VW Touareg Towing a 747 Jumbo Jet - Fifth Gear

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  • čas přidán 20. 08. 2014
  • In this classic clip from Fifth Gear, Tom Ford wants to do the ultimate test for the VW Touareg. To tow a 155 tonne 747 Jumbo Jet.
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  • @madoba8717
    @madoba8717 Před 3 lety +204

    Mom can we have “James May”?
    We already have “James May” at home
    “James May” at home...

    • @zweideutigkeit8534
      @zweideutigkeit8534 Před 2 lety

      Fucking legend

    • @madoba8717
      @madoba8717 Před 2 lety +3

      @@zweideutigkeit8534 no my friend. YOU are the legend for replying to me after a whole year passed since i uploaded that comment lmao

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před 2 lety

      @@zweideutigkeit8534 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

    • @carsbass6903
      @carsbass6903 Před 4 měsíci +2

      James Can

    • @Pretzel829
      @Pretzel829 Před měsícem

      @@Angry.General1461don’t push it.

  • @ibrahimh.2828
    @ibrahimh.2828 Před 8 lety +1499

    I think a lot of people are missing the point.. This is a 2004 Touareg, this thing was an absolute beast. Essentially it was a 150K SUV that VW sold for 70K. It's suspension was and still is unmatched by any other SUV, it was simply so ahead of it's time that the average person neglected to see what it really was. VW used to make amazing cars, like the Phaeton, but the US market just wouldn't accept them as what they were, Now they have plants in Mexico and Tennessee, and they make them just the way Americans want them, cheap.

    • @hej1397
      @hej1397 Před 8 lety +20

      I planning to buy a 2006 Touareg or a Phaeton V10 of course I know there is phaeton V12 but that's not in my price range what's your advice?

    • @ibrahimh.2828
      @ibrahimh.2828 Před 8 lety +30

      Both cars are amazing. They are both big cars with big engines, so in reality the only thing you should look at when deciding between the two is what you plan on doing with the car. If you get a lot of snow or ever plan on taking the car off road then I'd go with the Touareg, it is available with AWD so it can take you anywhere without you having to worry about the weather or terrain. The Phaeton is great and could still handle snow, but not as well. The Phaeton is basically a Bentley with a different badge, it is far more luxurious than the Touareg.. Another thing to look at would be replacement parts should you ever need them. Parts for the Phaeton would be hard to come by and therefore more expensive. I'd go with the Touareg simply because of those two reasons. But if you like the more luxurious features that the Phaeton offers then go with that. You can't go wrong either way, both cars are amazing.

    • @LesAtlas
      @LesAtlas Před 6 lety +37

      They are great cars. But you better have really deep pockets if you want to keep them running.
      In 2003 while spending some time in Germany we ended up with a new rental Toureg diesel V10. I thought it was a just normal big SUV so I let my wife drive it on the autobahn. I was napping, but when my wife said it was faster than the Mercedes we rented some weeks before, I woke up. I saw that she was going over 200 kmh. So I told her to pull over, so I could drive it. It had a factory stick and I think it was the fastest R50 model. Boy, that was one fast and comfy SUV.
      Fast forward to 2016 and we're back in the US and we needed to find a good RV tow vehicle for long trips. So the wife says why not get a used Toureg V10 diesel? I could find just a few for sale in the US. I almost bought one, but after asking around, I heard that at around 100K miles, you might need to replace the turbos and/or other parts. But in a Toureg V10, it turns out that the cost of the part is a small fraction of the real cost: Since that V10 is such a huge hunk of aluminum, in order to swap in the new parts, you need to drop the whole engine, transmission, and the front axle. And you need a special hydraulic table to do this work. US VW dealers can't or don't want to do this. The Toureg V10 also has all kinds of other complications, like two independent 12 volt batteries and other Veyron design experiments. So maintaining a V10 Toureg is either incredibly expensive or just not possible, unless you are related to what's left of VW management.

    • @bvedant
      @bvedant Před 5 lety +6

      The US market doesn’t accept them because why would you pay over 50 grand for a VW when you could get an Audi or Porsche instead? No one needs the torque of these large engine diesels in America. American roads are appropriate for cars with power not torque

    • @dejanscepanovic2304
      @dejanscepanovic2304 Před 5 lety +7

      This is not 2004 touareg . Its 2006 or 07

  • @nazimelon6653
    @nazimelon6653 Před 4 lety +180

    Im honestly more impressed by the 4.3 tons ballast
    thats
    kind of insane
    like, thats one relatively big car per suspension-corner

  • @thehogan911
    @thehogan911 Před 10 lety +2855

    I'm not impressed until I see the 747 on full thrust pulling the other way.

    • @xrabkurdx
      @xrabkurdx Před 10 lety +54

      Hehehhehe

    • @cavanmiller1652
      @cavanmiller1652 Před 10 lety +31

      Reverse throttle or pushback on a 747 is not very fast

    • @TheSFMCreators
      @TheSFMCreators Před 9 lety +119

      cavan miller It's not about speed but about torque...

