DriveTribe vs AutoAlex Hot Hatch Challenge at the Top Gear Track!
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Күн бұрынAfter rescuing a five-cylinder turbo Alfa Romeo Brera from its final trip to the scrapheap, Mike Fernie has challenged the AutoAlex crew to a hot hatch duel at the Top Gear test track. Which sheddy Alfa will prevail - five-pot turbo or V6?
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00:00 Introducing the contenders
00:34 Drag race
04:43 Rolling drag race
07:32 Brake test
11:15 Giving the Stig a walkaround of the cars
15:22 Top Gear lap times with the Stig
25:11 The results
@Drivetribe 8 күн бұрын
Our five-pot Alfa is now for sale on ebay, drop a bid if you fancy it! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145841953093
@14something 8 күн бұрын
Your description is wrong just to give you the heads up Bois 2.4 not 2.0
@bowebevonius 8 күн бұрын
I would rather take my grandmother home than that Alfa 😑 And she has been dead for 13 years.
@DavidAlanStanley 8 күн бұрын
I'm not surprised after this assault on the poor car!
@hairyneil 7 күн бұрын
Those pictures really do justice to how pretty a car it is. The static shots really show off its -ahem- speed too...
@South4153 7 күн бұрын
@@bowebevonius your face is made for driving a fiat multipla
@thenerdyouknowabout 8 күн бұрын
24:16 That Alfa, sideways, Collins at the wheel with the 747 in the background. Thats original top gear, right there. Stunning stuff guys.
@beyondbiking 8 күн бұрын
Ben Collins is a driver! Car control then was perfect. Does remind me of the old top gear days
@Jabber-ig3iw 7 күн бұрын
Not original top gear🤷♂️
@ghyuu_again 8 күн бұрын
Taylor doing the jeremy clarkson "this is styooopid" had me dying
@jardanijonovich1951 8 күн бұрын
When does he even say that 😭
@ghyuu_again 8 күн бұрын
@@jardanijonovich19519:38
@borecko1 8 күн бұрын
@@jardanijonovich1951 9:40 about losing the brake test
@keirlumsden 8 күн бұрын
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to spot that!
@yo-bj1lj 8 күн бұрын
@@keirlumsden i heard that and immediately went to comments 😭
@salikraees9690 8 күн бұрын
*Mike and Alex start vigorously wrestling each other one the ground* Taylor: “I’m so out of breath”
@Chriva 8 күн бұрын
"I'm handing you over to these guys - Don't do that" 😂
@AutoalexCars 8 күн бұрын
And to think, you spent £47,000 restoring that glorified Insignia 🤣
@Drivetribe 8 күн бұрын
Wasn’t it £150k by the end? Either way we’re flat out broke now 😂
@BrugtBilMedStil 7 күн бұрын
Does the insignia have the same suspension and brake setup as the Brera?
@CarlAvoryMusic 6 күн бұрын
🤣🤣
@fajareraim6136 5 күн бұрын
900£ and you can slide with the 747 on the background??? YEA WHY NOT!!!!?? as a shitbox lover, i would choose your alfa!
@deaks25 8 күн бұрын
To be fair to the AutoAlex car, it was literally about to be scrapped when they bought it, and has then suffered the tender mercies of Alex and Taylor, so it's a proper survivor. The Brera was always an "all-looks, no-trousers" car, but the DriveTribe Brera is a car that would be a lovely thing to daily. Alex and Mike wrestling while Ben is casually hammering out laps times is peak Automotive KZfaq.
@karlos1060 8 күн бұрын
That last hooligan slide with the red Alfa was massive! That was a propper slide! Eventhough it lost to the diesel.
@starman9921 8 күн бұрын
The best slide
@erics4489 8 күн бұрын
They should make the old Top Gear track a unesco heritage site or something so that all petrolheads can make the pilgrimage to visit it at least once in their life
@rockingrugger 8 күн бұрын
Aren't they putting a housing development on part of it?
@twanaatrooshi5891 6 күн бұрын
@@rockingrugger I've read that somewhere. That's just sad :(
@benrollings6903 8 күн бұрын
On top gear the V6 Brera did a 1:36.9, also at the hands of Ben. Alex’s car is clearly shagged but the winter tyres are going to be making a big difference. Would be interesting to see how much faster the blue car would be with the V6.
