The only bit of pure bullshit that wasn't is that cars are WAAAYYY overpriced. They could be sold at around 1/3 of the asking price and still turn a profit.
@@antoinesilva1527 Of course it does 😵 That's the great joy of living in a capitalist economy, getting ripped off by manufacturers who will charge as much as they can get away with.
Have a look at Drive Tribe. They have video over an hour of 2 now old men, May & Hammond, playing with Lego. One of the funniest things I've ever seen. (Mind you, they are doing shots of "definitely not vodka" at the same time)
I swear to god this is an actual issue. My parents own a 2013 Jaguar XF and its bonnet really doesn't fit properly. I had it looked at during a service, they didn't understand that the two front corners were at different heights over the headlight. I've tried everything. It just doesn't fit!
Yes, the General Manager of General Motors, General Jim Taylor generally said that in response to the generally profound statement that Corgi is the future of motoring he generally bought half the shares of Corgi and started the production of new models, generally.
General Motor's General Manager General Geoff Mathers said in a press release today "I, generally speaking, resign from my position as General Manager of General Motors, respectfully. General Geoff Mathers"
This comment section escalated to the Yes Prime Minister scene where they talk about the general seriousness of a bad situation going seriously wrong in a generally serious sort of way in all seriousness.
To anyone here giving scientific arguments against this idea: Really? Seriously? It's a Top Gear video. Go research 'Fun' and leave Jeremy Clarkson alone.
I really hope every realizes they're joking. Jeremy has a doctorate in engineering, richard is the host of an engineering show and james is just plain genius. But on Top Gear...science = troll logic. That's why i love this show xD
Even though I am an American, the part near the end about us making cars seemed very funny to me! Richard: "Last week we discovered that the Americans have finally learned how to make a decent car. This week, we have discovered that they have forgotten again." lol
The funny thing is, they should be damn glad the Russians, French and Italians all make cars, because they’re the only manufacturers that make cars less reliable than the British.
Is there anything better to keep the smile on your face than these three guys. They are awesomely hilarious. Really nothing can beat them in the automobile world.
The funny thing is that the SRX was very popular in the states because it was indeed the right size at the right time. Midsize 2 row luxury crossover right at the start of the crossover craze
@@jimtaylor294 The bodywork and paint are genuinely advanced, though. I believe in the Supercars in Spain episode, the grit annihilated the undersides of all but the R8, which remained in pristine condition
@@charlesc.9012 Perhaps. Here in GB there are few Audi's beyond 20 years old, that aren't falling to bits. (1990's Audi build quality seemingly was really bad) By contrast: 1990's Rover's were rather uncool, dull as ditch water and often misbadged Austins or Hondas, but were robustly constructed, and had top draw rust protection. (having worked on a few, vs their contemporaries from Ford & Vauxhall) Wouldn't have either though.
It's 1/18th scale in all 3 dimensions, so it's in fact 5832 times smaller than the real thing, multiply that by the 10 pound cost, it's 58 320 pounds, and it hasn't got an engine, I think we're better off with car companies than toy companies :p
You're math is wrong. 1/18 is only 18 times smaller not 5832 times smaller. Plus, toy companies use molds to have a shape of the real car while the real car is assembled piece by piece (its cheaper that way).
Oleg Bezman also you cant use molds to make a car just car parts to assamble the car you have to put in a lot of advanced tech that you cant put in if its made in a mold
It's relative size is 1/18... what you're talking about is it's volume. It's 1/5832 the volume of the original. We take scale size to be the difference in size from a single perspective.
Preword: I know this was just a bit. Actually, mathematically speaking, if you were to scale that car up, assuming it's 1/10 scale and that all costs remain proportional to the material costs, it would cost £10,000.00. because in this case, we are dealing with volume, so if you multiply every dimension by 10, the volume of material is multiplied by 1,000. The cost of the engine is between 120,000 and 140,000 pounds, bringing the price up to at least £70,000, if you apply the same principle as Jeremy in the video. a transmission for an rs4 costs about £2,300.00, raising the price to £71,000. An actual Audi rs4 costs £100,000 at least. This means that if you were to scale up and produce the toy car, it will only be slightly cheaper than the real deal if you only make it technically drivable, there would be no suspension to speak of, giant toy tires, no heat, air conditioning, stereo, power windos, or adustable windows for that matter, or even lights. in short, you could make it cheaper, but in order to make it technically drivable, not legally, not advisable, not safely, just technically, you would be paying for an Audi A8, which is a fully funcional, safe, and legal car to drive.
