Chris Harris vs McLaren 765LT - outrageous 750bhp track special tops 200mph! | Top Gear BBC Studios

Expensive, intense and shockingly fast: the McLaren 765LT is no friendly supercar. Chris Harris is kept on his toes by this 750bhp track special with monster racing pedigree that's capable of speeds over 200mph. Definitely too fast for the road - but is it a fair contest when up against the Aston Martin V8 Vantage F1 Edition and the Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm in a Top Gear drag race?
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[@Jmodderator]

Just call it Chris Gear, he's the only reason this show continues to exist.

[@jimdotcom1972]

the online presenters are prety good, but the tv show needs a new direction.

[@marksheridan9228]

I could not agree more. The best automotive tv journalist in the world

[@MikeR196]

Agreed, he's one of the few journalists that can really drive

[@seanfenwick]

I like this crew.

[@champion1642]

He's the only reason I watch any of their videos.

[@z400racer37]

I miss OG Chris Harris on Cars

[@mclarensmps]

Same!

[@ajmarshallaj]

Me too man!

[@jasoneade7978]

the chris harris on cars where he drove f40 vs f50 on track is possibly the best piece of vision ever. he beat the shit outta both cars

[@MyRealName]

@@jimmyqballs yup, most of the audince is kids born in 2005

[@phantom2k10]

He was better off building his own brand and doing his own thing.

[@torbinzix1]

That entrance in the 765LT by Chris was sublime 😎👌🏾

[@professorsergio3819]

765?

[@torbinzix1]

@@professorsergio3819 true, wasn't really paying attention 🤷‍♂️

[@ashleysambo4104]

Okay i didn't expect the Aston Martin to lose against the Alfa😂

[@Robert-Cinque777]

now i wanna see it go against the v12 aston

[@neilmcmahon]

@@Robert-Cinque777 ahahahahahahaha. Of course the Brit will say... try a more powerful British car because we are so embarrassed to lose.

[@patricebaumel]

Last time I checked the McLaren was a British car, too.

[@Robert-Cinque777]

@@neilmcmahon I'm not a Brit, that has nothing to do

[@scottcrawford3745]

@@Robert-Cinque777 Unfortunately, Aston have really let themselves go in terms of total performance in their road cars, especially the last few generations. Yes, they're big, bold and beautiful, and make a beautiful noise, but they are full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Their DBS Superleggera still won't beat my stock McLaren 570S Spider. I don't even think it'll beat my 2018 Jaguar F-Type SVR Convertible, except maybe at top speed. Don't get me wrong: I 'love my little 2016 Aston Martin V-8 Vantage GT, but mostly for how it sounds, drives, rides, and looks... but if I want speed, there are better choices in my Garage.

[@Paul-nh4tk]

Shoulve stuck a GT3 into the drag race for a laugh. Brilliant video.

[@gurkpojken]

When chris drive the gt3 as the racingdriver he is he has done the comp against the senna before. Senna wasnt in near so fast round the track.

[@alistairwillock7266]

I'm sorry, but the most impressive thing about this episode of Top Gear was Chris coming within _one second_ of Lando Norris's time in that 765LT... after not only had Lando done his lap, but then done some egregious doughnuts afterwards, to cook the tires some more. It's not out of the realm of possibility that Harris could have _beaten_ Norris's time if the laps had been done in reverse order.

[@pinoonpi194]

ahahah cmon bro be serious

[@autoblipper3546]

Wheres this video

[@samwell9540]

@@pinoonpi194 Harris is a world class racing driver, he’s done plenty of 24h racing

[@bamabaso]

Now that was a top gear episode. Insane car

[@HairFollicle]

So nice to see throttle houses camera man finally found success

[@pyrolitemusic]

haha - I thought your profile pic was a "hair follicle" on my screen. PResume that was what you were going for? Well played. hahahah

[@ryan6465]

those other blokes had no business being there, cheating us from more Chris Harris on Cars

[@brianiswrong]

The 765LT in white looked like a base model. My first extra £££ would go on a decent colour.

[@kpsig]

They have this very special Metallic kind of pearl white that is astonishing.

[@leddygee1896]

No.

[@renatolobue]

I want to know what the budget for tires is when Chris Harris test drives a car.

[@nelsonferreira9330]

Yes.

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3937]

Money

[@leddygee1896]

More than you make In a year.

