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  • @Squikie
    @Squikie 20 days ago +1699

    These re-uploads shows how important the music choice of shows are. Might be cus Im used to the original music, but the new music to avoid the copyright issues just dont hit the same

    • @blackberrybold9300
      @blackberrybold9300 20 days ago +134

      100%. im glad they upload these but damn it is not the same

    • @MZOPMB6
      @MZOPMB6 20 days ago +31

      Didn't even notice there was different music on these and I've seen every episode twice over (rookie numbers I know)

    • @LuminalSpoon
      @LuminalSpoon 20 days ago +27

      The BBC iPlayer ones have the proper music

    • @syygnis
      @syygnis 20 days ago +10

      There are so many variants of music and I 100% agree. It makes the difference. Some versions are impossible to find too.

    • @nereafcr
      @nereafcr 20 days ago +8

      Yes. And it's also too loud.

  • @28natdav
    @28natdav 20 days ago +868

    "James has bought an AA truck"

  • @WolvieX24
    @WolvieX24 20 days ago +587

    23:07 Jeremy laughing in voiceover is absolutely iconic 😂

    • @francisrolls6312
      @francisrolls6312 20 days ago +25

      I never noticed this before and thought the same when I noticed it earlier hilarious 🤣

    • @Kevinduddo
      @Kevinduddo 20 days ago +13

      "It's not funny!" James May

    • @michaeljones1686
      @michaeljones1686 6 days ago

      Was just about to comment this

  • @knockingvalves2539
    @knockingvalves2539 20 days ago +339

    16:20
    Jeremy: -"are you cold?"
    James *violently shaking himself apart freezing* : -"No!"

  • @nickperspective
    @nickperspective 12 days ago +57

    German Stig. RIP Sabine Schmitz

  • @patrickprulez
    @patrickprulez 20 days ago +293

    James Lambo is the only of the 3 classic Italians that still exist: Repainted orange, shipped to Australia, and sold 2 years ago for over $100,000.
    Richard's Ferrari hasn't been seen since 2011 on a tv show and, Jeremy's Maserati was scrapped

    • @declanthomas7159
      @declanthomas7159 20 days ago +7

      Imagine my surprise, the car that blew up was scrapped 😂

    • @WildIdiot
      @WildIdiot 19 days ago +30

      Richard bought his Ferrari off the show and kept it for a number of years until he eventually sold it. There's no reason to think it doesn't still exist.

    • @tippyc2
      @tippyc2 19 days ago +66

      Clarkson's Maserati was ready to be scrapped before he bought it.

    • @zeroclockgaming
      @zeroclockgaming 17 days ago +7

      @declanthomas7159 I mean, I would totally take it from him and throw in some engine, the lovely shape is still there, just the engine is broken.

    • @Nightwolf2595
      @Nightwolf2595 15 days ago +10

      Another notable thing about the Urraco, it was actually quite rare. Only 791 Urracos were ever produced, likely only a few were made RHD.

  • @berivt
    @berivt 20 days ago +195

    21:16 i can't believe i've never noticed the stig pulling a clarkson move here lmaooo

  • @MagnetBlock
    @MagnetBlock 20 days ago +279

    Dear BBC. Please release a full collection of Top Gear on DVD, as I believe this would profit you greatly and prevent people from pirating it.

    • @I3ladefist
      @I3ladefist 20 days ago +33

      I want that too! BluRay could do also! As much I hate BBC, I would give 'em my pennies for TG DVD/BD collection.

    • @ProfessorNugget
      @ProfessorNugget 20 days ago +1

      Me as well

    • @kdpwt
      @kdpwt 20 days ago

      People will just upload it to yt

    • @MagnetBlock
      @MagnetBlock 20 days ago +2

      @kdpwt But what does BBC gain from people pirating it? And I like to OWN a DVD or BluRay

    • @TelepartyPlays
      @TelepartyPlays 20 days ago +1

      Or just put the full films on RUclips rather than these short highlights

  • @Mr_Andreson
    @Mr_Andreson 20 days ago +171

    I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched these episodes lol

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 20 days ago +8

      I remember Richard saying in the last coupes that arent porsche challenge 'If you are 8 you have our permission to stay up and watch that' when I was 8 lol

    • @syygnis
      @syygnis 20 days ago

      Still makes me laugh every single time too

    • @Mr_Andreson
      @Mr_Andreson 20 days ago

      @syygnisyea it never gets old 😂

    • @thomashatfield2609
      @thomashatfield2609 19 days ago +2

      At this point the references are like a stim

    • @Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo
      @Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo 11 days ago

      Dave

  • @Fortunes.Fool.
    @Fortunes.Fool. 20 days ago +184

    25:20 "In China they would say, 'oooo look numba ereven!' in case you're wondering what was cut.

