Classic vs New in the Hill Climb CHALLENGE | Top Gear

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[@SpazticThoughts]

> 5000hp > shows a GTR shooting flames > gets a Peugeot that's been riced to hell

[@sukhdevr3489]

A Skyline GTR. Edit: I'm going to explain what I mean. I don't get why people call every Skyline a GTR, since the R35 is one that has the main name of GTR. The main name for these Skylines is Skyline, so just saying GTR (which I thought only the R35 should be referred to as) is like calling a Ford Mustang GT Ford GT (but there's a already a Ford GT so it doesn't make much sense).

[@vcvbrrory2269]

Sukhdev R34 a skyline gtr stop being a smartarse

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@vcvbrrory2269 A Skyline GTR is not a GTR R35. There's a difference.

[@vcvbrrory2269]

Sukhdev R34 yes it is what you on about

[@vcvbrrory2269]

Sukhdev R34 you just called it a gtr it has gtr badges and is called a Nissan skyline gtr

[@mauripekkarinen1]

"What color is that, national health service green?"

[@thatgymguy.9869]

Schrudel burn 😂😂😂

[@ArchmageOfAnarchy]

NHS racing colours that

[@chaddlalande2779]

All that money and horsepower and its pastel baby sht green?

[@edgypepe1350]

it's fuckin mint my guy

[@JustAbinashboruah]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

The Sprite is just happy to be there. Nothing can bring him down. Even if he lost he'd smile across the finish saying "Well I gave it me best shot. Good race!"

[@RockyFoxxowo]

The Healy is probably still on the road

[@BossVolt]

​@@RockyFoxxowo And the Peugeot probably ended up in a ditch somewhere

[@Kuromori-v9z]

@@BossVolt It ended up in a junkyard, there's pictures of it there.

[@ElBartoo]

That Austin Healy looks really happy. Just look at it's smile :D

[@masterhybrid16]

That dammed smile

[@FormaCodex_5-7]

Miata v Healy. Happy racing

[@arone6298]

@@FormaCodex_5-7 don't forget the s2000

[@williamthegreat9632]

when your playing a ps2 in the back of a car, you know that car was from pimp my ride

[@sukhdevr3489]

NFS UNDERGROUND

[@febriandhani4859]

@@sukhdevr3489 ffs i saw your comment like everywhere

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@febriandhani4859 Thats good man haha. On Top Gear videos or football videos?

[@febriandhani4859]

Sukhdev R34 top gear haha. i don’t really like football because the fact that i can’t actually play it.

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@febriandhani4859 Oh fair enough. I was watching all the celebrity interviews so I just thought to comment.

[@MrSupercar55]

I’m not surprised at that result. The Peugeot is really heavy with all those speakers and monitors and video game equipment, whereas the Frog-Eyed Sprite was already lightweight to begin with, and they then stripped it down to barebones. It’s all down to the age-old quandary of a heavy car with more horsepower versus a lighter car that doesn’t quite have as much horsepower. Some car manufacturers, such as Pagani when competing against Lamborghini, possess the necessary tools to make their car light enough to get away with not having as much horsepower.

[@N3onDr1v3]

Hydrolics too!

[@MilkDrinker218]

It’s a similar thing to the concept behind the Mustang. Ford was never known for having as much horsepower as a Dodge, but the Mustang was lighter, birthing the aptly named “Pony Car” category.

[@brapa1190]

What is the classical music at the beginning

[@skrackensdal]

@@brapa1190 flight of the bumblebee by korsakov

[@devonesq.7533]

simplify and add lightness

[@opsimathics]

in this battle of arthritis against acne LMAO

[@ajlaurenjunjo]

Ess Ess you clearly don't get jokes

[@ChapuleTaylor]

You mean a battle of arthritis against idiots?

[@aestheticcruise8807]

Arthritis vs Acne... who will win?

[@bavondale]

u can't lmao urself

[@upliftingsiren]

INDEED LMAO

[@adventureenthusiasts1413]

Arthritis against Acne, sums up the generation difference.

[@Sithhy]

I got both... I'm only 25

[@shriharihudli]

@@Sithhy Damn, that sucks dude. How did you get arthritis so early?

[@Sithhy]

@@shriharihudli Not sure, honestly. Doctors think it may be a genetic issue

[@3AMNE]

@@Sithhy Are you sure it's probably genetic? Or you normally position in such a way that it feels normal, but then harms you later in life?

