different places, different country, ride airplanes, meet famous celebrities as guest on the top gear studio, i mean who else want that job? and here i am an IT guy spending most of my time in the office looking at the computer for the whole day sitting next to a bunch of nerds instead of becoming a racing driver knowing that career is to expensive to become one im so unfortunate :(
where do you get gas in such barron roads?!?!
TheRaafeekhan the film crew has trucks with gas tanks for their travel cars, like when they went to patagonia
In fact, the Lambo ran out of fuel on the first road, and Clarkson had to pinch some from the camera crew.
What a great glorious moment. I miss the 3 of them. I miss old topgear.
Who is watching this in 2016?
+Adolf Hitler I thought Vader sliced you up
Me
Me
Me, even though I've seen it many times before.
Adem Mutlu
Think of the things in this world that these three have gotten the pleasure to see over the last 20 + years. The different countries, Cultures, roads, people, wild life....ect ect. All while driving some of the world's most amazing cars. What a life they have lived
Who's here May 2020?
Is anyone watching in 2020?
mrbuzgaming what about 2789?
or that
mrbuzgaming
.?.,
no ii dont have 2020 vision. :D
happy dawg trump won again
Old Lamborghini Gallardo was so briliant. Newest Lambos look weird, lost the charm :(
think you're a minority on that one mate
Part of the problem is you can no longer get a manual trans, or rear wheel drive. The other part of the problem is they've gotten heavier over the years.
Gallardo is my favorite Lambo
christdragon you can still get rwd, I think only on a convertible though
Huracans have a RWD option
Switzerland just is a pretty country.
Especially for driving.
Wow they butchered the original music with generic trash. And massively cut out all the good bits as well