The One Gallon Fuel Crisis Race | Top Gear

[@xXUnoriginalNameXx33Meygaera]

"Change your driving style" He's absolutely correct. This is the best way to change the MPG of your car. Here's an example: I used to get around 31 MPG in my Acura RSX type S, and now I get about 23 MPG after watching Top Gear.

[@WyvernApalis]

xXUnoriginalNameXx33 POWERRRRRRRRRRRR

[@PilotDamian]

xXUnoriginalNameXx33 😂😂😂

[@LoightaFluwid]

WHATAMUSHEEN

[@thug_573]

doesnt really work that good with 70s automatic cars

[@tkegger21]

Speed and poweeeeeer!

[@zachg9065]

A big engine hardly working can be more economical then a small engine working hard. - Jay Leno

[@isaackarjala7916]

Esp if you start looking at mile•tons/gallon rather than miles/gallon; at the extreme my 20 year old Geo Metro gets an easy 40 mpg, whereas a freight train gets less than 1 mpg. But with a maximum load in my car I'd only be getting 20 mile•tons/gallon, and with typical loads it is only 5 mile•tons/gallon while the freight train is doing upwards of 400 mile•tons/gallon. edit: note: mile•tons/gallon is being calculated based only on the loads weight and not including the vehicles weight.

[@Fishfingers232]

ZL1Gimpelson The advantage really only shows at autobahn speeds and track days though. Put a Rolls-Royce Ghost with it's 6.6L Twin-turbo V12 against a VW Up, I bet at all speeds below 130kph the VW would burn less fuel. A big petrol engine doing low revs in the city will use horrendous amounts of fuel no matter what you do.

[@ProfDrMau]

Fishfingers232 and now put an Up motor into the more 2 ton Rolls :D

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

+ProfDrMau i would not fear that as i would fear a 1l ecoboost in a focus.

[@Fishfingers232]

Epotheros To be fair, the STi isn't exactly built with fuel economy in mind.

[@bazza2974]

The ending of that clip was absolutely horrifying. It left me dumbfounded. Jeremy Clarkson made a sensible comment. Who would have thought it!

[@Jmeon4eva]

He must have been in trouble not long before.

[@yanava]

Maz Amd Jeremy always does this. Usually there is a video or an interview in which he states his opinion about something in sensible comments. It's usually well thought out. What happens is that a lot of people keep hammering against his comments with dumb arguments, like "to save the world, buy a Prius". He then mocks his detractors in pure Jeremy style. But you probably already knew that.

[@bhavani2448]

skuty

[@221b-l3t]

@@yanava He was wrong about electric cars though. Although that's quite forgivable 30 years ago the only people who really thought they could make electric cars viable where GM. Unfortunately they had a change of heart, recalled every test car and crushed almost every single EV-1. That car might not be a looker but it could have done what Tesla did 30 years earlier.

[@rolon-ew5kl]

He is correct it is how you drive affects your fuel economy. Even a mustang GT could get good fuel economy long as you drive calm. Me in my miata with a 1.6 flooring it and driving it hard could definitely use more gas. Driving faster causes more fuel usage.

[@saucysimpson259]

A gallon of fuel now is roughly the same price as these supercars

[@Tzarmani]

Well for the hot wheel ones yeah

[@3.6Turbskis]

true

[@ukaszpaluch4950]

Mf russia ;(

[@P51DFreak25]

Let me know where I can find a $5 Ferrari

[@neon_lavander]

Give it around half a century and that will both be a commentary on the price of fuel and the cars' ability to hold value

[@chickensoupfortheloser8515]

"Unfortunately that letter was opened by him." The way he says it paired with his hand gesture kills me everytime!

[@ikramhakimimohdhassan7276]

exactly. It makes me laugh so hard

[@jdpragmatic8644]

The producers probably put “Do Not Show To Clarkson” on the envelope and he just ignored it

[@wornouttrends]

Audi R8 is the best choice? Great! Now all I need is $115,900!

[@Djsndbruxnsbsw]

+WornoutTrends more like $60,000. Would you rather have an r8, or an m4

[@DannyArcher32]

+Lajcsi Vagyok C63 AMG

[@Bailey_54R]

+Lajcsi Vagyok charger hellcat

[@Djsndbruxnsbsw]

Bailey O. nice choice. actually i instantly thought fo the charger too. Right after i pressed post comment :D

[@VestedUTuber]

+Lajcsi Vagyok Tesla Model S P85D with Ludicrous Speed Upgrade. It loses out on the epic sound of a big V8, but when all is said and done and oil becomes a thing of the past, guess which of the cars mentioned so far will still be driving? Of course, the SLS AMG Electric Drive is another option, though I suspect that the E-Drive SLS is as much a Tesla as it is a Mercedes. Tesla Motors is in a partnership with Mercedes's parent company, Daimler AG, after all.

