Richard Hammond Ranks Top Gear & Grand Tour Road Trips!
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Ahead of the release of The Grand Tour: Carnage A Trois, we sat down with Richard Hammond to discuss his all time Top Gear and Grand Tour road trips and moments.
What are your favourite road trips the boys have been on? Let us know in the comments below!
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We always love chatting to the Grand Tour boys! What's your favourite road trip the boys have done? Let us know in the comments!
Mongolia by far. Also, The Hu are an awesome band and you should check them out. I think they are slated to tour with Sabaton in Europe soon.
Vietnam! Stunning country. Second-best is Africa, it just had that vibe new specials can't match. Burma, Columbia, Bolivia, Botswana...
Vietnam would always be my favourite on the bikes
Vietnam special is my most re-watched, followed by africa (source of nile) and middle east. i hope to see Russia next (the one they planned to, but cancelled/postponed due to, you know, 2020)
@@jumbowana oh thats awesome!
The Mongolia episode is one of my all time favorites because they work together and they just seem to be friends hanging out instead of trying to sabotage each other. Such a fun episode
Don’t forget the epic, legendary, and remarkably reliable “John” !
@@arthurl3636 the greatest car ever!
I loved Mongolia for that reason too.
My wife loves that special! She didn’t get what I liked about the show until that special, which we’ve probably watched 10 times now. Now she’s watching all the episodes from the very beginning of Top Gear with me.
Unpopular opinion... The "new" Top Gear crew is like that on the specials.but people still dismiss it cause it's not presented by JRJ
Bolivia, Botswana, Vietnam, Middle East, North Pole…..all amazing episodes. The old days of top gear can never be beaten in my opinion.
i think the difference is the budget.
Amazon gave them a big budget, on Top Gear they worked with scraps
@@rmdhn1 that’s what I enjoyed about it tbh. Cheap cars being made to do near impossible tasks. I don’t mind the grand tour, but I definitely prefer the old Top Gear. Some episodes I’ll never get bored or watching.
Grand tour had some of their best specials ever.
@@jackdren9974 only decent one I can think of is the Mongolia special. Rest don’t even get close to the old Top Gear specials imo
@@chris6740 I think the Scotland one is underrated. Beautiful scenery, cool history, funny moments and it felt like a classic episode. Less of a trip unfortunately.
The Vietnam special is the GOAT imo. The togetherness of the group, the scenery, the ‘forfeit’ bike, the interaction with the people around them, the ‘gifts’ they bought each other, the suits, the way they thought they were millionaires with the Dong currency but could only buy bikes.
I’m gonna have to watch it again!
Yeah the Vietnam special is my favourite, I never get bored of watching it.
For the Vietnam special the crew had to focus a lot more on the three as people, not on the journey per se. Because the journey wasn't as challenging as they thought it would be, they put more focus on their interactions and chemistry as they travelled through one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It's why it will always be my favourite TG/GT special.
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@@Mortablunt LMAO I AM LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT! Back then I didn't get the joke because I though it's just a ridiculous looking motorcycle, now I'm like "OH SH*T DON'T RIDE IT AROUND IN NAM"
@@TimothyBoersma99 Yeah motorbike tours in Vietnam is a pretty common thing, people were doing it before Top Gear covered it. It's not an easy trip, it takes a bit, but it's definitely doable.
The Botswana special will go down in history as one of the greatest pieces of car media to ever be made. It’s almost as legendary as the trio themselves. I will never fail to be amazed that Jeremy’s Lancia actually made it to the end. I would also say that Vietnam and Middle East were among my favourites as well.
Almost every scene is pure gold. I would find it harder to think of a higher quality 60 minutes of television
I think the Vistelvio Pass episode in Italy where they all have supercars may be it. It's so iconic they even used it as their intro for years. It's just fundamental Top Gear, three men on a quest in weird cars being chaotic.
I think my favorite has to be the Bolivia special. But Botswana was tremendous as well.
Bolivia and Africa are the greatest ones imho
The best for me is the Burma special and them building a bridge over the river Kwai or as it turned out the river Kok.
