It's not just the good storytelling, he has the real book, the original cars, interviews the protagonists of the time, go to the real places with the real things. Incredible production
Exactly, on the other day, I was watching a BBC group B documentary, and it says he knows himself and the car well and won't push too much if it's impossible. That's really very precious for being in rallying.
@@geetuz Yup and when you combine the two, that is Italian Beauty and German Engineering, you get beautiful, mindblowing, absolutely stunning and jawdropping cars like Lamborghinis
I think he's right, who wouldn't want to get paid to drive the greatest cars in the world? however a lot less of us want all the negative things that come with fame and the loss of personal freedom that entails?
I'm really going to miss Jeremy's voice when he inevitably leaves the automotive scene, he's an icon of the car world, and adds something special to everything he's a part of. He's the Morgan Freeman of cars, I've grown up listening to him, and I doubt anyone can take his place.
honestly, i can ignore that hes a little racist just because i grew up hearing his voice on top gear as a kid and hes such an icon. the day hell be gone will be a day of mourning
“There was nothing in the rules that said you could do this but critically, there was nothing that said you couldn’t.” A common theme in the history of motorsport.
That’s why so many people don’t get F1...moaning about fastest car and boring competition etc etc...it’s all about the brains knowing how to exploit loopholes and bending the rules without breaking them.... Fan car, double diffuser, active suspension, double chassis etc etc etc....the list of F1 tech banned from years gone by is epic....If they were allowed now F1 cars would be very very different beasts.
@@friktionrc if motorsports weren't ruled by politics and money, but instead by pushing the limits, imagine how far automotive engineering would've advanced. Innovation wouldn't have only come in terms of speed and fast lap times, but also safety and entertainment. It feels like motorsport has been becoming more and more stale throughout recent years and teams aren't really encouraged to push their limits. Or maybe I should stop being such a bore, stop constantly comparing present to past and try enjoying things more 🤔
@SurrealTom not at all...I pretty much think along the same lines...thanks to the 'Marketing and PR' lot, the rules are continually changed to produce 'fair' and 'closer' racing to make it look better....despite the exact opposite being true....by creating so many rules racing becomes 'fake' as teams that could have done well are now held back .....thing is , we now have series where money is so ingrained within the sport that even if the rule makers stop changing things, the 'Marketing & PR' set (so advertising, TV deals etc) will not stop flogging rights and any associated prize money. In an ideal world, the money should still be there but the gap between the 1st and last should not be as big as it is...because as has been seen, the big factory teams are always going to win ...and ergo get even more money, whilst the smaller teams (who have equally as good staff) struggle to keep their head above water....I think once a team (any team) comes out with a new invention/design etc...after say the first few races all design plans etc should be shared with all teams. Some can argue that would stop people coming up with ideas, but conversely it will help level the playing field more-so than just bringing out more rules and pegging back the front runners (whoever they may be). As for comparing past to present 😆😆....mate, dont worry loads of fans do that...currently loads compare present day cars and drivers to those from the past...but then back then the teams weren't pegged back by ever changing rules, and were given much more freedom compared to today...I know for a fact, if you take a modern F1 car (including materials, manufacturing processes and tech) and go back in time and offer it to any driver/team they would snap your arm off to have the car....anything that gives them an edge...or in this case obliterate the opposition lol.....I've never made the compariaons, but then thats because I'm weired like that 🤪🤣...but also because very early on I got that there are so many bigger things at play each year/decade (so as mentioned above, change in manufacturing and material technnology, use of IT, social media, driver fitness e.g diets and exercise etc etc etc) so its always wrong to compare...instead just enjoy it for what it is, a sport where the technology is always moving forward....lets just hope the rule makers dont continue down this road of pandering to the 'few' and creating fake racing. 🤞🤞🤞
Can we appreciate how down to earth Walter Roehrl was? How many of us would throw away being able to be a World Champion in Rally just because you dont want to be famous? that's a legend right there for me.
In German he once said "I realized at an early stage that I am able to do something special. But I have never made the mistake to think that I am something special"
@@NickHex You don't understand him, obviously. He was the fastest and by far and is considered the best Rallye driver of all times, winning minutes to others driving in fog for example. Just not a pretentious character.
Minus the coloured facts and made up stories like this story about Lancia tricking the homologation inspection. And now, time to go back to the usual scripted unfunny junk Jeremy has been making for the past two decades.
Was thinking the exact same thing. Clarkson is a great documentary host when he takes it seriously & is passionate about the subject matter. His tired, scripted 'comedy' not so much. Playing to the lowest common denominator allows funding to do these epic tributes though I suppose.
Walter Röhrl might the most German man to ever live "The car might do pretty bad in crashes but I don't plan on crashing" "If I wanted to fly I would be a pilot"
Well, after all he was voted best driver of the millennium. So it wasn’t really a battle between Audi and Lancia, it was a battle between Röhrl and Audi.
He is just a very humble man. Totally down to earth. But in a car....he's a machine...Almost like Freddie Mercury. On stage a giant player, but a soft and quite man in private life.
@@cookiemonsterdayz And Audi wasnt that big these times. And they had a reputation of being made for old people with a hat. Like Opel, Vauxhall or Ford
Btw, Walter Röhrl once said: "For everything above 8 mins on the Nordschleife, I won't put a helmet on" :) He for sure is one of the best drivers or maybe the best driver in the world. Even though Racetracks bored him, he won a lot of races he took part. Just remember IMSA in the Audi Quattros. G He overtook Michael Schumacher in the same Ferrari Michael was driving. Schumi was testing for Ferrari and Walter for a Tyre company. Both didn't know who was in the other car, they figured out when Walter (already retired from racing) passed the actual F1 Champion. I believe it was DTM on the Nordschleife when Walter lapped Johnny Cecotto in a foggy race, then turned of his lights so Cecotto wouldn't be able to foilow him. Nobody has a feeling for the car and the surface like Walter!
@@thomasgotsch4868 he is also still working for Porsche and helps in Development for the High End Sportscars of Porsche like the GT3RS or GT4RS and so on. Imagine Porsche wants to keep you at 75yrs old because you are so good as a driver
The Song at the end where Jeremy says: "And no 2 wheel drive car would ever do that again" is Outer Marker by Cristian Sandquist When Jeremy is about to drive the 037: Ruder Cries by Snow Ghosts And I used to know the track when Audi was developing a family car with 4WD but can't find it in my Spotify list rn.
I would say " the most iconic time in Motorsport", they had over 500Hp, on gravel and snow, 10cm away from a cliff, a tree or a Rock and you are going on full blast everywhere. If they would got the spectators on a safe distance, this would be the best Motorsport in human history. Forget F1, forget Indycar, forget touring cars.
If you look carefully you'll also see several shots in the video illustrating perfectly why it had to end. Crowds would be standing in the middle of the track to move away two seconds before the car went by, or sitting on the outside of a corner when the car went past them sideways at 60mph, 10cm from their face.
@lol shit every Motorsport can kill drivers (at the time of Group B even more), the problem is when you kill spectators...the drivers where always aware of the risk (and are nowadays), if you cant manage the car, dont drive! But if you just wanna watch the show, you dont want to die. So if there would be safety for the spectators i think this could went on. And yes these people were stupid to stand there, but theres a lot of stupid people in the world.
This is how Brits love to depict Italians and Germans, but it's very far from what happened. It's entertainment, not a documentary. Basically 80% of the story told is bullshit, starting with the homologation numbers (it was of 200 cars for Group B. The number had been lowered from the 400 of Group 4 exactly to allow to more mid engined cars, tipycally made in small numbers, to compete. 262 samples of 037 had been manufactured, like 224 Audi Sport Quattro had been manufactured to compete in the 1984 season). Reality is that Audi tried to play the "number game", by bringing more cars than Lancia to the races to make points, (Audi had more cars competing than Lancia in 10 races out of 12. Lancia in one. In one they had the same numbers of cars. Surprised? That's Top Gear for you) but Lancia won easily anyway (It won the championship two races in advance, despite not having competed in two of the previous ones). It had not even been close to be a hard fight.
@@bena3341 When we joke you are right, in reality you obviously don't know Italians. Only for example in a large pasta factory in Switzerland we were changing the lines, a German and an Italian team. When, during the works, the management ordered to change the layout, the German team stopped waiting for a more precise project, the Italian one disassembled, modified, finished the assignment.
"I believe that the greatest gift bestowed on a human being is not beauty, intelligence or wealth. It’s the ability to make a story live. To take a tale and know instinctively what to leave in, what to leave out and when to lie a bit. If you do not have this, then you should learn to shut up." - Jeremy Clarkson And yes, ladies and gentlemen, this video is hell of a storytelling.