Haha well yeah, same reason real life Godzillas or king kongs would have super wonky proportions and be scaled differently with thick legs But also, not serious haha
I've always remarked at the strength of toy cars compared to real ones, but take a simple scale factor of 1:10. The cross sectional area of the metal increases 100 x for the real car, but the weight increases 1000 x meaning the real car is 10 x weaker for its weight. Given that toy cars also use thicker metal relative to their size, you can see why they are so strong. Now what scales even more poorly than strength is kinetic energy. Going 10 x the speed gives 100 x the energy so a real car going 60 mph vs a 1:10 scale going 6 mph is 100,000 x the energy to absorb in a collision. Cars are actually quite good value. A tonne of cheddar cheese costs around £6000 and you can buy quite a lot of cars for far less than that especially if you go second hand.
Can't believe this very childish joke is being taken seriously lol! :-D Top Gear is a COMEDY show, not a serious informative motor program! Of course their idea would not work, anyone with even the slightest understanding of physics could see that.
I passed my physics test and I know this is the greatest idea a man has ever thought of Albert Einstein has got nothing on the Genius that is Jeremy Clarkson
I've been driving a 2006 Cadillac DTS for about three years. The only thing wrong with it is...well, nothing! I absolutely love the car and can find no really useful thing to say about it negatively. Some may attack the gas mileage but those are always empty arguments. Let me explain. First the mileage is really not bad, depending upon how you drive; Jeremy explained this perfectly in an episode of Top Gear where he raced a Toyota Prius and an M3 for gas mileage purposes. The M3 had better gas mileage. When driving any vehicle, including my Jetta TDI, I try to drive responsibly and save gas. Second some compare apples to oranges when saying that the DTS gets worse gas mileage than, for example, a Toyota Prius. But when one considers the total use of the vehicle being a five passenger, large trunk, heavy suspension, powerful engine, we may find that maximizing it's capacity (five people and their luggage) compared to maximizing the capacity of a smaller car that supposedly holds five persons with their luggage the DTS gas mileage does not drop appreciable whereas as the smaller car's mileage drops significantly. This does not even take into consideration the comfort ride of a car like this, and on a long trip small cars just are not comfortable like a bigger car such as the DTS. I'll take the Cadillac SUV any day over some of the smaller vehicles out there, especially for the type of major long distance driving we have to do here in North America.
+freestanding1000 weirdly the Prius is the only car that gets less MPG on a motorway than it does in Towns/Cities. Though, I bet my Vauxhall Insignia (You'd call it a Buick Regal) can beat yours on MPG ;) 75-80MPG(62-66USMPG) at 70mph
The main problem is at a small scale metals a really firm compound whereas if you enlarge it to car scale its much easier to bend and dent due to it being a softer compound. Plus if you did crash in a car that solid the shock would shatter your bones
Even though they are joking: Jeremy's toy car was 20 pound and 1:18 scale. Going full size means making it 18^3 = 5. 832 times as big. 20 pounds * 18^3 = 116.640 pounds... Pretty expensive for just a chassis and working steering..
*_900 MILES AN HOUR!_*
iT hAsN't EvEn GoT a PaInT cHiP!
thats 1448,41km/h
RELATIVE
Well... he didn't scale the air pressure... so
@@chicxulub2947 well you didn’t realize this was a joke so...
the ability of these men making comedy out of pure bullshit is nothing short of genius
You could say, its almost frightening.
Well they do say a good comedian can make even the phonebook funny
The only bit of pure bullshit that wasn't is that cars are WAAAYYY overpriced. They could be sold at around 1/3 of the asking price and still turn a profit.
