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- Part 1 of 3: Jeremy, Richard and James drive a selection of muscle cars from San Francisco to Utah through the Nevada Mountains. In this first video, the boys review their cars; the Challenger SRT8, Supercharged Corvette and Cadillac, in the most un-entertaining way possible.
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"Hammond didn't understand any of it, because deep down he is a secret American." hahaha
*Hammond you eedoot... pauuuse.. dis is te fastest car in de world*
"Muscle car" the only real muscle car in this (imo) is the challenger
@@Reaper-fj9xp I would've loved to see a Challenger, Mustang, and Camaro used in this.
2004 Terminator Cobra They should’ve had a White Camaro ZL1 1LE, a Red Demon/Hellcat and a Blue Shelby GT500. It would’ve been perfect 👌
@@b-ri1338: They do the Camaro, Shelby and Challenger Demon on the streets of Detroit in their Grand Tour series.
The fact that James just said thank you and accepted that the guy thought he was John Lennon is probably one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
How did they film in a Casino?
@@dragospahontu 💵
@@altonb93 lol
@Jody Owen still impressive that they managed to film inside a casino.
@@dragospahontu It's Top Gear
“Deep down, he is a secret American.”
Explains why he’s the only one with a muscle car
Corvette is also a Muscle car.
@@philithegamer8265 thats more a sports car than a muscle car
@@coryhart1789 Let's just say it's an attempt at a sports car.
Says the guy with the GTR as his profile pic lol! I believe rear wheel drive, a 6.2L supercharged V8, a 6 speed, and undoubtedly American qualifies the corvette as a muscle car. Also... I’ve heard it referred to as such all my life.
Lol at all the Europeans in these comments calling a bonafide sports car like the corvette a muscle car.
Hammond was the only one that actually chose a muscle car.
Part 2 explains it
Exactly. The Caddy is a touring car, the Vette a sports car 😐
@@coyotelong4349 The Corvette ZR1 is debatably a supercar.
@@Mr-Trox lmao not at all bud
@@MoonCowGaming Debatably, especially the newest one.
"This is made by 2 fat blokes in Kentucky." As an American, I couldn't have been more happier when you said that.
Jonathan Y Wu More happier. The emerican education system has failed me yet again
Except it is actually made by Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.
+Mete Who are also fat blokes.
The corvette is actually assembled in Bowling Green Kentucky
*NOT **-MEXICO.-*
The man with James in the casino was actually the mayor of Reno
No way 😂
Seriously?
Really? Lol
Bs😂
No way! Like a sad Elvis Presley on crack! 😂
Where you guys from? Australia?
Hahaha
Hammond: i love muscle cars.
James: I'm disgust.
Jeremy: Car is car
James LOVES that same car in the next episode though (the Part 2). It's really fun to see.
Why is this so funny
you summed up the video in 3 phrases haha
9:34 "Are you uh John Lennon uh...?"
"Might be."
"Well you're from the best band I ever heard."
W? T? F?
It's Jake Lemon from the Beetles. He was good on the drums. I love Australia they make the best music
Create Mymy I’m guessing your not English
@@ethanpowell5284 I guess so
Casino goers are weird
Create Mymy oof, somebody’s touchy 😂😂
"Who are you, John Lennon or something? Well, you're from the best band I ever heard."
+WitherTux i heard john lennrrrrr hahaha
Well thank you
Daniel thomson Z
CrazySharkGaming yup
How did he manage to find the Drunkest man in Reno?
'It's the same plastic they use to make newsreaders over here'
That was too funny.
appelpower1 it’s the same colour as well
I can hear helicopters
What's a news reader?
If Hammond drives into the back of James May's car, Bruce Willis will come in a State Department gunship and we shall all be KILLED! lol XD
@@easydoz1 Only reason I didn't get the joke.
