Richard Hammond Enjoys Testing the £208,000 McLaren 720S | The Grand Tour

Hammond takes the McLaren 720S for some quick laps around the Eboladrome track, to see if this supercar is worth the price tag.
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[@thegrandtour]

Who would you rather go on a test drive with: Jeremy, James, Richard or Abbie? 🤔

[@NAK5315]

Specifically not Ruchard Hummond

[@br4nd0n3ssketit8]

Jeremy 💯💯

[@Leckfrosch]

Regardless of the question, the answer is and will always be: James.

[@cheekymonkey666]

abbie everytime... you gotta have gorgeous lady driving you around.

[@Slonge92]

May.

[@ranchojwambi4906]

"James May applied for a job at McLaren but they turned him down for being too slapdash"🤣🤣🤣👌

[@jamsstar2010]

They gave me a job a few years ago😂

[@ranchojwambi4906]

@@jamsstar2010 well done mate🤣

[@oo6069]

😂😂😂😂

[@Hanstheninthboss]

Now this begs the question should I apply or end up like James may

[@DreadEnder]

With Hammond at the wheel ‘breathtaking’ is an understatement

[@teverwelsch9114]

Good one!

[@vitali2127]

You guys should do more of this, we kind of miss the show with reviews.

[@dearhorse085]

There used to be a time when I thought super cars were stupid and just a show-off. But now I respect the engineering and technology that went into this.

[@codeman9145]

It’s an art. That your average person can buy off the block. That most people have no business driving to begin with 😂

[@WolvieX23]

Let’s not forget Hammond’s ‘Lack of Continuity’ Award for filling the tank with water 😄

[@airygoats]

“How in the name of all that’s holy did you do that?”

[@lakshsatvikveeramachaneni3704]

when did you find out ?

[@jdapaul1351]

Um, what? The "Lack of Continuity" award is not about filling the tank with water. It's about the lack of consistency in the film shooting. Filling up his tank with water is a different award.

[@WolvieX23]

@@jdapaul1351 Oh I’m so sorry, forgive me

[@jdapaul1351]

@@WolvieX23 no worries. Just wanted to point it out.

[@bicyclist2]

Thankfully I've been lucky enough to see a 720S in person. There are at least two white ones and a black one where I live. They are just as exquisite in person as they are in pictures. Thanks.

[@ashleyjackson4481]

That drift setting is incredible

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Cheers for the vid. Nice car Hamster !

[@The_journeyy]

*Bigger price bigger horse power bigger thrill what an incredible looking car* 👏

[@Arcturuseyes]

Always nice to see Richard going fast in a fast car, not too fast though 🙂

[@898792]

Couple of years back, a guy bought one where I live...took delivery on a Friday, and wrapped it around a tree Saturday. He was ok, the car... totalled.

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

Fabulous driving Richard

[@glenmancrief922]

Will look nice in the garage where it'll spend most of its time

[@davidm-1965tb]

Did you read that on the internet?

[@Geromi87]

Simply an amazing car.. choosing the drift percentage lol what else could you possibly ask for? It looks gorgeous as well

[@glamdring0007]

What a machine !

[@richardconibear2612]

Ap

[@bghoody5665]

Yes, it's very important to know what your setting is for variable drift control on a McLaren.

[@Kevin-Brent]

I see McLaren still have the Starfleet Command emblem. Not a complaint. Just an observation.

[@AtheistOrphan]

This video is a few years old.

[@FrancisoDoncona]

And you still have the steering wheel right in your line of sight, can’t it be lowered anymore?

[@vladx2]

Not if you have knees

[@decodolly1535]

Maybe it's not the steering wheel that's the problem but the height of the Hammond......

[@executiveinvestments]

@@vladx2 wrong. I have my wheel out of my line of sight. Maybe he should raise the seat up because he’s a midget?

[@AKDarkKnight78]

Hammond is sooo good 🙌🏻

[@thegrandtour]

Check out some of Hammond's funniest moments here 😅kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJq9q6l3f9WNqZY

[@codybenyshek2629]

Such a helpful video of information

[@driesanalog4187]

And Hammond did not even crash ... wow. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Cujo5]

The magic of editing ;)

[@VasilisVMG]

I missed these reviews!

[@myusername3689]

Really wish they get him to drive a 765LT soon.

[@gingerorc9851]

Miss these guys doing proper but silly reviews the big adventures are ok but a proper series is much better IMHO

[@NAK5315]

Where's the new special Grand tour ???

[@AtheistOrphan]

Rumours say just before Christmas.