[@3AMNE]

@@Sithhy like, the way you sit, or anything?

[@user-dg5nj1ez8c]

1:57 is truly the greatest moment in this entire video

[@brickhead48]

200bhp and he reckons the 0-60 is 6.2 seconds? is he dreaming? that pug must weigh as much as an aircraft carrier

[@bobmcl2406]

Yeah, and half the weight is speakers!

[@xmlthegreat]

@@bobmcl2406 no it's subs as in Submarines lol

[@joeneri150]

Got sewer pipes as the exhaust.

[@giancarlolugo9586]

@@joeneri150 a stock Honda Prelude BB4 VTEC does 0-100 in 6.2 seconds and it's only in it's stock form , now imagine how fast would be with a simple Turbo ,ECU ,CAI ,Exhaust ,Header,Cams modifications that car eats the pug for breakfast in any form .

[@ProSkye59]

@@giancarlolugo9586 not with those speakers

[@TransistorBased]

It's not a modern obsession with horsepower. It's an obsession with loading your car with so much cheap plastic and stick-on chrome that it looks like a tourist shop.

[@jdm2626]

Well said.

[@UltimateMTB]

It's the obsession with becoming a ricer

[@zoltancsikos5604]

MicroKORGI That...makes no sense at all.

[@matthewl5434]

@@zoltancsikos5604 To be honest, it does. Young drivers like to put all sorts of tacky and stupid things on their cars, like body kits and cheap "chrome" plastic wheel covers on some otherwise bone stock car.

[@gareginasatryan1579]

I know. Luddites think that somehow old technology can beat new. It can't. Apples to apples, modern is just better. Of course it's not horsepower that wins but new materials, electronic assist and better efficiency.

[@Driftywiftypleb]

Believe it or not, r34 gtrs where around 26k around that time. Just gonna leave this here.

[@BoxInThisLapVR46]

Can I die now

[@z6u5]

@@BoxInThisLapVR46 yes can I join you

[@aaryeshg.6526]

At that time you could also get GT-Ss (rwd versions of R33s) for less than £10k. Today its a lot different since now pretty much all Skylines of the '90s are considered classic.

[@Driftywiftypleb]

@@aaryeshg.6526 a lot less then 10 k

[@cesarcantu9001]

Now it’s no longer that price. 😭

[@tylersimmons7105]

The Sprite just looks so happy. It's literally just this: 8D

[@theepiceevee686]

Because it knew it was going to win

[@trexirexi]

XD

[@papersplease]

"Arthritis against acne..." I totally lost it there.

[@SkywardSpork]

Weird thing is, after all these years and watching this as a kid, I've ended hosting the Austin Heeley Sports club over multiple years at a hotel I used to work at.

[@chrishenniker5944]

The world operates in a poetic way.

[@Proff0ak]

26.000 pounds for the modification on the 306? You could've bought a good car for that money.

[@HRHooChicken]

***** Likely stolen most of it

[@Proff0ak]

HRHooChicken And got his mom to buy the rest of it.

[@theorbization]

HRHooChicken lol and im sure youve definitely got real actual evidence to base that stupid opinion on

[@HRHooChicken]

If I called you Buzz Killington, would you understand what i meant..?

[@SMVB-cl6oc]

26.000 is £26. 26 000 is £26 000.

[@Metatr0n]

What does a ricer do after he wins a race? -He turns off his PlayStation.

[@Trija204]

Original

[@waynefernandes9553]

Ohhh burn

[@giancarlolugo9586]

@@waynefernandes9553 when a Ricer wins he starts to play his crappy rap trap-crap from the 2000s and starts to act like a douchebag

[@jmfz28]

Its not a ricer since it was not a japanese car, it was a french car so that would make him a cheeser.

[@lacast_lifestyle]

5:24 Hammond should have taken that Evo instead of the rice box

[@jshaf_3952]

I’m sure it was there just in case the Austin won too easily

[@DrSmugface]

Because the Evo would have won just like the r34 ..

[@alverayan4032]

wouldn't have even been a competition then lol

[@appelpower1]

I love how James calls this a 'battle of arthritis against acne' Anyway, that Peugeot seems like a waste of 26 grand. For that sort of money, I'd buy a secondhand Aston DB7 or a Maserati Quattroporte.

