This to me is the best challenge top gear ever done, from Clarkson’s “leaning tower of Citroen” and hammonds citadel to cooking a 3 course meal and Hammond and may pushing clarksons caravan over a cliff. Best challenge ever. Still makes me laugh after all these years
It's the quintessential principle of three idiots failing at the same task in completely different ways. And that's why we love them so much. It wasn't just a show about cars. It was a show about three mates who are interested in cars.
@Danny M At least it wasn't at risk of tipping over, or pretty much one that was a pain to set up, and rattled so loudly in a high wind, that it kept the sleeper up at night, worried of it falling on top of them.
Jeremy had all kinds of personal crap going on, he jack slapped a producer and the BBC takes the higher than thou road and sacks him, thus blowing off the biggest show in the history of the idiot box. Brilliant stuff producers!
If he had more time and made sure everything had solid clips to connect....might have been a decent idea. Maybe that along with each panel stakes 12 inches into the ground
Can’t believe Jeremy drove that giant unstable house which could’ve easily tipped over into oncoming traffic on the highway. Regardless love these guys. Can’t believe they were fired.
@CCKILLER 00 yeah he hit someone, one of the crew iirc? Apparently he was reeling from a cancer scare. It is wild that driving this death trap down a motorway was fine and great, but one hit was too far.
True, it was also genuinely dangerous probably, but now that it is behind us without victims let's cherish it. A lot in TopGear is at least a bit staged but this looks real.
The bit that always gets me is Jeremy's "This is outrageous!" when they come back to find Hammond's motorhome has mutated into a mansion and enveloped the whole campsite 😂
You can tell those panels are like tin/metal or whatever you call it, so you know that really hurt, could have cut his finger off almost, definitely worried me.
This was one of the legendary episodes of Top Gear. The leaning tower of Citroen, she's veerryy pretty, James sawing his way to the fuel filler cap, Clarkson's car diarrheoa, ow ow oww... brave! A free range egg, Hammond trying to sleep in the cottage, and the Citroen going off the cliff. Timeless classic
I remember I could not stop laughing when Clarkson was absolutely bricking it while May is laughing is head off. Then the fix that improved it by making no difference was genuinely one of the funniest things I’ve seen on TV. Still laugh uncontrollably every time I stumble across this video or go back and watch this episode back on iPlayer. This challenge was almost as funny as the scene on only fools when Del falls through the bar, that’s very high praise.
I've always wondered what kinda insurance Top Gear used to have. Because although I know that they stage most things, that still looks like an active freeway. If Clarkson's camper had toppled... And they don't stage everything, like when they built that convertible out of a van, and ran it through a car wash. Although that was part of the program, wrecking the car wash wasn't. They had to payout to a very pissed off owner.
There was something special about the cameras used in the 2000s. These cams even intrigued and felt fast when it was capturing an F1 car. Also the lighting in the restaurant,the sky, it felt like the 2000s a decade we all want to go back. Today's models day tech would make that restaurant shot so clear, but the essence of the ambience caught on this camera would be lacking
It was that warm orange filter, I miss it too. Doctor Who used it too for series 1 and series 2 back then, it added to the "other worldy" feel of the tv shows. Nowadays everything looks too clean and real which ironically kills the immersion.
7:37 this was me on my last camping trip, a storm was brewing and i was in the middle of a forest the sound booming through trees meant i got only an hour of sleep that night and normally i sleep like a log out in the forest. i felt his pain
Bizarrely enough, if Hammond's shed was more part of the vehicle and more structured it would probably be pretty decent. Admittedly the whole flat pack house thing going on is pretty creative
@Copious Doinks LLC. It was too tiny for anything, if he did do it properly, he would have done his hight plus half, so it was still small and lightwheit, but actually fit him.
@Copious Doinks LLC. if everyone did the challenge like him, it would be boring. top gear is not about good solutions but funny ones. it would be even simpler to just buy a station wagon and sleep in the back, but wheres the fun then?