    • @MrChevypower
      @MrChevypower Před 9 lety +2

      Thom Valk Glad GE and Rolls Royce know speed is important! :)

    • @MXhm91
      @MXhm91 Před 9 lety +11

      Thom Valk , How much torque do you think a boeing 747 has? Alot more then a Touareg I presume

  • @chadsingleton7632
    @chadsingleton7632 Před 8 lety +764

    For sale :: low mileage tourag runs ok, new transmission, engine needs tlc.

    • @bruce-df9nu
      @bruce-df9nu Před 7 lety +65

      Chad Singleton for sale low milage only one plane pull done so far

    • @realkeremcam
      @realkeremcam Před 5 lety +7

      @CBR Fireblade sigorta şirketinin abartisindan dolayı 100k hasar kayıtlıdır

    • @theVakhovske
      @theVakhovske Před 5 lety +6

      @@bruce-df9nu for sale low flight hours 747-200 one pull done,engines never got fire in them, everything oem

    • @pau6545
      @pau6545 Před 4 lety

      You're a joke

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před 2 lety

      @@bruce-df9nu Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

  • @garrettthon4810
    @garrettthon4810 Před 5 lety +128

    would have been nice to see the transmission temp throughout that test

  • @claudiu9737
    @claudiu9737 Před 9 lety +923

    i wanna see a 747 towing a touareg

    • @moonsapling
      @moonsapling Před 6 lety +36

      Claudiu Ioncea impossible

    • @Valaki415
      @Valaki415 Před 5 lety +3

      Claudiu Ioncea the plane is fake

    • @Valaki415
      @Valaki415 Před 5 lety +5

      Just look at the engines , a 747 doesnt have engines put together when on a real 747 the engines are separate on the wing and if you compare more you will see more evidence that the plane is fake

    • @UlliStein
      @UlliStein Před 5 lety +20

      The plane was real and worked for British Airways, and in the film "007-Casino Royale" it played the experimental plane. That's why the engines look so weird.

    • @Fightre_Flighte
      @Fightre_Flighte Před 5 lety +17

      @@Valaki415
      Boeing 747 G-BDXJ, "City of Birmingham," is absolutely a real 747.
      It flew for British Airways for 22 years before selling it to
      European Aviation Air Charter for holiday and ad-hoc flights. They used it for a year and then sold it to
      Air Atlanta Europe, who used it for a year of charter flights. Air Atlanta Europe then ceased 747 operations and retired it.
      Last flight: 25 may 2005, from London Gatwick to Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey, England.
      Aces High Limited bought it for use as a film prop.
      The "engines," and "drop tanks," seen on the wings are hollow plywood mock-ups put in place for the james bond movie, Casino Royale. The removal of the engines and other components brought the weight down significantly, but it is still, in fact, a used and abused 747-200.
      It has also been featured in the background of Top Gear, and in the forefront when being pulled By a JCB tractor by James May.

  • @zombie22_
    @zombie22_ Před 8 lety +430

    so since it has a handbrake.. can you do some mad skids with it?

  • @john5743
    @john5743 Před 8 lety +22

    Like he said it's not so much about engine power. When I worked for Delta our tugs at work would move fully loaded CRJ 900's and MD88's with ford 300 inline six engines. It's all about grip and the transmissions were geared for max torque.

  • @nadimnassar7094
    @nadimnassar7094 Před 4 lety +23

    Gotta love the Touareg.. childhood car for me

  • @nexogames4819
    @nexogames4819 Před 5 lety +391

    That's German Power 😏

    • @nikolanikola8543
      @nikolanikola8543 Před 5 lety +17

      Power breaks down too much....😂

    • @rayatkhan9561
      @rayatkhan9561 Před 4 lety +7

      Der Deutsche Machine

    • @StopTeoriomSpiskowym
      @StopTeoriomSpiskowym Před 4 lety +3

      And when you need pull out touareg from snow you cant... you need a good grid and fake plane on wheel

    • @homebirdie8615
      @homebirdie8615 Před 3 lety +1

      😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

    • @dextroy2526
      @dextroy2526 Před 3 lety +4

      @austinrover2005 then why nobody else did it?...

  • @radu01
    @radu01 Před 8 lety +97

    VW Touareg Towing a 747 Jumbo Jet flying the other way

    • @shriharihudli8596
      @shriharihudli8596 Před 8 lety +2

      Amazing comment.

    • @derlurje1348
      @derlurje1348 Před 5 lety

      If it pulls? And succed? Everyone AND I MEAN EVERY ONE WOULD BUY IT AND FUCK ME VW WILL NEED ANOTHER PRODUCTION RUN BY 100 YEARS IF THEY UPGRADE IT

  • @blueskiesflyer
    @blueskiesflyer Před 9 lety +180

    Fifth Gears, on a Top Gear test track... ahh the irony..

    • @shadowhaziq4326
      @shadowhaziq4326 Před 5 lety +5

      Blue Skies Flyer indeed, remember tractor challenge episode 😁

    • @iantownsend500
      @iantownsend500 Před 3 lety +2

      Topgear went to where Fifth Gear was filmed for a bit. When they did the lorry episode & part of the British Leyland episode

    • @jd_the_cat
      @jd_the_cat Před 2 lety +2

      Fifth Gear is the original Top Gear reborn.
      (Not Clarkson Hammond May Top Gear, before that.)

