Petrol vs Electric: Mercedes SLS AMG Battle | Top Gear Series 20

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  • čas přidán 22. 03. 2014
  • Jeremy drives the Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series and the Mercedes SLS AMG Electric Drive. The SLS ED is possibly the most brilliantly revolutionary thing that the already-bonkers lot at AMG have ever created: a fully electric AWD supercar. For the full review click www.topgear.com/uk/mercedes-be...
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  • @diego17k
    @diego17k Před 4 lety +11677

    Life hack. Police won't hear you speeding

    • @YOLOLMK
      @YOLOLMK Před 4 lety +327

      But they can SEE you speeding tho

    • @diego17k
      @diego17k Před 4 lety +428

      @@YOLOLMK they'll be too confused

    • @kodakboppin7679
      @kodakboppin7679 Před 4 lety +49

      YOLOLMK will they ?

    • @rarewifi9303
      @rarewifi9303 Před 4 lety +69

      Hahaha... but they will be seeing u pass by, cuz its Hella bright

    • @rarewifi9303
      @rarewifi9303 Před 4 lety +38

      Even satellites can see ur car

  • @tyman1014
    @tyman1014 Před 5 lety +15485

    10 seconds of old top gear is more entertaining than a full episode of new top gear

    • @malikmeamiche6600
      @malikmeamiche6600 Před 4 lety +186

      like v8 and electrical engine

    • @onetofudeliveryboy270
      @onetofudeliveryboy270 Před 4 lety +19

      Wut

    • @EdSoCeRiAl
      @EdSoCeRiAl Před 4 lety +46

      ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer I’m sure he’s referring to top gear USA
      It’s awful

    • @mineconertalha
      @mineconertalha Před 4 lety +17

      Definitely

    • @frij539
      @frij539 Před 4 lety +157

      Watching James May yelling "Clarkson!" once is more entertaining than today's Top Gear

  • @irenee800
    @irenee800 Před 3 lety +2839

    This car hasn't aged at all .. still looks so good looking more than a decade later!!

    • @mrjdmtunerboy.1463
      @mrjdmtunerboy.1463 Před 2 lety +55

      Fact that this cars only 4 made to customers and cost more than million pounds nowadays... Dang this is only electric cars that never lost his Value

    • @user-vy9mk7um1b
      @user-vy9mk7um1b Před 2 lety +9

      Like it more, than AMG GT

    • @ArnoldsKtm
      @ArnoldsKtm Před 2 lety +2

      So it has or hasn't aged well?

    • @jameswright4236
      @jameswright4236 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ArnoldsKtm I think it has.
      While it isn't exactly perfect for everyday life and usage, it is still another step towards development in electric vehicles which the future now supposedly lies.
      It's like evolution in the way we transport ourselves. Man taming horses and using them for transport and trade was revolutionary, as was the invention of the aircraft as a commercial means of transportation.

    • @tydy35
      @tydy35 Před 2 lety +1

      Nothing will ever beat a Tesla on paper because they lie.

  • @nodadtactic8954
    @nodadtactic8954 Před 4 lety +2864

    I’m so glad there are “buttons that do things”

    • @thamuzm2684
      @thamuzm2684 Před 4 lety +24

      thank God

    • @IronWarrior95
      @IronWarrior95 Před 4 lety +65

      My car also has buttons..
      but they don't do a shit!

    • @OutCast907
      @OutCast907 Před 2 lety +10

      It happens to me with a truck
      It thought there was an insect behind the sterring wheel
      But it was in fact some buttons wich do things too

    • @user-cy4js3tv9n
      @user-cy4js3tv9n Před 2 lety +5

      They don't make cars like that anymore

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 Před rokem +3

      I'm reminded of how Jeremy was once driving some kind of sports(?) car and ended up finding six buttons on the back of the steering wheel that did absolutely nothing

  • @Noobie2k7
    @Noobie2k7 Před 5 lety +4026

    " It's not a torch!!!" It would have been if they had let Hammond drive it.

  • @Gisune
    @Gisune Před 4 lety +4676

    Petrol: "brutal, monstrous, a true sound of power and fear!"
    Electric car passes by: "wiiiiiiiiiiioooooooo...."

    • @gobzanuff5078
      @gobzanuff5078 Před 4 lety +9

      czcams.com/video/yFL_gaXVZxg/video.html

    • @raptormaverick4774
      @raptormaverick4774 Před 4 lety +119

      I think you mean “ ____________________ “

    • @Gisune
      @Gisune Před 4 lety +40

      @@raptormaverick4774 thats most electric cars, this one sounded like a snowflake dropping its frappe latte, foam topped, fucky wucky bullshit coffee...

    • @saltysoysauce954
      @saltysoysauce954 Před 4 lety +86

      @@Gisune I'd cry too if I dropped a dessert that costs 9 bucks lol

    • @alexanderhorner
      @alexanderhorner Před 4 lety +32

      Ruben A - ok boomer

  • @athifal-hassan578
    @athifal-hassan578 Před 4 lety +1788

    Legend says that this was the only time Jeremy liked an electric car...

  • @thepowerlies
    @thepowerlies Před 4 lety +734

    3:47 "And it's electric like a food blender" that sums up Jeremy's logic

    • @ZeHoSmusician
      @ZeHoSmusician Před 4 lety +13

      Except when he punches the accelerator...
      E-SLS: *warp drive engaged

    • @jamesdawson3094
      @jamesdawson3094 Před 4 lety +56

      And the other mercedes has a V8... like a manly food blender

    • @Ib4_MV331
      @Ib4_MV331 Před 4 lety

      Why can’t Teslas be food blender

    • @xGxPhantomZzz
      @xGxPhantomZzz Před 4 lety +5

      @@jamesdawson3094 They technically made a v8 food blender in Top Gear once, thye put an LS engine to power a blender

    • @HeLLioN_101
      @HeLLioN_101 Před 2 lety +8

      @@siren499 teslas are just like driving a remote control car they dont have the feel of driving cars like these

  • @swanurine
    @swanurine Před 8 lety +1637

    "How can a glorified torch possibly beat a 6.2 liter v8...."
    "ITS NOT A TORCH" XD

  • @klutz1907
    @klutz1907 Před 5 lety +6393

    "Which is enough to take it from here to the moon"
    *Elon Musk wants to know your location*

    • @donyvarghese4611
      @donyvarghese4611 Před 4 lety +2

      Jonathan Simmel dude that was classic 🤝👏

    • @yeeted466
      @yeeted466 Před 4 lety +6

      Then Elon Musk made a kitchen utensil that looks like a Renault Espace

    • @ZeHoSmusician
      @ZeHoSmusician Před 4 lety +6

      Speaking of #Tesla, I'd like to know what JC thinks of the #Cybertruck...

