Volvo race car VS Volvo S60 polestar in Speed VS Skill | Fifth Gear

In this classic clip, taken from series 23 which was first broadcast in 2013, It’s Jonny vs. Swedish touring car champion Frederik Ekblom. Jonny is driving the champion’s Volvo race car while Frederik drives its road car cousin, the Volvo S60 polestar. For access to exclusive Fifth Gear content and all FULL episodes, join our channel / @fifthgearuk
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[@thatvolvoguy6565]

Man: NO PUDDLES guy: *runs through them all*

[@obnxsdonky9394]

i see you watched the video

[@NOTSOSLIMJIM]

The race driver was getting super annoyed.

[@marcjohnson5148]

😆😂

[@dr.maximus1317]

🥺

[@ap-xw6de]

Lesson learned from the drag race: always turn the air conditioning off

[@iamtherealzombie]

Apparently it makes your opponent practically stall off the line ;)

[@ap-xw6de]

@@iamtherealzombie that's one of the side effects...

[@randysanchez1397]

Just completely remove that compressor lmao

[@hermanekblom4292]

He still use that joke to this day, all the time hahah, hes my dad😆

[@dildodickings2668]

@@hermanekblom4292 Is it weird seeing your dad on TV ?

[@bananasenpai]

"Start is here." Oh boy, this is gonna be fun LMAO Fred is a pro, Fred is nice, Fred is kind and encouraging. Be like Fred.

[@hermanekblom4292]

Fred is my dad! I’ll show him this comment @The Dude

[@bananasenpai]

@@hermanekblom4292 Really?! Please do! Heck, I would shout him a beer if I could man! Hope you, your dad and your entire family have a wonderful day!

[@tahustvedt]

Kind of hard to follow a 200 m drag race when you edit it with 12 cuts. Just show the race. It's only a few seconds long.

[@oftankoftan]

@@guy_autordie they've been watching too much fast and the furious. I think that first race was 2 min of screen time.

[@martin518441]

It's an advert what did your really expect ?

[@DeadFace342]

it's fifth gear... what did you expect?

[@marcjohnson5148]

😆😂

[@caoYB]

That racing driver is quite entertaining for a tv show

[@dimosk7389]

screw tv shows. this guy must be in a hollywood action hero movie with this face lol

[@jeetenmorar]

Fred is such s a cool guy

[@FredNagel]

You're not too bad either 🍻

[@mrphil3446]

@@FredNagel you are really cool though Fred, you don't even realise how cool you are

[@user-bg4cy9rx4w]

"Im going to drive Fredericks 200,000 pound rear wheel drive racing car." Damn Boi that car thicccccccccccccc

[@03nike80]

Its an entertaining commercial for Volvo, for sure. I would very much enjoy driving the race car, and trying to learn as much as possible from Frederik.

[@thegoldentheory4383]

You wouldn’t much enjoy the street car, the interiors are quite bad pre 2018, I work for a Volvo dealer and I honestly don’t know how they sold any cars before 2018 lol

[@karlcarolusrexxii1352]

@@thegoldentheory4383 eey, because of the redblock b230

[@proarmy70]

@@thegoldentheory4383 the interior in my parents 2008 v70 is very nice, looks good, feels good, and is overall a really good interior

[@turbo_sheep4735]

@@thegoldentheory4383 that's not true at all imo. My parents have a 2014 XC60 and the interior is amazing, better than an Audi and a BMW we had before it.

[@Vaigue]

@@thegoldentheory4383 it can't be as bad as Saab, they're really the ones with the worst swedish interiors for their era.

[@fredandre3415]

As a owner of a 2017 v60 p* i can confirm it's hard to drive slow... the dam cam keeps asking for drive it like you stole it.

[@sacphilip]

Damn how I miss fifth gear. Brings back some good memories of Tiff and the entire team back then

[@dan_6915]

Good days

[@JP-xd6fm]

What was better FG or TG? In your opinion. I almost saw nothing of FG compared to TG so I can't make an opinion

[@realMaverickBuckley]

@@JP-xd6fm Top Gear, but they 22 times the budget.

