Building an Electric Car - Top Gear - BBC
Vložit
- čas přidán 31. 10. 2010
- Jeremy, Richard and James attempt to save the planet by building their own electric car out of a TVR chassis and milk float batteries, before descending on the streets of Oxford in their new creation.
Watch in full HD here: • How to Build an Electr...
Subscribe for more awesome Top Gear videos: czcams.com/users/subscription_c...
Top Gear CZcams channel: / topgear
TopGear.com website: www.topgear.com
Top Gear Facebook: / topgear
Top Gear Twitter: / bbc_topgear
This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback www.bbcstudios.com/contact/co... - Zábava
I love how they assigned them to the perfectly wrong jobs
James: Speed
Jeremy: Looks
Richard: Safety
They could not have got it more wrong.
Yeah. It should’ve been Jeremy for speed, Richard for looks and James for safety
SherpaFan03 Jeremy would’ve gone way overboard and stuck an engine that wouldn’t fit, Hammond would’ve made it look way too flamboyant and bright and James would’ve added random things they didn’t need.
It would be perfect.
james and speed dont go together, at least on earth
Except James is also the only host on this show they trust enough to put in a Bugatti Veyron making him the fastest
1:22 Elon Musk probably had a "mood room" with a picture of Geoff before.
This is underrated
It must have been a bit weird for him to launch his car into space with the space stig
Octavius Galacticus the Reliant Shuttle agrees
@@octaviusgalacticus2253 Stigs alien cousin.
You mean the people he hired for the firm he bought had a mood room? Maybe.
Without Geoff, we would have never had the Cybertruck
Yea.
Geoff is better.
"Jeremy, is that a section from a garage door?"
"YES"
" _Ook_ "
Hammond and May: We need an agressive name for our car
Clarkson: G E O F F
Jan S. My neighbor Geoff is a rather aggressive bloke, especially after I keep hitting golf balls into his car windows while training in the garden. So you see, it’s possible
based geoff
Could have been worse ... he could have gone with Gary ... meow
I fear a man whose name is Geoff when it could be spelled Jeff.
Jan S. And what exactly do you mean by that?
Jeremy literally built what everyone draws as background cars: A completely square and rectangular shape.
it's really interesting how a child's first portrayal of a car would look similar to the silhouette of the earliest cars
@@totalhydration5240 it’s also interesting how most of the earliest cars were electric powered aswell
Looks like any 80's car then.
@@baronburch6702 LMAO
7 years late yes, but is that the Osean Airforce Emblem in your PFP?
6:10
That scene is seriously underrated. Amazingly timed with the music yet hilarious at the same time.
I always love beautiful editing with perfect music
This is basically me after the sun comes out after a massive downpour and the light reflects off the water.
@@nick-brothwoodthis is me when I go outside the movie theater
Does anyone know the soundtrack
@@reece3408 YES
"Jeremy's shiny bonnet"
6:11
*A collapsed sun ignites in front of their eyes*
Japanese ppl during the end of WW2 💀
So they put Jeremy, who is in no measurable way handy despite being a doctor of engineering in charge of bodywork and design, James, who has no grasp on the concept of speed, in charge of power, and Hammond, who is apocalyptically accident-prone, in charge of the chassis, and the brakes, which he is physically incapable of using.
A recipe for hilarity if I ever saw one.
Jeremy Clarkson isn't a doctor of engineering
@@aaronm1246 it is an honorary degree to be precise.
@@toomanyaccounts Ah ok. He doesn't have any strong knowledge of engineering as far as I know so that would make more sense.
@@aaronm1246 well he has a love of it from a historical perspective. that is better then a lot of people who think our western world has always existed hence they can destroy it and rebuild with ease or that white people stole everything. both are often leftist positions.
It looks like a Tesla Cybertruck the first edition.
@@declanh2314 me too
That was literally the first thing I thought of when I saw it
I ❤ the Cyber Truck
@KABAKOKS I ❤ the cyber 🚚
@@tobias_k01 The Cybertruck's glass shattered, not break, meaning it did what it was supposed to do pretty well.
5:22 the Hardy Boyz theme playing just makes it even more hilarious and absurd 😂
Lol, I thought the same as well.
Considering the car is named Geoff (Jeff). As in "Geoff" Hardy.
😂
5:42 i have seen this episode soo many times and only now i realised that the car has a mustache LOL
Xantteboy LOL
I just realised it now as well.
Same
Hardy Boyz theme song for a car called Geoff. I respect that.
I was hoping someone else would notice that aswell
I just died and went to heaven when that music started
It almost went over my head!
His name is jeff hardy but someone thought it's geoff hardy😂😂
i want to see geoff jump off a ladder
That handwriting of Geoff is so satisfying
Geòff
5:28 is the only time that hammond looks taller than the other two
4:34 Hammond’s “Oh God…” is brilliant
5:23 That's GEOFF Hardy's music!
