Audi Group B Rally Car vs THE STIG | TG Tunnel Run

The Stig’s secret subterranean lair is the perfect place to make a lot of noise with a lot of noisy cars. Welcome to Top Gear Tunnel Run.
In the first of a new series, our tame racing driver welcomes not just rallying royalty, but the king of the Quattros - the Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2.
Built in 1985, the E2 was the last of Audi’s Group B rally cars, and also the most ferocious. With fruity fuelling, a bucket-sized turbo and five cylinders, it also makes an orchestra’s worth of glorious, loud noises.
Join The Stig, and host Becky Evans, to hear just how loud this unhinged rally car can be…
Car: Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2
Engine: 2.1-litre turbocharged 5-cyl
Power: 550bhp
Price: Priceless
Top speed: N/A
Noise: 126.6dB
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:12 Catesby Tunnel History
01:43 Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2
02:43 Audi Quattro History
04:41 Walkaround
05:27 Tunnel Run
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[@TopGear]

Headphones on for this one 🎧 Stay tuned for a 360° video of the Quattro’s tunnel run…

[@Grubik]

Something is wrong with sound. When she wispered to left ear of figurine the sound is played in my right ear.

[@roxx0rz]

@@Grubik Are your headphones the wrong way around :D

[@JoshuaDickin]

@@Grubik I suspect its so that the less audio nerdy people don't say what you said but the opposite, as they would have seen her whispering on the right and expected it to come out of your right headphone speaker. note that in the car itself the audio was 'correct' but again - well done on spotting it because I suspect 90% of people then wouldn't!

[@ap_andersen]

I’m just here for the Audi….😀

[@cybertree]

Thank you Top Gear give whoever's idea this was a raise! Now I need a cigarette...

[@darshenjason3164]

Pls bring the Lexus LFA

[@caledonianrailway1233]

Or alonsos championship winning Renault

[@HorrorUberAlles]

Montoya's FW26! 19.000RPM baby lets goooooooooooo

[@JohnDemetre]

Mazda 787B might break the tunnel 😂

[@Sweet_Zombie_Cheezuz]

Came to comment this. The LFA race car is the best sounding car ever made. 😁

[@AIC_onyt]

@@JohnDemetre787B: revs everyone in a 10km radius of the tunnel goes deaf.

[@TerribleUsernameAmirite]

This has to be the best idea anyone’s had at the top gear studio in years!

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Yup, and Becky is nailing the right enthusiasm as host.

[@mykeljewell]

Oh man that turbo sounds amazing. Sounds like a bird chirping at every shift

[@robl7532]

Someone feed those “birds”, they are hungry.

[@marioformicadae6637]

If only I could get that out of my audi a4, lol

[@joshfoley8862]

I heard this car in real life. My head still tingles when I talk about it.

[@jasonphillips3865]

1985. Weston Park, Telford, England. I was 15 and experienced Group B in the RAC Rally. That day has been etched into my brain for nearly 40 years.

[@mohammedrucsaal6100]

u lucky guy

[@efro4812]

I feel you, group B was the reason I got into cars as a kid being born late 70’s meant I got to go and watch these loony wagons with my older brother and dad. The feeling, let alone the noise when one passed you was almost unexplainable. My dad was a Ford man, my brother was Peugeot and Audi and I still have a thing for the Renault 5 turbo and metro 6r4 to this day.

[@jasonphillips3865]

@efro4812 . An age of excellence we'll never get back. F1 rule book was thin. Rally drivers were heroes and we drove cars you had to learn to maintain.

[@mohammedrucsaal6100]

my uncle used to buy and sell these cars around 1985 times I was only 4 but I remember and man I loved the shape I'm an audi man real cars

[@leo6720]

You dont know how Jealous I am. You probably saw my dream car in its prime

[@ShortFilmStudiosLN]

Top Gear woke up and said "Let's make some noise." And they did well. God I love this channel

[@TopGear]

😘

[@ShortFilmStudiosLN]

Even without the original trio, you guys keep making epic videos and the best car content available. But you already know that ;)

[@joshuanicholson420]

Ain’t that the truth.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

I'm surprised Hot Wheels hasn't made a casting of this yet

[@simeonyves5940]

Now we need Tunnel Run 2 with LFA, Carrera GT, Williams FW14B, Renault R26, Murcielago SV, McLaren F1, McLaren Solus, GMA T.50, Ariel Atom 300, Lotus 72D, Rolls Royce "The Beast", Ferrari 458 Speciale, Pagani Huayra R, Pagani Zonda C12 F Clubsport 7.3, and Mazda 787B!