    • @ggggggxg
      @ggggggxg Před 4 lety +2

      @Luka doncic is better than lebron james i dont remember asking

    • @AtanasFilipov
      @AtanasFilipov Před 4 lety +6

      Haha 7 mins and -44% battery on Sport+ hahahhaha Elon, please don't ROFL

  • @pb_and_james9088
    @pb_and_james9088 Před 3 lety +324

    This is 6 years ago and I’m still blown away by the electric sls

    • @kennorcott7074
      @kennorcott7074 Před 2 lety +29

      I wonder how good it would be with modern batteries and tech in it. It could probably go 300 miles on a charge and make more power

    • @Yourcheerz
      @Yourcheerz Před 2 lety +6

      This episode is from 2013

    • @raulbila46
      @raulbila46 Před 2 lety +1

      *yawn

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před 2 lety +2

      Still will never be as good as the real thing

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před 2 lety

      @@kennorcott7074 Garbage. Will never be as good as ICE

  • @the3rdid485
    @the3rdid485 Před rokem +44

    You know what's crazy is this clip is almost a decade old and that car still looks cutting-edge brand new. It looked so good back then and it still looks phenomenal now compared to so many other designs that have not aged well.

  • @kshitijanand8236
    @kshitijanand8236 Před 8 lety +4828

    That electric SLS looks like its printed from a 3D printer.

  • @Tito-wg8lg
    @Tito-wg8lg Před 4 lety +1855

    “It is a glorified torch “
    Takes off
    “ITS NOT A TORCH!!!!!”

  • @olivercuenca4109
    @olivercuenca4109 Před 4 lety +209

    It's amazing how far we've come in the past six years. Back in 2014 most electric vehicles were basically small batch novelties with high price tags created as publicity stunts, and now we've got tonnes of small, affordable(ish) vehicles from dozens of car companies that are rolling off the line all the time. And they don't need 20 hour charge times anymore either, which is nice.

    • @raulbila46
      @raulbila46 Před 2 lety +6

      they don't need 20 hours of charge but to travel the whole distance the V8 does, you do need that time summed up

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před 2 lety

      They're still garbage. We haven't come anywhere. They will always be limited in range and charging speed. They are NOT the future. Electric is the oldest car technology and it failed miserably then, and will continue to fail miserably to achieve anything

    • @Christopher_TG
      @Christopher_TG Před 2 lety +12

      @@raulbila46 True, but it's fairly rare that someone needs to travel the full range of an electric car's battery before being able to stop and recharge. Most BEVs you can buy now have ranges well in excess of 300 miles. That range is enough to cover nearly all everyday applications, particularly in urban areas with plenty of charging ports.

    • @MatteoComensoli
      @MatteoComensoli Před 2 lety

      Doesnt existed some tipe of fast charge somewhere 8 years ago?

    • @MatteoComensoli
      @MatteoComensoli Před 2 lety

      @@Christopher_TG also today there is fast charge a bit everywhere

  • @alfa_guy09
    @alfa_guy09 Před 3 lety +81

    2:01 I love his reaction but you have to remember this was filmed in 2013 or 2014 and electric cars were not as commonplace back then as they are now

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před 2 lety

      Fuck EVs. Absolute trash. Will never beat a real car.

    • @Firemarioflower
      @Firemarioflower Před rokem

      They're still not commonplace you deluded idiot. LOL

  • @jw6058
    @jw6058 Před 5 lety +1918

    Would explain the Mercedes F1 dominance during the Hybrid Era

    • @hummellennard1338
      @hummellennard1338 Před 5 lety +17

      And the normal f1

    • @malcolmabram2957
      @malcolmabram2957 Před 4 lety +95

      Hybrid race cars are a bit of a misconception when it comes to environmental friendlness, unlike say a Toyota Prius. They do not have much range on the battery. The electric motor comes in with the engine to give more power under acceleration. When the power is off the motor turns into a generator and charges the battery.

    • @ack434
      @ack434 Před 4 lety

      Doesn't explain McLaren Mercedes

    • @ismail.mahmood11
      @ismail.mahmood11 Před 4 lety

      nuromie uwu mclaren Mercedes dripped Mercedes as there engine provider

    • @ack434
      @ack434 Před 4 lety +4

      @@ismail.mahmood11 Yea I know. Renault and Honda were jokes (though Honda isn't now).

  • @jaikee9477
    @jaikee9477 Před 8 lety +3246

    I'm German and I respect the Brits, really! They truly have petrol in their veins. They even put used motor oil on their sandwiches. I think it's called MARMITE!

    • @iliasilias7463
      @iliasilias7463 Před 8 lety +23

      haha nice

    • @amvj
      @amvj Před 8 lety +443

      I cannot believe Germans can actually make a joke.

    • @constantin4958
      @constantin4958 Před 8 lety +61

      +amvj007 I think we can actually be really funny in our own way:D

    • @swaghustler7285
      @swaghustler7285 Před 8 lety +26

      Deutschland macht mit die besten Autos ;)

    • @Darkness251
      @Darkness251 Před 8 lety +61

      we are quite a funny folk but the rest of the world doesn't understand our jokes

  • @louisgouws3881
    @louisgouws3881 Před 4 lety +203

    4:17 “(Watt) in the name ... is (Powering) this thing”

  • @Dutch972
    @Dutch972 Před 4 lety +111

    6:28 First time hearing Deadmau5 in something not music related lol. Great choice though

    • @perrorito9246
      @perrorito9246 Před 4 lety +9

      Superliminal baby!!

