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  • Awesome challenge video with Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond and James May. It's oldies vs youngsters in the Hill Climb Challenge. Click beneath the video to watch in high quality, and don't forget to visit www.topgear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.
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  • @mauripekkarinen1
    @mauripekkarinen1 4 года назад +3761

    "What color is that, national health service green?"

  • @SpazticThoughts
    @SpazticThoughts 4 года назад +6579

    > 5000hp
    > shows a GTR shooting flames
    > gets a Peugeot that's been riced to hell

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 4 года назад +136

      A Skyline GTR. Edit: I'm going to explain what I mean. I don't get why people call every Skyline a GTR, since the R35 is one that has the main name of GTR. The main name for these Skylines is Skyline, so just saying GTR (which I thought only the R35 should be referred to as) is like calling a Ford Mustang GT Ford GT (but there's a already a Ford GT so it doesn't make much sense).

    • @vcvbrrory2269
      @vcvbrrory2269 4 года назад +341

      Sukhdev R34 a skyline gtr stop being a smartarse

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 4 года назад +60

      @@vcvbrrory2269 A Skyline GTR is not a GTR R35. There's a difference.

    • @vcvbrrory2269
      @vcvbrrory2269 4 года назад +54

      Sukhdev R34 yes it is what you on about

    • @vcvbrrory2269
      @vcvbrrory2269 4 года назад +44

      Sukhdev R34 you just called it a gtr it has gtr badges and is called a Nissan skyline gtr

  • @williamthegreat9632
    @williamthegreat9632 4 года назад +1555

    when your playing a ps2 in the back of a car, you know that car was from pimp my ride

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 4 года назад +52

      NFS UNDERGROUND

    • @febriandhani4859
      @febriandhani4859 3 года назад +2

      @@sukhdevr3489 ffs i saw your comment like everywhere

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 3 года назад +2

      @@febriandhani4859 Thats good man haha. On Top Gear videos or football videos?

    • @febriandhani4859
      @febriandhani4859 3 года назад +3

      Sukhdev R34 top gear haha. i don’t really like football because the fact that i can’t actually play it.

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 3 года назад +3

      @@febriandhani4859 Oh fair enough. I was watching all the celebrity interviews so I just thought to comment.

  • @adventureenthusiasts1413
    @adventureenthusiasts1413 3 года назад +1446

    Arthritis against Acne, sums up the generation difference.

    • @Sithhy
      @Sithhy 3 года назад +23

      I got both... I'm only 25

    • @shriharihudli8596
      @shriharihudli8596 3 года назад +7

      @@Sithhy Damn, that sucks dude. How did you get arthritis so early?

    • @Sithhy
      @Sithhy 3 года назад +10

      @@shriharihudli8596 Not sure, honestly. Doctors think it may be a genetic issue

    • @3AMNE
      @3AMNE 3 года назад

      @@Sithhy Are you sure it's probably genetic? Or you normally position in such a way that it feels normal, but then harms you later in life?

    • @3AMNE
      @3AMNE 3 года назад

      @@Sithhy like, the way you sit, or anything?

  • @brickhead48
    @brickhead48 5 лет назад +1474

    200bhp and he reckons the 0-60 is 6.2 seconds? is he dreaming? that pug must weigh as much as an aircraft carrier

    • @bobmcl2406
      @bobmcl2406 3 года назад +150

      Yeah, and half the weight is speakers!

    • @xmlthegreat
      @xmlthegreat 3 года назад +29

      @@bobmcl2406 no it's subs as in Submarines lol

    • @joeneri150
      @joeneri150 3 года назад +52

      Got sewer pipes as the exhaust.

    • @giancarlolugo9586
      @giancarlolugo9586 3 года назад +22

      @@joeneri150 a stock Honda Prelude BB4 VTEC does 0-100 in 6.2 seconds and it's only in it's stock form , now imagine how fast would be with a simple Turbo ,ECU ,CAI ,Exhaust ,Header,Cams modifications that car eats the pug for breakfast in any form .

    • @ProSkye59
      @ProSkye59 2 года назад +4

      @@giancarlolugo9586 not with those speakers

  • @opsimathics
    @opsimathics 7 лет назад +3735

    in this battle of arthritis against acne
    LMAO

  • @MrSupercar55
    @MrSupercar55 3 года назад +751

    I’m not surprised at that result. The Peugeot is really heavy with all those speakers and monitors and video game equipment, whereas the Frog-Eyed Sprite was already lightweight to begin with, and they then stripped it down to barebones. It’s all down to the age-old quandary of a heavy car with more horsepower versus a lighter car that doesn’t quite have as much horsepower. Some car manufacturers, such as Pagani when competing against Lamborghini, possess the necessary tools to make their car light enough to get away with not having as much horsepower.

    • @N3onDr1v3
      @N3onDr1v3 2 года назад +4

      Hydrolics too!

    • @MilkDrinker218
      @MilkDrinker218 2 года назад +18

      It’s a similar thing to the concept behind the Mustang. Ford was never known for having as much horsepower as a Dodge, but the Mustang was lighter, birthing the aptly named “Pony Car” category.

    • @brapa1190
      @brapa1190 2 года назад +1

      What is the classical music at the beginning

    • @skrackensdal
      @skrackensdal 2 года назад

      @@brapa1190 flight of the bumblebee by korsakov

    • @devonesq.7533
      @devonesq.7533 2 года назад

      simplify and add lightness

  • @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
    @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 4 года назад +353

    The Sprite is just happy to be there. Nothing can bring him down. Even if he lost he'd smile across the finish saying "Well I gave it me best shot. Good race!"

