@@kavinsp Yes, he kept it for a little while and then Bentley took it back. The option for Bentley was to dismantle it or kept it in a showcase. Bentley chose to showcase it on their facility.
I buy both of them but I'd sort out the rough edges on the excellent tho and sort the imperfections out even tho I'm not a big fan of Bentleys but I like that one
I don’t usually like yellow cars but I think that evo was pretty and seeing it crashed was horrifying. Not to mention, the evo was one of my childhood dream car 😭
I dont know what happened this car but if Mitsubishi have a museum that should be trying to get their hands on it. Like that Hilux it proves that the Evo was bulletproof
@@eurogaelThe Evo (going from UK road laws) was a write off from the tunnel crash due to how much the chassis was bent during the crash. It's mentioned by a producer or one of the trio in one of the after show clips they put out iirc.
In my mind, it's 1) John from Mongolia 2) the unkillable Hilux 3) The MFB from Madagascar 4) May's EVO from Scandinavia 5) Oliver from Botswana Honorable mentions: A) Hammond's motorcycle from the "Feed the World" special. What a brave and determined little machine that was. B) May's shockingly durable Lotus from the Argentina special. C) Clarkson's Sports Lorry from Burma/Myanmar
the Lancia was a problem child no? it survived to the end sure, but broke down constantly for no good reason the Evo survived 2 events that would have totalled most vehicles
@@crh18 I was going to point that out. The Lancia was a wreck from start to finish, like it even broke down in the starting village... and the only reason Clarkson got it was because it was the only Lancia in the entire country and because he thought that rally pedegree would mean something... which it didn't.
If you're going to name a car from the Botswana Special, Oliver was a better candidate. It only suffered one bad event the whole time while the Lancia and Mercedes had loads of problems.
John: A kit car that took like 3 days to build, never had major mechanical problems once apart from a fuse that blown when the lights turned on and successfully made it to town after like 4 days of driving off road. Mitsubishi Evo: Crashed once in a tunnel injuring James but was working again and bogged down at a frozen lake but successfully made it with the driver’s door and the front bumper missing. Bentley Continental MFB: Is designed specifically for off road terrain in places like Madagascar, comes equipped with a winch, a spare tyre, and two jerry cans. It overheated once but wasn’t lost in the journey like Hammond’s Ford Focus Tank. Right now, the MFB became a response vehicle in Clarkson’s Farm. The Excellent: Used to be the MGD with an MG body on a Land Rover Discovery chassis until it broke apart and replaced with a Mercedes SL body. It has no working instruments apart from a separate speedometer and probably the transmission. It was sold on an auction at 4,000 quid but Clarkson took it back anyways. Fiat 4X4 Panda Sisley: One of James’s favourite cars. It’s light, small, and named “Pepe”.
Honest camaraderie and a great show. Wasn't expecting that Mitsubishi to get through honestly.. did shed a tear for awhile but the end credits was hilarious.
John was built in the middle of nowhere by unqualified old men and still managed to cross the emptiest country on earth and for that the Evo wins the competition
@@anusername8350 - Er no. They are presenters of an entertainment show. The vehicle would have been constructed by the props/production design department (or more likely outsourced to a specialist company). It’s called ‘The Magic of television’. Just ask anyone who’s ever worked in TV production. Still a great show though!
its either the MFB or the Evolution. MFB tackled the harshest road on earth but keeps going on, while keeping the driver comfortable and posh. That Evolution in particular, god has tried to kill it twice, and failed both times.
Thank god the MFB is still in existence at the Bentley Facility on permanent display in a locked glass room for all to see it’s majestic work done by one of the legends of TOP GEAR and The Grand Tour.
The Kit car gets my vote. [add] admittedly, all of those builds are amazing. However, the Mercedes with the Land Rover frame would be very popular in the southern portions of the USA. We did the same thing to Cadillacs.
I would love to see how the breaking on the Bentley was affected. That car has like 10 piston breaks on the front to slow down that monster V8. Jeremy put Golf GTi 3 piston breaks. Im guessing a half a football pitch would be enough to stop that thing 🤣
Do you think we missed any other legendary cars from The Grand Tour? 👀
Nope. You’ve definitely got all of them.