[@Twiggy163]

"Don't change your car, change your driving style." Probably the best and most serious Top Gear top-tip ever. And no the BMW did not have the advantage of drafting. Most of the time the BMW was not close enough or not exactly behind the Prius. The Prius engine has to work a lot harder to achieve the same speed.

[@iainwilliams958]

"Don't change your car, change your driving style." - Absolutely. I consistently get 50-60mpg from a 12 year old 406 HDi estate, generally full of tools. I can do that because I drive it sensibly and avoid, as far as possible, town centres and other heavy traffic areas. which is, granted, a lot easier in rural North Wales than in, say, the South East of England. Empty, I was getting over 70mpg from the Yaris diesel I used to have but it wasn't big enough to use as a 'works van' and the fuel economy suffered more when the back was full of tools and materials.

[@orion1983uk]

Iain Williams Couldn't agree more. I tried some full on James May style driving for a tank of fuel in our 2010 Fiesta Titanium 1.4TDCi on my commutes to work last summer (this was all suburban/urban traffic). Got 74mpg. Not bad considering Ford claim it's average is 68mpg. Regularly get around the 65mpg mark anyway. Similarly, also driven a mk2 Prius like this one and have achieved between 55-60mpg (not bad also for a almost Ford Mondeo sized PETROL engined car).

[@cpfcfly1]

Sebastian Shaw Exactly. I have a Fiat 500 right. If I do 70mph (or more) I can do about 45 mpg. If I drive at 55mph with slower acceleration and gentler driving style I can do 75 mpg. Nearly half of your petrol consumption can be influenced by your style of driving. So if I spend about £1700 on petrol a year I could save £700 just by driving more sensible. If everyone did that, demand would drop, prices would drop even further, environmentally it's better, everyone is happy (apart from the oil industry and Republicans of course).

[@cpfcfly1]

Sebastian Shaw "there is no car better than diesels" - But what about the amount of particulate matter (especially PM10 as they're known) that comes out? Technology is advancing, with minimal funding for whatever reasons. There's a project where a road made out of solar cells can charge up a car whilst driving on a highway or on a street. Developments such as this could eliminate the problem of fossil fuels and pollution via renewable energy, but not entirely due to constraints like materials for making solar cells, but can be overcome with investment in new technologies. There's a lot more to come.

[@Twiggy163]

Jonny Kyle solar road feasibility has been debunkt multiple times by different people and I can easily do so aswell, as a civil engineer.

[@keeperofeurobeat8421]

No one is gonna talk about the Lambo getting up to second place with a big 6.5 litre V12?

[@Zonda1996]

It’s Fuel Pump and Injectors that I’d guess to be the biggest factor.

[@squirtreynoldscinema]

Well, it's an Audi, lol

[@BruDia]

@@squirtreynoldscinema it just comes under the sub division of audi, it's not an audi! Duh...so from your side the Buggati is a VW?

[@squirtreynoldscinema]

Audi delivered all the components while Lamborghini stood for the design.

[@BruDia]

@@squirtreynoldscinema no...audi can't build such a naturally aspirated engine - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Murciélago

[@COYM_1908]

This is probably the most useful video Top Gear has ever done.

[@JussiValkila]

Suomi

[@edibleandsentientautomobil5396]

Seppo on bi

[@spectre1849]

@@JussiValkila tätä en kyllä odottanut näkeväni

[@greengamerguy623]

and the breaking distance videos thats some real shit there also

[@chrissss696]

@@greengamerguy623 you mean the one filmed in Australia? They didn't take reaction times in consideration, the average person takes 0.5 to 1 second to react

[@SunnyIntervalsORG]

Someone told me about 10 years ago that there's no point in driving fast on the road because all you're doing is rushing to be at the back of a queue. And that really changed the way I think about driving. If you drive carefully you should be able to avoid stopping completely, which means you save fuel getting back up to speed again, and you also reduce wear on the brakes which saves more money.

[@douglasreid699]

depends on your situation. time vs money saved is the compromise. if you in a hurry, you need to read the road really well to keep your speed up and time overtakes and the value of an overtake. stuck behind a truck and your car number 8 in queue at 40mph, then yeah not worth overtaking. but if you know your coming up to a roundabout, another 6 to 8 cars could then be in front of you behind the truck too so overtaking to be ahead can save you time at the roundabout for example. but just keeping the car moving is a good way to save fuel. or going by engineering exlained, if you think your car will be sat still for more than 10seconds, turn your engine off, as thats the point where the cost of fuel to start it vs running it at idle comes into play.

[@solitaryclusterofneurons598]

@@douglasreid699 You could just leave in a timely manner instead of driving like a div. You drive a BM with fake M badges and a private plate right?