    • @leonardberton4744
      @leonardberton4744 Před 4 lety +10

      They know how to use music and especially techno, it goes really well with the tests! It gives some kind of nervousness with it totally matched with the car they're testing 'bet they had good sound engineer back then.

    • @What.iphhhh
      @What.iphhhh Před 4 lety +4

      Fits very well really!

    • @itsenzo3000
      @itsenzo3000 Před 4 lety +8

      Superliminal gang!
      Deadmau5 and Top Gear omng!

    • @kenopsia9013
      @kenopsia9013 Před 3 lety +2

      Fucking love supeliminal was waiting for someone to notice

  • @thesighbored
    @thesighbored Před 10 lety +527

    Don't drive with your clown shoes on.. Best pro tip ever!

    • @googlewontgetmyname2139
      @googlewontgetmyname2139 Před 10 lety

      *****
      electric drive is much heavier

    • @supersports61
      @supersports61 Před 3 lety +1

      yeah, ya got me. but r YOU even a clown driving an AMG Mercedes benz huh?
      MAYBE.............................................................

    • @RobinusPrime
      @RobinusPrime Před 2 lety

      Hamilton at Spa this weekend..🤣🤣

  • @TsarOfRuss
    @TsarOfRuss Před 7 lety +918

    DAMN, JEREMY is good at this JOB

  • @superjrao7161
    @superjrao7161 Před rokem +20

    Old top gear videos are addictive

  • @ageraau8893
    @ageraau8893 Před 2 lety +91

    "Welcome, everyone, to the world's first electric supercar". When Clarkson says this, it makes it so interesting and captivating.

  • @ninjasiren
    @ninjasiren Před 4 lety +605

    Mercedes, remove the electric motor sound isolators of the car, so the noise of the whining coils of the 4 electric motors whine as much as they want.

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 Před 4 lety +71

      You can hear the whine of the motors in the vid when he accelerates at 6:02. Btw it's not sound isolators, it's sound deadening. And yes it's slightly pointless in an electric car. It adds more weight to the car....

    • @nikodemklosinski5273
      @nikodemklosinski5273 Před 4 lety +3

      Y the hel r u putting this in a top gear video just go to mercedes

    • @Voices-yi8ce
      @Voices-yi8ce Před 4 lety +1

      Whine = inefficiency

    • @danieln1813
      @danieln1813 Před 4 lety +56

      @@aaryeshg.6526 You'd be surprised about how many noises a car makes when it's not isolated. If you heard the sounds from the brakes, the shock absorbers and the chassis bending while driving, you'd think it's going to fall apart. Ah, and don't forget about tyre noise.

    • @Henriburger1
      @Henriburger1 Před 4 lety +10

      @@aaryeshg.6526
      Its not pointless. That gets super annoying after a bit so its better when its as quite as possible.

  • @kieranh2005
    @kieranh2005 Před 5 lety +729

    JC: "What in the name of God is powering this thing?"
    God: "Well now that you mention it..."

    • @unluckypatcher8423
      @unluckypatcher8423 Před 4 lety +12

      Atheists...

    • @starrmayhem
      @starrmayhem Před 4 lety +1

      JC: "What unbelievable thing is powering this thing"
      : i can answer that, batteries
      incoming r/woosh
      but no, "in the name of God", "the hell" & "unbelievable thing" are interchangeable

    • @luka-od5el
      @luka-od5el Před 3 lety

      what are u even saying

    • @valerioboldreghini4239
      @valerioboldreghini4239 Před 3 lety +3

      JC = jesus Christ

  • @alexanderscholl7728
    @alexanderscholl7728 Před 4 lety +864

    Who else had the SLS Electric Drive in Asphalt 8?

  • @StevieObieYT
    @StevieObieYT Před 2 lety +7

    03:48 "And it's electric like a food blender or a torch" 😂

  • @TheOrnt
    @TheOrnt Před 9 lety +556

    when they make nano batteries man... holy shit...

    • @lukerees281
      @lukerees281 Před 7 lety +43

      Bloodybarbie graphene...

    • @woodenhoe
      @woodenhoe Před 7 lety +42

      +Luke Rees he said when not how

    • @brenchyalowicois6748
      @brenchyalowicois6748 Před 5 lety +1

      Did you mean capacitors? Cause a nano battery is just a small battery

    • @nachostv4217
      @nachostv4217 Před 5 lety +4

      +Zachary Lee
      And a capacitor is an electrical component.. Capacitors store charge until the Volt is high enough to pass through the dielectric material and unload the charge to the rest of the circuit. Nothing to do with nano batteries. I'm sure what bloodybarbie meant was batteries with the same charge just smaller in size.

    • @girl-xk2db
      @girl-xk2db Před 5 lety +1

      Nobody like this any more. It has 555 likes

  • @AnotherCasualViewer
    @AnotherCasualViewer Před 10 lety +127

    I hope the studies of graphene batteries are succesful, because if so, you could charge your car in 7 seconds

    • @mathiastwp
      @mathiastwp Před 10 lety +6

      That´s all good and well and a thing that a lot off other things would benefit from. But why not also study how one can make a car make it´s own electricity? So that: "One day, you´ll buy a car to avoid power bills." -Mathias T.W.P

    • @alkoyyy
      @alkoyyy Před 10 lety +2

      Mathias Tang Wa Pedersen study how one can make a car make it's own electricity? you mean like a range extender? It's been done and it burn fuel, soo.. I'd prefer good batteries.
      If you mean making a car that produces it's own own electricity without you putting something in you're basically talking about a perpetuum mobile?
      only thing that might work in the future is highly efficient solar cells on the roof that charge your car when you're parking

    • @mathiastwp
      @mathiastwp Před 10 lety +2

      Matthias Schmitt Yea. But I do beleve that: Air-intake-turbine-tubes, solar panels, thermostatic and breaks. Might some time in the future be able to power a car to the extent that you´ll actually be ending up with more. SO. Then, when you come home with power in your extra batteries, you can plug it into the power grid of your house.
      You know, we have the problem now-a-days, that power transported in cables across vast distances decay awfully quickly. So the best would be having the thing that is gonna be using that power, to make it itself with turbine-air-intake-tubes, solar panels, thermostatic and brakes.

