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[@hexgraphica]

Every Top Gear challenge and special should be re released in a much extended cut, now that TV schedule isn't a thing with on demand shows

[@jaysmartin]

Went to Vietnam for my honeymoon, what a beautiful country with amazing food

[@LostYogi]

You could start by participating in the carbagerun and then find other established "cannonball" style tours

[@spannersautoandcomputerser1649]

You could do SO MUCH here in USA.

[@neilballam8701]

One of the best challenges was the simplest - £100 cars.

[@ryuhayabaker]

Agree - that and the £1500 Porsches were what set the template for the bigger episodes further down the line. Vietnam and The Nile episodes being the high point. India being very much a low point.

[@BugattiONE666]

@@ryuhayabaker Can someone please explain why everyone, even Clarkson, hates the India one?

[@shobryuken]

My favourite Top Gear moment is when Clarkson reveals he paid £1 for his Volvo

[@BugattiONE666]

@@shobryuken YES

[@MarcosCodas]

Princess Anne had one, you know?

[@tomoneill2645]

That 528i manual that was in the top gear special, was at a garage that me and my dad spent most of our time at, for a few weeks before it was used in top gear. it was kept by one of the top gear mechanic’s and my dad was asked to move it a few times and I remember getting in it with him once. every time I see or hear about it it reminds me of my dad❤seeing a car that I had been in and around on top gear was amazing for me as a child now it having a mention on my favourite KZbin channel is a nice reminder of my dad

[@MillerCorner]

Can I be a nerd? Rory was wrong - the Vietnam Special was one, just over an hour-long episode. The Patagonia, River Nile and Burma Specials were all two episodes...

[@DiscoFang]

Anything that corrects or shuts up loud-Rory is just fine.

[@r3h4n786]

​@@DiscoFanghe sounds like hes about to laugh 😆

[@NavGTI]

One challenge I'd recreate is the one where Jeremy takes a Jag XJ V8 from Land's End to Lowestoft on the shortest night, to see if he can arrive before the sun rises. But I'd reverse it: take the shortest day (so December 21st ish) and drive from where the sun rises to where the sun sets.

[@km6832]

He did it at night for safety reasons. Considering the 21st is few days before christmas i wouldnt recommend it

[@jellan31]

Race the sun, wasn’t it? A really awesome bit that. Showed off the car, had some drama, and JC called the sun a loser.

[@deanj846]

Geoff buys cars and the McMaster have just done similar..EV vs diesel,worth a watch.

[@nst1981]

many people have recreated in on here

[@RateGoodPopular]

Would love to see you guys do a cheap car challenge abroad, buy really rare cars in another country and try and drive them back to the UK as an import. Then do more challenges here with them.

[@eefjuh5533]

I took the liberty to use your good idea and give it a slight twist..

[@kamilianos]

possible, but expensive. They have families and business to run. They can't just go abroad and do silly things for our entertainment.

[@joshmerrick4716]

The Vietnam special is my favourite too. When it first started I thought it was going to be rubbish because they were on bikes but it was epic and made me want to visit Vietnam

[@TommyRogic18]

Get Rory to the North Pole in the P38 😂

[@TheGravyMonster]

He'd be doing well to get north of Birmingham.

[@marklee5970]

Top gear. The best. Was 3 trucks.why. gone to a place. That was never open to the world before.and you got to build a bridge.at the end.?

[@snbala]

Hard to pick a favourite top gear challenge, all of them involving Clarkson, Hammond and May have been excellent.

[@MdvK13979]

Agree, can't choose either! I've re-watched them all so many times now 😄

[@louisimission2153]

It is a tremendous body of work, it'll stand the test of time for a long long while

[@p24hrsmith]

For me the one that nearly made me die laughing was The Hover Van. If you want a real life threatening challenge go to Argentina in 3 old British military vehicles with I Love the Falklands bumper stickers

[@simonthomas5367]

Budget supercars!! Awesome. The Maserati engine disintegrating all over the place was just legendary!

[@elcasho]

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[@PartialRug]

You three give off the same vibes as the Top Gear trio! You all genuinely like each other but you like teasing each other even more! 😂😂😂

[@eefjuh5533]

For me it was the episode in the uk where Richard rode a bike, James an xk120 and Jeremy the steamtrain. That had some intense moments!

[@thatsagoodbingo]

Maisy is 100% the star of this video

[@seventhson3228]

I even liked Blackpool economy race.

[@YegoYTP]

Thats my favourite race they ever did in a weird way probably because they were all in regular everyday diesels for a change

[@balaclava351]

My favourite challenge was actually the Grand Tour Mongolia challenge - the one where they have to assemble the car first.