    • @RockyFoxxowo
      @RockyFoxxowo Год назад +7

      The Healy is probably still on the road

  • @ElBartoo
    @ElBartoo 5 лет назад +465

    That Austin Healy looks really happy. Just look at it's smile :D

    • @masterhybrid16
      @masterhybrid16 3 года назад +13

      That dammed smile

    • @FormaCodex_5-7
      @FormaCodex_5-7 3 года назад +17

      Miata v Healy.
      Happy racing

    • @arone6298
      @arone6298 2 года назад +7

      @@FormaCodex_5-7 don't forget the s2000

  • @TransistorBased
    @TransistorBased 8 лет назад +3000

    It's not a modern obsession with horsepower. It's an obsession with loading your car with so much cheap plastic and stick-on chrome that it looks like a tourist shop.

    • @jdm2626
      @jdm2626 7 лет назад +56

      Well said.

    • @UltimateMTB
      @UltimateMTB 6 лет назад +71

      It's the obsession with becoming a ricer

    • @zoltancsikos5604
      @zoltancsikos5604 5 лет назад +2

      MicroKORGI That...makes no sense at all.

    • @matthewl5434
      @matthewl5434 5 лет назад +36

      @@zoltancsikos5604 To be honest, it does. Young drivers like to put all sorts of tacky and stupid things on their cars, like body kits and cheap "chrome" plastic wheel covers on some otherwise bone stock car.

    • @gareginasatryan1579
      @gareginasatryan1579 5 лет назад +17

      I know. Luddites think that somehow old technology can beat new. It can't. Apples to apples, modern is just better. Of course it's not horsepower that wins but new materials, electronic assist and better efficiency.

  • @lucian6395
    @lucian6395 3 года назад +1115

    Believe it or not, r34 gtrs where around 26k around that time. Just gonna leave this here.

    • @BoxInThisLapVR46
      @BoxInThisLapVR46 3 года назад +81

      Can I die now

    • @z6u5
      @z6u5 3 года назад +29

      @@BoxInThisLapVR46 yes can I join you

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 3 года назад +71

      At that time you could also get GT-Ss (rwd versions of R33s) for less than £10k.
      Today its a lot different since now pretty much all Skylines of the '90s are considered classic.

    • @lucian6395
      @lucian6395 3 года назад +9

      @@aaryeshg.6526 a lot less then 10 k

    • @cesarcantu9001
      @cesarcantu9001 3 года назад +4

      Now it’s no longer that price. 😭

  • @lacast_lifestyle
    @lacast_lifestyle 5 лет назад +220

    5:24 Hammond should have taken that Evo instead of the rice box

    • @jshaf_3952
      @jshaf_3952 2 года назад +5

      I’m sure it was there just in case the Austin won too easily

    • @DrSmugface
      @DrSmugface 2 года назад +11

      Because the Evo would have won just like the r34 ..

    • @alverayan4032
      @alverayan4032 2 года назад +9

      wouldn't have even been a competition then lol

  • @Proff0ak
    @Proff0ak 9 лет назад +3348

    26.000 pounds for the modification on the 306?
    You could've bought a good car for that money.

    • @HRHooChicken
      @HRHooChicken 9 лет назад +143

      ***** Likely stolen most of it

    • @Proff0ak
      @Proff0ak 9 лет назад +108

      HRHooChicken And got his mom to buy the rest of it.

    • @theorbization
      @theorbization 8 лет назад +56

      HRHooChicken lol and im sure youve definitely got real actual evidence to base that stupid opinion on

    • @HRHooChicken
      @HRHooChicken 8 лет назад +35

      If I called you Buzz Killington, would you understand what i meant..?

    • @SMVB-cl6oc
      @SMVB-cl6oc 8 лет назад +24

      26.000 is £26. 26 000 is £26 000.

  • @papersplease
    @papersplease 10 лет назад +166

    "Arthritis against acne..." I totally lost it there.

  • @CanUDigItSuckaaaaa
    @CanUDigItSuckaaaaa 4 года назад +625

    I’m sure when Hammond was told he was going to be with the yobbos he was secretly gutted.

    • @LowQualityMemesHere
      @LowQualityMemesHere 3 года назад +17

      Pulls up in a civic type r whist being like one

    • @deathtrucker777
      @deathtrucker777 2 года назад +14

      bet he thought he was gunna have a r34 as his teams car or atleast a old bmw

  • @Hazztech
    @Hazztech 4 года назад +602

    God I love how the old farts laugh when their car stalls

    • @DakotaBusCaptures
      @DakotaBusCaptures 3 года назад +10

      I will agree with you as long as you aren’t like those riced dingus’...

    • @IronMan3582
      @IronMan3582 2 года назад +10

      It just shows that they know the quality of the car they support, it's almost poetic

    • @sdfilmproductions4193
      @sdfilmproductions4193 Год назад +3

      It's such a British response...."Oh we've broken down."🤦‍♂️🤣....."Nevermind chaps, let's get a cup of tea and get on with things...stiff upper lip, keep calm and carry on!"🧔💂‍♂️🤵👍

  • @Metatr0n
    @Metatr0n 8 лет назад +648

    What does a ricer do after he wins a race?
    -He turns off his PlayStation.

    • @Trija204
      @Trija204 4 года назад +2

      Original

    • @waynefernandes9553
      @waynefernandes9553 4 года назад

      Ohhh burn

    • @giancarlolugo9586
      @giancarlolugo9586 3 года назад +3

      @@waynefernandes9553 when a Ricer wins he starts to play his crappy rap trap-crap from the 2000s and starts to act like a douchebag

  • @tylersimmons7105
    @tylersimmons7105 7 лет назад +219

    The Sprite just looks so happy. It's literally just this: 8D

  • @jayisaway1516
    @jayisaway1516 3 года назад +209

    In case you’re wondering what the Peugeot dude is rolling around in now...
    It’s a 2014 Range Rover with a 3 litre diesel in it

    • @jonathanmichealfacer
      @jonathanmichealfacer 3 года назад +2

      & he drives a bus

    • @gug1970
      @gug1970 3 года назад +17

      and, i'd guess as he gets a bit older, embarrassment.