[@irmjbhh]

I can't believe that hyper car beat that sports sedan! Amazing!

[@janemin3128]

Supercar beat super hard core racing version of already fast sedan.

[@pyrolitemusic]

@@janemin3128 Didn't beat. DEMOLISHED

[@Mk1Male]

Can't believe someone is so dumb to post such an inane comment without reading what the video was about! Incredible!!

[@lav773]

765LT is simply awesome 👌

[@farishanafiah8461]

2:57 Hang on, what kind of extras McLaren put that adds up another £120,000 to the original price tag? That is beyond insanity!

[@Spartan168]

Probably all the carbon fiber bits

[@karlj1717]

Cup holders and vanity mirrors 😂

[@TheSplendidVids]

I think Senna seats and brakes are among the most expensive options, which this car appears to have.

[@davidanderson5411]

$125k full carbon fiber everything, $20k track brakes, $10-30k for MSO paint, Titanium Wheel Bolts 2k! xD etc

[@larssonk22]

If it were a Ferrari it would be double that!

[@cutsomeone]

I wonder if there’s ever been a drag race with a car that was so fast they needed to start breaking before the finish line to avoid running off the track.

[@JJ-sx6de]

It would have been good to have a 911 turbo s in the lineup.

[@gmax876]

The 765LT is hypercar fast, head and shoulders above the others.

[@Gaming_kids699]

Harris should do more reviews

[@alexzandervicklif5051]

This show went from catering to whole world to only UK now a days. The title Topgear has a big responsibility on it.

[@peterookotai6965]

Agreed Flintoff and the other guy don’t resonate with anyone outside the uk

[@TheChannel1978]

@@peterookotai6965 And that's fine. It's a British programme, deal with it. And I'm not British by the way. Just fed up of diluted programme that reflects nothing but global profiteering and 'corporate ideas'.

[@aryaahmadi4029]

Chris parked that McLaren Tiff Needel style.

[@MarMPB]

992 GT3 are unbeatable at the msrp! Except that their allocation for that money exists only in the universe of famous car journalists and other vip people. To all the others it’s about twice that much! 😂

[@SiphonYT]

sad, one day hopefully there's a price reset. Current price is almost 2x MSRP

[@MegaRetr]

Something very special about Maclarens right now.

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@ericmichel3857]

You have to spend more? No you don't, Car & Driver just did their 2023 Lightning Lap testing and the C8 Z06 did a lap time within .2 seconds of this very car, and significantly faster than the latest GT3 (2 seconds). And not only is it a LOT cheaper than the McLaren, it is naturally aspirated, and it is also considerably cheaper than the GT3. They are also working on a forced induction version of the Z06 (ZR1 version), and one with the forced induction flat plane crank and an electric drive front thousand plus HP Zora version. That should be competing with hyper cars only for a LOT less money. I watched a video about the production line for the C8 Z06 and they had some right hand drive Z06's being built, so you should start seeing them in the UK and Europe soon.

[@maeranni]

You commenters know these are pretty old clips reposted, right? No, you don't.

[@kieranfourie6111]

The McLaren is an absolute masterpiece

[@bits2646]

Can we just appreciate that Alfa Romeo just beat the Aston Martin!

[@ZainKhan-hi1el]

Need the old trio back

[@alain-danieltankwa8007]

It's such a beautiful car

[@hagestad]

And that nissan engine is awesome.

[@vladislavdimitrov4646]

@@hagestad ?

[@simeonivanov3507]

Exactly the opposite. It's ugly as hell

[@briangriffith3985]

Ultima: " better they say... spend 3 times more they say..."

[@abovenbeyondlimits81]

Asking a 765lt to a drag race is like asking an NBA player to 1on1 when u are 30 and used to be a good Highschool 🏀 star 🤣

[@vindevhunta4905]

Awesome

[@coreyfreeman6226]

lol at saving for some decent T-Shirts ha ha Love the humor

[@exoticsautoclub9329]

The best car money can buy in. I am talking about being the best driver’s car!!! You want straight line acceleration get anemic SF90. You want the car with racing pedigree 765 is the best car!

[@Mark__A]

Chris Harris and May and Jezza from Wish.

[@ciperable]

Top Gear, it would be nice to show the footage of Chris Harris doing the drifts from inside the car. You are cutting it right when he starts to slide it…

[@holo1253]

thats down to McLaren probably telling them to cut it for brand insulation bcos it's probably one of their show off cars rather than a customer car

[@meekrab9027]

Yeah because Chris isn't actually sliding it...