I cant believe that this was 11 freaking years ago holy crap
time flies dude. I remember i was 7 when i watched this
aj johnson i watched this when i was 5, but it was released 1 month after i was born thought, this brought me into cars like many others
I feel fuckin old -.-
@@rehaanniyaz A month after you were born? Jesus, I suddenly feel very old
12 years actually
"All American cars are rubbish" -Jeremy Clarkson 2006
"I'm beginning to like this Corvette....This is comfortable, spacious, beautifully air conditioned." Also Jeremy Clarkson.
Then proceeds to buy a Ford GT.
He literally fell in love
You know English don't have money right? The show is funded by German cars.
Go to the north of england you'll see 50-70 year old cars imported from 3rd world countries junkyards. You can talk to them but I would suggest you rather not because, ohh boy, the alcohol. The secret magic that lil Britons have that can make the air into alcohol when they talk and the accents that are from out of this world and no normal human can pick. They all speak in unfamiliar tongues, the tongue of gods. Just kidding no they don't they just have speech impediments. Yeah, a hell lotta them.
@@createmymy7851 "they just have speech impediments. Yeah, a hell lotta them." clearly u havent heard southern Americans talk. It's like trying to understand an alien language.
Create Mymy mate you’re the epitome of an “elitist” We make McLaren Range Rover Aston Martin Rolls Royce Jag. What do you make? Plasticy fords? B4 you point out jag Range Rover and rolls aren’t British they are on,y owned by foreigners
If Americans do one thing right with their cars it's air conditioning
Oh no sorry my foot slipped off the clutch hahahah
Off the clutch, over the brake pedal and straight onto the accelerator :D
+Martins “MRaaaaa” Noname you do realize you use 2 feet when driving a manual right? left foot clutch, right foot accelerator & brake
He was making an excuse about his foot slipping off the clutch. I made a comment about the same foot that slipped. Get it? I know how to drive stick, thank you :)
I think in used that excuse before with my mom in the car
The caddy is a luxury
They should've drove a Mustang, Camaro and Challenger. That would be perfect.
Exactly what I was thinking!
what about Charger SRT? :)
Filip Valábik it's a four door car so that won't do anymore.
They must have seen this comment lol
@Miles Doyle Shut it, this is muscle cars we're talking about here, not Jesus
Jeremy apologizing to the cop for a blatant lie is possibly the most real footage ever aired on Top Gear.
Muricans don't do humour
I don’t understand
@@webguy8497 top gear is usually scripted
The challenger has been around for 12 years and it still looks fresh on the outside. I love cars with timeless designs
@Miles Doyle are you on crack?
@Miles Doyle Shush
That car still looks better than current Challenger
It looks like a Buffalo getting back shots while having its nostrils pulled.
@@supreme_xenonit's the same thing. 😂
"my foot slipped off the clutch"
Alexander Cummins then i accidentally slammed the gas
+Alexander Cummins im surprised he didn't get shot for saying that.
Authoritarian pricks most of the time. Intimidate, scare, own, arrest.
+Alexander Cummins "no that's no, i don't buy that for a second" hahaha
FFC159 Maybe in your area but not in the non-shitholes.
When he asks James if he's John Lennon, I spit out my drink and start laughing.
I fart loud lolololololololol
+Mr smarty pants 45 wtf
Spit lemon
B Q been there
@James Cook I spit out my drink and started laughing when I read your comment!
TONIGHT:
James is being called an Australian.
Hammond is actually driving a muscle car.
And I got pulled over.
i prefer my own version which goes like this in todays program
james doesnt like his cadilac
richard is an american spy
and i buy a ford gt
Tonight on, gear
"I'm beginning to like this corvette"
Well Jeremy is middle aged. breakout the jean shorts and white skechers. its corvette season boys! lol
That's the old corvette stereotype...now it has mid engine, squared tail lights, good interior...
@@rawdawg15 yea and middle age men having a midlife crisis still buy them. Don’t get me wrong. I like corvettes too. I liked the c3, c5, c6 and c8 years
@@W4RY3NTRY OK, you are a female. What is a car you would like to see an attractive 20s or 30s aged man driving without a negative stereotype?
