Crossing the Channel in Car Boats - Top Gear - BBC

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Hilarious challenge from the Top Gear boys as they attempt to cross the Channel to France in their brilliant but useless home-made amphibious cars.
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[@Veathkyn]

"Oh, sorry mate, the cup sank." A much bigger concern than the boat van sinking.

[@Zauchi]

well he is British 😄

[@jayswarrow1196]

That was a "gentlemen's" version of answer, to Richard's "that wasn't my fault".

[@muskatDR]

How can they drink tea without a cup?

[@alexanderjones9440]

This line cracks me up haha

[@s.abhishek1786]

Lmao

[@DVR693]

Love how May got the cup of tea when sinking. True British spirit right there

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

That cannot be any more British, floating in the English channel having a cup of tea awaiting rescue

[@Dushmann_]

We literally got China addicted to opium, destroyed their Navy, burned down the Emperors palace and took possession of several ports, including Hong Kong, just so we could obtain more tea from them. Britains addicted to tea is no joke.

[@jacoblantom]

I love the part where Aldo rain got you out of Nazi prison

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn got stuck in the channel on a self-built houseboat? Just have a cup of tea and wait for it to all blow over

[@williamdavis7299]

Just imagine being in the middle of the ocean on a massive cargo ship and hearing someone say “we’ve got a car off the port side”

[@princecharon]

Well, if the captain is British too, he (or she) ought to take it reasonably in stride.

[@nickg90125]

Nice Pfp bro

[@LL15onTT]

in the distance you hear an “open fire!”

[@baconbliss4796]

The real question who would have the right of way

[@alexleech4490]

@@LL15onTT Why did I read that in Clarkson's voice...?

[@triplehhhbk0917]

Jeremy: Maybe if we snuck up on it Richard: Yeah, sneak up on the sea. That's brilliant

[@norbertmiko6789]

i litelary saw this comment just when they said that

[@speedometer111]

Sounds like something an American would actually believe, after all they believe shooting at a hurricane would stop it...

[@CoolioXXX52]

@@speedometer111 ??

[@summushieremiasclarkson4700]

@@speedometer111 what?

[@Liam.hervo.1888]

@@norbertmiko6789 me 2

[@TheMADGUY50]

These three men are gifts to humanity.

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

Agreed.

[@danmuscarella5892]

TheMADGUY50 you know I get depressed every now and then and honestly watching top gear helps. Thanks guys!!!!

[@ammarsiddiqui3602]

Agreed best show ever

[@winterbliss4459]

600th like

[@PottersVideos2]

I agree. Even Clarkson in spite of his past mistake of punching a producer.

[@adonisparts1343]

That "boat van" is probably still somewhere in the English Channel to this day.

[@scsutton1]

It's at the Beaulieu Motor Museum in the World of Top Gear display.

[@scsutton1]

@Just another Person No, it is true. I have seen it. It's there along with Jeremy's Nissan and James' Triumph yacht.

[@ghillepig2]

@@scsutton1 do they have the indestructible toyota truck there?

[@scsutton1]

@@ghillepig2 Yes, they do. It's in a display just before you go into the main exhibition hall.

[@marnixkamminga8083]

@@scsutton1 travel location added

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

I've watched these challenges many times and they never get old. That's a sign of great entertainment.

[@bukanmatin5973]

@BABY LETZY Haha, yep.

[@S-Kara]

that's more like *bbc fucked up big time* everytime I watch these challenges

[@appleapple8841]

Big fax

[@abdihassan7208]

SAME LOOOO;. I come back every few months..its like watching it for the first time

[@margarethall7837]

I'm watching today in 2022!

[@Simgenx]

Big ship sailors, seriously doing their jobs, suddenly see a car pass by XD

[@thegamingsushicat5349]

Well, either that's not something you see everyday or what the hell have I been smoking

[@Pikkabuu]

And then they see the Top Gear trio at the car and understand that they should really watch the next episode.

[@MichaelStevensonTheGreat]

I don't know why but I laughed my guts out seeing this comment😂

[@jesujgaming9801]

Simgenx lol

[@muttproductions2536]

A bad reason to quit drinking rum. Drink more rum!

