Who's at fault then: Edinburgh or the cars?

@Carlito_622

2 жыл бұрын

Both 👀

@BelAir1603

2 жыл бұрын

Their driving ability

@user0.user0.

2 жыл бұрын

I would say a bit of both

@David_Camerwrongun

2 жыл бұрын

The Amelicans

@bostonarchie3194

2 жыл бұрын

@@David_Camerwrongun the yanks

I loved how James instantly got the note right after hearing Hammond's dying engine.

@thegrandtour

2 жыл бұрын

"Ode to a Dying Buick Riviera" by James May

@Mondoblasto0

2 жыл бұрын

Well he is a man with a music degree, after all!

@Tjalve70

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegrandtour Do not drive gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the engine.

These guys could literally host any show about any topic and everyone would watch it.

@IvanaHonda

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I fully enjoyed Clarckson's farm, it was nice to see Jeremy in that setting.

@DeviantDeveloper

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd pay to watch them paint a white wall white.

@DatW268

2 жыл бұрын

I like Jeremy's recent show "It's Clarkson On TV" too, he should do more.

@maverick6c631

2 жыл бұрын

Jack of all trades, but are you 'the master of none'?

@TheSd1cko

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that what they did??? Because in all honesty all the grand tour stuff hasn't been very good compared to their old top gear stuff. I still watch it (as you say) but mainly because each time I hope they return to their former glory. It's almost like they try too hard now and it misses the mark. The best bit was the bridge and Hammond in the boat. The rest was just lacking and no need for the "American" plot or the cars. I'd have preferred it if they had a budget to buy some old bangers then go on a mission like the good old days.

I bet that deliveroo kid couldn’t believe his luck, seeing Clarkson, Hammond and May in 3 massive American saloons in the backstreets of Edinburgh

@thegrandtour

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely made for an interesting day at work

@Bhaidostyaar

2 жыл бұрын

Saloons? They're coupes 😂😂

@pwrkeyring4619

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bhaidostyaar well strictly speaking they’re coupés but my point is is that they’re massive American cars

@Bhaidostyaar

2 жыл бұрын

@@pwrkeyring4619 yes, right. I mean seriously 😂😂 a 5.7 metre car with just 2 doors(77 caddy eldorado). And at that time it was normal for America to have cars like that, but they were a whole different level of luxury for the rest of the world!!

@pwrkeyring4619

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bhaidostyaar only thing longer than that I’m any other country was a l i m o

Looks like Jeremy got a stable door again

@GuninGames

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he got another door that pulled back to London and is on strike

@keeperofeurobeat8421

2 жыл бұрын

It's come back to Longbridge!

@GuninGames

2 жыл бұрын

@@keeperofeurobeat8421 oh woops, i typed london not longbridge lol

@Jusuff

2 жыл бұрын

@@keeperofeurobeat8421 it's come back to Longbridge

2:43 typical James May with his musical degree....😆. Love it TBH..😆

It takes pure talent to get under 200 h/p out of an engine larger than 300 ci.

@gregkunst8199

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@adamspitfire

2 жыл бұрын

It was done on purpose, and billions of dollars of engineering so yes! All the talent was used to suck the life out of these poor V8s

@thor6580

2 жыл бұрын

No. It takes government interference to get so little horsepower out of an engine.

@riclee371

2 жыл бұрын

" how do they get so little horsepower out of a "V8 MOHDUR"

@adamspitfire

2 жыл бұрын

@@thor6580 so the talent has to be reversed, they have lower the power of the v8

The problem with Hamster’s Riviera probably has something to do with the water pump, which is integrated with the timing chain cover and notorious for being problematic.

@dualwieldroxas358

2 жыл бұрын

Or it could be that it fears its fate in Hammond's hands

@brandonclark435

Жыл бұрын

@@dualwieldroxas358 This is my interpretation and nothing can change my mind.

@scrambler69-xk3kv

10 ай бұрын

But relatively easy to replace compared to modern cars.

The old Scottish couple laughing at Jeremy is freaking adorable

As someone who knows Edinburgh very well, I can tell you that these "streets" are the access lanes behind the streets, along which few ever drive.

@TraustiGeir

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, the American version of TG did something similar here in Reykjavík.

@Broccoli_Highkicks

7 ай бұрын

Are you suggesting their shenanigans are scripted, and they did this deliberately just to get a laugh? Well, I never...

@periurban

7 ай бұрын

@@Broccoli_Highkicks Indeed. It's not like that's what they always do. I just wanted to point it out for people who might not know.

Love these 1970s American land yachts. Style for days, no power, tons of low end torque. Beautiful. If I had another slot in my garage I'd get one.

@TheRealAtello

2 жыл бұрын

For cruising flat long highways on the weekend, they're extremely special. It's like driving a memory foam couch.