Jeremy Clarkson, I don't care what anyone says about him, he's bloody good at telling a story with passion. You look at his WW2 documentaries and the car ones, just awe inspiring, gives me goose pimples when I watch any of his documentaries. Well done Jezza.
@@Madge104 one about the Victoria Cross, one about the audacious British commando raid on St. Nazaire in France (so the tirpitz couldn't have a base on the Atlantic coast, making it almost useless) and a show about the making of the st nazaire documentary (quite interesting, how they did the reconstruction).
I remember when this clip was first broadcast - it was very good. Having watched it close to a dozen times since, I think it is close to automotive perfection. It really showcases Jeremy's skill as a writer and storyteller, regardless of the subject matter. Which is very good
It´s a shame that it´s full of lies and things invented to fit the story... But if you liked the story, good for you. Just do some simple research and you will find many, many things that wont fit the story. Just a few ones: 1-Sweden and West Africa (rallye of Ivory Coast) counted only to the Drivers WC (not for the more important Makes WC). >So, why are they here? 2-In the 1.000 Lakes M.Alen was 3rd and by a very small margin (less than a minute) to the Audi´s. 3-W.Rohrl didnt win at San Remo. M. Allen won it. W.Rorhl was 2nd... He took a 2 minutes penalty for that delaying manouver , but finished 2.09 behind Allen. The usual BS form Clarkson and his mates... But hey, if you like things like this, good for you! I prefer real stories, not this crap!
@@lemon_curry_ Great. It´s just entretainement man! The problem is there are persons that think this was what really happened. There are many people that believe in God, because of clowns like these from Top Gear (and other programs). They tweak reality to what they think is a good story and there are many people that believe them...
@@antoniovarela4444 These are not lies, i've watched it back and for example Clarkson never said that Rörhl won San Remo. You probably just things wrong.
@@vtrmcs Do you know how much it hurts to have coffee out your nose?? I had laughed so hard at that, I burnt the inside of my nose with coffee..........
You wanna more history? Here's some for you and a funny fact. How many Finns have won the championship?.... 1980, 1982 Walter Röhrl (GER) 1981 Ari Vatanen (FIN) 1983 Hannu Mikkola (FIN) 1984 Stig Blomqvist (SWE) 1985 Timo Salonen (FIN) 1986-1987, 1991, 1993 Juha Kankkunen (FIN) 1988-1989 Miki Biasion (ITA) 1990,1992 Carlos Sainz (SPAIN) 1994 Didier Auriol (FR) 1995 Colin McRae (GB) 1996-1999 Tommi Mäkinen (FIN) 2000, 2002 Marcus Grönholm (FIN) Yup! That's a lot in 2 decades and after that few more. You're welcome! 😉😄
@@ccx806 Yup! Damn those French! 😄 Amazing rally car drivers though. But Rovanpera Jnr is the rising star ⭐️ He’s young but already mature driver. Future champion. Mark my words 😉
He's a strange guy though... Imagine being as gifted as he is and not wanting to dominate every other man on the planet in any vehicle you can at any opportunity you can.
Rollin Four Litre, he strikes me as a guy with a number of interests and ambitions. He’s also a man who doesn’t feel a need to prove himself. That’s a good place to be I suppose.
Walter Röhrl might the most German man to ever live "The car might do pretty bad in crashes but I don't plan on crashing" "If I wanted to fly I would be a pilot"
Over the years, Walter Roehrl said a lot of funny things. "If you can see the tree your crash in, your car is understeering. If you only hear it, your car is oversteering".
"So if Lancia was going to win here on gravel, it would all be down to the skill of the driver. And boy, did Walter Röhrl rise to the occasion." 😊😊 The intensity of that statement.
in one german interview Röhrl told the story even more funny: standing next to the lancia, he explains "people said, are you crazy, driving this dangerous car! so look, when you hit a wall at 100km/h, by the time it gets to there (pointing at the where the feet are) it is slowed down to 95km/h." and after a short, dramatic pause continues with a smug grin "well, but i didn't intend to drive it into a wall."
What Audi got: - 4 Wheel Drive monster - Determined drivers - Team boss that can also be a mechanic - Properly organized team - Not so reliable car What Lancia got: - 2 Wheel Drive exotic - Part time driver, picky on the tracks - Playboy team boss with *big brain* - Relaxed team - Miraculously reliable car
The audi was only good because it was the only 4wd car, wasn't a good chassis, good but heavy engine and drivetrain too. Audi entered the quattro in 1980 and 81 championships claimed by the rwd fiat 131 and the Sunbeam Lotus. Hence why the 205 T16 and Lancia Delta S4 (until Henri Toivinen was killed in corsca 86) slaughtered all in 1985 and 86, against the even more powerful and lighter but still poor chassis of the SWB Sport Quattro.
@@theant9821 Mind that in 1981 a Lancia Stratos won a WRC race (the Tour de Corse) for the last time, and that car was unchanged since 1977. While the Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo won World Sportscar Championship for the second time in a row that year. It was an easy guess that a Beta Montecarlo Turbo adapted for rally races could still be competitive.
@@neutronalchemist3241 the stratos was especially well suited to the tight twisting Tour de Corse hence why they kept re entering it for so long. The group 5 monte carlo was a completely different car to the road car as all group 5 cars were. And the 037 was a completely different car to the monte carlo too. The 037 was the first Group B car to be homolgated and was a ground up purpose built rally car that looked similar to a monte carlo and shared the windscreen.
@@theant9821 It shared all the frame, made by Dallara (being a welded steel tubes frame, it could be easily reinforced, and the wheelbase could be easily adapted) and obviously the engine (FIAT Twincam, only turned 90° and supercharged instead of turbocharged). It was not a surprise that it had been much more reliable than the Audi.
@@neutronalchemist3241 the Porsche 935 shared most of the 911 chassis but i don't pretend that the 935 was a 911. Group 5 cars were extensively modified to the point where its not the same car. Group 4 cars were pushing their luck, there a big difference between a group 4 escort and the rs1800 road car.
@@0055Micky 205 T16 was Group B, ended 1986 (which would have been dominated by the faster Delta S4 probably). The Delta Integrale was Group A, started 1987 ;)
The man won the championships -82 with Opel Ascona 400 which is pretty badass, having an accident must have been out of the question. No use preparing for an accident, because if it happens, everyone in the car dies.
@@riiadejaneiro3766 In a way I agree with you... but obviously It is of use telling him if you're a friend or family.. or even colleague .. concerned about his well being. If you're simply a fan of rallying and don't give a shit about a realistic prospect of dying because of a car being dangerous.. you probably end up writing something what you wrote.
@@Thijs-Kuiken i hear you, but i myself drive an ascona b- model, every day to work. In finland, no matter the weather or road conditions so thats how i think about my safety too, no use preparing for an accident, i just better keep the car on the road or everybody in it dies.
I just love Lancia, such beauty, such cunning, and they did it with what they had. They didn't have boundless cash, they had passion, and will. Inspiring.
Forget a Lamborghini, any Ferrari, Porsche, etc, etc, or any other sports car from now or before. If my boyhood dream of having any car I possibly could, could be fulfilled, it would be that one I had on my wall as a poster when I was 10, a Lancia 037. Just sublime.
On both accounts I find it weird how Röhrl's performance at San Remo was emphasised, when Markku Alen won, on Lancia. In fact, across the season, Alen scored 4 times as top Lancia drivers vs Röhrl's 4, while being 3rd in the driver's champ at 100 points vs. Röhrl's 102 at 2nd place. And it's not because he was somehow a nameless driver, being a world champion, and holding the record for most stage wins until Loeb overtook him in 2011.
The editing, the narrating of the whole video, the music that fits every scene. Its the best video that i have seen. Plus its Clarkson that does the talking so its much better
You may not like it, but its a real car show, while top gear with the three was a messing around show, as much as I loved it, just have to face the facts I guess.
A lot has been said about J.C, but when it comes to make a curious history into a big one, there is no one better. BTW, shame for FCA for dumping Lancia.
FCA has too many car brands that it doesn't know what to do with them. To me, Fiat should only be about every day cars Lancia should be performance cars Alfa Romeo should be luxury cars Maserati should be higher end luxury cars. And I haven't even touched Peugeot yet!
@@tiadaid Fiat, Citroën - mainstream comfy and with respective quirks Peugeot - sportier look (like Seat compared to VW) and GT cars Opel - conservative design and practical approach to layout (like Skoda). Also Chinese market.