@kyledavies4651 8 күн бұрын
1.37 something is brill for that diesel fairplay
@jackgrafik 8 күн бұрын
Actually the car on Top Gear back in the day was the standard 2.2 JTS 4-cyl petrol, which was actually a Fiat engine, unlike the V6 which was made by GM
@alfisti93 8 күн бұрын
The natural aspirated petrols all have GM blocks / engines, namely the 1.9, 2.2 and 3.2 JTS - that's also why they're all chain driven. However they have revised heads from FIAT-Alfa (with VVT, DI, higher compression and so on). The only "all Italian" petrol on the 939 series cars is the late 1750TBi (1.8 Turbo). @jackgrafik
@dmythryn 8 күн бұрын
Ok so as a big fan of the platform(I own 159 SW) I can say that those cars aren't quick. The platform itself is just heavy and no matter the engine - the speed is just not there. Also almost all of them are FWD(AWD was offered with 3.2 V6 in both Brera & 159 and with 2.4 R5 in 159s) which isn't helping with steering. Alfa did what they could with suspension setting etc etc and they do drive quite pleasant. But again - just not that quick... All that said you really don't buy those for speed. You buy those for looks and they do look stunning.
@jackgrafik 8 күн бұрын
@@alfisti93 the more you know!
@AdamJClarkson 8 күн бұрын
I agree with Ben. I'd take the blue car, then shove the V6 petrol in it
@bran170 8 күн бұрын
Any idea how much more work it is to swap a petrol in a diesel insted of swapping petrol for petrol, and if i would swap i would choose alfas 2.0 v6 turbo
@xynostasos9022 8 күн бұрын
This is still the wrong V6, it's a GM block, not the Busso one.
@horvathr95 8 күн бұрын
@@xynostasos9022 And the wrong drivetrain too (fwd). Might just put an LS in it and convert it to rwd. Or if you want it to be a little more authentic, an F136 from the Quattroporte
@lostcosmonaut5648 8 күн бұрын
I‘d always take the v6 brera over the diesel. It sounds better and smells better for sure. I own one myself and i feel like the happiest Person alive.
@neilswheels6783 8 күн бұрын
Looks like a properly prepped v6 could make a fun track car, if little else
@andybradshaw5971 8 күн бұрын
That was a deliciously silly, mindless and generally pointless exercise - but I couldn't stop laughing and thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done all round!
@manlokhang951 8 күн бұрын
24:16 that 4 wheel drift is awesome.
@TeaBreak. 8 күн бұрын
On tonight's Top Gear. The Stig wants more height, Mike has a fight and Luke chest gets tight.
@ArcticRunnerNB 8 күн бұрын
Which Alfa would I take home? I'm the man who bought the Autoalex Brera 😂 and I'm planning on taking it the Alfa Romao museum in the not so far future
@walterwhite415 8 күн бұрын
Did you got all the parts, or are there still some on the side of the track? xD
@LouzDAgamer 8 күн бұрын
Ahem I’m actually the one who brought it with my money (I’m broke now)
@piuthemagicman 8 күн бұрын
You bought the red Brera?
@GarageofLuke 8 күн бұрын
I still maintain that you’re a very, very brave man - look after her!
@flyingbeep 8 күн бұрын
That four wheel drift at the end might not have been fast, but it's one of the most spectacular things I've ever seen on the top gear test track
@BeardedFrog 8 күн бұрын
The fact that Taylor's Alfa even made it to the track let alone survived the day is a miracle. To then come out and actually win two challenges is astonishing. They spent like nothing on that car, from an original purchase price to maintenance. It was already shocking it made it to Scotland for the previous challenge they bought it for.
@natebutontheinternet 8 күн бұрын
Rory looks taller in this video. His voice sounds deeper too
@althejazzman 8 күн бұрын
Luke was a great presenter!
@VoVaN14 3 күн бұрын
he's growing up
@MelvinLim 8 күн бұрын
This is an episode full of Nostalgia. Thank you so much, Mike and Co at Drivetribe.
@samsung40_media87 8 күн бұрын
The Intro burp is the most auto alex thing ever
@pattyg1902 8 күн бұрын
Did anyone else when they heard the radio in the intro immediately get flashbacks to the best Top Gear episodes in history
@rollingtroll 3 күн бұрын
Don't you just love how we could never have known how absolutely fine we would be without Top Gear. And now there's DriveTribe, AutoAlex Cars, All the Gear and Top Dead Center, alongside many other great KZfaq channels. Got to love this!
