Limousine Challenge Part 1 - Top Gear - BBC

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The boys have been tasked with building their own limousines out of existing cars. Jeremy chooses the 1993 Fiat Panda, James a Saab 9000 (and an Alfa Romeo 164) and Richard a MGF. After making their cars a lot longer they must face paintball gun attacks and the all dreaded 3 point turn challenge. Will any of them stay in one piece?
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[@NikoMikkanen]

When you see a picture of an insane car on the internet, there's a 50/50 chance it's a photoshopped picture, or a Top Gear challenge.

[@imnotcool.butmynameismyles9329]

Niko Mikkanen this is the best comment I’ve seen in a while

[@tom_kearley]

When people think they can do this the best in Photoshop Top Gear- hold my bear

[@serbianwarcriminal5686]

haha good joke

[@jewman303]

True.

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

Or Mythbusters

[@Avetho]

At the front, its a sensible Swedish Saab 9000, and at the front, its a sporty and stylish Alfa Romeo. Still gets me

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

As a non-car person I always wonder how many jokes are going completely over my head

[@Avetho]

@@ENCHANTMEN_ "At the front" and then "and at the front" since May's car has no back end, its two front ends XD

[@VorbringAir]

What kind of paint thinner were you sniffing? 😅

[@Avetho]

@@VorbringAir Perhaps whatever James May was sniffing to come up with that :P

[@TailsFan369no2]

Italian

[@Ericbryanmr]

3:44 that car driving at an angle, with that music and James May at the wheel is my favourite top gear moment.

[@thomasrabe1469]

Derpyderp yaaa awesome. can you tell me the song in this scenario?

[@cmeonthemove]

@@thomasrabe1469 Knight Rider theme

[@The12thDimension.]

No idea why they used the Knight rider theme, but it's cool

[@amicloud_yt]

@@The12thDimension. because kit was the pinnacle of car back then. only fitting for the salfa rombeaab

[@kristjanveski]

@@The12thDimension. It's reminiscent of the Knight Rider into, with KITT driving towards the camera

[@jackguest145]

I've just noticed that on James's limo, the only thing you'll be able to see with the wing mirrors are the other wing mirrors

[@mattludlam2194]

Jack Challenge so you’d look to the right and see an infinite number of little rectangles

[@flawless2524]

Jack Challenge o

[@gameriulian0847]

Jack Challenge I

[@ivanriverooo]

Hahahahahahaha been watching this for years, laughing my soul out every single time I hear him say "...this is a salfaromeaab..." and I had never thought about your idea! LOL.

[@titusmuriuki2498]

Jack Challenge"this is incredible

[@Tyler-qv2jv]

Jeremy: Does It Work? James: No

[@xxitz_adianzxx823]

Its "Jeremy" funny comment btw

[@bnsfbandit9807]

Hey Teimo! How's the shop holding up?

[@erielackawannasd45-24]

Well yes but actually no.

[@cherrydigman9179]

T@ eimo

[@mclarenf1gtrlmedition715]

ROBBAZ TEIMO

[@olluman123]

I lose it every time when i see the steering wheel come off XD

[@Tony-112]

haha yeah

[@maeguk1]

And goddamit I was just eating when watching that part... 😆

[@hariputter]

Yeah me too. And even more when James is trying to hold on the Dash board 🤣

[@pedropereira6888]

3:46 its so funny how the wheels don't even line up well 😂😂

[@masternoob9673]

Right?? From Mr. “They actually fit perfectly together.” 💀

[@MrTommon11]

As I've grown older I've come to appreciate James' limo more. If you had one, you'd never have to reverse out of a parking space again.

[@Boxed_Media]

"salfa romeaab" my stomach turned upside down.

[@mrblimbo1359]

Ikr

[@nirmalsinghbajwa3134]

ygyy

[@xalataf3365]

lol

[@remyfromratatoiulle9708]

You must've Puked by now (It's a joke for all you butt hurt Idiots)

[@Fifthcell]

Bxrew nobody's butthurt except you

[@hanif12able]

4:12 "What kind of paint thinner were you sniffing when you thought of this?" hahahahaha

[@TheLemonArmy]

+Hanif Purbaya 4:11 actually.