    • @eun5oo280
      @eun5oo280 3 года назад +2

      How do you know?
      Theres a picture of the peugeot scrapped but not much else

    • @eun5oo280
      @eun5oo280 3 года назад

      @Ameline Starkmanir no

    • @jayisaway1516
      @jayisaway1516 3 года назад +2

      TripleSeven cause you can search the dudes number plate

  • @user-dg5nj1ez8c
    @user-dg5nj1ez8c 4 года назад +26

    1:57 is truly the greatest moment in this entire video

  • @oscartapiero4563
    @oscartapiero4563 9 лет назад +765

    That Peugeot is an example of French rice

    • @vincebautista4849
      @vincebautista4849 9 лет назад +29

      I agree, the certain amount of rice on it is horrendous, and plus that 1961 Helli sounds majestic and took off like a hummingbird.

    • @Slim_Tim
      @Slim_Tim 9 лет назад +8

      I agree too, but back then it was cool.

    • @jokeeling2028
      @jokeeling2028 8 лет назад +4

      oscar tapiero You sir... Know your Rice. If you have a Facebook account, join #TeamSLAP. They will surely take you in.

    • @kanggoo57
      @kanggoo57 8 лет назад +2

      +oscar tapiero
      or chav :P

    • @essejbooth2982
      @essejbooth2982 8 лет назад

      +Kaosma FIN for the mandems!

  • @appelpower1
    @appelpower1 8 лет назад +1689

    I love how James calls this a 'battle of arthritis against acne'
    Anyway, that Peugeot seems like a waste of 26 grand. For that sort of money, I'd buy a secondhand Aston DB7 or a Maserati Quattroporte.

    • @appelpower1
      @appelpower1 8 лет назад +16

      ***** Fair enough.

    • @jethrovitorioscultor7566
      @jethrovitorioscultor7566 8 лет назад +16

      +appelpower1 I would have spent half of that on an E39 M5... (Assuming in the UK)
      Pretty Sure that Classic would be easily beaten by a Modern Classic Bavarian Supersedan...

    • @appelpower1
      @appelpower1 8 лет назад +4

      +Jethro Vitorio Scultor You mean the classic in the video? The cars I mentioned are hardly classics.
      I like the E39, it's one of the few BMW's I like (I'm not all that big a fan of the brand). Still, in terms of German sports saloons, I'd have a Merc C63 AMG for 34k euros (which is not much more than 26k pounds).

    • @jethrovitorioscultor7566
      @jethrovitorioscultor7566 8 лет назад +1

      appelpower1 The Austin is the classic I am referring to.
      The Modern Classic would be the E39 M5. Too old to be considered a new car, too young to be a Classic.
      What I am saying is, the 90s-00s introduced a few cars that are Pseudo Classics and they combined the best of both worlds. Normally, they would have my money.

    • @appelpower1
      @appelpower1 8 лет назад +1

      Jethro Vitorio Scultor Well, I can only agree with all that.

  • @jake.wreggy6703
    @jake.wreggy6703 5 лет назад +2129

    1. Healy gearbox whines like a supercharger
    2. Healy looks better
    3. Healys faster
    That peugeots a Waste of 26k

    • @Elmom_
      @Elmom_ 4 года назад +93

      The whining is straight-cut gears.

    • @Zak-ob5ze
      @Zak-ob5ze 4 года назад +44

      26k of mods plus the original price

    • @Clangokkuner
      @Clangokkuner 4 года назад +6

      jake _wreggy it has a super charger

    • @EgorKaskader
      @EgorKaskader 4 года назад +34

      @@Zak-ob5ze You PAY to get a 306? O.o
      I thought they gave them away just to stop being embarassed about having it around in the dealership.

    • @ToreDL87
      @ToreDL87 4 года назад +18

      @@Clangokkuner It doesnt, pause at 3:02, that's a single side-draft Weber with filter, no forced induction.

  • @SkywardSpork
    @SkywardSpork 2 года назад +20

    Weird thing is, after all these years and watching this as a kid, I've ended hosting the Austin Heeley Sports club over multiple years at a hotel I used to work at.

  • @alexwoodward390
    @alexwoodward390 7 лет назад +400

    the frog eye's transmission whines like a supercharger

    • @brandynh1439
      @brandynh1439 7 лет назад +76

      Alex Woodward that's the beauty of straight cut gears!

    • @bertsmith7013
      @bertsmith7013 5 лет назад +25

      It was supercharged, a normally aspirated A series 1275 at best would only produce around 70bhp.

    • @mercedesbenzformula1
      @mercedesbenzformula1 5 лет назад +14

      Yeah it has to be a supercharger. They only made 45-65hp stock depending on what version engine the mark I Sprite had.

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 4 года назад +4

      It sounded really good, surprisingly!

    • @andrehoffmann2931
      @andrehoffmann2931 4 года назад +1

      That's the propper sound of a transmision.

  • @Ward1706
    @Ward1706 7 лет назад +704

    Tuners vs. Ricers vs. Classics. And don't argue with me: that Peugeot is pure rice nowadays.

    • @carbonatedmilk4316
      @carbonatedmilk4316 6 лет назад +17

      And i Still like how it looks

    • @matiasfpm
      @matiasfpm 5 лет назад

      Well in yurop maybe. In everyone el se, depends...

    • @charlesvandergrift3126
      @charlesvandergrift3126 5 лет назад +56

      @Snow Wolf Tuners and ricers are not the same; tuners are modern day hot-rodders. In fact, they do all sorts of different modifications, such as turbo kits, transmission upgrades, and suspension upgrades. Rice is for looks, tuning is for speed.