@DesertWolf392 8 күн бұрын
I wasn't expecting to get teary eyed seeing the track again but wow. It hits you
@clubdevoiture1618 8 күн бұрын
Im an alphacolic and its so good seeing this brand getting the appreciation, they're sooooooooo good looking !!!!!
@ro63rto 8 күн бұрын
If you were, you'd know how to spell Alfaholic 😂
@MdvK13979 8 күн бұрын
@@ro63rto Alfista ;)
@chillingbing6937 8 күн бұрын
@@MdvK13979it's alfisti, fista is name of sn alfa magazine
@South4153 8 күн бұрын
@@chillingbing6937alfista is singular, alfisti is plural🤌🏽
@javiTests 8 күн бұрын
"I just braked"... and removed the ABS fuse beforehand! 😂😂
@markchester2212 8 күн бұрын
When the red car and the blue had a race!!😂😂 milky way advert. Great video guys
@garypankhurst9014 7 күн бұрын
What I was going to say we old lol
@Jimmyboypepsimax 8 күн бұрын
Brilliant video, Luke, Alex and Taylor loving being on the top gear track! 😁😁
@xynostasos9022 8 күн бұрын
The "right" engine for the Brera is the 1750 TBi, paired with a modern turbo setup and bigger injectors.
@MdvK13979 8 күн бұрын
Naturally aspirated V6 or a turbo-fourbanger.. hmm.. Owning the V6 I can say that it never gets boring. Don't know about the 1750.
@South4153 8 күн бұрын
@@MdvK13979a pos gm v6 or a decent REAL alfa romeo engine? 1.8 all day
@piuthemagicman 8 күн бұрын
@@MdvK13979Genuine Alfa 1,8T > GM anything
@Josh_Wright 8 күн бұрын
2.4 and 3.2 are the best engines. 1.75 is a bit fragile if you're after upgrades
@South4153 8 күн бұрын
@@Josh_Wright just no
@albertoascari9390 8 күн бұрын
The alfa brera truly is a thing of beauty
@loltimno 8 күн бұрын
I’m here for Ben Collins, it’s excellent to see him on the old track!
@ThePhilosopher01 8 күн бұрын
the v6 all day. Maintained and with proper suspension it would smoke the diesel.
@drunkenhobo8020 8 күн бұрын
I think it would be the diesel that would be doing the smoking.
@BrugtBilMedStil 7 күн бұрын
I have driven both a 159 V6 and a 159 2.4 over the Alps and back. And that V6 is heavy - and gutless. Yes, it plays wonderfull music. But you are pulling the whole orkestre. And they are all thirsty when you get to the bar
@timcolehan4135 7 күн бұрын
Mate, I’ve got a 3.2 Brera Q4 and I live in the Swiss Alps. It’s far from gutless but I agree it’s not that quick. I prefer my 166 3.2 Busso. The problem with the 159/Brera is weight - the Brera is à mile munching GT not a sports car. The high feature GM derived engine gets unfairly slammed. This was a silly test - the red V6 was goosed due to the chains and knackered brakes and tyres.
@dee_z33ni 7 күн бұрын
Love Lukes brutal banter. He is brilliant
@TooCoolForSchool97 8 күн бұрын
This is one of the most hilarious Drivetribe videos ever!!
@josephwhite9634 7 күн бұрын
This show has the potential to be, 'Top Gear' for the Internet generation. It seems to have TG's DNA just beneath the surface. Fun, adventure, banter, absurdity, combined with facts, info and car shenanigans, makes it effortless to watch and stay engaged with. Mike and Ben have such onscreen chemistry. The passion and energy from Mike, contrasted with Ben's ability and drive for performance in the car, is a great watch. Add Hammond at the helm, and I think this show is gonna go from strength to strength!
@eclinkett 8 күн бұрын
Love it !! Great content excited to see Drivetribe’s evolution well done all keep em coming
@bluegizmo1983 8 күн бұрын
The -ex- stig don't need no stinking ABS! 😂
@rockervdrive 3 күн бұрын
No one else wrestles a car round that track like Ben. So great and nostalgic to see again! A legend!