FCA is a disaster they destroy Alfa Romeo and Lancia Factory and all Abarth development laboratory ..Fiat is a criminal group with stupid peoples without love and passion for cars and they will fail in their shit projects.
it will be because they used a piece of copywritten music for the end of the video and a claim has been made on it on youtube. So you have the option to either take down the video or mute the section with the music. Likely they chose to mute it so the video wouldnt lose its views/they didnt want to re edit the video
Keeichi Tsuchiya the drift king takes that crown imo. Rally is arguably harder than endurance GT racing but the man invented drifting, sparked a whole racing series and culture, hosted the worlds best automotive show Best motoring and Hot version Togue showdown (you can argue about it but go and show me an english show which puts 4+ expensive cars on a track side by side and just rolls the cameras, I have yet to see something as good as the togue showdown aswell, imo Chris Harris is the only one who made comparabily exciting automotive journalism). A legendary GT racing driver aswell. Röhrl is a rally legend, legendary testdriver. Imo Tsuchiya is more than that. His racing career, his effort to create drifting competitions, his automotive journalism career, each of these would make him a legend.
@@アマ-p2l see the problem with that is, most motorsport fans don’t really care about drifting. I remember my first and only time watching a drifting championship, very cool and immense skill. Gets extremely boring by the 5th time.
@@Jupa Yup but Tsuchiya is also a successful GT racing driver, a TV personality (car show host, testdriver), someone who brought culture into the automotive scene. Röhrl barely has relevant videos on youtube except for ancient onboards which are only 1 minute long or so... he might be the better driver but that's it. Meanwhile Tsuchiya is teaching unexperienced drivers how to control their car and inspiring them to care about driving. Röhrl is just being used as a marketing person by VWAG, and most of the videos created by that partnership are really worthless while every single car show Tsuchiya hosted is a must-watch, he can literally get me excited about driving 60hp cars. What I'm saying is they are both legendary drivers but one of them invests all of his time into automotive journalism and motorsports and Röhrl just does marketing for VWAG to get money. Since Tsuchiya contributed 10 times as much to the hobby he deserves the crown, Röhrl is "just" the best at his own motorsports category, just like Senna is.
Oh, how I remember those days. Walter Rohrl is the Senna of the rallying world. Arguably the greatest motorsport driver of all time. To win the driver's title in 1982 in a two wheel drive naturally aspirated Opel Ascona against the Audi is a greater achievement still. Very naturally gifted and a great attitude, no wonder Porsche employed him.
Yes, Audi was a real embarrassment and total failure, while companies like Opel, Lancia and then Peugeot easily bested them even with a fraction of the budget and no technological advantage tricks pre-planned for years. I mean what a loser Audi and Volkswagen have to be as companies and what junk that Audi has to be to lose even with the advantage of 4WD and that budget!!
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Did you delete your reply to me or something? I can see you replied, and I can read your reply, but whenever I click to reply it disappears. And I can't see your reply when looking through these threads.
I bought my first Lancia for £75, it was a beaten up 1978 Beta coupe 1300. it was rusty, it was old, but it was so much fun to drive! I blew the engine up, I rebuilt the engine, and kept driving it until I inevitably crashed it. That started a trail of car ownership which defied all common sense... Beta Coupe 2000, Delta 1500, Delta HF Turbo i.e., Dedra 1.8ie, Dedra 2.0 i.e. Turbo. And I loved driving every single one of them, especially the two Turbos! I drove the Dedra 1.8ie all the way from UK to Italy once, and got a photo of it parking in Via Vincenzo Lancia in Turin with the Lancia office building right behind it.
6:50 "People standing in front of your house and ... eh ... I dont like that". 9:55 "If you had an accident, it might be the last accident you'll ever have. And I answer ... listen I'm not plannig to have an accident" 15:05 "I didn't like to go to Finland because .. I .. I .. eh I don't like jumps. Because you know .. if I want to fly .. I would be a pilot" 18:00 "Driving a Lancia .. it's a perfect thing. Because it doing exactly what you want .. it's like .. like my ... my shoe! It fits so perfectly" Give this man a medal
Lancia in my opinion made the best hatch of all times, the Delta Integrale EVO. Sure the VW Golf was extremely popular but the Delta was where its all at. The Delta was so strong back then it was faster than a freakin Ferrari from the same year. Lancia has so many history in rally its ashame we never gonna see them again making modern cars for that.
The Peugeot 205 TI put it to shame...It was better in every aspect! and BTW, of course the Lancia was faster than a Ferrari, it had Ferrari engines and it was lighter...Duhhh...
@@hugosequeira2997 the engine in Lancia S4 was twin charged 1750cc 4 cillinder, making between 450-1000hp in the 80s 🤯 😂 Ferrari engines where different :)
Having owned superb examples of both the quattro UR and Delta, the Lancia was soooo much nicer to drive and, actually handled whereas, the Audi just didn't, felt like a ferry in comparison.
Mister Clarkson is a person that speaks true n honestly about cars, that’s why i have great respect for this person, sports cars enthusiast from Los Angeles.
@@iehen. What’s your proof to show? Or how you want me believe you if you don’t have anything to bring on the table, do you even have auto education? Do you have experience in auto industry?
@@suzukiyakudze2131 his hyperbolic narration is not accurate, never was. Top Gear was funny but it was full of scripted dialogues, fake incidents, fake malfunctions. BTW you are free to believe in everything he says here..the playboy team boss..the cardboard rollbar..the cheating etc
Only Lancia had the balls to put a 2 wheel drive car against the mighty Quattro knowing it was in with a real chance. As for the 037 it's in the top 3 most stunning rally cars ever conceived, the others being the Fulvia and the Stratos.
And do it with a driver they knew beforehand he would firmly refuse to take part in many important rallies ... another hint of how big of a role Walter Röhrl played in the whole success.
@@Duomaxwell02MI had a second hand Lancia Delta HF Turbo but unfortunately for me was not the Lancia Delta Integrale. Not enough money at that time. 😢
3:07 this montage of the 037 made me fall in love with that car instantly. I don't get goosebumps often, but that beautiful car along with the perfect choice of music did it for me.
Game changer indeed. It changed Lancia to become the greatest of all ever, with Delta. The ultimate rally car, that finally, unfortunately, ended the golden era of rallying (Group B).
I love the battle between Röhrl and Mouton, because she wanted to make a statement as a female ralley driver and he was like "so you say the faster i win, the faster i can go home?"
@@piergiorgioleuzzi158 There is no timestamp, I was making a reference to the 1994 Street Fighter movie, in which a female character confronts the big antagonist over some questionable things he had done several years prior and he says "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. For me, it was Tuesday.".
This, the Ford Vs Ferrari section and the Jim Clark section were by far the best parts of the Grand Tour. It was them doing what they do best, delivering information in a fun and interesting way. Not every line was trying to be a joke, which I found to be an issue with the rest of the Grand Tour but those segments were a return to form.
"There's nothing in the rules saying you can, but there's also no rule saying you can't." [Smokey Yunick smiles from whatever afterlife he ended up in]
@Crixy M - don’t forget that the story you’ve just watched, or the Stratos, or the Delta, wouldn’t happen without Fiat, they owned Lancia since 1969. To be frank, Lancia was never a huge performer in motorsports before they were bought out by Fiat...
Probably better to leave Lancia in the past. Today’s world wouldn’t be kind to them with the technology in cars and everyone been pushed towards electric cars.
Ben jij het eens met Jeremy zijn favoriete rally?
Hey it's the racist douche bag. I wonder when was the last time he referred to someone as slope.
@@TheLogitech91 yeah i like that rally too
@@leendert1696 Good Luck
echt mooie auto's 😍
Ja, nu 100%
It's not just the good storytelling, he has the real book, the original cars, interviews the protagonists of the time, go to the real places with the real things. Incredible production
A shame that is full of lies, facts that dont have no interess, and fake results... The usual Clarkson et all, way of doing things. Nothing new!
@@antoniovarela4444 what lies?
@@antoniovarela4444 Did you make anything better than him?
except for those 200 hondas😔😔😀
@@antoniovarela4444 So tell us, where he's lying. There are plenty of sources for what he's telling.
This was pure gold storytelling
wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than the Grand Tour garbage..
@@Alistair This IS Grand Tour :P
Yes brilliant
Now its time for good movie based on this history, better than Ford and Ferrari battle
"This was pure gold storytelling" - Yes it was. Editing, humour, pacing - even Clarkeson added to it.