Not so sure on that one, sitting his bed in a metal box means that it would be incredibly hot and the hard surface would have done his back in, and don't get me started with when he wakes up in total darkness and does not realise what's he's in.
wow watching this back again so much later really strikes me totally different :D as a young man hammonds creation seemed completely dumb but now as an adult all i can think is. "With a few adjustments and improvement.... that camper rocks!"
I will forever miss top gear and the laughs it gave me after coming home and turning the newest episode on. The grand Tour is cool too but It just isn’t the same.
My dad passed away 3 years ago😭😭😭😭 me and my mom and my brother used to watched it every week I wish I could have gone back to those days God I miss those days😭😭😭😭
Ya know, Hammond had a good idea. Perhaps a longer planning period/serious development and testing to work out the issues, and his idea could catch on for real
I love how you can see Jeremy's head bumping against the ceiling panels of Hammond's "cottage" because it was clearly built for a man of his hobbit stature
Omg I love it ! I don’t know the last time I have laughed so hard! I am actually in pain from laughing 😆 so hard! Thank you so very much! I really needed it and what perfect 👌 timing! I was so down and this reminds me of how happy life can be! Thank you so very much 👍👌🤪😆😜 I think I just woke the household up
I used to drive a Citroen CX ambulance when I was in the army in the 90s, the hydraulic suspension was so great to get into underground parking without crushing the roof lights!
Clarkson’s “transformed into a caravan” Citroen has once again appeared on The Grand Tour’s latest special!! What a coincidence seriously 🤩🤩 of course it’s because that’s a french car
I, know all too well about road trips and adventures with mates and I think 3 is the magical number for less stress, hassle and arguments. Plus, the more you know about them before travelling the better. I personally love the Citroen under the canopy part.
One minute in, and I'm not sure if I can keep watching. That tower on wheels is terrifying! And here I am worried that reinforcing the roof of my Chevy camper van will make it too top-heavy.
With a bit of tweaking these are splendid ideas. Hammond just needs rigid panels with secure fastenings and Clarkson's tower fitted with an elevating mechanism to lower and raise the top floor becomes transformed. Parked up it is a high rise appartment on the move it is a ground hugging aerodynamic marvel
Based on the fact that they have gone 90 miles and refueled Hammond's car 4 times, assuming it holds 20 gallons, it has an MPG of 1.125. truly remarkable
Want more ridiculous Top Gear builds? Here's a clip of a converted hearse crashing: clip-share.net/video/CdlLHpMFXMw/video.html
Literally no one doesn’t just sit down with there dad and watch this till like 11:00
Hammond going I'm brave. Had me dead
Me
Yeah no it doesnt have these guys in it
Best program ever made
I’m still floored Jeremy was allowed to actually drive that thing, and that he managed to do so without killing anyone
@Stephan Buchin On the contrary, the fools in office in 2023 would regard this as a positive opportunity.
Was about to comment on that too 🙂 I'm pretty sure this wouldn't be tolerated nowadays with all the road safety paranoia.
1:34 would have been really bad if it dropped to the side there
@ShroomZed they disengaged the parking break, if I remember correctly.
@Assassin 426 Then they threw it off a cliff.
This to me is the best challenge top gear ever done, from Clarkson’s “leaning tower of Citroen” and hammonds citadel to cooking a 3 course meal and Hammond and may pushing clarksons caravan over a cliff. Best challenge ever. Still makes me laugh after all these years
It's the quintessential principle of three idiots failing at the same task in completely different ways. And that's why we love them so much. It wasn't just a show about cars. It was a show about three mates who are interested in cars.
Not compared to the 100£, but certainly up there...
what model is the citroen?
@plantcraftie very secure indeed.
I was laughing the most in this video when James had to saw a part off of his car 🤣🤣
5:58 “He might eat… a free range egg.”
Dying of laughter
Hands down, James actually had the best build for once
@Danny M At least it wasn't at risk of tipping over, or pretty much one that was a pain to set up, and rattled so loudly in a high wind, that it kept the sleeper up at night, worried of it falling on top of them.