    • @iSkully99
      @iSkully99 3 года назад +4

      Charles VanDergrift this peugeot had all sorts of performance modifications done to it as well, it even had a different engine put in

    • @OHNmotorsports
      @OHNmotorsports 3 года назад +1

      Im 14 and i would take an old escort mk1/an old bmw/mercedes/this Austin over almost any jdm/tuner car. I love the old classic touring/rally cars

  • @flash1249
    @flash1249 4 года назад +1109

    I watched this a kid...
    I was rooting for the Peugeot because it looked like it was made in NFS Underground, and you could play it inside the car...
    Now that I've grown up and a brain, I'm embarrassed to for him to have that car and spending that much... That Austin Healey is gorgeous. I bet it's preserved somewhere, I don't know about the Peugeot though... Probably impounded

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 4 года назад +37

      Same. When you turn 18 you either realise it or not that all the extra THICC bodykit, 20 speakers and plastic covering everything inside a car is all such a waste. It may be creativity but sometimes it ruins a car...

    • @TheSabu91
      @TheSabu91 4 года назад +43

      15 years ago stuff like this was cool. It's such a throwback and cringe at the same time. I love it!
      I mean we were like 13 when these cars were the coolest thing ever!
      But imagine the Stig driving your car.. that's something to brag about!

    • @dhilboy231
      @dhilboy231 4 года назад +7

      Peugeot still exists, and actually still exactlyyyy the same!

    • @Ryo-vw5hu
      @Ryo-vw5hu 4 года назад +4

      @@dhilboy231 how do you know if it's still exist?

    • @Slideslikebutter
      @Slideslikebutter 4 года назад +3

      @@Ryo-vw5hu would also like to know

  • @SugmaNatsu
    @SugmaNatsu 3 года назад +66

    I'm firmly with the beards. You can't win a race with TVs and subs in a riced out Peugeot

  • @Adam-tm7qh
    @Adam-tm7qh 7 лет назад +3039

    200bhp from a 3.0 v6 that's awful

    • @darrylmac6150
      @darrylmac6150 7 лет назад +130

      Not really

    • @jarrodbianco6264
      @jarrodbianco6264 7 лет назад +436

      I have a 2.4L 4 cylinder, non modified, that produces 200, so it kind of is

    • @lukedoak9882
      @lukedoak9882 7 лет назад +267

      I think if it wasn't packed with a ridiculous amount of tv screens and speakers and it was a little more refined that 3.0L v6 would be more then enough in that car

    • @BK-it6wg
      @BK-it6wg 7 лет назад +6

      alfa?

    • @xZothecula
      @xZothecula 7 лет назад +50

      The thing is, some car manufactures tone down car engines for smaller cars. So it can be the same engine as lets say, a 5 door sedan, but in a 2 door hatchback, the engine will be less powerful for safety reasons.

  • @SmileyLegoGuy
    @SmileyLegoGuy 10 лет назад +151

    NASA called, they want their space shuttle exhaust back...

    • @canadiancatgreen
      @canadiancatgreen 10 лет назад +2

      the exhust is not from NASA It is for cars

    • @xspitefire101x
      @xspitefire101x 10 лет назад +25

      canadiancatgreen -_-

    • @canadiancatgreen
      @canadiancatgreen 10 лет назад

      Brian Geary yea I know that guy was scamming right?

    • @vincentl.n3966
      @vincentl.n3966 6 лет назад

      canadiancatgreen ya ruin the joke...

    • @yesaya19
      @yesaya19 4 года назад

      @@canadiancatgreen get this guy a medal

  • @flaagan
    @flaagan 3 года назад +25

    Still one of my favorite Top Gear clips over a decade later.

  • @Verse_Jumper
    @Verse_Jumper 2 года назад +7

    Gotta love how it's London Backstreets vs. Actual Brits.

  • @theasusguyonemrgrinch3090
    @theasusguyonemrgrinch3090 7 лет назад +2113

    I wonder how much money he wasted ricing that Peugeot

    • @waffle-jy5yf
      @waffle-jy5yf 6 лет назад +438

      26,000 pounds of pure rice

    • @valdeizm
      @valdeizm 6 лет назад +345

      oh bother, what a mystery. it's not like he says it in the actual video itself. hmmm.

    • @marcuschastney1385
      @marcuschastney1385 6 лет назад +21

      Valdepro oh bother .. it not like you could be nice and just tell him 😁😁

    • @MrHenhen5
      @MrHenhen5 6 лет назад +34

      Wouldn't say it's a rice as it's not imitating a fast car or making it look faster and it has 200 bhp so it's about the same as the older type r or the clio RS etc. But I just think if they stripped all the shit out and the stupid Lamborghini doors they'd save so much weight haga

    • @valdeizm
      @valdeizm 6 лет назад +88

      You wouldn't call it a ricer? It's bright blue and yellow, has 2 wings, lambo doors, 25" woofers, a body kit, and almost no horsepower improvement. Give over.

  • @wsbill14224
    @wsbill14224 10 лет назад +102

    The 24-valve V-6 is weighed-down by all those techno-goodies. You can see it pushing through the corners. Take out the fancy accessories and the race would have turned-out the other way around. I'm glad it didn't though. That Sprite is cute as hell. What an adorable little car.

  • @dovah6975
    @dovah6975 4 года назад +16

    Gotta say the classic car group has my liking, tea and biscuits? Sign me up

  • @bengreen7363
    @bengreen7363 3 года назад +20

    "And now representing a time when subs were used to fight the Germans" 😂😂

  • @efthymis_mc3474
    @efthymis_mc3474 7 лет назад +476

    Frogeye Sprite: classic and beautiful
    Peugeot 306: rice rice baby

    • @downwithitall2795
      @downwithitall2795 7 лет назад +6

      Agreed

    • @scottblackburn7192
      @scottblackburn7192 7 лет назад +4

      E.P Σpan they should have brought in a JDM style car to beat the sprite but over the cars they brought i would take the sprite

    • @tacklefatkids
      @tacklefatkids 6 лет назад +2

      Chinchilla Tsar it wouldn't make sense any Japanese sports car would has double or more the power of the Austin. Even if the Peugeot wasn't riced it would have made for an exciting hillclimb.