"Listen... I am not planning to have an accident." "If I want to fly I would be a pilot" This Walter Rohl guy is gold
Best rallye driver of all times: I want to be a normal man, not something special.
Exactly, on the other day, I was watching a BBC group B documentary, and it says he knows himself and the car well and won't push too much if it's impossible. That's really very precious for being in rallying.
and quite a sexist
What a legend
not a matter of if you will crash but when..
The Audi Quattro is a master work of engineering, but the Lancia 037 is a work of art.
It couldnt have been better put my friend, well done.
Sums up Germans and Italians really doesn't it 😁
yep, you could say that. Typical germans and italians too
Lancia
@@geetuz Yup and when you combine the two, that is Italian Beauty and German Engineering, you get beautiful, mindblowing, absolutely stunning and jawdropping cars like Lamborghinis
Now I want documentary series on rally history by Jeremy.
Yeah !
It would be epic
It would be fuckin awesome
Yes pls!
@@joe125ful HE did some for the bbc
“People stand in front of your house ...And, I don’t like”
-Walter Rohrl’s extreme wit
Just to be clear, he is definetly not stupid. He just can't articulate his thoughts better than that in english. xd
@@EmilParkour I never said he’s stupid... he’s literally my favorite rally driver!
I think he's right, who wouldn't want to get paid to drive the greatest cars in the world? however a lot less of us want all the negative things that come with fame and the loss of personal freedom that entails?
@@fiveowaf454 so can we say it loud?
HE IS THE STIG!!!
@@ilgeometradicampagna9862 It would have been the perfect job for him.
I'm really going to miss Jeremy's voice when he inevitably leaves the automotive scene, he's an icon of the car world, and adds something special to everything he's a part of. He's the Morgan Freeman of cars, I've grown up listening to him, and I doubt anyone can take his place.
Right? I just got sad thinking of it.
The electric wheelchair scene will be next for him.
Maybe we leave first
honestly, i can ignore that hes a little racist just because i grew up hearing his voice on top gear as a kid and hes such an icon. the day hell be gone will be a day of mourning
I think you speak for a lot of us.
-How many times have you rewatched this?
-Yes
For real, it's addicting. It made me start watching rally.
Like ten times at least
one of the best bits of rally media ever made, this video will always be a good time
At least 15 times. Plus sharing with very many people 😅
One of Jeremy's best ever short-doco review. Audi, Lancia, Group B, iconic engineers and drivers.. a dream review.
222° !!
This and the Sena tribute were fantastic. His documentary about operation market garden is great too.
yo quiero un jeremy
“There was nothing in the rules that said you could do this but critically, there was nothing that said you couldn’t.”
A common theme in the history of motorsport.
That’s why so many people don’t get F1...moaning about fastest car and boring competition etc etc...it’s all about the brains knowing how to exploit loopholes and bending the rules without breaking them....
Fan car, double diffuser, active suspension, double chassis etc etc etc....the list of F1 tech banned from years gone by is epic....If they were allowed now F1 cars would be very very different beasts.
@@friktionrc if motorsports weren't ruled by politics and money, but instead by pushing the limits, imagine how far automotive engineering would've advanced. Innovation wouldn't have only come in terms of speed and fast lap times, but also safety and entertainment. It feels like motorsport has been becoming more and more stale throughout recent years and teams aren't really encouraged to push their limits. Or maybe I should stop being such a bore, stop constantly comparing present to past and try enjoying things more 🤔
@SurrealTom not at all...I pretty much think along the same lines...thanks to the 'Marketing and PR' lot, the rules are continually changed to produce 'fair' and 'closer' racing to make it look better....despite the exact opposite being true....by creating so many rules racing becomes 'fake' as teams that could have done well are now held back .....thing is , we now have series where money is so ingrained within the sport that even if the rule makers stop changing things, the 'Marketing & PR' set (so advertising, TV deals etc) will not stop flogging rights and any associated prize money. In an ideal world, the money should still be there but the gap between the 1st and last should not be as big as it is...because as has been seen, the big factory teams are always going to win ...and ergo get even more money, whilst the smaller teams (who have equally as good staff) struggle to keep their head above water....I think once a team (any team) comes out with a new invention/design etc...after say the first few races all design plans etc should be shared with all teams. Some can argue that would stop people coming up with ideas, but conversely it will help level the playing field more-so than just bringing out more rules and pegging back the front runners (whoever they may be).
As for comparing past to present 😆😆....mate, dont worry loads of fans do that...currently loads compare present day cars and drivers to those from the past...but then back then the teams weren't pegged back by ever changing rules, and were given much more freedom compared to today...I know for a fact, if you take a modern F1 car (including materials, manufacturing processes and tech) and go back in time and offer it to any driver/team they would snap your arm off to have the car....anything that gives them an edge...or in this case obliterate the opposition lol.....I've never made the compariaons, but then thats because I'm weired like that 🤪🤣...but also because very early on I got that there are so many bigger things at play each year/decade (so as mentioned above, change in manufacturing and material technnology, use of IT, social media, driver fitness e.g diets and exercise etc etc etc) so its always wrong to compare...instead just enjoy it for what it is, a sport where the technology is always moving forward....lets just hope the rule makers dont continue down this road of pandering to the 'few' and creating fake racing. 🤞🤞🤞
Exactly, you see that everywhere just looking at F1 Mercedes team last year lol.
A must do thing in any competition and money making.
This is Clarkson at his very best , his documentary style of program is secomd to none
Mistificatore della realtà...lancia praticamente non è più un'azienda indipendente e non può abiettare!!!
Spot on
Yet he's still a tool
@@Roger_Ramjet what do you expect ...
he was in his element he needs to do more of these type of projects
Can we appreciate how down to earth Walter Roehrl was? How many of us would throw away being able to be a World Champion in Rally just because you dont want to be famous? that's a legend right there for me.
"If I want to fly, I would be a pilot"
if you dont have to urge to win, you arent a racing driver
@@NickHex Dudes literally one of the fastest dudes to ever drive a car but aight
In German he once said "I realized at an early stage that I am able to do something special. But I have never made the mistake to think that I am something special"
@@NickHex You don't understand him, obviously. He was the fastest and by far and is considered the best Rallye driver of all times, winning minutes to others driving in fog for example. Just not a pretentious character.
"No 2 wheel drive car would ever do that again...."
Literal chills and heavy respect.
Im going this year to a car meet in Austria maybe there will be 037 Lancia. I hope so
Even that year no one would have thought that Lancia even had a chance at the championship.
@@sikckaputten yes and the way it looks i would love to see it in real life and photo it because im car photogarpher but not a pro im 15 years old :)
Well... In a way, dakar is a Rally
@@lenartsparovec5157 Which car meet is it? Damn, I might go as well ;-)
This is what a car show should be.
where are they now?
Correction: This WAS what a car show should be, thanks to Jeffy Bezos.
@@mjt-ew8rs on Amazon
Minus the coloured facts and made up stories like this story about Lancia tricking the homologation inspection. And now, time to go back to the usual scripted unfunny junk Jeremy has been making for the past two decades.
Was thinking the exact same thing. Clarkson is a great documentary host when he takes it seriously & is passionate about the subject matter. His tired, scripted 'comedy' not so much. Playing to the lowest common denominator allows funding to do these epic tributes though I suppose.
I've watched this like 15 times. I cant get enough. It is magical.
Thought it was just me🤣
Same
It could almost be converted into a documentary or movie.
I am on my 3rd and i will catch up to you...
Senna tribute episode done by him was also excellent
The Lancia gave me chills, even without it moving, it has an aura of greatness about it
Exactly that! So beautiful and intimidating at the same time.
It’s like a mechanical tiger.
It's the great white of rally.
Yea. Saw delta integrale evo few months ago and it gave me chill
@@alessiofeBeautiful way to put it
Walter Röhrl might the most German man to ever live
"The car might do pretty bad in crashes but I don't plan on crashing"
"If I wanted to fly I would be a pilot"
... and he actually IS a pilot too!
@@burlatsdemontaigne6147 a smart man chooses the right tool for the job :)
Give this man a trophy... Well, what does it means he don't want trophies?
Well, after all he was voted best driver of the millennium. So it wasn’t really a battle between Audi and Lancia, it was a battle between Röhrl and Audi.
@Kapillar Piero I feel like too few people know him here though
It's always Schuhmacher this Vettel that
Röhr after winning the championship:
*damnit.*
He is just a very humble man. Totally down to earth. But in a car....he's a machine...Almost like Freddie Mercury. On stage a giant player, but a soft and quite man in private life.