[@autonation_photography153]

Wait there is going to be a new one already?

[@CoolStuffDad]

Definitely Hamster for the cheeky banter, but his crash record would be considered seriously prior to strapping in for a ride

[@ELXABER]

I love the 720s, only down a notch from the 765LT. Good job not Hamstering the car and parking it on the roof. 🤣

[@sadiqulkadir7507]

Can find a nice 720s now around the 120 130k range which is great too!

[@VincentNacon]

I'm surprised that the "ultimate tech nerds from the Kingdom of Geeks" let Hammond drive their car after what he did to the $1 millions Rimac Concept One car back in April 2021.

[@fredmacdonald9339]

ahh but think of the advertising....so good even hamster cant crash it

[@asicdathens]

After the crash due to the publicity they sold 5 cars

[@caprise-music6722]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahh

[@AtheistOrphan]

This was filmed long before that.

[@AtheistOrphan]

ANOTHER Rimac crash? I’m familiar with him crashing a Rimac in 2017 during a hill climb event, but didn’t know he’d crashed another one last year!

[@shivangpatel3740]

Can’t believe Adept sold her Mclaren to Hammond…. Poor xqc

[@beetrooot1137]

That car is a perfection

[@couchpilot12]

I’m jealous oh so jealous

[@roma20081]

UFO tecnologia aliena !!...MCLAREN TOP

[@masfe727]

Amazing

[@quackyduck1499]

The only thing faster than a Mclaren is its depreciation .

[@Unownuzer]

Yeah he's so much in love that he filled it with water instead of Petrol

[@davidherrera2465]

Vientos 👍

[@tordoff80]

just had to come and check see what matt Armstrong's got his self into

[@jamaljames2578]

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

[@rj_lab]

Im not familiar, but how about *McLaren 720S* vs *Koenigsegg CC8S?* ⚡⚡⚡🔥🔥🔥

[@AvidUTuber]

angle of dangle 🤣

[@anthonyfigueroa7869]

Awesome ☆☆☆☆☆

[@highgrade18]

Thesize of the breaks, 😮 I miss my ceramics

[@tracaointegrada5245]

Top, Very Good my friend 🙏

[@micheltbooltink]

McLaren makes the most stunning cars in the world.

[@lorrainemcmahon969]

I was making sure the interior didn't change again .

[@memememe2674]

Looks and drives great but ask Mac owners about the ownership!

[@kyrozen9860]

Damn Imagine buying a McLaren for your own happiness just for it to be yoinked from you Aware

[@albertusaswin2012]

Just don't crash it.

[@BillyBoy444]

0:38 here's a more relevant test... Get 2 Ford Fiestas one petrol and one Diesel and see which is more economical considering diesel now costs 25p a litre on average more than petrol ⛽👍😐

[@jamieha7193]

They do better advertising than the Manufacturers. Dam is that McLaren sexy

[@NeelabhKhatri4]

The paddleshifters are so puny in this spec.

[@GuitarTablatureSkill]

Should be James "The Nerd" May, to drive this beautiful white beast McLaren 720S.

[@jevgenijtihij9020]

Abbie eaton

[@VinnyUnion]

Is it now trend to put price in the title?

[@flowofsilk]

which episode is this?

[@airygoats]

“Unscripted” - S2, E4

[@flowofsilk]

@@airygoats thanks

[@cheesenoodles8316]

Harder on a set of tires than anybody I know...GT is.

[@anthonyfigueroa7869]

Abbie

[@colinvannurden3090]

Tire destroying mode...38.5%

[@RichMantaray]

its a nice car but it will break , atleast it lasts a bit longer than focus st lol

[@LostInPhilly89]

Really not interested if there's no manual transmission.

[@codeman9145]

Ya that ruins it for me

[@ENGBriseB]

Never underestimate a McLaren.

[@thegrandtour]

Do you prefer the 720S or the Senna? 🤔 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3ichY2Aq7GirZo

[@Raygetsu]

710 Horsepower, all of which drowned when the tea started tasting funny.

[@pumpkineater23]

Comparing the power to a 'P1 but without the electric motors' really doesn't put anything into perspective though?

[@noahebner9087]

its still very impressive if you think about a £200,000 supercar being comparable to a £750,000 hypercar in terms of track time, which the 720s very much is

[@tonyb9735]

It's a video game, not a car.

[@Jack_Shiels2002]

To bad the they couldn’t put any effort into quality control

[@Peter-oz1oo]

4 000 views and about 1 will actually afford to buy one

[@Rlip]

Except the doors lines and body lines barely line up with the door rubbing when you open it

[@mohammadsattar5488]

Why so much geekerey with the facts and figures but "I can fit my fingers in those" size panel gaps ??