[@sexynowon123]

+Hanif Purbaya The bodies of well-known painter and installation artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani have been found packed inside cardboard boxes lying near a drain in suburban Mumbai, the police. The bodies of Hema, 43, and the 65-year-old lawyer, were recovered on Saturday evening close to a drain in suburban Kandivali, Deputy Commissioner of Police Dhananjay Kulkarni said. The bodies were packed tightly in cardboard boxes and were dumped in a drain in the Kandivali suburbs. मुंबई के कांदीवली में शनिवार को एक नाले से बरामद दो लाशों की पहचान मुंबई की अभिनेत्री हेमा उपाध्‍याय और दूसरा उनके वकील हरीश भंबानी के रूप में हुई है. शव की पहचान आज की गई. ज्ञात हो दोनों की लाश कल मुंबई के कांदीवली में एक नाले में एक बॉक्‍स में बंद पड़ी हुई थी. मामले की जानकारी होने के बाद शवों को पुलिस ने अपने कब्‍जे में लिया.

[@TheLemonArmy]

not annoyed. Just trying to be helpful.

[@jogoscoisas6119]

hanif yes

[@aharonrota802]

Hanif Purbaya Number of episode?

[@christophersantos730]

6:53 he literally reaches for the steering wheel as he’s holding it and i cried cause he didn’t realize it came off for a second

[@rogehmarbi]

He tried to steer it using the dash. A million different things must've been through his mind at that time

[@gandurk]

I love that too, a problem occured and his first reaction was grabbing at the wheel to regain control. Never mind that he was already holding the wheel that was no longer attached to the steering

[@thefarewelledking6900]

144p is the way of the future

[@mc_little_boy9113]

Living in the limelight

[@katzea.a7880]

If it isn't 144p is not good

[@jackb8992]

it was 10 years ago tho

[@adventure_F0x]

Just gonna like for the rush profile pic

[@johndawhale3197]

All bow down to the mighty 144p...

[@Coolnventions]

"The wedding vegetables"

[@supertrinigamer]

Haha was just about to sa y that

[@mozartips]

7:25 Lol, First ever herd that.

[@tahasaeed7932]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Zach_A]

I love how Jeremy got out of his car with a jack in his hand like he was going to try to change the tire after he ran over the stinger.

[@Ward1706]

Zachary Adams As if he would do it himself: he'd just get an intern to do it for him.

[@winterbliss4459]

Likes ruined.

[@JackT13]

I love how they just roll up in them like ‘yeah I made this’ when in reality, the engineering and mechanical expertise required to make all three was probably incredibly complex and time consuming

[@thestudio66]

Seeing them fixing cars full of mud, broken down and smoking on the side of the road, will never cease to amaze me!

[@zeusapollo8688]

Edd china contributes

[@DwarfDt]

Yeah I chuckle in their specials when u know for definite they got mechanics from the crew to help sometimes the whole crew helping make a ramp then they cut to it finished and Jeremy saying "after minor struggle the 3 of us have finished the ramp". 🤣

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

@@DwarfDt they’ve fixed that slightly in the grand tour because now they say “and with absolutely no help from the crew/anyone else”

[@JamaicanCastle]

Well, they do show the crew a fair bit in this segment. And frankly it's not _that_ complicated, the suspension and the other complex parts stay with the back when it's cut off and what's in between is mostly sheet metal. Except on James's... _thing._

[@juicyjones2327]

7:45 watching James just smash into the Ford in front of him after saying “watch this” and the other two losing it always gets me

[@mr.ontological9583]

That music that played as James May made his entry just made everything a whole lot funnier.

[@haakn]

hahahahahahahahaaa

[@MrBannystar]

I first saw this 7 years ago and I will always remember that exact moment. Never gets old.

[@Kifrans]

MrBannystar where?

[@MrBannystar]

***** on BBC 2 in the U.K

[@Kifrans]

I mean on which second in the video

[@darkfungang]

When he turned on the wiper and it squeaked. I absolutely died.

[@SuperDuckman24]

Gabriel Benitez same

[@DrewSavo]

I got a bigger laugh out of that wiper than I ever did from New Top Gear!

[@jimsy5530]

Did Jeremy choose the Fiat solely to make that Giant Panda joke? Brilliant hahaha

[@manxthehorrid3918]

I just realized James' Limo was the CatDog of cars.

[@NYCTMTA]

Clarkson made a bus....

[@co1581]

Bob has 3 letters,the illuminati has 3 sides Bob = illuminati confirmed

[@NYCTMTA]

Mr_Yolo awesome Wow. AND you are correct...

[@midnightrun5622]

...with the turning radius of a small moon!

[@hardmcshaft5665]

Its so cool.. clarkson is a funny funny man lol

[@WithCars909]

You mean he made a train

[@OrcinusLaryngologist]

"what kind of paint thinner were you sniffing when you thought of this?" LOL!!!!