[@quillmaurer6563]

8:05 As the big ship is off their Port side, technically Jeremy has right-of-way. But I do have to imagine that size also plays a role, that more maneuverable vessels (a pickup truck with an outboard motor) must give way to less maneuverable vessels (a 34,000 ton ferry). But my final answer is that the ferry must give way to Jeremy, as maritime law states that vessels in distress always have right of way, which I would assume extends to vessels that have a 99% chance of being in distress at any second.

[@DARKSLIDEHLL]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Whoami691]

I would also imagine that even if the big ship did not have right of way, there was very little Jeremy could have done to stop it.:)

[@ahmadsholahudinalhasany7346]

"Sorry mate your cup sank" James May.

[@GXOngXW]

Haha. i laugh at that too

[@dazl0128]

+Ahmad Sholahudin Al hasany was literally looking for this in the comment

[@vexredvader1462]

Gold Star you tried.

[@Pfromm007]

The greatest sadness for a Briton

[@wotfan6373]

It's , Sorry mate the cup sank" James May

[@kieranwhite6647]

'sorry mate, the cup sank' I don't know why but it always makes me laugh

[@derbyshireemergencyvideos424]

Same mate

[@georgebailey3073]

Kieran White it gets me too

[@asancoon2363]

@LG Work *mum

[@JaggiJiggy]

@@asancoon2363 Hes properly American so he cant say Mum its gotta be simplified

[@xxDOTH3DEWxx]

@Aaron Cubitt gunpowder was created by the Chinese, and the folk on the correct side of the pond love it

[@johnkidd8456]

I love how the smile on James’ face dies as Jeremy tells him they’re going to Dover.

[@BluChemical9087]

"Why the bloody hell won't it turn around?!" *blang* "Ow." 5:04

[@galliusedan466]

It’s called a BOOM for a reason

[@linusdn2777]

Clarkson's car is a genuinely impressive feat of engineering.

[@lonlo]

Sometimes my genius is almost frightening. © Jeremy Clarkson

[@marnixkamminga8083]

Well he's an doctor of engineering so yeah 🤷‍♂️

[@jebediahkrimsoncraftleding3012]

@@marnixkamminga8083 lol no he's not

[@marnixkamminga8083]

@@jebediahkrimsoncraftleding3012 they gave him an honorable doctorate. That's why he always says he's a doctor of engineering twice

[@3ZKZSting]

Clarkson’s genius... It generates gravity...

[@paulsomers5356]

“Have you ever heard of the milk of human kindness? Well, prepare to suckle on it.”

[@aaron5543]

Oof

[@PlatypusGB]

French person on the beach: Yeah, over there is Britain. It's a wier- British Car: *drives out from the ocean*

[@4k1nGyEsports]

I've been looking for these comments

[@tomcooney2842]

three British men come out: we did it!

[@bicyclist2]

It's a Nissan so it's Japanese.

[@duckyouall2573]

That car is a DD sherman without guns and tracks xD

[@danielt.8573]

Brritish carr frrom the ocean? I don't carre!

[@Catalina._]

May's car boat = Titanic (First to sink) Hammond's car boat = Britannic (Second to sink) Clarkson's car boat = Olympic (Unsinkable)

[@lennartmoritz942]

May boat didnt sink, it just doesnt came forward xD

[@mathiasrasmussen7455]

@@lennartmoritz942 It did sink once but they got it back up :D

[@teamtoyota9048]

I Love your music

[@MechaFen]

If we think back to the original challange, Hammond sank first, down at the head(bow), similar to the titanic style Then Clarkson capsized, like the Britannic, and may, the only one that didn't go under, the Olympic

[@arnoldrivas4590]

@@MechaFen You're absolutely right. Wow, great imagery.

[@phiutubeful]

Civilian ships head for Dunkirk to rescue the British forces. *colorized

[@the4thindustrialrevolution225]

Underrated

[@sgtpaloogoo2811]

That's great

[@andrewmiller8456]

British Soldiers cross the English Channel in order to invade German occupied France. 1944 colorized

[@kaxel.]