[@isdisavailable3]

@meekrab He clearly is actually. In fact you can see him drifting it in the first 10 seconds 😆 What would give you the impression he wouldn't be drifting it? Have you not seen his driving in the past?

[@ciperable]

@@meekrab9027 there’s plenty of clips that shows he’s actually doing it and it’s very satisfying. Chris is a great driver

[@keithkammerhofer80]

What sort of a line up was that??

[@tannoys2008]

Track day buy a radical or an ariel but that Alfa is gorgeous.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

I cannot get over how much Chris Harris now resembles Le Mans driving legend Henri Pescarolo?

[@Sar2009fu]

Hey that modified GTA beat which Aston?

[@ncjsgrki]

1:06 That's how you drive a McLaren

[@0katmandude0]

how does it compare to the P1?

[@Smzxe]

Not much difference same performance same acceleration P1 is faster on top end Half price

[@bhavikpatel4817]

GIVE HARRIS HIS OWN SHOW ALREADY!

[@pokegan52]

Ah yes… top gear still trying to re create the chemistry of the 3 lol

[@dmalikovski]

Shockingly bad.

[@davetrousers]

@@dmalikovski Clarkson's behaviour is

[@TheChannel1978]

@@davetrousers According to who? The left or other people 'in the know' about what is right and just? Please..

[@MrMisterUtube]

Why would you turn off a turbo car after smashing it on the track?😢😮

[@Predator27007]

Idle it for two minutes or cook the oil and bearings

[@tommyfreckmann6857]

They have a motor that runs after shut off that circulates the oil through until Temps decrease to where the developers were satisfied.

[@buca9696]

It's not 1990 anymore man.

[@ameerfarid2005]

My most fav McLaren

[@anotherslave]

Chris and the Cling-ons

[@TheChannel1978]

So true. Those guys are just along for the salary gravy train it seems

[@atlegangletsoge6165]

wait, did that alfa just beat the Aston?😱... thats freakin cool what a BMW M3/M4 competitor can do🥳

[@anesennaidoo5279]

Ssshh.... BMW only compares their cars to themselves now because everything beats a piece of lard

[@autosmotosonmacheene3198]

The aston doesn't beat many in the segment always looked at as an athletic gt..

[@atlegangletsoge6165]

@@anesennaidoo5279 🤣🤣

[@atlegangletsoge6165]

@@autosmotosonmacheene3198 maybe for the fact that it had more In every performance checkbook, I assumed It would've beat the Alfa 😆

[@jonatkinson1971]

The only thing louder than the 765LT was Paddy's big mouth🤣

[@ethanrbutler]

Love Chris! ✌️

[@laminemoh5380]

I think the P1 is the best of the best maclaren has ever made

[@thatzigdude7303]

And THIS is what we click on! Keep that shit coming.

[@nazz0007]

Chris just carries the other two Muppets.

[@robertfish4052]

Dropped the cliche bomb. The producers now come out with envelopes telling them what to say... Next.

[@Sar2009fu]

McLaren Speedtail enters the chat

[@NOOLIMITTTV]

- A Drag Race? Totally Irrelevant 🤣🤣

[@ericdebroux9685]

Come on, this drag race...comparing apples to missiles...

[@heinrichharrer82]

The 765 LT is the white shark

[@jeffreyroberts7438]

Lovely looking car, with ULEZ everywhere you’ll just about be able to drive it the full length of your drive!😂

[@alexeyk3149]

Do I get it right that only Chris is able to handle supercars in the corners properly, and the rest two Top Gear presenters can only drive cars in a straight line?

[@psk5746]

Chris I know you can drift for the camera, but could you please do a proper lap instead of this showy stuff just once and then sure ŕeturn to the showy stuff. Thanks you do great reviews

[@andrelima5124]

This car is diabolical, pure crack cocaine madness

[@distantlight4527]

When did Chris become Tiff?

[@mariobotti1952]

With that money I will go for a 812 Competizione

[@jibson0011]

I'm surprised Harris only needs the one pair of spare boxer shorts when he can't even handle an MX5

[@TECHMT9]

0-220 mph in 7 sec? 😂

[@forlatagate1]

BBC should not be allowed to make money from KZbin advertising, unless they're willing to let people watch TV for free

[@jamsxr]

Don’t they make a ton of money selling rights to international broadcasters?

