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  • Опубліковано 13 січ 2011
  • James attempts to break his personal speed record in a brand new, even more powerful version of the amazing Bugatti Veyron.
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  • @pardin_vp6650
    @pardin_vp6650 3 роки тому +2767

    I love how Richard and Jeremy always freak out when a car is going real fast but James isn't even screaming

    • @deidra-v6575
      @deidra-v6575 2 роки тому +83

      Because the road is straight and he don't have to put too much effort into it. Try going half that speed on your average road, you will be freaking out too.

    • @weebemo1
      @weebemo1 2 роки тому +149

      He is called captain slow because everything is slow to him

    • @vantage224
      @vantage224 2 роки тому +71

      To be fair, Bugattis are freakishly stable at such high speeds.

    • @rkl233
      @rkl233 Рік тому +10

      @Deidra-V also he concentrates on what he's doing he doesn't try play for the viewer but seriously 258 mph in a straight line one little sneeze cough blink to much and that car will be obliterated when it hits the tree your 2 miles away from

    • @maaz2897
      @maaz2897 Рік тому +5

      man flies planes hes got nerves cold as steel

  • @alexi6636
    @alexi6636 3 роки тому +4025

    Can’t believe this car is 15 years old makes me feel old

    • @sabelogama9522
      @sabelogama9522 3 роки тому +81

      The car is not 15 year old it's 10 or 11 years old

    • @arteonyx
      @arteonyx 3 роки тому +151

      @@sabelogama9522 He meant the 2005 veyron

    • @sabelogama9522
      @sabelogama9522 3 роки тому +34

      @@arteonyx he should have said the grandsport instead

    • @endpicdws6439
      @endpicdws6439 3 роки тому +11

      @@sabelogama9522 stfu

    • @ethansleight2659
      @ethansleight2659 2 роки тому

      Same

  • @frankjager2420
    @frankjager2420 4 роки тому +854

    Well, realistically, James is probably one of the few who will ever take that car to that speed

    • @MJ-uk6lu
      @MJ-uk6lu 2 роки тому +1

      There's some moron, who reached 417 kmh at Autobahn. I kinda respect that moron.

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 2 роки тому +1

      @@MJ-uk6lu How in flak does someone manage that?

    • @MJ-uk6lu
      @MJ-uk6lu 2 роки тому +5

      @@JetFalcon710 Dunno, there's also Smokey Nagata a veteran of doing over 300 kmh on track and public roads and he seems to be the owner of Top Secret tuning shop. He travels worldwide to set records on tracks and public roads.

    • @JetFalcon710
      @JetFalcon710 2 роки тому

      @@MJ-uk6lu Incredible

    • @nobody-ew1pj
      @nobody-ew1pj Рік тому

      @@MJ-uk6lu yea but nowhere close to this

  • @bossmansal67
    @bossmansal67 4 роки тому +8402

    I drove the Agera RS and got it to 285mph....
    Then I turned off my Xbox cuz I had to go to sleep.

    • @sunnyjim981
      @sunnyjim981 4 роки тому +566

      Woah it has a built in Xbox and bed!?

    • @Arun-xl9ls
      @Arun-xl9ls 4 роки тому +85

      Yeh sounds like something I would do 😂😂

    • @marciofilho3629
      @marciofilho3629 4 роки тому +29

      @@sunnyjim981 hahahahahaaha.

    • @Firemarioflower
      @Firemarioflower 4 роки тому +17

      @@sunnyjim981 😆 Nice one

    • @sunnyjim981
      @sunnyjim981 4 роки тому +9

      Firemarioflower thx man😂

  • @lonzee18
    @lonzee18 7 років тому +6023

    My favorite line ever: 'Godspeed, captain slow!'

  • @edwardslavov2935
    @edwardslavov2935 5 років тому +5116

    5:36
    - What was his average?
    - 431km/h.
    Silence.
    - In miles?
    - 267.
    Wooooooooooooooooooooow.

    • @bigboss-cg5es
      @bigboss-cg5es 4 роки тому +595

      Retard units...