[@kha7705]

Made an almost 50 year old fire up his sim rig for the first time in more than a year. I just couldn't because i am grieving but it is time to have some fun. Thanks 😊

[@Retheraq]

God bless you!

[@kha7705]

@@Retheraq you to dear friend 😄

[@mysterygti]

Keep going, one brother to another.

[@kha7705]

@@mysterygti thank you young man

[@bradbullen2099]

Stay strong bro 👊🏻

[@Le_Floffy_A92]

787B, F2004, Ferrari 412 T2, GT40, LFA, '18 911 RSR, R34, AMG GT3, Zonda R... I would love to see any of these run in that tunnel at some point. My ears hunger for those sounds 🤤

[@konaboy9677]

Mc12 Corsa, FXX and CGT missing your list buddy.

[@jaymorrison2419]

Good news, one of the cars they run has the same engine as the Zonda. So we are getting 12cly of screaming Mercedes insanity.

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

@@konaboy9677just needs a JUDD V8

[@gasperkalan3079]

and for a good measure a 90s Honda Civic ;D

[@ParsleyBass]

Michelle Mouton conquered Pike's Peak in the Quattro 2 years before Rohl and smashed the previous record, give her the respect she deserves!

[@MaxWeninger]

He is written Röhrl. Give the man the respect he deserves by writing his name correct at least

[@ParsleyBass]

@@MaxWeninger I knew I missed an R somewhere but I was in a rush

[@dampaul13]

@@MaxWeninger Give the English language the respect it deserves by writing it correctly at least.

[@billbob213]

​@@dampaul13 to be fair it's not an English word lol

[@dampaul13]

@@billbob213 To be fair, I was commenting on an English word and poor spelling.

[@logicalthought]

All I have to say is... This is THE greatest idea for a car series EVER!

[@pedromota740]

This is art

[@kha7705]

It absolutely is 😊

[@salzwassersamunddiesoljank5573]

Great idea for a video series! Two cars that absolutely need to run through this tunnel: 2018 Porsche 911 RSR and the legendary Mazda 787B

[@Larken42]

787b… I don’t know if I’d want to be too close to that in an enclosed space… Dorito symphony for the soul, yes; but flat out assault and battery to the local eardrum

[@elvis1745]

I'm with you on those two as I think that the 787B is the best sounding machine, let alone car ever made, but I wouldn't be too mad if they also threw in an LFA

[@metadata4255]

I know they didn't, but I'd love to hear a Cerbera Speed 12 shaking that tunnel apart

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

You better have very good insurance if you try to run 787b in tunnel. In tunnel, any drivers will be lucky to leave with permanent hearing losses

[@zounds13]

I was thinking of the Mazda too. And maybe a FIA GT-spec Lister Storm.

[@joshuanicholson420]

Thanks TG for taking the sound so serious. With a good set of headphones, that was absolutely amazing. Can’t wait for the rest of the series.

[@marcinc.7130]

The trouble is --> you dedicate 100% of your hearing to it and suddenly... she starts talking again ... 😅

[@stivrosthegreat4951]

I was getting sick of every youtube channel having cars just going in straight lines, but this is just perfection 😍😍 thank you top gear thank you ❤️

[@danielwillits2173]

This is what TG should ALWAYS be!

[@12undeadz]

The on-board images are incredible. You can see every bit of movement in that car as it accelerates and shifts!

[@jsinclair39]

This show is gonna drive up the cost of of old NA S600s when that episode airs. Its a well kept secret that car with equal length headers is F1 heaven!

[@TopGear]

👀

[@AtheistOrphan]

It’s never going to ‘air’. This is the KZbin channel of Top Gear magazine. It’s not a broadcast programme.