[@husnainanwaar1992]

McLaren dakar

[@ExconVlogs]

If theyre such nerds why are mclarens always breaking

[@rs6driver416]

'Angle of Dangle' sounds like the name of a porn film 🤭

[@Mcfc2Rich]

I'm enjoying a rollup in bed

[@spiritofshankly4517]

McLaren has turned into Ferrari, building better road cars and forgetting about f1 performance

[@lunarthespacecat7772]

seat looks flimsy. cockpit looks like CGI this looks like a diecast

[@lunarthespacecat7772]

its always been a CLK GTR according to wiki. thats ok. we alll have inspiration uwu;

[@daviddavidsonn3578]

did he enjoy crashing it?

[@MantisToboggan_MD]

Well hopefully, May would cook me breakfast with some Clarkson eggs then Hammond wont get his trousers cut off, then i race Abby in a super-charged v8 mini hovercraft over the Sahara or something like that...

[@YzzoY]

Return to the old format please. Specials take too long

[@giacomo21eb]

🤩

[@cheekymonkey666]

he said "everything's bigger in this car" not everything hammond, your still as short as always, how do you see over the dashboard? do they put a periscope on the dashboard, you know like the ones in tanks?

[@jonnyxs892]

I only watch Hammond and F1 for the crashes🤷‍♂️

[@jonathanbranum8976]

who gave you permission to test drive my ride... ;p

[@lunarthespacecat7772]

this car isnt reall XD

[@loektube699]

Amazing car ofcourse, but why didn't they just gave it 10hp more?!

[@RELAXTIME-pd9si]

You have to translate your videos to Arabic language

[@gewglesux]

V8 for the win... Turbo schurmbo

[@scottcrawford3745]

It's a 4.0 L twin-turbo V-8... not naturally aspirated. But it does rev to ~8600 rpm.

[@gewglesux]

@@scottcrawford3745 Thanks for the reply... i get it now!!

[@scottcrawford3745]

@@gewglesux No worries. I love my 570S Spider. At high revs she sounds like an F1 car. They are amazing cars, and they are very under-rated by the manufacturer for the speed/ times. They claim 3.1 seconds 0-60, but it's a lot closer to 2.8 seconds, and they are absolutely in the 10.2-10.5 second bracket for the quarter-mile. I'm getting mine tuned and mapped next year, for an additional ~100 horsepower on 94 octane fuel, should shave off an extra tenth or 2 off the 0-60.

[@gewglesux]

@@scottcrawford3745 Will tuning and mapping really yield such results?

[@scottcrawford3745]

@@gewglesux It really depends on the car... McLaren's lower models are basically detuned versions of the higher cars. Many manufacturers are putting out cars at their maximum rating, so the only way to add power is higher grade fuel, and then modding ( bigger turbos/ supercharging/ ECM units etc). The stated power for my 570S is 562hp, but many dyno from stock into the 600hp and up range. Then when they map and tune it, tweak the turbos a bit, timing, etc., the results are up to 10-20% gain. Which is back up to the top rating for this powerplant . ( The same 3.8L engine was used in several cars from the 540C up to the 620 R, I believe...with HP ratings from 533-612 hp. ) My 2018 Jag F-Type SVR convertible is quoted as having a 575hp supercharged V8, but on the Dyno, She output 603hp stock with 91 octane fuel. After her warranty expires, I'll get her tuned and mapped too.

[@getwetLOL]

Noway that was you ripping it up on the track lol

[@codybenyshek2629]

Like

[@niagra898]

Tesla would smack that around

[@waty0usay1]

This car came out in 2017...

[@AtheistOrphan]

So did this video.

[@lightningwithin9186]

After seeing what the Rimac Nevera did to the 1,000hp Ferrari SP90... idk man i'm just not impressed with any of these anymore. Just seem like desperate attempts to retain their former glory.

[@MrJsevo29]

Believe it or not there is more to cars than just straight-line speed...

[@lightningwithin9186]

@@MrJsevo29 Yeah that's what muscle cars are for. A Ferrari is supposed to be fast.. sorry but they're in the Nevera's shadow now.

[@MrJsevo29]

@@lightningwithin9186 spoken like a true arm chair non car guy🤣

[@lightningwithin9186]

@@MrJsevo29 Those are your words, not mine and honestly it was a nonsense response.