@@downundanow5569 That’s how business works 😂
@@antoinesilva1527 Of course it does 😵 That's the great joy of living in a capitalist economy, getting ripped off by manufacturers who will charge as much as they can get away with.
I just watched 3 middle aged men play with toy cars on national television
True hahaha😂😆😂😆
Have a look at Drive Tribe. They have video over an hour of 2 now old men, May & Hammond, playing with Lego. One of the funniest things I've ever seen. (Mind you, they are doing shots of "definitely not vodka" at the same time)
@Ye P I bet you BBC were forced by car manufacturers because they were tired of them talking shit about their cars.
international television in fact
Sadly the idea of the video is the point
"The bonnet fits better than it does on the real one" always gets me.
I swear to god this is an actual issue. My parents own a 2013 Jaguar XF and its bonnet really doesn't fit properly. I had it looked at during a service, they didn't understand that the two front corners were at different heights over the headlight. I've tried everything. It just doesn't fit!
The general manager of general motors said generally
that he farted in your general direction
So generally speaking I got genuinely farted on by a general manager from general motors the conclusion is genuinely general
Yes, the General Manager of General Motors, General Jim Taylor generally said that in response to the generally profound statement that Corgi is the future of motoring he generally bought half the shares of Corgi and started the production of new models, generally.
General Motor's General Manager General Geoff Mathers said in a press release today "I, generally speaking, resign from my position as General Manager of General Motors, respectfully. General Geoff Mathers"
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jeremy got his wish with hot wheels and the camaro lol
Jeremy hates camaro's
@@ryanskyrme4664 then why did he buy a 1991 camaro rs with a 5.0l tbi 5speed in the usa special
@@adamspitfire he did ur right I forgot about that one he sometimes complanes about them.
The camaro is bad ass, ngl
I dont get it
To anyone here giving scientific arguments against this idea: Really? Seriously? It's a Top Gear video. Go research 'Fun' and leave Jeremy Clarkson alone.
" General Motors is over, corgi is the future "
* HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND INTENSIFIES *
God Save the Queen CRESCENDOS
This comment didn't age well...
I really hope every realizes they're joking. Jeremy has a doctorate in engineering, richard is the host of an engineering show and james is just plain genius. But on Top Gear...science = troll logic. That's why i love this show xD
Welcome to the square cubed law
Honorary doctorate tho.
To be fair, it is an honorary doctorate which means he didn't go to engineering school for 8 years to get it. But yeah, they're definitely joking.
I'm fairly certain no one is dumb enough to believe they were being serious.
James also has a doctorate in literature
3:43 what the producers said about Jeremy
screw u
Then BBC said the same thing for the show
Sadly yes
God tier
what did it say
It’s so late that the logic here is actually making sense to me lmao
Even though I am an American, the part near the end about us making cars seemed very funny to me!
Richard: "Last week we discovered that the Americans have finally learned how to make a decent car. This week, we have discovered that they have forgotten again." lol
They joke the same thing about chinese cars, lol.
The funny thing is, they should be damn glad the Russians, French and Italians all make cars, because they’re the only manufacturers that make cars less reliable than the British.
It's because it's concept of being that every pea brain forgets. AKA a joke
@@negativeindustrial that's why french and italian car industry gone bankrupt and the british one is on top... Oh wait
Interesting thing about Americans is that only the USA makes cars, no other American country!!!
3:39 American Accent
Man these guys were funny.
*are funny
Pretty sure they still livin lmao
Are bro
They still are and I'm really happy about their situations.
May owns a pub
Hammond has a family
Clarkson became Thanos
Are people aware that they may be joking?
Michael Martin Are you aware that SLR 96 may have been joking?
Michael Martin Alllllll righty then.
@Michael Martin You must be fun at parties when you deliberately misunderstand jokes.
Michael Martin Unfortunately no. I lost my powers of clairvoyance in an unforeseen car crash.
@Michael Martin I have a sense of humour, that's how I could tell. Do you have a sense of humour?
Nobody:
People making cars to sell on Wish:
"Sometimes my genius is... It's almost frightening"
Is there anything better to keep the smile on your face than these three guys. They are awesomely hilarious. Really nothing can beat them in the automobile world.