[@appelpower1]

***** Fair enough.

[@jethrovitorioscultor7566]

+appelpower1 I would have spent half of that on an E39 M5... (Assuming in the UK) Pretty Sure that Classic would be easily beaten by a Modern Classic Bavarian Supersedan...

[@appelpower1]

+Jethro Vitorio Scultor You mean the classic in the video? The cars I mentioned are hardly classics. I like the E39, it's one of the few BMW's I like (I'm not all that big a fan of the brand). Still, in terms of German sports saloons, I'd have a Merc C63 AMG for 34k euros (which is not much more than 26k pounds).

[@jethrovitorioscultor7566]

appelpower1 The Austin is the classic I am referring to. The Modern Classic would be the E39 M5. Too old to be considered a new car, too young to be a Classic. What I am saying is, the 90s-00s introduced a few cars that are Pseudo Classics and they combined the best of both worlds. Normally, they would have my money.

[@appelpower1]

Jethro Vitorio Scultor Well, I can only agree with all that.

[@flaagan]

Still one of my favorite Top Gear clips over a decade later.

[@jayisaway1516]

In case you’re wondering what the Peugeot dude is rolling around in now... It’s a 2014 Range Rover with a 3 litre diesel in it

[@jonathanmichealfacer]

& he drives a bus

[@gug1970]

and, i'd guess as he gets a bit older, embarrassment.

[@eun5oo280]

How do you know? Theres a picture of the peugeot scrapped but not much else

[@eun5oo280]

@ no

[@jayisaway1516]

TripleSeven cause you can search the dudes number plate

[@Hazztech]

God I love how the old farts laugh when their car stalls

[@DakotaBusCaptures]

I will agree with you as long as you aren’t like those riced dingus’...

[@IronMan3582]

It just shows that they know the quality of the car they support, it's almost poetic

[@sdfilmproductions4193]

It's such a British response...."Oh we've broken down."🤦‍♂️🤣....."Nevermind chaps, let's get a cup of tea and get on with things...stiff upper lip, keep calm and carry on!"🧔💂‍♂️🤵👍

[@oscartapiero4563]

That Peugeot is an example of French rice

[@vincebautista4849]

I agree, the certain amount of rice on it is horrendous, and plus that 1961 Helli sounds majestic and took off like a hummingbird.

[@Slim_Tim]

I agree too, but back then it was cool.

[@jokeeling2028]

oscar tapiero You sir... Know your Rice. If you have a Facebook account, join #TeamSLAP. They will surely take you in.

[@kanggoo57]

+oscar tapiero or chav :P

[@essejbooth2982]

+Kaosma FIN for the mandems!

[@jake.wreggy6703]

1. Healy gearbox whines like a supercharger 2. Healy looks better 3. Healys faster That peugeots a Waste of 26k

[@Elmom_]

The whining is straight-cut gears.

[@Zak-ob5ze]

26k of mods plus the original price

[@Clangokkuner]

jake _wreggy it has a super charger

[@EgorKaskader]

@@Zak-ob5ze You PAY to get a 306? O.o I thought they gave them away just to stop being embarassed about having it around in the dealership.

[@ToreDL87]

@@Clangokkuner It doesnt, pause at 3:02, that's a single side-draft Weber with filter, no forced induction.

[@dovah6975]

Gotta say the classic car group has my liking, tea and biscuits? Sign me up

[@Adam-tm7qh]

200bhp from a 3.0 v6 that's awful

[@darrylmac6150]

Not really

[@jarrodbianco6264]

I have a 2.4L 4 cylinder, non modified, that produces 200, so it kind of is

[@lukedoak9882]

I think if it wasn't packed with a ridiculous amount of tv screens and speakers and it was a little more refined that 3.0L v6 would be more then enough in that car

[@BK-it6wg]

alfa?

[@xZothecula]

The thing is, some car manufactures tone down car engines for smaller cars. So it can be the same engine as lets say, a 5 door sedan, but in a 2 door hatchback, the engine will be less powerful for safety reasons.