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před 2 lety

      @@shadowhaziq4326 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

  • @IlliterateIdiot
    @IlliterateIdiot Před 8 lety +10

    That's the 747 used in Casino Royale, made obvious by the fact that the engines are together on this model and on other models, they are seperated. Also, this was filmed at the Top Gear test track as that is where the plane is now.

  • @MichaelTucker
    @MichaelTucker Před 10 lety +72

    Remember that the tractive force to move a load is 10% of the total mass.
    Still the stunt says a lot about the Touareg.

    • @Slenderman63323
      @Slenderman63323 Před 5 lety

      Still 15.5 tons, pretty good

    • @StopTeoriomSpiskowym
      @StopTeoriomSpiskowym Před 4 lety

      What is this 15tons on wheel? Strongman can pull plane its more than 300kg pull

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před 2 lety

      @@StopTeoriomSpiskowym Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

    • @Ali-ol7pk
      @Ali-ol7pk Před rokem +4

      @@Angry.General1461 bruh dont be that guy. Some people cannot be pleased.

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před rokem

      @@Ali-ol7pk Hey child! Don't tell me what to do! If you don't like what's being said on here watch something less adult related like cartoons!

  • @AskoyFK
    @AskoyFK Před 8 lety +6

    Fun fact; this is the plane from Casino Royale, and this experiment is done at Top Gear's test track. Plane was modified beyond ever flying again, so it won't leave the TG-track.

  • @berendtwohl-bruhn4668
    @berendtwohl-bruhn4668 Před 4 lety +117

    2020 someone?

  • @becausewhynot2661
    @becausewhynot2661 Před 5 lety +25

    This is not about overcoming 150 tons, it’s about overcoming the amount of friction the wheels on the 747 have.

  • @peterwoodcock8464
    @peterwoodcock8464 Před 4 lety +5

    I had a VW Touareg V10 and it was an absolute monster now I have the new Touareg and that's just the same goes like an absolute Bat Out of Hell

  • @nicossoloyo
    @nicossoloyo Před 4 lety +6

    Anyone had this pop as a recommendation after 5 years?

  • @Fester_
    @Fester_ Před rokem +5

    8 years old, still very cool.

  • @mathewbsaenz
    @mathewbsaenz Před 6 lety +4

    He's like an alternate universe James May.

  • @GregoryOcol
    @GregoryOcol Před 10 lety +106

    The engines don't look right...

    • @ObsidianFire99
      @ObsidianFire99 Před 9 lety +50

      From wikipedia:
      After retirement, it was modified to be used as a prop in the James Bond movie Casino Royale[2] and changed registration to N88892 (a fictional Hollywood registration, used also on a Boeing 727 in the movie Hero).[3] In the movie, it appears as the "Skyfleet S570" a fictional prototype airplane which terrorists attempt to destroy. Among the modifications were the fitting of twin mock-up "B-52 style" engines on each of the inner engine pylons, with the outer ones instead holding mock-up external fuel tanks.

    • @RoodeMenon
      @RoodeMenon Před 9 lety +5

      ObsidianFire99 I got a cent of knowledge today thanks. Always thought it was some test plane on the Top Gear tracks.

    • @StopTeoriomSpiskowym
      @StopTeoriomSpiskowym Před 4 lety

      It is fake 747 a model

    • @Jeagles
      @Jeagles Před 4 lety +11

      Stop Teoriom Spiskowym real retired 747, just modified for James Bond

    • @Valaki415
      @Valaki415 Před 4 lety +2

      747 phisics left the chat

  • @derekwall200
    @derekwall200 Před 2 lety +7

    2:32 that's what i was kind of wondering though the fact that a 3500 lb car pulling something that weighs 155 tons would have to have be heavier, after all airport tugs weighs about 50-55 tons and produces 200 hp with massive amounts of torque

  • @GODOFHELLFIRE3
    @GODOFHELLFIRE3 Před 8 lety +278

    So the Touareg pulled this with 700 foot pounds of torque? By that logic, a Bugatti Veyron, with 1,100 foot pounds of torque, should be able to pull Jupiter out of orbit . . .

  • @yusufsaood5484
    @yusufsaood5484 Před 5 lety +45

    If the pilot pulls the handbrake in midair
    Midair gymkhana?

  • @loyalkeyboardcoolkid-co-le782

    It will be a new world record if you pulled the antove 225

    • @caitlinsgymnasticschannel1965
    • @loyalkeyboardcoolkid-co-le782
      @loyalkeyboardcoolkid-co-le782 Před 7 lety +1

      +bell teh yes.....

    • @thegamingninja1542
      @thegamingninja1542 Před 7 lety

      LOYal keyboardcoolkid-co-leader that is true

    • @TheDisabledGamersChannel
      @TheDisabledGamersChannel Před 7 lety +17

      You mean Antonov AN225, not antove.