The definition of old top gear, legends.
I'm the lead scientist in the country of Mali and I can confirm that Jeremy Clarkson is correct
Troll Physics: "Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!!"
Step 2: Cover yourself in oil
Cricketist? lol
Hahaha he loves phrasing things like that, there's a lot of episodes where he refers to addicts or occupations like that
AsboJunior Just another Clarksonism
Cricketists, stabbists😆😆
policemanist :p
As a cricketer myself, this triggers me 😅
Hammond should of driven one if those cars in the race in Switzerland
Jeremy's facial gesture at 3:16 sums up Crossover industry as a whole
This is just one of the many reasons why these 3 are the greatest trio of presenters of all time
I love the clarksonisms e.g. “crickettist”
You can see Jeremy's engineering degree at work 😂
Nobody can do it better than Clarkson and his gang at Top Gear. Love those guys.
He's an engineer he knows what he's talking about
"Corgi is the future."
*happy welsh noises*
not seen this clip before. great stuff!thanks!
These three are hilarious. Love it.
The funny thing is that the SRX was very popular in the states because it was indeed the right size at the right time. Midsize 2 row luxury crossover right at the start of the crossover craze
0:48 James May is just awesome :)
0:48 best part
This is *so good* that I have no problem watching it in 240p
His genius is astounding
even if it didnt have an engine, it would be alot of fun going down a hill in a full size toy car
No, push it backwards to wind it up then get in and drive forward. Not only are these cars safe but they're the solution to climate change.
@@peter7582 peter lad ur a genius why hasnt anyone thought of this yet
@@leonfoxworthy😭🤣💀this interaction is funnier than anything new topgear has produced ever
@@YISTECH 😂
@@YISTECH man uses gan cubes what a legend
very nice
The trio entertains and enrages the die-cast community at the same time is the most TG thing ever.
I love Clarksons move from 1:19 to 1:22
Hammond: You really haven't thought this through, have you?
Almost a TG catchphrase
Gotta love them
Brilliant!
Them calling the SRX "huge" finally made me realize how small cars are in Europe.
"What you think would happen if someone used 100% of their brain?"
Brilliant. This is probly the best show ever lol
Seems legit. I'm convinced! :)
"It's got the same number of seats as a ford fiesta."
Jeremy actually acted like he said something brilliant there.
...which he did. SUV's are comically wasteful with their interior space, unlike proper 4x4's, estate cars, and regular saloons & hatchbacks.
"It hasn't even got a paint chip"
It is an Audi
It's what some *think* an Audi can do XD.
@@jimtaylor294 The bodywork and paint are genuinely advanced, though. I believe in the Supercars in Spain episode, the grit annihilated the undersides of all but the R8, which remained in pristine condition
@@charlesc.9012 Perhaps. Here in GB there are few Audi's beyond 20 years old, that aren't falling to bits.
(1990's Audi build quality seemingly was really bad)
By contrast: 1990's Rover's were rather uncool, dull as ditch water and often misbadged Austins or Hondas, but were robustly constructed, and had top draw rust protection.
(having worked on a few, vs their contemporaries from Ford & Vauxhall)
Wouldn't have either though.
I love Jeremy Clarkson he is so funny and love his logic. I would love to live with him. I would be laughing all day
Nice idea
I'm amazed they didn't bring toy transformers into the show.
It's 1/18th scale in all 3 dimensions, so it's in fact 5832 times smaller than the real thing, multiply that by the 10 pound cost, it's 58 320 pounds, and it hasn't got an engine, I think we're better off with car companies than toy companies :p
You're math is wrong. 1/18 is only 18 times smaller not 5832 times smaller. Plus, toy companies use molds to have a shape of the real car while the real car is assembled piece by piece (its cheaper that way).
Oleg Bezman no its 18 times shorter, lower and 18 times less wide so it is indeed 5832 times smaller.