[@douglasreid699]

@@solitaryclusterofneurons598 No, i own a mk7 transit van and a motorbike. Most if my time in van just go with the flow. The motorbike, usually overtake to get a clear road but dont make stupid overtakes. But i have had situations where i not left in a timely manner, battery failed on van and a puncture ( different days) so they took time to repair so i was running late for work using the van. So i made overtakes where safe which got me 4 cars ahead, but at that time in morning by time i got to first roundabout on my commute, that was 15 cars ahead as a lot if traffic comes from right, if i had stayed behind the 4 cars doing 45mph, that would be another 7 to 10 mins longer for my commute that day as id need to wait on the cars getting into roundabout before i get chance to do so. In a building project, you can have 2 of the 3, speed, quality, cost. Same for driving, if you go fast, it will get you there quicker, but cost you fuel. If you and advanced driver, you could prob save some fuel and still be quick as timing your overtakes.

[@TomasUjhelyi]

You have to know the roads and traffic changes behaviour depending on time but most of the time I’d go for a longer route if it means I’m not stopping. Highway driving is a best case scenario for wear and tear on your car

[@richmondvand147]

Thats really only true if you're not touring with it and just driving around your city. If you love being out in the country totally different story. Same with a manual trans, having one in a traffic heavy city is dumb BUT out in the sticks its perfect

[@damshek]

0:55 "The sound of the 20th century" 2:21 "The sound of money exploding" Yap, that's the 20th century alright.

[@Radovanslav]

indeed...

[@topazprism77]

yap

[@haribo_42]

Yap

[@Tony-112]

Yap.

[@tupolev.designs]

Yup

[@alishanmao]

true, how you drive can save a lot of gas

[@user-ie6jr4bg1w]

You mean petrol, gas is not liquid

[@romeonijsse2359]

420 likes you have, i shallnt make it 421

[@postfaceliftsaxo3728]

Omg no way

[@AaqibMHassan]

For instance I don't have a car so I spend $0 on gas/petrol annually

[@James-uz1xu]

Hmmm if you walk slow you cover less distance, really makes u think

[@haxpet]

This top tip is quiet good for a change. Change your driving style, that's it.

[@SohanMeegahage]

Well he is insinuating that you drive your M3 at the top speed of a Prius 100+ kph at all times, the money you save on fuel will have to be spent on speeding tickets lol

[@TheDementedSig]

+Sohan Meegahage In a lot of places though, there are only a few if not less an half the zones being 90kph.

[@Proccito]

+ in cities, where you usually have speed limits on 50 km/h (atleast in sweden), its more economical, and fuel-efficient, to take the bus.

[@ernestochang1744]

well it works with carburated engines

[@jacobdees3882]

haxpet *quite

[@imicca]

Ferrari is made by italians, Italians love to drink, so do their cars.

[@expiredpancake8198]

This.

[@elegancewasmurdered]

+imicca so an Irish car would drink everyone else's fuel too?

[@imicca]

Dylan Seymour ahahah :D

[@DTronicsUK]

+imicca i think your confusing italy with russia

[@imicca]

***** no big difference

[@TheJoe999Man]

“That Mclaren is so quick, you forget how quick it is” 😂

[@kollurusaharsh722]

Yes 😎

[@KarinoChan182]

0:16 I love it how May and Hammond both straightened their arms together

[@DemonAsh40]

Dunno how you’d notice that 🤣

[@Laylander]

Jeremy really has a point here. If you drive normal speed, normal rpm the prius would have won. But the prius lost. This is because the prius was contstantly running at the top of its RPM limit. That is not a good way to save feul. The M3 only had to go to about 2500 RPM max i think...

[@shunaadushana5367]

correct. Of course in real life most people who have a Prius (or another hybrid) do drive it like that, or roughly like that, because they want to do 130kmh on the motorway and they can't do that any other way.

[@SiC2534]

Shuna adushana i have a HCH but the consumption is only slightly better as similar cars, and this is driving normally on 50/80/100 kmh roads. best i can do is 1:18 but then i stall other traffic :P. but then i again, i struggle to call it a proper hybrid. it barely ever runs 100% electric because every bump in the road means the petrol engine kicks in. My dad has a prius and he is in the 1:25-28 range on the same roads (and yeah, i got the same results when i drove it). this proves for me that it does make a difference if properly engineered.

[@TimpBizkit]

Shuna adushana the Prius, should not be that underpowered for normal driving. It's probably similar to my 1.4 Peugeot 206 and likely faster than my Nissan Micra 1.0. I can tell my Peugeot has quite a bit left even at 90mph although the Micra was getting nearer the limits at that speed due to air resistance to power. Also uphill motorways in a full car would make the Micra huff and puff. As for town driving, both were complete overkill in power - but then so is a Reliant Robin.