    • @AnotherCasualViewer
      @AnotherCasualViewer Před 10 lety +3

      Mathias Tang Wa Pedersen There's no possible way for a car to drive and get more eletricity as it goes, as all the laws of physics goes, however ;do you mean ike when you break you get eletricity? but literally i don'tlike the idea of buying a car for eletricity, it doesnt make any sense. just, go for graphene batteries!

    • @mathiastwp
      @mathiastwp Před 10 lety

      NorwegianVikingArt Keep my word in mind. Within 2080 it´ll be possible. Believe what you want. But I believe it´s possible.

  • @lucaderighetti7653
    @lucaderighetti7653 Před 4 lety +88

    Watching this in 2019 feels sooo strange 😂

    • @quinngoodman1078
      @quinngoodman1078 Před 4 lety +1

      Luca De Righetti this was the first top gear episode I ever watched, so yeah it brings back memories

  • @nachmzln1779
    @nachmzln1779 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Why is the old top gear episode is sooo goood

  • @awfully.average
    @awfully.average Před 9 lety +842

    electric cars are great for the environment , but hell just yesterday a tesla rolled up right beside me while i was cycling i and i didnt even notice it, scared the hell outta me
    sometimes too quiet is dangerous

    • @sisbrawny
      @sisbrawny Před 9 lety +75

      ***** That means we should be looking at different ways to produce mass energy. Wind, solar, hydro, nuclear... There's plenty of potential for improvement in those resources.

    • @martinziet7157
      @martinziet7157 Před 9 lety +54

      *****
      Not to mention that the efficiency of burning even fossil fuels at a power plant to create electricity is waaay higher than of petrol combustion happening locally in your engine. So still, a fraction of the pollution is produced by the electric car, even if its measured at the powerstations chimneys.

    • @Dr.TJ_Eckleburg
      @Dr.TJ_Eckleburg Před 9 lety +17

      Electric cars save gas, that's it. They're not 'better for the environment' at all. The process of fabricating those batteries -- and then disposing of them when they're done in a few years -- is just as damaging to the environment as driving a car, just in a less visible way.

    • @Dr.TJ_Eckleburg
      @Dr.TJ_Eckleburg Před 9 lety +12

      ***** We absolutely will have oil for another 200 years. Maybe even more.
      Environmentalists have been predicting '10 more years of oil' for the last fifty years, and they're just as wrong now as they've ever been. It's a big planet, and there's plenty of oil out there.

    •  Před 9 lety +9

      TJP77 Your lies are tedious.

  • @sahilkhullar
    @sahilkhullar Před 5 lety +148

    top gear editing is on another level. One of the best videos.

  • @dreamscapeai7
    @dreamscapeai7 Před 4 lety +295

    I like how they don't put a link to buy this car because they know the viewers have no money.

    • @emiliospowerballer1441
      @emiliospowerballer1441 Před 4 lety +67

      people who buy such cars dont watch youtube video at 3 am. they buy them even before they are well advertised and popular

    • @frij539
      @frij539 Před 4 lety +18

      Am I offeneded?
      Yes
      Do I agree?
      Absolutely.

    • @emiliospowerballer1441
      @emiliospowerballer1441 Před 4 lety +3

      @@user-ru1eq7tw4y yes because rich people do research before they buy cars

    • @netweed09
      @netweed09 Před 3 lety

      No, they know sane people shouldn't bother

    • @peytonwalker8050
      @peytonwalker8050 Před 3 lety

      You can't buy this car even if you had the money. What a stupid comment.

  • @mattderynioski1434
    @mattderynioski1434 Před 3 lety +38

    I hope Mercedes revisits this soon. I’d love to see how much the technology has advanced.

  • @jaikee9477
    @jaikee9477 Před 8 lety +71

    The SLS AMG-E is just an engineering exercise, not a car for series production. Only a handful of them exist and kiddies here wonder why it costs a fortune.

  • @xBlackRaiderx
    @xBlackRaiderx Před 10 lety +46

    Driving an electric car would be interesting, but just the thought of flooring on the accelerator and hearing nothing will screw with my mind D:

    • @EvanBlack11
      @EvanBlack11 Před 10 lety +7

      You can always add a engine sound box. Just think everyday you could get inside of your car and have the sound of a different cars engine.

    • @katanamd
      @katanamd Před 10 lety +1

      There would be a lot of screeching.

    • @dbclass4075
      @dbclass4075 Před rokem

      One solution can be found in some ICE vehicles: a sound tunnel connecting the engine/motor to the cabin.

    • @xBlackRaiderx
      @xBlackRaiderx Před rokem +2

      @@dbclass4075 Damn I posted that 9 years ago. I've driven many EVs since then and contrary to my previous belief, the whole no noise thing doesn't bother me at all

  • @TheAdekrijger
    @TheAdekrijger Před 4 lety +41

    I have never ever watched a topgear episode or an grand tour episode without being entertained. These guys seem to never miss the mark. True entertainment legends.

  • @unicornhuntercg
    @unicornhuntercg Před 2 lety +7

    4:40 this looks so clean and perfect that I thought it was CGI

  • @preston121068
    @preston121068 Před 10 lety +78

    Just wait until they perfect the production of graphene as a superconductor. 90% less weight than those conventional batteries, holds a charge 5 times longer and charges in minutes, not hours.
    We are truly seeing the supercar of the future here.

  • @anzeg-
    @anzeg- Před 9 lety +147

    No sound = no fun
    You're not gonna need that kind of performance unless you're on a race track anyway.
    I like to hear something when you floor it, not silence....

    • @SR-cp1eo
      @SR-cp1eo Před 9 lety +2

      They built this to prove that Electric cars have the potential to be better than gas cars. Still far to come but its a hell of a start.