    • @yammmit
      @yammmit 4 роки тому +93

      big boss and yet they still use it on a British television shows and one of the biggest countries on Earth uses it.

    • @vaidasspu
      @vaidasspu 4 роки тому +681

      ​@@yammmit 17 countries use mph and 179 don't

    • @yammmit
      @yammmit 4 роки тому +19

      Vaidas Spu and that probably won’t change.

    • @iVenti20
      @iVenti20 4 роки тому +23

      3:11 what does it say in english?

  • @jacobwilliamson2539
    @jacobwilliamson2539 4 роки тому +656

    The true hero here is the tires. Congrats to the manufacturer. People dont realize how difficult it is to create tires that wont shred at such speeds. Let's get real. The tires are very very important, most would say the most important study in this video was the tires. The veyron is just a tool used to show off the capabilities of the tires. Tires.

    • @doabarrellroll69
      @doabarrellroll69 4 роки тому +45

      Indeed, I remember someone saying ( I think it was Bugatti or someone else ) that the problem with going fast is not power, but tyres. Going at high speed puts a lot of heat and stress on the tyres, so being able to hold up at such high speeds is remarkable really

    • @ketangsw1666
      @ketangsw1666 2 роки тому +15

      Finally someone who understands cars properly

    • @SparrowNoblePoland
      @SparrowNoblePoland 2 роки тому +4

      @@doabarrellroll69 If Polly Motorsport new about it, their 1980s Trans Am wouldn't have gone 407kph.
      No engineers, no waiting for optimal temp, no custom made tires. Just aftermarket parts and a bloke who tinkered 80s car together.

    • @RuiMartins69
      @RuiMartins69 2 роки тому +6

      Ya tire'd mate?

    • @eacobb2010
      @eacobb2010 2 роки тому +16

      I tried calling Bugatti to get tire specs for my Accord V6. They hung up on me. Rude.

  • @sayyedwaqas4764
    @sayyedwaqas4764 2 роки тому +130

    I am seriously impressed by Captain Slow, he was so normal and relaxed even at that speed. This guy is special!

    • @ninjapants7688
      @ninjapants7688 Рік тому +3

      He flies planes, this kind of speed shouldn't bother him.

    • @uzairahmed4197
      @uzairahmed4197 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@ninjapants7688 its different in the air

    • @andyb9664
      @andyb9664 10 місяців тому +13

      Don't forget, Bugattis are famous for being so incredibly well built and engineered, that even at high speeds there's no rattling, crackling, crazy wind noise, steering wheel feeling like u have to hold onto it for dear life etc. So it's not a scary cabin to sit in even doing 200+ mph.

    • @IschmarVI
      @IschmarVI 3 місяці тому

      @@ninjapants7688 in the air you don't realize how fast you are as you are not passing stationary objects that are close to you. In a car, however. You do. You see the landscape pass around you. Its an entirely different experience, even though airplanes are usually a lot faster (although the chiron does actually get the one-up on the majority of small planes. It's just that fast)

  • @JMNTN
    @JMNTN 8 років тому +8650

    He wears a helmet because that will save your life when you crash at 420 km/h

    • @tabaksmozaiekvirus1715
      @tabaksmozaiekvirus1715 5 років тому +270

      The bugatti ks made from carbond fiber, same as an f1 car, only 100km/h faster. I think he would have a chance to live

    • @marcoanonimo6253
      @marcoanonimo6253 5 років тому +43

      Talk with bicocchi, test driver on that circuit with that car.

    • @tabaksmozaiekvirus1715
      @tabaksmozaiekvirus1715 5 років тому +10

      @@Svilly12 Lol, i think you're right. But you shpupd't go that hard on them

    • @stewartgrindlay9760
      @stewartgrindlay9760 5 років тому +36

      It’s a start, better than nothing

    • @akiramasashi9317
      @akiramasashi9317 5 років тому +230

      It's not to save your life it's too keep your head relatively intact so they can put it in a casket.

