The Smallest Car in the World | Top Gear
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- Jeremy drives the Peel P50, the world's smallest production car to work at the BBC and meets a few famous faces along the way.
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8:01 when your custom character appears in a cutscene.
Lol that's so funny! 😂
Bruh
🤣🤣🤣
Lmfao underrated comment
Lol
Imagine thinking you found a free parking space but a Peel P50 was in it
Pick it up
The way I imagine people feel when they find my motorcycle in that spot they saw
@@jseden or when they see a mini cooper parked so far back they try to park there but almost crush a mini cooper
Just Cody yep. I always park my bike far enough into the spot for someone to see it but not far enough that anyone would try to squeeze in with it.
Scooters win when it comes to city parking though.. bike racks, sidewalks, next to the front door, ECT. It's pretty much all fair game. I keep one just for this reason.. never have to look for a spot in the city
Omg 😆
The fact that he drove past during the news broadcast was the best thing I've ever seen
Timestamp?
@@saagabragi6938 7:17
@@saagabragi6938 Haven't you watched the video?
Fr
@nodafy Was it not?
On a serious note if a 6'5 giant like him is able to drive that car and fit in it then this makes it accessible to most people .
Except maybe Americans, who are 6'5" wide as well.
@@joeq.public281 well its not like they can fit in a normal car anyways, so its not a big deal.
@@joeq.public281 As if Brits arent just as fat as Americans.
My friends dad is also 6'5" and he wasn't able to fit in one. The one they used here was stretched
He literally drove into a meeting about climate change. What a chad.
...almost like it was scripted
@@lewisallan9963 yea but it’s funny so who cares
lmao
imagine the mpg on that vehicle
@@jwalster9412 he literally said 100 mpg
Jeremy: I won't fit into GT40
Also Jeremy:
That proves that the GT40 is even smaller than the P50.
P50 wasn't designed by daft pillocks.
Lol
Well, 50>40.
@@egg0534 It was an answer to
@Václav Fejt
Methinks the chicken period got whooshed. ;)
I love that this car is so small that you need a bike lock to keep it from being stolen.
💀💀
but who would steal it?
@@Corsair8GB1x8GBi would
Burglar: **Leaves money inside the car**
@@Corsair8GB1x8GB me
This was aired in Series 10, episode 3 in October 2007 - I can't believe this is so old. Doesn't feel like 16 years when this first aired. A very different Top Gear, a very different BBC and in many ways 2007 was a better world than 2023.
Tell me about it - except for the soggy summer, it was better for me too. (I was eight, FWIW.)
@@WedgePee I was 22 in 2007 and I loved it. Felt like a fresh modern world. Ever since the tories came into office in 2010 it has been utter hell.
I know the new guys are rubbish and unwatchable.
So true
And 1997 was just 10 years old
Clarkson: Who's stolen the car?
Boss: *maniacal laughter*
It wasn’t his boss it was a pretty famous news reader.
@@user-ns3vs3bp3e He was having so much fun with it too.
The boss of Radio 4 current affairs programmes maybe, or was :)
7:04 which department is this? The department of the extremely good looking employeed people 😊 unlike me 😥😭
Boss put the car in his pocket and walked away.
I lost my shit when they were on the news and you could see the car driving by in the background.
Did that actually air?
@@nicholas045 I don't know. It'd be hilarious if it did.
The meeting topic tho
There is depends for that
you better go find it then
I love this because of the other random scenes.
04:25 when he randomly talks about teeth wirh Hammond
07:38 that whole scene is brilliant. The characters, the context.
"open inclusive policy for the etho-centrical homogeneous objectives of this department" and so on
@中国的主人 mewtwo? Like the Pokémon? Hahahah!
It was a not-so-subtle dig at all the l efty mumbo jumbo the BBC is fixated on.
That entire meeting was just a bunch of five-quid buzzwords randomly strung together. ChatGPT could've made a more convincing meeting script, and it wasn't even invented yet.
That meeting sounded like something Sir Humphrey would say.