    • @anzeg-
      @anzeg- Před 9 lety +1

      Add8adam MC™ Synthetic fossil fuel is a thing you know.

    • @xxX_420BlazeIt_Xxx
      @xxX_420BlazeIt_Xxx Před 9 lety +1

      Would it make you feel better if they added fake engine sounds grandpa?

    • @Metal-Joker
      @Metal-Joker Před 9 lety

      You've got to be kidding!!!! It is as if a demon flying on the air soundless to get its prey!!!
      WITH THAT HORSEPOWER, THIS IS SOUNDLESS DEATH ITSELF!!!!

    • @BunkerBlog
      @BunkerBlog Před 9 lety

      Nikko Read That is actually really stupid. Come on, I payed for a $105,000 iPhone?

  • @muhsinatras9755
    @muhsinatras9755 Před 3 lety +54

    "What in the name of god, is powering this thing?"
    God i love british accent...

  • @octaviews
    @octaviews Před 2 lety +16

    The old Top Gear had an amazing editing.

  • @georgerosebush9754
    @georgerosebush9754 Před 8 lety +1012

    Am I the only one that really really likes the paint job on the electric? I can't get over it.

    • @licenseplate8699
      @licenseplate8699 Před 8 lety +27

      +George Rosebush the rather well known Solarbeam colour option for the newer SLS is around £11,000 and thats no typo........ but god its beautiful

    • @roguedogx
      @roguedogx Před 8 lety +10

      +George Rosebush nope, and I do wish they had showed the other SLS in the orange paint it looks so good in.

    • @inobi30
      @inobi30 Před 8 lety +10

      +George Rosebush I just had a search and the blue one is unbelievable also.

    • @satanonfire666
      @satanonfire666 Před 7 lety +5

      i want that car..

    • @Rilex037
      @Rilex037 Před 7 lety +46

      More, like, Im the only one who hates it and will choose the gray one every day...

  • @zeeman857
    @zeeman857 Před 6 lety +13

    2:03 when I first saw this episode, I turned up the volume to almost Max, and was deafened by the silence....

  • @Redwood21
    @Redwood21 Před rokem +2

    this is definitely one of my top favorite top gear films - it's so serious and shot in a way that evokes a bleak and timeless feeling. great television.

  • @onetuffsubie
    @onetuffsubie Před 2 lety +1

    one of my absolute favorite episodes ever, jeremys commentary is second to none. an absolute blast listening to him

  • @german_shepherd_dog9169
    @german_shepherd_dog9169 Před 7 lety +145

    Meanwhile at the Toyota Prius factory...

  • @rodrigoamor
    @rodrigoamor Před 10 lety +136

    Don't understand all the negative comments about this vehicle's range.
    The battery technology that was used for this car is several years old, it is not surprising that it runs out so fast. Also, this is a prototype car,not really a production vehicle and is only sold if ordered to build.
    In contrast the all electric Tesla Model S can go 200+ miles on a charge of real world driving without breaking a sweat; goes 0-60 in 4.2 seconds and has sitting room for 5 adults.
    The SLS electric with it's older battery technology which is less energy dense and heavier, accelerates 0-60 in 3.7 seconds and has less a little over 100 miles of range.
    Alas, any vehicle that is driven at 140 mph for 7 minutes and is floored to accelerate 0-60 in 3.7 seconds constantly will run out of juice pretty fast. Be it electric or gasoline

    • @foxtrot_oscar
      @foxtrot_oscar Před 10 lety

      Several dude this car was built before 2004

    • @foxtrot_oscar
      @foxtrot_oscar Před 10 lety

      Several dude this car was built before 2004

    • @adanchadwick123
      @adanchadwick123 Před 10 lety

      Although they do have better acceleration

    • @FARQ3X
      @FARQ3X Před 10 lety

      Mikolaj Lukasik Are u fucking kidding me?! 2004.... thats SLR not SLS

    • @LupusAries
      @LupusAries Před 10 lety +4

      ChadersGaming
      Electrics have always better accleration, look at the railways, electrics have always better acceleration than diesels of the same class.
      It's because of the limitations of Piston Engines, they only have maximum effectiveness in a very narrow range of rpms, which can be somewhat mitigated by using a gear.
      But then a gear box isn't very effective, which was why most locos are today either Diesel-hydraulic* (smaller part) or diesel electric**.
      Though both technologies, especially Diesel electric is to heavy for a car....and maybe to dangerous
      An electric traction motor has no such effective rpm problems, you want more acceleration, you just add more power, the effectiveness is the same over the whole range of power.
      *instead of a gearbox a hydraulic torque converter is used, much lighter than Diesel electric and therefore a loco has a higher power-to-weight ratio.
      Problems are it's high maintenance requirements, and the fact that if you want to generate electricy for onboard appliance, you will need to fit a small generator.
      Advantages, very light-weight compared to a Diesel electric, no generator needed, no high voltage electrics, therefore safer to use for the common man, and 85-95% efficiency for modern torque converters.
      ** The diesel electric is use to drive a generator, via a driveshaft.
      The generator generates electricity which is then used to drive electric traction motors.
      It's an electric loco that carries it's own onboard generator, kinda like if you stuck one of these emergency diesel generators on board a loco and used it to drive the loco.
      The problem with that technology is that you need an engine, and a generator, which makes it very heavy.
      The advantage is that it's very rugged and even works on minimal maintenance and electric power for onboard appliances is created as a byproduct.
      Now if you could make that technology light enough for a car........and then used the generator to produce electricity during braking...
      Dunno how far that is included in hybrids, and then there is the fact that there is some serious high voltage and high ampere in Diesel Electric.
      Edit: Well, engine breaking could be done very easily, if the have rotary current traction motors, because you can turn them into recuperating brakes, or in other words a generator.
      Which would help with the range, especially if you go downhill and have an effective one.
      The Taurus recuperating brake has an effectiveness of more than 90%, so 90% of the braking power goes out as juice into the overhead wires and only 10% are heat.
      Imagine that for a car.....

  • @PG-20
    @PG-20 Před rokem +8

    In 2014 electric supercars were thought of as mythical. Now we get one every Sunday.