He couldn't even wipe his bottom in his motorhome.
“As you can see, I have done this properly”
Can't believe they fired these guys lol
@gwishart He didn't "beat up" a producer, he punched a producer and then turned himself in
No body firrd them
America thanks the BBC for letting Amazon have their biggest stars of the last 20 plus years.
Jeremy had all kinds of personal crap going on, he jack slapped a producer and the BBC takes the higher than thou road and sacks him, thus blowing off the biggest show in the history of the idiot box.
Brilliant stuff producers!
They only fired Jeremy
0:28 This part never fails to make me laugh
@J A HAHAHAHAAA
His car is taller than a lorry wtf
.....nor me......
The cut to James laugh makes it even funnier
It’s not just that, May’s cackle never ceases to make me laugh
"Just a minute, this is great uncle yourself" never fail to crack up at that hahaha
he actually said "Just admit it, this is great uncle yourself"
Honestly i always laugh
"Yep, Great Uncle Tall, there"
"Yup it is , yep, yep ( hammond shines torch on the portrait and may cracks up laughing ) absolutely hilarious moment !
10 years later, this is still the funniest car show
.......in the world......
I love that Jeremy and Hammond’s builds are so chaotic that we barely glance at James’ rocket car.
Watching Hammond just fear for his life while he tries to sleep is killing me right now and I can’t stop laughing
Love all the challenges, this one, the white van one and the student one I could watch over and over again
Same hahaha
@Nate p it’s an 11 year old + episode
@Nate p your adhd brain can't watch a 7 min vid without reading comments?
If he had more time and made sure everything had solid clips to connect....might have been a decent idea.
Maybe that along with each panel stakes 12 inches into the ground
Can’t believe Jeremy drove that giant unstable house which could’ve easily tipped over into oncoming traffic on the highway. Regardless love these guys. Can’t believe they were fired.
They weren't. Clarkson confessed to punching a producer, so he got fired but it was mostly his own choice. The other two just followed.
Clarkson didn't get fired, he just couldn't get his contract renewed because BBC wouldn't let him
@CCKILLER 00 yeah he hit someone, one of the crew iirc? Apparently he was reeling from a cancer scare. It is wild that driving this death trap down a motorway was fine and great, but one hit was too far.
@crazyratpors He was Irish, so it's understandable.
@CCKILLER 00 he slapped an employee of bbc me thinks
0:19 - 0:35 is possibly the greatest ever top gear moment
Yesssssssss.......
he laughs like squidward
True, it was also genuinely dangerous probably, but now that it is behind us without victims let's cherish it. A lot in TopGear is at least a bit staged but this looks real.
The bit that always gets me is Jeremy's "This is outrageous!" when they come back to find Hammond's motorhome has mutated into a mansion and enveloped the whole campsite 😂
0:20 to 0:35 is legitimately the most perfect 15 seconds in television history. Miss these guys.
burnout I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
I can’t get over Hammond quietly saying “I’m brave” to himself after he got hurt. What a wonderful way to stay motivated
@YungRetroGamer pardon?
"be brave"
Like a Hobbit
@Volts n Bolts you're adorable
@YungRetroGamer how does it feel to be ret arded?
4:52
Richard's little, "I'm brave!" is the cutest thing I've seen in a while. 😂
@JBBrickman its also very windy and cold
You can tell those panels are like tin/metal or whatever you call it, so you know that really hurt, could have cut his finger off almost, definitely worried me.
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@Self Taught Boogie Player yes
@Don't Blink I'm Human As if it fucking matters, Jesus.
was that car chosen by the matrix of leadership and became a prime?
This was so funny 😂
Please make more. I wish the Grand Tour would do more low budget builds like this.
After years, still a must-watch episode!
Clarksons reaction to the lorry overtaking and mays laugh 😂😂
Clarkson: *"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"*
James: _[absolutely losing it]_
Jeremy's car had quite possibly one of the coolest looking steering wheels.