    • @nodo7575
      @nodo7575 4 года назад +2

      Frogeye is one of the ugliest classic cars i have ever seen bit that riced out 306 is so bad it makes Frogeye look good.

    • @Crembaw
      @Crembaw 4 года назад +6

      You’ve got vision problems if you think either car looks good.

  • @TommyFenstermacher5150
    @TommyFenstermacher5150 10 лет назад +31

    Hah! NFS Underground 1. Very fitting in a car like that. I loved that game.

  • @GuninGames
    @GuninGames 3 года назад +11

    1:52 behold the Majesty of the Austin Healey.......which has stalled
    Lol that was funny

  • @therealtnr
    @therealtnr 3 года назад +97

    It's really weird to think that I was 2 years old when this was uploaded. The Austin still looks better than most of the cars in British car culture today.

    • @spythor1281
      @spythor1281 3 года назад +8

      I personally think that Austin is hiding it's pain inside and smiling outside so it doesn't seem sad

    • @dupeken
      @dupeken 3 года назад

      Are you saying that you're astounded by the fact that time exists? ARE YOU GONNA BE WEIRDED OUT WHEN YOU REREAD YOUR COMMENT BECAUSE IT WAS POSTED 5 MONTHS AGO? What's next, you'll scream at magical thing called faucet when you realize it releases water when you turn it?
      Why are there so many actual retards these days

    • @dupeken
      @dupeken 2 года назад +1

      @@holden4111 seriously you're gonna use "no u"? Dude, if this person was 4 years old and just discovered this phenomenon, then I wouldn't even say a thing, but we know that is a full grown human and yet still says things like this.
      The quality of youtube comments has gone down immensely over the years and I vented on this guy, because I miss the older days where it was better.

    • @halowraith1
      @halowraith1 2 года назад

      @@dupeken "the quality of youtube comments"? haha. no, i don't think so. the incessant console wars and other comment wars on unrelated topics such as religion and politics have been going since youtube started. not much has changed.

    • @ciaranwalsh96
      @ciaranwalsh96 2 года назад +1

      This was actually filmed in 2005 so you weren't even born when this was made!

  • @ThungStudios
    @ThungStudios 7 лет назад +17

    Aw the healey is so adorable its little smile and wide eyes. Looks like the NA miata's great grandfather, just with *cough* more horsepower.

  • @AzuriteReverb
    @AzuriteReverb 12 лет назад +27

    What I think TG tried to show is that the real car nuts are the old beards. I personally was amazed at the effort they put into making the car lighter and agile. Even if Hammond's group had used another car, I think the old car nuts would've deserved to win. When I grow old, I see myself like these guys.

  • @LegoWormNoah101
    @LegoWormNoah101 3 года назад +16

    3:28 Interesting how that carried over to the modern age. It stood the test of time to go from "ricer nonsense" to "useful idea"

    • @skywolfx76
      @skywolfx76 2 года назад +2

      Yeah but I can only imagine the look on the owners face when they don't only make that a standard for new cars nowadays but you can also get a full picture one for cheap haha

  • @bikewolf7455
    @bikewolf7455 4 года назад +8

    1:12 the way they synced the exhaust note with the music

  • @chrisperry2754
    @chrisperry2754 5 лет назад +54

    The good british ricer lads starting clapping at the sprite in a genuine polite manner

    • @daytonasixty-eight1354
      @daytonasixty-eight1354 3 года назад +3

      None of the ricers are British. They are all brown arabs.

    • @Ms123kill
      @Ms123kill 3 года назад +9

      @@daytonasixty-eight1354 none of them are arabs. They are Pakistani and Indians

    • @coin8225
      @coin8225 2 года назад +6

      @@daytonasixty-eight1354 Just because they're brown doesn't mean they aren't british. Who's to say they weren't born in England?

    • @daytonasixty-eight1354
      @daytonasixty-eight1354 2 года назад +7

      @@coin8225 If I was born to white parents from England in Pakistan, would that make me a Pakistani? What if also I stayed a devout Christian in Pakistan? Your race is determined by your genetics and the heritage of those genetics. Not magic dirt. A brown Pakistani born in England will always be a Pakistani. They are not English and they will never be English. It is not their country. It is not their land.

    • @coin8225
      @coin8225 2 года назад +4

      @@daytonasixty-eight1354 British isn't a race, it's a nationality. You can be born in Pakistan as a white person and be Pakistani. Just look at South Africa, many people of British heritage were born there yet they are still African.

  • @sonnyenduro
    @sonnyenduro 9 лет назад +85

    It is so satisfying to see a classic car beat up a riced car

  • @quillmaurer6563
    @quillmaurer6563 4 года назад +47

    Interesting that James and Richard seem to have swapped views on this in the years since. Richard's favorite car is Oliver, while James is quite excited by the new Honda Civic Type R. In several Top Gear and Grand Tour challenges (well at least one I can think of), Richard and Jeremy got old classics while James called them stupid and got a modern hot hatch.
    With this challenge, I do wonder why the modern car did worse in turns than the old Austin-Heeley - had the young tuners not built the suspension for cornering well? Did all that money instead just go into the sound system, cosmetics, and gadgets? Maybe it really was nothing but a ricer.

    • @fin3662
      @fin3662 Год назад +1

      precisely, they probably could've shaved 500+ lbs without all the technology, if they then stripped the car even further, it probably would've been like 1000lbs lighter in total, besides, it's a Peugeot, if they took the amount of money they spent putting useless gadgets in there, and spent it on a real car, they would smoke the healey and peugeot

  • @benabbots7443
    @benabbots7443 2 года назад +9

    twelve years on, the Pug looks old-fashioned as hell, Healey still looking good...

  • @flamingosextet8649
    @flamingosextet8649 5 лет назад +15

    The wet surface was a huge equalizer in this contest. My brother got fastest time of day in the rain at the Chimney Rock Hill climb once in the eighties, driving a Lotus type 61 Formula Ford (a relic, powered by a Ford Pinto motor). The next day it was dry, and all the modified hill climb special cars won the podium.