[@SuperGamewarrior101]

Behold...a broken car

[@MrScottyBCollects]

***** Hey James' limo is my fav of the 3

[@OrcinusLaryngologist]

.

[@wparo]

Wedding vegetables lol 7:22

[@keanuismyfather7477]

I first watched this when I was 7 or 8. Couldn’t stop laughing. Now I actually get the joke it’s so much funnier 😂

[@maikol6851]

May: "The rules said hits on the car, not hits on the 'wedding vegetables'" hahaha

[@mavoc3094]

In fact the rules did not specify hits on the car.

[@rucker69]

When Jeremy drove by in the finished product, it felt like the opening scene of Spaceballs.

[@dishwashingdishes]

That's brilliant 😂

[@Nathan-lw8oq]

Should have had a bumper sticker reading "we brake for nobody"

[@gabrielaugustonascimentoso1564]

"Salfa Romeaab"...

[@jaggass]

+Gabriel Augusto Nascimento Soares It actually looked very good.

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

Gabriel Augusto Nascimento Soares have a reward for.... Longest name ever!

[@5staranis800]

Best name ever

[@munenemathenge8085]

the look on their faces was priceless.

[@yuniktatat]

2:36 when you have to go to a car meet but your build is 50% done lol

[@Loonliicoov]

Seriously every time james says “watch this” it ends with an accident😂

[@ThomasWilliams89]

James is a legend. "you aimed at my gentlemans area, that was chuffing agony!"

[@paleoph6168]

"The rules said 'hits on the car', not 'hits on the wedding vegetable'!"

[@ThePiquedPigeon]

I absolutely love the faces on James May's workers: the one in the maroon checkered shirt thinking "this is just wrong" and the one in the navy blue shirt thinking "what the hell is he on about???" XDDD

[@joshkirkham4281]

2:47 the bonnet lifting kills me for some reason

[@CallumIsOK]

These old episodes of top gear will never be topped 😂😂 I love this so much and I have never laughed harder at top gear

[@Hyfoxdro]

3:32 Jeremy's smile. LOL

[@marcelkrok7201]

WOW!! The 4K must be really amazing

[@marcelkrok7201]

really? :P

[@andrew12365498gr]

yes :p

[@carpumper7402]

Lol you profile pic made me smack my iPad

[@thew9gamer]

i thought there was a fly on my screen XD

[@lolalea5245]

+TheW9Gamer same

[@TheTrytix]

3:04 Jeremy arrives in he's monstrosity of a Panda. Richard Hammond: "Oh. My *chuckles* God..."

[@anarkey2956]

1:52 . The engineers face creases me laughing every time!

[@aftershock2013]

440P; OK. 360: Bordering unwatchable. 144P: You're having a joke.

[@aftershock2013]

I'd rather not.

[@FinnishArmy]

It looks perfect for a phone though

[@aftershock2013]

Fair point

[@James_Smith489]

+aftershock2013 You are lucky, this is good for me beacause I can only watch in 144p maybe even 240p if I am lucky because of internet

[@ToxxiczzHD]

+aftershock2013 its really not acceptable of the BBC. I get it was uploaded in 2008 but come on BBC!

[@rinoz47]

Richard did one thing fantastically right and one catastrophic failure. First, he identified a gap in the market. Good! Finding a gap can make you absurdly wealthy. But, he failed in questioning *why* theres a gap in the market. *Why* nobody wants an open top sports limo.

[@toma6068]

4:25 "Does it work?" "No."

[@joe_3105]

1:54 "Here's a Top Gear top tip! Rent one of these (a mechanical big cutter), 35 quid a day from somebody you don't like very much, cut their car in half" God I love Clarkson 😂

[@CaptArgo24]

A helpful tip I've been using for years now

[@Zacho789]

Massive red limo just makes me picture a double decker with its top deck taken off and fixed to the back end of the bottom bit. Still hilarious

[@scottdain6647]

LOL I agree

[@adamkiernan-james8566]

Anon x

[@CrazyKosai]

1:40 haha, look at that guy's face

[@anusakachulu2951]

+CrazyKosai hahahahhahahhh

[@reagan1744]

I can't it's on 144p

[@imaginarytoiletfriend3801]

XD

[@lilmelon5400]

CrazyKosai Dude looks like Mel Gibson sniffed some boiled window cleaner formula.