@@rawdawg15 both comments were jokes. I don’t know why you need to feel so offended and make up a hypothetical lol
@@W4RY3NTRY lol yeah, instead everyone should wear skinny jeans, little black ankle socks, and Vans Old School shoes like the Millennials, right? 😂
"where you guys from Australia ? LMAO
Americans....stupid as hell
Evan Roberson you guys voted for trump so you might as well be the stupidest hahaha
Evan Roberson I funny how America thinks that they live in a Good/decent country. But to Scandinavians and some european countries Its looks like a shithole.
Like, get ur shit together.
Minute Man You are probably the only American Ive met that actually has some sense in Its brain.
Brage Andersen Also American. Can agree this country is the closest thing to hell on earth
"Oh, I'm lsorry, my foot slipped off the clutch"
ik😂😂😂😂
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your pfp matches that quote so perfectly
Hello Sorry, I'm dad.
I don't even know how that's an excuse. If he's got the clutch engaged, it's becuse he doesn't have any throttle. If he lets up the clutch, the car would just stall.
My brain can’t handle that they used a damn Cadillac instead of a Mustang
My brain cant handle they used American cars instead of german cars.
@@brage.andersen7544 it's American car Challenge you idiots
proisreal :3 But Why would anyone want to have an American car lol
@@brage.andersen7544 cause they can afford it
proisreal :3 But the cars are crap. Much better to have a German or Italian car
9:00 "Oh no sorry my foot slipped of the clutch" never gets old 😂😂
9:00 "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were the police." "POLICE. REAL POLICE." "Oh, I'm sorry I wgriifjrnskkcmg." "Were you squealing the tires and revving the engines?" "Yes, I'm sorry, my foot slipped off the clutch." "No, no I dont buy that for a second." "Ok, sorry."
It's scripted.
@@A2T0L02 Yes. This is the No-Funny zone.
Daniel right
@Daniel if its not funny why are there 244 likes
that cop sounded like a family guy character
"Fearful that James may of made a joke..." XD im dying
Sol Bambi This was when the world was allowed to make jokes and not offend 500 different minorities.
I can hear helicopters.
I was about to say the same thing!
The fact that people have literally changed the " 've " meaning have, to "of" I've grown quite irritated with it. It's a contraction people! Read a book! XD
I love May's low "sorry" when Clarkson says that lol!
9:25
Random guy: "That thing looks guud"
Jeremy: "Wot is thaht? It's HIDEOUS"
😂
Jeshaun Wallace that random guy I’ve been told is the mayor of Reno
Trigger Shot Uhh that is not Bob Cashell
@@swiggityswoater4191 you're an idiot
@@chillyfingers123 *ive been told*
"wHeRe ArE yOu GuYs FrOm? AuStRaLiA?"
I got serious Only Fools and Horses flashbacks when they said that.
I could tell this comment was recent because it’s a meme
"you uh john uh legend or something."
She's blonde what do you expect
@@lvly4967 Shes American, what do you expect
"What were they thinking putting 6.2 in a luxury car?" Doesn't Bentley have a 6.0l 600hp+ luxury car?
Pretty sure the BMW V12 in the Phantom is even bigger
A portion of it is just poking fun, the other portion is Brits being forever upset about their little brother telling them what to do.
Meh the engine is great imo. Nice 6.2 pushrod V8. The thing James wouldn't like ofcourse is the fact it was developed at the Nurburgring. 🤣 iirc the CTS-V has some magnetic ride control system to adjust damping so you can set it to soft for a comfy ride.
Well is because the V12 of Bentley gives you a smooth ride, not like the V8, but of course it has power.
@@gamestycon2239 Have you ever even had a car with a V8? Are you even old enough to drive?
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Ddoge Challenger, Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang would be perfect
+Oscar Alarcón Mustang isn't a real Muscle Car
+Robin J The classic 60s Mustang is listed as a muscle car by HOT ROD magazine. They are a higher authority than some nobody from nowhere:
.
