God Top Gear was good. It was just one of those magical shows
@bmwe657er11 ай бұрын
Exactly 👍
@H.K_R11 ай бұрын
Funny how the BMWs MOT expired in 2007 and the Jeep’s in 2009, and the mighty Range Rover lasted right up until 2021 at a mileage of around 208,000 miles. The Land Cruiser was either on fake plates being Jeremy’s car or it was exported to Africa as most of them were as it’s not showing up on the Reg database.
@lucasbarton177311 ай бұрын
As for some of the other cars: - The really old Green Land Rover is still about, taxed until May 2024. - The Isuzu Trooper has been untaxed since June 2006, but has no COD issued. - The Daihatsu Fourtrak is currently on SORN with no MOT history, meaning it has been off the road for at least 19 years. - I couldn't make out the registration of the Hilux. - The John Deere tractor has been untaxed since May 2017.
@mijajlobulatovic882911 ай бұрын
IMO that was peak of Land Rover right there, there is just something about that range rover that made it special
@TheSlowBoarder11 ай бұрын
Is this an L322?
@Konformation0711 ай бұрын
@@TheSlowBoarderYes
@DavidColex11 ай бұрын
The design of the first gen L322 is pure early 2000s Britannia. The great blend between modern and old. "Canary wharf getting up to the skies, the first superfast trains, the TX4 Taxi, the 1st gen new Mini, the Gherkin, the rise of Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Jamiroquai... it all had its distinctive taste. Unfortunately these days all of that progressed into something way too artificial, I think.
@thecarsavant11 ай бұрын
Well said.
@martinbayliss386811 ай бұрын
I remember when they did the South America Special with three old off roaders, Classic RR, Toyota Land Cruiser and Jeep. The Classic Range Rover was clearly the best. Range Rover sales shot up after that program.
@trainman66510 күн бұрын
There was no Jeep.
@simonthomas536711 ай бұрын
That Landy is worth a fortune today! Hope he held onto it.
@bmwe657er11 ай бұрын
Right 👍
@BassicVIC11 ай бұрын
He did. Look on KZbin for an episode of Harry’s garage where he visits Clarkson in his farm in his Land Rover. They both have the same side by side.
@TSERJI11 ай бұрын
if by "fortune" you mean $7000, you would be right
@epoxy171011 ай бұрын
My fathers friend got one of those Range Rovers new, it lasted 2 weeks before the engine went out😂
@MoparTechWill11 ай бұрын
“Old top gear” is still the 70s-90s shows in my mind. Calling the Trio days “old” doesn’t compute.
@HomemadeBrownies111 ай бұрын
I call it ‘proper top gear’
@liamb864411 ай бұрын
"Best Top Gear" then sparky.
@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb11 ай бұрын
I remember when Noel Edmunds presented Top Gear.
@benjaminlumsden11 ай бұрын
I would call this "early" Top Gear. Jeremy still presented with the "original" Top Gear mindset, from before Richards jet car crash advertised the show to a wider audience.
@darylyatestransportblogs11 ай бұрын
This is one of the very first episodes of “new” Top Gear
@matthewcaughey889811 ай бұрын
Had a Land Cruiser with BFG mud terrain tires. Couldn’t get it stuck, had a Jeep with BFG mud terrains, couldn’t get it stuck, have a 2022 2wd Toyota Tacoma with toyo open country AT/3s, couldn’t get it stuck. Had a Range Rover, never got to find out cause BFG didn’t make a mud terrain for it, didn’t matter cause the damn thing never ran.
@thecarsavant11 ай бұрын
I bought a L322 after watching this video and his interview with Harry
@paulbriant469311 ай бұрын
As you agreed with Harry, peak Range Rover
@SigmundOppenbaum11 ай бұрын
The use of music in this clip was really on point.
@justgotohm477511 ай бұрын
Funny, any one of those with a set of BFG’s would go through any of that.
@oddities-whatnot11 ай бұрын
I used to drive around in a two year old Range Rover for my job in about 1991, it was an F reg with the 3.5 petrol engine. Very nice and comfortable to drive long distance or round town, and surprisingly reliable although terrible fuel economy but the V8 sounded fantastic. The heater matrix sprung a leak once though, cost about 600 quid to fix I seem to remember.
@eroche91311 ай бұрын
Everyone who knows anything about cars, and off roaders specifically, knows that the Land Cruiser VX was the best car there.
@georgepom32811 ай бұрын
That old Land Rover was the better
@ToranaA9X30811 ай бұрын
@@georgepom328 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@georgepom32811 ай бұрын
@ToranaA9X308 Old Land Rovers like that series 2 are reliable and as proved its much lighter
@ToranaA9X30811 ай бұрын
@@georgepom328 reliable as a Toyota landcruiser is not even a discussion. The landcruiser has ALWAYS been over engineered and doesn’t bother with rubbish airbag suspension that fails electrics on the Range Rover are RENOWNED for failure. I’ll challenge anyone to take the pommie boat anchor into the Australian outback and see which one gets towed out.