  • @culturevulture6292
    @culturevulture6292 19 days ago +125

    I took a picture next to that exact Lamborghini, at a customer's house (Victoria, Australia), about a year ago. He even had the number plate James may has on it here.
    The car is now blue, and is undergoing a very good restoration.
    So cool!

    • @Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo
      @Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo 11 days ago +1

      I heard it go resprayed orange. Love to see it in blue. Any chance you wana make it your profile pic? 😂😂 sorry im sad asf

    • @culturevulture6292
      @culturevulture6292 10 days ago

      ​@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdoI would, but I have had this one for years, and I'm in the Lamborghini picture. It's also in a private garage, so probably wouldn't be nice.

    • @culturevulture6292
      @culturevulture6292 10 days ago

      ​@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdonot sad. Pics or it didn't happen. Haha
      I get teased by my workmates for how excited I look in the picture. Screw them!

    • @charliethorogood3148
      @charliethorogood3148 7 days ago +2

      Did it come with the lorry

    • @culturevulture6292
      @culturevulture6292 6 days ago

      ​@charliethorogood3148haha no. It was sitting on stands, with its wheels off, when I saw it.

  • @ronwhitfield8872
    @ronwhitfield8872 19 days ago +21

    Top Gear was never about the cars. It was about the three of them, mates having fun on TV.

    • @ItsSVO
      @ItsSVO 2 days ago

      Agreed, it’s why you can’t repeat it. I was never massively into cars but these 3 really got me into them. It was the genius of top gear.

  • @aebawaji12
    @aebawaji12 20 days ago +30

    James saying to German stig "Get a grip man!! 😂😂😂

  • @pbcityis-witty6268
    @pbcityis-witty6268 20 days ago +24

    Hearing Clarkson laugh like a child for the suspension test was great

  • @galaxyexplorer8075
    @galaxyexplorer8075 15 days ago +14

    32:05 "Why does that never happen with the police?"

  • @Dudi4PoLFr
    @Dudi4PoLFr 20 days ago +33

    Those challenges are a staple of Top Gear, and I love every single one of them!

  • @SashaGrace94
    @SashaGrace94 16 days ago +9

    28:58 it’s insane to think that a 14 year old car today would be a 2012 car!!!! Stop the world, I’m getting too old 😅

  • @MJGVibes
    @MJGVibes 19 days ago +23

    Top gear never never gets old it’s wild

  • @georgehill3087
    @georgehill3087 20 days ago +18

    37:53, the stig is so brave. Got air on a wet day.

  • @lazrhawk
    @lazrhawk 20 days ago +12

    The Astra on two wheels 😆 Definition of “full send”

  • @tokyotopp
    @tokyotopp 20 days ago +14

    18:06 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 James May, gasping for air laughing

  • @bleachcool1465
    @bleachcool1465 20 days ago +15

    37:56 one of my favorite Jeremy emotes

  • @JopieHaargel
    @JopieHaargel 19 days ago +10

    "I've won something, possibly!" Immediately proceeds to lose.

  • @TheVanillaDrizzle
    @TheVanillaDrizzle 11 days ago +3

    Whenever something's knackered on my car and someone mentions all it's flaws, I always quote James May "But the clock is correct" 🤣

  • @PaulAudrin
    @PaulAudrin 20 days ago +11

    3:18, a classic James May

  • @deathberry33
    @deathberry33 12 days ago +2

    Classic Top Gear is so infinitely rewatchable

  • @calliebunn
    @calliebunn 20 days ago +21

    Here so early the auto-captions haven't been generated yet lmao

    • @PaulAudrin
      @PaulAudrin 20 days ago +2

      Badly for me, i'm French and my English is not good
      But I see Top Gear in Original version with substitles French ...

  • @8-random258
    @8-random258 2 days ago

    25:32 I love how Hammond's face drops the second he heard he has to somehow sell his car

  • @Raaid0093
    @Raaid0093 14 days ago +2

    I think that german episode track challenge was sabine schmitz driving as the stig

  • @topmandog1
    @topmandog1 20 days ago +8

    the og music really works with the cheap super car challange and the lack of it so sad

  • @astrasc06
    @astrasc06 7 days ago +8

    17:14 Who won???