Oleg Bezman also you cant use molds to make a car just car parts to assamble the car you have to put in a lot of advanced tech that you cant put in if its made in a mold
It's relative size is 1/18... what you're talking about is it's volume. It's 1/5832 the volume of the original. We take scale size to be the difference in size from a single perspective.
that's true. its 1/18 of the relative size in any dimension, but you would be able to fit in 5822 of those small cars in the volume of a big one
brilliant! XD
just brilliant, as always. :)
GENIUS
General Jim Taylor, General Manager of General Motors, Generally.
Preword: I know this was just a bit.
Actually, mathematically speaking, if you were to scale that car up, assuming it's 1/10 scale and that all costs remain proportional to the material costs, it would cost £10,000.00. because in this case, we are dealing with volume, so if you multiply every dimension by 10, the volume of material is multiplied by 1,000. The cost of the engine is between 120,000 and 140,000 pounds, bringing the price up to at least £70,000, if you apply the same principle as Jeremy in the video. a transmission for an rs4 costs about £2,300.00, raising the price to £71,000. An actual Audi rs4 costs £100,000 at least. This means that if you were to scale up and produce the toy car, it will only be slightly cheaper than the real deal if you only make it technically drivable, there would be no suspension to speak of, giant toy tires, no heat, air conditioning, stereo, power windos, or adustable windows for that matter, or even lights. in short, you could make it cheaper, but in order to make it technically drivable, not legally, not advisable, not safely, just technically, you would be paying for an Audi A8, which is a fully funcional, safe, and legal car to drive.
Shut up.
So? Then you take the 29 grand and put a stereo, heater and the suspension on. How hard can that be?
Can't forget about the weight; that would have to be multiplied by... 8,000?
@@thebossman222 ey chill
Is it just me or does that math add up perfectly
Best science show EVER!
America has been building quality autos for several decades now. They're called "Honda".
The Accord is the most American car
Honda isn't an American brand though. Yes they are building them here but they aren't "American".
Im pretty sure honda is japanese, not american
@@marcolau6309 and your '"bright". I know Honda is Japanese.
@@marcolau6309 You aren't pretty Honda
As someone who does Physics A level, this is both really funny and really painful.
But I agree. If you listen closely you can hear Clarkson's Genius
thanks for letting us know you do physics a level
@@olliecole7163 no problem lmao
love that movie
I almost choked. I legit almost died because of this!
Reminder: This bloke has a PhD in engineering
"Last week, we discovered that the Americans have finally learned how to make a decent car, this week we discovered they've forgotten again!"
Just have to love Jeremys math!!
how adorable is Richard.
TopGear = best show ever.
The square-cube law does come into effect when scaling.
thats the joke
Haha well yeah, same reason real life Godzillas or king kongs would have super wonky proportions and be scaled differently with thick legs
But also, not serious haha
TheOtherNeutrino it’s a joke
This segment is from season 12 episode 3.
Reminds me of the poll they held as to *Which Company has made the most great Cars?*
One of the most common answers was *Matchbox* :D .
"Perfect name at the perfect time"
Clarkson for life ! ScheiBe egal
+Lastchatte2
you just said "A window doesn't matter" in German... :DDD
A Normal Name
Eh, yes, he did. Do you speak German? I do.
ferrari2k I think he meant ß instead of B
May be, but that is not what he wrote ;)
ferrari2k Yea, I didn't say he can understand Rick and Morty.
Sometimes... my genius... it’s almost frightening!
this is top gear trolling physics
That's fast for a tank!
This is awesome! I do agree that cars are WAY overpriced. My Toyota FJ Cruiser, new, cost around $32,000. That's just nutty.
that's why those 3 should be in charge of the country with logic like that
You gotta love Top Gear logic! It's flawless! lol
You can't beat Jeremy Clarkson for being ridiculous can you? Great upload.
I've always remarked at the strength of toy cars compared to real ones, but take a simple scale factor of 1:10. The cross sectional area of the metal increases 100 x for the real car, but the weight increases 1000 x meaning the real car is 10 x weaker for its weight. Given that toy cars also use thicker metal relative to their size, you can see why they are so strong.
Now what scales even more poorly than strength is kinetic energy. Going 10 x the speed gives 100 x the energy so a real car going 60 mph vs a 1:10 scale going 6 mph is 100,000 x the energy to absorb in a collision.