[@flash1249]

I watched this a kid... I was rooting for the Peugeot because it looked like it was made in NFS Underground, and you could play it inside the car... Now that I've grown up and a brain, I'm embarrassed to for him to have that car and spending that much... That Austin Healey is gorgeous. I bet it's preserved somewhere, I don't know about the Peugeot though... Probably impounded

[@aaryeshg.6526]

Same. When you turn 18 you either realise it or not that all the extra THICC bodykit, 20 speakers and plastic covering everything inside a car is all such a waste. It may be creativity but sometimes it ruins a car...

[@TheSabu91]

15 years ago stuff like this was cool. It's such a throwback and cringe at the same time. I love it! I mean we were like 13 when these cars were the coolest thing ever! But imagine the Stig driving your car.. that's something to brag about!

[@dhilboy231]

Peugeot still exists, and actually still exactlyyyy the same!

[@Ryo-vw5hu]

@@dhilboy231 how do you know if it's still exist?

[@thelyinglama218]

Couldn't agree more. I used to RICE cars in NFS and used to feel really good about the mods. But now those mods looks awful😂

[@Ward1706]

Tuners vs. Ricers vs. Classics. And don't argue with me: that Peugeot is pure rice nowadays.

[@carbonatedmilk4316]

And i Still like how it looks

[@matiasfpm]

Well in yurop maybe. In everyone el se, depends...

[@charlesvandergrift3126]

@Snow Wolf Tuners and ricers are not the same; tuners are modern day hot-rodders. In fact, they do all sorts of different modifications, such as turbo kits, transmission upgrades, and suspension upgrades. Rice is for looks, tuning is for speed.

[@iSkully99]

Charles VanDergrift this peugeot had all sorts of performance modifications done to it as well, it even had a different engine put in

[@NGKGMR]

Im 14 and i would take an old escort mk1/an old bmw/mercedes/this Austin over almost any jdm/tuner car. I love the old classic touring/rally cars

[@AzuriteReverb]

What I think TG tried to show is that the real car nuts are the old beards. I personally was amazed at the effort they put into making the car lighter and agile. Even if Hammond's group had used another car, I think the old car nuts would've deserved to win. When I grow old, I see myself like these guys.

[@therealtnr]

It's really weird to think that I was 2 years old when this was uploaded. The Austin still looks better than most of the cars in British car culture today.

[@spythor1281]

I personally think that Austin is hiding it's pain inside and smiling outside so it doesn't seem sad

[@dupeken]

Are you saying that you're astounded by the fact that time exists? ARE YOU GONNA BE WEIRDED OUT WHEN YOU REREAD YOUR COMMENT BECAUSE IT WAS POSTED 5 MONTHS AGO? What's next, you'll scream at magical thing called faucet when you realize it releases water when you turn it? Why are there so many actual retards these days

[@dupeken]

@@holden4111 seriously you're gonna use "no u"? Dude, if this person was 4 years old and just discovered this phenomenon, then I wouldn't even say a thing, but we know that is a full grown human and yet still says things like this. The quality of youtube comments has gone down immensely over the years and I vented on this guy, because I miss the older days where it was better.

[@halowraith1]

@@dupeken "the quality of youtube comments"? haha. no, i don't think so. the incessant console wars and other comment wars on unrelated topics such as religion and politics have been going since youtube started. not much has changed.

[@ciaranwalsh96]

This was actually filmed in 2005 so you weren't even born when this was made!

[@alexwoodward390]

the frog eye's transmission whines like a supercharger

[@brandynh1439]

Alex Woodward that's the beauty of straight cut gears!

[@bertsmith7013]

It was supercharged, a normally aspirated A series 1275 at best would only produce around 70bhp.

[@mercedesbenzformula1]

Yeah it has to be a supercharger. They only made 45-65hp stock depending on what version engine the mark I Sprite had.

[@MerkhVision]

It sounded really good, surprisingly!

[@andrehoffmann2931]

That's the propper sound of a transmision.

[@flamingosextet8649]

The wet surface was a huge equalizer in this contest. My brother got fastest time of day in the rain at the Chimney Rock Hill climb once in the eighties, driving a Lotus type 61 Formula Ford (a relic, powered by a Ford Pinto motor). The next day it was dry, and all the modified hill climb special cars won the podium.

[@bengreen7363]

"And now representing a time when subs were used to fight the Germans" 😂😂

[@TommyFenstermacher5150]

Hah! NFS Underground 1. Very fitting in a car like that. I loved that game.