    • @u5vl_
      @u5vl_ Před 6 lety +1

      I know this comment is a year old, but I got this video in my recommended and need to explain this:
      This 747 was not a standard one, it was modified heavily to remove about about 35 metric tons. Since there is so many 747’s in the air (with some being retired today), a 747 can be easily ordered and modified for movies and such. The Antonov AN225 is a plane that requires an insane amount of force, greater than the one that the AN225 is making to pull it. Even then, there is only 1 AN225 in the air today, with another being half-built, than scrapped. Also, the Antonov weighs much more than a Boeing 747, due to sextuple engines, multiple landing gear wheels, a large fuselage, etc,.
      TL:DR
      It would be really hard and pretty insane to do, with many factors. Maybe in the future.

  • @sidewalkMCS
    @sidewalkMCS Před 9 lety +78

    V10 Diesel. WOW All SUV's should come in diesel!

    • @h214suiiii
      @h214suiiii Před 4 lety +1

      Too costly sadly 😕

    • @czrptr6849
      @czrptr6849 Před 3 lety +1

      @@h214suiiii too costly where?

    • @toyotacorolla4268
      @toyotacorolla4268 Před 3 lety +3

      A nowadays V8 diesel is enough to beat this old V10. Take a look at V8 Duramax diesel 6.6L it has 1220Nm vs the V10 5.0l has only 750nm.
      Besides Audi made that time their Q7 with 6.0L V12 TDI 500hp and 1000nm

    • @supertreme5559
      @supertreme5559 Před 2 lety

      @@toyotacorolla4268 the less cylinders more torque. A v8 will automatically have more torque than a v10

    • @supertreme5559
      @supertreme5559 Před 24 dny

      @OverGrownApe_001 a v8 will pull harder than a v10, its just how it is

  • @Innaui
    @Innaui Před 8 lety +377

    I can do it with my bicycle.

  • @jingxuezhou
    @jingxuezhou Před 8 lety +224

    but, could you tow a 747 with a nissan leaf?

    • @dylanc2806
      @dylanc2806 Před 8 lety +24

      +jingxuezhou Until the battery runs out...

    • @dylanc2806
      @dylanc2806 Před 8 lety +6

      +Amadeus Eisenberg yeah honestly what do Prius owners do when it's a flash flood?... Its like driving a laptop everywhere...

    • @rhadheqzhin
      @rhadheqzhin Před 8 lety

      +Amadeus Eisenberg.

    • @hollymolly518
      @hollymolly518 Před 8 lety +14

      you can wait for lighting to strike your car to charge it

    • @bruce-df9nu
      @bruce-df9nu Před 7 lety +1

      hahahahahahaha you got hacked son electric motor infinite yorque so yeah

  • @Spectrolite1
    @Spectrolite1 Před rokem +1

    Absolutely love this car! :D

  • @Blueditzjray
    @Blueditzjray Před 3 měsíci

    “Mom can we have a Boeing 747?”
    “No we have a Boeing 747 at home”
    747 at home:

  • @carrymebb
    @carrymebb Před 8 lety +11

    for anyone who is wondering this is why the engines are mounted in pods on this particular 747 model.
    "After retirement, it was modified to be used as a prop in the James Bond movie Casino Royale[2] and was painted with a fictional Hollywood registration, N88892, used also on a Boeing 727 in the movie Hero.[3] In the movie, it appears as the "Skyfleet S570" a fictional prototype aeroplane which terrorists attempt to destroy. Among the modifications were the fitting of twin mock-up "B-52 style" engines on each of the inner engine pylons, with the outer ones instead holding mock-up external fuel tanks.
    After Casino Royale, G-BDXJ appeared in aVolkswagen commercial that shows it being towed by a Volkswagen Touareg.[4] This stunt was also featured on the television programme Fifth Gear with presenter Tom Ford driving the Touareg."
    -wikipedia

  • @jasonlisonbee
    @jasonlisonbee Před 8 lety +6

    If I see that on a highway at the speed limit, then I will be impressed.

  • @j-c4997
    @j-c4997 Před 5 lety

    “Onto the tarmac”
    Me: dies

  • @Elias-xy9kc
    @Elias-xy9kc Před 3 lety +1

    I’m watching a car pulling a *747* and the actual time now is *07:47* 😂😂💪

  • @PlazmaBooy
    @PlazmaBooy Před 10 lety +24

    But what about the Audi Q7 V12 TDI? Is has 1000 nm of torque.

    • @motorrecon200
      @motorrecon200 Před 10 lety +19

      wasn't about when this video was filmed years ago

    • @rockstar7835
      @rockstar7835 Před 10 lety

      CaFilms yeah this is of 2006 i guess

    • @04passatgls
      @04passatgls Před 9 lety +2

      and beside VW is the parent company meaning they own AUDI so what ever AUDI has VW has its the same chassis the same engines just a badges.

    • @uross2000
      @uross2000 Před 6 lety +1

      Yes,but Audi q7 has not low range which is the most important thing in this test

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před 2 lety

      @@motorrecon200 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

  • @Peregrineism
    @Peregrineism Před 9 lety +5

    Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear used a JCB Fasttrack Tractor to pull their own Jet

  • @lorddarlo6194
    @lorddarlo6194 Před 3 lety

    Just my Touareg causally taking a 747 for a Walk

  • @musti612
    @musti612 Před 4 lety

    Thank you!
    Now i bought Touareg and i can pick up my little brother now.