[@HXD6]

Shuna adushana Actually you only need around 3000RPM on a 2nd gen Prius to reach 130KPH, even less RPM on a 3rd gen.

[@formulafish1536]

That has to be the smartest thing Jeremy has said on Top Gear. “It’s not what you drive, it’s how you drive it”

[@stinchjack]

my car's fuel use is exactly proportional to how heavy I apply my boot

[@Leo1239150]

for the rest of the world: 1.7 MPG is 138 l/100km!!! That's crazy!

[@Tuppoo94]

Actually, no. Remember that the show is from the UK, so they use imperial gallons which are bigger than US gallons. So 1.7 MPG imperial is 166.17 l/100 km.

[@Leo1239150]

+Tuppoo94 you're right. Sorry about that. These imperial/US measurement units confuse me all the time.... At least the miles are the same. Right? :D

[@davemeese6788]

Wow i thought my WRX's 13 l/100 was too much -_-

[@tomzenuni1782]

whatt??? thats insane you cant drive with that car you must be to gas station all the time...

[@maxmustermann-ie6ic]

Tuppoo94 Still Main Battle Tank level haha

[@Big-Chungus1]

"It is atleast economical." "Or is it?" *VSauce music plays

[@WanganTunedKeiCar]

HEY GUYS

[@WarfareHD1]

Lol 1.7MPG that is unheard of terrible

[@WarfareHD1]

though I wish I did

[@rob313ify]

I had to sell my Enzo. It was too economical. So I bought a Prius.

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

The hummer h2 does 1 mpg

[@domvincent97]

Robert Armstrong hahah. Thats the funniest thing i've heard today!! Hahah

[@sydneyACE]

That's 1.7mpg driving full throttle racing around a track. I hope you're not taking from this that the 599 gets that kind of economy all the time.

[@Mars_junior]

I bet the people at Toyota hated this.

[@michaelramsey82]

It's Top Gear, no one takes it seriously. If anything, it's free publicity for Toyota.

[@FarmYardGaming]

@@michaelramsey82 Well, they hate the Prius. But yeah.

[@liamweaver2944]

FarmYard Gaming But, they like the Hilux.

[@nitehawk9270]

just need to try the reverse m3 going slowly and prius in the slipstream :P

[@jevgeniardassov]

No, we didn't. We also know that a bigger and powerful engines uses less fuel under high loads. Remember 2JZ, just the most tunable and legendary engine ever... 😁

[@bigboss8647]

Jeremy actually making sense ?, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE WORLD

[@TheSateef]

i wonder if his wife check the bedroom for a giant pod on his side of the bed?

[@colerobertson4411]

i now right!!!! :o

[@loadingplayer3552]

Qqqqqq

[@lasucks]

Well, he's making sense, but he was wrong about most of his claims. Still awesome though.

[@kyleisham1126]

Loading Player

[@tonychan8558]

2009: We have a Fuel Crisis! It's £1.21 per litre. 2022: Hold my Jerry can! It's now £1.90 per litre. 2050: Laughs in our face...... Three murders, Mad Max-style per litre.

[@X2O962]

2024: £1.33 per litre......

[@HTHAMMACK1]

The R8 is stunning. It's the best built, most practical, most fuel efficient, best interior, and incredible handling.

[@badmontad]

What a time to be a fan of cars. No hybrids, no turbos, no soft limiters and auto startstop just pure passion and engineering

[@spacecadet35]

"Don't change your car, change your driving style." I agree. I drive a Toyota MR2 and depending how I drive I can get 20 mpg or 50 mpg. That is similar to a Prius on the Highway. I would rather have a sports car than a Prius.

[@SkyLinMegas]

Another mr2 brother .. How you been ?

[@Zanox-bp3ob]

Any recent oversteers?

[@spacecadet35]

@Snow Wolf - I have a 2 liter normally aspirated MR2 going through a 5 speed manual gearbox. That 50 mpg was measured on a 300 mile run and measuring from full tank to refilling to full. There was no motorway in there; it was mainly open road with a 100kph speed limit, but with a few twisty bits. It should be pointed out that those are imperial gallons. It would be 42 mpg using US gallons; US gallons being smaller.

[@spacecadet35]

@@Zanox-bp3ob - Every day. The joys of an MR2. Power oversteer. Snap oversteer. Button-off oversteer. What could go wrong :) But when it is raining, I do have to drive like a little old lady (from Pasadena?)

[@spacecadet35]

@@SkyLinMegas - Still driving the MR2 with a grin on my face :) And I hope that you are too.

[@feetstrighter9hunned562]

3:11 damn Jeremy's mouth is quicker than the Mercedes

[@osvaldo8393]

Adeeb Miller that was funny 😂

[@adeeburrahman7062]

@@osvaldo8393 what?