+Robin J It still is though. Ford is trying to make it handle better and not doing a very good job of it. Mustangs are still driven my drag racing knuckle draggers.
+Robin J The GT500 probably would be
+Robin J haaa got em..... truer words have never been spoken mustangs are shit
9:36 "you are., John Lennon? You're from the best.. band, I've ever heard." *smacks James on the back*
8:20 Jeremy and Hammond are the best man-children ever
"We were still thinking of things we weren't supposed to do, to do". Been there, done that. Top Gear is great.
Im going to miss Top Gear taking the piss out of the Americans
Or on anyone for that matter. Then again we might have "House of Cars" with Jeremy, Richard and James. Id laugh if they renamed the Stig to the Skid though. Just because the BBC probably trademarked the character. They dont have the suit trademarked though because its a Simpson helmet with iridium lens and an alpinestar suit.
"Taking the piss out of the Americans" you mean taking the piss out of everyone who isn't English?
Will James Making a joke about a stereotype which states that US citizens are fat for some sort of magic reason isn't really "taking the piss out of the Americans".
Abra Cadabra Well most of them are fat and they're funny jokes. They take the piss out of the UK too
Will James "most of them are fat"
How do you know? From a youtube video? Have you ever even been to the US? To any state except the southern ones?
I went in holiday from Romania in US to my Aunt last summer in Minneapolis. They took me through NY, we went through LA, we went to the Mount Rushmore.
Of course I've seen some fat people like you see anywhere in the world, but I have never noticed loads of fat people...
Everybody was so calm and polite...
I seriously think there are more fat people in my country on the streets than in the US.
1:06 look at them slowing down all the traffic 😂
2:15 “Wouldn’t want to own one”
Immediately bursts into joyful laughter after tapping the gas pedal.
What does that have to do with not wanting to own one?
@@jakob9614 cuz he's obviously joking he loves these things and thinks there great it's jokes
6:48 Jeremy genuinely enjoying himself is so nice
Bruce Willis approves
Even when old top gear tried to be boring they're still entertaining
"My foot slipped off the clutch" LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:50 "where are you guys from? Australia?"
This show was lightning in a bottle
i love the dry humour in their talks, its sooo british. "developing 556 horsepower, its just not necessary". like too much hp has ever been an issue with these guys.
He said that because Cadillacs are normally big and slow.
@@hueyfreemanhisanimatedfrie925 Not to mention Captain Slow.
4:00 Old Top Gear theme song
Ben Klein it's called Jessica I think, I don't remember who did it, it's in guitar hero 3
allman brothers band-jessica, yes you are correct
Lol nice
On Tonights Program
Charlie's Models Beat me to it, although I could also say...”TONIGHT...”
*Jeremy pointing at the back of the Corvette
"This plastic, comes from the same plastic they used to make newsreaders over here..."
I swear I just saw that somewhere
@@thomaswawrzyniak118 Z06 Review I think
Everything about this is better than new Top Gear. The presentation, the music, the banter. It boggles the mind that BBC sacked these chaps.
well they do have an amazon original show, so that's smth
Well Jeremy attacked a producer because his dinner was cold.
Is that not a valid reason?
They only sacked Clarkson. May and Hammond left in solidarity with him.
3:58 brings back memories
I'm a Reno resident.. 26 years now, I wish I knew when they were going to film here. These guys are hilarious!
Dave Edwards yes! They need to do it again during hot august nights
4:00
"Tonight! James is at a casino! Jeremy and Richard drag race! A police encounter?"
Top Gear: An American Adventure
What song is it?
@@maciejucki8175 That's the old Top Gear theme
@@maciejucki8175 Jessica By the Allman brothers
2:54 The Rock riding by lol
I was literally thinking the same thing 😂
I mean he has as many brain cells as an average Harley biker...
They need to redo this challenge on their new show; mile for mile and the drag event, but with the new Corvette Z06, the Hellcat Challenger, and...maybe, the Shelby GT350R. I think James would like the Shelby.