[@efthymis_mc34]

Frogeye Sprite: classic and beautiful Peugeot 306: rice rice baby

[@downwithitall2795]

Agreed

[@scottblackburn7192]

E.P Σpan they should have brought in a JDM style car to beat the sprite but over the cars they brought i would take the sprite

[@tacklefatkids]

Chinchilla Tsar it wouldn't make sense any Japanese sports car would has double or more the power of the Austin. Even if the Peugeot wasn't riced it would have made for an exciting hillclimb.

[@nodo7575]

Frogeye is one of the ugliest classic cars i have ever seen bit that riced out 306 is so bad it makes Frogeye look good.

[@Crembaw]

You’ve got vision problems if you think either car looks good.

[@wsbill14224]

The 24-valve V-6 is weighed-down by all those techno-goodies. You can see it pushing through the corners. Take out the fancy accessories and the race would have turned-out the other way around. I'm glad it didn't though. That Sprite is cute as hell. What an adorable little car.

[@SmileyLegoGuy]

NASA called, they want their space shuttle exhaust back...

[@canadiancatgreen]

the exhust is not from NASA It is for cars

[@xspitefire101x]

canadiancatgreen -_-

[@canadiancatgreen]

Brian Geary yea I know that guy was scamming right?

[@NathanVeee]

canadiancatgreen ya ruin the joke...

[@yesaya19]

@@canadiancatgreen get this guy a medal

[@bikewolf7455]

1:12 the way they synced the exhaust note with the music

[@sukhdevr3489]

Just noticed omg

[@ThungStudios]

Aw the healey is so adorable its little smile and wide eyes. Looks like the NA miata's great grandfather, just with *cough* more horsepower.

[@theasusguyonemrgrinch3090]

I wonder how much money he wasted ricing that Peugeot

[@waffle-jy5yf]

26,000 pounds of pure rice

[@valdeizm]

oh bother, what a mystery. it's not like he says it in the actual video itself. hmmm.

[@marcuschastney1385]

Valdepro oh bother .. it not like you could be nice and just tell him 😁😁

[@MrHenhen5]

Wouldn't say it's a rice as it's not imitating a fast car or making it look faster and it has 200 bhp so it's about the same as the older type r or the clio RS etc. But I just think if they stripped all the shit out and the stupid Lamborghini doors they'd save so much weight haga

[@valdeizm]

You wouldn't call it a ricer? It's bright blue and yellow, has 2 wings, lambo doors, 25" woofers, a body kit, and almost no horsepower improvement. Give over.

[@quillmaurer6563]

Interesting that James and Richard seem to have swapped views on this in the years since. Richard's favorite car is Oliver, while James is quite excited by the new Honda Civic Type R. In several Top Gear and Grand Tour challenges (well at least one I can think of), Richard and Jeremy got old classics while James called them stupid and got a modern hot hatch. With this challenge, I do wonder why the modern car did worse in turns than the old Austin-Heeley - had the young tuners not built the suspension for cornering well? Did all that money instead just go into the sound system, cosmetics, and gadgets? Maybe it really was nothing but a ricer.

[@fin3662]

precisely, they probably could've shaved 500+ lbs without all the technology, if they then stripped the car even further, it probably would've been like 1000lbs lighter in total, besides, it's a Peugeot, if they took the amount of money they spent putting useless gadgets in there, and spent it on a real car, they would smoke the healey and peugeot

[@themaxcapri1481]

"Austin Healey Sport Club " VS "Riced Peugeot Club" Austin Healey Sport Club WINS 💪💪💪

[@deanramada2705]

Christine & ali stibi wedding

[@rustbloodeclipse]

Only cuz they got to strip half of their car's weight before the race and the Peugeot team didn't. If it was fair and both cars raced the way they showed up, the Peugeot would've dominated.

[@Verse_Jumper]

Gotta love how it's London Backstreets vs. Actual Brits.

[@oliverhilton6086]

"Noooo! You can't even drive that car in underground 2! It's not even bagged!" "Hehe froggy boi go eeeeeeeeeee"

[@sonnyenduro]

It is so satisfying to see a classic car beat up a riced car

[@LegoWormNoah101]

3:28 Interesting how that carried over to the modern age. It stood the test of time to go from "ricer nonsense" to "useful idea"

[@skywolfx76]

Yeah but I can only imagine the look on the owners face when they don't only make that a standard for new cars nowadays but you can also get a full picture one for cheap haha

[@benabbots7443]

twelve years on, the Pug looks old-fashioned as hell, Healey still looking good...