[@philipcox5451]

Completely agree, by far the best! Alex, Taylor and Rory should replicate - Gareth could drop them somewhere remote with Rory's land rover part disassembled and they have to build it and drive to civilization without a sat nav over a couple of days. 😂

[@georgemaundrell9222]

Amphibious car challenge!!!!

[@DashCamSheffield]

It wasn't a special, but I have been on the Albanian 'Ferry'. The raft with the 5 legged captains chair. However, the two things leading up to it was also weird.... Going north from Greece, going across the border, not even 50yards from bordering building, a pack of goats crossed over the road..... Not long after, going off the main road, we had to deal with a bush fire. I do have a picture of a tractor going through the smoke with bits of ember flying through the smoke. Looked like something Johnny Knoxville would do. We had to drive through the smoke, otherwise about a 5-6hr detour, and I still remember feeling the heat despite being the furthest away in the car.... 5/5 would do again 😁 As for my fav top gear, I kinda agree the estates was good, but maybe Patagonia? Yes it ended badly, but the cars were great. for Grand Tour, Cambodia was nice but I like photography so the cars were meh. Madagascar had nice vehicles, but the setting suited offroaders (yeh, I know, defeats the point of the challenge)

[@mamoopy]

I've seen that ferry and went to the abandoned submarine base they went to! Was so cool to see the places they'd been, and then getting pulled by the Albanian rozzers...

[@raz1250]

God if they ever bring back top gear get these three to do it!!

[@jameslewis9103]

Misha as the stig

[@MyRealName]

@@jameslewis9103 I'd rather see any random young professional driver get that gig. They would actually be able to do consistent lap times with little to no crashes as well.

[@jameslewis9103]

@MyRealName was just going on the basis they all get along. And are funny together, think the boys annoy misha a lil bit makes for good comedy. Agree with the young driver comment.

[@iperineum5211]

1. Source of the river nil 2. Vietnam Special 3. Burma Special

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

i dont think it was the best in terms of watching it. but in terms of achievement it was by far the best thing they ever did. i think i prefer Burma as most fun challenge to watch

[@d.b.cooper1]

Lmao the 'I lost 90k on cars kid hitting us with that 'well yah on gapp yarr i went to vietnam ya know'

[@ADM_K]

africa special i would be down for that in a heart beat. And I would take mk1 octavia 4x4 estate. I drove octavia scout with every light on dash around europe 5k miles in 40 days

[@magneticluke2047]

I want to see u all do a race from scotland back to the unit in a new sh*tbox each with no upgrades all have to have an mot and be for under a £1000 lol😂 or another crazy caravan adventure guys because taylor and his laugh had me in tears 😂😂😂 love the channel and content lads ❤

[@AK.2425]

Is the new podcast out? What happened to it? No new podcast for 2 weeks now.

[@louisimission2153]

I just laughed and laughed when I last watched the Toybota, the high rise Citroen and May's sailing car challenge. Their lack of skill on water is just brilliant television.

[@mistercal]

The original America special was iconic, I think that set the bar and was just full of memorable moments

[@squarrl]

10 thousand pound super car challange.

[@vipat_jr]

All my focus was on the dog falling a sleep...🐶

[@MetalVII]

I loved the make a motorhome challenge, amphibious car challenge and the student car challenge :)

[@lukebarnes8097]

Would be awesome to see you guys doing some proper foreign trips (more than just the Nurburgring). America, Japan, Vietnam?... Hopefully the channel gets to a point where we can see maybe 1 or two of these mega trips a year.

[@toeboe106]

"I'd like to go to the south pole cos it 's warmer!!"How is that possible?People need to remember that before the north pole adventure the 3 lads needed intense training in preparation and Sir Ranulph Fiennes showed them what frostbite can do.

[@reececrossley7177]

these 3 are the new top gear, absolutely love the content, loads of entertainment keep up the good work

[@PartialRug]

You three give off the same vibes as the Top Gear trio! You all genuinely like each other but you like teasing each other even more! 😂😂😂

[@PartialRug]

I hope you guys are successful enough to surpass them eventually

[@genemaster74]

G'day boys....and Alex😁.... how about a Series here in The Great Downunder....Where everything wants to kill you, and you all get $5000 each to buy a Aussie Car fix it up, drive it around our Beautiful Land then sell Said car for a Profit🤑....Cheers boys and Alex (dont know what gender Alex is😂)From A M8 in Brisbane, Queensland, Great Southern Land🙃

[@robinfuller747]

Why not to go Norway?? Now while it's experience of seriously cold weather deep snow...beautiful places...great people.....plenty of places for new undies....