Yes, although that bridge did have a slope on it.👀😬
@@rodracer4567 Yes, and much higher on the other...
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And when they partied with guerillas.
“Hammond you idiot, you’ve reversed into the sports lorry!”
My favourite was the Africa (Ugandan-finding the source of the Nile). I could watch that special over and over without getting bored, I do also love the burma special
Those are my favourites too
@@knightoftwilight2122 all their specials are amazing and would happily watch any of them. But those two especially are elite
@@lbnewell23 agreed, I always love the ones where they turn their cars into sleeping accommodation
Patagonia, Columbia, Mongolia... probably in that order, too. Still get shivers when Jeremy talks about the 928 Porsche he had on test that fateful week.
Colombia
Patagonia by a looooooong shot
The first USA Adventure on Top Gear when Clarkson drove a Carmaro with a cow on the roof
An absolute classic! It's so iconic we had to give it an honourable mention at the end!
@@IGVPresents I have a question for Mr. Clarkson, Mr. James May and for Mr. Richard Hammond; can I be your colleague or Co host
I know their answer will be no but Mr. May seems like a sympathetic man 😊
@@Nero_9000 I like your chances pal
if you look closely, that's actually your mum
I gotta say Seamen is my favorite. The pull away from cars to boats was an interesting twist and the entire episode was perfectly put together. From the trio being humorous like speeding past James to Jeremy talking about some of the history of Vietnam during the war was really interesting. It was never boring even when there wasn't much action because it was always filled in with something interesting or funny.
"I gotta say Seamen is my favorite" lol i dont swing like that but i do not judge
Since the 3 of them only do specials now, maybe they should get out of their comfort zone more often and do something without cars. The main thing is something with an engine.
"And we´re still alive." "And on that terrible disappointment ...." "for Top Gear" ... best quote ever
It was so bad compared to the old Vietnam one
Jizzle drizzle killed me
Hamster is starting to age, Jeremy is an old loaf, but James May is timeless
May looked old 15 years ago but he has just gotten better with age, not so much the case with hamster and orangutang
It's those 70's meals James is eating. Makes him young again.
Hammond is the same age now as Jeremy was in series 19 of top gear.
Hammond looks closer to Robert Downey Jr every time I see him!
Being a bit of a pisshead catches up pretty fast and takes it's toll , I think may is more of a herbalist if u get my drift.
I would love to see them do something like another 24 hour race.
At their ages it *could* be a risk, but they could ask Ben Collins to do the long and hard stints again 😂 Or Abbie, after she recovers from her little... incident a few weeks(? Months?)
That was such a great episode
unfortunately there just aren't any races like the britcar 24 hours anymore
there's the Fun Cup 25h and the C1 24h, both of which are spec cars tho, and then the next "lowest" 24h race is either the Dubai 24h or Nurburgring 24h, one of which requires at least a TCR car, and an international license, and the other requires the whole endeavour of getting a Nurburgring A permit, which takes at least 6 months and multiple shorter races on the Nordschleife.
Jeremy is 61.
Yeah one of the all time great episodes. They do need to do another 24 hour race
It's hard picking a top 5, but I think my utmost favourite is Africa, followed by Patagonia, Vietnam, Burma, and 5th spot is tricky but I think it's Seamen. Not to sound biased to my own hemisphere, but all the times they're in Southeast Asia were really good fun.
a man of taste i see
I agree, africa or Bolivia for me
My favourite ones are Burma and Africa. They are just SO iconic, as every one is.
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Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson are absolute treasures.
Colombia to me was honestly my favorite as not only did it have funny moments like the Jeep, the silverado and the Fiat but also it showcased the beauty of a country that ever since I remember watching Juan Pablo Montoya I’ve been fascinated by
Montoya is a beast
@@Br0nzeBar0n Montoya is a mega chad. One of the best drivers to not win a championship
Top gear Africa special. Nothing beats it in my opinion.
Africa and Burma should be on this
Africa or Bolivia are the top for suree
Totally agree about Lochdown! I'm Australian and I travelled to Scotland a few years ago because my dad was born there. I road tripped for about a week and a half and it was incredible! Stunning places and great people. It seems a bit dull of it's local to you, but for me it was brilliant. I've done a lot of long distance driving in Australia, it's got a bit dull for me. How about you UK guys come over here and check it out? You're welcome and you'll love it!