[@JP-xd6fm]

@@realMaverickBuckley I loved Top Gear but then I saw everything in the show was scripted and planned beforehand and that took the "magic" of the show for me... I'm talking of the top gear with the trio of the gran tour. Jeremy, Ritchard and James

[@beruas.o6661]

The puddles got me 😂😂😂😂

[@PGriff]

Cool vid - would’ve been nice to see what time Fred could’ve done in the race car in the wet as a benchmark

[@cincinnatislider]

Ikr?

[@mikelin7]

Would love to see how fast Fred can lap his own car…

[@nicholascrow8133]

Same, would be interested in both of them swapping cars and seeing the results...

[@weekenderfam7965]

most people can drive fast on straight roads, but not all can drive fast around corners and wet roads

[@adjrasta9365]

Would hve been nice see how fast Fred could lap the race car

[@L3THALXFOX]

Yeah I thought that's what it was gonna be

[@Brian_P]

4:31 I find it hilarious the way this professional driver rocks himself forward and backward in an attempt to help the car along.. then leans his body forward to decrease drag 🤣 I've caught myself doing this in drag races before. Priceless!

[@SobridMusic]

I absolutely love my 2011 Volvo S60 T6 AWD. Funny thing is that down here in Oklahoma it flooded a few days ago and I had to drive home through some serious flowing water that was a few inches deep. Luckily my bad boy pressed through it and I was very impressed by its capability. Volvo for life!

[@dingodave89]

Those in the know have always taken Volvo seriously when it comes to fast cars. The 2.5 turbo in the Focus ST and RS came from the Volvo V70 range (the XC70 being the best of those with awd and that 2.5 turbo engine). And let's not forget the epic 850R 👌🏻

[@blackmagic998]

Would have been interesting to see the pros lap time in his car

[@mantasbabenskas2761]

It would be somewhere near 0:45, I guess

[@HypnotizinDetailz]

“I thought you were nice...” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@oliverburton6927]

In the rain 4wd is superior to RWD regardless of power In other news, water is wet 😕

[@martin518441]

In even other news this whole video is an advert and all of you engaging in the comments (including me) is exactly what volvo wanted from this video lol

[@Aznprada]

As a volvo owner, I loved this! Afroduck says hi!

[@nathanielliddy638]

Fred would be a really cool 'stig' return for the grand tour

[@jamesh2515]

Looks like you were driving with “Thor” .. great video.

[@PurgatoryVLM]

Possibly the nicest pro driver I've ever seen

[@Wellspicedchaffinch]

And the funniest! Legend.

[@andresparrow2971]

Had me like HOLD UP...a factory s60 polestar is a 10 SECOND CAR?!😲...Oh it was only 200m😒

[@hendrahendra]

The blue on the Volvo Racecar just POPS!

[@andy00grant]

These touring cars look the proper business.

[@s2e130]

That Fred racer guy is one of the best passengers to have by the looks of it 💯💯

[@isakonnela]

love it, it's my home track and also the track I go to school by. incredible

[@AliasHSW]

@Johnny - what watch is that you are wearing in the video?

[@YusufGinnah]

Thank God it was Johnny going off the track... 😁 🏁👍🏼 Hammond would've written the car off and landed in the ER... 🤕🏥

[@bakedandsteaked]

That just felt like a 13 minute ad

[@Dudleymiddleton]

Jesus Christ, Jonny, you look a lot younger in 2013 - then again so did I! lol

[@willdau]

Time has its way with us all.

[@toddalcock6879]

How good is Fred, I’d love to have him teach me to drive that thing

[@92roadie]

is this his first time behind the wheel? wow.

[@NuclearSpinach]

4:18 the exhaust moves how cool is that

[@jimbojones2784]

Don't forget to clip on the door 😂

[@dee3run]

Fred: the key is to be gentle Also Fred: FLOOR IT

[@paulsimonsson]

Would have loved to see Tiff or Jason in this one

[@moneysignclubboss]

No way that thing is a production car running a 9.2 when they're touting the new Volvo S60 recharge as the fastest Hybrid Volvo ever ?

[@marcjohnson5148]

I love Volvo. My dad had a 1965 442 when I was a child. That car was far beyond stock. You could still see the shifter knuckle on the steering column. Any way, the car got smashed. And the next thing my dad parked in the yard was an 81 Volvo 240. I couldn't understand how my dad went from such a beast to what I thought was last rabbit. He worked on that Coco and the next 4 Volvo's till I had such a respect gained for them. That the thought of muscle cars was just sigh. Great cars.