Fuel Port
You did not but Bezos better pay for that Evo repair. That car is the automotive artifact now
Oliver
the ford mondeo
* The "I'm very close to coming out." / "Well we know that, you brought a Jeep." never gets old
Jeremy set himself up 🤣🤣🤣
it’s great
Just like on Top Gear during The News when May went "it's effectively saying: you've given me the kid, now get in the back."
The fact Jeremy still has The Excellence and MFB just shows how much he loves them.
The MFB actually sits on Bentley's facility at the moment. Jeremy wasn't allowed to keep it because it's not road legal.
@@casualanimewatcher5294 He rode it in a farm episode? didn't he?
@@kavinsp U mean drove? And that was on a FARM so not a road!
@@kavinsp Yes, he kept it for a little while and then Bentley took it back. The option for Bentley was to dismantle it or kept it in a showcase. Bentley chose to showcase it on their facility.
I buy both of them but I'd sort out the rough edges on the excellent tho and sort the imperfections out even tho I'm not a big fan of Bentleys but I like that one
James crashing that Evo VIII into that wall is the most haunting memory I have from the trio ever 😭😭
Apart from the Rimac
I don’t usually like yellow cars but I think that evo was pretty and seeing it crashed was horrifying. Not to mention, the evo was one of my childhood dream car 😭
That death road in the Range Rover. As someone's who scared of heights, I would've quit the show.
that as well as the rimac and the dragster that hammond crashed
Japanese cars are unbelievably durable and reliable.
That EVO is truly legendary
much like the Hilux back when they hosted TG
Except for the Toyota 2AZ-FE I4 short blocks. I found out the hard way with my '05 Highlander.
Stop buying German & buy Japanese.
I dont know what happened this car but if Mitsubishi have a museum that should be trying to get their hands on it. Like that Hilux it proves that the Evo was bulletproof
@@eurogaelThe Evo (going from UK road laws) was a write off from the tunnel crash due to how much the chassis was bent during the crash. It's mentioned by a producer or one of the trio in one of the after show clips they put out iirc.
Mitsubishi Evo - The Grand Tour version of Top Gear's Hilux 😆
And the Lancia from the Top Gear Botswana special
They all truly have a passion for the cars and eachother. This is what keeps us coming back after all these years!
In my mind, it's
1) John from Mongolia
2) the unkillable Hilux
3) The MFB from Madagascar
4) May's EVO from Scandinavia
5) Oliver from Botswana
Honorable mentions:
A) Hammond's motorcycle from the "Feed the World" special. What a brave and determined little machine that was.
B) May's shockingly durable Lotus from the Argentina special.
C) Clarkson's Sports Lorry from Burma/Myanmar
come on where's the Hammerhead I-Eagle electric car?
Aren't the hilux and Oliver from top gear, not the grand tour?
@@Geheimnis-c2eDon’t you mean Geoff?
That Evo was a lot like the Lancia from Botswana special
Both give true testimony to tenacity and fortitude
the Lancia was a problem child no? it survived to the end sure, but broke down constantly for no good reason
the Evo survived 2 events that would have totalled most vehicles
@@crh18 I was going to point that out. The Lancia was a wreck from start to finish, like it even broke down in the starting village... and the only reason Clarkson got it was because it was the only Lancia in the entire country and because he thought that rally pedegree would mean something... which it didn't.
Lancia caused troubles to the driver,
The Evo endured troubles caused by the driver.
If you're going to name a car from the Botswana Special, Oliver was a better candidate. It only suffered one bad event the whole time while the Lancia and Mercedes had loads of problems.
10:08 that fistbump. I dont even know bones can make that sound.
"It's a meeting of minds!" *bone cracking, teeth jarring fist bump*
John: A kit car that took like 3 days to build, never had major mechanical problems once apart from a fuse that blown when the lights turned on and successfully made it to town after like 4 days of driving off road.