  • @bbb462cid
    @bbb462cid 10 лет назад +3

    3:09 James May in his element

  • @vncntw7626
    @vncntw7626 4 года назад +406

    They had an r34. Why didn't they use that?
    Edit: so there is apparently an argument going on in the reply section. Lets observe.

    • @tomfinch956
      @tomfinch956 4 года назад +5

      Beetle because they aren’t fast

    • @vncntw7626
      @vncntw7626 4 года назад +58

      @@tomfinch956 faster than whatever they used for sure

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 4 года назад +82

      @@tomfinch956 Well they just are. Even stock it has 330 bhp and brilliant handling

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 4 года назад +90

      Because it wouldn't be a contest

    • @vncntw7626
      @vncntw7626 4 года назад +8

      @@sukhdevr3489 i see u

  • @timbang_sanchoo
    @timbang_sanchoo 3 года назад +27

    That show must be renamed: Rice vs Nice.

  • @collegestudent6071
    @collegestudent6071 9 лет назад +1057

    0-60 in 6 seconds with a 200 BHP V6, in a car that weighs about 4000 pounds with all that stupid bodywork and electronics....Typical ricer.

    • @911gpd
      @911gpd 8 лет назад +44

      ***** moreover, it's a front wheel drive... so yeah definitely some bullsh*t

    • @brandonnhol
      @brandonnhol 6 лет назад +26

      911gp I don't like the car personally but front wheel drive isn't really "rice" imo.

    • @DonaldREdman-wj7jy
      @DonaldREdman-wj7jy 6 лет назад +16

      Brandon Nhol I don't disagree with you there. But... The 306 in the video is so burnt, the rice is charcoal now.

    • @AR-rk9nn
      @AR-rk9nn 6 лет назад +3

      Ryan Angelo not off the line it isn’t; integra type Rs can just get under 6 seconds to 100

    • @poopipeboy3033
      @poopipeboy3033 6 лет назад +8

      Actual reviews placed this car at 0-60 in more like 8 seconds, although with all the heavy mods and low profile tyres, I would add another 3 seconds.

  • @JessieHaws
    @JessieHaws 6 лет назад +7

    I love the dubstep ‘flight of the bumblebee’ 3:20

  • @discozula4469
    @discozula4469 3 года назад +21

    If that riced out ”youth car” would have some power upgrades like a turbo, stiff suspension, trick clutch, exhaust mods, those were what tuner cars were like. They werent just rice boxes.

  • @oliverhilton6086
    @oliverhilton6086 3 года назад +24

    "Noooo! You can't even drive that car in underground 2! It's not even bagged!"
    "Hehe froggy boi go eeeeeeeeeee"

  • @HalomasterA69
    @HalomasterA69 10 лет назад +344

    So its pure RICE against pure real racing car...Ok then.

    • @manjavola
      @manjavola 10 лет назад +6

      I got the same engine on my peugeot 205 XA, and guess what? the rest, execpt the suspentions are stock. just try to folow me on rally tracks I will fuck you up bitch

    • @ryanscott99
      @ryanscott99 6 лет назад +11

      Mano So you're a ricer in a crummy little french car, hahaha

    • @oliverhilton6086
      @oliverhilton6086 6 лет назад +18

      >boasts about riced 205’s rallying capabilities
      >stock suspension
      Hmmmm

    • @gradyvanness9646
      @gradyvanness9646 4 года назад

      @@oliverhilton6086 not 205 it's a 306

    • @BobRobber1
      @BobRobber1 4 года назад

      @@gradyvanness9646 he means his own car. did you not read the comment?

  • @themaxcapri1481
    @themaxcapri1481 6 лет назад +124

    "Austin Healey Sport Club " VS "Riced Peugeot Club"
    Austin Healey Sport Club WINS 💪💪💪

    • @deanramada2705
      @deanramada2705 5 лет назад

      Christine & ali stibi wedding

    • @rustbloodeclipse
      @rustbloodeclipse 3 года назад +1

      Only cuz they got to strip half of their car's weight before the race and the Peugeot team didn't. If it was fair and both cars raced the way they showed up, the Peugeot would've dominated.

  • @gallien0001
    @gallien0001 4 года назад +37

    0:16
    What do i see??
    a nokia 6230i?!
    oh yes, i have the same one 12 years after...
    :,(

  • @jakehodgson443
    @jakehodgson443 3 года назад +10

    I'm 22 and I'd take that frogeye sprite any day of the week. Phenomenal car

  • @pbfloyd13
    @pbfloyd13 8 лет назад +491

    Would you like some curry with that rice...

    • @Unkown214
      @Unkown214 8 лет назад

      How ironic

    • @pbfloyd13
      @pbfloyd13 8 лет назад +1

      Justin Phipps
      ?

    • @Unkown214
      @Unkown214 8 лет назад

      You said that car is ricey and yet that mercury cougar in you profile picture has after market wheels and I doubt you did anything under the hood.

    • @pbfloyd13
      @pbfloyd13 8 лет назад +10

      Justin Phipps
      That Cougar originally came with 16x6 on wheels and 205 series all season tires, I upgraded to 17x7.5 that are each 5lbs lighter, and 225 series summer tires.
      It is also lowered on h&r springs, has stoptech slotted rotors, and ebc yellow stuff pads.
      Around an autocross course it's more than a match for any similarly powered car.

    • @LegoInr
      @LegoInr 8 лет назад +3

      +pbfloyd13 Nah, that car in your profile pic doesn't look ricy.

  • @hvf26
    @hvf26 8 лет назад +222

    ahhh back when rice was cool. what the hell were we all thinking?! id much rather have that austin, it'd be so much nicer to drive

    • @Matt561
      @Matt561 8 лет назад +3

      +hvf26 It was an odd time

    • @tootruesheep872
      @tootruesheep872 8 лет назад

      Rice? what?