[@munger2k]

@@AtheistOrphan This is the first video of a series so they obviously mean when the video of the S600 (shown in the intro) drops on KZbin

[@grahamsmith5647]

My favourite, the legendary Quattro S1 E2 Imo the most iconic rally car ever made… it rewrote the rule book. Over 40 years later & still mega cool 👍🏼😎😎

[@moogle68]

Never have I been so happy to own 4 different high end headphones, each with their own unique features, which means I'll _actually_ be getting *4* videos to watch for every episode of this series that drops. Whoever came up with this idea for this series deserves a *big* raise/bonus. I actually remember hearing somewhere about some kind of crazy tunnel project in England a while ago, and tbh it's been so long since then that I had forgotten about it, but I'm glad to see the project completed, and I look forward to all the content it will help create. I think I remember hearing about this in one of the many interviews done with Gordon Murray when he released the T.50 and T.30. (might have been with Mike from DriveTribe, but I am not positive)

[@zounds13]

Yeah, I'm about to watch it again with my Verum 1s.

[@DPCcars]

Top Gear, you've truly hit the mark with this one! From revving engines to iconic racing moments, this tunnel is a car enthusiast's dream.

[@fereracarera]

Smoother than Stig's helmet 😂😂😂

[@TopGear]

👀

[@MercSLRFan]

Giggity

[@kerrysgold1]

Hot diggity dawg😂😂🎉

[@stevewilson8467]

Yep, every single part of The Stig is built for speed..

[@UFC_MMA_Clips]

Bro an LFA would sound absolutely incredible in there

[@Jappmannen]

And the Hakasouka GT-R too!

[@HaLoo7]

This concept might be the best Top Gear has ever had!

[@qaza007qaza]

Thanks TG the Audi Group B is one of my all time favourite cars the sound the 5pot makes is unbelievable and that tunnel run is just epic Things like this will live on in a world when all cars will sound like scalextric cars and have no soul I'm so pleased I could be around and see cars like this live in the day as kids today won't know what a car with noise and soul is all about

[@bscaffold]

Thank you Top Gear for this automotive eargasm!

[@thomasrupesinghe]

My God that was a joy to listen to. Eyes closed just listening to that symphony🤩

[@STAG162]

finally something my ears can appreciate. none of this electric gubbins.

[@TopGear]

🙌

[@saletedeflash]

Yes, that's why people will keep driving fossil cars. Listening to the beautiful sound of a Stellantis diesiel 1.5 HDi while commuting is something to live for.

[@ForTheLoveOfRally-vc7xw]

Yesssss. As an audio nerd that covers rally, this is exactly the type of content I want to see! I hope this continues, I absolutely love the concept!

[@whosyourmate8292]

Good lord! My inner child LOVED that 😂 Thank you TG and thank you Becky 👍

[@Prodegenius]

I have never had something send chills down my spine like the run with Mike did. That was beyond incredible.

[@rossmackay7175]

So difficult to find natural and enjoyable presenters breaking on to the scene - Becky is great! Well done!

[@cklam8722]

Amazing! Man and machine in heaven below ground. Really thrilling! Impressive work, Becky and Team of Top Gear with hi tech acoustics.

[@eminenginmsrc3495]

What a final with that sound at the end , loved it, amazing video

[@vywzzp4191]

Porsche Carrera GT? It's the sweetest sounding machine out there.

[@hsefer93]

Goosebumps to the 10th power!! WOW 😮 Thank you, TG Team! Much love for this ❤️❤️

[@driftmasterq8]

This is definitely one of the THE coolest things tg has ever done i cant wait for the next one!! 👏🏼

[@ELXABER]

7.1 Surround sound headset - That was awesome 🤣 First time I've watched the same video more than once in a row. She needs a comrade for some banter.

[@MightySavagE]

for binaural stereo is supposed to be the output ;)

[@ELXABER]

@@MightySavagE Depends on the encoding, but it's a fancy setup so the decode is decent. It would have been cool if they moved the sound setup behind the driver instead of dead center of the car, but that's nitpicking lol.

[@vinc_ck6451]

Nah, no more people More cars and more pure sound Thats what this is all about..

[@ELXABER]

@@vinc_ck6451 Nah, I miss the trio's banter for filler. Maybe they can guest-star Jeremy now that most of the world agrees with him, EVs are rubbish.