[@pdwcave]

Other challenges ? Harry Metcalf (Harry's Garage) took his (Arctic)Rolls to the Arctic Circle. How about taking cars to their place names; Fords to Granada, Cortina, Capri? A Renault to Laguna? Or a Kia to Rio?

[@DiscoFang]

Ermmm Hate to be the bearer of bad news Taylor but the South Pole is about 20deg COLDER than the North, year round. (like averages of -30C in the summer and -60C in the winter)

[@vanishingpoint808]

Vietnam was awesome. As was the first USA special. However, I'd like to see you guys doing a section of coast road, NC500 or the east coast of England in shitboxes.

[@marchenning5037]

Come through South Africa some of the best 4x4 routes. I will even lend Kanga our doggy to you she's identical to Maizey. Stupid piece of info Maizey sounds like Meisie which means girl in Afrikaans.

[@ConfusedStu]

I'd love to see who can go faster round your local track on a £500 budget. Would be great to see Taylor throwing round a rapidly disintegrating old car trying to beat Alex who's nursing a knackered 20 year old 600 bike with no original bodywork, no suspension dampening and half-worn, mismatched Chinese tyres.

[@the6cow6god6]

1000$ endurance challenge! Get taylor and eathen in one 1000$ vehicle, and rory and alex in another 1000$ vehicle, they have 24 hours to get from point A to point B, AND their not allowed to step foot outta their vehicles!!! They MUST live in their vehicle for 24 hours while racing to a local!!

[@eefjuh5533]

Buy rare/impossible, supposedly 'running' cars sight unseen from a selected country, holidaycollect those cars and get them shipped, try driving them from harbour to home, then get them bogfixed, somehow mot ready, and then, suit yourself! Oh, and accompany that with leisurly educative podcasts! 😁

[@JamesHughes1]

The young drivers challenge was brilliant but I’m sure Alex would destroy the car with all the slipping of clutches he does

[@stuartmays]

I really regret selling my Volvo 850 T5R estate, an ex-traffic cop pursuit vehicle seeing the price of the things now. Live and learn much?

[@conmcgrath7174]

There's only one Top Gear and it can never be bettered. That being said, you guys are the true inheritors and I like your style. Why not take your 'pet cars' (the one's with names) across Canada to Alaska? On the way, all three of you collectively try one of those ridiculous 'you cannot eat all of this' food challenges, I've seen 'The Beard' in action, that guy is just another level awesome, but three of you could give it a go? Separate rooms guys, you have been warned!.

[@baz069]

I'd love to go with Greenlight for insurance but they don't insure BMWs.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Timico1000]

I liked the early challenges the most: 100£ cars, cheap Porsches, cheap supercars, British Leyland cars and of course the first ever special in America.

[@willyd-adv]

Just drive to Morocco in £100 shitboxes. Ferry used to be £67. I went every year for 12 years in my camper or on my motorbikes.

[@flashheart7675]

Bolivia special Oliver!!! I’d say create your own instead maybe could do a collaboration special team autoAlex vs team Mattarmstrong but you have to buy each others shit boxes

[@goose4150]

Africa estates = goat

[@Healingpower299]

Love Top Gear challenges, my fave was the Albania challenge. How about Alex and the gang source and modify and paint off roaders for the Ukrainian army then do a road trip to deliver could be a great trip.

[@karldonald8150]

Rory is ruining your show by trying to talk like a wet wipe student, overuse of the words, "like" "basically" and "literally" .. 😢

[@eagle_and_the_dragon]

Polar was the first proper Special, and first in HD.

[@YegoYTP]

I think the American Special was the first, it came out about 5 months before the Polar one

[@eagle_and_the_dragon]

@@YegoYTP America one doesn't feel the same tbh. Kinda like a prototype.

[@thegingergamer1325]

i plan too do a real stupid idea of driving from the south of the UK too Dubai . for the off-road shows/events in the desert. driving in my 1987 landrover 110

[@dbs5212]

To Taylor wanting another car than a BMW. Get a Peugeot 406 coupe V6 :). Or a 405 Mi16

[@jasontaylor1652]

I like the Bolivia special. I love the conclusion at the end of the adventure about Jeremy's Range Rover, It turns out the most unreliable car in the world is the most reliable car in the world.

[@DMlonghurst]

one of the most underrated challenges is the "Youth First Car" one, Jezza water bedded Volvo!!

[@DullBoringCars]

For me, when jeremy did the audi (a6) diesel in one tank from london to scotland in back on one tank, or the £100 car challenge. The simple ones are best.

