0:00 - 1977 Top Gear 0:33 - 1986 Top Gear 1:01 - 1993 Top Gear 1:26 - 1999 Top Gear 1:55 - 2000 Top Gear 2:24 - 2001 Top Gear 2:51 - 2002 Top Gear 3:16 - 2011 Top Gear 3:36 - 2014 Top Gear 3:56 - 2016 Top Gear 4:17 - 2017 Top Gear
@@jonathand.t.5051 its actually jst.. weird, strange, and jst surreal to realize that top gear was actually serious. Idk like.. top gear is cemented to be peak comedy
@@impostor998 today we will be reviewing one of a kin vehicle that has 2.3 ghz revving engine sound, goes up to idk 88 mm per every i find a proper job in today’s economy
ZAINILEX hipsters that will never give GT a chance because “it’s not top gear”. It’s the same old story you’ve heard a million times, just let it go and we’ll enjoy GT doubly for them
the 2014 intro captured the show perfectly, it was a show about reviewing cars (doesn't matter supercars or not) while they also did some chaotic, crazy, fun stuff to watch especially with a trio that has funny personalities. the Jeremy-Richard-James era was the best
I think that honestly this year they would have given up, if not prior. They aren't even doing studio performances in their own show The Grand Tour anymore, so the show may have gone with a major rebrand now if the circumstances of them quitting wasn't so abrupt and on such unfortunate / terms. I just feel sad for the people who won't grow up with the 2002 - 2015 Top Gear like us. It's okay now, but they're still trying to make it in the C/H/M formula.
0:33 the execs at bbc really went like: "well we invested a fuck ton of money on those new fangled 3d graphics workstations, might as well use it for every single thing we make onwards"
I love how all the intros are exactly what you would expect from the respective time periods. The 80s one is exactly what you would expect a car show from the 80s to have, and so on.
Second guessed myself so had to google it. 1977-1990s Top Gear is technically an entirely different show to 2002- Top Gear. Sort of like a spiritual successor.
I remember thinking the 2012 intro had a cool new look, I was only 8 at the time. The 2002 intro is the one i immediately think when i think of top gear with trio.
I remember my mum telling me when I was young “Top Gear comes on in 10 minutes if you want to wat…” And I’d come running in with my hot wheels cars before she could even finish
2011 with their silhouettes, and the trio silhouette at the end...Perfection 2014 tried to remaster it, but the background scenes are not as catchy as 2011's
It's kind of crazy how old top gear really is but we all know that 2002-2015 was the best and even then the older series wasn't too bad compared to the current series
Not many know this but a small american band turned the original intro jingle into a real song in the 1970s, they are very overlooked and you should definetly check them out!
2011: Everytime I'd come home from school and we'd watch TopGear until Clarkson had his incident. Then started watching Grand Tour every Friday cus thats when the episodes came out.
First episode I sought out was Race To The North (the race starring Tornado, the then newly-built Peppercorn A1), and I've been loving these guys' work since. Long Live May, Hammond & Clarkson!
The 1977 and 1986 intros make me want to drive a Volkswagen Bus to Boston to find a retired author and take him to a Red Sox game in which the Scoreboard talks about a baseball player who played 1inning in one game in 1922
Sad to think that 2011 ver. was the peak of this show After that it started it's dying But still im happy that this show became a huge part of my teenage
The end section of the theme in the seventies until mid to late 80's is a great musical number by Elton John from his 'Blue Moves' Album, called 'Out Of The Blue' Its great !!
the best TG theme song is the 2014 one, with the outlines of Hammond, May, and Clarkson, and the car train, the Marauder, all of the iconic cars, just chefs kiss, and that to me was Hammond, May, and Clarkson's theme, they made that theme song recognizable ANYWHERE
![Intro History: Top Gear (1977-Present) [Ep 4]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/B2tXt9qTL34/mqdefault.jpg)
0:00 - 1977 Top Gear
0:33 - 1986 Top Gear
1:01 - 1993 Top Gear
1:26 - 1999 Top Gear
1:55 - 2000 Top Gear
2:24 - 2001 Top Gear
2:51 - 2002 Top Gear
3:16 - 2011 Top Gear
3:36 - 2014 Top Gear
3:56 - 2016 Top Gear
4:17 - 2017 Top Gear
The last two don’t belong in that list
@YEOH ZHONG YIK Moe but the music in 99 is dope
the top gear i remember the most was 2002-2014, used to watch it with my parents when i was younger on TV a lot, those were the days
2021-bo'om gea
bro wheres 1995
0:33 ah yes the age where the editors for all BBC programs discovered meth and 3D animation at the same time
They discovered the most 80s thing the world has ever seen
vaporwave
**Display's a ounce of creativity**
WhAt WeEd WeRe ThEy SmOkInG!!!!!