[@jacobking1131]

Just may be the wisest thing I've ever heard Jeremy say.

[@ZorawarSohi]

I disagree, I mean if I drive 10 kms to work in a Prius or any small car and stay within the speed limit(And drive like you're supposed to) I will burn dramatically less fuel than if I do it in the same circumstances in say a Hummer or a Phantom

[@TheDominantSloth]

It depends though, if you're driving along a highway then you're better off with a more powerful car but in stop start traffic you're better with a small car.

[@oenrn]

Maybe, but that's pretty much the point that he makes: how you drive has a much greater impact on fuel burn that what car you drive.

[@ProZonda]

@@ZorawarSohi if you had listen good jeremy final anwser is dont change your car, change your driving style

[@privatezeron]

That comment at the end by Jeremy is a lesson everyone should hear!

[@queenform]

for having 6.5L V12, that murcielago is impressively fuel-efficient

[@DareDevilPhil]

Best way to improve MPG, be aware of the cars in front of the car in front. This way you can let off the throttle and maintain distance without the brakes - this is especially effective at higher speeds. Picking the correct gear helps also, but that varies car to car so just figure it out.

[@koenven7012]

That's true. Unfortunately if you're driving a regular car and in front of you is an asshole in a UAV (Urban Assault Vehicle), you don't see the car in front of him.

[@bradbrendon8331]

thumbs up for the ///M3 and the R8. that's what you call German Engineering.

[@ryanb9749]

Oh you mean the BMW and the Volkswagen? :D

[@superD1cp]

Ryan B Lamborghini is owned by Volkswagen too. I say leave the designing and passion to the Italians and the engineering to the Germans. :)

[@ryanb9749]

Matthew Rooney Porsche is owned my Volkswagen too. :P

[@superD1cp]

Ferrari is owned by Fiat as well!

[@johnny_123b]

Matthew Rooney nutella is owned by ferrero as well!

[@nikolaidiqnov6801]

The whole point is, that if you are driving on a highway for example, you will not feel the difference between a Prius and a car with a massive engine. And this is rather true. The real point of the Prius is driving it in a dense city environment, where you are forced to stop and go very often.

[@fastinradfordable]

Did you all know that first gen Prius was available as a plug in hybrid in Japan. You didn’t have to burn any fuel ever.

[@sharpiefatah3657]

@@fastinradfordable ..it's 8 years ago

[@u8f7]

The KZbin algorithm has a wicked sense of humour to be recommending this now

[@ac2244]

THIS HAS AGED VERY VERY WELL.

[@fastinradfordable]

Your mom said the same thing.

[@ac2244]

@@fastinradfordable so did yours after she got spit roasted

[@fastinradfordable]

@@ac2244 my mom has 6 kids and 4 husbands and was born in the 50s Have fun with that.

[@QF_Dan72]

i'm gonna miss these kinds of races as we are approaching closer to 2030. And then.....everything will be history

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

The Murcielago is a lot more fuel efficient than I thought it was.

[@charrypasta]

"That Mclaren is so quick that you forget how quick it is"

[@Bmontepeque11]

"Changing your driving style to get better MPG" is the most truthful thing I have heard!

[@FLRSKLVR]

Driving a small engine at the top of its capacity against driving a big engine at not even half its capacity. Of course the smaller one is going to use more fuel.

[@thememers_dude]

n my country the speed limite on the highway is 120kmh in my clio rs i put in last gear and chill it uses less then a normal clio so in a city yes the prius is better but on the highway or road where you need to overtake it not the same story

[@Wolfenkuni]

Yes that is the point. But because you normaly drive more to the limit of a small engine the fuel numbers are legal lies.

[@blazers12369]

Floris Klaver its interesting because theyre doing the same thing/going the same speed.

[@xxSgtXioXxx291]

That was kinda the point

[@TheDominantSloth]

Yes but I have small shitty car and it is at about full speed on the highway going the speed limit. So I use more fuel than a more powerful car.

[@crashfan9997]

I've been watching all the series from the beginning. Up to series 12 atm and it's so awkward hearing them talk about a fuel crisis when it's *twice* as bad now...

[@desertsandfly2277]

Fun fact: When the Lamborghini Murciélago first came out, it was said to have the worst fuel economy ever. So the fact that the lamborghini was able to last till second place is really impressive and surprising.

[@kcs5689]

'woops, a daisy' *pulls a drift in a murcielago* I LOVE TOP GEAR

[@DaviidDENG]

Oh god i hate the Toyota Prius..

[@kysike666]

hahaha why??

[@DaviidDENG]

kysike666 Because it's the ugliest car ever.