  • @joan3338
    @joan3338 Před 4 lety +12

    This level of editing is just beyond everything from these days.

  • @BOBISMCHANNEL
    @BOBISMCHANNEL Před 5 lety +240

    its 2019 now and you just need an hour to charge it

    • @teslatrev5764
      @teslatrev5764 Před 4 lety +23

      My electric car takes a minute to charge, 200 miles cost £5 and the fuel station is open 24/7 365 days a year with no queues no dirt no smells ....

    • @FaisalKhan76
      @FaisalKhan76 Před 4 lety +1

      @@teslatrev5764 which car it is?

    • @teslatrev5764
      @teslatrev5764 Před 4 lety +11

      @@FaisalKhan76 Tesla model 3

    • @Zak-ob5ze
      @Zak-ob5ze Před 4 lety +8

      @@teslatrev5764 There aren't very many super chargers in England though. Especially in the north so it is still impractical

    • @pankajbhagawati2984
      @pankajbhagawati2984 Před 4 lety +10

      *an hour

  • @lungelongema8501
    @lungelongema8501 Před 6 lety +51

    I remember watching this on tv and I thought “wow this lime car is gonna be loud” but then...

  • @ExpensiveFridge
    @ExpensiveFridge Před rokem +1

    One of my all time favorite top gear reviews.

  • @luqmanhakimi910
    @luqmanhakimi910 Před 4 lety +13

    This really is an example of an automotive company pioneering innovation for the industry.

  • @rvmvadati
    @rvmvadati Před 9 lety +1139

    It is as quiet as a library for church mice! LMAO!

  • @Centricsts
    @Centricsts Před 7 lety +65

    ah, the good old days

  • @IronMan3582
    @IronMan3582 Před 2 lety +5

    It's really cool to see that Mercedes was thinking this far ahead about electric performance masheens back then and now to see what Ford is doing with it now with the electric Cobra Jet today. That will always be the fascinating thing about cars, everyone has a different idea of "what's best" and how they implement it for the end consumer to experience.

  • @co.1157
    @co.1157 Před 3 lety

    Great episode

  • @slot1999
    @slot1999 Před 8 lety +1546

    44% in 7 minutes. huge battery drain.

    • @mutlutekin4628
      @mutlutekin4628 Před 8 lety +32

      And if he even fly with it, its to much.

    • @redluca56
      @redluca56 Před 8 lety +93

      +Dato Alavidze My phone is better than that, and it's crap! xD

    • @Trailcel
      @Trailcel Před 8 lety +61

      +Luca Munro this car is for sport and race, not for drive like a prius!
      And i not say prius is bad! ^^

    • @SlightlyDank
      @SlightlyDank Před 8 lety +42

      +SupraStunting u make a mistake bro,. Yes, Prius actually is very very ugly

    • @VIctorAbicalil
      @VIctorAbicalil Před 8 lety +46

      +ganymedeIV4 one lap at the nurburgring is 20km long

  • @Krysstophe
    @Krysstophe Před 10 lety +17

    The time when all cars become electric is the time I stop being interested in cars

    • @CrispyRichter
      @CrispyRichter Před 2 měsíci

      So nearly a decade later... still think that?

  • @kanyescousin4359
    @kanyescousin4359 Před 4 lety +2

    Time flies so fast...

  • @furkanesen99
    @furkanesen99 Před rokem +1

    So quality video thank you @topgear I Be Love to SLS 😍

  • @snyc42
    @snyc42 Před 10 lety +13

    1:56 totally fell for it. gotta love Mercedes

  • @olutobii
    @olutobii Před 10 lety +23

    Jeremy is perhaps the best presenter in the world imop..

    • @austinXDFtw
      @austinXDFtw Před 10 lety

      Steven McMiert im going to have to say Jeremy is better for sure but Chris Carris is a close second, with Matt Farah being a distant third.

    • @Cynchronia
      @Cynchronia Před 10 lety

      They are both the greatest presenters we have and probably will ever have, however, they are very different in character. Jeremy is a comedian and an award winning writer who knows a lot about cars. Chris is an auto journalist who knows a lot about cars and has witty and entertaining way of telling the facts. To put them head-to-head would be unfair as each brings something special to the table. Personally I think Jeremy appeals to a wider demographic of non-pistonheads which means he sells more. On the other hand Chris will keep any pistonhead like myself glued to the telly watching him describe details that we will barely remember or need.
      TopGear - lots of laughs & a few facts
      Drive/EVO - lots of facts & a few laughs
      Motor Trend - a bit of both
      Brian Cooley - a class of his own :)

  • @reki353
    @reki353 Před 2 lety

    this is one of the most amazing top gear videos i have seen in my life

  • @alolanstarboy
    @alolanstarboy Před 2 lety +21

    It’s so weird to imagine that in 2013 the electric SLS was an oddity, the general idea of an electric super car in general felt so foreign and odd. Yet that was basically the writing on the wall.
    Now every upcoming super car and car in general seems to be heading towards electrification and it has become the norm rather than the exception. Interesting how quick things change

    • @raulbila46
      @raulbila46 Před 2 lety +1

      get ready to drive again petrol engines, because electric cars just go fast but will never bring those goosebumps hearing it roaring at high RPMs

    • @josecolon2717
      @josecolon2717 Před rokem +4

      @@raulbila46 as a guy who grew up listening to V12s going full power on a drag strip, and went to bed listening to V8s being worked on. I still have to say I like electric better.
      Don’t get me wrong, it’s like old steam engines, there is a character and charm to gas power, but once we crack the power problem, it’s game over gas. And you would have to be mental to want a gas car by then anyway.