Handy Andy or like the film Dunkirk ;)

[@Beans-wr3hu]

“SKY SEA SKY SEAAAAAA!” Final transmission of an English ship after being shot by a German U-Boat

[@CommandanteRamon]

Rommel: "I thought the Invasion might be... bigger! Fire!" :-D

[@galliusedan466]

CommandanteRamon wow who knew Rommal was so far from the Africa campaign at that time

[@_tertle3892]

Gallius Edan he did command the axis forces on the french cost during d-day

[@Chrysa1isTYPE2000]

I love that Rockstar Games added Jeremy Clarkson's amphibious car to GTA5 and gave it a mounted machine gun.

[@AreGeeBee]

That's the only thing it needed, and in sure he would've added one had he thought of it

[@andrepang7874]

That’s such a jezza thing to do tho honestly

[@jacobrumens9601]

They even added Jeremy’s Quadski as well.

[@commietearsdrinker]

"Japanese craftsmanship with a bit of british engineering and a touch of american ingenuity."

[@ksneddin]

That’s because rockstar games is Scottish and a fan of him

[@MarvelloPerdana]

8:36 getting exam results

[@alexchapman6177]

8:04 when my parents find out and I have to lock myself in the toilet.

[@Degahen]

3:25 - 3:35 The group of students who didn't study for the final when the teacher hands out a cumulative test.

[@olliefrancis3740]

This didn’t age well for A-level students

[@0_dearghealach_083]

I misread the Hell out of that and thought "When my parents find out I've managed to lock myself in the toilet".

[@incognitomccooldude]

7:00 boat sinks, lets have some tea. english people...

[@RhysdoubleU]

You're in the cold sea, carrying a warm drink. If you think the idea of warming yourself up is an oddly British thing to do then your country must be cold.

[@PH5221]

RhysdoubleU Warm drinks cool you down over time though, your body recognises it's too hot and cools you down by sweating.

[@Adam-mx6yh]

Pro Era you sweat more because you're hot

[@louispearce]

That's us Brits for you

[@Madmatt18]

well why not.. you got nothing to lose

[@Kleavers]

I've always thought Hammonds carboat looked quite cozy :D

[@TheObsidianX]

If only it weren't so wet

[@CalKP_Selectah]

speedometer111 u being homophobic

[@dantelagaloga2002]

Kleavers iii

[@carsonkonvalin4377]

Kleavers doom fang pauldrons

[@jackdevine4636]

Kleavers what car do you have Hammond

[@abigailment]

I genuinely like the aesthetics of hammonds, and I believe that if it were in a lake instead of the ocean, I absolutely would drive it, and I want it

[@cryamistellimek9184]

So long as it isn’t one of the Great Lakes, those can be as rough if not rougher than the sea at times.

[@F4nta5y]

@@cryamistellimek9184 perhaps it would be better suited for a canal

[@thedapperspinosaur5351]

@@F4nta5y I mean Richard does live in Birmingham

[@phantomhurricane666]

the prototype struggled with a reservoir.

[@jimmypetrock]

@@cryamistellimek9184 true I went on my local watertaxi to go to the Navypier the waves were rough when we got even close

[@rucker69]

I had such high hopes for the vw bus

[@CodingToFreedom]

if one was to really carry that out till the end it would be nearly perfect, closed roof, all the advantages of a boat, including a place for the girls (:))

[@AnthroGearhead]

TrashureSeeker only problem , not enough power

[@noxscotchxtape]

I knew it would fail moment i saw it lol

[@gavin9744]

Tex I absolutely love Volkswagens and whenever there’s a Volkswagen on a episode I always cheer for it

[@cloudofskys]

"I've seen.. Titanic. Got a hole in it, sank!" lmao

[@keszelll]

quickest summary of a movie ever

[@lukeaitken8332]

3:38 Hammond's face when he realises why they're driving to Dover hahaha

[@690_5]

They removed the best part where the coast guard flies over them!

[@visionist7]

Jump out... wrestle Albanians!

[@DerKatzeSonne]

Now I wanted to see that part... and no idea why they didn't show it in this video, because here they have: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4fNoGmPhLlmkMk

[@TREX320]

James May: 'It's the third time I've been in this BLOODY SEA' XD

[@Freakears]

I love the dawning realization on May & Hammond's faces when Clarkson says "Dover."