[@JessieHaws]

I love the dubstep ‘flight of the bumblebee’ 3:20

[@SugmaNatsu]

I'm firmly with the beards. You can't win a race with TVs and subs in a riced out Peugeot

[@neilnair5388]

as James May said "the only subs in the austin healy's generation were what they used to fight the Germans"

[@SugmaNatsu]

@@neilnair5388 LMAO THAT'S GOLD

[@jakehodgson443]

I'm 22 and I'd take that frogeye sprite any day of the week. Phenomenal car

[@HalomasterA69]

So its pure RICE against pure real racing car...Ok then.

[@manjavola]

I got the same engine on my peugeot 205 XA, and guess what? the rest, execpt the suspentions are stock. just try to folow me on rally tracks I will fuck you up bitch

[@silkywelshman1999]

Mano So you're a ricer in a crummy little french car, hahaha

[@oliverhilton6086]

>boasts about riced 205’s rallying capabilities >stock suspension Hmmmm

[@gradyvanness9646]

@@oliverhilton6086 not 205 it's a 306

[@BobRobber1]

@@gradyvanness9646 he means his own car. did you not read the comment?

[@hvf26]

ahhh back when rice was cool. what the hell were we all thinking?! id much rather have that austin, it'd be so much nicer to drive

[@Matt561]

+hvf26 It was an odd time

[@tootruesheep872]

Rice? what?

[@AdmiralRustyShackleford]

+TooTrueLamb What are you confused about?

[@AdmiralRustyShackleford]

TooTrueLamb It's a term that started when kids took Asian cars and modified them to "look fast" when they really didn't any extra performance over stock, an in a lot of cases, less performance due to added weight or worse handling due to a bad lowering job.

[@tootruesheep872]

+snakesonaplane2 Oh.

[@mickieb74]

"Does it go any lower than that?" LOL

[@pbfloyd13]

Would you like some curry with that rice...

[@Unkown214]

How ironic

[@pbfloyd13]

Justin Phipps ?

[@Unkown214]

You said that car is ricey and yet that mercury cougar in you profile picture has after market wheels and I doubt you did anything under the hood.

[@pbfloyd13]

Justin Phipps That Cougar originally came with 16x6 on wheels and 205 series all season tires, I upgraded to 17x7.5 that are each 5lbs lighter, and 225 series summer tires. It is also lowered on h&r springs, has stoptech slotted rotors, and ebc yellow stuff pads. Around an autocross course it's more than a match for any similarly powered car.

[@LegoInr]

+pbfloyd13 Nah, that car in your profile pic doesn't look ricy.

[@sonia.bennett1]

0:27 We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close

[@timbang_sanchoo]

That show must be renamed: Rice vs Nice.

[@vncntw7626]

They had an r34. Why didn't they use that? Edit: so there is apparently an argument going on in the reply section. Lets observe.

[@tomfinch956]

Beetle because they aren’t fast

[@vncntw7626]

@@tomfinch956 faster than whatever they used for sure

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@tomfinch956 Well they just are. Even stock it has 330 bhp and brilliant handling

[@sukhdevr3489]

Because it wouldn't be a contest

[@vncntw7626]

@@sukhdevr3489 i see u

[@evanthomas7365]

I would rather drive a reliant robin than that peugeot

[@XBullitt16X]

same

[@busystreetbimmers9938]

Just watch out for Mr Bean

[@mgray2418]

@@sex_therapist with a 3.0ltr v6 tho

[@sex_therapist]

@@mgray2418 im not sure i will go call and ask

[@sex_therapist]

@@mgray2418 nope inline 5

[@gallien0001]

0:16 What do i see?? a nokia 6230i?! oh yes, i have the same one 12 years after... :,(

[@bbb462cid]

3:09 James May in his element

[@DomDominic-js3gr]

That Peugeot has NFS Underground. It's coming home with me

[@SilverSurfer5150]

The beards were victorious! ❤

[@Sergeantmajormario]

Seeing a car do such fine cornering like the Austin just did is always a great sight to see

[@collegestudent6071]

0-60 in 6 seconds with a 200 BHP V6, in a car that weighs about 4000 pounds with all that stupid bodywork and electronics....Typical ricer.