From what I remember about those cars,they were fairly unreliable. But it was a Citroën so you'd expect that......
Watching Clarkson and May drunkenly stumble through Richard’s maze-motor home is absolutely hilarious 😂
This was one of the legendary episodes of Top Gear. The leaning tower of Citroen, she's veerryy pretty, James sawing his way to the fuel filler cap, Clarkson's car diarrheoa, ow ow oww... brave! A free range egg, Hammond trying to sleep in the cottage, and the Citroen going off the cliff. Timeless classic
Every single time i see James sawing to fill up, Jeremy laughing and in the end "it's very secure", kills me, this was the best era of them for sure.
Absolutely brilliant. Top Gear was never as good when the BBC got rid of these three best of friends.
I remember I could not stop laughing when Clarkson was absolutely bricking it while May is laughing is head off. Then the fix that improved it by making no difference was genuinely one of the funniest things I’ve seen on TV. Still laugh uncontrollably every time I stumble across this video or go back and watch this episode back on iPlayer.
This challenge was almost as funny as the scene on only fools when Del falls through the bar, that’s very high praise.
In this episode of top gear:
Jeremy remains the tallest
Hammond drives an entire house
And James laughs at others mistakes
*I'm missing of old TOP GEAR!*
Same 2021
@Clip-Share Zone "wonderful to work with" he used to punch his own staff.
Who doesn't because this guys are terrific and wonderful to work with
Same
CRASHThearapy!? Hi!
I've always wondered what kinda insurance Top Gear used to have. Because although I know that they stage most things, that still looks like an active freeway. If Clarkson's camper had toppled...
And they don't stage everything, like when they built that convertible out of a van, and ran it through a car wash. Although that was part of the program, wrecking the car wash wasn't. They had to payout to a very pissed off owner.
I love how much James loves Richard's home built house, genuinely!
Watching Hamond trying to sleep with all the walls making noises just killed me, especially the terrified face he makes 😂😂😂😂
There was something special about the cameras used in the 2000s. These cams even intrigued and felt fast when it was capturing an F1 car. Also the lighting in the restaurant,the sky, it felt like the 2000s a decade we all want to go back. Today's models day tech would make that restaurant shot so clear, but the essence of the ambience caught on this camera would be lacking
@CrashFan99 same foes for watching formula 1. Cameras today make the cars look slow
It was that warm orange filter, I miss it too. Doctor Who used it too for series 1 and series 2 back then, it added to the "other worldy" feel of the tv shows. Nowadays everything looks too clean and real which ironically kills the immersion.
Jeremy: Tower
James: Rocket
Hammond: An entire house
@Yeetboiwhatyesplease Hammond created nightmare fuel or Fridat 13th campsite :v
More like an entire estate
Yep, Fergie didnt know what g.l.a.m.o.u.r.o.u.s. was, Richard carried a *ucking library with him
Possibly the flimsiest most rubbish motorhome ever was Hammond's design.
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I just love that they know him well enough to know what he would eat and love him enough to order something for him.
Jeremy's block of flats is too funny! Nevermind James' reaction to it when the wind hits the front of it. 🤣
This is epic, 🤣😂🤣 the whole world needs more videos like this.....
❤️🤣😂🤣
😂😂😂😂Individually these three are genius, combined they are unbeatable
This is ridiculously hilarious. Haha
No.
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hilariously ridiculous
Trap Music Now.
7:37 this was me on my last camping trip, a storm was brewing and i was in the middle of a forest the sound booming through trees meant i got only an hour of sleep that night and normally i sleep like a log out in the forest. i felt his pain
Still one of my all time favorite top gear episodes
I can never keep it together whenever I see the genuine fear and the way Jeremy white knuckles the steering wheel as the lori goes by
Top Gear today just isn’t the same without these guys. Their the reason why Top Gear became so popular
Hammonds creation looks like a dupe straight out of garry’s mod
It's all fun in games until
[ ⚠️ Something is creating script errors.]