@@WackoMcGoose I think you missed the entire joke there bud
5:24. That shot of Jeremy waiting quietly outside the elevator must be my favourite image from the Clarkson years.
This looks EXACTLY like Mr Incredible in his little blue car.
He does lmao
mr incredible sis a sedan this is much smaller
Tobías Chaparro YEEEEEEEEEEEESSS
@@stubbychief6772 yes, but Mr. Incredible is much bigger than Jeremy.
have you ever noticed how jezza and mr incredible are never in the same room at once....
So I know the meeting was staged for tv, but everyone sitting on the same side of the table was more awkward than the car being there
They were all not touching the guardian newspapers they were given
It was the BBC's last supper
Your pfp fits perfectly to this comment:)
the topics discussed on this meeting were the joke all these years ago and now people would take it seriously...
W1A before it was a programme.
imagine the peel P50 actually appeared on the news broadcast
what a cameo!
Jeremy causing absolute chaos across the BBC here is one of the funniest things I've watched in my entire life
I'm surprised these weren't mass produced, kids and young adults would have a ball or pranked. I want one just for a laugh at work
if they had gone the route King Midget automobiles did there would have been a lot more of them.
You can buy one it’s not a original but it’s essentially the same thing except it’s made by a different company and it can be sold as a kit or a complete car and there is 3 different models to choose from if I remember correctly (also they are street legal somehow)
@@rhinofire067 would the different model still 50cc engine? Or battery? Or hybrid (if such technology exist for something this small)
seems almost as if an actual moped would have been more convenient.. and at the time it really wasn't seen as some novelty I have to think
completely impractical for everyday use, but it is an amazing car
I really feel like an idiot for not watching Top Gear while it was still on air
same
Same
Very common reaction...
Yeah I feel bad for you
I mean I was young and the things they talked about were just too out of my range as a kid to comprehend or understand so I always used to skip the channel but yea now that I'm older I understand Clarksons jokes and their banter I don't regret not watching it but watching these videos on CZcams shows what a gem this TV show was back then.
That's... very unstable.
For a second I thought he was gonna fall to the side in front of the bus.
“Almost cheaper than walking.” Lol
The wheels are immediately slanting from Clarkson's weight. Lmao.
Pretty sure that’s just the suspension at work. I think if anyone was sitting in it, they’d look the same
Nah it was stanced
stance nation bro
I knew your profile looked familiar...
Mate you've got -ve camber
It's been eleven years and we're still watching this. It just shows how legendary these guys are (not were).
Dont these guys have a show on amazon?
@@Cody_Ramer Yup, the grand tour, its pretty good.
It just shows how legendary the show were
S-Kara was* weeb
@@S-Kara weeb
6:22 "This is the most complicated building in the world"
That's by design. Television broadcast stations intentionally design their buildings to have extremely convoluted and unintuitive floor plans, so that it increases the difficulty of a potential broadcast hijacking by terrorists or other criminal groups and delays them if they do attempt it.
Tell that to the television studio in Detroit become human
This is truly a Mr.Bean moment.
Imagine waiting for a lift and it finally comes, but then you see Jeremy Clarkson in a tiny car taking up 70% of the space
more like 90%
I wouldn't complain.
I’d have been too impressed to be disappointed lol
I see it as being provided a chair.
Woth no reverse gear
"She has got quite a nice bottom...I said that aloud, didn't I."
- Jeremy Clarkson, 2008.
Today that would mean jail time.
I mean... She WAS pretty cute, in a "90s cougar after a 3-martini lunch" kinda way..
That was just an objective observation :-)
he was married tho
@@amsyarluqman1528
Check out the menu all youd like
Hes just not allowed to order anything
They should have made it foldable into an attaché-case.
I am very surprised everyone did their entire best to not be reacting during the set of P50 Peel at BBC News
They couldn't hold back the tears of laughing during the making of the film :D
the real reason the original topgear was stopped is because Jeremy's gotten lost in the building.
legend said he's still there, somewhere driving his car.
Some say, you mean
Grammar*
nah, he just decided to run to be president of the US.
lets get the original to 100 likes! ;D
is the steering wheel on the left or on the right?
middle
It's a one seater (I think) so it would be middle
Floh 2802 watz teh juok ?