[@MrJsevo29]

@@lightningwithin9186 by your logic a car is only appealing if it is the fastest in a straigh line which the Nivera is. That's not something the majority of people who have owned and driven any these cars would say because there is much more to the experience of driving than just going in a straight line. That's why the people who can actually afford these cars don't just own Rimacs. Sound, handling, feedback, looks, all these things make cars special. Any real car person that actually drives cars know this. This is clearly lost upon you. Therfore it's obvious you probably haven't driven/owned any of these vehicles.

[@robertsas9001]

Nothing to do with this video,but McLaren is famous for extremely poor built quality, literally loosing nut's and bolts as you driving along

[@FrankO7790]

Absolutely I agree, Porsche 91l turbo for me anyday

[@thetoastman7]

Honestly think the 720 is one of the ugliest super cars ever

[@Zeitgeist0]

I must say, I really hope the show will last a bit longer than what we've had so far. Especially in these crazy woke times where we definitely need something normal, something we all know. Something like the 3 from the fuel station... Of course I mean May, Clarkson and Hammond. Actually I am writing this because I hope anyone from the team of TGT will read this because I have had an idea for a last hurra if you really going to cancel the show because of age as James May said in an interview I've read the last couple days. Not exactly said they will retire but he said they already though of stopping the show because of their age. Why not making a rather old school episode or show whatever you call it, but only in a upgraded version since you've got higher budgets. Why not making some sort of a triathlon but with cars or even with 3 different types of motorized vehicles. The first thing comes to my mind is of course normal roads, amphibious discipline and maybe off-road. You could make a car each for every discipline or one for all 3 disciplines?! You could also get together a motorbike and a train of some sort... I know it's a bit confusing but it might get a bit more clear when I tell you that you have, just like in the top gear days, build them yourselves. Well, as far built yourselves the amphibious cars were...or the camper train whatsoever... Thats what people are looking pretty much forward to, especially if you are really about to cancel for retirement. Give us that last hurra! I have to tell you I am somewhat over 30 years now and I never had the money to pay for a driving license, nor for a car or it's monthly or yearly insurance cost. But I always wanted to learn to drive, not necessarily on open roads but on a track or abandoned airfield like you drove on for so many times. So it was top gear UK, Top Gear US and of course The Grand Tour that made it possible for me to enjoy at least a bit of these things. Because a crazy trip through middle east, India or burma with cars or lorries that would absolutely be something I always wanted to do for at least one time. An own attempt for a an amphibious car I'd love as well. I'm telling you this because actually I am pretty sure I would absolutely show some talent with all that although I did only drive on time in my life, and it was for t minutes and a in Germany called "Feldweg" which somehow translates to "back road" or something? Literally it translates to "fieldway". And I absolutely adored it. But my chronic pain disorder makes me staying away from public road driving. But in a track where I could absolutely enjoy driving without worrying about people who are a bit...well people you can't trust basically, and I couldn't trust myself because of the painkillers. And don't get the wrong idea please I am still full of conscious, it's just that it's really hard painkillers that have been made to give their medicine slowly, so it's not making me stoned of some sort. It's just the rules in Germany and for a good reason, most painkillers are really making you unaware or unconsciously in a way that you have lowered attention etc. So if you ever again come across Germany and you're going to realise the idea of a triathlon special, where you for instance drive your own builds in different countries you could give me some opportunity to learn driving with the 3 of you and have a great day and fun on a track and I'll prove I'd be able to learn driving in a heartbeat and that I am really damn good at such things even that I've never done them before. It's simply because I do have an excellent (well, I don't know the right words for that so I am trying to describe it) feel for such things as cars, bikes or whatever could be used as a sort of extention to your body if you will. Like I'm having an excellent spatial perception (not sure if these are the words I've looked for). You have to excuse my english though, I've only learned it from translating song lyrics and watching Top gear UK and US. So it's a bit...daft, really. 😂 And forgive me the try to get a day with hammond may and Clarkson on a track. It's just always great fun to watch them do pointless stuff. Well, I wouldn't necessarily call "fun" pointless, but I think you'll get my point. Cheers and thanks for reading this...let's call it an attempting request or request with an attempt, whatever🤷🤣🤣

[@simonmenzies3142]

McLarens 🥱

[@Pirustae]

Only the McLaren GT looks pretty. Its cousins don't.

[@adriancoppin977]

…but it ain’t nowhere near as comfortable as my Q8…or my A6 Allroad BiTDI 3 litre.

[@YukiNoSikrit]

AAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAAARE

[@hughoxford8735]

Lacks character.