[@codygilbert750]

I watch their show on Samsung TV didn't even know they still have a show, I guess I only seen older episodes, definitely love their show reminds me of the older top gear show

[@giacomobullo656]

I didn't know that Antonio Banderas was a racing driver

[@martin518441]

In even other news this whole video is an advert and all of you engaging in the comments (including me) is exactly what volvo wanted from this video lol

[@festol1]

06:48 Lolol he's right :) Good one

[@napraznicul]

There's NO COUSIN at all, between those two cars the similarities stops at headlights and badge on the front 😂. Not even engine position isn't the same, not suspension design, not transmission, not shell, not absolutely NOTHING except rear and headlights😂😂

[@HypocrisyLaidBare]

and the colours and the fact that the tyres are the same shape...lol

[@VolV8]

Good fun! Fredrik , not Frederik.

[@frednugent8068]

I love 5th gear!

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

Power vs skill is not a blanket statement. You cant take a bad driver with a 1000 hp car with full traction and get beat by a good driver in a 500 hp car.

[@alangil40]

At this moment in time (7/14/21 at 8:05pm Mountain Time), you have the perfect amount of subscribers for a car channel at 911K. Won't be quite a good when it rolls over to 912k.

[@no-damn-alias]

Too late

[@Perry_dAccard]

Crap. It lost two cylinders.

[@HypocrisyLaidBare]

are you saying Porsche is a good car?

[@JakobusVdL]

Up to 917k now, an even better Porsche number

[@zoneflyer2569]

Did he mention how many bhp each has ? I must have missed it

[@haseebhussain3327]

He said 700 between them and the race car has 70 more than roadcar, so road car has about 315 and race car has 385

[@freezxng_moon]

@@haseebhussain3327 road has 325

[@NOTSOSLIMJIM]

Did he say the race car only had 70hp more?

[@BrianAndersonTT]

Speed + Rain vs Skill + AWD 😂

[@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt]

"The grip is actually very good considering how wet it is" So no one else is going to be immature about that?

[@klashclypso3806]

I see what you did there

[@thomasthetankengine6092]

69th like to make this better

[@747simmer4]

no, we’re all men over here 😈

[@cincinnatislider]

I ride a motorcycle designed for a the track. It’s a total PIG when trying to go slow but smooth and soft when you ride it really hard.

[@stalkerrox]

I would have loved to see Freds track time on his own car i wonder how much difference would it have been

[@Div3r]

I would have loved to have seen Jonny do a lap in the Volvo S60 polestar just to compare his time in the race car. Which I suspect he did off-camera.

[@antoniopereira2730]

The cars look amazing

[@bigmac69yall]

And how fast did Fred get round the track in his race car ?

[@johnnotcutt5684]

Can't believe they didn't finish with that!

[@Mexxx65]

Second - Podium! Jonny getting his red mist on.....

[@carlqvisander4886]

Track ?

[@simanyemsebenzi8666]

Can you please make a drag race between the 367hp s60 polestar vs the newer s60 polestar engineered

[@nboy7]

Hey brother where are you from ? Your name sounds South African.

[@simanyemsebenzi8666]

@@nboy7 from South Africa

[@jakubsetkowski]

We just get a little bit of wheels spin, Anny time, It's no problem. This guy nervous system is made of carbon fibre? I'm impressed how pro that guy was

[@Kaylem13]

Wish all adds where as I resting s this!

[@chrispearce9224]

Wait a sec....what time can Fred manage with his racecar?

[@PLK123]

Mine was totalled yesterday lol

[@robertsteel3563]

Me after a race: The only reason you got first and I got second is because the clutch in my car died 50 meters from the finish line!

[@venox48]

Nice Volvo advertisment xd

[@bluyeti2815]

Några svennar här??

[@tazz1226]

I would like to see fred on his car and etc runs

[@ZackNakazora1]

Takes a certain gumption to go out after just spinning and hammer down.

[@robertoautore9252]

Beautiful automobile, reliable and fast, Volvo for life.