Aussie land always looks incredible, literally the opposite of the UK and is the number one place to visit as a Brit until you hear big spiders wait in the loo to bite your bollocks.
@@UkSapyy I don't know who's been telling you lies but that literally doesn't happen.
You should come to North Eastern USA. We got beautiful, forestcovered mountain ranges and some of the best driving roads in the country. The one place I 100% recommended is the Catskill mountain range in New York.
And I've been to Australia because I have family down under. I remember when I was 7 years old, we went onto a safari, and my uncle imported a 1995 GMC pickup truck and it destroyed all the trails we were on. The aussie roads took us to some breath taking spots.
Visit tyranical Australia? No thanks.
It may not be my favorite but the Top Gear Polar Special got me into Top Gear and The Grand Tour. That was incredible and fascinating! Now here I am a year later and I'm a huge fan!
I loved the Mongolia special and, bar the way it ended, the Patagonia special was absolutely amazing and I desperately want to go to Patagonia as a result
but be sure not to repeat clarkson's mistake
The Patagonia special is one of my favourites too, and the Bolivia special is their best one ever imo. That part of South America is just stunning beyond compare...
@@samuelkim1827 clarkson didn't make a mistake. The inbred vandals were the ones in the wrong
Patagonia is my favorite by far it never fails to make me drop a tear it's so great, it's a bit of a shame they didn't finish it because of we know what but man everything else is so beautiful in this episode
The Botswana special is iconic. It also made Oliver an iconic car. Honestly, I dredd the day we see it up for auction, but it truly is an iconic vehicle. A lot of movie cars are made in batches, but that car is unique and very memorable and recognizable to millions of people.
I love how he still refers to Oliver 😂
Vietnam on bikes remains my favourite
I'm not buying for a second that this is the actual favourite list, bar number 1
The shows these people have produced, have made me want to visit so many places in the world.
Every special again, they just make me want to go to that location.
I have to agree with USA, I distinctly remember just being in stitches the whole time, and then watching the repeat a few days later on BBC3, talking about it with friends in school the next day etc. Truly iconic.
The fact Richard listens to The HU is amazing
Yes! Hammond has good taste in music, love The Hu
The Grand Tour Specials are fun but they lack something compared to the Top Gear stuff. It's like having the money to do what they want in the Grand Tour has sucked a bit of a creativity out of them. With Top Gear it always felt as if they were working hard to get the best out of a limited budget.
The much older now, if one of them falls off a horse again they could be severely injured. I think they're all carrying injuries from TG.
@@JK_Clark Especially Hammond from the vampire car...
@@MrJJandJim yep, and Jezza has long-term back injuries from crashes and old age. He missed a few activities back in season 11-12 for treatment iirc. I think whenever only 2 present a segment, the other 1 is injured or sick.
It’s just too scripted for me now
@@JK_Clark And James in Syria when he slammed his head into the rock hard desert floor. Ouch.
Seriously thought he would get a brain injury from that shit.
Vietnam will always be my favorite, followed by Bolivia. They never get old.
Bolivia was a genuinely dangerous trip. The Campioni del Muerti, altitude sickness. Plus stuff behind the scenes, like the drug lord who threatened to kill them and Hammond getting bit by what they first thought was a Wandering Spider, which is deadly.
Bottom Gear is officially cannon, boys
Show budget does not exceed 500 quid
'ery noice
Thank you for those memorable adventures.. you guys are irreplaceable legends!
Love that Richard hammond listens to The Hu!
Stop Press: Richard Hammond listens to The Hu.
…Why am I not that surprised with his hard rock vibes and still hype?
The USA special was the best special and summed the 3 of them up in 1 hour always took things to the limit that's what is best about the show
The Mongolia episode is a breath of fresh air because everyone works together and you can actually see their irl personalities at points
I hope they go to these places in the future for Grand tour. 1. Australia/New Zealand, 2. somewhere in Central America, 3. Amazon/Brazil
They'll need some very beefy cars for the Amazon, the roads there are terrible. But I think a challenge going from Manaus to the city of São Luís (where the Amazon more or less ends) would indeed be very cool. An Outback journey would be awesome too.