THAT would be epic.
The new CTS-V is pretty cool.... And fast
nissan2002feb25
Yeah, but we need all three car manufacturers represented.
Vladpryde I see what you are saying
They actually doing almost that exact review for the Top Gear magazine, except they used a Cobra ACR instead of a challenger
+Vladpryde Or a CTS-V a Corvette c7 Z06 and a Hellcat
3 brits pick a muscle car, no one picked a mustang.. not even richard
It's probably because they already covered the mustang in an earlier episode and covering something twice is a nono in the tv world
The corvette isnt a muscle car. The ctsv isnt really much of one either. The challenger is a pony car.
@@theyhatehimbecausehetoldth7576 Are you kidding me? The Challenger is huuuuge compared to the Camaro and Mustang of the time.
@@sailor7537 what the hell are you talking about? Be more specific.
change my mind the point of the pony car was a small car with a big engine. The challenger is a big car.
Tonight
Richard reveals hes an American spy, james has a rant, and I listen to myself on the radio...
4:00
"I didn't know you were the Police."
"Police, Real Police Okay? POLICE!"
Hey guys. . . . I think he was part of the police 😂😂😂
So many offended Americans....you do realise the Top Gear crew literally makes fun of every country that is not England? It's part of the succes story. You guys should laugh about it haha. They have offended my tiny little country of the Netherlands so often...and it makes me laugh every time
Oh I laugh this show is the best and they do the same to English cars alot too
'So many offended Americans....you do realise the Top Gear crew literally makes fun of every country, *including* England?'
There, I corrected it for you. But yeah, stop being butthurt, everyone. I couldn't care less what they say about The Netherlands (which is where I live too)
appelpower1 I agree I'm in the u.s I guess these people have no sense of humor
I pretty much don't know jack about norway, care to fill me in? I can tell you bout my country (Chile).
Cool Blue Wait, Norway? Where did you get that from?
"I didnt know you were the real police..." Lmao!! Love it! They kicked it hard and had a lot of fun. Lol
9:25 I'm dying lol "that thing looks gooood"
*WHAT IS THAT?*
Laughing the entire way. As an American myself, I found them making fun of Americans to be very entertaining. The Top Gear show has a certain charm to it that just can’t be replicated
How can you not love James?
Loved it when the old Top Gear intro played and Jeremy had a flashback moment!....of a more simple time!
Ikr
The song is 'Jessica' by The Allman Brothers Band.
0:43 I found myself keeping rewatching this part
One of the absolute best videos traveling America in style! Top Gear never fails!
"are you...like... John Lennon or somethin'...?"
@Jumpy Cat woulda been a meme if john lennon himself had said that
yep. We're more hospitable.
@@sjeffy5137 ^^^
@@sjeffy5137 last time that happened a whole bunch of hicks drove them nearly off the road
Tsrenis I’m 99.9999% sure that was faked. Real southerners are courteous and wonderful people.
To keep the US State Department happy this is censored.
Lmao.
Is refers to departement of..........??
So I see the Dodge Challenger in the first clip, they haven't changed at all in 2020.
Don't fix what isn't broken
@@itscrono7073 Amen.
The only thing they literally changed are the tailights.
"Can I ram into James every time he stops?"
"No."
"Just a tiny lit-"
" *NO* "
Since when is the Corvette a muscle car?
True a Corvette is a sports car, not a muscle. The Camaro out of Chevy is the main muscle car. It would have been nice too see a Challenger, Camaro, and Mustang.
70-80s now not so much
The challenger is literally the only muscle car out of these three
I have to agree. The Challenger has always been a true American muscle car, whereas the Corvette was more like a sports car and the CTS-V is basically the same.
MaxTheKanuck thank you I thought I was the only one that saw this
MaxTheKanuck - And yet, it's not a muscle car either.
Mitcho2001, Wrong. The Challenger was never a "muscle car". Then or now.
Baron Fyre Whine what do you mean it was determined a muscle car 1970 from dodge.