  • @shadyninja1
    @shadyninja1 8 років тому +3207

    this is topgear at its best

    • @god8347
      @god8347 8 років тому +62

      Yea, before it's gone to utter shit

    • @aperson3303
      @aperson3303 7 років тому +71

      Now with cris Evans it's awful

    • @hunter100t
      @hunter100t 7 років тому +16

      word is that chris is leaving as he and matt don't get on, the bbc need matt more.

    • @SF-li9kh
      @SF-li9kh 5 років тому +4

      Update, now Matt Le Blanc is leaving too. Lol

    • @liamcollins9183
      @liamcollins9183 5 років тому

      @@SF-li9kh are they getting anyone else in, or wrapping it all up?

  • @Cavitt
    @Cavitt 4 роки тому +196

    The way this top speed run was done made it feel like James was pushing the known boundaries of what a car could do, and he was. Every minute of this film puts you on the edge of your seat, even if you’ve seen it a thousand times since it first aired. There’s a feel to it that new Top Gear simply cannot accomplish. Only they could make a 261mph Chiron run look boring

  • @dobricacvetinovic767
    @dobricacvetinovic767 4 роки тому +2646

    Today new top gear released chiron sport run and they got to 423 but it was so boring.......

    • @TK-lc1yy
      @TK-lc1yy 4 роки тому +204

      Dobrica Cvetinovic you saw it too, trust me shows how shit the new top gear is.
      Also bro do you have any idea who the driver was in that new top gear video?😂😂 they literally stole a random school teacher

    • @edwardimray4075
      @edwardimray4075 4 роки тому +31

      Yeah I saw that. And only 3mph faster. Lol

    • @edwardimray4075
      @edwardimray4075 4 роки тому +20

      The ss went faster than the Chiron. Bugatti tf

    • @chaniapellet
      @chaniapellet 4 роки тому +27

      Same here! Had to get my old and only Top gear fix LOL at 5:25

    • @dobricacvetinovic767
      @dobricacvetinovic767 4 роки тому +24

      Tanveer Khan literally no idea who the driver is, top gear will never be the same, in my opinion Matt Watson from carwow could save it but it won’t happen...

  • @mobyhuge4346
    @mobyhuge4346 7 років тому +2219

    Captain slow went over 400 kph.....
    Let's just sink that in

    • @justaguy6232
      @justaguy6232 7 років тому +5

      Luthadie coke?

    • @tappajaav
      @tappajaav 4 роки тому +3

      Fanta please.

    • @ast3rickk31
      @ast3rickk31 4 роки тому +6

      Ill take a Dr. Pepper if you have it

    • @ricain1417
      @ricain1417 3 роки тому +2

      you got any coke zero? if not dr.pepper is fine thanks

    • @lejohnd2430
      @lejohnd2430 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah he’s living the parallel unoverse

  • @DiZh0
    @DiZh0 8 років тому +1799

    Anyone noticed that captain slow at 4:24 when slowing down (still driving 300+) looking in the backview mirror for .... for what actually? a bloody tailgating van?

    • @writerconsidered
      @writerconsidered 8 років тому +34

      +DiZh0 that's better then me. I would have had either a heart attack or shit my pants, which ever came first.... we know what happens to the car and driver after that.

    • @Shakes-Off-Fear
      @Shakes-Off-Fear 8 років тому +166

      +DiZh0 Probably just out of habit. A lot of the Stars in the Reasonably Priced Car comment that they keep checking the mirrors even though there's no one else on the track.

    • @akupehsluarketatAR
      @akupehsluarketatAR 8 років тому +23

      +DiZh0 he's just worried a trailer couldnt match his braking power..

    • @Ihateslowtube
      @Ihateslowtube 7 років тому +40

      Habit, but I also reason that perhaps he was half expecting tires and engine bits to be flying around back there considering the speed he had just done. After all, the tires barely last more than 15mins at top speed. Hell, I know I check for stuff behind me after crazy shenanigans in my own car lol

    • @georgejacob3162
      @georgejacob3162 7 років тому +33

      Clarkson did once say that the Transit van is unofficially the world's fastest vehicle!