[@mystrugle900]

I remember when I first saw this I cried with laughter

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I want to watch this episode in full again.

[@shax232]

Same man

[@Muck006]

I was shaking my head in despair, because they could have vastly improved on the designs and prevented some flaws with only a minimal bit of brainpower. - Clarkson: HYDROFOILS to stabilize the thing which would allow him to actually use more of his massive power. - May: two side-mounted "keels" instead of cutting open the car for a center mounted one. - Hammond: bilge-pump and some outriggers to stabilize the vertical design. It took me milliseconds to figure those out, but they were rubbish on purpose.

[@tiffandwilllady2858]

R Ward

[@Bpg5012trick]

@@Muck006 You take life too seriously

[@vancomp5549]

GTA5 just stole Jeremy's car and called it the technical aqua

[@det.halligan]

Honestly it wouldn't surprise me. They didn't have any sort of trademark or copyright on the design so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@AONE_.]

lol same

[@mikialela6664]

yeah thats what gta does, they have done that with other cars also, personally i think its kinda cool

[@PuppetierMaster]

flying DeLorean too

[@mikialela6664]

@Asian face yeah if you see it in game its really obvious

[@Noah-M-P]

List of times James got hit in the head by his boat saying, “ow” and “OW” 4:11 4:38 5:06 5:51

[@username-mf4mu]

Brilliant 😂😂

[@pineli6752]

It sounds like the same sound effect 3 times..

[@Noah-M-P]

Pineli wow, thanks captain obvious, I knew that before I posted this comment...

[@pineli6752]

@@Noah-M-P Kek.

[@Yitewewoteli-dQw4w9WgXcQ]

careful, he's a hero

[@diogomagalhaes6562]

3:49 "mine won't do that" and it's the one it did xD

[@Firemarioflower]

Well..... 50/50 it was the wrong town....

[@chickeyy1792]

Car guys might know a lot... but most of us don't know about azimuths

[@eimantas314-rblx]

Spoliers 👁👄👁

[@BlurryLens3105]

The Titanic in a nutshell: “...Got a hole in it; sank.” -Jeremy Clarkson

[@th1jzzz531]

_Through_A_Blurry_Lens_ i read it exactly at the same moment i heard it😂🤗

[@athithg9742]

Hes not wrong tho👀

[@masternoob9673]

I mean, that was pretty much the gist of it

[@DoctorPetrol]

Anyone enjoying the old videos to get over the self isolation boredom?

[@jackychen660]

I do

[@obunga4710]

5 months later...

[@kamilkopacewicz8414]

Same!

[@tommallon4052]

absofuckinglutly

[@iforgotmyname2739]

I think I’ve watched all of them Help

[@maksuree]

if jeremy clarkson could cross the english channel in a pickup, why are their no cheap, reliable amphibious cars?

[@AstralDragoon]

I doubt there's a market for them.

[@DanielHolme]

nobody wants to go to france, apart from to prove a point

[@catandfishfc]

Buy the Hovervan!

[@lukemoores6763]

Theres a perfectly good tunnel to get your car to France!

[@maksuree]

***** there's also a perfectly good channel.

[@DiedrichKnickerbocker1783]

"Sneak up on the sea.....brilliant."

[@poafibricks414]

Watching this June 6th, 2020. Never forget D-day

[@MrSleepy677]

Primo victoria

[@swevixeh]

The death of Europe and the birth of cultural marxist Eurostan.

[@olliefrancis3740]

Rodolf Nordmadr based

[@mariellevandenborne2361]

@@swevixeh yea sure whatever came out of your mouth

[@ghost-4230]

Double D-day

[@benschwartz4047]

That has to be the best pirate I have ever seen

[@aheccinlemon6879]

So it would seem...

[@reinhardtscheepers6317]

@@aheccinlemon6879 Aye Commodore.

[@TheGary108]

So does he plan it all out, or make it up as he goes along?

[@ZombieByte]

@@TheGary108 yes

[@gurita_hitam]

Indeed mate

[@evnejg94]

We didn't realize how lucky we were when we had these three on the BBC. The grand tour is great, but the original chemistry these three had was magical.

[@Gecko....]