[@Zenheizer]

Like a GTA character

[@michaelthackray3258]

I lost it when the steering wheel came off 😂

[@joe_3105]

7:05 *"You aimed at my gentleman's area"* lmao 4:23 Best BGM for May's sauna

[@davidhabda9797]

i love the fact that when james shows his car its the german luftwaffe march in the background 0:12

[@pcyr123456]

Jeremy's date with the fire hose = priceless, Hammond getting hit with the paintball's = Priceless, James stering wheel coming of = priceless

[@paleoph6168]

They're all priceless.

[@captainzoll3303]

1:52 the second guy has my exact reaction

[@crystalmath4145]

Jeremy: “I just hope that was the end of the evasive driving stuff” James: “evasive driving part 2”

[@atxdxstiny2324]

Eric Edwards 😂😂

[@PPchnnl]

#BringBackClarkson

[@PPchnnl]

***** He got kicked off d show m8.

[@bigoldeathstar]

Migix They are coming back

[@PPchnnl]

anonimouseCSGO For reals?

[@justinwilliams7148]

Migix Well if they want them we could certainly use them on Top Gear USA.

[@fatalriise6340]

P00P ch4nn3l Amazon hired all 3 of them to do a new show

[@tommykiryu777]

3:09 Jeremy's limo is so long, it's been designated a Royal Mail Ship!

[@mingusog7036]

"Watch this" *CRASH* Still one of the funniest moments ever

[@muttproductions2536]

I feel like these three are the exact reason why we put warning labels on EVERYTHING. If it isn't Jeremy's three-story RV or Hammond's track record with supercars, it's James May taking the front ends of two cars to make a limo

[@Nienke201]

Just saw this on Dutch TV. Tears in my eyes, pain in my stomach..... love it! What a laugh!!! The water canon! The steering wheel! LOL! Love them!

[@georgegrunwald]

"What kind of paint thinner were you sniffing when you thought of this?" -Jeremy Clarkson

[@MudShark85]

May rolling up in that crabbing double ending limo with the Knightrider Theme playing is hands down one of my favourite Top Gear moments... Pure comedy

[@FriendlyMarmot]

3:44 The KnightRider theme, LMAO! And for a second there, I thought it had DeLorean doors on it!

[@lostplshelp]

Glorious 144p

[@itol03041946]

2008 vid

[@JusTCheap15]

The episode is old

[@PK-qo1ww]

+Tony Montana but the episode was not recorded in 144p

[@lostplshelp]

+Patrick Keating That's what bugs me... Many other videos from the time were in 360p at least, and the EP was recorded in 480p.

[@massimobernardo-]

many memories......, it lived better with 144p.

[@macfan999]

This has to be the best top gear challenge episode ever

[@traceycrosss]

I love this and the campervan challenge. Gonna miss Jeremy. Top gear will never be the same again.

[@appelpower1]

tracey cross Don't forget the amphibious car challenge!

[@traceycrosss]

I forgot about that challenge and it was so funny. Jeremy always does the most ridiculous things and I love it when things go wrong. Do you remember the disabled scooter challenge. I loved that too.

[@appelpower1]

tracey cross I do. It was hilarous. Richard would've actually won that if he didn't have to go back to rescue the other two. James's was nice too, but it was a nice wheelchair, not a nice off-road scooter.

[@traceycrosss]

I keep thinking of James's wheelchair and I can't stop laughing. Jeremy's was so funny when it rolled down the hill. They did think they were off road vehicles. Lol! Going to kiss them so much.

[@MrSmashboy28]

Jeremy: I just hope that that was the end of the evasive driving stuff. James: *opens envelope* Evasive driving part 2 lol

3:45 Knight Rider's theme.

[@jamescree6331]

Man I miss Top Gear.... So inventive and entertaining. You look at the highlights from the USA one and it's "Lamborghini drag race", or "Porsche drag race!", or maybe if you really want a laugh... "Ferrari drag race"...

[@forrestgumball]

The new one makes USA look like this

[@Benjamin-bj6xj]

James Cree USA and new ones are about cars, the old top gear was about the trio

[@williamglass2223]

At 3:15, it looks like one of those old looney tunes cartoons with the obnoxiously long limo a gangster rides in.

[@rxivild]

I've always called Jeremy's limo the FAT Panda because its so incredibly massive

[@fxre5289]

Me: Can we have a limo Mum: We have limo at home Limo at home:

[@EzraDair]

Top Gear challenge rules: one has to over do it, one has to oversimplify it, and one always get the wrong vehicle.

[@benjaminturlik8306]

9:15 May: "oh there's some smoke coming out of it." Hammond: "doesn't that break your heart?" LOL!

[@Vandioa]

+Benjamin Turlik Hahaha, love that.