I think this car is very similar to the old Mclaren with their seat in the middle :P
depends which country you drive it
“tonight on, gear:”
Well.
Safe to say that if you as much as slightly touch anything with this car, you'll be instantly trapped and in need of rescue.
This was the first episode of Top Gear I ever watched, and I must've watched this segment about 100 times. But only now did I notice the camera falling off at 1:34
Shit I never noticed
You have ruined this review for me forever now.
The more ya know
Same
*Oh* *no*
7:46 A white man, a black woman, a dwarf, a hippie, a sikh, an asian and then there's Jeremy in his car. That's diversity. XD
And have all of them sitting round a table discussing Ethnically Diverse Disability Access Policy for Single Parent Mothers!
Also, the white man was in a wheelchair
Diversity indeed. When one person on that committee is a part of
@@austinwhitman2285 Ffs it was a joke. Go spout your political nonsense somewhere else.
@@chopsuey-- Austin Whitman more like Austin Whiteman....
@@austinwhitman2285 you probably don't understand what a Democracy is. Go back to school kid.
“… is a key responsibility of anyone who uses a photocopier”. The writing on this show was beyond brilliant. Back when the BBC still allowed people to have a sense of humor.
smakfu I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
@@flat-earther qrd? how is the earth not a globe.
8:00 When your custom made character comes up in a cutscene💀
"Quite a nice bottom"
Only Jeremy would say that
if you say that in 2020 u will get a boycott lmao
As a Jeremy myself I totally agree
@@TastyTarco yup, the internet wasn't a full on vigilante yet.
@@alexm566 i
The most stereotypically British way of saying "THICC".
Someone can probably steal that car just by carrying it
That car weighs 351 pounds. He would probably need two or three people to carry it.
@@LeslieB73 ....? How on Earth did you come up with that number? The car weighs 56kgs, or 123lbs
Omg u ppl forgot u can drag it like a suitcase?
@@NeedForSpeed.2004 Yes. How could I forget. Did he also drive it too? I can't remember, I didn't watch the video
Why would they want to is the question?
at 1:39 i almost lost it when i saw the tiny car driving with all of the other regular-sized vehicles 😂😂😂💀
This is that Simpsons scene where Homer buys an old Soviet car come to life... and it's absolutely hillarious.
Put it in H!
A company has actually put the Peel P50 back in production.
What makes it better, is they've now fitted it with a reverse
Die they ? Thats actually really cool
When can we expect to import it to the states or be able to buy it from the dealership?
Ryan Thompson Guitarist where can I buy one?
@@term-827 or here's a bright idea it's fits in the elevator right? Why don't you just put it on the. Baggage of the plane the under baggage of course but if your in a ship just bring it inside so it won't get stolen
Its going to be electric i think i heard
2:11
“Top speed depends on how big you are and what you had for breakfast”
😂😂
Flashbacks to when Hammond pedalled that Porsche ("pain au chocolat" on the leaderboard?) around the track
هعهعهعهعهعه
3:22 that is a beautiful subaru impreza sti
This was my first exposure to Top Gear. This video right here. I still think about this car from time to time.
Who needs a tow truck, when you can lift your car
*ah yes, this is big brain time*
Am I late to the meeting? I've got some ideas about pocket sized and foldable versions.
@@flandyc4513 I Think I Hear Investors Moaning Outside
I want a peel p50 really badly, imagine the flex taking it to work
I wanted one since I first watched this video years ago but I know one microcar I witness in my country; the Renault Twizy.
Website name?
@@Oddballkane WHERE????
Then the disappointment of having to get groceries or worse trying to pick up a date 😂
Honestly though I work in a hospital and would love to drive one of those around the halls
@@waywardgoddess7219it can fit a person and bag. That’s it.
This is the first episode of Top Gear I remember watching, was 7 when it aired. What a great show Top Gear was!
The show was never the same when the BBC lost those three presenters in 2015
@@johnking5174 so true 😪
This is extremely nostalgic for most of us who come back to watch it. Let’s make sure this never dies.