[@kysike666]

Daviid Lol ur right but it's cheap on gas

[@mredyhcapamab]

Daviid I think the guy who designed is a misanthrope who hates us all

[@DaviidDENG]

Hahaha! +100 for you my bro mredyhcapamab

[@manpalbajwa4394]

The starting looks like every racing game ever

[@robzildjian]

0:54 sound of the 20th century. Sad to say there is no sound for the 21st century (electric cars)

[@canton-7174]

What an interesting time for the algorithm to bless us

[@thomasroth84]

Great final statement by Clarkson. I can achieve 41,5mpg or 16,4mpg with my Audi TT 2.0TFSI. One is Autobahn at 120kph with Cruise Control, the other one is 230km in 1:45h (legal in Germany)

[@TheSavageProdigy]

It’s funny how they were talking about a fuel crisis then, and now it’s more relevant then ever in 2022 with gas prices soaring high. Definitely would suck to have any of these cars atm if needed to conserve fuel.

[@fastinradfordable]

“The fuel crisis” Because obviously *to you* if it didn’t happen in your lifetime it doesn’t exist.

[@TheSavageProdigy]

@@fastinradfordable I know there were multiple past crisis's, and I bet there will be many more in the future from now, I just thought it was funny this was still relevant after the almost decade this show and episode was produced.

[@godmadedubstep]

6:11 the most sensible thing Jeremy Clarkson has ever said a ever will say

[@LRM12o8]

0:55 "the sound of the 20th century" are you sure about that, Jeremy? 🤣

[@NickThePilotUSA]

is there a reason they make pruises as ugly as possible? they wouldnt be half as bad if they looked better

[@visionist7]

To save money

[@kamendimitrov3884]

They look a lot better now... and everyone hates them even more!

[@knightryder4021]

For the very first time jeremy actually said something that made sense

[@patoyamato]

I know I know, Top Gear doesn't do serious tests, but I wanna show this (but I like Jezzas words at the end) DBS: 6l V12 599: 6l V12 Murcie: 6l V12 SLR: 5.5l V8 Supercharged R8: 4.2l V8 and 100 hp less If you'd take a V8 Vantage, F430, Gallardo and SLK55 OR you'd take a V10 R8 which was released earlier that year the video was uploaded.

[@LoneWolf-wp9dn]

id say overall the winner is the lambo...still 6l but much more economical than the others

[@deafyboy86]

The Lambo is a 6.5, so it was the biggest engine out of the lot.

[@oscars4891]

The Audi Driver is doing a typical Audi Endurance racing style. You see, majority of the Audi endurance car lacks the pace to be the fastest. But they're really economical, that's why they won. R8 won't win, even if it has the V10. It lacks the pace to do that, and it's the heaviest. But it'll run when everybody is out.

[@boldstar69]

Ceisar Yudhistira actually the audi would, maybe not against the mclaren because it has 600hp. the audi R8 v10 plus actually beats all of those in a drag race, because of the impeccable lmp1 derived quattro and the body is actually light.

[@deafyboy86]

King Zak 3.8*, and it's twin turbo, only the SLR in this race is boosted. The SLR would stomp on it in a straight line, definitely and wouldn't be far behind at all in a corner.

[@aarontse183]

this. this was the first top gear segment that I watched as a kid. This episode made me fall in love with cars and top gear/the grand tour. I distinctly remember the white lambo. thank you for posting this specific clip.

[@thanosdk5669]

R8 and the lambo are more efficent not suprised ;)

[@thanosdk5669]

***** Not all Audi's are efficent i know i know :D xDD

[@kabob21]

My A5 is actually pretty good with it. It gets roughly 25 mpg all while weighing 3700 lbs, AWD and a good bit of torque.

[@cooltwittertag]

+Θανασης Κριεμπαρδης The false data has nothing to do with the fuel efficiency.

[@housedreams7224]

but they are built by Audi

[@billdexhart5179]

The Lambo doesn't have an Audi engine (back then). The Audi is by far the slowest with the smallest engine so it should be the most efficient. That said, I was most amazed by the Lambo since the engine is like 50 years old.

[@joshderuiter6488]

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but that is actually really good advice from Jeremy lol

[@reedbowers1887]

Possibly my favorite Top Gear segment… changed the way I drive back when I first saw this

[@aleckthemadlad9543]

its so hilarious when Hammond was like "unfortunetly that letter was opened by him" 🤣

[@emp100k]

I know these bits were designed for humor and entertainment value but they've actually got a very good point here.

[@MWPompert]

Driving style does indeed a lot, as well as the route you take and how far you can anticipate the traffic ahead. My 2.0L petrol 406 coupe from 2001 was rated for 9,8l/100km but I can get 7,0l/100km out of it on my daily commute to work in summertime, maybe 7,6 in winter. Yes I can save by starting work early at 6:00 and leave early too so the worst of the rush hours I avoid. But I've seen diesel rental with a worse consumption in the computer than my 2.0L petrol car. And I'm sure many lease drivers in Holland who get a hybrid petrol with all the tax benefits don't get it either, because they drive it so inefficiently. Driving a cold engine hard is a no-go of course, give it time to heat up first does so much already.