Ahahahah
YOU'RE FUCKING RIGHT!
That's the first thing I noticed😂
ITS THE HARDYZ BOYZ
I feel like the Pope, with his head in a box.
It’s actually really like the hardy boyz theme song Jeff’s theme is No More Words
@@oscarschoenmaker931 Is he back to No More Words? Because they've promoted it coming back, but then it didn't, and I don't follow wrestling that closely.
This was the prototype for that new Tesla Cybertruck and Geoff stills looks better in my opinion.
No, Geoff is a Bollinger B1.
This has got to be the most underrated comment
I was gonna comment that but I was to late
bibasik7 No a Bollinger B1 is just an electric Defender
At least it has a mustache
As an old Volvo enthusiast, i approve of the design. A 6 out of 6. Absolutely smashing!
5:13 GEOFF
Hammond looks like he's on an elaborate jigsaw trap
XD hahaha
Porche
Lagann
Hello Hamster, I want to play a game.
He is, 290mph crash and rimac crash
6:15
Cop: I should arrest and tow this.. thing for not being road safe.
2 seconds later
Cop: OH wait its those idiots, nevermind
Omg I was gonna make the same comment lmao
@@SteriCraft me too
Funny how the cops told themselves that they are idiots ACAB
@@halolime117 Wrong country.
@@halolime117 what the fuck
"That is the worst looking car in the world" "ide rather look at one of your dingleberrys" top gear never stops to entertain me 😆
6:18 that cop is questioning society
To be fair, they did make an e-car that could carry all 3 of them, and that on itself is impressive!
> e-car
Ambitious and…. Not great not terrible
Considering they started with a four-seat car and a working milk float, it's not really that impressive.
omg top gear used to be so good
Chris Evans has quit!!! :)
+Black Knight like someone is actually going to watch it
Only guy I know who might have a half decent chance of hosting it is that guy from car throttle
N
?
Watching Jeremy using power tools and handling large sheets of metal is like watching a toddler on a large climbing frame. You're proud of them for getting stuck in and giving it a good go but you're equally terrified about the very real risk of serious injury.
I remember seeing this thumbnail years ago and I still think that this is actually the most primitive electric car in existance.
Looks like the cyber truck but better in every single way
1:29 - "from which I could draw inspiration"
*shows a rifle designed with aesthetics last*
Heh-heh, well, ain't that a beauty? The only weapon to surpass Metal Gear, that is!
Forget that rifle, picture of Fiat Multipla was what killed me.
@@ThorneyedWT Ugh, compared to that Italian jalopy AK is a piece of art. It's like a cheetah - slick, beautiful, deadly.
@@ThorneyedWT Ого, вот это встреча. Я то голову ломал, чего видео раз в 4 месяца выходят, а он тут 50 летних чаехлёбов-автомобилистов смотрит.
“Nyet Kalashnikov is fine”
Nobody:
Topgear: Geoff
Tesla: *goes bankrupt*
this man predicted it all
elon: l a w s u i t
@@realkirbo Elon can't law suit them, TG can
I am a business man
True Man 🤣🤣
oh my god its a cybertruck
1:42 always gets me a laugh.... Thats prime engineering work :D
3:15 design inspiration from fiat multipla lolololol
lol
It's not a fiat, it's a Rover James
+German Babaskerov in spain and other european countries the Multipla is a Fiat. It's similar to Opel, Opel in England is Vauxhall
It was a reference to an episode, where they had to biuld a car for elderly people. they modified a fiat multipla and called it the Rover James (in honour to captain slow)
+German Babaskerov jjajajajajaja, ok, that's right, the car with the bus rearviews😂
Names the car Geoff. Gives it Jeff Hardy's theme song.
yeah. lol
+BanterClaus This is much funny than Anime
One of the top gear episodes had umaga's theme in it
Terry B How?
Jack Liddell what could be better?
1:41 is the Mona Lisa of the 21st century.
3:50 I really like the look of that car.
What car is that?
@@paladin8052 2009 GTM Libra 2.0
1:54 Jeremy saying “oww!” as he cuts his finger is probably one of his best moments
aluminum cuts are no joke
@@fuz5567 yes it is
Working with sheet metal with bare hands is obviously dangerous. I work at a truck manufacturing plant, and there's still a chance the sharp edges might penetrate cotton gloves, happened to one of the workers once.
There is a *BEAUTIFUL* irony of Richard Hammond, the guy who's brakes have NEVER worked in ANY special episode (that i can remember), doing the brakes.
Ambulance challenge his brakes caught fire
he an may made the mongolia car alone
bro invented the cybertruck
It's the cybertruck
Nah it's the cybersedan that Elon has been leaking on top gear
"I feel like the pope, with his head in a box".
