Was the G-Wiz the Worst Car Ever? | Fifth Gear

[@moonshapedabsolution]

I feel like cars like G wiz gave alot of people the wrong impression of EV's early on

[@ericpisch2732]

Poor range, Looks awful, slower than a slug and the most dangerous shit box with 4 wheels to ever drive on UK roads ... thank gawd for Tesla

[@soravulpis96]

Not even practical for living in a suburb or small town. You’ll be holding up traffic if 40MPH is the best it can go on a good day.

[@GryphLane]

Yeah but it wasn't the wrong impression...

[@toyotaprius79]

@@GryphLane it was the not-non-political slides of some auto journalists.

[@klopferundsid4398]

@@ericpisch2732 and I thought u were talking about the Tesla ;)

[@paultasker7788]

Hard to believe only 14 years ago this is where electric cars were at

[@isetta4083]

Actually there were better Electric cars made in the 1910s before consumers decided they preferred fuel, check out the Baker electric car from 1908, it was genuinely decent despite looking like the offspring of a phone booth and a carriage

[@NeapolitanNegus]

@@isetta4083 electric cars have existed since 1823 and dominated the car game from 1840-1920 but they were about as expensive as super cars are today so when diesel came about basically being able to be fueled with anything and were much easier and cheaper to make, they took over, and they got so big they started putting in their own regulation basically banning electric cars, so it's not too surprising there were electric cars in 1908 better than ones in 2006

[@DollyBoy_1923]

This is actually from 17 years ago

[@oliverrugg3732]

'I'm doing a consumer test!'

[@joshbacon8241]

The G-Wiz was actually voted as the worst car EVER sold in the UK by readers of Auto Express magazine in 2016, and it’s also my least favourite car in the world...

[@TopG800]

It is so good it gets 50 miles of range and can do 0-60 in never

[@DollyBoy_1923]

It is nice looking though

[@mirisch64]

0:25 Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R!

[@josephstalin9481]

My man

[@Clarity_Control]

Ah, it looks so beautiful

[@MrDGLeeProd]

His daughters suffered quite considerably for this.

[@mikesully110]

it's a car that officially makes children cry

[@firelordazula386]

even child don't have enough knee room,

[@Anirossa]

Those kids growing up to cry everytime they hear consumer test

[@alexadamson1105]

Seems like an advert for avoiding the Republic of londinium more than a car!

[@joshbacon8241]

Not to mention the horrible crash protection in the event of a crash - it’s not so much a car as a rolling coffin on wheels.

[@joshbacon8241]

The description said that this was first broadcast in 2005, but the G-Wiz in the video is a 2006 on an 06-plate. So this couldn’t have been first broadcast in 2005 - more likely 2006. EDIT: I saw that the description has been edited to say the correct series and broadcast year of this episode.

[@manuz6429]

Someone noticed the Skyline at 0:24?

[@jamiecampbell9648]

+ mazda mx5

[@mirisch64]

I was first.

[@AtheistOrphan]

1:23 - Metrocab! 🚙

[@dhirenderkumarcarandgadget5520]

Not worst but little effort to make this environment better

[@davidrfrench]

A longer extension lead is apparently out of the question when you have a criticism to invent.

[@jessesteinbar]

The most interesting car on the video is the convertible Saab ahead the G-Wiz, but the little eletric car is cool too!

[@DollyBoy_1923]

I love both the cars! They’re so awesome.

[@theanorakchannel2496]

Can’t believe there isn’t a market for something like that now though, even if it was 10 to 12 grand, my season ticket cost me that in three years. Give me a range of 60 miles and I’m your man! The problem is that even things like the smart EQ range at the moment cost north of 15. We do need an electric one or two seater commuter car like that! Seriously though this is what used to annoy me about many of these old reviews, trying to use a tool for something for which it was never designed. After all you wouldn’t use a smart car as a taxi, so let’s at least review things fairly! Great bit of fun though!

[@hamza361]

Now Tesla is the leader in electric cars

[@ej_tech]

But also quite expensive, leaning into luxury territory. I'm waiting for the Corolla of EVs.

[@harshithsadhana7475]

the first EV car from india that so popular that even tesla cant capture it. when anyone see it, ah the gwiz my old nemesis.

[@mysteriousmat]

Good old days 😁

[@danielnuttman6511]

Lovely to see some past and present soccer am guys on here

[@shinosg-wiz4619]

The worst car?...just got a DC Gwiz for 1k, spent 4k fixing and upgrading it...now it run on lithium, has the same range of an Electric Smart with more torque...so....

[@shinos9917]

Sounds more like the best car ever

[@krecik2336]

it's still slow, dangerous and bad quality, you won't change that.