They lost a lot of the production talent that made the show what it was when they left the BBC. I also think the relationship between the three became a little strained after the whole debacle. I think May and Hammond were mad that Jeremy got the show canned with his behaviour and it took a while to repair the relationships, I know May kept saying he wanted to stop doing TGT after each series but I guess the Amazon money was too much to turn down.

[@TrevorScanlan]

I really like the grand tour. Skip the star in a car and that crap and just show me the boys

[@Iunio92]

This is the absolute peak of Top Gear for me - it was still pretty unprecedented TV at the time, the antics didn't feel staged (probably because we hadn't seen stuff like this before as much as anything else), it was just a comfy time knowing you were going to see something amazing every time you tuned in.

[@bobibest89]

Fiberglass technology.. barely tips the scales at over 5 tons :D

[@neza6268]

7:16 "sorry mate the cup just sank" Lmao 😂😂

[@bubblerum69002]

5:05 “Ow...thing.” I laughed so hard I almost choked on my coffee. Bless you, James May. Bless. You.

[@martinbe0671]

Poor coffee

[@Gourmet_Goon80]

Jeremy: [eyes widen in horror] James: Is it bad? Jeremy: Yes. That bit always makes me burst into a tearful laughter.

[@jayswarrow1196]

_-Neu... not the... he's not makin'tha'up.._ (c)

[@MrWolfSnack]

3:28

[@charlieharcombe7585]

Jay Swarrow you good?

[@lyonvensa]

The fact that even Jeremy said "Mine won't do that" just shows how scary it is. Not many things can kill Jeremy's notorious confidence like that.

[@TopHatCrowling]

that moment when he reads the challenge and his eyes go big...... I love it

[@Chobittsu]

Their expression change at "Dover" (and Jeremy opening the envelope) is probably my single favourite moment in the whole franchise

[@MrWarmo]

We failed!!! Yay, we lost!!!

[@fivesquaredyt2521]

Mr. Warmo 69 likes

[@adameliasson1383]

No we lost

[@SMTaha-en9ov]

Toyota is REALLY GOOD OFF ROAD VECHICLE

[@pokemaster123ism]

That's a Nissan

[@jackootoole]

Jeremy's jeep is a Nissan Pathfinder

[@pokemaster123ism]

+S.M Taha if you look at the doors and the hood, you'll see they say nissan

[@jackootoole]

+pokemaster123ism Ye and you can also tell by what it looks like he's probably saying it cause he watched the first vid and now he thinks tho is the same keep

[@IVR02]

But it's a Nissan!

[@swedichboy1000]

6:31 That feels so wholesome.

[@F0X_H0UND]

1:20 Clarkson: Now, Richard....I'm already seeing a problem. Would you like to step down? Richard: Yes. Clarkson: Stand at the wheel. Richard: Yes. Clarkson: Now look ahead. Richard: ......yeah that is an issue

[@daverome8855]

4:30 "Meanwhile... back with Captain Pugwash..." I'm crying with laughter 😂😂😂

[@alistairwalker2850]

@@Carbon_Volture Tchaikovsky - March of the Toy Soldiers

[@alistairwalker2850]

@@Carbon_Volture No worries mate

[@LuminalSpoon]

ow

[@ReroutedYearAD]

Richard: "And this is where the girls go. U-up here." Jeremy: "No, Richard!" Richard: "In bikinis." Jeremy: "I'm already seeing the problem. Would you like to step down?"

[@Vladpryde]

I REALLY wanna see them do this challenge again. I think they could pull it off a second time. I think Hammond had the right idea, and May just needed the right wind conditions.

[@Vladpryde]

Rohin Nair I meant second time crossing the channel, with more time and a bigger budget to work on their individual projects.

[@justahyundai]

Vladpryde i think they should invest in making the hovervan be able to cross the channel can you imagine the size of the engines they would need, and the fuel tank lol

[@blackm4niac]

epicfail86 I'd imagine a 2 gallon fuel tank wouldn't suffice

[@justahyundai]

blackm4niac They wouldn't make it past the harbor LOL BUT if they used diesel and fed it into a generator, they could save a lot of fuel

[@georgehant1731]

No more top gear

[@dionwoollaston5717]

that's the first time ive seen people try and emigrate out of britain

[@georgemills-burrows7052]

dion woollaston you've clearly never been to spain

[@Hjvinke]

MrStig691 what does that have to do with the fact that they live in Spain. Can't emigrate when you're over 65? 😂

[@Zak-ob5ze]

Spain mate

[@ihategoogleplus3790]

@@Hjvinke no you can if your over 65 your going some where to die not to live

[@lmlmd2714]

It's called Australia.