@Ryoneftw 7 күн бұрын
This episode was so much fun, I can't wait for more AutoAlex x Drivetribe.
@Games_and_Music 8 күн бұрын
That was pretty hilarious, off to watch the BTS video of this shoot, i bet it's absolute CHAOS!
@svetoslavivanov6882 8 күн бұрын
Love the way you act guys! BIG time! Congrats for the wonderful show you have made😊
@MrsWhistler007 7 күн бұрын
Gotta love Ben Collins “let me be honest, it’s a dog” 😂
@UCT4GAME. 7 күн бұрын
Genuinely one of the most fun videos you guys have done. Love it when you Collab with auto Alex. Keep up the great work guys 👍
@panji7793 8 күн бұрын
"how is that possible?", quote of this race! So funny
@CarObsession 8 күн бұрын
What a great collab, very enjoyable watch - well done all±
@ljalexander 8 күн бұрын
Top notch content, brilliant video guys, gave me proper old Top Gear vibes. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
@MatiStein 8 күн бұрын
That was a good one, lads!
@scruff520 8 күн бұрын
Brilliant video guys 👍
@rachitbhengra4298 8 күн бұрын
This was a fun video, Amazing!
@pelepele6691 8 күн бұрын
"All our advices worked"😂❤
@andrewwhite1305 8 күн бұрын
The rubbish talk is legendary
@SpyderzFPS 8 күн бұрын
I had an alfa 159 2.4 jtdm which had various modifications to it to be honest. But that returned about 260bhp on the stock turbo for years (did smoke like a train mind) i don't understand how a stage 1 has only taken this back to factory power. There must be something wrong or clogged with oil further down somewhere
@spitfire5c659 8 күн бұрын
I have a 2.4 q4 and they complained how it’s had nothing down low which makes me think something is def wrong with it
@Craig-wp3pz 8 күн бұрын
Believe it or not, the problem is actually on the logbook......😮 Where its says 'Country of Origin: Italia 🇮🇹 ' 👨🔧🤷♂️ Thats your problem right there! 😂 🔧
@SpyderzFPS 8 күн бұрын
@@spitfire5c659 My thoughts exactly, granted it was my 2nd car but that thing just endlessly pulled. The turbo lag wasn't the best thing in the world but when it kicked in it really went for how heavy it is. It's that complaint that made me comment this tbh idk if it's just nostalgia or what
@didek9625 8 күн бұрын
Absolute joke that it will fetch more than 4k on ebay when its clearly effed putting out 200bhp after a remap🤣 should be smoking that 3.2 hasslefree
@paulcooper7178 8 күн бұрын
Yeah my 2.4jtdm pulls great all the way from 1500-4500 and once you get passed 2nd it's quick. This is a sick pup, just like the Mondeo ST200.
@adriches406 8 күн бұрын
Brilliant video guys.
@ChrisCars. 8 күн бұрын
Great video guys 👌🏻
@jamesheath4845 7 күн бұрын
Great collab, more like this!
@spg993 8 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂 mike shoving things back on the car was hilarious.
@MadDogGiraffe 8 күн бұрын
Excellent video, tones of fun and messing about with your dad.
@nickmoore5462 8 күн бұрын
The chemistry is on point
@benbutler3007 8 күн бұрын
Probably the best drivetribe video yet!
@sufyaankriel9241 7 күн бұрын
I haven't laughed so much for a video like this in quite a while 🤣🤣🤣
@Jezusbeznogi 8 күн бұрын
I had so much fun watching this. Thank you guys! This episode was so much more natural, unscripted and hence better than most of the later TG episodes - not to mention the "new" TG :) And THAT SLIIIIIIIIIIIDE!! As an owner of a 1.9 JTDm Alfa 159 I do admit - the diesel engine sounds meh :).
@beauthestdane 8 күн бұрын
I'm with The Stig. Swap the engines, take the blue car.
@mapstix 7 күн бұрын
This was really funny, well done guys!
@user-dr9qw1mm5m 7 күн бұрын
Great video. Group of guys having fun with two Alfas and the Stig. So jealous 😊
@rachids3030 8 күн бұрын
A bit of OG battle going on here. Nice
@umurdemir2756 7 күн бұрын
This was definetly the most Top Gear thing I've watched, since the old crew left.