    • @littleclairesboyfriend8392
      @littleclairesboyfriend8392 Před rokem

      Go ahead, charge your electric car off the coal plant down the street. Yeah not joking, with russian oil being cut countries like Germany are opening up coal plants again. By the way, to make hundreds of electric cars it takes 500,000 gallons of water in dry regions that have the lithium and cobalt. Yeah it takes fossil fuels to divert and export water supplies. Lets also not forget the hydrochloric acid and other toxic compounds that are used, and the sheer destruction to the environment from mining down to get the raw materials. There is no free lunch. If you want to save the environment live close to work and use less energy. Any energy consumption hurts the environment and no amount of special interest investments into hiding how the forms we use it in will change that.
      I will personally never prefer the feeling of stored power to combustion power for driving either- regardless it annoys me how the media keeps acting like all these more expensive green energy options will save the environment. They wont. Individual decisions will. While we’re on that subject earth had about ten times more carbon in the atmosphere during the Cretaceous and its during this period mammals began to thrive and most of our ancestors began to evolve supposedly. Climate change will happen on its own with or without us through natural processes like procession of the equinox and plate tectonics. Ice is currently building in Antarctica faster than it is being lost in the arctic according to nasa from a 2016 study- due to how the earth is positioned to the sun. The position of the earth to the sun will cause climate change and nothing humans will do will stop it.

    • @josecolon2717
      @josecolon2717 Před rokem

      @@littleclairesboyfriend8392 amazing, more than 80 percent of what you just said, is wrong. Like wow good on you.
      Anyhow I’m fully carbon zero, produce all my own power, have my own water spring and as such an electric car is much better for my needs, I don’t pay for anything but the car itself, and the one time negative emission is just that, one negative. Honestly you morons who act like gas powered cars are going extinct should just shut it, news flash they are not, they will be around for ages.
      Now go play with your tinker toys and let those of us who want to stop paying utilities to do as we please

    • @dbclass4075
      @dbclass4075 Před rokem

      @@josecolon2717 Even still wanting a gas vehicle for fun, it will also be mental to use it as a daily driver when electric is more efficient in that regard.

  • @warnpassion
    @warnpassion Před 10 lety +17

    Just replace those batteries with Nokia 3310 batteries, charge them full and get enough power to travel Andromeda galaxy at the rate of 220 MPH.

  • @jitterball
    @jitterball Před 10 lety +20

    The iPhone of electric cars. You look at it, half of the battery is gone^^

  • @MeetBushe
    @MeetBushe Před 3 lety +12

    The moment he said "the world's first electric super car..." I sfrolled straight to the comments

  • @randomadskipper3855
    @randomadskipper3855 Před 2 lety

    What a beautiful review ❤️

  • @helpmelol7097
    @helpmelol7097 Před 8 lety +6

    03:48 "and it's electric, like a food blender" xD Jeremy man I miss you

  • @DutyOfGothicStyle
    @DutyOfGothicStyle Před 6 lety +5

    0:37 one of the best and the most mesmerising scenes in REAL Top Gear I've ever seen

  • @OscarWildYT
    @OscarWildYT Před 4 lety +10

    You’ve got to love they included “superliminal” from Deadmau5 at the end of the video.
    And the video itself too, of course

    • @wcburnsie3462
      @wcburnsie3462 Před 4 lety +2

      I was just about to comment on that, I couldn't help noticing it.

    • @OscarWildYT
      @OscarWildYT Před 4 lety +1

      WCburnsie 0 I wish people made more cars videos with this kind of music...

    • @IronWarrior95
      @IronWarrior95 Před 4 lety

      Does anyone know the music at 0:38??
      I know this video for 6 years and no one could tell me, which music it is.. 😌

  • @vinitbhole3962
    @vinitbhole3962 Před 3 lety +7

    Just watching one member of the legendary trio is more exciting than the new entire cast

  • @SarvagyaB
    @SarvagyaB Před 9 lety +369

    ssd vs hdd...LOL

    • @Killershark217
      @Killershark217 Před 9 lety +29

      Ssds pull ahead more than that though

    • @sergioferreira5771
      @sergioferreira5771 Před 7 lety +3

      Axecution its called rimac :D

    • @1313eable
      @1313eable Před 6 lety +8

      Yeah, but an SSD does not have any downsides besides its cost. An electric car still has its range as a downside, which is a pretty significant one as well.

    • @mkerimi
      @mkerimi Před 6 lety +1

      1313e ssd have downsides too.They have limited write cycles whereas hdds have unlimited number of writes as long as it’s functioning

    • @71ruinsigil
      @71ruinsigil Před 6 lety +2

      Sascomer Random by the time your ssd runs out of write cycles you've already upgraded to a newer model. And that newer model would last even longer

  • @JL-ef7bh
    @JL-ef7bh Před 10 lety +36

    From today onward, I will never accept a drag race challenge from someone who claims he will race me with an electric car.

  • @elnyoutube123
    @elnyoutube123 Před 2 lety +3

    "And many buttons that do things" i love Jeremy's comprehensive reviews 😂

  • @rice2679
    @rice2679 Před 4 lety +1

    First top gear episode I watched

  • @comicalsans3561
    @comicalsans3561 Před 5 lety +35

    1:42 "this is the first car ever to come with its own high visibility jacket."
    So Mercedes-Benz knows how to prevent it from getting hit by a train?

  • @mohamed.e8177
    @mohamed.e8177 Před 7 lety +375

    God I miss Jeremy clarkson

    • @kavehhashemi654
      @kavehhashemi654 Před 7 lety +15

      me too i miss top gear uk i find it better than top gear usa and even better than the new top gear

    • @rdablock
      @rdablock Před 7 lety +24

      Old Top Gear UK > The Grand Tour.

    • @adnanahmad8107
      @adnanahmad8107 Před 6 lety +2

      ArdaBlock true

    • @Lakitu886
      @Lakitu886 Před 5 lety +1

      @@rdablock I love both, Old Top Gear has the slight edge though

  • @siddhantsabharwal
    @siddhantsabharwal Před 3 lety +5

    This will never get old 💯

  • @Lol-dd2ud
    @Lol-dd2ud Před 2 lety

    Coming back to watch this masterpiece

  • @sebastianochs7714
    @sebastianochs7714 Před 4 lety +74

    7 minutes 44 percent of the battery 😂 oh boy

    • @mrMatt1303x
      @mrMatt1303x Před 4 lety +15

      Just like my old IPhone

    • @Neojhun
      @Neojhun Před 3 lety +7

      For the Porsche Taycan some serious canyon carving eat most of the battery in just over 35 minutes. You still need to leave some range to get to a charger. Ehh i guess that's some progress.

