I drove Jeremy Clarkson's Alfa Romeo and he wasn't happy

We recently headed up to Chipping Norton to film with Jeremy at his farm, so we thought it would be a great chance to get up close and personal with his beloved Alfa Romeo.
We received permission from Jeremy's partner, but after taking to the wheel, Mike quickly found out that we really needed to run it past Clarkson himself. Here's what happened...
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[@michielvoetberg4634]

Alternatieve title: "We stole Jeremy Clarkson's car ... for a bit"

[@MoriguTheDead]

Likely scripted to add drama like the Grand Tour and Top Gear anyway. A lot of people getting angry at the guy when it's likely as real as the shootings in the Grand Tour.

[@nathan87]

@@MoriguTheDead Must be, I don't see a single black eye

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

It surprised me that out of all cars he kept the Mercedes monster truck roadster lol

[@felixk3899]

Yea 😂

[@user-uk9vk4tk6o]

NG500 May has the beach buggy if i remember correctly, restored from the fire ofcourse.

[@kristian5821]

The excellent

[@craigpests_channel]

It's THE EXCELLENT

[@oldskoolraver1079]

How is this strange? All the other cars they made sunk or have gone up in fire. The true top gear way.

[@CurtisMandeville]

I completely understand Jeremy not wanting anyone else to drive the car.

[@davidlynch9049]

They are making a car show. Lol.

[@MarcinHopa8]

I completely understand it too hahah 😅 My relationship with a car is really personal 😅

[@verstappen9937]

Should be angry at his girlfriend though 😂

[@s.z.x.01]

It’s like someone else taking ur gf out on a date

[@Thassosjanni]

@@s.z.x.01 thats bs my dad and his friends swapped cars all the time

[@tacticalultimatum]

“I was told by Jeremy’s girlfriend, if you just take it slowly, slot it in. You’ll be absolutely fine”. And he was upset was he

[@madhukarjonathanminj2772]

I see what you did there 😂😂

[@Hamzak786]

isnt he married tho

[@keledek660]

@@Hamzak786 he divorced about 4-5 years ago. Try to clarify with Mr. Google 😉

[@keledek660]

I'm upset too if somebody drove's my car without telling me, even for my old Daihatsu Mira 😒

[@erics3101]

It's only your turn with her ;)

[@eats4cheaps305]

I bet part of Clarkson is proud of this guy. Jezza made his career on doing things without permission.

[@quackers4207]

I don't think so

[@DjDolHaus86]

Clarkson always struck me as the privileged type, privilege meaning private law or more loosely "just because I do it doesn't mean you're allowed to".

[@thelicensednerd1626]

Anyone else think jezza was gonna be in this vid?😂

[@MaidenUK]

Never heard of clickbait mate?

[@fatihyucel6534]

yes i was a bit disapointet after the video for not seeing jeremy clarkson

[@zaklingenhammer2149]

Yup

[@thelicensednerd1626]

@@MaidenUK I was tired give me a break 😂

[@jongerbergerdecht5579]

I miss seeing that big blustering ape

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

0:00 Clarkson's house since May and Hammond blew up his old house.

[@mohammedelrhorfi4823]

If you know, you know😉

[@buggerlugz6753]

What? he lives in a shed now?

[@yuichitachibana6]

@@buggerlugz6753 yes

[@adrienguimond2730]

The food cart?

[@jongerbergerdecht5579]

All he needs are an electric gate, very small wellington boots on his doorstep and alabaster lions with his face engraved on them, flanking the steps to his front door.

[@Bobtb]

Such a clickbait thumbnail with JC edited in...

[@adamz.9275]

It's kinda weird that they mostly rely on these 3. As if they have no better idea to make content on than "Jeremy this. James that. Richard here"

[@lucioledizerot196]

That's what DriveTribe has been since the beginning tbh

[@greatcolor]

I can't figure out what this channel is and wants to be

[@K.D.R_]

I clicked thinking they would drive the alfa together, and having jeremy talking about it and such. but nah, got clickbaited. nice work drivetribe.

[@samtindal419]

I noticed that. Pretty much all of their stuff is clickbait, especially the social media pages.

[@strangelee4400]

You got permission to drive his beloved Alfa...from his girlfriend!? That's not how it works. That's like finding someone in bed with your wife with the excuse 'A bloke in the pub told me it would be ok'.

[@shobin05]

"It turns out I did not have permission from Jeremy himself" I'm guessing they tried contacting him personally multiple times, for whatever reason his gf had to respond and gave them the info that he was ok with it. They had no issue with getting cars from James or Richard, Jeremy simply isn't exactly the nicest guy in the world tbh.