@ulianotech 7 күн бұрын
@13:13 that was the most Jeremy Clarkson thing ive ever heard HAHA
@kipzonderkop1994 7 күн бұрын
Those 4 wheel drifts in the last lap in the red one was magnificent 😎🙌🏼
@Karmann81 7 күн бұрын
It was a blast watching this! I had laughd all the way but completly lost when Alex an the boys rippped the Car appart!
@Phantom_Aspekt 4 күн бұрын
24:14 That slide though, the red one certainly wins in style points with that one haha
@CarlAvoryMusic 8 күн бұрын
Great video lads😎👌
@TiptronicSS 7 күн бұрын
That final lap ending was legendary stuff! 😅
@KirksAudioSanctum 7 күн бұрын
10:00 Alex, stop flexing... He pumped his little chest out! 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
@JWPartridge 8 күн бұрын
Fantastic Video 👏
@Madcmak 8 күн бұрын
Best collab so far 😄😂
@BillyNoMates1974 8 күн бұрын
briliant tie up. loved every minute of it
@Fazer_600 7 күн бұрын
Great to see Ben on the old Top Gear track. Mans a delight, wish he got to speak as The Stig
@jaekae7432 7 күн бұрын
Taylor chasing Mike with jumper cables is just the funniest thing I've seen 🤣🤣🤣
@AndyMcHenry23 8 күн бұрын
Cut to six months time when mike is sat in Alex's unit doing his "why I left drive tribe" video
@drakorix2074 8 күн бұрын
Great video :)
@kingfisher1967 6 күн бұрын
This reminds me of the TV advert "The red car and the blue had a race" 😂
@kyledavies4651 8 күн бұрын
This was a brill video 👏👏
@CarpeNoctum95 8 күн бұрын
It's just like the good old days of Top Gear. Brilliant.
@mansam8726 8 күн бұрын
Now this is proper entertainment
@michaelsparkes3688 7 күн бұрын
You guys need to do more videos together this was fantastic 🤣
@jonyb4 7 күн бұрын
this was brilliant, got a good roster going here
@gwengo4167 8 күн бұрын
Hahahahaaa that fight scene was just epic 🤣😂🤣 Great video chaps. I'm sorry, but I would have the Auto Alex Brera. Once the brakes and tyres have been sorted, it would blow the diesel away.
@JD2ndcity 8 күн бұрын
The 5 cylinder Alfa diesel is pretty characterful with an exhaust to be fair.
@hhh7929 7 күн бұрын
Et le V6 avec des collecteurs Autodelta et du Supersprint sur le reste de la ligne, chante fort !!! Très fort !
@Benhallcrf 8 күн бұрын
Best video yet
@connorp1513 8 күн бұрын
😂😂😂 Taylor "It does sound like a dinosaur... why does it sound like something off jurassic park?"
7 күн бұрын
I cant believe thar the finish line camera wasnt hit :) Great Video
@ImagineMySurprise510 8 күн бұрын
Nice to see action on the old Top Gear track again.
@2JZDestroyer 8 күн бұрын
dude i wish these were importable to the u.s ; its been one of my dream cars since nfscarbon.
@Shadowdarknessone 4 күн бұрын
this felt literallylike a habging out with the boys episode and loved it
@dekabwerks 7 күн бұрын
That 4 wheel slide 🤌🏾
@richardvandestouwe7864 8 күн бұрын
Ben, Mike, Alex and the entourage would be a great Top Gear Line up
@CaydeSmax Күн бұрын
no
@dezgunner5940 8 күн бұрын
Brilliant video
@infango 8 күн бұрын
I fell new Grand Tour show is growing.. i hope ;)
@Timjacks01 4 күн бұрын
Unusual Alex not slipping a clutch 😂
@Screamifyoumeanit 8 күн бұрын
V6 with coil overs, remap to give a bit more torque below 4k + 10 more.hp... It has 4wd & 4ws... It's a GT car, not a hot hatch. And the Diesel just looks nice... Or go for the Prodrive V6 front wheel drive if you want less weight. Now, A diesel 159 touring on the other hand? I would have one of those! Great vid guys.👍✌
@stevengulley 8 күн бұрын
That track, these people with this sense of humour, throw in Ben for the benchmark laptimes and that would be a top gear replacement 👍🏻
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