Watch The Grand Tour then.

Buzzy Trombone I have and they have done a great job with it. I’m just making a point that new top gear will never be as good

@@grantsparkes7457 The Grand Tour is basically Top Gear, the new top gear is just fifth gear. Think of it that way and it will probably make you feel a bit better.

In a recent interview, Clarkson teared up recalling the departure of the staff for Top Gear in solidarity. He stated that it was nearly 90% of the staff. Grand Tour is by all accounts between the production and feel Top Gear.

Ikr. New Top Gear isn't the same and the Grant Tour is just a pathetically sad imitation of old TG. It lost the very essence that made it special by making it overly scripted, and that ruined the chemistry 😢

Sad thing is, it’s probably true

he might have easily bought a stolen car with a washed or salvaged title that hadn't had an oil change for a year.

@@PlymouthNeon How often do you change your oil then?

“Every single thing on it works... nearly”

@@brickisland6353 Not in any way shape or form is it true.

Definitely! One of my favourite things, when they all meet up at the start of a big challenge & talk rubbish about the cars they’ve bought/brought - hugely entertaining

“I was the first to arrive and as you can see, I’ve done this properly.” Who am I?

@@Jack-hx9xo Major Douglas May

"As Far back as i could remember i've always wanted to be a Gangster" - New York, 1970. Everyone ignoring the Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

@@LimburgGaming Thanks, saw that a few days ago, it's good but I would have liked a bit more of the banter to be included!

Yea he told a story in an interview about scaring Hammond on a railway track late evening because as Hammond said it sounds like a train

@@MitchellfcNa32 What interview was it?

@@Richardblue1963 kzfaq.infoF8T1rMsJtQU?feature=share @ 27:52

I mean me neither lmao

I mean that's genuinely how america is. if someone doesn't like you, they just kill you.

He knows

Love the seriously concerned tone in which James says his name. Like "Come on, you can't really think that's a decent car"

If you look when Hammond pulls in to the car park James car is already parked up there 😄

It's called following the script.

@@grantsparkes7457 it’s not May’s.

@@grantsparkes7457 If you can't tell the difference between a Buick Century and a Cadillac Eldorado you're pretty stupid.

#editing

Brougham is a super weak & slow car. Yet, somehow, it's lovely.

Spot on!

true, 2000's Top Gear was the best, before they became caricature's of themselves and things got too scripted.

@@ThatGuy-te9wh The Fleetwood Cadillac and 1960's Chevy Impala are the most Gangster cars i can name.

@@StreetDrilla The most gangster car I can think of is the 94-96 Impala SS, only because the guy who shot Biggie drove one.

A goose in a headlock

He smokes.

“the wheels are odd!” “no I got an alloy” (quacking noises)

It’s great isn’t it 😄

I once pulled out a pair of undies from a similar repair...

@@killerdinamo08 Ouch.

Crappy indeed, but they made it all the way.

That was always a part of these things for the Boys; the budget regardless, they always picked the biggest dogs they thought they could nurse to the end. It was the producers catching on to it that led to the *Hated POS* penalty "backup" car getting included.

I've got a 2005 Bonneville with all the features, runs great but the entire bottom is rusted out and the car is slowly sagging like a deflated air mattress on wheels. Unibody isn't all fun and games so ladder frame vehicles (trucks, vans, etc.) are probably more viable to repair and maintain in the long run.

Cars were less reliable back then so they didn't really last 15 years but his car was in really bad shape too.

The '80s were just the absolute worst for American vehicles.

That Caddy had clearly had a hard life. 18 years isn't that bad for a car that's well maintained, but that one was run into the ground.

Yeah lol, the long history of V8s and how inefficient and low powered they were built, especially in the early models.

These common engines were never about peak hp anyway, more like longevity and price. To compare the camaro, there weren't really any cheap british coupes with 190hp. The rover sd1 did have 155hp with a 1.5 liter smaller engine so not super different.

I know this was 7 months ago, but Jeremy said ‘and they’ll have shot him’. This is if you want to update your comment... although I suppose it’s not really necessary.

@@greenday1710 It’s not really moaning. I was just pointing out something.

It's more like 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓸

Yes I also watched the video.

@@aidy6000 some of us red blooded americans cant understand br*tish accents

Old american cars have 7L V8 engines with like 150hp and you just wonder what the hell the engine is actually doing?? How do they get so little power out of their massive engines?

@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 trading power for noise

@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 America had a period of harsh emissions standards during the 70s to the 80s, Because none of the manufactures had done anything to produce environmentally friendly cars the easiest way to make a vehicle pass the emissions standard was to detune it and have it produce less emissions at the cost of power, there was also many attempts at reducing emissions yet the limited technology meant that those systems fitted to cars just robbed more power. eventually during the 90s the restrictions where eased and better technology allowed vehicles to produce more power and less emissions. the vehicles of the 70s could have the restrictions removed off the engines and they could easily produce twice their factory power, even in the 60s unrestricted 400+ cubic inch engines where nearing 400 horsepower. basically government mandates and the oil crisis meant engines where prevented from reaching their full potential.

@@maxwellolson8580 Agreed. Fucking smog, egr's and that shit.. The coal canister is a good thing though, don't want fumes in your car.

@maxwell olson To give a personal example illustrating what you laid out, my father had a 1968 Pontiac Bonneville with the 455 cubic inch engine. It was a monster delivering 365 hp. His next new car was a 1977 Oldsmobile 98 Regency with the 403 cu. in. engine. A whopping 180 hp. So the car he handed down to his sons would destroy his top-of-the-line model. The speedo on the Bonneville maxed at 120 mph. I am sure I beat that on a few late-night suburban Detroit freeway runs.