    • @AdmiralRustyShackleford
      @AdmiralRustyShackleford 8 лет назад +1

      +TooTrueLamb What are you confused about?

    • @AdmiralRustyShackleford
      @AdmiralRustyShackleford 8 лет назад +9

      TooTrueLamb It's a term that started when kids took Asian cars and modified them to "look fast" when they really didn't any extra performance over stock, an in a lot of cases, less performance due to added weight or worse handling due to a bad lowering job.

    • @tootruesheep872
      @tootruesheep872 8 лет назад

      +snakesonaplane2 Oh.

  • @sonia.bennett1
    @sonia.bennett1 4 года назад +9

    0:27
    We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close

  • @mickieb74
    @mickieb74 4 года назад +13

    "Does it go any lower than that?" LOL

  • @Mebob2001
    @Mebob2001 9 лет назад +340

    so 26k into mods yet nothing done to the engine... yes makes sence...

    • @importedmusic
      @importedmusic 8 лет назад +14

      Kevin Rogers *sense

    • @kierandocherty9475
      @kierandocherty9475 8 лет назад +18

      That's ricers for you

    • @Mikeb1001
      @Mikeb1001 8 лет назад +55

      +Kevin Rogers How many 306's have you seen with a 3.0 v6? That's right, none, because the engine is a mod in itself, it's a much bigger engine out of a 406 coupe

    • @GECKOZFTW
      @GECKOZFTW 5 лет назад +5

      Mike Butt Sure they swapped the engine, but what's the point when they don't even make it produce more power? A 3.0 V6 is quite a heavy engine. The 2.0 I4 from the GTi-6 version of the 306 would have been the better choice. Almost as much power, with much less weight. And the I4 is more ripe for mods to the engine.

    • @pedrosilvamusician
      @pedrosilvamusician 5 лет назад +6

      @@GECKOZFTW but for the dude its a bigger number. He was saying his numbers like a schmuck to hammond like he was talking some impressive feats. Well, im sure he would be pleased to know that a Fiat Punto GT from 1995 can do almost the same for 1/16 of the price

  • @rowanlewisuk
    @rowanlewisuk 6 лет назад +8

    I remember watching this episode as a kid thinking that peugeot was absolutely stunning. Im here now thinking the austin is!

    • @az7378
      @az7378 4 года назад +1

      Same thing.

  • @mob9164
    @mob9164 2 года назад +3

    Funny how Tipsy by J-Known starts playing at 2:15 lmao

  • @Foxy-vp7rf
    @Foxy-vp7rf 5 лет назад +27

    James has had that shirt for 17 years lol long than I’ve been alive

  • @evanthomas7365
    @evanthomas7365 6 лет назад +265

    I would rather drive a reliant robin than that peugeot

  • @aloha_gamer7635
    @aloha_gamer7635 7 лет назад +278

    rice vs sleeper😂

    • @user-nt6ur4ef5r
      @user-nt6ur4ef5r 4 года назад +7

      Nothing sleeper about that FrogEye, for if it were to be one, it'd certainly would put alot more gray hairs on the Ricer and the Old clubs alike

    • @Eeter26
      @Eeter26 4 года назад +1

      Aloha_gamer that car is basically stock. How is it a sleeper?

  • @Sergeantmajormario
    @Sergeantmajormario 2 года назад +7

    Seeing a car do such fine cornering like the Austin just did is always a great sight to see

  • @mrarnold96
    @mrarnold96 4 года назад +3

    The sound of the Austin is joyous

  • @nintendoatarikiller
    @nintendoatarikiller 10 лет назад +46

    Enough rice to feed Bombay.

  • @jackforrester9580
    @jackforrester9580 7 лет назад +63

    These arent two types of car cultures i like R34s no speakers all horsepower, flames and an amazing sound. That peugeot is pure rice 😂

  • @IronMan3582
    @IronMan3582 2 года назад +14

    It's undoubtedly true the that Peugot was way heavier than the Austin, but I wonder how much the fact it was front wheel drive played into it with under steer in the corners effected its time...that and it certainly wasn't a purpose built car for a hill climb either.

    • @naehafarooq7974
      @naehafarooq7974 Год назад

      I like it

    • @pedrosilvamusician
      @pedrosilvamusician Год назад

      It's not the weight. It was probably stock in terms of brakes and suspension. Also the tyres were probably not appropriate. I think it was just way too much

  • @heybud3275
    @heybud3275 2 года назад +3

    0:21 "We're so close, yet so far"

  • @ihathtelekinesis
    @ihathtelekinesis 8 лет назад +7

    1:24 It's actually the national racing colours of Ecuador.

  • @v4r5k0v
    @v4r5k0v 10 лет назад +7

    2:53 that old man looks like very old Jeremy

  • @chavruta2000
    @chavruta2000 10 месяцев назад +1

    great to see people come together like that

  • @rajeevgovind7515
    @rajeevgovind7515 4 года назад +4

    James: and now representing a time when subs was what you fought the germans with.
    LMAO

  • @adamwest9910
    @adamwest9910 8 лет назад +505

    That is the riceiest piece of shit i have ever seen

    • @kimjongun3704
      @kimjongun3704 8 лет назад +1

      yep

    • @xZothecula
      @xZothecula 8 лет назад +2

      +Adam West It's a wonderful piece of machinery

    • @jordanschofield9998
      @jordanschofield9998 8 лет назад +14

      Saddest thing is a few seconds before it shows them with a fire spitting R34 Skyline. How could you let these ricers own a R34 Skyline

    • @xZothecula
      @xZothecula 8 лет назад +2

      Jordan Schofield Because they spend their own money on what they want.
      That's how you could. Also, i hoped they riced the crap outta that R34

    • @awges
      @awges 8 лет назад +1

      +Oh Vegetables im guessing you're about 11 years old

  • @austrone8586
    @austrone8586 9 лет назад +209

    Literally this is the battle of the Ricer (the ugly Peugeot) vs the Tuners (the Frog Eye Sprite)

    • @Hipas_Account
      @Hipas_Account 8 лет назад +6

      +Christial Benolirao Well it wasnt ricing back then... you shoulda thought about the car scene back when this was filmed

    • @jerryeu2161
      @jerryeu2161 8 лет назад +13

      This was filmed around 2005, car culture back then is like the 306, not considered rice, its 10 years now and the culture like that have already died down!