@@cookiemonsterdayz The German Jim Clark
Legend
@@clutchnorris3892 Now that, friend... is high praise indeed!
@@cookiemonsterdayz And Audi wasnt that big these times. And they had a reputation of being made for old people with a hat. Like Opel, Vauxhall or Ford
RIP Hannu Mikkola. One of the greatest drivers of rallying!
Yeah, he was great
Oh damn hes dead sad
Father of the rallye Motorsport. I have huge respect for this man.
the real flying finn
February 2021, I didn’t know till now.
Btw, Walter Röhrl once said: "For everything above 8 mins on the Nordschleife, I won't put a helmet on" :)
He for sure is one of the best drivers or maybe the best driver in the world. Even though Racetracks bored him, he won a lot of races he took part. Just remember IMSA in the Audi Quattros.
G
He overtook Michael Schumacher in the same Ferrari Michael was driving. Schumi was testing for Ferrari and Walter for a Tyre company. Both didn't know who was in the other car, they figured out when Walter (already retired from racing) passed the actual F1 Champion.
I believe it was DTM on the Nordschleife when Walter lapped Johnny Cecotto in a foggy race, then turned of his lights so Cecotto wouldn't be able to foilow him.
Nobody has a feeling for the car and the surface like Walter!
Walter is a living Legend. And a verry nice Person. Allways on the Ground. And with age of 75, he is still fast in every Car.
@@thomasgotsch4868 he is also still working for Porsche and helps in Development for the High End Sportscars of Porsche like the GT3RS or GT4RS and so on. Imagine Porsche wants to keep you at 75yrs old because you are so good as a driver
@@supmo68 recenlty saw him in a vlog with Misha. They were on some winter track drifting in the RS3
Walter is good, but Senna is way better. Senna is top.
@@dui8Nah senna's not on top, he's at least six feet below
These guys really know how to tell a story, James telling Le Mans 1966 was absolutely terrific, this is definitely up there
Hammond telling the legend of Jim Clark
And the senna tribute
Whoever mixed the soundtrack for this on the show deserves an emmy
Edit: Ben Featherstone you legend
..any idea of the soundtracks?
@@ilmitodiorfeo .
@@ilmitodiorfeo maybe this one u mean Deadly Avenger - Broken Arrow (The Grand Tour)
@@antaras1949 cheers mate, that's the one. Pure 80s vibes
The Song at the end where Jeremy says: "And no 2 wheel drive car would ever do that again" is Outer Marker by Cristian Sandquist
When Jeremy is about to drive the 037: Ruder Cries by Snow Ghosts
And I used to know the track when Audi was developing a family car with 4WD but can't find it in my Spotify list rn.
And this is why people fell in love with the group B era.
Still to this day Group B will ever remain the most iconic time in rally history.
I think it's in third position, after the Alpine/Fulvia era and the Stratos era
For real
I would say " the most iconic time in Motorsport", they had over 500Hp, on gravel and snow, 10cm away from a cliff, a tree or a Rock and you are going on full blast everywhere. If they would got the spectators on a safe distance, this would be the best Motorsport in human history. Forget F1, forget Indycar, forget touring cars.
If you look carefully you'll also see several shots in the video illustrating perfectly why it had to end. Crowds would be standing in the middle of the track to move away two seconds before the car went by, or sitting on the outside of a corner when the car went past them sideways at 60mph, 10cm from their face.
@lol shit every Motorsport can kill drivers (at the time of Group B even more), the problem is when you kill spectators...the drivers where always aware of the risk (and are nowadays), if you cant manage the car, dont drive! But if you just wanna watch the show, you dont want to die. So if there would be safety for the spectators i think this could went on. And yes these people were stupid to stand there, but theres a lot of stupid people in the world.
037, a masterpiece. Delta, the best and most iconic of all. Stratos, the absolute beast. Period.
And Lancia is _still_ the constructor with the best statistical performance. *_Despite having withdrawn from the WRC almost 30 years ago._*
Yes
Lancia Stratos manages to still look futuristic in 2023 despite being designed in the 1970's, similar to Lamborghini Countach
Lancia Stratos manages to still look futuristic in 2023 despite being designed in the 1970's, similar to Lamborghini Countach
This is a masterpiece. Gives me chills every time. Plus, I'm Italian, and I see how perfectly this film describes Italian v German approach to things.
This is how Brits love to depict Italians and Germans, but it's very far from what happened. It's entertainment, not a documentary.
Basically 80% of the story told is bullshit, starting with the homologation numbers (it was of 200 cars for Group B. The number had been lowered from the 400 of Group 4 exactly to allow to more mid engined cars, tipycally made in small numbers, to compete. 262 samples of 037 had been manufactured, like 224 Audi Sport Quattro had been manufactured to compete in the 1984 season).
Reality is that Audi tried to play the "number game", by bringing more cars than Lancia to the races to make points, (Audi had more cars competing than Lancia in 10 races out of 12. Lancia in one. In one they had the same numbers of cars. Surprised? That's Top Gear for you) but Lancia won easily anyway (It won the championship two races in advance, despite not having competed in two of the previous ones). It had not even been close to be a hard fight.
@@neutronalchemist3241 holy shit. you're commenting this everywhere. lol
@@f1lover63 Well, it made the Italians look like they were cheating, which lets face it, hardly stretches the bounds of imagination.
The German approach of working hard, being organised and having technical innovation and the Italian approach of cheating to win.
@@bena3341 When we joke you are right, in reality you obviously don't know Italians.
Only for example in a large pasta factory in Switzerland we were changing the lines, a German and an Italian team. When, during the works, the management ordered to change the layout, the German team stopped waiting for a more precise project, the Italian one disassembled, modified, finished the assignment.
"I believe that the greatest gift bestowed on a human being is not beauty, intelligence or wealth. It’s the ability to make a story live. To take a tale and know instinctively what to leave in, what to leave out and when to lie a bit. If you do not have this, then you should learn to shut up." - Jeremy Clarkson
And yes, ladies and gentlemen, this video is hell of a storytelling.
that good at storytelling, he made me want to watch a series about farming...Bingewatched it in one weekend
Well that makes sense, given the fact that the "400 road cars" story is false as only 200 road car versions had to be built for Group B
Jeremy Clarkson, I don't care what anyone says about him, he's bloody good at telling a story with passion. You look at his WW2 documentaries and the car ones, just awe inspiring, gives me goose pimples when I watch any of his documentaries. Well done Jezza.
He has ww2 docs? :o
@@Madge104 u can find a list of his documentaries on his Wikipedia page
Yes
@@Madge104 one about the Victoria Cross, one about the audacious British commando raid on St. Nazaire in France (so the tirpitz couldn't have a base on the Atlantic coast, making it almost useless) and a show about the making of the st nazaire documentary (quite interesting, how they did the reconstruction).
Yeah Ant is right, those docs are awesome and a tribute to the guys during the ops, 10000% worth watching👍
I remember when this clip was first broadcast - it was very good. Having watched it close to a dozen times since, I think it is close to automotive perfection. It really showcases Jeremy's skill as a writer and storyteller, regardless of the subject matter. Which is very good
It´s a shame that it´s full of lies and things invented to fit the story... But if you liked the story, good for you. Just do some simple research and you will find many, many things that wont fit the story. Just a few ones:
1-Sweden and West Africa (rallye of Ivory Coast) counted only to the Drivers WC (not for the more important Makes WC). >So, why are they here?
2-In the 1.000 Lakes M.Alen was 3rd and by a very small margin (less than a minute) to the Audi´s.
3-W.Rohrl didnt win at San Remo. M. Allen won it. W.Rorhl was 2nd... He took a 2 minutes penalty for that delaying manouver , but finished 2.09 behind Allen.
The usual BS form Clarkson and his mates...
But hey, if you like things like this, good for you! I prefer real stories, not this crap!
@@antoniovarela4444 fake or not, i really dont care.
@@lemon_curry_ Great. It´s just entretainement man! The problem is there are persons that think this was what really happened. There are many people that believe in God, because of clowns like these from Top Gear (and other programs). They tweak reality to what they think is a good story and there are many people that believe them...
@@antoniovarela4444 These are not lies, i've watched it back and for example Clarkson never said that Rörhl won San Remo. You probably just things wrong.
@@lemon_curry_ Yeah, it still presented the important bits in a very digestible and interesting manner, which is what I’m here for.
Clarkson is like David Attenborough, but for cars, love them both
It's true, sometimes you can feel the cars want to mate with him.
@@vtrmcs LOL
@@vtrmcs this
@@vtrmcs Do you know how much it hurts to have coffee out your nose?? I had laughed so hard at that, I burnt the inside of my nose with coffee..........