The meeting point where James had bought his car

And the camera crew. They were not on top of their game in the early days. But yes, all of their happenings were 100% scripted. You do not just drive in a random direction in the wilderness of africa and run into a hotel like they always seem to.

I've never noticed that before 🤣

Think you need your eyes checked.

And because I'm extremely stupid, I'm looking for it

ROAD WARRIOR u watch Jay smart

@@delcodex8663 Aw yeah bro I've been watching Jay Smart since Summer 2017.

Ha same bro

I havent watched one show I enjoy as much in years, its a shame

This is in my top 3 favorite shows of all time. Mash and Seinfeld being the others. As many times as I have seen the episodes with these three, it's still just as funny today.

It's literally from 2007

@@NGGPeter I'm aware of when it came out. Before this episode came out the show was very different, only ever studio based, and generally very few films with more than one presenter in it. This episode became the defining format of TGT, no need for a studio, an hour(ish) long film, three presenters in their own cars, and a series of challenges. The only thing missing from this episode was the "backup car" if their car failed

@@steamingfish7724 i kinda prefer the challenges they did more than the specials, shit like amphibious cars, stretch limo, convertible, campervans etc. specials are really great though i always seemed to laugh the hardest at the challenges

I wish so so wish I could get one for 800

and them older American cars were very reliable too.

@@PlymouthNeon Very true. You couldn't kill them. Great if you need a good car without much money.

@@PlymouthNeon I trust you Mr. 1995 Plymouth neon. You seem knowledgeable about old american cars. Fr tho cheap old cars must've been so nice.

Them were the good old days, now it's 3 grand or you have to go to the scrapyard to find one, cash for clunkers would have ruined it

Jeremy: IT IS!!!

Humidity is awful in the UK when it's hot, so it might remind them of home slightly.

Don't think that's the same car

Reuben Yes it is, it’s all scripted humor.

You gained nothing from this comment while ruining the scene for everyone else. You are such a selfish person, take this comment down now

@@RJ-rt1jp if pointing out that a moment on a tv show like this was scripted ruins it for you, you have issues

@@RJ-rt1jp wahhh the 4 minute clip from nearly a decade ago was ruined

Well, the Lexus LS400 would probably get close what u can find if ur in Europe

Especially since it’s the only one with functioning air conditioning.

@@zatchbell622 *it was

@@zatchbell622: Yeah, and it needed constant recharging:P

That's a relief

basically shitloads of really poorly thought out emissions controls to try and carry old engines forward while still meeting the emission requirements of that year. Combine that with the fuel crisis that occurred during the same time as some of these engines and you end up with really low compression dogs of engines with poor flowing intake and exhaust manifolds that have been made to be really REALLY under stressed like a long 5.7l long block capable of 550hp that's tuned and equipped (manifolds up) to make 170hp. It's why with so many old American engines you can gain a load of power with just a cam and intake swap but you can't really do the same with a lot of European engines. It was quite a learning curve for me going from old Chev engines to BMW straight sixes for that reason.

>running with ice-cold A/C that is if an orangutan and a hamster haven't got to it yet.

With no power

185hp from a v8, im sorry but I can only laugh about american cars.

@@joaocorreia8106 you have to remember something though, when these cars were made, America was in a very dark time for automotive transportation. The oil rich corporations in the 1970’s and early 80’s we’re holding on how much gas and oil would be shipped and sold in the USA, on top of rising gas prices and Japanese and other country autos selling cars. extremely strict and complicated garbage emissions control modules, that reduced smog, drained all the power out of these cars. Out of all of them the Cadillac brougham was the most powerful for Any luxury cars sold in the USA for awhile.

@@joaocorreia8106 You can quite easily push much more power out of that engine. A lot of American V8s come de-tuned from the factory (at least they used to) and so they produce a lot less power than they’re capable of. The upside to this is that they last forever. The downside is that unless you tune the engine you end up with a large engine that produces comparatively little power given it’s size.

Good spotting.

It may cost more, but it's hardly worth it.

All of these cars have shot way up in value since this

You really should know that a thousand dollars in the early 2000's is not the same as a thousand dollars today.

How much is it going to be worth when the battery inevitably dies?

American emissions standards. European cars are/were at least as powerful with half the engine and same emissions kevels.

@@dcarbs2979 no

@@idontyou878 Just one example: 2.8 Ford Capri: 160hp. 1980-83 Lincoln Continental (5.0) / 1981 (5.8): both 140hp. There are dozens of others.

@@dcarbs2979 yeah you are right about that but it wasn’t like all american cars where underpowered at that time

@@dcarbs2979 but they also underrated some of the american cars power output at that time

But what about the pickup truck?

@@minitrooper4260 It’s a pretty boss truck

I thought exactly that the other day, they gave them to Katrina victims obviously, i would have thought that the Ram would be still going somewhere due to their dependability and its condition, but i reckon the other two have been scrapped.

The Camaro is on blocks in someones front yard in kentucky.

David Taylor proof ?

did the cadillac get scrapped or sold and restored?

The Cadillac is probably still on that New Orleans Street

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

No radio. No speedo. No air conditioning.

@@rubberwoody Still... 200 bucks for a new radio... Digital speedometer for 20$. And air conditioning is optional... it does not get 40°C where I live

@@fabiang.9588 Tach doesn't work either. Gonna need another 30 bucks for that. Oh and it smells because of a dead cow on the roof

2007 was a hell of a year man. i'd kill for a small ram 150 like Richards