  • @lupinfenris5947
    @lupinfenris5947 8 hours ago

    "I had to fill up my car with electricity" very relevant these days 😂

  • @dylan24692
    @dylan24692 6 days ago

    Jeremy’s laugh at the end is so genuine I love it🤣

  • @mr.unknowx3786
    @mr.unknowx3786 18 days ago +2

    "I got so excited that I uh duh I wet myself"
    One of the great lines of the show

  • @OlgaIgnatyeva
    @OlgaIgnatyeva Day ago

    This is pure quality content.

  • @HerbertClarence-d6x

    Very well done, appreciate this video!

  • @Sherpiddy
    @Sherpiddy 11 days ago +1

    “Is this the turbo? Is this the turbo?” 😂

  • @Deznaj666
    @Deznaj666 17 days ago +2

    The car reveals at the start of the challenge where one of the highlights of the show.

  • @Jon-o7p7n
    @Jon-o7p7n 19 days ago +2

    15:20 "Das Stig ist a Maniac" ...memory lane

  • @elden_gourd
    @elden_gourd 13 days ago +1

    Clarkson laughing all the way driving over that cobblestone road was wonderful

  • @nameinvalid69
    @nameinvalid69 10 days ago

    man, watching these lads while they were young...
    time flies

  • @christo6142
    @christo6142 20 days ago +9

    Those Maseratis are over 100k now 😩

  • @bghoody5665
    @bghoody5665 12 days ago

    I don't think I will ever tire of watching these three together.

  • @hmmerfall
    @hmmerfall 11 days ago

    noone will ever beat this trio , theyr spectacular

  • @chrissilvester4424
    @chrissilvester4424 20 days ago +4

    I've seen these clips so many times yet i still can't get enough of them

  • @1125bjfitz
    @1125bjfitz 18 days ago +2

    Those Italian classics from the 70s were ancient on the show even though they were 25 years old. Today, their counterparts are a 360 Modena, Maser Coupe, or Gallardo - and those look modern still!

  • @ChrisDied
    @ChrisDied 19 days ago +2

    Im now as old as Jeremy Clarkson was when filming this, and it feels insane

  • @txflood2519
    @txflood2519 13 days ago +1

    The Porsche table and chairs look great actually.

  • @ebels3
    @ebels3 19 days ago +2

    Sports car challenge was peak top gear. Just three friends with not much budget having a good time with crappy old cars.

  • @aquaticpears3183
    @aquaticpears3183 20 days ago +5

    ....and he's bought a piece of cheese 🧀 😂

  • @cannonballer44
    @cannonballer44 2 days ago

    Look How Young they look its crazy

  • @maineiacman
    @maineiacman 20 days ago +3

    Amazing how they wouldn't be able to buy those same "10k super cars" today

  • @ExtremelyOCD
    @ExtremelyOCD 18 days ago +3

    They'll mock each other's choices, but they also seemed to genuinely appreciate what each other does. Capt. Slow's door pull, laughing but also sounding like they genuinely thought it was very inventive to do.

  • @paulschauer6273
    @paulschauer6273 17 days ago

    The chemistry from these three will never and could never be matched they are a package trio and should always stay as such

  • @ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLARXIIII

    *STIGGY RAY CYRUS* 😂 But i had a BMW 635 CSI in 1999 and CRASHED IT..

  • @BenjaminWesterby
    @BenjaminWesterby 9 days ago

    So nostalgic

  • @mrcyde
    @mrcyde 15 days ago +1

    I've had dreams about hanging out with these guys.

  • @maia9056
    @maia9056 13 days ago

    6:55 noooooo I loved the Zorba the Greek music at this point

  • @The_Blackshield
    @The_Blackshield 20 days ago +3

    Sunday nights were never the same after these three left.

  • @brianreno6600
    @brianreno6600 12 days ago +1

    38:20 you know the car was hideously crap even the stig pissed about it.

  • @Steve-gc5nt
    @Steve-gc5nt 12 days ago

    The supercar one is one of my favourite challenges.

  • @cjh4l22
    @cjh4l22 15 days ago

    21:37 the guys running for it when the stig comes around Gambon in Jeremy's Porsche is hilarious

  • @Merjia
    @Merjia 18 days ago

    Some of my favourite thing's they'd do are these where they just have fun and be mates.

  • @HoYdEn-d2s
    @HoYdEn-d2s 16 days ago +1

    Grandfather Clock is 2nd only to “Buckingham Palace” when May was driving the Bentley SUV

  • @jjortega6088
    @jjortega6088 13 days ago +1

    The Jean Cluade Van Damminator 🗣️

  • @MrAdomus
    @MrAdomus 17 days ago

    18:06 the asthmatic goose always gets me evey single time!