[@GageisGreat12]

3:29 I love Clarksons face here. He just realizes how bad all their boats are and the fact he has to cross a 22 mile long channel. I bet he’s just thinking to himself… “Shit”

[@maddie4573]

The pirates of the English Channel.

[@sheldon-cooper]

Blackbeard doesn't hold a candle to them

[@AyushGupta-jo3gy]

One Of The Best Examples Of Work From The Golden Trio!!! Love It!!!

[@th3thin9]

"ever heard of the milk of human kindness?" "well prepare to suckle on it now"

[@tzhenwheychuah5533]

sunk in the channel, drinks tea, most British thing i've seen in a long time :D

[@kaidenfox4454]

"Riding the wave like a twig" -Clarkson

[@ermusic2806]

Clarkson and Hammond: *screaming* May: ow

[@ROBLOXGamingDavid]

"So if Titanic had been filled with foam, it would have been here today" Jeremy Clarkson.

[@joedowle9572]

When Top Gear was cool!

[@llccaaa]

Yeah when It was a show with 3 mates mucking around as appose to an overly organised tv programme with Chris Evans trying to be Jeremy Clarkson

[@adammullarkey4996]

"You will now drive to Dover, and then you will cross the channel to France." I can't help but notice the lack of instructions regarding not using the Channel Tunnel, or a cross-Channel ferry.

[@caboose.20]

Is anyone gonna tell this man the Channel Tunnel is a railway tunnel? Or doesn't even start at Dover?

[@adammullarkey4996]

@@caboose.20 Step 1: Drive to Dover. Step 2: Drive to Folkestone. Step 3: Drive onto train. Step 4: Wait. Step 5: Arrive in France. Instructions followed to the letter. I don't remember saying anything about the Tunnel not being a railway tunnel, or about it being in Dover.

[@caboose.20]

@@adammullarkey4996 no but you had implied it.

[@adammullarkey4996]

@@caboose.20 I don't see how. I made no comment either way, so, the implication is that I meant whichever I believed to be the correct case (which was that the Tunnel is a railway tunnel from Folkestone, not a road tunnel from Dover). Why are you taking this so seriously, anyway? My original comment was just meant to be a bit of light-hearted pedanticism, not a serious suggestion that they actually should have used the Tunnel or a ferry.

[@strawberrypencl]

@@adammullarkey4996 It would spoil the fun and isn't the point. The whole point was getting an amphibious car across the channel, duh

[@Chino56751]

As hilarious as Top Gear should be. Poor James, and his little sailboat-car..

[@zombie7961]

Mate have you commented on every Top Gear video on KZbin ha ha I swear If see you comment on them Agent Washinton

[@sinistersh0t2741]

god dammit Washington your everywhere

[@Fridgemusa]

Poo poo!

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

+Agent Washington would have worked if he knew how to actually sail...I could prob have had that thing in perfect trim depending on if it has hiking straps though since no keel.

[@jamesgibson5911]

Paul Rude as a 400 sailor that is a sad sight to see that spinny pole getting bartered on that wall

[@futurecat]

8:25 - the way Jeremy says "the big scary boats" cracks me up.

[@nach0vidal]

7:50 “Beardy! You’re going down!” LMAO!!

[@michaelramsey82]

Imagine how much fun it must have been to be on that beach and get to watch the Top Gear guys drive a pickup truck out of the water.

[@Caelum_NLD]

Those three continuously honered the automobile in such magnificent ways. Top Gear just was a neverending homage to the car and let the world see cars are far more than just a tool to get from a to b, with this as its greatest triumph I think: crossing the North Sea in a pickup truck. But don't forget the other indestructable Hilux, the car that almost made it to space, all the "car vs plane/boat/etc." races, the expeditions, the "cars under 1500 pound" challenges and frankly every other little homage to the car or any part of it (the V8 blender comes to mind). So many Top Gear top tips and useful consumer advice. A must watch for car lovers.