@Musicandguitars274511 ай бұрын
@@ToranaA9X308but we aren’t taking our range rovers into the outback, they are perfect cars for the uk manor owner who can turn up to a vip meal in london with it one day and be towing trailers across fields the next, people who buy them can afford to repair them and they do because they are nicer more luxurious cars to own and drive
@BobBish-m9x11 ай бұрын
Here in the U.S., we call these "Sunday Drivers". Just like most British vehicles built in the last 40 years that have been sold here, you drive a Range Rover on Sunday, and then it breaks down on Monday. It spends all week in the shop and then you pick it up on Saturday and go straight home with it. On Sunday you go out for a drive and by Monday morning it's back at the shop to repeat the maddening cycle all over again. At least with a Jeep, you can get about two weeks between breakdowns.
@oddities-whatnot11 ай бұрын
Subaru best option in America for a reliable dependable AWD car.
@colinnaylor791511 ай бұрын
Great video Jeramy. The Range Rover is King
@notrut11 ай бұрын
6:05 How do the rear brake lights come on Jezza when you said your foot was off the brake ...??
@nairbsggirb171811 ай бұрын
Continuity error in filming? Or does the RR apply the brakes/lights on downhill descent mode?
@jjcale197611 ай бұрын
Tires are most important thing off road
@andyarchitect11 ай бұрын
This is "new top gear"... old top gear was pre Richard Hamond. Not sure what we call the version after Clarkson, Hammond & May... perhaps fake top gear?
@Flamingninja419211 ай бұрын
Reverse gear?
@plmn9311 ай бұрын
The new version is CVT.
@HenRoggaman11 ай бұрын
Any Range Rover, to quote Car Magazine, “Great to drive, awful to own”
@BassicVIC11 ай бұрын
BBC didn’t dare bringing the Mercedes G-Class to the party in order to save the Land Rover from embarrassment.
@gabegomez901911 ай бұрын
Love the Rover!
@felimillo11 ай бұрын
what season and episode is this?
@darylyatestransportblogs11 ай бұрын
At least these won’t get nicked like the newer Range Rovers brilliant cars especially off road as all Land Rovers are but they are full of flaws.
@coreyking513511 ай бұрын
The best interior, that is a good one 🤣
@katalist774711 ай бұрын
I know that all the other cars are air conditioned, more comfortable, easier to drive, more powerful, and cheaper to find parts for, but im still choosing that series 2 landy
@someguy810911 ай бұрын
I agree with everything Jeremy says in this time period. HOWEVER....and bear in mind im talking about the North American market.....test a modern day jeep wrangler against a modern day top trim level land rover defender and let me tell you...... the toyota 4runner will win every time.
@ToranaA9X30811 ай бұрын
100 percent correct
@b_altmann11 ай бұрын
Forgot the Mercedes G
@peterli613811 ай бұрын
How could they not include the Mercedes G-wagon, or have they got something against it?
@louisvl1011 ай бұрын
haha the X5, looks completely out of place there fosho
@bmwe657er11 ай бұрын
True 😅
@dogi23311 ай бұрын
Changed the entire industry tho
@ToranaA9X30811 ай бұрын
@@dogi233😂😂😂😂😂 yeah the spare parts industry
@neilmartin322011 ай бұрын
Quite odd seeing this now being referred to old top gear. Guess the original is old old top gear now.
@MK-9Z3RO11 ай бұрын
Gosh i miss the good old days
@Sierra_Echo_Bravo11 ай бұрын
I love this episode! It’s like Noraly doing Long Way Round/Up/Down!
@11gugugaga114 ай бұрын
Howcome you didn't take a Nissan Petrol?
@thefontofallgarbage848011 ай бұрын
I've never seen this before.
@bastianberto830211 ай бұрын
Nice car for Patagonia roads!
@FancyPantsOnFire11 ай бұрын
What year was this?
@bmwe657er11 ай бұрын
I think 2002
@FancyPantsOnFire11 ай бұрын
@@bmwe657er cheers 👍
@patriotamas321611 ай бұрын
The BMW is for highway speed
@mrkongsimr11 ай бұрын
All of them would be able if they had proper tires ! There !!
@aussie123411 ай бұрын
Nothing to write home about its reliability after a few years.
@vladg223911 ай бұрын
The Land Cruiser 100 has a service life of 25-30 years and 600K miles at least. The Isuzu Trooper is second best in this bunch. The rest of the cars in this video will strtuggle to 200k miles with substantial spending.
@highlandmalt636811 ай бұрын
They are reliable and capable of many miles, but you have to watch the rust in a climate like the UK - it's killed many Landcruisers.
@Lewis_Treff9711 ай бұрын
The Isuzu Trooper failed it's last MOT miserably with only 168k on the clock back in 2006
@vladg223911 ай бұрын
@@Lewis_Treff97 they had problems with rust, automatic transmissions and head gaskets on the 4 bangers. But otherwise solid vehicles from what I've gathered.