[@callmeaspaceman9933]

"Prius will drive as fast as he can, all i need to do is to keep up" ahahahahahhaha

[@chrissdevano]

Jeremy actually spitting straight facts there at the end

[@supbrahzndganga5959]

This aged well

[@mriuspopescu]

I think this is one of the few really good advices that these guys have given over the years haha

[@ericiscoolllll]

they don't use liters for fuel measurement in the UK?

[@SgtCustard]

We do. But for some reason fuel economy is still measured in mpg. However it's sold in litres.

[@charliecresswell1310]

***** hes saying that gallons is much less used than litres, gallons are an imperial unit and we are metric.

[@ericiscoolllll]

***** you're not to bright are you... in the US its spelled "liters", we also spell some other words different such as "color" instead of "colour". Also "they" (if your referring to the people in the video) are using gallons (not liters), the american standard for measurement. this is part of what is called the Imperial System, which apparently is also what is used in your country under certain circumstances.

[@SIXITHS]

ericiscoolllll The UK uses an Imperial gallon, the US uses its own US gallon.

[@sh0werp0wer]

ericiscoolllll Brits arbitrarily mix metric and imperial because they still have quite a significant population of old farts who insists on clinging on to the asinie system of measuring with feet and stones.

[@MH-fb5kr]

“That is the sound of money exploding” 👍😀❤️

[@tgtech570]

The Prius MPG excels in city "stop and start" driving, not racing. You will notice non-hybrid vehicles have better highway mileage than city mileage. Hybrids such as the Prius are the exact opposite having better city mileage. Reason being the electric motor is mostly used under 40 MPH and freeway speeds are greater than 40MPH.

[@kieranmz4614]

"that is the sound of money exploding" quite possibly one of the greatest metaphors... IN THE WORLD!!

[@MK_RS5]

Funny how all the people who bought a Prius when it was "trendy" now all own big SUV's 10 years later...

[@appplezz101]

Even true today. I have a 2020 Mazda 6 2.5T and when you get on it from the lights half throttle and whip around town it will get 19-20 MPG. However. If I plan my slow downs so I don’t have to fully stop at lights and ease the throttle I can get up to 25 in the city. It’s crazy how even the slightest changes make a bigger difference.

[@Armadurapersonal]

2016, feels good that gas is cheap again.

[@richardramos141]

Not for long..

[@jaketinx]

+Aleksandr Kamarov just curious, how much per litre / gallon and where?

[@brianlastname6202]

+jaketinx $2.40 per gallon for premium in NYC. Really high compared to the rest of the US.

[@abhaypuri9989]

+Brian Lastname 2 bucks for premium here in NJ

[@jaketinx]

+Aleksandr Kamarov haha here it is around 1.3 EUR per litre so around 5,5 US dollars for a gallon of premium :D damn..

[@enricoc.2485]

Now an electric car is more environmentally damaging than 10 Land Rover Discovery

[@fireclone4009]

0:21 the resulting race is quite similar to forza Motorsport 6, I believe. Supercars racing around the top gear test track until they forget they are on simulation fuel. Again, not exact, but similar.

[@Zakalwe-01]

Love the laughter at the team’s comments, while a dead-pan, unsmiling audience stands directly behind the presenters 😄

[@hristiqng]

Well, this is topical again!

[@schwiftyRican62]

5:54 life quote

[@mtalha36]

Girl on right 03:26 LMAO shes gonna eat him

[@scribbles-unite]

"Don't change your car, change your driving style." Someone : Laughs in Volkswagen XL1

[@lutherwaffles90]

I know it's a super car but damn 5mpg I guess with that kind of money gas money is just pocket change😂

[@Tuppoo94]

It's 5 miles per imperial gallon, which is equal to 4.1634 miles per US gallon. And that's the most economical of them all. Remember that the Ferrari only got 1.7 MPG imperial, which is 1.4155 MPG US.

[@abc68130]

@@Tuppoo94 This is why we need metric. Well, this is reason number 76 we need metric.

[@yt_Ajay_]

This is one of the most insightful pieces of advice I've ever heard out of Jeremy Clarkson. Top Gear directly influenced how I drive today.

[@SD-tj5dh]

This is very true. Keep the speed up but the revs down is key. Buy a car with higher torque figures too. Because it's low end grunt that keeps the fuel consumption down. Any car you're revving the balls off is gonna drain fuel, be it a Toyota iq or a v8 jaguar. Driving a car properly also increases the lifespan of the car too. Open the taps on open roads when you can to prevent clogging up. Especially turbos. They need to spin up well from time to time otherwise they will eventually fail on you. Moderation is key.