  • @paulpalmtree9295
    @paulpalmtree9295 4 роки тому +391

    267 MPH, Two Hundred And Sixty Seven Miles an Hour. In a road car, Wow that’s astonishing. As James says its a Concord moment.
    Top Gear. Was the best motoring program on TV, still miss it to this day.

  • @theunknown21329
    @theunknown21329 Рік тому +100

    4:17 That flyby always gives me goosebumps

    • @forssi1
      @forssi1 Рік тому +1

      To me it’s this dramatized 4:13

    • @madmanjoe1002
      @madmanjoe1002 8 місяців тому +7

      Strange how the speed is also 4:17

  • @lonzee18
    @lonzee18 7 років тому +1179

    "Godspeed, Captain Slow"

    • @arammelik6403
      @arammelik6403 5 років тому

      If bugatti wash captian slow wai chan he go to 431 then

    • @danox4755
      @danox4755 5 років тому +5

      Koenigsegg 457 km/h

    • @Firemarioflower
      @Firemarioflower 4 роки тому +5

      @@danox4755 Chrion 490km/h!!!!

    • @danox4755
      @danox4755 4 роки тому

      @@Firemarioflower dudo que la velocidad maxima de un auto pase de aproximadamente 420 a 490, ni existen pruebas de eso.

    • @MNGLD-do2kc
      @MNGLD-do2kc 3 роки тому

      best quote ever

  • @moimacart
    @moimacart 9 років тому +822

    At that speed when you slow down to 200 km/h you feel like you're stopped.
    You just want to open the door and walk out. lol

    • @rebekadunn
      @rebekadunn 9 років тому +39

      Moi MacArt lol my car wouldn't even make it to 200 km/h i get to 120 km/h and my car will fall apart :(

    • @AnimaxRex
      @AnimaxRex 9 років тому +16

      rebekadunn Welcome to the club :( When I get to 80km/h I am like it is alive

    • @angrytoast1497
      @angrytoast1497 9 років тому +5

      That made me LOL. Cause i imagined someone actually doing that.

    • @moimacart
      @moimacart 9 років тому +1

      lol

    • @elduderino7456
      @elduderino7456 9 років тому +27

      Moi MacArt In the actual episode James actually mentioned that he thought the car has stopped and wanted to open the door and get out, it was still doing 80.

  • @TheEternalWayfarer
    @TheEternalWayfarer Рік тому +35

    This report says a lot about James May's driving skills, by the way. Even on a pro track and with the help of top class tires, a team of engineers and nothing left to chance, driving at that speed AND commenting it for your TV show is crazy. And he almost hit the top speed.

  • @AidanCA
    @AidanCA 3 роки тому +170

    Imagine this headline
    Captain Slow: The fastest man on earth.

  • @kennysaunders7259
    @kennysaunders7259 7 років тому +609

    did he actually look at the camera for a micro second there, at 414kmh!

    • @dragosandronic8003
      @dragosandronic8003 7 років тому +19

      Yes...

    • @joseospina7557
      @joseospina7557 4 роки тому +21

      3:56

    • @MunworthCrowell
      @MunworthCrowell 4 роки тому +25

      he looked away from the road for about half a second, during which time he traveled approx. 190 feet (about two-thirds of an American football field)

    • @akugdlek
      @akugdlek 3 роки тому

      @@MunworthCrowell what is it in meters

    • @rushilkaul
      @rushilkaul 3 роки тому +5

      @@akugdlek About 60m

  • @pascalmpower7944
    @pascalmpower7944 9 років тому +601

    The bugatti creates around 5.9tonnes of drag at 430km/h at 1013hpa, a Boeing 777 creates 7.4 tonnes of drag at 800km/h ground speed at 307.4hpa, if the air density at 0m is same as 30,000 feet, the car is actually doing a 637.8km/h or 0.58mach. Despite how inefficient, how big the engine is, how much fuel it needed, it's still an awesome car. It still able to do a 1:16.8 at top gear track. It worth the price tag.