[@zacjohnson452]

Shobin Drogan he did donate a ton of potatoes to people in his town who needed them during the heat of the pandemic, which was nice.

[@pranaviyer971]

@@shobin05 You know he can be a bit charitable at times, right?

[@HumanTypewriter]

You do realize your wife isn't your property right? Equating those two things is not...sane

[@joeh8785]

Kids these days... SMH...

[@christofferdyrhj7284]

The tilte should be “i inform you about jeremy clarksons alfa GTV6

[@dailylifevs.exotic1338]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2llGZ6d9iCfrc

[@richardcarter1000]

Love the GTV6. I had a 1985 one in Silver. One of the best cars I've owned, even if it went wrong a lot. So much character, wonderful noise and feel.

[@TheAgwarn]

He’s just lent it to Harry’s Garage so I don’t know what that says! 😆

[@aufhebung_enjoyer]

in today's episode of don't meet your childhood heroes: Jeremy Clarkson

[@SrinidhinK]

I knew about it long long ago..But i never stopped watching

[@gulfcoaster210]

What did he do wrong... Someone took his car without asking him.... Id be upset too

[@Adithya13303]

Clarkson has every right to be upset. What they basically did was steal his most beloved car.

[@jake2011rt]

@@Adithya13303 Which is on a farm, covered in dust, and has out of date tags. Also, come on. Let the guy from your own production company drive your car. People have let him tear up a track in their priceless historic cars, but he won't let his own employee drive his old Alfa? It's a little churlish if you ask me.

[@Adithya13303]

@@jake2011rt employee or not, you don't drive someone else's car without their permission.

[@kasimirdenhertog3516]

4:49 you do realize the GTV6 engine is a ‘Busso V6’ as well? They’re basically all the same engine, just different iterations, incorporating stuff like fuel injection and DOHC.

[@123willbishop]

And chrome inlet manifolds instead of exhaust

[@babyfknblu]

@@123willbishop i mean this in the best way possible, but you two should've been at his birthday party

[@ganz7ful]

And also, it was not chrome exhaust manifolds but chrome inlets - minor detail, I'll forgive this petrolhead

[@caprise-music6722]

Thank you, kind sir! I had to remember the name of this car fast, but I blanked out for a second. + they “forgot” to put it in the description. p.s google too slow also if I don’t remember model name lol

[@Rodisflawless]

I like that his most prized possession is sitting covered in dust next to a dumpster. Can't get any more JC than that.

[@joeh8785]

As beautiful as that Alfa is... It's... Kinda been the traditional place for Alfas...

[@wriggler6983]

There's your first clue that this whole thing was set up

[@bokiNYC]

@@joeh8785 🤣🤣

[@fridtjofriibe5961]

Richard Harrold rot? There’s not a spec of rust on it!

[@harezy]

2:18 Jez turning into a proper miserable farmer! Get off my land ! 😂😂

[@SAMann729]

On today’s episode of “Things that Never Actually Happened”... I need a video of Jeremy telling you off and not some interpretable photos.

[@cisium1184]

Yeah I don't believe this happened for a minute.

[@number1yota]

I was waiting on Jezza to come storming around the corner and be like who the *bleep* are you, get away from my car.

[@MaidenUK]

Michael " Asks someones GF for permission" Fernie

[@HumanTypewriter]

Perfectly reasonable you ask me. You would assume she would know if it was ok or not.

[@billbligh4547]

It evidently depends which girlfriend, obvs.

[@Allexstrasza]

@@HumanTypewriter Your partner doesn't speak for you

[@HumanTypewriter]

@@Allexstrasza It's not about them speaking for you but I would assume your wife would know which of your stuff it's ok for guests to touch or not. That's a perfectly reasonable assumption.

[@michaelisaacson9735]

Mine was an '81 silverish over bluish. Only had it for five years but I loved it. 2nd gear took skill to engage but no other gears were a problem. Once the factory two-piece head gasket was replaced with a one-piece, it ran like a champ. Revved like glass, sounded like F1 all day. I GAVE it away after installing a new voltage regulator and battery. Hard day but there was room and it had to go. Will always regret having to do that.

[@orlando124431]

whats the point in clarkson being on Drivetribe? It feels like May and Hammond are the only ones doing this.

[@MzRtS12]

4:55 the Busso V6 had chrome INTAKE manifold runners

[@rubenvalente]

They're all busso V6, just diferent evolutions.

[@chunkymonkey3957]

@@rubenvalente MzRtS12 is referring to the guy in the video stating the later Busso had chrome 'Exhaust' manifolds. I'd like to see how long they would last.