@@raumfahreturschutze creativity does not always lead to good results.
It was one of the first cgi intros on television iirc
After the 2000s, that wasn't Top Gear's theme
That was Clarkson, May and Hammond's theme
you mean the best
@@prezes-max3406 since they change the trio now it's the worst
Pre 2000s - Actual serious motoring show
Post 2000s - "Ello lads welcum to bottom gear today we're commiting arson and sinking a car in the thames"
@@jonathand.t.5051 its actually jst.. weird, strange, and jst surreal to realize that top gear was actually serious. Idk like.. top gear is cemented to be peak comedy
@@johnvermintide But also passion for cars.
you missed the best one of all:
welcum to bottom gear m8 *wheeze*
I drive a silent electric car
Hammond uses a fookin toilet
And James commits arson.
@@gilbertosantos2806 Warning: Show budget does not exceed 23 Yen
Good evening ladies and gents today our sponsor is msi colgate b450 Chek tem out promo code revving my wife tonig
@@impostor998 today we will be reviewing one of a kin vehicle that has 2.3 ghz revving engine sound, goes up to idk 88 mm per every i find a proper job in today’s economy
helo mate we are going to asda do uwant sanythijng
It’s cool how they’ve used the same song for 40 years
The last two on the list don’t deserve that thems
May I introduce you to doctor who
@@wherefox No
@@wherefox DUN DU-DUN DU DU-DUN DUN DU-DUN *DUNDUNDUN* DUN DU-DUN DU DU-DUN DUN DU-DUN *DUNDUNDUN* OOOOOWEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It's "Jessica" by The Allman Brothers band
Composer in 1999: How much bass do you want?
The BBC: Yes.
It feels like an earrape version
Love that intro
I like first 2 intros music. Very satisfying
2014 intro is what I think of when someone says “top gear”
I think of 2011 or 2014
Ah, I think of 2002 and 2011. Just iconic.
Same
@Eric Christy especially 2017
yes definitely
I was eating a subway sandwich in a mall when I first heard Clarkson got the boot. Never eaten there again.
Its heartbreaking
You do know they have a new show on amazon called the grand tour right? It's basically top gear but with a different name
@@ZAINILEXTHE1ANDONLY seen it but it feels too scripted. Nothing like the og
@@GoliathSlayer777 ??? It's the same fucking thing what are you on about?
ZAINILEX hipsters that will never give GT a chance because “it’s not top gear”. It’s the same old story you’ve heard a million times, just let it go and we’ll enjoy GT doubly for them
the 2014 intro captured the show perfectly, it was a show about reviewing cars (doesn't matter supercars or not) while they also did some chaotic, crazy, fun stuff to watch especially with a trio that has funny personalities. the Jeremy-Richard-James era was the best
Yeah I agree
As it was so succinctly put. “This was not a show about cars, this was a show about three friends who love cars.”
I think universally we can all say that American top gear was mid at best and shit at worst
2:40
"We need another small clip to fit into the theme"
"Ya like rhinos?"
"Brilliant"
2000s video clip art lol
RIP The best Top gear 2002-2015. You will always be remembered as the best TV show...
IN THE WORLD
Theres grand tour so we are good
@@dogegaming2553 yeah but not that many episodes :(
@@NVegianP then, then emmm watch entire top gear again
@@dogegaming2553 fair enough haha
or watch clarkesons farm, it’s pretty decent
@@NVegianP yeahhh
I dont like the 2016, 2017 intros because it has no clarkson, hammond or may in them
Who are the new ones? I don't know one name
@@Thassosjanni Chris Harris that's the only guy I know
The 2016 intro looks like it was made with Microsoft PowerPoint
@@randomisntavailable but it’s awesome
@@theamazingparkerC you really like microsoft powerpoint then
I loved top gear as a little kid. Like honestly I remember crying as an 11 year old kid when Clarkson's Top Gear got cancelled.
Same here, i was broken
Same
i broke down in tears
They never should've sacked Clarkson.