[@amato5232]

I got a good look round and inside the North Pole hilux, it was sitting in the middle of inverness one day advertising the new hilux. Unbelievable machine

[@Recessio]

Vietnam was excellent. From India onwards they just started feeling a bit too scripted imo

[@u-two]

best Europe tripe for me was adriatic cost driving next to the see in Croatia split to montengro, than drive to Albanian and to greece, 2024 i will go and spend my holiday in Albania they sea side is so nice

[@paulmcmillan5941]

The supercars for mondeo money was brilliant BUT the one that made me laugh most was the three British Layland derived cars had me in stitches.

[@laurencecharlton6759]

Alex and Taylor are great, I’d leave the other guy just behind the camera. He does a great job off the screen!

[@jasontaverner4767]

Do a kickstarter project for recreating top gear challenges. I would donate to that.

[@christopherchow553]

Same too, if these become an Autoalex extended specials/adventure with the same feel as 2007 Top Gear (without the modern day equivalent of an expensive professional TV filming gear that makes things feel super high budget) but with the content of Top Gear Specials. I would gladly donate my money for this in a heart beat.

[@MyRealName]

I wonder if that would work because you need a 20-30 group of people and a lot of them are specialized in certain areas, with a lot of equipment and good reliable newish cars to do that. There is a LOT of money involved.

[@eefjuh5533]

I would'nt even be bothered to watch.

[@DiscoFang]

First expense would be the legal costs when BBC has a quiet word.

[@lukebarnes8097]

I would LOVE to see you guys taking on some bigger trips. Got really excited when Alex mentioned a Norway road trip on Drivetribe.

[@ThirteenMatt]

I'm realising you have such a lost opportunity in your unit as your background... You have a green light bar, a red light bar, a white Italian car and you're not parking it between the lights!

[@hotstankygarbage788]

The first America special for me. Introduced me to Top Gear when i was 8. Been a fan of those 3 idiots ever since.

[@jameslane4486]

I live in kenya, hmu if you want some help organising something here! I have a shit old land rover and access to others, also know a lot of mental safari routes

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Not doing it in an estate car but I’m doing London to Cape Town down the west coast of Africa in a couple of years.

[@matthewbonner645]

Modest for 15 days. Withdrawal symptoms now😭😭😭🤣

[@johnathankain8033]

I would really love to see AutoAlex team vs The Grand Tour challenge sometime.

[@tom-dn8md]

If we look at "the grand tour" specials. Id become a channel member for you lot on boats.

[@mikenankivell7334]

Green light insurance don’t insure BMWs, you love BMWs lol

[@Krukdude]

gat would be a great playlist, Autoalex redoes top gear challenges. I'd watch that

[@speedwaynutt]

I think that's the one thing the Grand tour road trips miss is cheap cars that make you go will this shitbox make it to the finish.

[@simracingwales4997]

GUYS DO THE MONGOL RALLY!! PLEASE

[@roryhouston8305]

You guys would be brilliant for top gear if the show ever starts back up

[@mattetley]

The Burma special where they drive trucks is my favourite

[@Soouuize]

The Africa estate one was good. I would want to see that. But first we need the 7 seriea trip to Poland

[@resaprabowokusumo8086]

go to indonesia and buy a cheap car, you guys say you like the beef rendang here and try the traditional taste 😂

[@HiruS22]

Can I ask you one thing, when a V2 episode is the podcast can you say so in the title for those of us who listen to that?

[@schrodingerscat8621]

The Sahara desert with a lancia and Oliver, and James had the Mercedes sedan that he took the doors off of

[@Nixon3402]

You guys should do the The ho chi minh trail in cheap 4x4s

[@CristianoSilva-ro9vq]

Pleaaaaasssseeeee do a Vietnam special!!! PLEASEEEEEE!!!!

[@gazw2100]

Why was there light sabres in the background?

[@rjnation5042]

If it was my choice, it'd be one of the early ones, can't remember what the budget was but it was the Italian sports car challenge, James May in the Lamborghini, Richard Hammond in the Dino & Clarkson in the Maza Borra, Rj in Oz

[@Notapplicable11111]

yeah classic supercars for 10 grand or under, what a great challenge

[@matthewwebber3982]

How about recreating the Alfa Romeo challenge

[@countryboy92]

Defo Africa car challenge estate cars aswell but make them look like a 4x4 and be able to tackle the roads.

[@bartismoellis1052]

This just reminded me of how much I miss Top Gear.

[@Retrobeemer]

*Try doing some original content as opposed to constantly trying and failing to be old Top Gear.*

[@FranzFridl]

The Patagonia special, it represents what Top Gear is

[@SC11V]

1:49 The Vietnam Special was a one part film not a 2 part

[@jackprince4695]

I reckon the Vietnam one was my favourite

[@richardbeckett3743]

What anout Grand Tour specials?

[@mattus1gig]

Can’t do South Pole, you’re not allowed there.