[@raphymartinez]

That makes zero sense

[@jamsxr]

@@raphymartinez that’s socialism

[@farishanafiah8461]

That's not BBC's problem, that is KZbin.

[@minilite7184]

Naive to not think that this helps keep the licence fee down

[@chefcc90]

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you that it tops 200... Who writes this??

[@John1911]

I like Chris Harris so this is why I watched. But for some reason, I’m starting to feel like “the latest super car” is just another number on a piece of paper. The manufacturers better hope and pray the buyers of these cars don’t start to feel like that.

[@DimmyV]

Where’s Clarkson, Hammond and May…

[@wasifanowar]

That Mclaren is playful

[@bmx687]

Isn't thus on the top gear channel? Triple dipping; TV, TG KZbin channel, and BBC KZbin channel

[@neelsduplessis1591]

Alfa. Every time.

[@shocka007]

ULTIMA EVOLUTION COUPE for 74,000 POUND 640 hp 0 -100 5.4 secs

[@MrFlavio83]

Mc laden must beat the Nordschleife record Holder:)

[@adamrobinson8238]

I don’t understand McLaren cars, I thought the Senna was a track special car designed to compete with the likes of the GT3? Is this faster/better/more (or less) hardcore than the Senna then!?

[@oldboy5001]

I would guess the Senna has more downforce, but I see your point.

[@enfantterrible4868]

Collecting Cars is sooooo much better, this is just entertainment and way too dramatic imo

[@barryvyner1161]

"...too fast for the road?" I would say so - see 1:26 Harris in the weeds. If that's what it does to him then us mere mortals should not get involved.

[@gavinhowe5796]

I remember Chris being lukewarm on this car when it came out. He seems to changed his view.

[@JMcKaySV]

P1 a good 10 years older and still a better looking car imo

[@kennethmukuka3715]

Chris Harris is top gear

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Why call it a 765LT if it has 750hp?

[@jean-yvesmartin6934]

The owner of that car must have cringe he threw the rear end of the car in the bushes....

[@commonavionics6069]

0-120 in 7 seconds, the Bugatti Chiron does it in 5.7, shows how staggeringly fast the Chiron is.

[@freddiejones4598]

That’s mainly due to four wheel drive

[@commonavionics6069]

@@freddiejones4598 that and it has 2x the horsepower.

[@freddiejones4598]

@@commonavionics6069 but nearly twice the weight

[@ronnieharford3326]

@@freddiejones4598 and a Bugatti is couple million more 😂😂

[@mignav464]

Take the Chiron on a racetrack and it would get owned by the 765LT and many other cars of the same power/weight ratio. Under braking, the Chiron would lose all its acceleration advantage, let alone cornering ability.

[@djohn6270]

the real winner here is the alfa

[@treyquattro]

Aston Martin. Oh dear.

[@dash-ryan]

I miss Rory and Matt. 😮‍💨

[@domenicocarella2625]

Forza Alfa Romeo 💪🏽👍🏽😜

[@ishunoal]

Racing against toyota echo's of Supercars? (Not a paid sponsorship)

[@baderkhoudeir9623]

M5 CS shouldve been there in the drag race

[@greenmih]

Stop misusing Chris Harris, Top Gear!

[@peterookotai6965]

Unpopular opinion: i miss Leblanc.

[@wd7525]

This is not Top Gear. Chris Harris does a pretty good job though.

[@critique6129]

I'd still rather have a GT3 RS.

[@SiphonYT]

GT3RS is nice but the 765LT is just a different animal. I think if I only had one it would be the gt3rs but I like the 765 more

[@neilsolomon9149]

The English are masters. 🇬🇧

[@weltonreds]

The tediously predictable rate at which new and improved Super Cars are churned out by the usual suspects reminds me of the adage a super car fan and his money are soon parted.

[@Samsgarden]

Man drives unattainable car fast that can’t be utilised on the street. Fresh, original, inspiring.

[@nevinshajidaniel4958]

nowadays , british cars are more elegant than the Italian cars . range rover , jaguar , aston Martin and even mclaren ❤

[@giridhars8258]

If it wasn't for Chris, I wouldn't click on this. It's like a clickbait u love ❤️

[@richp3744]

I’d take a GT3 MT all day. Will be a drivers car forever. Cheers