[@shinosg-wiz4619]

@@krecik2336 you're right. A guy lowered the suspensions, installed disk brakes, reduced weight by 150kg. It brakes much better than lead acid version, accelerate like a 300cc motorbike and it's much more maneuverable. May be a rollbar it's necessary 🤣

[@krecik2336]

@@shinosg-wiz4619 and then a pigeon crashes into you and turns your toy into dust. I remember seeing these when I used to live in the UK.

[@alan4391]

what a heep rather have my ford focus diesel anyday

[@theanorakchannel2496]

But your focus diesel is killing kids!

[@Trump2024hzizo]

😮😢​@@theanorakchannel2496

[@toyotaprius79]

Now with the likes of the Citroën Ami coming out this year, in all honesty the G-Wiz was well ahead of its time, and car journalists have been responsible for ridiculing something (as a group identity) that should've been a benefit to urban mobilisation and carbon/pollutant reduction when we had the chance.

[@alistairwalker2850]

It really wasn’t. The Ami was just another in a long line of French microcars that happened to make its way to Britain. Remember the Twizy? France was making cars like that for decades before Reva Mahindra even conceived the G-Wiz. Those cars aren’t even meant for normal adults, but they are meant for teenagers who don’t have their licenses yet. Either way, the G-Wiz was crap by any measure, given it was a cheap, dangerous, underpowered-by-electric-standards, shitbox produced for a pittance in some warehouse in India, and couldn’t even be called a car in Britain, instead a quadricycle. The fact that they included a backseat was laughable, and insulting. It came at a time when electric craving wasn’t really widespread anywhere except select parts in select cities, and was a fad at best. The worst part about it is that they had the audacity to sell it despite the fact that it was a death trap to anyone who crashed it faster than 25 mph.

[@weird-guy]

@@alistairwalker2850 i dont know nothing about the g-wiz but the twizy and AMI are also quadricycle.

[@jaxco0b780]

Wow this is cool I've never seen a g-wiz before in cornwall

[@mattturner2469]

A pal of mine has one and God bless his sole looks like something out of the Disney films like the jettisons or the re make of the noddy classic 😂😉

[@papayspeanut]

Now we have a Rimac Nivera hyper car

[@lukedavis436]

We have uncovered a very rare specimen.... A person who likes the G-Wiz

[@hannahjturner3102]

i have this neighbour that has had it for at least 2 years and not a single good word about the peice of c**p its very depressing dole and dangerous please band these damn poor excuses for a car which its not which will never will be so sad that these things exsist

[@angrymuffinsb]

Don’t know if I’d want anyone I cared about sat in them, amongst every other flaw with this hideous vehicle

[@Swans_And_Ducks]

Come back Tiff.

[@UltiMogr]

is this the new man united t-shirt inspiration?

[@TechieDC]

Its Maini Reva from India

[@sh-ig9fm]

4:25 what tv is that.

[@KPTGR8]

buy gwiz if you dont have kids or in particular small kids

[@maddiefox1273]

THIS EXACT CAR IS FOR SALE ON AUTOTRADER RIGHT NOW hahaha

[@cambs0181]

To have an electric car, you have to give up long distance travel, speed, comfort, style, room, luxury and safety! The days before Tesla.

[@moonliteX]

i hope you know it is named after a rocket sled

[@pauljamesshellabear50]

Wrost car ever if you can't change it

[@AlphaLiu]

It's probably better than Geoff

[@Riot.g]

6:15 this that tubes from soccer am 😭

[@navneetsingh7641]

It was made in India i believe

[@AtheistOrphan]

N Singh - Correct.

[@thatonecarguy8488]

yes.

[@kuroiuzu9754]

0:25 lovely gtr he should be driving instead

[@jd6356]

TheYUGO was they worst car ever

[@TheLucky117]

got a house with no parking-garage. so basically its a bigger flat xD

[@ericpisch2732]

Search KZbin for the crash test on these shit boxes

[@patriklehto6011]

Hmm! That ok

[@lightsaberlordp373]

It's so ugly and hideous!! I'd rather eat my own shoes than look at it and drive it!!

[@onYouTube30]

Charly chaplin

[@robertl2856]

Electric cars will never catch on 😂

[@badman1220]

What world do you live in? ICE Cars are being outlawed in many countries lol

[@diyguy928]

@@badman1220 he must live under a rock

[@drister007]

You are WRONG! In many countries they ALREADY catched on! And they will soon catch on everywhere. Just look at the Norway, 92 % of all cars sold in March 2022 were electric.

[@kevinsamuel3930]

This video has become terribly dated

[@hamza361]

yeah almost 15 years old

[@OtisAdonisChad]

Reva