    • @Neojhun
      @Neojhun Před 3 lety +1

      @Marvi Wilson Good Point atleast the Tech is improving. Once 45 Minute Track Session is doable you have a usable track weapon.

  • @jonavuka
    @jonavuka Před 9 lety +70

    love the colour for the electric car

    • @vapeknights2017
      @vapeknights2017 Před 8 lety

      Yuup me too

    • @nilsvids
      @nilsvids Před 8 lety +9

      +jonavuka It's okay to have bad taste.

    • @danrg26
      @danrg26 Před 8 lety +3

      +nilsvids its OK to be insane

    • @ACoolStupidDog
      @ACoolStupidDog Před 8 lety +3

      +danrg26 You gotta agree it's a bit violent on the eyes. I think it's ok, except the grille.

  • @champanzee572
    @champanzee572 Před 2 lety +2

    I literally turned up the volume and thought my speakers were fried🤣

  • @priorabrat
    @priorabrat Před 3 lety +1

    omg old top gear love!!!

  • @cyclone4565
    @cyclone4565 Před 7 lety +34

    Casually playing some Deadmau5 at 6:45

    • @ImSeRiX
      @ImSeRiX Před 7 lety +1

      Canadican I swear it's not deadmau5😂

    • @joelfontane6617
      @joelfontane6617 Před 7 lety +4

      ImSeRiX it is, deadmau5 - Superliminal

    • @AVINIDE
      @AVINIDE Před 6 lety +2

      I was shocked when I first heard it. Never thought I'd hear deadmau5 song in Top Gear

    • @ahmeddaniyalhussain6159
      @ahmeddaniyalhussain6159 Před 6 lety +2

      Top Gear has always used trendy songs in their films, they once playes Belly Dancer by Akon in the background while reviewing a Ford Focus

  • @17industries42
    @17industries42 Před 5 lety +6

    3:53 The answer you're looking for is instant torque

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 Před 4 lety +2

      Drag racing an electric car with a gas car is so pointless. Good entertainment for non car people though.

  • @Reign.Zaragoza.Tu.Odelschwanck

    Clarkson: Well, turn up the volume on your TV and listen to this
    The sound of the car: .......😂

    • @ahmedalj9303
      @ahmedalj9303 Před 3 lety

      😁😁😁😁😁😁 I just waited

  • @Okeyscontent_
    @Okeyscontent_ Před měsícem

    Watched this episode 🔥

  • @ItsMrE.K.
    @ItsMrE.K. Před 8 lety +758

    Its a fast car but only for 15 minutes.

    • @armwrestling23
      @armwrestling23 Před 8 lety +10

      +Emre Karaman At max power driving year 15 min on the race track

    • @TheMAgicMost
      @TheMAgicMost Před 8 lety +51

      Like Sex

    • @hdcampbell8981
      @hdcampbell8981 Před 6 lety +40

      To be fair at full throttle doing racing stuff the average petrol supercar is little better. Top Gear even did a film about it. Audi R8, Ferrari, Lambo etc all ran dry within 10 minutes of crazy stuff.

    • @hasanal-habbobi4018
      @hasanal-habbobi4018 Před 6 lety +5

      Emre Karaman and as the technology progresses it will be a faster car for longer and longer periods of time.

    • @user-hs2hd7wp9g
      @user-hs2hd7wp9g Před 6 lety +8

      HD Campbell there is no way you can drain a full tank within 15 min, drive it as hard as you can it won’t be possible.

  • @michaelramsey82
    @michaelramsey82 Před 5 lety +21

    This might be my favorite Top Gear review. If even stubborn old Clarkson is impressed by an electric car, you know they're doing something right.

  • @image_cafe7343
    @image_cafe7343 Před 2 lety

    One of my fav episodes

  • @malindubatheegama3374
    @malindubatheegama3374 Před 2 lety +1

    This is my favorite car. I love the design. Its so beautiful. Also it's sound.

  • @shanepoland5968
    @shanepoland5968 Před 7 lety +241

    Why does the electric sls have paddle shifters?

    • @Nderak
      @Nderak Před 7 lety +47

      Probably to control Regen.

    • @gravemind6536
      @gravemind6536 Před 6 lety +35

      to change between reverse, drive and park maybe. I've seen other Mercedes have them for that purpose.

    • @chewbaccabuddy3377
      @chewbaccabuddy3377 Před 5 lety +6

      Gravemind its for the regen braking, the SLSs have a stubby little gear selector in the middle of the interior

    • @mort7987
      @mort7987 Před 5 lety +9

      Electric Motor shifting duuh

    • @dustynewbie7897
      @dustynewbie7897 Před 5 lety +1

      *only Mercedes knows*

  • @JimiLappalainen
    @JimiLappalainen Před 6 lety +3

    This is one of my all-time favorite of Top Gear reviews. I've watched this like a million times lol.

  • @__luggas6225
    @__luggas6225 Před 3 lety

    3:10 Dont know why I love this sound so much

  • @makacodi8836
    @makacodi8836 Před 6 lety +1769

    Vegan vs Non-Vegan

    • @HenriZwols
      @HenriZwols Před 5 lety +223

      When doing physical exercise, the vegan will run out of energy in 15 minutes.

    • @axelhogdal
      @axelhogdal Před 5 lety +114

      Henri Zwols Lewis Hamilton is a vegan and i guarantee he has a better physical condition than you.
      I know you were joking but still

    • @immersiveparadox
      @immersiveparadox Před 5 lety +7

      Henri Zwols lmao dude 😂😂😂

    • @idemolishu4679
      @idemolishu4679 Před 5 lety +17

      Henri Zwols yeah haha, and the meateater isn’t even able to compete cause he’s too weak

    • @badgoy8439
      @badgoy8439 Před 5 lety +87

      >triggered, malnourished vegans respond
      lmao