  • @guguigugu
    @guguigugu Před 9 lety +25

    the actual mass you're towing is not an issue, as long as the friction between the mass and the ground is low enough. it is the friction that the torque of the engine is working against. if there was zero friction, you'd be able to pull the plane with one arm.
    for example, a tugboat can pull or push a container ship weighing 100,000 tons.
    also there are dozens of airplane tugs at any large airport, there's nothing special about it.

    • @NatalieZorah
      @NatalieZorah Před 6 lety +10

      guguigugu that is completely inaccurate. The torque is not fighting the friction alone. It is also having to contend with inertia. Friction adds to the problem and reducing the coefficient of friction to zero would help quite a bit but you are still having to get 155 tonnes to start moving. Anyone that could start a 747 moving with one arm would have superhuman strength, friction or no friction.

    • @R3lay0
      @R3lay0 Před 6 lety +1

      Without friction you'd just need enough time. Then you could pull it with a single hair

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před 2 lety

      @@NatalieZorah Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

  • @novideohereatall
    @novideohereatall Před 8 lety +8

    VW be like, no we're not cheating! This car only uses 15l/100km, i promise!

  • @logant7985
    @logant7985 Před 7 lety +2

    Is it use me or does that look like the 747 from the Top Gear test track, as well as the background.

  • @georgejefferson6530
    @georgejefferson6530 Před 8 lety

    These guys are like "oh this car can almost pull anything, oh ive got an idea! How about we pull a ship towards the shore with this car?"

  • @IDemonstrateVelocity26
    @IDemonstrateVelocity26 Před 7 lety +80

    Try it again with the plane pulling the other way

    • @zEternus
      @zEternus Před 4 lety

      *boeing 747

    • @user-wg8nb2uj8y
      @user-wg8nb2uj8y Před 4 lety +3

      @@zEternus oh you may call me retarded but i think the boeing is a plane too!

  • @ahsanafzal48
    @ahsanafzal48 Před 8 lety +80

    a man pulled a jumbo jet using a rope youtube it

  • @__JJN__
    @__JJN__ Před 18 dny

    I have a 2006 4.2 V8. A total complete beast

  • @stephendyson.burrows1773

    you have to love the tow rag

  • @mathewsjohn21
    @mathewsjohn21 Před 4 lety +5

    PLOT TWIST: 747 WAS PUSHING THE TOUAREG

  • @EliasMakumba
    @EliasMakumba Před 8 lety +5

    Could have loved to hear the rumbling of the cars engine during the tow

  • @danielc3281
    @danielc3281 Před 8 lety +1

    thats the old top gear place. thats at dunsford aerodrome. in the background there is a aircraft hanger next to a small building which is were the main studio is or was.

  • @Fry_Plantain
    @Fry_Plantain Před 7 lety +1

    This is where porsche said hold my beer............ lmaooo

  • @MrCyberkat
    @MrCyberkat Před 7 lety +17

    That Boeing 747 is a special because it has the two engines on either side next to each outher. For say the Boeing 747-400 the later series has Engine no 1 on the outside of the wing but this one has them together so this version is much lighter

    • @JeddAhyoung
      @JeddAhyoung Před 7 lety +3

      I was wondering about this. This is the only time I've seen this engine configuration on a 747. 155 tons is nothing to scoff at, but considering the size of the aircraft, it's amazing. Question, though - why would this version be much lighter? Same number of engines, seems like the only difference would be the extra pylons for the nacelle placement. Shouldn't be much heavier, right? Weight distribution might be different, but I wouldn't imagine that much else would change?

    • @Nathan_Jay
      @Nathan_Jay Před rokem

      To be fair (albeit very late here & you probably know by know), this was the 747-200 modified for Casino Royale. Very weird plame IMO

  • @gabrieliuskacinskas6874
    @gabrieliuskacinskas6874 Před 5 lety +5

    Give it to Stig and he will set a new lap record while pulling 747

  • @FishermanKyle
    @FishermanKyle Před 8 lety

    the people driving by are probably like "WTF?!"

  • @SahilKashyap
    @SahilKashyap Před 8 lety +1

    "To buy one you'll have to spend $230 million and THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE LEATHER SEATS"
    I laughed harder than i should have..

    • @jasonlisonbee
      @jasonlisonbee Před 8 lety

      +Sahil Kashyap $1200 more for that package. Just for the cockpit. Not available for passengers. You don't want the expense of cleaning sweat, body odor, food or other soils from "that" much leather.

  • @TutorialWard
    @TutorialWard Před 5 lety +6

    2:45 look at the back tire it's gonna blow

  • @MichaelFlatman
    @MichaelFlatman Před 8 lety +29

    the engines are stupid, it looks like a B-52 engine pod on each side of the wing, and missiles on the edge

    • @caloot658
      @caloot658 Před 8 lety +3

      I can see why i would give a shit... Oh yeah missiles!