2:47 "How fair is that? It's not like I'm creating any pollution at all!"
Ganga Din AMERICANS Lazy? we have the biggest and best working class on earth; How's Europe's working class? I heard its a rare sight to see a Euro going to work more than once a work week!
IronicallyVague What.....what...what-Really?
Dumy Jobby
lol 'murica
Ganga Din
Producing things in America is expensive because business' have to pay 1.Accident insurance 2.Insane lawsuits 3.Environmental fines no one's even heard of 4.Health insurance for employees 5.Non injury-safety violation fines that would make you cry/laugh 6.Higher utilities 7.Wages that are higher than other countries. 8.And.... cost of goods sold expenses. The country is legislated into costs and expenses that are making it impossible to manufacture or work here competitively in order to bankrupt the country into BEGGING to join an international government that can make things "fair." It's like running jobs out of the country like bison off a cliff and then gathering in all the bits.
Max Fuller Going to work once a week? Now that's something i've never heard of. I'm from Poland, and from my experience, it's actually pretty opposite. I have not heard of anyone going to work once a week, I've heard about people who work at a couple of jobs (for example my chemistry teacher, who works at two seperate schools).... I'm not implying Americans are lazy, but don't go all "Yourop be so lazy". And though I can't see the forst comment to which you replied, I think that maybe it was more about the horde of TV watching fatass zombies that most of your middle class has become?
Basically a 100% chance of death in the event of an accident 😂
Real men don't need any sort of safety
@@fishyc43sar Real men don't need to be alive, in general. Please someone take me
Yep, same as my car. That's why I know how to drive safely. In fact all cars should be like this, that way there'd be far fewer accidents.
But think about it this way, if everyone drove these, no one would die in a car crash because no one would go fast enough for any fatalities to occur.
Not it the accident is listing
How do you watch this without laughing? The concept and the execution is just too funny!
As time had moved on im amazed that they allowed the level of rough handling to this original car, I guess the show did provide some significant increase in value but picking up the car with Jeremy inside using the handle, crazy! The recent video I saw of the one at the iom didnt even want to use the handle at the back to move the car empty in case it broke. Funny but brilliant
Imagine dying of carbon dioxide poisoning in the elevator because of the car
Excellent
Monoxide
@@kennycubensis8152 pure evil
@@kennycubensis8152 🤣🤣🤣
@@RohanSanjith what's funny in this? He's just correcting the guy
6:05 on today's episode of "Things you couldn't say on TV in 2019" 😂😂
Phil Henderson you’d be a subject of the #metoo movement before the episode even broadcasted
Phil Henderson no I catch your point exactly. I’m saying that women would’ve been all over social media saying she was sexually harassed by Clarkson instantly.
I laughed too hard at this.
Chad Clarkson
Fiona Bruce doesnt seem the type to be offended by that specific comment in this specific setting though but yes, I totally see your point and I agree lol
I love how much that thing rolled when he got in.
Eve though it is tiny, it would actually be handy for a someone who is smaller, fit and a bit flexible. It is small enough for any parking space and besides the fact it’s back pain inducing, it’s fine.
6:04 "She has got quite nice bottom". Most British way of saying thanks.
and most arab way to notice ! #sexual frustration
Well, more "most Jeremy Clarkson" way of saying thanks
@@Bav_ar what Arabs has to do with this?
@@wisenotwise2676 if you ain't arab you can't understand it
English
0:48 oi hammond look at this car i got for 20 quid
Oi hammond my wife left me
Oi hammond I am responsible for several war crimes
The sped is alot m8
cocku
Hello same profile pic guy.
Never realised until now that's Richard Porter at 4:00, Top Gear's script editor and the guy behind Sniff Petrol!
ciaranwalsh I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
Someone should create an electrical version of this cutie. Running on power tools' batteries (Makita, DeWalt, Parkside… whichever is willing to cooperate)
"I've seen the future and it comes from 1963"
Jeremy, that travelling blue box is called the Tardis
This time, it's smaller inside 😅
I actually made my P50 in Forza Horizon 4 a tardis, since it’s the only car that is about taller than it is long 🤣
Oh God, Jeremy Clarkson as the Doctor 😂
@@nicopavvi8494 SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN😂😂!