+Michael Lifsted On all that edge?
ass hole
6:05
My head's being cooked in a box!
K J that makes no sense
Aau
Richard should have designed the body, James should’ve gotten the chassis, and Jeremy should’ve created the powertrain.
Battery? Brakes?
POWAAAAAH
@@watermalone5782 brakes for james and battery for the orangutan
@@moshahriz1346 I believe Jeremy does have training in electrical engineering, so probably would have wired the things up with more expertise than James.
Power!!
"jeremy drives a silent electtric car"
May: We need an agressive name
Clarkson: *_G E O F F_*
Can't wait for the Geoff 63 AMG.
Geoff 6X6
+Will O'Toole Autocar will love it soo much
Geoff utility vehicle
Nah, wait for the Geoff 63 AMG Black Series
Waiting for the Geoff SS
Jeremy:“ guys have any of you seen a car with a moustache?”
My Brain: chick hicks from cars
All BMW cars have mustaches. ;)
you rite
What about the new aventador svj
Acoustic02 _ beat me to it pal
I can’t believe no ones brought up the fact that Jeremy was IN cars.
“Jeremy, is that a section from a garage door?”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
Can’t believe electric cars were looking like this 11 years ago
The AK47 on Jermey’s inspiration wall reminds me of the time he said that he in order to be safe while camping in a car with James May, he has to use the AK47!🤣
kelcing ya but that wasn’t an AK-47 on the wall. I think it was an AKS-74U
@@NeedForSpeed.2004 The magazine in the AKS-74U is orange, so it was an AKS-47.
You couldn't have a gun in UK.
@@BlueRockEye Bakelite mags can be used in either the 47 or 74. The 74 mag is thinner.
4:19
"Is that a section from a garage door?"
"Yes."
"Okay..."
Jeremy just beating the shit out of a piece of aluminium after relaxing in his mood room is so funny😂
5:23 I just realized they used Jeff Hardy's entrance theme for Geoff's roat test that's hilarious 🤣
5:23 ‘GEOFF’ Hardy’s music making an appearance 🤩🔥
Commented about it a few years ago took so long for someone else to comment it
Atleast we can say the legendary theme of the Hardy Boys is getting used😊
Someone from their production team loved wrestling.
Jeff hardys old theme music was a great touch
Jacktus bro I thought i was the only one who noticed that.
Goeff Hardy
Hardy boyz theme
And to think, Tesla copied this design years later with the Cybertruck
6:11 That's exactly why later P-51D's had only one part painted-the bonnet. The entire airplane was chrome.
Elon musk:
WRITE THAT DOWN !! WRITE THAT DOWN!
😂😂😂
😂🤣🤣 good one
Is that a Charles the french reference?
500th like
@@neeleshpujari3877 Maybe I don't know
"has anyone ever created a car with a moustache?"
"no"
BMW: Am I a joke to you?
no bmw's have kidneys not moustache
@@huseyinuguralacatli5064 Or like, Lungs
Probably my 15th time watching this episode and only am now noticing Geoffs mustache
peter bowles has just passed away, today rest in peace mr bowles
I love that Clarkson, a doctor in engineering, always let's May, a pianist, do everything surrounding physics
A doctor of engineering TWICE.
@@GlyntTheCat Weren't they honorary roles that he never actually studied for though?
How the hell did CLARKSON get doctorate in engineering? There is no way that could possibly be real degrees?!?
@@poilboilerthey're not
"Has anybody ever made a car with a moustache" "no" err pretty much every BMW has a moustache
Oh god now that makes me think why the Germans designed it's mustache like that.........
+Charles8352
No, BMW makes cars with a pig's snout, to look just like the driver...
***** -_-
+Charlzey1998 Personally it looks like a shark nose.
Charlzey1998 and fisker karma
Tesla Cybertruck: "Who the hell are you?"
This masterpiece: "My name's Geoff."
after 12 years i still watching im crying this for this beautiful memories ❤️❤️
> Names car Geoff
> Puts Jeff Hardy music in it
Absolute win.
Ahaha, as soon as the music started, I headbanged like Jeff Hardy usually did in the past😂
Guaranteed to get you a DUI charge lol
Lmao jeremy with a mustache in the mood room
IShaolinMeditator101 Ii
ermmm,,,
ok
he was wearing a tache? I had no idea, I was too busy looking at the picture of the half-naked chick.
(rolls eyes) typical
If you look good you can see in front a mustache above the license plate
Cracks me up every time i hear jeremy say at 5:37 “it sounds like there filming an episode of bonanza” 🤣🤣
i like how Jeremy takes inspiration from a Fiat Multipla and an actor... wow.. We might have something to learn from him!