@ToranaA9X30811 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 what even in this video they are bagging the 💩 out of the Range Rover as far as reliability because they KNOW it’s just that
@DeserteagleMS11 ай бұрын
Land Cruiser is the best... New Range at that time was a crap for maintainance... everything went down... unreliable totally.
@Expectvacancies11 ай бұрын
Look how well the rover goes down this dry grassy hill 👁️👄👁️ At least Americans know their cars are bad.
@TomK-ti8kp11 ай бұрын
None of those hunters were wearing ear protection. They must be deaf by now
@discobecky917911 ай бұрын
i guess this is considered "old" top gear now :')
@tallesttreeintheforest11 ай бұрын
get stuck... its all about the tires. if you got no grip, you got no grip, regardless of what car it is.
@anthonydeas217311 ай бұрын
Notice how they didn't film the range rover go where the X5 got stuck, or up the hill it went down? Land cruiser please
@bmwe657er11 ай бұрын
:)) good point!
@notvaas309311 ай бұрын
This is not Old top gear, it's The Top Gear
@RWL201211 ай бұрын
This is *not* Old Top Gear - that's 1977-2001 Top Gear. This is New Top Gear from 2002 (Series 1). Please do not mix up the names - with Top Gear, what is "Old" and "New" does not change.
@Bobspineable11 ай бұрын
It technically isn’t new top gear either. New top gear is used to refer to post Clarkson Top Gear. This one is often just called Top Gear.
@anthonymauger938811 ай бұрын
Cars and comedy,
@noelcahill670711 ай бұрын
Tune thst 3ltr diesel engine take the GM gear box out and put the zf in and you have a gd car
@bmwe657er11 ай бұрын
The facelift x5 e53 I think already has ZF gearbox, isn't it? I'm not sure about that, but as you said the m57 has a good tuning potential, although even stock is pretty good
@noelcahill670711 ай бұрын
@@bmwe657er iv a 09 range rover sport if i have to repower it il be putting a m57 it was peak bmw diesel along with the m47
@bmwe657er11 ай бұрын
@@noelcahill6707 agree 100%
@Benito-lr8mz11 ай бұрын
Today is a sad notice Land Rover group ( Range; Land Rover and Jag)is posibbly a garbage with wheels for failures ; nothing with old times
@Simon_PieMan11 ай бұрын
Not old Top Gear.
@tectoramia-sz1lu11 ай бұрын
You'll find more Land Cruisers around the world being used off road than you will Range Rovers. Far more reliable and easier to fix. German cars are joke now. Most range Rovers never get their wheels muddy, and have terrible electrics.
@Bobspineable11 ай бұрын
The same with Land Cruisers now, they’ve gone the same path as other big suvs.
@HunterLord45811 ай бұрын
@@Bobspineableexcept the old cruisers are still running
@tallesttreeintheforest11 ай бұрын
a SUV that would fit in that environment that isnt a range rover, would be the volvo xc90.
@radubond11 ай бұрын
👍
@MODECHARLIE11 ай бұрын
I wonder how much of this was staged?
@2804Freedom11 ай бұрын
The G-Wagon is a cross country vehicle than the Range Rover 🤷. I personally would take the Land Cruiser.
@southendparaquest11 ай бұрын
Back when Range Rover's were NOT built to attract wannabe Pimps, Gangsta's and WAGS
@fvlok11 ай бұрын
Garbage Rover
@bobonthis952011 ай бұрын
A Range Rover will get you there, but a Land Cruiser will always get you home 😊
@ToranaA9X30811 ай бұрын
The X5 is an unreliable shit box and is NOT a 4WD for off road it’s allegedly a sport SUV. The Range Rover is a ponced up unreliable pile of shit that spends 99.9 percent being driven by flops like clarkson who constantly talks up British crap. The landcruiser would absolutely DESTROY the Range Rover in ANY serious bush situation. Wading through little puddles and some grass hills doesn’t count in the real world. I’ll bet my last dollar the Toyota in this video is STILL getting around and the Range Rover IF it’s still around is a flogged out bucket. Furthermore not ONE of the drop kicks in this video has a clue how to recover a vehicle or drive in the mud. Toyota all day long Range Rover if you fell like throwing money down the toilet.
@Handlethetruth66611 ай бұрын
That’s why clarkson has same Range Rover same year same colour . Still to this day
@AlexLR11 ай бұрын
Wow, you sure seem to know everything. FYI the range rover in this video was on the road until 2021, last recorded mileage 208k. No information recorded for that land cruiser, which means it's been scrapped. gov.uk Mot history.
@Handlethetruth66611 ай бұрын
@@AlexLR I didn’t say the one in the video did I stupid
@Handlethetruth66611 ай бұрын
@@AlexLR what a clown 🤡 🤦🏻♂️😂
@highlandmalt636811 ай бұрын
Landcruiser has a rust problem in UK.
@GlennZaiss11 ай бұрын
Today is a sad notice Land Rover group ( Range; Land Rover and Jag)is posibbly a garbage with wheels for failures ; nothing with old times