Exclusive: Ultimate Mercedes Restomod! £700k HWA EVO

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Ай бұрын

This is a rather special reinterpretation of the Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II.
Built by HWA - who are Mercedes AMG’s behind-the-scenes secret weapon in the world of motorsport - it’s not a lightly tickled-over plaything. Instead, it’s a proper ground-up restoration that even involves HWA building new front and rear subframes for it. Out too, goes the original four-cylinder engine, replaced by a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 putting out somewhere between 450 and 500bhp. So twice as much as the original then! The bodywork is wilder too, the chassis is completely upgraded, and if you’ve got a spare £700k you might just be able to get one of the 100 being built.
Meantime, if you’re lucky to be young enough not to remember the original ‘Evo II’ in its prime, it first appeared at the Geneva Motor Show in 1990, as a homologation model for Merc’s DTM (aka German Touring Car Championship) efforts. Just 502 road cars were built, while the race car of the same name won the DTM drivers’ and teams’ titles in 1992. Motorsport pedigree? Tick!
Over to Top Gear’s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, for the full story…
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@TopGear Ай бұрын

Which car would you like to see HWA restore/build/reinterpret next?

@cavb748 Ай бұрын

Just this one, but with modern V8.

@HariSupriono Ай бұрын

McLaren F1

@aaaaachew Ай бұрын

BMW E46 M3

@excelsuryaprabaswara8071 Ай бұрын

first gen a class it would be neat

@christianlekstrom2398 Ай бұрын

SLC rallycar

@t_prey Ай бұрын

A real pity that the HWA engineer has been interrupted and cut short on every second sentence. Let the man finish his explanations, please.

@johnnymac1976 Ай бұрын

I felt the same sentiment. It was like he was attempting to rush the interview and was disrespectful as well

@khakimmalekov Ай бұрын

I agree

@dchingy Ай бұрын

I think he is trying to act excited but comes off really wrong..😅

@lukeyness Ай бұрын

Noticed this too, less than 1.5minutes into the video 😢

@captaintahoe1 Ай бұрын

It’s an interesting interview technique

@moinpatel1280 Ай бұрын

Try not to interrupt mid-sentence Ollie: Impossible

@kaptenmike Ай бұрын

Thought I was the only one pulling my hair!

@JayAlba8 Ай бұрын

"It's me!!! The interrupter"

@mrpusten Ай бұрын

Oh no. Now I have to spend the next three hours watching clips of Brian Stack.

@Kingtrollface259 Ай бұрын

He's like the shittest bond villain 😂

@offitcock Ай бұрын

Main character syndrome

@AutoHQAutoHQ Ай бұрын

He's so annoying

@theodosiseirini5493 Ай бұрын

👍😂

@koukous95 Ай бұрын

LET THE FREAKING DUDE TAAAAAAAAAAAALKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@zzz11221 Ай бұрын

It was a lively conversation I dont understand why you all are hating on the guy.

@freds975 Ай бұрын

the interviewer needs to let the guy talk,,, cringing for everytime he talks over the poor guy or cuts him off while he is talking

@SmOgER10 Ай бұрын

Agreed. He was just about to mention what they discovered about original chassis when they were stripping it and the fucker cut him off to talk about something else. 🤣🤣

@apoplexion 25 күн бұрын

Actually, he's trying to justify guy's 3/4 million dollar mod...

@NewEdgeDesigns Ай бұрын

I can’t believe you would ask questions then cut the man off before he finishes his answer.. Beautiful car but this was tough to watch due to the blatant disrespect of this engineer..

@PlaaTable 9 күн бұрын

Dude has attention disorder. Like most people these days...

@connorbaji Ай бұрын

He was literally just about to explain what they had done and then gets interrupted every 2 seconds!! Very frustrating start to the interview

@vyrnmn Ай бұрын

Henry Catchpole would have done this interview justice. The video would have been twice as long, but that's the point. We want as much detail as possible. Hopefully Henry has an audience with this car sooner rather than later, so we can learn more.

@therealmudafuka7200 Ай бұрын

I love Henry

@EdwardAMG Ай бұрын

Youuu are god damnnnn right!

@allensaunders449 Ай бұрын

Yes sir. He is a real listener very important no listening here just wants to talk

@Zuxeh Ай бұрын

For future content, please allow the person we want to hear from, speak.

@N911GT2 Ай бұрын

He does this every time... I don't get why they even send him on these things still

@abderrahmanelbakkali190 Ай бұрын

Ollie interrupting the man is so annoying, he barely let him finish a sentence, that was a crappy behaviour, we want to hear the man talk not just Olly disrespectfully stopping him in the middle of every sentence.