[@rubenvalente]

@@chunkymonkey3957 Yeah, but the way they are talking about it, makes it seem like the earlie V6s aren't from Giuseppe Busso, but they all are, just different evolution's.

[@b.willroth8384]

so you drove this car without explicit permission from the man himself and made it home alive. And you even were allowed to film this clip despite the sacrilege? You're now celebrating two birthdays, right?

[@Garf2O]

Surprised one of the photos wasnt of jeremy socking him in the face

[@Cloxxki]

Maybe Jeremy should be a bit more accessible to DriveTribe? They're making content so he doesn't have to.

[@claytonbyrd6134]

Exactly

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

Well he is about 60 years old now. And runs a farm.

[@eats4cheaps305]

@@BlatentlyFakeName 60 years old but looks and moves like an 80 year old

[@christosstamato527]

@@eats4cheaps305 I know right? Lol Even fecking Huey Lewis looked/moved like a younger bloke back in his 60s (early 2010s)

[@TheRealCharlieSuper]

I'd be annoyed as well if my close friend told some stranger that they could drive my most prized position... without my knowledge...

[@bcp6086]

Now we know who bought the Excellent at the auction.

[@alexairconditioning1581]

Seeing an angry jezza must be the scariest thing ever, he is my hero but I would be scared if I met him

[@ryadhasanahmed5443]

Tbf I'd laugh if see an angry Jezza but I'd be scared to see an angry James May

[@alexairconditioning1581]

@@ryadhasanahmed5443 rember Jezza punches people, James doesn't...

[@Jirachimaru1]

@@alexairconditioning1581 No, he attacks people with machetes

[@ryadhasanahmed5443]

@@alexairconditioning1581 May just looks more intimidating when he's angry that why

[@RWoody1995]

@@alexairconditioning1581 "guy throws two punches in 60 years" *better be careful that guy punches people!*

[@Vinttro]

Stunning Alfa, watching this just makes us miss the trio

[@ERJOL]

Ohhhh he still has it. Thank you so much for this video ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@LloydEvans]

There's an obvious disparity in effort Jeremy is putting into Drivetribe compared to Hammond and May. Apart from the odd inebriated livestream, a few rambling diatribes at a roadside cafe and interviews with his daughter, we've not had much from Jezza. Meanwhile May and Hammond are putting in some serious shifts to keep the channel interesting and content rich. Didn't Jeremy understand that his car wasn't being stolen but was being filmed for a KZbin channel he partly owns? What an angry man. I suppose worse things have happened when people have got on his bad side.

[@hendo337]

Jeremy's too busy playing farmer in the dell with his hot new g/f to play with the boys and put in work on the show it seems.

[@agustindetlefsen6944]

Someone took his car and drove it without his permission. You shouldn’t drive a man’s car with his girlfriend’s permission, specially a classic Italian sports car like this. Its his property after all, his belongings aren’t for free use no matter what the reason is. His reaction should be the last thing we should be speaking about

[@kash748]

he didnt mind his neighbour harry metcalf (former evomag owner) road testing it recently though (see harrys video review on you tube)

[@benmatheson1189]

Its pure driving nirvana, majestic looks and exquisite styling - what a car the Excellent is

[@ricco123tube]

I've had two alfa sud's sc and ti, a gtv6 and a 75 v6 cloverleaf. This was back when everyone else were in their Astra's and Escorts.

[@anggarar1995]

I didn't expect Clarkson actually keep the monstrosity off road Mercedes

[@PrototypeNo98]

One of my biggest regrets was also selling my Alfa, I am determined to get one again sometime soon.

[@rockstar6790]

I can't wait to watch Jeremy's new show on Amazon.

[@mulletmanpete]

Mike, I also had s Mondeo ST220. With a Pipercross carbon intake and Mongoose stainless exhaust it sounded absolutely epic. Brilliant car.

[@ganz7ful]

Fair play on Jeremy: puts his money where his mouth is and actually owns an Alfa - what a beauty it is too.

[@ajetsela6137]

he is a milionare, lives in a farm, doenst have exotic cars salute to this old man 👏👏

[@dailylifevs.exotic1338]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2llGZ6d9iCfrc

[@jeremyertel3409]

His Alpha Romeo is a nice Gem, It is by far the best looking in my opinion. I too fell in love with it when I watched that episode.

[@kellingtonlink956]

Thanks for another brilliant video.

[@jnexplorationuk315]

MOT expired 14th of March 2019 tax expired 1 of November 2019 get that car off the farm tracks and back on the road

[@thefenrisianssweatshop]

Underrated comment.