I had this same thought when watching.
Seriously the most engaging bit of motorsport television I have ever seen.
WR: " ... listen ... I'm not planning to have an accident ... "
Like a boss.
like me after 10 accidents :D
he is the boss!
Accidents are never planned though. But yes, he was ballsy.
he rally in control track.. not going into jungle with no help...
grande walter rorhl
That Lancia 037 is just a breath exhaled by the soul. It is such a brilliant good looking car.
The Fulvia was lovely
The 037 was great
The Stratos was fantastic
The Delta S4 was the real beast
The integrale was superb
Pretty suscessful company
Second hand shit.
@@topivaltanen4432 Your brain ?
And now they're a bigger laughing stock than Peugeot
This 20-ish minute video has got all of me interested in the whole WRC history
You wanna more history? Here's some for you and a funny fact. How many Finns have won the championship?....
1980, 1982 Walter Röhrl (GER)
1981 Ari Vatanen (FIN)
1983 Hannu Mikkola (FIN)
1984 Stig Blomqvist (SWE)
1985 Timo Salonen (FIN)
1986-1987, 1991, 1993 Juha Kankkunen (FIN)
1988-1989 Miki Biasion (ITA)
1990,1992 Carlos Sainz (SPAIN)
1994 Didier Auriol (FR)
1995 Colin McRae (GB)
1996-1999 Tommi Mäkinen (FIN)
2000, 2002 Marcus Grönholm (FIN)
Yup! That's a lot in 2 decades and after that few more.
You're welcome! 😉😄
@@Warjah104 finns are awesome!
@@Warjah104 if you want to win, employ a finn
@@Warjah104 ...and then came the Sebastiens...
@@ccx806 Yup! Damn those French! 😄 Amazing rally car drivers though. But Rovanpera Jnr is the rising star ⭐️ He’s young but already mature driver. Future champion. Mark my words 😉
"And boy, did Walter Röhrl rise to the occasion" and seeing the Lancia drive so fluently gives me goosebumps. What a peace of filming this is
Walther Röhrl...
There are so many stories about this enigmatic man.
He's a strange guy though... Imagine being as gifted as he is and not wanting to dominate every other man on the planet in any vehicle you can at any opportunity you can.
@@Rollin8.0 I´d bet he has aspergers... my brother has it and the similarities are overwhelming
@@Gollas4k I guess so, too. He already has a photographic memory.
Rollin Four Litre, he strikes me as a guy with a number of interests and ambitions. He’s also a man who doesn’t feel a need to prove himself. That’s a good place to be I suppose.
A truly great driver drivers everywhere and wins it all.
It's hard to beat any Lancia in a Martini Livery!!
Amin!
True... If you gave me a baseball bat and told me to beat it.. I wouldnt be able to really. ^^
@@tim1polman I would if I would get the Audi for that
Extreme agreed!
@Legio XXI Rapax oh really? Let's try that in Sweden 😉
Kudos to Clarkson for wearing the same winter coat in every location.
Continuity is underrated.
Having the actual drivers and bosses from the era in the film just makes this beyond epic.
The 037 looks absolutely gorgeous
Yep
@Connor Eyestone when ever I see it, it makes me happy☘️🍀
@Connor Eyestone Can't say I'm far off from that, it's just a looker.
...and a dream to drive.
@Rude Shiro Oh you mean one of the most gorgeous handguns ever adopted by any defense force?
only JC can bring grown men half to tears with his storytelling abilities.
"With our speed it's just like holiday."
-Walter Röhrl
aveva ragione differenza abissale tra la lancia 037 e l'audi quattro ..la lancia 037 di un altro pianeta sotto tutti i punti di vista
Walter Röhrl might the most German man to ever live
"The car might do pretty bad in crashes but I don't plan on crashing"
"If I wanted to fly I would be a pilot"
He did not remember the word "joyride" for the german word "Spazierfahrt". :)
Over the years, Walter Roehrl said a lot of funny things. "If you can see the tree your crash in, your car is understeering. If you only hear it, your car is oversteering".
ultimate flex
"So if Lancia was going to win here on gravel, it would all be down to the skill of the driver. And boy, did Walter Röhrl rise to the occasion." 😊😊 The intensity of that statement.
A shame that is a lie, because who won that rallye was Markku Alen...
Yes, but actually, Marku Alen won that rally, Rohrl came 2nd.
Yes, and?
@@jurajkaplan5523 Alen really got no respect in this documentary. LOL He is just as much of a legend as Walter is.
@@DropkickNationthe fact Is Röhrl Is the senna of rally
in one german interview Röhrl told the story even more funny: standing next to the lancia, he explains "people said, are you crazy, driving this dangerous car! so look, when you hit a wall at 100km/h, by the time it gets to there (pointing at the where the feet are) it is slowed down to 95km/h."
and after a short, dramatic pause continues with a smug grin "well, but i didn't intend to drive it into a wall."
Ja. Walter war schon immer etwas verrückt...
What Audi got:
- 4 Wheel Drive monster
- Determined drivers
- Team boss that can also be a mechanic
- Properly organized team
- Not so reliable car
What Lancia got:
- 2 Wheel Drive exotic
- Part time driver, picky on the tracks
- Playboy team boss with *big brain*
- Relaxed team
- Miraculously reliable car
The audi was only good because it was the only 4wd car, wasn't a good chassis, good but heavy engine and drivetrain too.
Audi entered the quattro in 1980 and 81 championships claimed by the rwd fiat 131 and the Sunbeam Lotus.
Hence why the 205 T16 and Lancia Delta S4 (until Henri Toivinen was killed in corsca 86) slaughtered all in 1985 and 86, against the even more powerful and lighter but still poor chassis of the SWB Sport Quattro.
@@theant9821 Mind that in 1981 a Lancia Stratos won a WRC race (the Tour de Corse) for the last time, and that car was unchanged since 1977. While the Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo won World Sportscar Championship for the second time in a row that year. It was an easy guess that a Beta Montecarlo Turbo adapted for rally races could still be competitive.
@@neutronalchemist3241 the stratos was especially well suited to the tight twisting Tour de Corse hence why they kept re entering it for so long.
The group 5 monte carlo was a completely different car to the road car as all group 5 cars were.
And the 037 was a completely different car to the monte carlo too. The 037 was the first Group B car to be homolgated and was a ground up purpose built rally car that looked similar to a monte carlo and shared the windscreen.
@@theant9821 It shared all the frame, made by Dallara (being a welded steel tubes frame, it could be easily reinforced, and the wheelbase could be easily adapted) and obviously the engine (FIAT Twincam, only turned 90° and supercharged instead of turbocharged). It was not a surprise that it had been much more reliable than the Audi.
@@neutronalchemist3241 the Porsche 935 shared most of the 911 chassis but i don't pretend that the 935 was a 911. Group 5 cars were extensively modified to the point where its not the same car. Group 4 cars were pushing their luck, there a big difference between a group 4 escort and the rs1800 road car.
...and then, Lancia just move to the four-wheels drive cars winning whatever is possible with the Delta Integrale, the unbeaten Rally Queen
Indeed
205 Ti16 says "Hi"
@@0055Micky 205 T16 was Group B, ended 1986 (which would have been dominated by the faster Delta S4 probably). The Delta Integrale was Group A, started 1987 ;)
Even though the rally programme was killed by parent FIAT,the Lancia record remains unbeaten.
the s4....monster, but not lucky
Walter Röhrl has to be most infuriantingly modest person to ever walk the planet… such an awesome person!!
"I am not planning on having an accident"
Giga Chad is German
Jeremy: "I've got abit of a soft spot for all old Lancias"
Trashes Lancia in Botswana
First thing I thought of
only because he kind of had to, and besides, he brought it back to life so many times when he could've just left it there
Well it was a beta. And betas were not the best lancias to say the absolute least
Rightfully so tho for that car.
@@ejej3000 well if i had to choose between old half-broken Lancia and The Beetle, i would say the choice is obvious
"I am not planning to have an accident" that sounded so bad-ass..
The man won the championships -82 with Opel Ascona 400 which is pretty badass, having an accident must have been out of the question.
No use preparing for an accident, because if it happens, everyone in the car dies.
@@riiadejaneiro3766 In a way I agree with you... but obviously It is of use telling him if you're a friend or family.. or even colleague .. concerned about his well being. If you're simply a fan of rallying and don't give a shit about a realistic prospect of dying because of a car being dangerous.. you probably end up writing something what you wrote.