[@911gpd]

***** moreover, it's a front wheel drive... so yeah definitely some bullsh*t

[@brandonnhol]

911gp I don't like the car personally but front wheel drive isn't really "rice" imo.

[@SMGbird]

Brandon Nhol I don't disagree with you there. But... The 306 in the video is so burnt, the rice is charcoal now.

[@AR-rk9nn]

Ryan Angelo not off the line it isn’t; integra type Rs can just get under 6 seconds to 100

[@poopipeboy3033]

Actual reviews placed this car at 0-60 in more like 8 seconds, although with all the heavy mods and low profile tyres, I would add another 3 seconds.

[@Foxy-vp7rf]

James has had that shirt for 17 years lol long than I’ve been alive

[@nintendoatarikiller]

Enough rice to feed Bombay.

[@aloha_gamer7635]

rice vs sleeper😂

[@Марсель-ж5ч]

Nothing sleeper about that FrogEye, for if it were to be one, it'd certainly would put alot more gray hairs on the Ricer and the Old clubs alike

[@Eeter26]

Aloha_gamer that car is basically stock. How is it a sleeper?

[@mrarnold96]

The sound of the Austin is joyous

[@rowanlewisuk]

I remember watching this episode as a kid thinking that peugeot was absolutely stunning. Im here now thinking the austin is!

[@az7378]

Same thing.

[@OakleySpencer]

Same

[@Mebob2001]

so 26k into mods yet nothing done to the engine... yes makes sence...

[@importedmusic]

Kevin Rogers *sense

[@kierandocherty9475]

That's ricers for you

[@Mikeb1001]

+Kevin Rogers How many 306's have you seen with a 3.0 v6? That's right, none, because the engine is a mod in itself, it's a much bigger engine out of a 406 coupe

[@GECKOZFTW]

Mike Butt Sure they swapped the engine, but what's the point when they don't even make it produce more power? A 3.0 V6 is quite a heavy engine. The 2.0 I4 from the GTi-6 version of the 306 would have been the better choice. Almost as much power, with much less weight. And the I4 is more ripe for mods to the engine.

[@pedrosilvaproductions]

@@GECKOZFTW but for the dude its a bigger number. He was saying his numbers like a schmuck to hammond like he was talking some impressive feats. Well, im sure he would be pleased to know that a Fiat Punto GT from 1995 can do almost the same for 1/16 of the price

[@pajtim9079]

"In this battle of arthritis against acne.." 🤣 hahahah! Man, that's a jewel.

[@rajeevgovind7515]

James: and now representing a time when subs was what you fought the germans with. LMAO

[@jackforrester9580]

These arent two types of car cultures i like R34s no speakers all horsepower, flames and an amazing sound. That peugeot is pure rice 😂

[@discozula4469]

If that riced out ”youth car” would have some power upgrades like a turbo, stiff suspension, trick clutch, exhaust mods, those were what tuner cars were like. They werent just rice boxes.

[@Harley_ashtonn]

This is more ricer vs car enthusiast Than new vs old

[@wills.junks7]

2000s modded car vs old car. Rice is Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement, that car is more likely a show car than a ricer

[@joule9255]

You know car culture was alot diffrent 10 years ago

[@LunringNassar]

@@joule9255 yeah, and we gotta be grateful that it happened

[@ihathtelekinesis]

1:24 It's actually the national racing colours of Ecuador.

[@lowrytv6736]

5:13 dude in the brown jacket, what a rise merchant. Legend.

[@TransistorBased]

I love the simple but effective track cars.

[@mob9164]

Funny how Tipsy by J-Known starts playing at 2:15 lmao

[@ARCHITECT_TM]

“ in this battle of arthritis against acne” it’s 2:18 A.M. and I’m dying James, Hammond and Jeremy are the best trio

[@linthu1271]

richard? more like ricehard

[@oskarandersson3777]

MRsjovealek how is that racist?

[@UltimateMTB]

Oskar TheTurtle it's riceist

[@Redstoneprime316]

MRsjovealek he never mentioned race.

[@MotionPlays]

Redstoneprime but he did mention rice.