Cars are actually quite good value. A tonne of cheddar cheese costs around £6000 and you can buy quite a lot of cars for far less than that especially if you go second hand.
Can't believe this very childish joke is being taken seriously lol! :-D Top Gear is a COMEDY show, not a serious informative motor program! Of course their idea would not work, anyone with even the slightest understanding of physics could see that.
im sorry but did you not see the video? jeremy is a gennuis!
soundseeker63 Saying that the poster took it seriously is just stupid. It’s obviously a joke and it’s a sarcastic title. Your the dumb one here
I passed my physics test and I know this is the greatest idea a man has ever thought of
Albert Einstein has got nothing on the Genius that is Jeremy Clarkson
@@MothDax "Sometimes my genius is,
F R I G H T E N I N G"
@@joelbmathew3195 "It generates gravity"
Mind blown
I was thinking about this video and laughing hysterically about it 'just scale it up" lmao
I've been driving a 2006 Cadillac DTS for about three years. The only thing wrong with it is...well, nothing! I absolutely love the car and can find no really useful thing to say about it negatively. Some may attack the gas mileage but those are always empty arguments. Let me explain. First the mileage is really not bad, depending upon how you drive; Jeremy explained this perfectly in an episode of Top Gear where he raced a Toyota Prius and an M3 for gas mileage purposes. The M3 had better gas mileage. When driving any vehicle, including my Jetta TDI, I try to drive responsibly and save gas. Second some compare apples to oranges when saying that the DTS gets worse gas mileage than, for example, a Toyota Prius. But when one considers the total use of the vehicle being a five passenger, large trunk, heavy suspension, powerful engine, we may find that maximizing it's capacity (five people and their luggage) compared to maximizing the capacity of a smaller car that supposedly holds five persons with their luggage the DTS gas mileage does not drop appreciable whereas as the smaller car's mileage drops significantly. This does not even take into consideration the comfort ride of a car like this, and on a long trip small cars just are not comfortable like a bigger car such as the DTS. I'll take the Cadillac SUV any day over some of the smaller vehicles out there, especially for the type of major long distance driving we have to do here in North America.
+freestanding1000 If you are only doing highway-speeds you must be an idiot for buying a Prius or any hybrid.
+freestanding1000 weirdly the Prius is the only car that gets less MPG on a motorway than it does in Towns/Cities.
Though, I bet my Vauxhall Insignia (You'd call it a Buick Regal) can beat yours on MPG ;) 75-80MPG(62-66USMPG) at 70mph
You must be an idiot for buying a Prius or any hybrid under any circumstances, not only highway speeds...
(Unless it is a Hybrid Hypercar)
+John Smith Are you an aussie?
freestanding1000 i
Even the trio didn't see the massive popularity of crossovers
This episode was filmed around 2008/2009, crossovers aren't popular in UK and Europe yet.
@@automation7295 that was my point...
The main problem is at a small scale metals a really firm compound whereas if you enlarge it to car scale its much easier to bend and dent due to it being a softer compound. Plus if you did crash in a car that solid the shock would shatter your bones
it's satire
moral of the story:
Jeremy: i just had a brainwave
The crumple zone: "Am I a joke to you?"
0:34 HOW HARD CAN THAT BE !!!
DON'T SAY THAT!
toys plastic string pull along car truck monster truck walking playing
I'm a model car enthusiast and I wanna know where I can get that range rover sport model from and the audi
1:28 Shoaib Akhtar the speed demon !!
900 mile/hour impact 900 MILE..👍😂
Even though they are joking: Jeremy's toy car was 20 pound and 1:18 scale. Going full size means making it 18^3 = 5. 832 times as big.
20 pounds * 18^3 = 116.640 pounds... Pretty expensive for just a chassis and working steering..
I see the trio has discovered the square cube law
What episode is that? Can't find it
its the taxes that are making them so expensive :P
imagine being run over by something this sturdy, instant death
The square-cube law is a harsh mistress
May was so surprised that the boot fit 😂