@@Thijs-Kuiken i hear you, but i myself drive an ascona b- model, every day to work. In finland, no matter the weather or road conditions so thats how i think about my safety too, no use preparing for an accident, i just better keep the car on the road or everybody in it dies.
I just love Lancia, such beauty, such cunning, and they did it with what they had. They didn't have boundless cash, they had passion, and will. Inspiring.
and half of group B turned to ash
Protogen
@Nei Pat sadly that’s old italy, nowadays everyone is corrupt and just trying to sink the economy
@@lucignolo8333 well thats most of the western world in the modern day to be fair.
yep... i always loved lancia... but unfortunately it disappeard...
Forget a Lamborghini, any Ferrari, Porsche, etc, etc, or any other sports car from now or before. If my boyhood dream of having any car I possibly could, could be fulfilled, it would be that one I had on my wall as a poster when I was 10, a Lancia 037. Just sublime.
That Lancia is absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful car.
Delta Integrale looks better imo.
@@pinut187 no
So glad to see Michèle Mouton being shown here. She is an absolute legend! How you say she has a certain 'Je ne sais quoi'.
@@giacinto1966 Thanks for the very generic comment.
Michèle Mouton was a absolute monster on track one of the best to ever do it
@@fullweezy3553 agreed
@@giacinto1966 You wouldn't be worthy to drive her to the grocery store.
@@giacinto1966 This is bait and you belong on under Michele's Quattro.
Can we just appreciate how well this segment is made. Production is just world class and Jeremy is just phenomenal at this
The storytelling is crazy... the film is brilliant... I keep coming back every few months to watch again and again.
On both accounts I find it weird how Röhrl's performance at San Remo was emphasised, when Markku Alen won, on Lancia. In fact, across the season, Alen scored 4 times as top Lancia drivers vs Röhrl's 4, while being 3rd in the driver's champ at 100 points vs. Röhrl's 102 at 2nd place. And it's not because he was somehow a nameless driver, being a world champion, and holding the record for most stage wins until Loeb overtook him in 2011.
The editing, the narrating of the whole video, the music that fits every scene. Its the best video that i have seen. Plus its Clarkson that does the talking so its much better
Hi, anyone know the name of the song on 3:39?
Edit: Deadly Avenger "Broken Arrow" Grand Tour
The New Top Gear will never be able to reach this level of quality.
Maybe, but Harris’ Colin McRae item came close.
They've surpassed it, with Chris Harris..
@@Orcawhale1 lol.... You wish
@@arunkurian9367 I don't, it's a fact.
You may not like it, but its a real car show, while top gear with the three was a messing around show, as much as I loved it, just have to face the facts I guess.
A lot has been said about J.C, but when it comes to make a curious history into a big one, there is no one better. BTW, shame for FCA for dumping Lancia.
FCA has too many car brands that it doesn't know what to do with them.
To me, Fiat should only be about every day cars
Lancia should be performance cars
Alfa Romeo should be luxury cars
Maserati should be higher end luxury cars.
And I haven't even touched Peugeot yet!
@@tiadaid Fiat, Citroën - mainstream comfy and with respective quirks
Peugeot - sportier look (like Seat compared to VW) and GT cars
Opel - conservative design and practical approach to layout (like Skoda). Also Chinese market.
I loved him in seaman about Pol Pot
Clarkson is brilliant
FCA is a disaster they destroy Alfa Romeo and Lancia Factory and all Abarth development laboratory ..Fiat is a criminal group with stupid peoples without love and passion for cars and they will fail in their shit projects.
@@ardix2006 Yup,the Fiat 500 really is not selling..pmsl
the sound cuts abruptly at 18:33 Did this happen to anyone else?
yes, its very annoying
:(
Cause Audi is embarassed 😂
Yup
it will be because they used a piece of copywritten music for the end of the video and a claim has been made on it on youtube. So you have the option to either take down the video or mute the section with the music. Likely they chose to mute it so the video wouldnt lose its views/they didnt want to re edit the video
"I have a soft spot for all old Lancias, but in this, it isn't soft."
Pure genius 😅🍻
@@ulriklange3924 sometimes my genius...its almost frightening
@@buzz3248 2 seconds after he says that quote in africa, his log handbrake broke his rear windshield
This is the greatest quote in automotive journalism history.
Walter Rörhl is simply the coolest guy on earth. Ever.
@Fin Fun how did his comment hurt you personally so much
"i've got a bit of the soft spot for all old lancias, but in this... It's not soft"
made me laugh :D
Keeichi Tsuchiya the drift king takes that crown imo. Rally is arguably harder than endurance GT racing but the man invented drifting, sparked a whole racing series and culture, hosted the worlds best automotive show Best motoring and Hot version Togue showdown (you can argue about it but go and show me an english show which puts 4+ expensive cars on a track side by side and just rolls the cameras, I have yet to see something as good as the togue showdown aswell, imo Chris Harris is the only one who made comparabily exciting automotive journalism). A legendary GT racing driver aswell.
Röhrl is a rally legend, legendary testdriver. Imo Tsuchiya is more than that. His racing career, his effort to create drifting competitions, his automotive journalism career, each of these would make him a legend.
@@アマ-p2l see the problem with that is, most motorsport fans don’t really care about drifting. I remember my first and only time watching a drifting championship, very cool and immense skill. Gets extremely boring by the 5th time.
@@Jupa Yup but Tsuchiya is also a successful GT racing driver, a TV personality (car show host, testdriver), someone who brought culture into the automotive scene. Röhrl barely has relevant videos on youtube except for ancient onboards which are only 1 minute long or so... he might be the better driver but that's it. Meanwhile Tsuchiya is teaching unexperienced drivers how to control their car and inspiring them to care about driving. Röhrl is just being used as a marketing person by VWAG, and most of the videos created by that partnership are really worthless while every single car show Tsuchiya hosted is a must-watch, he can literally get me excited about driving 60hp cars.
What I'm saying is they are both legendary drivers but one of them invests all of his time into automotive journalism and motorsports and Röhrl just does marketing for VWAG to get money. Since Tsuchiya contributed 10 times as much to the hobby he deserves the crown, Röhrl is "just" the best at his own motorsports category, just like Senna is.
That 037 has some of the most beautiful line flow I've seen in a while.
You can feel how much love there is in this video when you watch the presentation of the Lancia 037 with that music
Oh, how I remember those days. Walter Rohrl is the Senna of the rallying world. Arguably the greatest motorsport driver of all time. To win the driver's title in 1982 in a two wheel drive naturally aspirated Opel Ascona against the Audi is a greater achievement still. Very naturally gifted and a great attitude, no wonder Porsche employed him.
Walter Rohrl was not a risk taker, and more importantly, did in no way aspire to become world champion. Senna was the opposite.
Yes, Audi was a real embarrassment and total failure, while companies like Opel, Lancia and then Peugeot easily bested them even with a fraction of the budget and no technological advantage tricks pre-planned for years.
I mean what a loser Audi and Volkswagen have to be as companies and what junk that Audi has to be to lose even with the advantage of 4WD and that budget!!
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Did you delete your reply to me or something? I can see you replied, and I can read your reply, but whenever I click to reply it disappears. And I can't see your reply when looking through these threads.
@@pistonburner6448 I did delete it myself. never mind man
Walter is more like Lauda or Prost.
LANCIA FOREVER. The true car fans will neverr forget this legendary brand. It deeply touched our hearts, souls and minds.
Yeah sad they make only one car and sell it in one country from what I have heard
@@gabrielcaramet3238 yes only lancia y and only in italy. Hope lancia will return to old glorious day.
Lancia is a monster
I bought my first Lancia for £75, it was a beaten up 1978 Beta coupe 1300. it was rusty, it was old, but it was so much fun to drive! I blew the engine up, I rebuilt the engine, and kept driving it until I inevitably crashed it.
That started a trail of car ownership which defied all common sense... Beta Coupe 2000, Delta 1500, Delta HF Turbo i.e., Dedra 1.8ie, Dedra 2.0 i.e. Turbo.
And I loved driving every single one of them, especially the two Turbos!
I drove the Dedra 1.8ie all the way from UK to Italy once, and got a photo of it parking in Via Vincenzo Lancia in Turin with the Lancia office building right behind it.
@@juststeve5542 what the hell?
75£
Isn't that like,less then 100€?
Passion combined with this level of editing, greatness.
"i've got a bit of the soft spot for all old lancias, but in this... It's not soft"
made me laugh :D
let´s put it like this:
every other rally champion of the 80s should be grateful that Walter Röhrl was not into fame.
very, very grateful.