@dustinthewind09 Ай бұрын

German man is a real engineer saying "The engine block is three and a half cylinder long." Appreciate that one 👍

@SatanDotExe Ай бұрын

3:43 not only does he interrupt, but he doesn't even know what he's going to say before he opens his mouth.

@moinpatel1280 Ай бұрын

Ollie kept interrupting every sentence Ollie really wanted to be somewhere else, trying to rush the interview Very disrespectful

@MrKazukstan Ай бұрын

He has terrible camera presence. Sounds super uninterested and no charisma

@gountzas Ай бұрын

Can’t believe top gear got that dork to interrupt the engineer every second sentense

@TechGuru24 Ай бұрын

"it's not a restomod, it's something else altogether" *Proceeds to put 'restomod' in the title* Nice one ollie😂

@ashliehiggins Ай бұрын

That's on the editor/social media manager.

@tonymuthafuckingunn Ай бұрын

It's still a restomod......

@amazin7006 Ай бұрын

It's a restomod the same way a Singer or RUF is a Porsche restomod. Incredibly high quality

@thatcopenguy Ай бұрын

@@amazin7006 RUF isn't restomod, they did stuff mostly in period, so it's a tuning company. Except for the new SCR, they're a legit OEM now.

@hassyg4083 Ай бұрын

@@amazin7006 RUF is a car manufacturer

@Sokolovskiest Ай бұрын

Unwatchable, why do an interview if you don’t want to listen to the person you interviewing. I never post comments. But this is ridiculous!

@late-drive Ай бұрын

Let the man finish a sentence. Jesus Christ.

@conor7154 Ай бұрын

It’s so funny that top gear will never respond to anyone because then they’d have to acknowledge the criticism which of course they will never do.

@staceybirch5716 Ай бұрын

Pleasantly surprised by a lack of Ollies "what a thing" trope, unpleasantly surprised(?) by his hubris not letting the hwa cto tell us about his car 😂

@Callum-R Ай бұрын

Martin Brundle famously said that the 190 Evo was the best handling 4 door saloon that he’s ever driven 😉

@howarddavies136 Ай бұрын

😅 alright, Callum May.

@russcooke5671 Ай бұрын

Lotus Carlton and M5.

@Gerrardstrike Ай бұрын

Frustrating that the guy keeps interrupting the engineer. Let him SPEAK!

@iansmith4642 Ай бұрын

Thanks for letting us hear it for 5 seconds with FX noise blocking everything

@hairyclassics1789 Ай бұрын

Totally agree... another reason why this video is poor. Interrupting and then stupid fx over the engine sound. I expected better from TG

@JP-xd6fm Ай бұрын

@@hairyclassics1789 TG is dead, for so long that even it doesn't smell anymore, is just a pile of dry bones...

@cavb748 Ай бұрын

i've been dreaming about a car just like this but with a NA V8, or the modern turbo V8. Beautiful work!

@SGS-rw7qf Ай бұрын

MASTERPIECE ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Now the Evo got what has been missing for about 30 years. Mean, serios optic 😈

@TheStorkSR Ай бұрын

Can't help but love what HWA has chosen to do. Bruno Sacco looks with modern tech is outside of my price range, but the 190E 2.5 Evo absolutely deserves the same amount of love that Kimera is giving the 037 and Alfaholics are giving the GTA

@marzgrab Ай бұрын

Stop interrupting Ollie 😡

@gohara5 Ай бұрын

Every single video the comments are filled with complaints about the hosts. Clearly they don’t give a shit.

@Stan-k4b 26 күн бұрын

When car channels get too big , they stop caring about their subs

@Stan-k4b 26 күн бұрын

Donut media did the same ajd I had their influencer content

@7orqu3 Ай бұрын

Jesus stop interrupting him

@CoD-Master-xXx 16 күн бұрын

This HWA car is absolutely stunning! Technically, it's a masterpiece with its powerful V6 engine, and the design is just breathtaking. The attention to detail and the overall aesthetic make it a true work of art. I can't get enough of the sound either - pure adrenaline! HWA has truly outdone themselves with this model.