Great uncle yourself hahaha
I wish for a Garry's mod animator recreate this whole episode in Garry's mod
@BLUacid 67 lol the jeep V8 sound is burnt into my head
Nah Jeremy’s too
A top 3 all time episode, one of the most hilarious episodes ever.
They're brilliant together, just tremendous! I miss this kinda goofy nonesense.
I love how Jeremy basically made a DRS system when he removed the glass windows and door 😄😄
Bizarrely enough, if Hammond's shed was more part of the vehicle and more structured it would probably be pretty decent. Admittedly the whole flat pack house thing going on is pretty creative
I feel like May is the only one who got a good night's sleep.
@Copious Doinks LLC. It was too tiny for anything, if he did do it properly, he would have done his hight plus half, so it was still small and lightwheit, but actually fit him.
@Copious Doinks LLC. if everyone did the challenge like him, it would be boring. top gear is not about good solutions but funny ones. it would be even simpler to just buy a station wagon and sleep in the back, but wheres the fun then?
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Not so sure on that one, sitting his bed in a metal box means that it would be incredibly hot and the hard surface would have done his back in, and don't get me started with when he wakes up in total darkness and does not realise what's he's in.
@Fawwaz Rafif only fell on its side because it was staged. He wasn’t actually in it when it tipped
I love these crazy stupid challenges. It is worthy of its own stand alone show if you could find personalities worthy of it.
10 Years later, you just dont find a show like this anymore these days, LEGENDS
*this was and still is the most legendary episode ever*
7:35 cracked me up, could not control my laughter. That reminded me of a scene from the police academy movies where the captain takes a flight.
“Still could be worse”
I actually cant stop laughing at that
wow
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timestamp?
Laughed so hard at that it made my head hurt!
Lmao Ikr
wow watching this back again so much later really strikes me totally different :D as a young man hammonds creation seemed completely dumb but now as an adult all i can think is. "With a few adjustments and improvement.... that camper rocks!"
I can’t believe this video is over a decade old, I still love it.
6:45 😂 couldn’t make it up what a coincidence that may trips lol. The way he walks back never fails to make me laugh.
I'll never understand how Clarkson got permission to drive his car on the roads
God I miss the original with these guys.
Watch clarksons farm lol
Same
@KatevonDick He's a fine lad, bloke
The new one they think they are funny but there not
Kabuki Jo I watch it it’s amazing
I will forever miss top gear and the laughs it gave me after coming home and turning the newest episode on. The grand Tour is cool too but It just isn’t the same.
Incredible engineering on their parts.
Hammond at the end 🤣 Its been hours and I can’t stop laughing
This was one of the funniest of all time. I laughed that night till my side hurt.
Who else misses sitting on the lounge with ur dad watching this late at night
BRO
Imagine having a dad to do this with 😭
My dad passed away 3 years ago😭😭😭😭 me and my mom and my brother used to watched it every week I wish I could have gone back to those days God I miss those days😭😭😭😭
yep
Yeah 🥲
I think James’ camper conversion is the best and most practical
"Wait a minute, this is Great Uncle Yourself"
As if that wasn't enough of a line to kill me, James lets out the goofiest laughter ever.
The best episodes ever imo . All time classic.
Ya know, Hammond had a good idea. Perhaps a longer planning period/serious development and testing to work out the issues, and his idea could catch on for real
I love how you can see Jeremy's head bumping against the ceiling panels of Hammond's "cottage" because it was clearly built for a man of his hobbit stature
Omg I love it
! I don’t know the last time I have laughed so hard! I am actually in pain from laughing 😆 so hard! Thank you so very much! I really needed it and what perfect 👌 timing! I was so down and this reminds me of how happy life can be! Thank you so very much 👍👌🤪😆😜 I think I just woke the household up
I used to drive a Citroen CX ambulance when I was in the army in the 90s, the hydraulic suspension was so great to get into underground parking without crushing the roof lights!