Everyone seems to forget the Nile (Africa) special but it's probably my favourite. I also liked the middle east special because it did genuinely seem like they were in danger at some points.
Bolivia, Botswana and Vietnam have been my favourites for a long time
Gotta say my favourite so far (still making my way through them all) is the Africa special where they try to find the source of the River Nile. I don't think there's any stand-out moment, but I think the episode altogether just flows really well and is very entertaining. Other favourites of mine are the Vietnam special, the Iraq special and Seamen.
"Arise, Sir Richard! Oh, you already have." is, for me, one of the best lines ever in TG/GT history. :)
I'm from Mozambique... Happy to know he loved our country
Happy birthday Hammond!
Vietnam special will always be number 1
My favorite has to be Vietnam and the Bolivia specials. Being from South America(Peru), it’s nice to see us get painted in a positive light. And then seeing Jeremy fall in love with biking and then going back to hating it as soon as he fell off is so memorable.
When they choose to retire. They should do a finale special in my opinion. In which they go all out and cross a whole continent. A Europe special where they go from Russia to UK or vice versa would be so cool. And they change cars through the different cultures. So they use an off-road car for northern Europe, then if they snake down through Italy they use Italian sports cars, into Germany they max it on the autobahn etc.
They did one for Africa, it would be so cool to see them go through Asia, or Europe, South America etc.
So many great trips they made, but one of the best imo is the mongolia. To say its an automotive show wouldn't be fitting. But the challenge they had to go through, the struggle, the frustation, as well as their teamwork, banters, showered with extra knowledge they shared. Simply an epic piece of entertainment. Not to mention the breathtaking Mongolia itself, absolute gem.
In all fairness, its not for everyone. But to a lot of us, I believe the episode brings out what we're looking for from this trio. Their presenting skills, the friendship, the adventure. Really put a big smile on my face, and that I can't thank the grand tour team enough for.
Keep rockin' lads
Oliver is a Top Gear legend
I'm not surprised Botswana is number 1. I always come back to that video because they all seemed like they were genuinely having fun. Beautiful lands, people and wildlife, and the humor they brought to that special was second to none.
The specials from both shows that were set in Africa have all been breathtaking - Mozambique, Botswana, Madagascar, Namibia and of course, the Africa special.
I would love them to do a special in New England. For those who don’t know New England is beautiful and has a very different type of people then the ones they ran into down south
Richard just randomly mentioning that he listens to The Hu is pretty awesome.
I was born in Zimbabwe and my brother in Zambia and we watched the Botswana special together, it will always hold a place in my heart!
patagonia was beautiful and so was their "search for the source of the nile"
Richard is the real Englishman. Clarkson is the yank.
Who can replace these guys, no one.
The Bolivia special has to be up there for me.
I loved the Vietnam special for me.
The traditional series ended the same week as an incredibly rough breakup for a younger me, and that special felt like coming home again after a long time away.
Same with the Midwest - maybe a Journey to the Source of the Mississippi?
Oliver. Love that little car great hearing and seeing you Richard Grand your a success
I see Richard has gone for the Tony Stark look lol
I love watching British Tony Stark
Greetings from 🇧🇼 Botswana glad you lot enjoyed our beautiful terrain
The Africa special was my favourite, that little Subaru just skipped and jumped all the way
I love Mongolia and the Vietnam specials. North pole was another favorite.
My personal top 5: Polar special, Burma special, Botswana special, Middle East special, Mongolia special. But all of them are pretty great...
So many cracking episodes of Top Gear and the Grand tour. That fuel efficiency challenge with the magic Jaguar was a classic!!!!
8:31 in the old English tradition: "Run Away"
Yeah he's right and it's a good observation. Botswana was the trip that launched Top Gear into the stratosphere, at least in terms of specials. I remember people IRL talking about it
I enjoyed watching Patagonia .... right up until the end of course ... stunning varied scenery and vistas ... and wow what an ordeal and adventure ... amazing you could drive those cars over the terrain.