@marzgrab Ай бұрын

Looking forward to Henry Catchpole's review

@migueldias3894 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful machine 😍

@MrStalk3r Ай бұрын

Dear Top Gear, I sincerely would love to watch this video at peace & with enjoyment of the explanation from the engineer. I believe every shot of videos are actually directed with certain time frame to be maintained for a content video. If would be great for your audiences and fans to watch a video content that is produced professionally without having to watch parts of the video where the interviewer seem rudely interrupting the explanations to the questions asked by the interviewer himself. If necessary, brief either one to only speak certain number of words in any interactions. (which seems to the issue) P.s - I couldn't bring myself to watch the video to the end after just less than 3 minutes of the video although the reason I clicked to watch because it caught my attention. I believe non of us (viewers & me) would like to hate anyone in the video. Thank you. With warm regards, Sebastian Ng

@Mattyew Ай бұрын

"you don't want to have fancy behaviour when you are really fast" haha, love it

@commentaryking5165 Ай бұрын

This line really stood out to me as well. Very eloquently stated

@dogankarakoc5035 Ай бұрын

What a dream car 🤩😍

@robinjansen8522 Ай бұрын

One minute 30 in and for the love of god let the man speak about his masterpiece i want to hear it

@andrewwalker9778 Ай бұрын

Let the expert speak. So rude interrupting him constantly. Incredibly polite German dude, I would've blown a gasket!

@boogboog8097 Ай бұрын

For that money should be a ground up carbon tub NA AMG V12

@Shadowboost 20 күн бұрын

The tub itself would be 700k

@boogboog8097 20 күн бұрын

@Shadowboost carbon tub is a pretty straightforward thing these days not like 30 years ago

@MuhammadNiz007 Ай бұрын

Top gear downfall is so bad that they are doing worse job than KZfaq channel

@csharp57 Ай бұрын

None of these comments are talking about this amazing car. It’s beautiful and I’d love to see more

@hankhank3129 Ай бұрын

I love this older Mercedes stuff! I hope there's more to follow!

@ocsi-V8 Ай бұрын

Amazing car. Beautiful design. One, of the best car ever! Those are nice cars, not like today's junk!!!

@FSX239 Ай бұрын

Massive respect for this! Followed by drool drool drool 🤤

@Dishs Ай бұрын

One of the most iconic cars ever designed, and this mod enhanced every nuance it already has. Very impressed!

@giff74 Ай бұрын

They will make about 7 of them and Batman will buy them all!! LOL What a masterpiece!

@LC_TUNING Ай бұрын

Let’s be honest. Restomod is the coolest tuning for an older car (except if it’s being electrified).

@tommywang8229 Ай бұрын

Electric restomod could be cool, depends on what car you’re gonna electrify. If we’re talking about classic performance cars like Mustangs, Ferraris and Porsches, then the answer is hell no. But cars like the Beetle, the Fiat 500, the Transporter, or micro cars like the Isetta, P50, then I’ll 100% choose the electric version, so much nice to drive.

@Lewis1995 Ай бұрын

@@tommywang8229 no

@Dante_S550_Turbo Ай бұрын

electric can be cool, ever hear an electric motor over volted out of it's mined? it sounds like an F1 car 20 decibels quieter

@tiersofemotion222 Ай бұрын

@@Dante_S550_Turbo maybe a hybrid resto mod not full ev. Imo I see that a resto luxury cruiser would make more sense as a ev.

@Lewis1995 Ай бұрын

@Dante_S550_Turbo no it doesnt it sounds like Tinnitus

@Stan-k4b 26 күн бұрын

Reasons why still I am a classic car lover. They have class

@marcusjoannou7699 Ай бұрын

Jeepers. Interruption monster.

@Wormweed Ай бұрын

Wow! That one is amazing!

@Doingjvstice Ай бұрын

I’m actually noticing top gear presenters cut people off halfway let them talk man Then edit it afterwards

@jalalassir8870 Ай бұрын

Let the man finish a sentence.

@urbanstrencan Ай бұрын

HWA making resto mods on the next level, amount of engineering they do is just amazing. What an awesome company Great video Top Gear 😊❤❤

@KarlScaleModeling Ай бұрын

Oh wow, what a lovely masterpiece 😳👍🏼

@moa6324 Ай бұрын

What a build - amazing 👍🏼👍🏼

@miklu26 Ай бұрын

The things money can buy, that thing is cool wow!

@lizwikhoza2661 Ай бұрын

Let him talk, Ollie

@esplayerr Ай бұрын

Nice tuning

@infinphoenix13 Ай бұрын

Beautiful!! Absolutely marvelous!!!

@philippmayenburg7282 Ай бұрын

At that point, why not just build a completely new car? Why try to recycle a chassis of a really old really expensive car...

@dave882 Ай бұрын

Maybe because if they keep the chassis it’s still the original car and they don’t have to get it approved as a new build?

@colinchapman3658 Ай бұрын

So they can use old vins and it doesnt have to build the car to the standards of a new one.

@philippmayenburg7282 Ай бұрын

@@colinchapman3658 ooh that makes a lot of sense..

@laurentwiedemann283 Ай бұрын

If you would have watched the video, you would have known they take regular 190's. Not Evo.

@ashliehiggins Ай бұрын

It's not a humble 4 popper, it's a cosworth 4 popper.