This 037 and the Stratos are so, so beautiful.
Not gonna lie the Stratos looks like a door wedge to me.
The Audi was beautiful too, in its own sqare kind of way.
6:50 "People standing in front of your house and ... eh ... I dont like that".
9:55 "If you had an accident, it might be the last accident you'll ever have. And I answer ... listen I'm not plannig to have an accident"
15:05 "I didn't like to go to Finland because .. I .. I .. eh I don't like jumps. Because you know .. if I want to fly .. I would be a pilot"
18:00 "Driving a Lancia .. it's a perfect thing. Because it doing exactly what you want .. it's like .. like my ... my shoe! It fits so perfectly"
Give this man a medal
Lancia in my opinion made the best hatch of all times, the Delta Integrale EVO. Sure the VW Golf was extremely popular but the Delta was where its all at. The Delta was so strong back then it was faster than a freakin Ferrari from the same year. Lancia has so many history in rally its ashame we never gonna see them again making modern cars for that.
then came the mitsi evo that shamed everything..the 4wd system in that is proper..not like the terrible audis amg and bmws of today
We could have had in Lancia what audi bm or benz are now in germany, instead the only lancia you see nowadays are those damn Ypsilons
Such a shame
The Peugeot 205 TI put it to shame...It was better in every aspect!
and BTW, of course the Lancia was faster than a Ferrari, it had Ferrari engines and it was lighter...Duhhh...
@@hugosequeira2997 the engine in Lancia S4 was twin charged 1750cc 4 cillinder, making between 450-1000hp in the 80s 🤯 😂 Ferrari engines where different :)
Having owned superb examples of both the quattro UR and Delta, the Lancia was soooo much nicer to drive and, actually handled whereas, the Audi just didn't, felt like a ferry in comparison.
Lancia: "How many headlights should we install on the grill of our car?"
Lancia: *yes*
Quattro's had up to 6 extra headlights for a total of 8
But both cars have the same number of headlights....
Mister Clarkson is a person that speaks true n honestly about cars, that’s why i have great respect for this person, sports cars enthusiast from Los Angeles.
Clarkson is an entertainer, but definitely not honest. Much of this video is untrue and scripted as usual
@@iehen. What’s your proof to show? Or how you want me believe you if you don’t have anything to bring on the table, do you even have auto education? Do you have experience in auto industry?
@@suzukiyakudze2131 his hyperbolic narration is not accurate, never was. Top Gear was funny but it was full of scripted dialogues, fake incidents, fake malfunctions.
BTW you are free to believe in everything he says here..the playboy team boss..the cardboard rollbar..the cheating etc
Even if you're not interested in rallying, you gotta love Jeremy's narration and storytelling
the most beautiful car story ever told...
Hammond, May and Jeremy are all very good storytellers. This and their chemistry has made them legends in everything they did.
15:00 "I didn't like to go to Finland, because I don't like chumps!"
Humps, I think. As in humps in the road where you go airborne.
@@dblissmn jumps not humps
@@aid1451 You sure he didn't say clumps?
Maybe he didn't like finish mashed potatoes.
Ha ha ha😂
Well who doesn't hate them chumps?
this video does a better job at capturing this rivalry than the new Audi vs. Lancia movie
Out of all the Lancia’s the 037 looks so unique especially with that spoiler
Calling W. Röhrl a "part time driver" must be the understatement of the century.
For F1 fans: it's like saying "a mildly talented youngster, Ayrton Senna"
Only Lancia had the balls to put a 2 wheel drive car against the mighty Quattro knowing it was in with a real chance. As for the 037 it's in the top 3 most stunning rally cars ever conceived, the others being the Fulvia and the Stratos.
And do it with a driver they knew beforehand he would firmly refuse to take part in many important rallies ... another hint of how big of a role Walter Röhrl played in the whole success.
@@genius1a Absolutely agree 100%
You forgot the greatest of them all, the Delta
@@Duomaxwell02MI had a second hand Lancia Delta HF Turbo but unfortunately for me was not the Lancia Delta Integrale. Not enough money at that time. 😢
Huh you may forgot that BMW got the m1 engaged and Porsche the 959 too 😅
Got to love the Italians... Very creative people!
Yep hehe... The germans. Hard Work and brilliant enginering. The itallians..... Get creative 😅
@@ulriklange3924 the germans were book smart, the italians street smart ;)
@@ulriklange3924 , right . The creativity of Italian Giugiaro saved an almost failed VW.
@@ulriklange3924 yes yes.... Belive only Italian spaghetti... 😜
Very creative, very good in changing sides
3:07 this montage of the 037 made me fall in love with that car instantly. I don't get goosebumps often, but that beautiful car along with the perfect choice of music did it for me.
Whats the song name?
@@irwinthebluesun5324 Snow Ghost-Murder Cry
This lancia reminds me old ferrari
You just read my mind. Perfect selection of music & that shot of Clarkson saying "I got a soft spot for old Lancias..." it's chef's kiss.
I'm crying...
If i wanted to fly , I would have been a pilot not racing in finland.
Walter Rohrl is legend
you mean chicken
18:32 The sound cuts out.
I miss this Lancia, in 1983 i was 17 and i had the 037 poster in my bedroom. Great video.
Couple weeks ago I bought a complete calendar of the 037 martini. It's beautiful
Gay
@@thomassbulivan6352 what you on about???
@@antnightingale5892 your gay
@@thomassbulivan6352 You’re*
This a 19 minute video that feels like a 2 min video. Jeremy did such a good job as a narrator here.
Lancia. The greatest rally cars of all time.
Long time since I saw this. Jeremy is in his element in these films. BUT! The editing here is incredible. What a film!
We miss an italian rally Car in the World Championship
We miss Lancias in general
Wouter vanR of course
i miss rwd cars in wrc
@@donblub there is the R-GT Cup. Hopefully one day it becomes a proper world championship with gravel stages and snow stages as well as tarmac stages
And also an Italian driver
Simply the best documentary I have ever seen.
Respect Lancia
Respect Walter
Respect Jeremy
I think jeremy could narrate paint drying and I would be excited.
The Quattro was a game changer but it just goes to show how good Lancia could be
Aero, lightness, and weight distribution vs 4WD
...and of course it helped that VW kept falling apart.
Game changer indeed. It changed Lancia to become the greatest of all ever, with Delta. The ultimate rally car, that finally, unfortunately, ended the golden era of rallying (Group B).
@@wublili And then Fiat binned Lancia, now a shadow of what it once was.
@@OblithianIronic that the Italian car is more reliable than the German one
I love the battle between Röhrl and Mouton, because she wanted to make a statement as a female ralley driver and he was like "so you say the faster i win, the faster i can go home?"
"For you, the day you battled Röhrl was the most important day of your life. For him, it was Tuesday."
@@Gunnar_Konig timestamp?
@@piergiorgioleuzzi158 There is no timestamp, I was making a reference to the 1994 Street Fighter movie, in which a female character confronts the big antagonist over some questionable things he had done several years prior and he says "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. For me, it was Tuesday.".
@@Gunnar_Konig Oh ok, thank you
This, the Ford Vs Ferrari section and the Jim Clark section were by far the best parts of the Grand Tour. It was them doing what they do best, delivering information in a fun and interesting way. Not every line was trying to be a joke, which I found to be an issue with the rest of the Grand Tour but those segments were a return to form.
"I've got a soft spot for all old Lancias...but in this, it's not."
Just brilliant lol
Only true car nuts will get that1
The Stratos is one of the most beautiful rides ever. Don't even get me started on the concept Stratos...absolutely stunning.
"There's nothing in the rules saying you can, but there's also no rule saying you can't." [Smokey Yunick smiles from whatever afterlife he ended up in]
BINGO!
Junior Johnson is doing the same
So sad that today lancia isn't making legendary cars and sales are going downwards...Having such a legacy in the past makes you nostalgic
Because it hasn't any cars to sell only one model sold in Italy , all thanks to FIAT , they should be ashamed of what they've done to this brand.
@Crixy M - don’t forget that the story you’ve just watched, or the Stratos, or the Delta, wouldn’t happen without Fiat, they owned Lancia since 1969. To be frank, Lancia was never a huge performer in motorsports before they were bought out by Fiat...
Probably better to leave Lancia in the past. Today’s world wouldn’t be kind to them with the technology in cars and everyone been pushed towards electric cars.
Also remember, they only won because of "cheating". So the Audi was a better car.
@@spavatch Tx to Lancia Ferrari was ably to enter F1. Rest is history.
Walter Röhrl is a legend. A genius on the steering wheel.