"She's got quite a nice bottom...I said that out loud, didn't I?" The pause and then the shocked expression is what gets me lmao
It’s a wonder he wasn’t sacked earlier lol
@@idc5309 because they didn't want top gear to die yet
@@idc5309 because the BBC can take a joke
@@matthewmclean9012 yeah... idk about that
@@redd_cat why do you say that?
This car is amazing. Imagine going to a mall but instead of walking, you can take this little machine to go around. Buy stuff, waiting in line or even watch a movie, this tiny guy can do everything.
Btw, i was smiling when Clarkson said Suzuki Swift is a nice car
I just found out these cars are back in production, too expensive for what they are compared to normal size cars but absolutely hilarious. They even have a Spyder version
Too tall to fit in a Ford GT but short enough to fit in a Peel P50. That's the ideal height I think.
Correction: in a GT40! Clarkson fits just fine in the GT, with only the door being a difficulty!
As the old saying goes; I can fit into whatever I want.
@SHARKMAN 9854 if you're taller and fatter than jeremy at 13, well i have some bad news. you'll probably not live to your 30s.
but since you're 13, i'll just assume you're full of shit like every 13yo ever. never lost that bet.
What you don't know is that because this P50 is painted TARDIS Blue, it's actually bigger on the inside
Imagine hitting a pothole in that thing...
Ouch
Falling into one you mean?
Are you British?
Ian Turner
Kyle's Tech Channel Cadillacs glide over potholes
7:35 A joke in 2008 is now reality in 2022
Hands down the best skit ever on Top Gear.
"So how small do you want your car?''
*''yes''*
Small as hell
Fast enough to do the highway speed and uphill sensor to keep up. 80mph + style and room for 4 and a canoe =)
@@moneybags179 so small it can be the fastest A800 drag car in Forza horizon 4
"how many clowns do you want inside it"
me: YES
Lol♥️
7:15 was my favorite part, he just drives through the background like a mad lad. good for him
EDIT: dang man I never knew how popular my comment was
Imagine the people watching this when that happened XD
is there a link for that video
It was a fake news report
@@santiagouribemanzano8501 ok
@@santiagouribemanzano8501 damn it
This is one of the best segments of Top Gear ever.
Omg I love how his boss loved driving that tiny thing 😂
I feel like you could make a modern micro car that would actually be extremely successful. Something that's maybe just a bit bigger than this, electric, 0-60 in 8 seconds, sturdier and safer, MSRP of like 7k.
It's the Dacia Sandero.
Has to be electric, otherwise people would try to drive them indoors like the video and get CO poisoning
Emphasis on safety. I would want an uncrushable roll cage, and safest possible air bags/harness for the whiplash . Youd still get squished in between a car and a wall, but its a car to drive defensively in, obviously.
@@deanromania6748 Lol dude, thats a decent sized 4 door sedan, not a micro. Did you mean the Dacia Spring??
@@37thraven I was joking because it fits quite well to the guy's description and it was a refference to James May.
Nobody:
Forza Horizon 4: *puts 300 HP on the Peel P50*
That cabin should be hotter than the sun once it hits 250HP
@@inactiveaccount6884 Thats assuming you could even fit anything resembling an engine bigger than the size of a clenched fist
@@PHAZER99 I can just imagine some asshole swapping a P50 with a VR38DETT or anything similar and complaining it's too nose-heavy/hot/noisy
Naturally in FH4, it has a massive 4 hp.
@@7ofredspades12 Get all the ladies at the go-kart track in a P50
06:35 well, I didn’t expect that 😂 imagine sitting in your office and this tiny car drives past you lmao
When he drove by in the background of the news 😆💀
How boring bbc office now that the top gears guys are gone
It wouldn't need a reverse gear if the back wheel would turn 90°
Upgrades people, upgrades
Theres a French car that can do this. Jason torchinsky drove one at the lane motor museum
@@TheBedroomSimRacer da
Fuck it, just give it wheels like an office chair, all directions
no it would
One of the best adverts for cancelling your TV licence
Him zipping in and out of frame is the funniest thing, almost as a certain yellow mini coop zipping the same way.