    • @konstantinos1992ful
      @konstantinos1992ful 8 лет назад +1

      +Christial Benolirao yeah but the rice dont have power over tuners

    • @ChrisPMT
      @ChrisPMT 8 лет назад +2

      Nice profile picture 🇵🇭

    • @RebelForce8
      @RebelForce8 8 лет назад +4

      +Christial Benolirao Not its the Tuners vs. " Cant poo in the loo club "

  • @ryancalhoun7456
    @ryancalhoun7456 4 года назад +5

    That 1961 “frog eye” is amazing.

    • @nicholasjames1451
      @nicholasjames1451 3 года назад +1

      I actually fit in more with the fashion style of the bearded guys

    • @walkingtalkingmonkey4103
      @walkingtalkingmonkey4103 3 года назад

      Im a teenager rather new too driving and i always loved the frog eye, such a cute car that looks fun to drive

  • @daltonbecker4494
    @daltonbecker4494 3 года назад +6

    My Grandfather has a story about the Sprite. Apparently one of his friends had one. They all made fun of him because it was tiny and not too fast. So he gets challenged to a race. My Grandfathers friend says "Ok, but I get to pick were we are racing!" And the Challenger accepts. He was then challenged to race in a dried out stream. My Grandfathers friend won through default.

  • @christopherleetrf
    @christopherleetrf 10 лет назад +22

    To be fair the Healey was built for racing, while the Citreon is a show car.

  • @TransistorBased
    @TransistorBased 7 лет назад +4

    I love the simple but effective track cars.

  • @matthewdaub
    @matthewdaub 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love how in real life the role of hammond and may would be switched may loves new cars and Richard loves classics.

  • @linthu1271
    @linthu1271 8 лет назад +427

    richard? more like ricehard

  • @jioe656
    @jioe656 10 лет назад +40

    they have skyline why they dont use it?

    • @iAgentLu
      @iAgentLu 9 лет назад +21

      MartGTR Skyline would destroy this so it would be cheating.

    • @66gt40lm
      @66gt40lm 9 лет назад

      MartGTR That wouldn't even be fair if they used the Skyline.

  • @Harley_ashtonn
    @Harley_ashtonn 4 года назад +163

    This is more ricer vs car enthusiast
    Than new vs old

    • @wills.junks7
      @wills.junks7 3 года назад +9

      2000s modded car vs old car. Rice is Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement, that car is more likely a show car than a ricer

    • @joule9255
      @joule9255 3 года назад +3

      You know car culture was alot diffrent 10 years ago

    • @LunringNassar
      @LunringNassar 3 года назад +2

      @@joule9255 yeah, and we gotta be grateful that it happened

  • @sdfilmproductions4193
    @sdfilmproductions4193 2 года назад +1

    TRACKSUIT YOUTH: "yeah man yah gets me blood like we is got our massive posse on this one innit like we gonna show like ow we do's it yinaw?"
    TWEED GENTLEMAN: "I say, shall we rather get to it? A little bit of fettling and I think we could be in with a jolly good shout. But first things first, can I interest you in a cup of tea?"

  • @xMostFuriousx
    @xMostFuriousx 7 лет назад +8

    In case someone is still looking for it the song at 3:37 is Deakin Scott - Hell-bent ;)

  • @911gpd
    @911gpd 9 лет назад +477

    I'm 23 and sooooo glad that a normal classic car won against a stupid ugly modified 306

    • @geekycheekymonkey7867
      @geekycheekymonkey7867 9 лет назад +4

      I was only on their team because they got tea

    • @arkanali4982
      @arkanali4982 8 лет назад +14

      Ricers are funny people that 306 looks hideous

    • @LOLWUTWTFBBQ
      @LOLWUTWTFBBQ 8 лет назад +2

      I'd pick the 306 over that classic one every day of the week

    • @LOLWUTWTFBBQ
      @LOLWUTWTFBBQ 8 лет назад +1

      911gpd i would be fine with that, i personally really like the look of the newer tuned cars

    • @911gpd
      @911gpd 8 лет назад +2

      LOLWUTWTFBBQ well, if it's your taste

  • @zuyvox
    @zuyvox 3 года назад +8

    0:50 whats the classical music played in the background? It sounds wonderful!

    • @berkkarsi
      @berkkarsi 3 года назад +3

      I think it's Finding Beauty - Craig Armstrong

  • @bunzen0knatzen
    @bunzen0knatzen 4 года назад +1

    Holy moly that flight of the bumblebee remix was fire

  • @lh3540
    @lh3540 5 лет назад +4

    Dang, my college ex had that identical sprite up at his shop. We got that thing going up the mountains like this for a good hour. They're hilarious fun, but the gas tank is right behind the seats, and there's no roll bar. It's like taking a go-cart on the freeway.

  • @hananas2
    @hananas2 8 лет назад +6

    "one of the finest modded cars in the country"
    IT'S A CAR MODDED MY GODDAMN RICERS!

  • @EtelowyGosc
    @EtelowyGosc 3 года назад +1

    This is what i call Top Gear. Good Old stuff

  • @StormBlazePegasus
    @StormBlazePegasus 3 года назад

    The frog eye sprite! "The happiest car in the world" its so cute!!!

  • @Timbobjr
    @Timbobjr 7 лет назад +3

    0:40 Torques where it's at, my boy.