[@jamesortiz3258]

What tire the car have do any body know

[@Jonsson474]

Pilot Sport 4 possibly.

[@JerGol]

You could put Fred in the base model 2.0 and he'd still best most people in the polestar.

[@lordofkiwi5144]

Too bad we didn't get the racing driver's time with the S60 touring car.

[@0Freguenedy0]

Nor the video of him running

[@noodlecake7108]

How can he have both a clutch and gearflippers on the steering wheel?

[@Perry_dAccard]

It's a real racing gearbox. You only need the clutch to get going and to stop. The gears are engaged pneumatically and to shift, load is taken away by cutting out the ignition for a split second. None of that overweight dual clutch nonsense going on here.

[@jamdc2000]

Nice add

[@bruhmode283]

They always make the race car version of everything look better sound better and perform better... they could let us buy the race car versions instead...

[@Andrew-hh3ol]

Emissions regulations say fuck you and will probably be $300,000 at consumer

[@DrAppleCrispies]

1st splash, OK no problem mate Second splash oookay. Third splash mate wtf are you doing.

[@michaelanderson7715]

How much did Volvo pay Fifth Gear for this ad ?

[@liamschnurr1525]

I'm amazed at the amount of driver excuses for simply not being as practiced or trained as a professional

[@legambaz]

So fun

[@Mauzy0x00]

Cool

[@NippyMoto]

In these conditions the racecar would have been significantly harder to drive than the roadcar.

[@ClosestNearUtopia]

Skill will win, I say that driving a stock Cuore being awfully fast compared to all the beefed up cars nowadays. It is only 1.0L. You better run son when I am behind you..

[@Prestonesfpv]

Clever volvo commercial

[@louxuan1]

6:46 hahaha

[@Be4tJumper]

Didn't swap cars to show difference in skill?

[@GrumpySalmon]

Is this a commercial?

[@eyesodd]

No it's a segment from a car show Fifth Gear. Like any car show the manufacturers loan the cars so obviously it comes across like an advertisement.

[@schmiggy]

@@eyesodd That doesn't mean it's not essentially still a commercial. The fact that they haven't mentioned even a single competitor in any of their commentary is clear evidence of this. If it were a proper segment, they would have compared the s60 against other similarly priced (or performing) vehicles.

[@eyesodd]

@@schmiggy To me it's no different to them testing something like a diesel BMW 3 series, then going "but you don't want that you want this M3 version". Fifth gear which this is from is pretty good, if they don't like a car in the car testing section they will say so.

[@evgenios1547]

Give Fred a show...!!!

[@hermanekblom4292]

Its my dad😅 hes 50 now so i dont think that will work unfortunately

[@evgenios1547]

@@hermanekblom4292 50s are the new 30s...!!!

[@hermanekblom4292]

@@evgenios1547 true😆 he’s gonna start at a new job this september so his schedule is a bit tight for that, but u never know😎

[@littleredcurious5044]

Volvo damn

[@kenmeri5832]

i feel like i voluntarily watched a volvo advertisement, which prolly issnt too far from the truth

[@Itr-tv7kt]

that volvo looks nice

[@davisvetra803]

5:46 air conditioner off for extra hp

[@ESHIELDS]

BRING BACK TIFF

[@tankeater]

It's wet outside, you're in a drag race, and you have the A/C on??? What kind of racer... Like... Huh???

[@hermanekblom4292]

That is my fkn Dad hahah, send me s msg if u dont belivie me

[@clarkanderson397]

Polestar now doesn’t want to be known as a Volvo

[@MrRicmelo]

This drag race must be wrong, whats the distance on it? 1/4 mile? If so the Polestar road version is doing it 1sec faster than a 911 turbo...and that is hard to believe.

[@vfr492]

It looks like the main straight of the circuit, so most probably not a quarter mile.

[@jamesangell7690]

Must be 1/4 km, they say 1/4 mile but also say 200 meters

[@PGriff]

They said it was 200m a few times during the vid

[@Neojhun]

200 meter basicaly an 1/8th mile drag race. Which is traditionally about launch traction.

[@mc1996]

They actually said and wrote it was a 200 meters race...

[@anakajaib6854]

Hmmm..i want that sideburn