  • @SpaceAndTime1
    @SpaceAndTime1 20 days ago +13

    God that Ferrari with the gated manual for under 10 grand now would be great 😂

    • @maineiacman
      @maineiacman 20 days ago +1

      Wouldn't all 3 of these be over 100k today?

    • @PaulAudrin
      @PaulAudrin 20 days ago

      ​@maineiacman, it's very possible

    • @SpaceAndTime1
      @SpaceAndTime1 20 days ago

      ​@maineiacmana Dino is certainly close to 100k alone soooo yeah maybe 😂😂

  • @JakeTan-p4i
    @JakeTan-p4i 16 days ago

    The face on James face while he is losing power in his car is just James May thing.

  • @CH3FFI3
    @CH3FFI3 20 days ago +2

    These were the best years.

  • @syygnis
    @syygnis 20 days ago +2

    This channel really needs to start posting full episodes.

  • @paulcadman3022
    @paulcadman3022 12 days ago

    Love my SL500 owned 10 years never let me down and is as good now as it was new maintenance is the key I am an enthusiast and do most of the work myself no problems costs for service parts are reasonable too

  • @jumpmansilence
    @jumpmansilence 14 days ago

    600 squid for the top gear engine coffee table and chair set is a fookn steal mate even back then

  • @Oshunsar
    @Oshunsar 11 days ago

    Put undersael all over my first car, and it was great, self repairing on little scratches^^

  • @jamesward6175
    @jamesward6175 17 days ago +3

    consider all these clips are 20+ years old. . .tv peaked a long time ago!

  • @eliasbeno6629
    @eliasbeno6629 Day ago

    Stress relief show

  • @HRHooChicken
    @HRHooChicken 9 days ago

    I will always love that Merak. I can only imagine what they go for now. £7k was a bargain even though it blew up.

  • @mikewhite3123
    @mikewhite3123 9 days ago

    Those Maserati were great rally cars..

  • @jakekoehler1
    @jakekoehler1 13 days ago +1

    SO BACK!! Cheers BBC 🫡

  • @Nic______
    @Nic______ 19 days ago

    Back in the day, I had seen and enjoyed the show, but this was the episode/segment that made me a true fan. Can’t remember when exactly this episode came out, but it feels like it’s been 20 years

  • @kirbyr558
    @kirbyr558 7 days ago

    Hair/Herr Stig is a great pun

  • @accountdp
    @accountdp 20 days ago +3

    Unbelievable trio,

  • @kenkaewert8951
    @kenkaewert8951 15 days ago

    "He's bought a grandfather clock." 🤣Burst into laughing about that comment!

  • @DW_Rvnz
    @DW_Rvnz 20 days ago +2

    I was watching mortal kombat and this was suggested next!! What a pull

  • @Real28
    @Real28 2 days ago

    They were so young. I was so young 😭

  • @inthelionsden6335
    @inthelionsden6335 15 days ago

    I'd forgotten how funny these guys were.

  • @criscross572
    @criscross572 13 days ago

    Can see my flat across the harbour 😊

  • @bmint
    @bmint 18 days ago

    Those old cars would probably be absolutely incredible with modern suspension

  • @louisimission2153
    @louisimission2153 20 days ago +1

    I bloody love these guys and everything they do

  • @static-san
    @static-san 19 days ago

    Sone of the best challenges. And some of the best banter.

  • @Whw52
    @Whw52 15 days ago

    I just had to stop and fill it up with electricity 😂

  • @BRB26DET
    @BRB26DET 18 days ago

    I really really miss those guys

  • @THECharGreav
    @THECharGreav 19 days ago

    The fact james did 140 in that jag is wild

  • @tonygarcia8037
    @tonygarcia8037 12 days ago +1

    What does it do?.... nothing 😂😂😂

  • @enzoalec92
    @enzoalec92 14 days ago

    25:18 Missing the "Eh, someone write erevens!"

  • @IwasBraveFor2WholeSeconds

    Watching TG was the highlight of my week

  • @bloodyhell3769
    @bloodyhell3769 11 days ago

    my saab 9000 is over 30 years old and has still recently made 130mph😬

  • @Silent_sandwich
    @Silent_sandwich 17 days ago +1

    The best car show ever period

  • @sandrinedefaux3290
    @sandrinedefaux3290 17 days ago +2

    We miss you guys

  • @BlopBlopCoreValues
    @BlopBlopCoreValues 13 days ago

    Still holds up
    Will always hold up

  • @tavogel
    @tavogel 17 days ago

    14:04 "Martin Brundle-approved" makes me laugh so hard.