I asked my lecturer who was a BBC correspondant if Jeremy Clarkson really drove that tiny car around/ in BBC... He said yes... 😂🤣
Peel trident
@@forof416 it's a p50
@@gameworkerty He turned the engine off while he was inside.
@@gameworkerty elevators arent airtight
@@gameworkerty last time i checked an elevator ride isnt an hour or 2 long
it's pretty practical IF you get there. Furthermore, it is advisable to keep the windows open at all times; an errant fart could be lethal.
one is immune to their own farts
HYITHO Not if you have Tacos the night before.
Will B hahaha yeah. it'll be more like hot chocolate squirting out of the barista machine
HYITHO
Best Comment today....
Will B I just ate 5 Taco Bell tacos 30 mins ago ._.
Just try to imagine what all of the other drivers were thinking, watching that microscopic thing putter down the street.
I saw something like that in Philadelphia, PA the other day. It was parked between two other cars, that were parallel parked, in parallel parking spaces.
Boss: Why are you late?
Employee: My car got stucked in the office elevator.
Boss:
This Isn't Even My Final Form Boss: wut
Did the boss say “this isn’t even my final form”?
......... oh it is.
Lmao
Drive smarter next time and give yourself a 10 mins more next time !
I want one!
_[looks at their website. Sells for $21k]_
...I'LL 3D PRINT ONE!
+Daniel Renard Their Trident was funnier, looked like Astronut's saucer!
*****
My guess... Increase in _demand_ courtesy of Top Gear (this episode) and other appearances. I'd consider this more of a vanity item anyway. For $1k~3k you can get a decent moped, which I find a bit more practical (though, less charming), than this car.
Even so, if you got a moped for less than $3000, you could probably spend a bit extra money and some quality time in the garage, rebuilding it into a small car of your own shape and size and STILL get away with it cheaper.
+Daniel Renard you can get one online from a factory for 10 grand
LOL!
+Daniel Renard there's two new "versions", look for the Myzer M49 and Mobi M80(80cc - 2 strokes with reverse)...
The Myzer costs about 5K, but the M80 costs 1K!
Even a child can be an expert driver on the p50
“Top speed depends on how big you are” lmao 🤣
"Who stole the car?"
*Someone driving casual in the office
😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's John humprhys
@@Eliteerin who?
SebTheDeb probably someone really important/high up in the company
@@sebthedeb8423 Does Mastermind (if you know what that is)
7:36 That meeting is definitely standard practice at the BBC nowadays.
I can see BBC people thinking: "Oh, it's the Top Gear guys again with their nonsense."
Valtteri Manala
And now that BBC fired these guys and hired the entire Pakistani block from Leicester
It probably wasn't so funny to the BBC, they called Jeremy in once because he named his dog after a footballer, and demanded he change the dog's name. That's how uptight and utterly silly the BBC is.
I feel like if BBC was a single classroom in High school Top Gear would have been the child that is always disrupting the class and making everyone else laugh
The only car where what you eat, Impacts your milage.
This is absolutely brilliant!
“Unfortunately though this is the most complicated building IN THE WORLD”
Sometimes it makes me proud for being a short person.
@Farhang Farasat Being short infront of a tall girl has it advantages too
😏
Somtimes being a kid too *is easy*
3:29 I can't stop laughing
Look at that exhaust😵💫
They should have made The Stig drive it
Skandiii 68 ç qqeti
The stig should do a time trial at the Test Course. Haha could take a while.
1:17 the news report and car in the back ground killed me
7:17
Are you sure it wasn't 7:17????
Please tell me that actually aired
Oliver Henderson yeah it kinda did
ikr
the moment he pulled the car inside was funny, but when he started to drive indoors, that was hilarious🤣🤣 lol
Driving through the background of the news desk was the highlight