[@siddharthkapadia7674]

Its the deathbed for this car parked on that grass. My beater hatchback broke in half from rust in 3 years at farm.

[@richardtaylor7754]

Let's all hope Mr Clarkson has SORN his Alfa.

[@mattfrancis2836]

Looks like it's back on the road now!

[@CapHowdy]

Taxed until 1st Sept 2021 and MOT'd til 2nd Sept 2021 .. looks like he did as you asked :P

[@tombanks2636]

‘Crome exhaust manifolds’😂

[@jaymyers6452]

Hahahah people just dont get alfas do they

[@dad_jokes_4ever226]

What a great looking car and it sounds fantastic .

[@swiper1818]

I've always loved the GTV!!!

[@vaillante7667]

Btw i have question, does the diff explode?

[@kvltizt]

"Don't drive it! That is what breaks Alfas!"

[@edombre2961]

urg urg urg boring

[@AprilSA80]

We also a GTV, a later one, such a pretty car and with a pretty engine. Met Clarkson at the opening of DiddySquat, a lovely man

[@allianceofsteel]

I so love and respect the fact one of his actual cars is a 4x4 that I would have made myself or a similar... kind.. this pleases me to no end....

[@idknils2920]

Wait. He didn't have a broomstick in the clutch.

[@benjyfriedman]

Clarkson spent £8,000 fixing the car up after the episode was done.

[@gurvinderpanesar8071]

I recall a old top gear clip where he took a blokes Capri without asking

[@darius2640]

did you depress the clutch pedal with a broom stick to stop the clutch fusing with the flywheel?

[@TehPostman]

Growing up i watched some Top Gear and now i'm older i watch the Grand Tour and Jeremy really made me fall in love with Alfa's, when i saw this car i immediately wanted one, however they are now all expensive so looks like ill have to look elsewhere.

[@gab8893]

The Alfa It’s beatifull

[@MasterChief203]

The next special on grand tour comes out on sept 4! Can’t wait 😊

[@tobiaswaidhofer2868]

Great music between the scenes

[@3ducs]

I had an Alfetta GT 2 liter, I scarcely recognized this car without the rust.

[@dj_paultuk7052]

Chrome exhaust manifolds ?. What ?.... Im sure you mean Chrome Inlet Runners.

[@rhull3939]

He meant intake manifold.

[@alfaholic3]

@@rhull3939 no it's the intake runners.

[@rhull3939]

@@alfaholic3 well it depends if just the runners were chrome or if the whole intake manifold was chrome. The runners are just a part of the whole manifold.

[@johanneswarn5488]

@@rhull3939 just The runners are chrome on those.

[@kasimirdenhertog3516]

Robert Hull just the runners are chromed, the rest isn’t

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

What have you done to that poor Mercedes Clarkson.

[@ToxicCool2]

It's called the Excellence because it's excellent. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKLNmYqkm7uZqdU

[@herbie53opf]

The Mercedes is horrible. One of the ugliest Mercedes ever. Jeremy did it a favour by creating The Excellent

[@joaquinfranco9012]

It was rusty.

[@GeorgeSPAMTindle]

Improved it immensely.

[@sanderklaver9378]

Improved it like only Jeremy can, have some respect for Clarkson

[@johanneswarn5488]

Someone correct me If i'm wrong but did he imply that only the later, transverse mounted with the chrome intake runners V6 is a Busso..?

[@Cyba_IT]

I love how Clarkson didn't even let this guy give it a wash

[@davidbarnsley8486]

It was the only Alfa I ever wanted and in that colour 😍😍

[@jase6709]

This fella's voice makes me tired 😴 I was expecting to see Jeremy.

[@xuanyuquah983]

I didn't know Jeremy kept "The Exelent" after filming with it!

[@wickiezulu]

Like the general look of the Alfa Romeo GTV6 yet not sure about the exterior from the C-pillar to the rear compared to the similarly styled Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint, believe it could have been improved with a similar C-pillar and tidier rear arrangement / body-kit as the Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint 6C.

[@mattbettany1174]

The Sprint definitely has better proportions than the GTV

[@jeremypluym7080]

Busso with chrome exhaust manifolds🧐 thought it where chromed inlet pipes

[@Cobalt-Jester]

Those are not JCs only cars. He's showed us very recently that he still has his Golf.

[@Crow6465]

Where can I see that?

[@Cobalt-Jester]

@@Crow6465 twitter, Instagram, there's lots of recent pictures of him in it.

[@aaaviation1]

And the 600 grosser

[@captainspaulding682]

He owns quite a few cars. But his daily drive is a GTI

[@cylturbskie]

Yes. Now thats a proper gtv6. Very very nice indeed. Proper italian old school metal right there.