I think that honestly this year they would have given up, if not prior. They aren't even doing studio performances in their own show The Grand Tour anymore, so the show may have gone with a major rebrand now if the circumstances of them quitting wasn't so abrupt and on such unfortunate / terms. I just feel sad for the people who won't grow up with the 2002 - 2015 Top Gear like us. It's okay now, but they're still trying to make it in the C/H/M formula.
Rip Top Gear 1977-2001 and 2002- 2015
JULIE COLBY it just is though
Epic Gaming Time precisely
top gear is dead without jermey richard and james
@@richekiid7596 Ever heard of grand tour?
@@PhoenixTwoFiftySix You fucking legend i never seen that THANKS SOO MUCH
I think 2011’s intro truly captures what Top Gear is.
yep
Y e s
Classic
What 2002 Top Gear was meant to be*
3:16 when Top Gear was the most viewed television program...
...
_IN THE WORLD_
Really?
@@mateorios1636 Yes, according to Guinness World Record.
the most viewed factual tv program in the world dont you mean
@@williamg209two I think when you add the amount of pirating of top gear, as well as spin off dvd's they where definitely the biggest tv show
welcum to top gear m8’s today i drive a 2001 chevy highlander, hamond gets stuck in a tree and jam gives into the voices
2:30 By far the funniest top gear intro
Robbie Rotten crossed with Richard Hammond
@@mixedtrafficproductions9371 ye pretty much
You can just tell when the boys joined... and when they left.
0:33 the execs at bbc really went like: "well we invested a fuck ton of money on those new fangled 3d graphics workstations, might as well use it for every single thing we make onwards"
Haven't seen anyone else mention it yet but the way the title screen fits with the music at 3:31 is just so damn satisfying
yep and the way camera pans out
Yes
I love how all the intros are exactly what you would expect from the respective time periods. The 80s one is exactly what you would expect a car show from the 80s to have, and so on.
And the 2000 one has WIDE angle lenses, quick shots and disorienting angles.
Second guessed myself so had to google it.
1977-1990s Top Gear is technically an entirely different show to 2002- Top Gear. Sort of like a spiritual successor.
Old top gear continued as fifth gear
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 lol
@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 so we got Top Gear, Fifth Gear, Bottom Gear, and Medium Gear. What gear is next lads?
@@johnnytheemeraldcat6727I’m guessing reverse
@@johnnytheemeraldcat6727maybe seventh gear OR high gear
3:16 yeeeeees!!! Speed and power!!!
There is something about that thumbnail that gives me the creeps slightly.
I loved the old top gear intros
I remember thinking the 2012 intro had a cool new look, I was only 8 at the time. The 2002 intro is the one i immediately think when i think of top gear with trio.
Clarkson's Top Gear got me through tough times, this intro is already very nostalgic and it wasn't even a year since
The 2000 intro somehow looks more 90's than the 1999 intro...
The fact that they skip the “Tonight:” bit in the newer intros, and that they removed the gear is disgusting, now its just a math show with car jokes
I remember my mum telling me when I was young “Top Gear comes on in 10 minutes if you want to wat…”
And I’d come running in with my hot wheels cars before she could even finish
i just cant believe on how top gear passed through all the years,this can make me have tears on my eyes
2011 with their silhouettes, and the trio silhouette at the end...Perfection
2014 tried to remaster it, but the background scenes are not as catchy as 2011's
crying from nostalgia
I missed a few intros but most of them are here :)
I said that you thank me later
Do you think you can make an updated version please and upload it soon.
Claire Fraser I was just saying
Claire Fraser plus can you do that
Welcome back to bo'om gear mates
Tonight on, gear
Cars
I steal my sthewpid neighbor's Ford focus
My grandad: 1977 top gear is the best
My dad: no it’s the 90s
Me: hehe Clarkson May and Hammond go brrrrrrrr
2:34 never thought I would see a multipla in a top gear episode
The Rover James?
"They're so easy to get in and out of, you know."
When the Clarkson era of top gear ended in 2015 I actually cried
2:51 this is the part we're all here for
It's kind of crazy how old top gear really is but we all know that 2002-2015 was the best and even then the older series wasn't too bad compared to the current series
2:32 I genuinely thought that the thumbnail was just a meme version.
Turns out that it really actually is in the video 🤣🤣
Not many know this but a small american band turned the original intro jingle into a real song in the 1970s, they are very overlooked and you should definetly check them out!