Mitsubishi Evo: Crashed once in a tunnel injuring James but was working again and bogged down at a frozen lake but successfully made it with the driver’s door and the front bumper missing.
Bentley Continental MFB: Is designed specifically for off road terrain in places like Madagascar, comes equipped with a winch, a spare tyre, and two jerry cans. It overheated once but wasn’t lost in the journey like Hammond’s Ford Focus Tank. Right now, the MFB became a response vehicle in Clarkson’s Farm.
The Excellent: Used to be the MGD with an MG body on a Land Rover Discovery chassis until it broke apart and replaced with a Mercedes SL body. It has no working instruments apart from a separate speedometer and probably the transmission. It was sold on an auction at 4,000 quid but Clarkson took it back anyways.
Fiat 4X4 Panda Sisley: One of James’s favourite cars. It’s light, small, and named “Pepe”.
The joy on Jeremy's face going up that hill was wonderful.
Yellow Evo will be forever the most legendary car in history of his all the grand tours
Honest camaraderie and a great show. Wasn't expecting that Mitsubishi to get through honestly.. did shed a tear for awhile but the end credits was hilarious.
Pepe Panda never fails to amaze me
“Hammond should never be allowed to drive” your not wrong James 😂
You are
then he crashes the evo
@@demarcuscousinsthe65th - That wasn’t Hammond, that was May.
The Mongolia special is still one of my favorite episodes…along with when they played Battleship and got stuck in a time loop xD
These 3 together on any show I would watch!
That Panda really leveled its adversaries.
Top gear and grand tour holds many of my greatest television memories. Iconic.
The sight of James driving the Evo (possibly the coolest car ever) through the tunnel gives me flashbacks of the hot wheels movies! 🤣
Imagine a museum of our folks, with every single car of every season since TG, goosebumps
Mwoah
John was built in the middle of nowhere by unqualified old men and still managed to cross the emptiest country on earth and for that the Evo wins the competition
Good episode but of course it wasn’t really built by them of course.
@@AtheistOrphan it probably was but was checked over by people who knew what they were doing.
@@anusername8350 - Er no. They are presenters of an entertainment show. The vehicle would have been constructed by the props/production design department (or more likely outsourced to a specialist company). It’s called ‘The Magic of television’. Just ask anyone who’s ever worked in TV production. Still a great show though!
its either the MFB or the Evolution.
MFB tackled the harshest road on earth but keeps going on, while keeping the driver comfortable and posh.
That Evolution in particular, god has tried to kill it twice, and failed both times.
Bro, John is unstoppable. I want to own it in real life just because off how cool it is.
Unfortunately it was dismantled afterwards
Everyone needs a car like John in their life 👀 ua-cam.com/video/ALdIMTapuT4/v-deo.html
the evo reminds me of the unkillable Toyota from top gear
That Hilux was on a completely different level though. Totally indestructible.
John will always be my favourite, probably the most reliable car they ever had and they built him their selves
The evo is such an legendary machine. If you have not driven one, you need to.
That Mitsubishi EVO will go down as one of the all time greatest for still driving after all that hell
And tht is exactly why i love Mitsubishi these cars are purely astonishing and have a soul like none other... Well they were* and had*
That EVO is utterly unstoppable
huge fan of that PBR too.. was one the best and my personal favorite GT special
Thank god the MFB is still in existence at the Bentley Facility on permanent display in a locked glass room for all to see it’s majestic work done by one of the legends of TOP GEAR and The Grand Tour.
The Brexit sticker on Pepe the Panda always makes me laugh🤣
They actually managed to build the Kit Car with only one error that was easily fixed: A pair of hydraulic lines for the steering got connected wrong
James Caterham was one of the most impressive things I've ever seen as far as off roading goes
That Evo was chitty chitty bang bang for sure.
Jeremy encouraging John like a proud father
The MFB is the goat. All the posh and luxuries while mudding along.
To be fair, the panda was probably one of the best cars May ever brought to a challenge, not flashy, not powerful, but it gets the job done.