[@alexG106]

At the bottom of the English Channel, U-boats, battleships, the Spanish Armada, A cabin cruiser with a Honda engine. Glorious.

[@kjlim3743]

Well they did recover the vehicle and now it's on display at the top gear museum

[@Dev1nci]

Prepare to suckle on the milk of human kindness.

[@Kari-tu3fs]

Devin du Plessis it just occured to me, that clarkson called himself a tit

[@alexcooper3651]

Daniel Irvine actually, I believe he called himself Macbeth

[@skjorta1984]

too full o’th milk of human kindness he is

[@harrywithanh]

It’s gone off, it stinks

[@michaelaustin7339]

It's like kids in the playground at school; Jeremy to Richard;" While you sink, again," ,"No- not this time"," it will"," it won't", "it just will"," it just won't"...... Brilliant.

[@raphaeldagamer]

I gotta be honest, this is an incredible example of the engineering process. They all set out with the same goal, they each failed in a different way, then they each set about refining their ideas, then tested them again, only to fail once more.

[@robins4209]

Fail and repeat until you success, that's the old school engineering way.

[@Kevin15047]

Hahaha.I think they're nuts but I admire their perseverance.

[@sebkennedy7286]

Opting for a sailboat when tasked with an amphibious vehicle challenge is the most James May thing imaginable 😂

[@swaggemysoul1415]

I love how GTA5 made Jeremey's truck for one of their missions!

[@TheMasheenist]

(Richard can’t see in front of his boat) “I’ll need a sailing box” Richard gets me every time 😆

[@inshasha6217]

When James dropped the cup i just completely lost it.

[@Therealgaz619]

Genuinely one of the best episodes of the entire series

[@ala0284]

The look on May and hammonds faces when he said Dover were priceless😂

[@random_tristan]

8:45 the French are like what the hell are the British doing now?

[@samuelfawell9159]

“You will now drive to… Dover” The drop of both Jame and Hammonds faces is amazing

[@PerovNigma]

How is it that merely a lot of "Ow"s can be such a funny recurring joke?

[@jayswarrow1196]

It's in the verbal part, like his famous "Helleu".

[@DanielSmith-tb9vi]

I try not to watch too much tv, but this show makes me genuinely happy. They're hilarious!!

[@thegreatcalvinio]

7:05 sailors in the sea after the Lusitania is torpedoed, 1915, colorized.

[@gorvindougwinkristoffiplob5137]

"how was your holiday?" "it was great, we went to the beach... and the top gear team emerged from the water in a white pick up truck." "..... w-what?" 0_o

[@CyberOrion]

Good one!

[@Goofiest_Goobster]

6:52 *The sinking of the Titanic April 14, 1912 (Colorized)*

[@thescottishblogger9411]

Love it when James hits his head on sail at 4:11, lol

[@akronymus]

He hits the BOOM, lubber.

[@csblack72780]

@6:01 the most quintessentially British cheer of all time...

[@haoussazakariaaek3660]

"i can just see sea, sky, sea, sky, seaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" XXD

[@zakofrx]

The Grand Tour needs to do this again properly. They must get the record!!

[@n1thmusic229]

I don't know for sure but the record might've changed also the grand tour already got a UK record involving amphibious cars

[@rocketman63]

I'm an American, but I've got to say Top Gear UK rules. I always thought they are technically knowledgeable, interesting as people, and had fascinating subject matter. Their sense of humor, of course, is second to none. But to cross the English Channel in an outboard-driven Nissan pickup takes huge brass cojones! WELL DONE, Top Gear!

[@bcrock8655]

3:28. Their reactions are perfect

[@jamusloos2859]

I like how this was filmed far enough in the past when they pulled up on shore ppl were watching them instead of every single person filming it

[@Hendricus56]

3:48 "Mine won't do that" Is the only one to do it

[@1993majinvegeta]

Still the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life.

[@AcatGaming]

Binge watching old top gear this with the boys throughout an entire rainy night is the biggest vibe ever

[@ZaslonAirsoft]

SKY SEA SKY SEA!!!

[@visionist7]

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