1:39 The design process of Tesla's Cybertruck
I heart the cyber truck
"DIY" episodes were my favourites of top gear. Wish they do more of this in the Grand Tour
I agree. They should bring back some of the challenges they did like the police car challenge or the limo challenge.
@@RedHat2023When percieved copyright just doesn't let you do it 😢
James: "Clarkson is in charge, God help us."
Best moment for me is 3:45 "This isn't actually....it."
Kid: *Mom can we have Tesla Cybertruck?*
Mom: *No we have Tesla Cybertruck at home.*
*Tesla Cybertruck at Home:*
daniel_crissey underrated comment
daniel_crissey better than actual cybertruck
Ay mate Geoff has more heart and soul than a Tesla and Herby combined!
il buy it for
*10 quid*
Gp2 Engine 10.1
Hammond turning around slowly with a defeated expression on his face at 4:00 - he knows the inevitable "Clarksonness" coming behind his back
Bazoobadoop yep
What’s the car before that
"You’ve built a car that will only do 10 miles an hour”😳😒"😂
"Has anyone ever done a car with a mustache?"
Lyft, years later: 👀
1:46 Actual cybertruck production line.
At 1:00 the car was ready and working lol
Thats the best part!
Ducati NYC Vlog haha
Gappie Al Kebabi r/woooosh
@Gappie Al Kebabi R/Woooosh
r/ihavereddit
Clarkson: “car makers can learn lot from this simple system I’ve adopted.”
Also Clarkson: *immediately cuts himself*
Elon musk : i want an electric truck design
Jeremy : hold my beer
Clarkson spent hours in a room full of inspirations and comes out with a box
Legend
He was inspired by the room itself rather than the stuff in it
@@dr.bright6272true
Sometimes his genius is terrifying
One might say it's the prototype of the cybertruck.
But just as the cybertruck it's ambitious and risky by not looking like a smooth drop.
These guys predicted the Tesla Cybertruck more than 10 years before its existence.
Edit: I'm going to be quite honest, this further solidifies my point that unoriginal comments like this one is able to get this many likes. All the other comments effectively say the same thing, and most of them are more original than the 12 word sentence I wrote on top. Then again, who needs originality anyways?
I ❤ the cyber 🚚
i don't mind the cyber
I, When i was a kid. Fantasized the Cyber
I'd rather the geoff
Ok guy with unturned pfp
"They will think that it's the second coming" always gets me
6:48 I lost it when Magic Bus started playing in the background.
One day, my son will draw a square car, and he'll tell me that he drew it, but it doesn't look good and he can't draw properly, I'll show you this video and I'll say "No son, you draw just fine, I'm proud of you"
Howdy Eagle! :')
He draw an geoff.
:)
I worship Eagles.
André Luiz Agra did he swanton bomb the drawing after?
Before tesla cybertruck, there was this car.
I ❤ the Cyber Truck
@@Andrewmylife i thought i would be the only one in this World WHO Likes this
Bjarne Jürgensen lol me two
Hammond has the high ground
George Vigne
*Don’t underestimate the Cybertruck’s power!*
Perfect entrance music for Geoff's first foray on the road. Introducing, Geoff Hardy of Team Extreme!
I like how Richard’s method of building was to just steal it from another car
4:08 Hammond: "That is the worst looking car in the whole world. I'd rather look at one of your dingleberries."
4:50 Is that a GTA San Andreas garage sound effect?
I think it's from GTA III
gta 3
That’s the sound a garage makes In real life
Jam H they're gamers..they dont know what real life is
"haha gamers don't have a life funny"
5:24 hardy boys theme song kicks in 😂😂😂😂
Top gear made a better car than a tesla in one afternoon
- ...Is that a section from the garage door?
- Yes.
- OK.
when a person who doesnt believe in electricity does the electric motor, a person who went to art college do the complicated-calculation of chassis, and a practical man do the detailing car design, this is what happens !
at least it's a bit funny :) way less anti-electric propaganda than i expected.
and they could have NEVER built an ICE themselves :-)
And this is how they designed the Pontiac Aztec, and the Fiat Multipla.
+Hanif Purbaya clarkson is anti practical lmao
+Captain Smartass electric cars don't suck because just because they have a range of about 100miles average and don't go insanely fast, they are just designed for people who only drive in the city where you don't need to go 80 mph
i like how the cop looked at it and thought yea thats probably road legal move along XD
"I'd rather look at one of your dingleberries..." 🤣
I always pronounce Geoff in my head like “jeauf”
Still better styling than the nissan juke obviously!
Or the Opel Mokka.
even that looks better than the nissan juke
+Company007 nouyrecjo
+Robin Tammik That's not really saying much.......
very true
Cybertruck nowadays
THIS is where Cybertruck got its inspiration from.