[@tlaroche38]

Scott Dann Grandparents leased a new Nissan Micra while their usual car was having work done. It was an automatic, tiny little engine but even touching the throttle it would rev the engine to about 4k rpms before it would do anything. Not sure on the mileage but it wasn't that great, and having a tiny engine revving its nuts off constantly is quite irritating. (We ended up calling it "Noddy's Ferrari") Rather jarring especially when being used to a 2.8 V6 Skoda Superb, which hardly ever has to rev above 2k :P

[@spotify952]

You're surprised about petrol hitting £5.50 a gallon? Our local ASDA is charging £1.787 per liter, or £8.12 per imperial gallon!

[@XoticcSM]

Anyone rewatching this during the fuel crisis?!

[@lakshmivallabh6936]

;lol

[@fastinradfordable]

“The fuel crisis” Your grandmothers feelings are hurt

[@appelpower1]

I love how that R8 was behind throughout the race, yet won.

[@Godofhel1]

Top Gear is mostly for entertainment only But this one, this is really teaching you stuff

[@aarontaylor1040]

I love this clip. But if you drive a Prius as fast as you can, the hybrid system won’t engage.

[@AlexTrain5249]

I tried that with my Civic (NOT RICED) and when I drove it aggressively, I achieved 18 mpg. When I was light on the throttle, I averaged 31 mpg. So yes that is true. I understand that there are many other factors to variations in fuel economy.

[@joshualaw375]

“ That is the sound of money... *exploding* “

[@nicholasharshbarger4454]

It is weird, but Clarkson really has a point here. Any car can be efficient if it isn’t driven with a lead foot on the gas pedal.

[@pittisgolf4]

I have a prototype in my hand and am floored at how cool it is. So excited!

[@LokirofRoriksted]

Yes, Prius is hybrid. It will run on gas OR batery. He can run almost 4 miles(~5km) with a fully charged battery at top speed of 35mph(45km/h) it can be less, depending on weight and if you're going uphill. They say it's 60km/h top speed, but that's a lie. That little battery also takes forever to recharge. And how do they recharge? Mostly by hitting the brakes. Can you see the fail logic? And that small engine with a short lifespan costs 1/4 of the original price, so you can choose to buy the cheapest prius for $24k or buy a $18k car and drive for "free" for about 75 thousand kilometers or 62 thousand miles.

[@davidblalock9945]

So true. the hybrid power trains they put in the hypercars makes more sense than the one in the prius. Better batteries, better motors, and better use of all the torque an electric can produce. Even the Chevy Volt can slap the smug off of a Prius owner, cause Chevy went about it in a more logical fashion. But I will take a diesel sipping TDI any day, because I can tune the crap out of it and do some respectable hooning; all the while getting the same mpgs as the poncie in the prius!

[@datathunderstorm]

Um.....where do I start? Facts about the Prius - by someone who actually drives one. The 1.5l Atkinson Cycle engine charges the HV Traction battery whenever it is running. It also generates electricity that sometimes goes directly to the traction motors delivering 110bhp combined. Regeneration braking is a small contributor to recharging the battery. Keeping up with the early morning traffic on my commute, I get 63mpg and 550 miles out of 43 litres of fuel. That definitely ain't shabby!! Oh, and there are Prius taxis that have done 400,000 miles on their original drivetrain.

[@Fahrenheart]

I swear 70% of the commenters here are missing the point. It's almost comical.

[@shreyashmohatta2414]

Did Top Gear just give us good and sensible advice? It really is a New Year!!

[@ki2k520]

As soon as I saw the Audi was in the race I knew it would win😊

[@giuseppemaggio5894]

+Shawn Khatri In a normal race the Ferrari would have destroyed everybody.

[@ki2k520]

+Giuseppe Maggiò I know, but it wasn't

[@giuseppemaggio5894]

Well not in a weird race like this one.

[@OShizlGzngahr]

+Giuseppe Maggiò The SLR would destroy the Ferrari.

[@giuseppemaggio5894]

bryce ober Nice joke mate

[@spencercrane5809]

Love how relevant this is today in america

[@doomer_5329]

This aged well.

[@weapoolx182]

YM Rocket Raccoon lol 😂🦝🚀

[@PopEye2384]

Hillariously put, but this bit is the utmost important thing everyone forgets and keep asking or gloating about thr FE of vehicles.... i drive a 3.2Lt Ford Everest (2.5Ton SUV based on the Ranger, 200Ps, 470Nm) and i get between 14.8 to 15.6 kmpl (roughly 37mpg)..... with full ac and no CC... its a diesel btw...

[@rocketraccoon77]

Those chicks behind richard at 3:06 though