Oh and OF COURSE ... the North Pole ... that was soooooo much fun.
Every time I think of a special I couldn’t think of excluding it from my top 5. All of them are in my list.
I wish, especially now during the covid lockdown and local english scenery, to have some cheap car challenges back. Those 1500 pound porsche, coupe etc. challenges were nice. Just rewatched yesterday the old italian supercar episode where they get cheap old supercars that ofc break down.
1:55
Hammond instinctively reaches for his nose when he says Columbia
I just love Clarkson, Hammond and May
My favorite was the Bolivia 4x4 special and my second favorite is the Vietnam on the mopeds
Hard to believe the most dangerous episode they have ever had is arguably the alabama episode
im shocked he didn't say the one where they had to be escorted out of a country while people though rocks at them sine someone got offended by a licence plate. i forgot the name of the episode but it was one of my favourite ones since you got to see the crew and what the crew had to deal with
Argentina
Mongolia is imo the best special these three guys have ever done. "John! What a machine you are!"
Mongolia, Colombia, Burma, Africa and India are all brilliant. I think it's impossible to pick just a top 5 though because Patagonia, Bolivia, Vietnam, Botswana and North Pole are all brilliant too.
They’ve done 3 specials in Africa so when you say ‘Africa’ what are you referring to?
I love the Vietnam Special, that episode has a special place ❤️
Hammond listens to The Hu
That's such a trip.
Fun Fact: Oliver is actually from South Africa.
My fav. is Madagascar-Reunion
Seeing Hammond mention the Hu is awesome
The Africa special is one of my favourite pieces of tv ever
Cool! Glad you guys got him on here, I always like hearing more from these guys.
Hammond listens to the Hu. They are officially international treasures.
Hamster going full-on with the Robert Downey Jr. vibes
The Patagonia Special has to be my favourite and I’m surprised it’s not Hammond either as he loves muscle and in that special he drove a mustang the scenery was amazing and then in the end he got chased by the gang out of the country such an amazing special with amazing cars and comedy
the fact that the thumbnail references the bottom gear meme is great
Vietnam Special number one for me, remember watching it when it first come out around Christmas time with my grandparents. Brilliant TV
I think that clip from Alabama shows the difference between then and now. If they tried something like that today, they would have pre-arranged it all, there would be 20 perfectly lined up camera shots and multiple rehearsed jokes and it would all feel completely fake. Whereas back then it's all very messy, they seemed to miss half of what was going on as the pickups arrived and there's a late cut to the angry woman, then they had shots of the camera man running away with cuts to black with the audio from the radios and it all felt very real. Even if there is a chance it was faked.
But today, everything on The Grand Tour is contrived, preplanned, rehearsed and not natural. As if they are worried if they didn't write it in advance then nothing interesting would happen.
I don't think *literally* everything on The Grand Tour's completely fake. Maybe the majority of that show's material, sure but I'm pretty sure not all of it.
That footage of #4 wasn't for lochdown, that was the classic italian cars Scotland trip
It’d be hard for me to pick a top 5 road trip episode, don’t even know where to begin with all episodes, but one of my favorites is when they try to find the perfect road with Jeremy in a gallardo, Richard in a gt3, and James in a racing vantage. It has great scenery of France and Italy with great banter and problems without seeming completely scripted like some others, also it was the first time watching top gear so that episode stuck with me.
"Had a bit of Oliver about it" LOL
I miss the old grand tour/top gear formst but I still love these 3.
TG The first American Adventure was really the catalyst for me watching TG and now the GT.
Their best road trip that I would want to do myself is going to be The Perfect Road Trip from Italy to France. The best viewing experience I would say the Africa special, the Burma special and the beach buggy special.
Mongolia and Scotland are my favourites, closely followed by the lorry one and the one with the boats (Seamen). Hope the team have lots more for us to enjoy,
Vietnam on bikes and the Bolivia special i think it was, hammonds little donkey (toyota land cruiser)..
aww man i miss these guys, hope they'l make more specials