@alexanderryan1176

2 жыл бұрын

@Derek Xbzzz when you get older, you start to care less about 0-60 numbers.

@jeremiahfix5529

2 жыл бұрын

Cadillacs before we couldn’t afford them anymore. 😎

@fishtacos7350

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderryan1176 I’m only 20 and I already don’t care.

@aztronomy7457

2 жыл бұрын

@Derek Xbzzz if you care that much about 0 to 62 only might as well just only buy a tesla.

I like the guy in the background, who was pretending to wash some part of his house, so he could be in the show.

@cudak888

2 жыл бұрын

Probably a crewmember, added for comic effect. Not the first time they've done it.

"Crinkey, its like John in Mongolia". So true man😂

@chequeredflag05

2 жыл бұрын

Well, John actually got things done.

@JamesTobiasStewart

2 жыл бұрын

@@chequeredflag05 Yeah John may have pogoed up hills, but John's doors stayed intact until the hosts themselves removed them and wasn't prone to boiling over just from normal driving. John would have been fine in Edinburgh (as long as they made sure his steering wasn't backwards again).

@LennyCole96

2 жыл бұрын

Love the throwback

That woman cackling while watching Clarkson climb through the window had me in stitches. 😂😂

Love how Clarkson goes to get ”us all a zesty drink” and proceeds to only get himself a drink 🤣 true to form!

@Tjalve70

2 жыл бұрын

That's because Clarkson is a Team Player. And as a Team Player, when he got a zesty drink, the team got a zesty drink.

@Plymouth_Belvedere

Жыл бұрын

You can see he's holding more than one bottle :D

@amandahugankiss4110

7 ай бұрын

Yeah. Why notice details?

2:43 James singing the the song of death with the car had me rolling the first time I saw it

Every American serviceman living in Germany in the 1970s lived this nightmare. Trying to get our giant American cars through narrow German (or other countries') streets.

@Plymouth_Belvedere

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought Germany had wide roads. Given how chrysler sold products here in the 50s

@alistairwalker2850

2 жыл бұрын

@@Plymouth_Belvedere On the Autobahn and other roads sure, but there are also plenty of towns in Germany where roads are really narrow due to medieval city planning, especially in the west and Bavaria where most American servicemen were stationed.

@Plymouth_Belvedere

2 жыл бұрын

@@alistairwalker2850 ye, I live in a town where lots of old cars can easily just cruise through. I'm very lucky haha

I'll be honest... The Riviera boat tail is one of my all time favorite cars. If you ever look at the side profile of that car, it's gorgeous!

Sick burnout in the Lincoln

This is hilarious and mind-blowing seeing these big old boats across the pond. Cadillac notably kept many of the '70s styling throughout the 80s until the early 90s. Including the underpowered engines.

@bobbbobb4663

2 жыл бұрын

That describes the Cadillac Brougham perfectly.

@Jeff-bd5yo

4 ай бұрын

I mean all the divisions did that. Pontiac, Buick you name it. And of course the other manufacturers like Ford and Chrysler.

Grand Tour with these 3 is the best! If I had to pick between Soccer and Grand Tour, then it would definately pick Grand Tour. I loved the last Episode. I wish Amazon Prime would get the old Specials from their previous Show as well on their Network.

@EqazeHQ

2 жыл бұрын

They tried.. BBC quoted them $142M for it.

If i had a penny for every time Jeremy's door opened but didn't I would have 2 pennies.... which is not a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

@MindNumbingInc

2 жыл бұрын

"It's pulled back to Long Beach!" - Jeremy Clarkson.

@UltraHylia

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting to see a Phineas and Ferb reference here but I shall fully accept it and am happy to see it.

@shriharihudli8596

2 жыл бұрын

@@UltraHylia Funny you should say that, because the trio actually were on an episode of Phineas and Ferb.

@UltraHylia

2 жыл бұрын

@@shriharihudli8596 That's right - them appearing on Phineas and Ferb was unexpected for me as well, but I'm a huge fan of both so it makes me very happy!

@wearethemags6613

2 жыл бұрын

Because they've run out of 'jokes' so they're using the same ones they have previously. "Old" Top Gear was the same - heavily scripted repetitive 'jokes'.

These adventures feel like a bit more empty without them (usually Jeremy) going into the history/landmarks and other interesting info about wherever they travelling though

@mrjohn.whereyoufrom

2 жыл бұрын

I agree but he deserves to be let off this time due to Covid. He mentioned in an interview that a lot of places were closed and filming was constantly being disrupted due to the ever changing lockdown regulations.

3:03 I dont know why, but Jeremy's reaction to the *zesty* drink cracks me up

I love Jeremy's reaction at 3:00 to drinking Irn Bru, the famous Scottish fizzy drink. It tastes so sweet and sickly.