I've seen this often and May wetting himself laughing at Clarkson is still hugely funny
4:47 when Hammond hurts his finger and he says to himself. "be brave" that's one of the most wholesome moments
@Orion my son.. 7 months later you are replying to my comment. Get with the times
@AJ Dwyer If that's what you take from the OP's comment, then you are most definitely one of the quickest to get offended by anything.
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This would have double amount of likes if you listened properly.
enn bee do you know what simps mean
Still, after all these years I cannot believe they were actually allowed on the road with those things.
There will never be another tv team like these three
Clarkson’s “transformed into a caravan” Citroen has once again appeared on The Grand Tour’s latest special!! What a coincidence seriously 🤩🤩 of course it’s because that’s a french car
I just love how James may is just having a field day
7:36 the absolute peril in his eyes as he watched that roof take its final breaths was amazing
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@Christine C. yeah but did anyone ask?
@Christine C. Appreciate the criticism 👍
Just a note: "It's" only ever means "it is" and occasionally "it has." "Its" is the possessive form and the one you should have used.
IN RY8NG RIGUT NOW 😂😂😂
I really feel like if you mixed the qualities of the 3 into 1 home, it'd be actually decent.
I, know all too well about road trips and adventures with mates and I think 3 is the magical number for less stress, hassle and arguments. Plus, the more you know about them before travelling the better. I personally love the Citroen under the canopy part.
One minute in, and I'm not sure if I can keep watching. That tower on wheels is terrifying! And here I am worried that reinforcing the roof of my Chevy camper van will make it too top-heavy.
imagine going for a nice relaxing camping holiday only to see these 3 and be kept up at night by Hammond's roof lmao
These never get old.. gotta be like 7th time I've watched it.
jaym I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
I got it in my about tab.
That painting of Hammond. Still makes me laugh 😂
I remember when this first aired
Me and my Dad were on the floor howling
Good times
Hammond's house really was a house. It was built and it could be lived in. Truly the Morbius of housing.
At the start, seeing the leaning tower of citron and the massive unimog come up alongside each other is soo freaking funny
you all have to agree this part is a gem on motorway tv shows 0:28 😂
*"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"*
_[Cue James absolutely losing it]_
James lowkey killed this challenge. Just the basics I feel easily won him this one
7:33 that was too much for me. Haven't laughed that much in weeks!
“He doesn’t like fish,”
“No he doesn’t eat fish.”
“He might eat a free range egg”
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fucking england lmfaooooo
"I don't like beer, don't like batter, don't like fish..."
Love the fake Brummie accent Clarkson puts on whenever he makes fun of Hammond’s picky palate.
Dang man, its like we both saw the same video!
I get panicky every time I see this episode with Clarkson on the highway in that triple decker death trap.
Every time, without fail, when Jeremy screams, I laugh with James. 😂😂😂 Sorry not sorry. 🤣
With a bit of tweaking these are splendid ideas.
Hammond just needs rigid panels with secure fastenings and Clarkson's tower fitted with an elevating mechanism to lower and raise the top floor becomes transformed. Parked up it is a high rise appartment on the move it is a ground hugging aerodynamic marvel
7:37 the look of fear watching the roof cave in haha
I love how James is honest with Richard about the fuel filler cap but just asks Jeremy to go away
@Lord Hoth_09 At times, yes. They definitely mock each other plenty of times though.
@Penitent Potato Jeremy laughs at them to mock, May and Hammond laugh at each other because they share the pain
@Jake Josh But Hammond and James laugh at each other all the time
1:50
The reason why James and Hammond are honest with each other because they wouldn’t laugh at the other. Unlike Jeremy.
This is my favourite of their challenges.
1:32 to 1:36 Clarkson was being an actual hazard to the road traffic.
Sigma move.
Based on the fact that they have gone 90 miles and refueled Hammond's car 4 times, assuming it holds 20 gallons, it has an MPG of 1.125. truly remarkable
Honestly, it’s a miracle that it doesn’t measure in gallons per mile, it’s so bad.
Love how Hammond's motorhome isn't designed for anyone over 5"10