[@austrone8586]

Literally this is the battle of the Ricer (the ugly Peugeot) vs the Tuners (the Frog Eye Sprite)

[@Hipas_Account]

+Christial Benolirao Well it wasnt ricing back then... you shoulda thought about the car scene back when this was filmed

[@jerryeu2161]

This was filmed around 2005, car culture back then is like the 306, not considered rice, its 10 years now and the culture like that have already died down!

[@konstantinos1992ful]

+Christial Benolirao yeah but the rice dont have power over tuners

[@ChrisPMT]

Nice profile picture 🇵🇭

[@RebelForce8]

+Christial Benolirao Not its the Tuners vs. " Cant poo in the loo club "

[@chavruta2000]

great to see people come together like that

[@v4r5k0v]

2:53 that old man looks like very old Jeremy

[@911gpd]

I'm 23 and sooooo glad that a normal classic car won against a stupid ugly modified 306

[@geekycheekymonkey7867]

I was only on their team because they got tea

[@arkanali4982]

Ricers are funny people that 306 looks hideous

[@LOLWUTWTFBBQ]

I'd pick the 306 over that classic one every day of the week

[@LOLWUTWTFBBQ]

911gpd i would be fine with that, i personally really like the look of the newer tuned cars

[@911gpd]

LOLWUTWTFBBQ well, if it's your taste

[@Ljhfrtbb]

130hp on that austin healy is genuinley impressive. The standart car bareley has 50hp and still is a lot of fun to drive, the thing is just super light

[@heybud3275]

0:21 "We're so close, yet so far"

[@christopherleetrf]

To be fair the Healey was built for racing, while the Citreon is a show car.

[@TheSwedishGamerstsg]

IT is a 306

[@cocainecowboy_]

Peugot

[@hastingsdirect7300]

Christopher Lee yes it's clearly a Citroen

[@sdfilmproductions4193]

TRACKSUIT YOUTH: "yeah man yah gets me blood like we is got our massive posse on this one innit like we gonna show like ow we do's it yinaw?" TWEED GENTLEMAN: "I say, shall we rather get to it? A little bit of fettling and I think we could be in with a jolly good shout. But first things first, can I interest you in a cup of tea?"

[@daltonbecker4494]

My Grandfather has a story about the Sprite. Apparently one of his friends had one. They all made fun of him because it was tiny and not too fast. So he gets challenged to a race. My Grandfathers friend says "Ok, but I get to pick were we are racing!" And the Challenger accepts. He was then challenged to race in a dried out stream. My Grandfathers friend won through default.

[@IronMan3582]

It's undoubtedly true the that Peugot was way heavier than the Austin, but I wonder how much the fact it was front wheel drive played into it with under steer in the corners effected its time...that and it certainly wasn't a purpose built car for a hill climb either.

[@naehafarooq7974]

I like it

[@pedrosilvaproductions]

It's not the weight. It was probably stock in terms of brakes and suspension. Also the tyres were probably not appropriate. I think it was just way too much

[@dorgeshuun]

Well Sebastien Loeb shattered the Pikes Peak record in a Peugeot.

[@IronMan3582]

@@dorgeshuun but it probably wasn't riced out like this one

[@matthewdaub]

I love how in real life the role of hammond and may would be switched may loves new cars and Richard loves classics.

[@xMostFuriousx]

In case someone is still looking for it the song at 3:37 is Deakin Scott - Hell-bent ;)

[@hananas2]

"one of the finest modded cars in the country" IT'S A CAR MODDED MY GODDAMN RICERS!

[@Felipe-xt4id]

The fact that the Need for Speed car is modded to have a playable Need for Speed Underground just... speaks to the youth

[@Racing_Fox]

Nice to see the proper car doing well

[@lh3540]

Dang, my college ex had that identical sprite up at his shop. We got that thing going up the mountains like this for a good hour. They're hilarious fun, but the gas tank is right behind the seats, and there's no roll bar. It's like taking a go-cart on the freeway.

[@jofi4580]

The tea service amid the fettling cracks me up😆

[@davenator13]

“Arthritis vs acne” 😂

[@BashfulBones]

in america those are called ricers

[@CAL1MBO]

+Bashful Bones They are called ricers here also.

[@BashfulBones]

ahh i didnt know haha

[@12FERga]

Actually its chavs but its the same

[@BashfulBones]

chavs are those guys wearing track suits and act tough right? ive been to Britain and someone told me about chavs

[@reptilevlogs5589]

+Bashful Bones yeah you got it right.