    • @Blakezilla594
      @Blakezilla594 Před 8 lety +6

      It was originally a 747-200 but it was then modified for the James Bond casino royale movie. Look up G-BDXJ

    • @eeyore.official
      @eeyore.official Před 8 lety

      +Blake Wilson Is she airworthy with these engine pods?

    • @TexMex421
      @TexMex421 Před 8 lety

      +Michael Flatman Wikipedia says the engines and fuel tanks (missiles) are mock-ups. No reason it couldn't work that way. 747s are often used to test new jet engines because they fly very well on 3 engines and the new engine can replace one of the 2 inner normal engines.

    • @rhysbowditch9355
      @rhysbowditch9355 Před 8 lety +1

      It is a concept airplane and used to be a 200 series but now the are using it to test out new engines btw the supposed "engines" had no engine inside it was just the shell and also the plane was completely empty it was just the shell. A normal 747 is 180 tonnes not 155 all of this information is coming from a 747 pilots son and I was informed of this information by my father

  • @jankotze1959
    @jankotze1959 Před 8 lety

    It's great, at least they tried and succeed and I can not recall that they say only a VW can do that, it was a test for the VW, sure any similar 4x4 will do this. A good test will be to keep on towing until the clutch start slip or something break and see which 4x4 last the longest

  • @karimsadouni1705
    @karimsadouni1705 Před 7 lety

    crazy captain

  • @mrcheesecake2189
    @mrcheesecake2189 Před 3 lety +7

    Fun fact: that same B747 (registered G-BDXJ) was featured in the bong movie Casino Royale as the Skyfleet S570. Originally the incoming airbus a380 was supposed to be used, but they resorted to this modified B747-200 due to production delays.

    • @mrcheesecake2189
      @mrcheesecake2189 Před 3 lety

      @Daniel Large oh shit i made a typo it was meant to be bond lmao

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před 2 lety

      @Daniel Large Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

  • @LCdrDerrick
    @LCdrDerrick Před 9 lety +29

    Jeremy's tractor seemed to fight harder.

    • @ferguson20diesel49
      @ferguson20diesel49 Před 5 lety

      LCdrDerrick Jeremy doesn’t know how to drive a tractor either. I’d like to give it a go in my own tractor

    • @iantownsend500
      @iantownsend500 Před 3 lety

      Because he put it in low range.

  • @pantoffelslippers
    @pantoffelslippers Před 3 měsíci

    Pretty bad ass, until you see him go 2mph wearing his seat belt 😂

  • @h8u4ever
    @h8u4ever Před 10 lety +1

    Can you upload the review about the Citroën C6? :)

  • @Thewerd8
    @Thewerd8 Před 9 lety +11

    those who are curious about the 747 engines google search "G-BDXJ 747"

  • @timlarge7420
    @timlarge7420 Před 7 lety +9

    This may seem amazing until you find out what the engines are in the airport tugs that move these aircraft at airports. The ones made by Douglas had the Ford 1.8 Mondeo Turbo Diesel engine. It's all about the gearing.

    • @manu144x
      @manu144x Před 2 lety +1

      To be fair though, most of those tugs actually have 2 engines and yea, they have massive torque because they sacrifice high speed. They probably have a top speed of 40-50 km/h or something.

    • @timlarge7420
      @timlarge7420 Před 2 lety +5

      @@manu144x The ones I saw in production only had a single engine and no they don't do 40-50km/h more like 20km/h. Except for the special one they built for a James Bond film, but then that one would not pull a 747

  • @dreamliner_420
    @dreamliner_420 Před 4 měsíci +2

    i wanna know why the 747 has the engines right next to each other…

  • @justinjohnson623
    @justinjohnson623 Před 4 lety

    Finally a car I can pull my jet in.

  • @lsudan2670
    @lsudan2670 Před 8 lety +3

    this video actualy costed more than the vw toareg itself :-))))))

  • @solderganstar8734
    @solderganstar8734 Před 8 lety +5

    towing you mean pulling

  • @shadowhaziq4326
    @shadowhaziq4326 Před 5 lety +2

    Did anyone notice that 747 is same engine as TOP GEAR TRACTOR CHALLENGE episode, when Jeremy pull that with a tractor drag race
    Maybe Fifth Gear visit Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome 😏

  • @AndresGrimace
    @AndresGrimace Před 5 lety +1

    That's the best VW ever!

  • @migfsx
    @migfsx Před 9 lety +46

    Whith the right transmission you can do this whith a Fiat Panda

    • @bruce-df9nu
      @bruce-df9nu Před 7 lety +1

      migfsx braa the fiat panda would not move

    • @binaariani3744
      @binaariani3744 Před 7 lety +7

      migfsx with panda you can pull bicycle

    • @JG538
      @JG538 Před 6 lety

      You would have to use panda 4x4 for grip and the biggest engine (95bhp diesel I think)

    • @GoldenGrenadier
      @GoldenGrenadier Před 6 lety

      TechGuy322 just put some fat guys in the back.