[@mariuserasmus6970]

The combination 5 cylinder quick shifting and blow of velve in insane

[@SpatialDragon]

Thank you for featuring "The Black Volcano" Michele Mouton. She was iconic Group B Audi driver on the podium.

[@davidetoccalini3925]

This is the kind of video you'll remember for a long time, goose bumps

[@cookieinthewoods]

LOVE this! The ASMR style mic feature is excellent, well done folks - very good. Look forward to the next one

[@tiesb1212]

What a great idea for a new type of content. The thing for which a lot of car enthousiasts watch video’s for. Looking forward to an ongoing series for years :)

[@melvinlopez9248]

This was amazing. You can even hear the window rattling sound while onboard POV!

[@Floh2802]

This is an amazing idea for a series, I really want to see more of this. There are so many awesome cars out there that need to be recorded down there!

[@tiptron]

Thanks for the goosebumps! This binaural listening experience is amazing and the whole idea to be filming in a tunnel is just super cool. TopGear is finally becoming the most original car show, as it used to be!❤

[@robinholmescnx]

This is Charwelton disused railway tunnel near Daventry Northamptonshire. Yes the other end is at Catesby.

[@CardizoneSemblance]

Y'all have struck gold with this series. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Just remember, eventually people will get bored at some point so don't drag it out infinitely. Keep inventing

[@8Lucas1Simoes2lsdGT]

Absolutely incredible! The content of my dreams! Simply perfect! I'm in love with this series. Here's a list of future cars that you could bring: GMA T.50/ T.50.S Niki Lauda; Pagani Huayra R; Ferrari 812 Novitec N-Largo; BMW M1 Procar; Porsche Carrera GT; Ferrari 275 GTB/4; Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Gintani Exhaust; Ferrari F355 Capristo exhaust; Lexus LFA; Tuthill Porsche 911K; Mazda 787B.

[@TheSalemGamer-Art]

How come I never noticed Stigs helmet has changed ever so slightly-

[@syncro18t10]

Some friends and I approx 30yrs ago decided one night (around midnight) that it would be a good idea to walk the length of Catesby tunnel, when we got to the other end we could hear music and voices so we climbed the embankment and in an adjacent field there was about a dozen people dancing round a fire, we instantly thought devil worshipers and ran back through the tunnel 😂😂😂

[@rudolphcordon3017]

I am going love this series. Thanks to whoever fixed the tunnel, you will be blessed.

[@TheGinger1]

9:20 headphones on 🎧 "Are you freaked out yet".......... I'm going to need a moment.........

[@JUDEEDWARD]

The glorious sound of my youth 😀 I stood in the forests as a 15 year old watching those blasting past on the 85 RAC Rally, that year and others. It's absolutely the reason there's a 20v V5 engined Golf with a noisy exhaust and intake system sat outside the house as my daily driver 😁😁

[@deanjackson8368]

An almost 2 mile long straight road in a tunnel! That already existed in this country! Mega. That's like clearing out the garage and finding something (that you can't get anymore) that you'd totally forgot about that you actually still really wanted. ICE + Tunnel = Good times

[@jackboulter4901]

Thank-you top gear for this amazing new series, Becky is a great host and the audi sound's epic, that turbo chirp oooo boy 👌👌.

[@danielbermingrud3655]

I feel blessed! what an idea! thanks!.

[@filipes.7528]

This was a really good video and content coverage on a legendary car, the passenger sound experience was so wicked 👌

[@lesples]

Incredible, keep up posting tunnel series :D

[@tonybarrios2609]

What a great video i didn't expecte at the end i loved it🎉❤

[@davidbrown8517]

The loudest race car I've ever heard was the Panoz that raced at Le Mans.

[@Aleksa-bc1hu]

This series is going to be INCREDIBLE! The Audi Sport quattro S1 sounds INSANE!

[@Lopez_67]

In a channel filled with clueless editors blabbering about how heavy EVs are, stands this lone gem of a series! The only thing more ravishing than Miss Evans is the sweet, sweet sounds of violent combustion 🎶

[@rych7852]

This channel continues to be better than the last 3 series from the TV!

[@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT]

Becky and The Stig take on cars in this format - MAKE IT HAPPEN

[@mariuserasmus6970]

I'm in love with that S1

[@tufan075]

That flutter and blow off valve sound amazing!