I’m Australian and that bloke who was with James at the casino is EXACTLY how we epitomise all Americans 😂
friendly to Aussies and Brits?
A guy who descends from felons is talking trash? GTFO
roger dodger unless you're an American Indian then you're an immigrant too. Assuming you are American. If you're British, you're the felons we're descendant from. So inadvertently you shot yourself down twice
We have stereotypes of you guys too....that you run around all day trying to shove your thumbs up the asses of snakes and crocodiles with great excitement
@@rawdawg15 that’s only the bogans mate, the rest of us just box kangaroos and wrestle sharks 😉
1:05 I like how they slow down the traffic behind them
"I'm chewing gum and everything!" lol
He's a secret american
4:00 in case you’re wondering, that’s the 1970’s top gear intro music
The name of the song is Jessica by the Allman brothers
VeronViper 06 nice fact
Yogie but all we know is, it’s a good song!
This was ten years ago in 2010 and people still are commenting
this video ages like a fine wine
The ZR1 is and always has been my all time favourite car, so seeing Jeremy loving it more and more as he drives it warms my soul lol
enzo acceleration at an affordable price. that's something to be proud of.
I've only seen one C6 ZR1 since the c6 version came out in 2009. Just last year. The dark grey one pull around next to me at the light. Awesome car. The presence was almost Viper. Still much cooler than the many C7s
8:07 Tommy Wiseau!
Anyone else catch Orion at 6:04
+I am Maximus yep it's the acoustic version
yessss!! good ear my friend! thats awesome that they put that in there
I love how they snuck the old top gear theme in there.
“Are you John Lennon” favorite quote ever especially since he’s been dead since the 80s
6:03 Metallica's Orion cover? In Top Gear? Awesome!
I know bro it's cool
Holy shit, that's true
Oh shit! Good call
I recognized it immediately after i heard the drums somehow
Also would have been better if it was the original
"this plastic is the same they use to make news readers over here"
"its the same color aswell" hahahahahah
Colour
One of the best episodes of Top Gear.
I like the retro design of the Challenger.
corvette is super challenger is sport and caddie is luxury
No no and no
Corvette: Super-Muscle.
Challenger:Muscle/MOPAR.
Cadillac: Sedan.
4:11 HAHA That's a nice homage to the past! It's the old top gear theme!
"my foot slipped off the clutch" never gets old rewatching this is so fun
"Chewing gum and everything" - Yup, proper American :)
Hammond was driving a hellcat for the grand tour in Italy 😬🤗🤗😃
The sound of that engine omg 😯 6:37
Ahhh! los viejos tiempos del mejor Top Gear que ha existido y existirá
The best part of this whole show is the friendship between these 3
Lol
9:13 look at that Crown Victoria though
As a resident of Reno I couldn't be any happier that they filmed this here :)
Kenji Brian Kitagawa me too bro
They should remake this with newer versions of those cars on grand tour
Well they kind of did with the car choice back in season 3 RV special.
Jeremy - ZR1
Hammond - Mopar
May - CTS-V
Series 3 they did and Hammond did in series 1
Clarkson: "The plastic they use here for the bumper is the same plastic they use for the newsreaders over here"
May: "Same colour as well" 😂😂
Lotus uses fiberglass: Brilliant weight-saving technique
Corvette fiberglass: Cheap, stupid crap.
@@Trainmaster909you completely missed the joke.
Bud and Bob
Clarkson doesn't hate all American cars, he bought a Ford GT.
and after waiting 2 years for it, then sending it back for repairs, twice he sold it.
Love that challenger. Sound epic!
7:24 for me is the funniest part of the video.
Love the camera work and editing on this show....... and the cars are pretty good too!
Ikr
0:35
"If Hammond drives into May's car the Bruce Willis will show up in a state farm gun ship and we shall all be killed"
Did I catch that right? Lmmfao
State Department*
4:38 those actually are real air scoops, just for the record
This is my favorite top gear adventure yet