  • @irmenkop85
    @irmenkop85 Před 5 lety +10

    The Touareg Engine is quite low in torque compared to the Audi Q7 V12 Diesel

  • @DriveJamaica876
    @DriveJamaica876 Před 6 lety

    wow thats awesome

  • @sanjaysoneji
    @sanjaysoneji Před 7 lety

    introducing the next generation of aircraft tugs

  • @TorontoDrivingVideos
    @TorontoDrivingVideos Před 10 lety +28

    any truck could do this even a F150

    • @greaser3069
      @greaser3069 Před 10 lety +77

      Tipical american

    • @LateNightCable
      @LateNightCable Před 10 lety +12

      Boris Racer Typical, not "tipical". Typical American pickup truck can do this.

    • @innFahrTwo
      @innFahrTwo Před 9 lety +3

      No an F-150 can't.
      The thing that Germans do when they make a diesel, they add loads of torque. The High torque count is what is pulling the plan.

    • @armink9686
      @armink9686 Před 9 lety +14

      innFahr Two I facepalmed. It's not "The Germans" who add "loads of torrque", it's the principle of Diesel engines, to have amazing torque. You can check any diesel engine, no matter if German, American, Japanese, French or even Chinese, they will have a good torque figure by default. You're the typical "German engineering is best" guy who doesn't actually know much about cars. This hasn't got to do with torque as much as it has to do with appropriate gearing.

    • @innFahrTwo
      @innFahrTwo Před 9 lety +2

      Armin K
      Should I face palm as well? No I can never do something so childish as that.
      Armin sir, you have jumped the gun.
      Yes, the principle of diesel is that it does have more torque than a petrol engine. However if you were to closely examine the foot pound ratings, you will see that comparatively, the Germans tend to have higher ratings, not only in diesel engines put in petrol engines as well.
      Moreover Mr. Armin K, I am not even German.

  • @MelloYT
    @MelloYT Před 7 lety +17

    My car barely reaches 100 mph.
    I don't have a car.

  • @Politics626
    @Politics626 Před 7 lety

    That is the exact same 747 Clarkson pulled in the top gear tractor challenge as this was filmed at the TG test track

  • @acid3129
    @acid3129 Před 10 lety +1

    and this looks like the top gear test track you trying to burn the studio down again naughty naughty

  • @jamiedg11
    @jamiedg11 Před 9 lety +5

    what sort of 747 was that ?

  • @Arutax
    @Arutax Před 8 lety +4

    wait, I've got to ask, and you'd probably might not know this, but....
    for all the 747s I've seen, they had 4 separate engine pods, but this one had dual-engine pods, and the only other aircraft I've seen with dual-engine pods is the B-52 Stratofortress, so...
    What exactly is this 747 Variant?

    • @alexross4062
      @alexross4062 Před 7 lety

      it's a movie prop.

    • @Seeyou006
      @Seeyou006 Před 4 lety

      Dude I’m glad I’m not the only person that asked that question!

    • @Angry.General1461
      @Angry.General1461 Před 2 lety

      @@alexross4062 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

  • @jordanstaggs373
    @jordanstaggs373 Před 9 lety +1

    I LOVE FIFTH GEAR!!!! You can hit maximum speed in most 5 speed cars!

  • @MXhm91
    @MXhm91 Před 9 lety

    That is insane...

  • @brandonshane7449
    @brandonshane7449 Před 10 lety +8

    No it is not a world record the nissan patrol tow a antonov

    • @RWoody1995
      @RWoody1995 Před 10 lety +6

      The video is from about half a decade ago, it was a world record back then.

    • @bruce-df9nu
      @bruce-df9nu Před 7 lety

      Brandon Shane nissan patrol has a 4.2 diesel v6 tho made bye nissan

    • @bruce-df9nu
      @bruce-df9nu Před 7 lety

      Brandon Shane plus landrovers can tow 108 tonnes

    • @aleksandarlenhart2078
      @aleksandarlenhart2078 Před 7 lety

      Brandon Shane actually the porsche cayenne turbo s got a new record for the a380

  • @mhikari92
    @mhikari92 Před 10 lety +3

    U know,I think this is nothing special for one good reason : airplanes has been tow all around airfeilds that all around the world EVERY SINGLE DAY by tugs.

    • @karpfenfresse
      @karpfenfresse Před 9 lety

      Well those things weigh up to 54 TONS and the Touareg much less so there is that

  • @mega-hb4re
    @mega-hb4re Před 4 měsíci +1

    These VW suv are something else. I think I’m buying one

  • @coastaku1954
    @coastaku1954 Před 9 lety

    Are they filming at dunsfold, top gear is filmed there

  • @caleidoo
    @caleidoo Před 9 lety +11

    I was waiting for him to floor it completely.

  • @tomtom9509
    @tomtom9509 Před 8 lety +5

    With the wheels there is very little friction. So if you apply a force, it will accelerate the plane. What you need is a very low gear box so it all acts gently.
    On the extreme, you can try in a port. If there is no wind or cross-current, and you push with your own weight a boat, even a very large one, it will move in the end.
    So here, it's fun, but it doesn't show much.

  • @liamstenson4318
    @liamstenson4318 Před 7 lety

    I love this video

  • @bassbaboon6589
    @bassbaboon6589 Před 7 lety

    I can't beat this as I've only ever towed a 70 ton crane with a manual V8 Land Rover!