2:43 James May lol

3.40 that lady laughing was pure joy.

These boys r gonna be doing this in they're 80's and we'll still all tune in and love every second of it

The 70's funk music is from a Montenegrin/Greek composer living in France. He has of course been sampled to death (Janko Nilovic)

@schnauzer360

10 ай бұрын

I thought I heard drug song come on

This is like old top gear! Absolute gold

My first car was similar to the Lincoln Continental Mark V that Jeremy Clarkson was driving. It was a boat, but what a smooth ride it was. It definitely drank gas..

2:32 Haha, they kept James' duet with Death in this clip, if you listen closely, they're singing "Time is on my side" from the Stones.

3:41: Yeah, smooth. Like sandpaper!

It was an edinbruh moment

The best car show ever even after all these years they still make me laugh

The woman cackling as Jeremy climbed into the window hit my funny bone!

3:35 Jeez that laugh 😮

3:07 Good lord, it's the Rover SD1 all over again!

Obviously the car refuse to let jeremy drive it again so it locked itself, brilliant

@thegrandtour

2 жыл бұрын

It had seen what's happened to other cars on the show

@jackychen660

2 жыл бұрын

The car doesn't want to end up being trashed and damaged by the trios

@roundedsinger49

2 жыл бұрын

A stunning resemblance to the rover in the British leyland challenge on top gear

"My bovine differential" That's quite possibly the best description I have ever heard for an open diff. Those are rubbish on those American monstrosities.

I had that exact! Cadillac Coupe De Ville. That was my first car 500ci V8 loved it!

LOVE IT. Jeremy “Dukes of Hazard” that shit. 😂❤️

Did 17 years in the submarine navy but u three are the craziest guys i ever saw! Lovin it. :) jP

"Lochdown" LMFAO... This show makes life worth living...

I can sorta relate to this as I tried to squeeze my -87 volvo into a very tight back alley behind a russian hotel. Fun without power-steering

Love how is you put subtitles on hamonds car making the sounds comes up as music

Precious trio

May humming to Hammond's car, made me laugh😂😂😂

This is already my favourite episode.

This is one my favourite episodes on TGT.

Richard and James bickering like two old biddies about bins at the end was comedy gold!

That lady laughing at Jeremy getting into the car through the window.

That’s a rare riviera, it not only has the boat tail but also the vents on the deck lid

You should try the cobbles in the snow, it gets pretty interesting 😆

Shame the Lincoln only had the 400; serious increase in performance with the big block 460, even though it was a late 70s tuned down smog motor. I used to have one and the balls were huge, from right off the line up to around 100mph. Nothing quite like a big block motor out on the open road.

@explorinjenkins349

2 жыл бұрын

I had a 74 mark iv. Thing cruised like a cloud and could do shitties like no other. That 460 couldn't pass a single gas station, old girl was mighty thirsty.

I can't believe Clarkson is only two years older than Tom Cruise

@jadensantiago5583

2 жыл бұрын

That's what years of smoking does

@mindlessgonzo

2 жыл бұрын

@@jadensantiago5583 And what enough money and plastic surgery would do.

I watched this in class and i could barely contain my laughter.

I had a 1985 Olds Delta 88 and the drivers door panel was just like Clarkson's

That Buick was definitely the coolest of the 3. By a LARGE margin.

@spicysnowman8886

2 жыл бұрын

Of course it was, it's a boat tail

@HM2SGT

2 жыл бұрын

1972 Buick Riviera. I have the ‘71, I love it!

@sstills951

Жыл бұрын

Lincoln was the coolest

Slipping on cobblestones was funny. You should see how bad these boats were in the heavy snow of Buffalo NY. We’d keep a shovel and a bag of sand in the trunk.

3:05 LOL! It happened to Jeremy again! It's like the British Leyland Challenge where the inner part of the door to his Rover didn't open!

That cadillac is soo beautiful tho

That Riv looks terrific.

2:40 I don't know why this is so funny to me ahahahahah

Another Phenomenal Really Good Video All The Best Team ..

Dude, this is a true adventure!!!! 😅😂

Americans: "Tonight, on Motorweek...we discover English cars are poorly built and not reliable." Britons: "Tonight, on The Grand Tour...we discover that American cars are poorly built and not reliable."

@EchoesDistant

2 жыл бұрын

It's called planned obsolescence and it's done on purpose to make people buy more shit. Otherwise everything would last for hundreds of years, more or less.