[@allycattiny]

Absolutely lost it when James May drove out to the Knight Rider theme 😂

[@alexhennessy8595]

I remember watching this on a Sunday evening as a kid, after a bath and before bed for school on Monday. I absolutely screamed when I saw Clarksons limo, the whole family were in tears even my mum who’s doesn’t know anything about cars, my brother who was more into football and my dad who didn’t like Clarkson at all. This show was so good back in the day, pure good time nostalgia.

[@DaltonP386]

LOL hes trying to fix the flat while getting sprayed XD

[@stewartgrindlay9760]

“What kind of paint thinner were you sniffing when you thought of this??” Classic

[@jaggass]

How is Jezza driving half of a car when the fuel tank was in the back? a jerry can on the seat that feeds fuel to the engine?

[@IRewweIR]

If Smart made a limousine it would be called Smart fortwenty

[@nakulgote]

Salfa Romeab. LOL

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

The Panda's entrance was one of the greatest things ever

[@dylanyoules4995]

‘I just hope, that’s the end of the evasive driving stuff’ ‘Evasive driving... Part 2’

[@bryanstrain]

i think they are the perfect combo of people for the show. thats why its such a hit. i love this show. even way back when jeremy had a perm. lol

[@paleoph6168]

I agree.

[@igotazombiearmy528]

did... did he say WEDDING VEGETABLES???

[@wattman-music-archive]

Yes. Yes he did.

[@ameliarufus1056]

iGot AZombieArmy what,when!?

[@Jake-ui4wz]

Amelia Rufus 9:57

[@chitzacmarin8216]

“What kind of paint thinner were you sniffing when you thought of this?” 😂😂😂😂 really made me crack, hilarious line

[@theimperialcombine]

I love how fitting the music was with the panda showing up

[@nightw4tchman]

As much as I like James May, in the beginning of this episode he was exactly like one of my bosses. The mechanic's reacts being like my own at work.

[@TeshuwahRijkers]

"Wedding vegetables" Thank you, Top Gear.

[@marcdavey]

The way James tried grabbing the steering wheel when it came off had me laughing out loud

[@isabellefahd3973]

That Salfa Romeaab still cracks me up every time 🤣🤣🤣

[@ThePiquedPigeon]

7:39 - For your interest, the fire engine used in the "Evasive driving part 2" challenge is a 1966 Thornycroft Nubian Major 6x6. Here is another photo of the same truck: www.fire-engine-photos.com/picture/number37423

[@Warex778]

144p....

[@chevydevil85]

Doititoes berby car crash Keith soctt burriss

[@mahdibelhadj2983]

Cv

[@pietpiloot5600]

***** still worth watching

[@TheGrayWolf81]

*240p

[@LOLHICRONO]

+Piet Piloot Really isn't.

[@ThomasHarrisonLord]

3:45 Tracking straight and true.

[@marty6779]

The panda limo looks like an old fashioned railway coach XD

[@jaakkopolojarvi6808]

Salpha Romeaab LOL!! XD.

[@PawngameXIIX]

I love the expression on Jeremy's face when he drives around his half-fiat

[@SuperDuckman24]

When the windshield wiper squeaked, I lost it!

[@MasouShizuka]

The dudes listening to James May's description is priceless.

[@djtube9644]

3:45 is hilarious car is tilted😂😂

[@eurosonly]

The look on that dude's face lmao, when James was explaining his monstrosity car idea to them.

[@theeternalnow6506]

That was hilarious indeed. The actual limo even more so.

[@monicabozzato633]

I really love the Pandamousine!

[@ragingpug8344]

"The Wedding Vegetables" 😂

[@LCdrDerrick]

The different time and climate zones in Jeremys car make it difficult to plan. While it is time to go to bed at the back, morning is dawning in the driver's zone. Communication might also be difficult. At the moment when Jeremy sees the guest lighting a cigarette, it already has turned to ashes, cause light from the back needs three minutes to reach Jeremy. But because of the Earth curvature he can't see what happens back there anyway.

[@bigb3997]

This video looks the best on 4K. Thank you TG, for providing us with 4k. :)

[@psycho636]

+Big B doesn't every video look best in 4K?

[@bigb3997]

psycho636 It was sarcasm, Albert Einstein.

[@hardikmahajan1704]

11 million views at 144p perfectly illustrates the brilliance of og top gear

[@HECKproductions]

"hope i dont meet any terrorists... oh terrorists!" i think that is common in wales

[@zenosenos8288]

They should have had the Stig's chauffeuring cousin to lap the track in the limos.