And called it something Jennifer don't they?
@@p_pattedd5477 no, lmao, it's called James.
@@paleoph6168It's called Geoff
the second to the last just looks like a powerpoint presentation
probably was made in powerpoint 08 loool
Why am I nostalgic for decades that I never was even conceived in...
1999 intro just hits so hard W the bass After Vibing to the older ones
I love how the first one had the family-friendly country cooking-show vibe to it
I want the classic top gear
2002 - 2015
Classic Top Gear is '77-'01
2002-2015 is trio Top Gear
2011: Everytime I'd come home from school and we'd watch TopGear until Clarkson had his incident. Then started watching Grand Tour every Friday cus thats when the episodes came out.
2011 and 2014 best in my opinion
2:58 cris broad
2:31 What the hell is this horrifying monstrosity?
First episode I sought out was Race To The North (the race starring Tornado, the then newly-built Peppercorn A1), and I've been loving these guys' work since.
Long Live May, Hammond & Clarkson!
Imagine someone started watching in the 70s and is now a “top gear intro veteran”
3:28 The way that car’s headlights twinkle in time with the music is perfect
you can see how they’ve tried to disconnect themselves from the past starting with the 2016 intro
Why is the thumbnail so terrifying lol
2002: Clarkson runs down the show
5 years later: Tonight! I wear a hat! Richard wears a hat! And James drives past a low wall.
2011: PERFECTION
2014: REMASTERED
2016-now: That reboot everyone hates
No, it was a better one made earlier for series 11 or 12 or 13
The original song is called ‘Jessica’ by the Allman Brothers Band
I love how comparing the Jessica theme from old to modern is different, but watching this video they sound almost identical.
This show has the best intro of all time, all of them are just perfect. Sir you made my day today, thank you a lot!
A mix of the 2017 graphics and the trio would be heavenly.
1993 gives me nostalgia to something that i never experianced
If you have never watched the show and absolutely never heard about it and see those intros, the little kid inside gets excited
Driving in the 90s was better because there was far less traffic, but only 10% less road capacity.
1999:
How many transition effects do you want
Yes
1999 one is fantastic!
I absolutely love the 1999 version! 🌟
The music is amazing in the 1999 version!
Come on you can't lie, you know the 2011 intro is the best and most iconic intro of the Old Top Gear!
1999 music with the 1986 intro would be the most 80s video of all times
This has to be the best car show ever
The top gear intro never gets old 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️⚙️
The 1977 and 1986 intros make me want to drive a Volkswagen Bus to Boston to find a retired author and take him to a Red Sox game in which the Scoreboard talks about a baseball player who played 1inning in one game in 1922
The 2014 iteration is easily the most iconic.
They were taking the piss with the 99 version.
Sad to think that 2011 ver. was the peak of this show
After that it started it's dying
But still im happy that this show became a huge part of my teenage
Jesus, even the energy of the intro goes after the mates went.
Funny thing is, when the first intro was done "jessica" (the theme song) was a new song. It's like the new top gear using an edd sheeran song
Never knew it had this much in the past
All of them sound lovely
WELCOME TO BOTTOM GEAR MATES!
The end section of the theme in the seventies until mid to late 80's is a great musical number by Elton John from his 'Blue Moves' Album, called 'Out Of The Blue' Its great !!
the best TG theme song is the 2014 one, with the outlines of Hammond, May, and Clarkson, and the car train, the Marauder, all of the iconic cars, just chefs kiss, and that to me was Hammond, May, and Clarkson's theme, they made that theme song recognizable ANYWHERE
This is totally not annoying after 19 times of watching,
The 1977 remids me of those 70s 80s 90s summer parties
that thumbnail is exquisite
The 2011 intro is most nostalgic to me
I love this show
That thumbnail is literally fire
1993 intro was by far the coolest
The 1993 intro is the best imo.
A fun video to come back to every once in a while
Modern Top Gear doesn’t deserve the legacy of the intro
Got chills every time when the song starts lol
Ngl, I think the 1999 animation was the coolest. Very smooth transitions.
i love how they used the same theme for all the intros
I like the way they progressively get more action packed and mental
top gear in 1977 be like:
oh this automotive has a splendit velocity of 23 km/h, truly a scrumptios piece of engeneering
is it me or the 2016 one looks like a powerpoint presentation?
the 2000s intro was absolutly so 2000s . Like the Windows XP madonna commercial