@cudak888

2 жыл бұрын

@@EchoesDistant A lot of the issues with vehicles from the 1960's or 1970's were not necessarily related to planned obsolescence. It often boiled down to either too much innovation without testing, faulty engineering without enough testing, or bean counters requiring low-quality parts that failed to perform as they should (I don't consider immediate failures planned obsolescence). Case in point, these examples from both the UK and the US: - The overcomplicated (but well-meaning) inboard disc brakes on the Rover P6 platform - genuine design innovation, but a nightmare to service. Reflected on many other UK-made vehicles (AM V8, various Jaguars). - The penchant for Jaguar's V12's (both HE and pre-HE) to drop valve seats - nothing much more than poor engineering. - Chrysler's slop-prone power steering of the 1960's and 1970's - much worse than GM's Saginaw box from the same period. - Zinc pest causing swelling in Zamac carburetors - present on some 1970's Motorcraft carbs (and to be fair, not really a problem until 20+ years later). None of these things - which all have worked against the reputation of the respective vehicles they were fitted to - were specific design choices towards planned obsolescence. All were the result of poor engineering, engineering errors, or - particularly in the case of inboard brakes - a deliberate decision to use a more difficult-to-service design in exchange for improved driving characteristics (real or perceived). Now, you _could_ argue that things like Chrysler's lousy bulkhead connector melting was a form of planned obsolescence, because they were already aware that it was only good for a limited amperage, and bypassed it on fleet vehicles as a production rule. Ditto for brittle plastics behind the dash (especially on Fords of the era) - now that's planned obsolescence.

@sstills951

Жыл бұрын

1960’s: Americans in space and on the moon.

I always laughed at the Pontiac Parisienne, which could never be driven in Paris for the reasons shown in this video!

"it's like John in Mongolia" I laughed so hard at this 😂😂😂

2:34 - shoutout to this guy cleaning 🧼 whatever that’s used for in the corner

Best trio

What was wrong with the diff in Jeremy’s car that he couldn’t get up the hill? I thought he was just using to much throttle

You got to love the boat size cars

Parking sensor front and rear would be the best upgrade for these lol

@AaronShenghao

2 жыл бұрын

They will be just constantly blaring because the gap have to be so close

Hamster in my favorite car! I have a green 1971 Buick Riviera Boat Tail! I think he has a 72, but close enough. I’ve had mine 26 years, ever since I saw a Ray Vecchio’s on due South.😻🥰

3:35. It's like watching Boss Hogg trying to get into The General Lee.

Get one of these out on the open road for a long distance journey and they are heaven. widows up AC on stereo on set the cruise control to your desired speed and watch the miles roll by in cool comfort listening to your favorite song.

It's like trying to get 3 big boats down a canal 😂

Jeremy: It's singing the song of death. KZread captions: [Music]

this special is my fav so far, reminds me of the old Top Gear so much. probably because its in the UK.

Great cars. I'd drive any of them, especially the Riviera😎

Janko Nilovic is the theme, beautiful song by him :)

I'm British but I have to say these American land yachts were big but they looked fantastic.

I'm going to get Amazon prime, rewatch everything and then this. Just like every time a season comes out. I literally used it for nothing else.

Surprisingly those yachts you guys bought would fit the streets. 🤣🤣🤣

Nothing is better then these three in giant old American cars.

This is like trying to make a great Dane run through those tunnels they use in dog shows

"A Zesty Beverage" 😂🥤

i believe the green Rivera has a car dealership name of roy foss on the boot.if so this car dealership was located in toronto canada where my father from scotland purchased his first north american car a blue pontiac laurentian.what great memories of our fathers cars this brought back

He may like his fast, tight, good handling cars but Clarkson in a Lincoln Continental is an oddly natural sight. Somehow more natural than James in a Cadillac.

The Sound of Hammonds car boiling over is like: "OUCH...HOT,HOT...HELP ME!!"😂😂

I love you guys, I would love to come visit you

I love these cars

Edinburgh streets aren't particularly tight. They were driving up back alleys for comic effect. All a bit forced.

Had the privalige of cooking dinner and breakfast for these three

With how big those cars are, you'd probably have trouble getting around some American cities as well.

@jackpolack3315

2 жыл бұрын

Only Boston

@taylorwest4096

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackpolack3315 San francisco wouldnt be fun either lol

@CoyoteCoop

2 жыл бұрын

@@taylorwest4096 ever watched Bullit?

@fishtacos7350

2 жыл бұрын

@@CoyoteCoop it still wouldn’t be fun.

"No one has ever looked cool by entering by the window" Bo and Luke: *cry in the corner*

Tonight! On Bottom Gear, Richard's wiper is broken! James helps me! And my car door is stuck when im about the get in my car.

love the cars

........I've had lots of American cars....never seen a door fall apart...not even close. In fact, those parts are incredibly well anchored and you'd need lots of time and tools to get that part off. This was theater or a previous (European) owner was in there and half assed the reassembly.