@ADSImagens Ай бұрын

If I bought this car the first move it is getting the original headlights.

@AutobahnVault Ай бұрын

- HWA: "Don't call it a resto mod." - Top Gear: "Welcome to the ultimate Mercedes resto mod!'

@AMG007 27 күн бұрын

Ich würde mir wünschen das Ihr Fahrzeug bei Schöne Sterne am 24 bis 25.08.2024 in Hattingen präsentiert wird. Das ist das beste Event des Jahres für Mercedes Liebhaber.

@HolloMatlala1 Ай бұрын

12:08 Fancy behavior😂😂😂😂

@Panthercholo Ай бұрын

Hilarious. That would make a great T shirt.

@TheSwedishCarGuy Ай бұрын

LOVE IT :D I saw a old Evo some way back :D They are sooo iconic!

@artepjan Ай бұрын

sinister looking sounds about right for the price as well, hehe, nice one 🖤

@IanG666 Ай бұрын

That is just stunning

@JayRee2000 27 күн бұрын

This car is out of this world💯🔥

@HEKTIC458 Ай бұрын

The 6 spoke wheels look amazing, id love this

@nikolasantamaria9335 Ай бұрын

all of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are in delirium 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

@marovlasic3167 Ай бұрын

NARAVNO!! 😎

@brinjoness3386 15 күн бұрын

Russian mob bosses are working weekends

@nikolasantamaria9335 15 күн бұрын

@@brinjoness3386 "A man, a word." Albanian proverb

@carljuztine3328 Ай бұрын

best merc restomod, been waiting for this since the rumors, favorite dtm car

@insidemordecai Ай бұрын

why are y'all dropping this in the middle of the night 🤣 i don't mind tho'

@purpdillinger5022 Ай бұрын

This will always be at the top 5 of my dream cars🔥🔥

@MrTimeless101 22 күн бұрын

Nice work. I'd love to see it with the M156 engine, that would be wild.

@hakimm4105 Ай бұрын

LET THE MAN SPEAKK!!!

@willo300 29 күн бұрын

Amazing attention to detail!

@danielemaisano7141 Ай бұрын

Yep way too many interruptions…..cool watch btw 😊

@raymondkoledoye9941 Ай бұрын

My love favorite Mercedes race car in motorsports history and best 190E Restomod ever built.

@alman6581 Ай бұрын

Loving this

@liltay8962 Ай бұрын

been waiting for someone to modernize the Evo 2 excited to track its development at HWA!

@tubejorrit Ай бұрын

the merc v6 engine is actually a good sounding v6! Love it in the C43 AMG.

@marcot3013 Ай бұрын

Awesome machine!

@andygarcia6619 Ай бұрын

Unbelievable 😮😮😮beautiful

@carspear Ай бұрын

Guys, Great Job, Very Insightful. The car was very nice. This is the future, older cars modified to performance beasts. Future classics in an Electric world.

@grahamrobson9292 Ай бұрын

Great conception

@mikaelgillberg7555 Ай бұрын

This looks a lot like what I've been wanting to do for a long time. A bare 190 and just fill it up with better parts and the Evo look. Friend of mine has an EX-DTM race car which fueled many ideas through the years.

@tilmonr Ай бұрын

I was interested.... until he said £700,000. I do think it's a cool project.

@eddyd1569 Ай бұрын

wow amazing interiors.........

@Oplix Ай бұрын

I've never seen someone interrupt an engineer that many times.

@q5echo154 Ай бұрын

Holy crap dude. Dude

@HikariSakai Ай бұрын

man that's a nice widebody

@ThatguyPanda86 Ай бұрын

Oh good, I’ve always wanted to hear what it sounds like when a highly educated engineer is interrupted by an amateur interpreting his work when the person you actually want to hear elaborating on it IS SPEAKING. 😂

@nawzy202 Ай бұрын

This thing is soooooo sick

@h.s.b Ай бұрын

Airmax 90s with shirt n trousers hahahah wow the combination 🫡👏🏾

@brelaxed13 Ай бұрын

i love restomods like this. they are just always soo expensive. but for good reason. you have to have a tremendous amount of money to spend 750k on something like this instead of buying a revuelto or something a lot faster, modern and more exotic.

@chrisslater3174 23 күн бұрын

But even that wouldn't be as unique as one of these. Great to see it side by side with the original inspiration.

@SidorovichJr Ай бұрын

I approve this 190E but I suppose it will be heavier than 1300kg? Also can we get those rear lights separately?

@theteleporters7420 Ай бұрын

The way the host interrupts, reminds me of one of those Fox News interviews where the host spends the whole time yelling at the person being interviewed