[@robertcercel4078]

Ben Collins had a lot of fun. You can see it in his face :)

[@dolan-duk]

Just imagine Rob Dahm's 4 rotor in there.

[@danf3576]

Or james deanes. James deane is her boyfriend and hes only over the water in ireland

[@Westside7be]

Well, oh...what an opportunity, we need a McLaren F1 in there, a Muscle car with a fat blown V8, A V10 formula 1 car, A benelli Sei or Honda CBX, A cizeta V16, A ferrari 275, a 512 BB, a Matra MS670, A BMW M1, A 964 3.6, ....and a VW Beetle. What else?

[@ElRayDelRio]

Oh yaas yaas! that's lighting fast! Lorde this was your Damascus moment sir

[@divisionbreak]

This is the future of Top Gear. No nonsensical music or sound effect. No drama. No acting. Straight to the point about the car it needs to feature. Then come the car pure engine sound from the run. Splendid.

[@0Y02USH]

One of UK's best car presenters, Top Gear and some really fast cars Now we're talking!! Well done TG!!

[@jalopy_jeff]

This was fantastic! Definitely appreciate the headphones section.

[@PedroSantos_83]

I really enjoyed this! Keep it up! ❤

[@George-gm1gl]

Awesome to see my love for cars and my profession (noise) crossover! Just a note, when you're measuring noise levels the weighting of the sound level meter (6:38) should be set to dBA and not dBC. dBA or Decibel "A-weighting" filter, mimics the response of the human ear to different frequencies. dBC or Decibel "C-weighting" filter, means it takes into account low-frequency sounds more than high-frequency ones.

[@jimmygreaves1]

My most favourite car ever! Group B cars are every petrolheads dream! You can keep your electric cars, no matter how fast they accelerate they'll never move my soul like a ICE car with anti-lag.

[@ammaralfuzaia4933]

i already liked this series and i already want season 2 & 3 and 4 great job top gear 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@kantaverma5970]

Finally the video all petrolheads waiting for !!

[@btimec5290]

Wow. One of my favourite cars of all time. Brilliant.

[@Jake-yy9fg]

epic haha. one of my all time favourite cars. on dirt rally 2.0 this car is an absolute animal and they got the audio perfect.

[@Christian-kg2uk]

My god, thank you for this series ♥️

[@jeanwork4070]

Awesome ! Great concept !!

[@alexureche357]

Next level editing. Congrats to the editors!

[@AshleyRobinson-os1xb]

80's square cars like this are easily some of the best looking cars. Standing still it looks quick.

[@DEZ1172]

What an amazing piece of automotive royalty to start with , very jealous you got to hear it live Becky even though it sounds mint in headphones 💯👌

[@i.sbhachu2609]

That was brilliant! 5 Cylinder Music - Vorsprung durch Technik

[@nickyt3269]

this is the first top gear series i am REALLY excited for in a long time.

[@stephenfromspielberg]

So TG rediscovered something called "Stereophony" from about 100 years back and recommend some device potentially more "high fidelity" than the tiny hissing speakers from your average smear-phone. Well done! The featured cars are also very nice, I do remember the racket which was not only audible noise but a seismic sensation - you could quite literally feel the ground trembling.

[@blackcatwarlock]

This is the best video I've seen in a while. I'll look again

[@AnthonyMunyi]

"The sound of the underground" That hit hard.

[@jesteraero]

This was a great idea! I have a surround system on the TV and it worked amazing. I switched to Sony XM headphones and it's truly immersive

[@enzofortin4405]

Top Gear is back !! Do this for all the greatest sounding cars ever made please !!!

[@shaaheenrichardson2927]

That was Awesome!!! That whisper ❤

[@daveyoung8961]

Do more of these!! Great video

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

Demonstrating Stereo that we enjoyed way back in the 70’s & 80’s. Great Presenter, Awesome Car & Epice Tunnel.

[@vipermoon_]

Wait this series is amazing. Also thanks for the asmr bit

[@tryxinos]

WOW, this headphone thing was so epic! LOVED IT!!!

[@mahmoodzbh]

Amazing idea for that last bit 🔥🔥

[@gentleman2794]

Can't wait for part 2 🗿🔥🔥

[@markgeddes4411]

really good series, love it