[@carminemartino1197]

When is his farm show coming out? I can’t wait to watch it

[@jachuck4795]

I was curious what happened to the cars he kept after grand tour filming

[@joespittle1]

pretty sure he kept the jeep

[@dailylifevs.exotic1338]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2llGZ6d9iCfrc

[@TytoMobile]

"[...] He's got the Excellent [...]" Woah wait, that thing didn't go directly to the scrap pile?

[@cliftonmanley3882]

Ryan Chisek, races one of these in Sports Sedans, Australia, his dad built it back in the day. Rear Mid mounted Chev V8... in the back seat... talk about Sound! 😉🤣

[@neathway382]

Would it be inappropriate to request that you try to improve your sound levelling a little bit? If I had my volume turned up enough to hear the presenter, when the music came on it was near deafening.

[@EDPistons]

Grand Tour Madagasar confirmed on September 4

[@MjMeyer700]

It's always such a letdown when you see this presenter. Clickbait af

[@chipper442]

Had an Italian immigrant foster father, he worked for the Town of Middletown CT as a plumber, and all he talked about was Alpha Romeo and how he didn’t need a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. I totally agree.

[@gerrytemple5044]

I believe the actual Mazda 3 is as close as possible to the Alfasud. Love it for that ❤️

[@r0bkills]

aaaaaaand no sweet sound of a v6

[@Zackaria_sMax]

I'm surprised he didn't punch him in the face, he's hit people for less.

[@janussQv]

An episode about GTV6 without a sound of the engine is some kind of crime :D Nice looking example though.

[@imedilip]

Review that EXCELLENT!! 😁

[@armr6937]

Don't leave it outside, put it in a garage for Christ's sake...

[@dailylifevs.exotic1338]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2llGZ6d9iCfrc

[@armr6937]

@@dailylifevs.exotic1338 Point taken.

[@aseelazawy3199]

Lucky you he didn’t shoot you in the head 😂 if he want to sell I’m buying it

[@iamtherealzombie]

So I re-watched this episode because of this video, can anyone explain why the video footage at 19:45 of Richard driving the Fiat has been digitally reverted (flipped left to right)? His plate is backwards, he's on the "wrong" side of the car, the advertisement sign in the background is half flipped and half not. What possible reason could there be for this? :)

[@justinm4323]

I was watching the grand tour episode with this car when this popped up.

[@AndyB365]

I would imagine part of the reason he was so annoyed about it is because the car could've very easily been seized for lack of MOT, tax and subsequently, valid insurance.

[@bigboy0625]

Click bait dont even see him !!

[@wharris302]

You didn't watch the video then?

[@dailylifevs.exotic1338]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2llGZ6d9iCfrc

[@yvlakhtionov]

MercRover looks cool. I would do myself one. Excellent! )

[@AsadNazif]

I can’t believe he kept the excellence 😂😂😂😂

[@franklinnash]

You didn't drive it and JC was nowhere to be seen. What a misleading video title. #clickbait

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

Clarkson's girlfriend? What happened to his wife?

[@thatfriggingbathroom2656]

They divorced couple of years ago

[@TwoDollarGararge]

He wanted a new model

[@MDC2020]

HAHAHAHA THE EGGSALENT! LOL My favorite

[@kaytlancoates6816]

His prize possession….. that he keeps outside next to an old storage container

[@MYERZ08]

Clarkson's GF needs reigning in by sounds of it.

[@CaydeSmax]

sounds more like a joke for some edgy humour, if clarkson didn't trust his gf or want anyone driving that alfa he'd have the keys to it locked up tight but then again he is lazy.

[@overbuiltlimited]

Yeah, def needs a spanking

[@seanrooney4847]

It looks like it has been left outside. If this is the case, then shame on you Jeremy Clarkson. There is no automotive sin worse than leaving an old Alfa exposed to the elements. Also, the Busso V6 has chrome inlet manifold pipes, not chrome exhaust manifold pipes 🙄

[@WhereverHugo]

5:14 Looks like the bumper got a little bump on the car's left side. Still a wonderful machine!

[@A_Henners]

I noticed that

[@stroudrollyat3708]

Simply beautiful automobile

[@adrianohicks]

Not funny and poorly researched review.... is this the best you guys can publish??? Tut tut

[@sungminlee4491]

Try not to get punched...

[@JMDrives]

1:06 I get that. You buy a dream car just for the experience. But to have a lot of handful of dream cars in your hands to drive on doesn't really puts them in your heart.