  • @acat6821
    @acat6821 Před 8 lety +3

    arent they more than 155 ton? that doesnt seem like very much for the size of it

    • @rhysbowditch9355
      @rhysbowditch9355 Před 8 lety +6

      +A Cat the plane you see is just a shell and has no inside and the engine pods have no engine inside just the pod p.s. Love the name LoL

    • @luismeyer6093
      @luismeyer6093 Před 8 lety +1

      +TheHitchslap That's the 747 in the background at the Top Gear test track. It was an old 74 that was then stripped and used for a prop in a james bond movie.
      That thing is modded and only a shell. She hasn't been airworthy in 20 years

    • @luismeyer6093
      @luismeyer6093 Před 8 lety +2

      oops, sorry. That's what I get for mobile :P

  • @MRCBOT_YT
    @MRCBOT_YT Před 7 lety +7

    I'm AMERICAN and I've seen the power of this car. Ignore the hardheaded truck fanboys claiming their durumax can do this. Go watch a video showing that a stock vw toureag v10 beat a fully loaded and modified diesel truck in a bumper pull. VW 1 GM 0

    • @uSpeakTruth
      @uSpeakTruth Před 6 lety +1

      What does nationality have to do with trucks and a V10 touareg? Nothing.

    • @XxBlackCellxX
      @XxBlackCellxX Před 6 lety

      I guess you haven't seen the vid of Kevin Fast pulling a heavier plane with his body.

    • @josecarbajak6190
      @josecarbajak6190 Před 5 lety

      I can tell you Wich will last longer vw 0 gm 1

    • @joshtilotta6193
      @joshtilotta6193 Před 5 lety +2

      Yess, Big American trucks are super overrated. Thank u, next

    • @sunobl1112
      @sunobl1112 Před 5 lety

      Any modern diesel truck could absolutely pull this if it had traction.

  • @calvincruz1623
    @calvincruz1623 Před 8 lety

    That is so cool

  • @schakoska
    @schakoska Před 2 lety

    This plane was featured in James Bond - Casino Royale. The engine and the fuel tank are from a Boeing B-52

  • @Ashquacks
    @Ashquacks Před 10 lety +4

    Yeah but Toyota Tundra can pull the Endeavor space shuttle with no ballast.

    • @Ashquacks
      @Ashquacks Před 10 lety

      888TopGear888 Endeavor with the trailer it was on was 292000 lbs, which is 146 tons. The Tundra is also a gasoline V8 and not a diesel V10. And nobody said it died after doing it.

    • @V8SilverFox
      @V8SilverFox Před 9 lety

      jalopnik.com/5951454/how-a-5600-pound-toyota-towed-a-292000-pound-space-shuttle

    • @V8SilverFox
      @V8SilverFox Před 9 lety

      Brian Nguyen Horan There is also some difference in metric ton, short ton and long ton as well. The empty weight of the 747-400 is 393,200 lbs, quite a bit more than the Endeavor at 292000 Ibs.

    • @V8SilverFox
      @V8SilverFox Před 9 lety

      888TopGear888 No need to be a 'dick' about it ;)

    • @Phobos_Deimos
      @Phobos_Deimos Před 9 lety +2

      888TopGear888
      But Toyotas are so boring cars, that no one even try to do this.

  • @robinkhaira1
    @robinkhaira1 Před 7 lety +5

    what about the carbon emissions for that truck? what? too soon?

    • @derpreue2038
      @derpreue2038 Před 7 lety +8

      robinkhaira1 just mad that German engineering ist the best hhahha

    • @robinkhaira1
      @robinkhaira1 Před 7 lety

      wow you talk to your mum with that mouth? if you know a thing or two about cars, Tuareg is basically an AMAROCK with seats. fuckin idiot. you can look this shitt up you know, IT engineers have made it very IDIOT friendly to do web searches, so you should be fine, if you have any trouble ask any children, they ll help you with it. fkin sick of morons on youtube. and do you really get fired up on youtube for these small things? how sad and pathetic is your life?

    • @derpreue2038
      @derpreue2038 Před 7 lety +3

      robinkhaira1 hahahahha idiot Amarok is sooooo different Touareg has a V10 Amarok just V6 sure there are different versions but shut the fuck up and go on tell me something about this car i am working for VW in Wolfsburg so go on

    • @robinkhaira1
      @robinkhaira1 Před 7 lety

      bwahahaha wow you people are so pathetic, getting butthurt over a car? yeah may be i got it wrong, but is it really that big of a deal? you are just becoming hysterical like a little bitch, i can just imagine how shallow is yourlife, you getting your undies in a twist of over a car, your life us really suck. lmao

    • @robinkhaira1
      @robinkhaira1 Před 7 lety

      so did you also know about them cheating the CO2 emissions test?

  • @StopTeoriomSpiskowym
    @StopTeoriomSpiskowym Před 4 lety

    What pulk force you need to tow plane on wheels? 400kg? One strong man can pull it? 155 tons on wheels rotate wheels not blocked wheels

  • @bcrock8655
    @bcrock8655 Před 2 lety

    Impressive but what I want to know if that's the Top Gear 747 that was pulled?