After this episode John at work got it 😂😂😂 “what a machine you are John” 😂😂😂
9:34 Hammond looks so smolllll 😭😭😭
It was amazing when the evo went into the water and they where able to get it out with just trees and straps.
John is just legend 🙌💪
the ONE time May went balls to the wall, he went balls to the wall.
9:20 cracked me up so much😆
Lol yea 🤣
You can keep the MFB, that Evo has character.
Thanks for all the laughs over the years gents!
The clay/mud car from season 1. Could not stop laughing that episode.
Panda is just awesome. And that fist bump just a cherry on top, that Jeremy amazed by her capatibility for such small car
The evo crash is still genuinely shocking
This makes me think a great episode would be one where they all make their own kit cars and then have to do challenges in said cars.
Those Bentley is awesome
I’d get myself the MFB 👍🏻
4:09 Japanese Cars❤🎌😍
i’m biased because evos are my favourite cars but that evo viii is an absolute legend and it deservedly has won many hearts
john: the kit car and that entire special is a masterpiece
I love this show
James crashing that evo gave me so much anxiety the build up in the tunnel is insane.
horse power and aerodynamic body be damned, John is the greatest ATV in the world! Ain't nobody got NOTHIN on John!
The Kit car gets my vote. [add] admittedly, all of those builds are amazing. However, the Mercedes with the Land Rover frame would be very popular in the southern portions of the USA. We did the same thing to Cadillacs.
whyy MR SLOW goes fast HAHAHAHA First time seeing that :D
Love it😂
Miss this fun
I'd buy that MFB if I could, but I'll probably have to settle for the Panda.
Amazing
I would love to see how the breaking on the Bentley was affected.
That car has like 10 piston breaks on the front to slow down that monster V8. Jeremy put Golf GTi 3 piston breaks. Im guessing a half a football pitch would be enough to stop that thing 🤣
Best special in Colombia in the parts that gone cross the bridge... hahahahaha 🤣
@02:38...what happened to the airbags?
Not knowing how the cars are chosen, sometimes I think it's Jeremy trolling James. 4wd Panda and Suzuki; off road Caterham....
The MFB tho 😩
God, I love the MFB
MFB for life❤❤
Tha MFB looks bloody beautiful.
I felt physical pain when James crashed the Evo. Car was a beast tho
Literally the best Bentley hands down
Japanese cars are unbelievably durable and reliable.
Anyone knows the name of the song in the 3:00?
“Fanfare For The Common Man” written way back in 1942 by Aaron Copland.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer did a great cover in 1977.
@@agharries thanks ;)
You're all so great....miss you on top gear
John the Kit Car is the real Excellent, imho, as is the Mongolia special the best episode to date.
I read that after filming, John was sadly scrapped as they couldn’t take him back to the UK.
MFB is my favourite
Now I want a Fiat Panda 4x4...
As long as it's called Pepe, that's the rules.
@@thegrandtour...I'm fine with that!
May’s crash was so unexpected 😂
The Evo is the most impressive car i've seen after John, but MFB is just flex till now
John supremacy 🛐🛐
James' unkillable Evo is a car of royalty like the old unkillable Hilux
I know it isn't a car, but Jezza's PBR should be here.
We think you should produce more episodes and more often. Please?
I legitimately want something similar to the excellent, lifted cars are just cooler than lifted trucks
JAMES MAY WILL NEVER FORGET MADAGASCAR 😂😂😂
The real fear in Billy Connollys eyes at 2:31 😂😂😂 the oh shit look
Now I want a FIAT Panda 4x4, I think if they had sold and imported them into the US, they would have sold like hotcakes, just like the GEO Tracker
Are the guys going to do a good by show to the best ever small car the ford fiesta?
With the Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato and the Porsche 911 Dakar, I think Bentley should make a Continental MFB based on Jeremy's design
there was no stopping john
Unkillable Evo
Lol, glued together by a muppet? ahh, classic.
"I like my car."
"It's shit."
💀
I was hoping for the Porsche 917 and then I remembered it was on Top Gear.