    • @nickdemondares
      @nickdemondares 5 років тому +55

      stop taking drugs...

    • @brandon.nc_
      @brandon.nc_ 2 роки тому +6

      @@nickdemondares 🤣

    • @healthycigarettes5088
      @healthycigarettes5088 2 роки тому +23

      Price tag is irrelevant if you make 1 million a month

    • @Welwynnick
      @Welwynnick Рік тому +2

      Fantastic car, fantastic drive, but I'm afraid you've got your sums wrong there. Generating 5.9 tonnes of tractive force is too much for first gear, let alone top gear.

    • @Tanquavioousdingleberry
      @Tanquavioousdingleberry Рік тому

      6 tons of drag? Holy shit

  • @nickvannoord1800
    @nickvannoord1800 4 роки тому +645

    Did anyone else see top gears new video today? This is WAAAAY better

  • @vipulamunasinghe5448
    @vipulamunasinghe5448 3 роки тому +67

    Even after all these years, this vehicle still stands among the best of the best. The Bugatti Veyron SS is a LEGEND that never dies.

  • @peanutbutterchocolatecake6182
    @peanutbutterchocolatecake6182 8 років тому +3830

    Sometimes I feel a bit rebellious and send my Toyota Camry up to 71mph
    on a highway

    • @ghettomist1575
      @ghettomist1575 8 років тому +33

      Ahah Toyota. Are you in the US. 65 mph limits right?

    • @VwManiacwV
      @VwManiacwV 8 років тому +67

      +TheCatOnWallStreet Oh that ain't nothing, i once got my Corsa B 1,7L Diesel to 54mph on a long ass freeway on a windy day.

    • @youpoopedyourtube6075
      @youpoopedyourtube6075 8 років тому +15

      +GhettoMist california, the most overrated, populated state in usa is 80 mph on freeways.. so... no 65 mph limit.

    • @Animaze87
      @Animaze87 8 років тому +4

      +TheCatOnWallStreet I read that in Jeremy Clarksons voice like when he says "The fastest car... IN THE WORLD!".

    • @Animaze87
      @Animaze87 8 років тому +3

      +TheCatOnWallStreet I read that in Jeremy Clarksons voice like when he says "The fastest car... IN THE WORLD!".

  • @ysink
    @ysink 4 роки тому +583

    So... Bugatti won't give the Stig a Veyron, but he's allowed to have a Super-Sport???

    • @timweber4318
      @timweber4318 4 роки тому +134

      Because they knew the Super sport would do better on the track, whilst the regular wasn't that refined and would had a lot of "embarrasing" understeer

    • @peterroberts1132
      @peterroberts1132 3 роки тому +25

      They did eventually, it wasnt even the quickest round the track and was beaten by a Zonda F Roadster

    • @darkox4172
      @darkox4172 2 роки тому +17

      @@peterroberts1132 Not too much of a surprise considering the thing weighs so much

    • @SynchronizorVideos
      @SynchronizorVideos 2 роки тому +10

      Top Gear was a much bigger show when the Veyron SS came out than it was back when the original Veyron was new. Top Gear in the early years was a far cry from the global sensation that it would later grow into.

    • @SynchronizorVideos
      @SynchronizorVideos 2 роки тому +11

      @@timweber4318 The Veyron was still in the top four/five - no small accomplishment for a luxury grand tourer going up against purpose-built track cars. Dissing the Veyron for its lap time there is like dissing a weightlifter for entering the Olympic 400-meter race and ONLY getting bronze.

  • @Cavitt
    @Cavitt 4 роки тому +2604

    Who’s here after the Chiron finally broke 300+?

  • @paulh7589
    @paulh7589 2 роки тому +18

    As a former speed demon, every 10mph above 130 is a whole new game. Everything is different at those speeds. My maximum was almost 190mph and I promise you I never want to do it again! I remember because when I got off that bike I said out loud "I never want to do that again!" Going that fast completely cured me of my penchant for speed.
    It's strange...everything is happening so fast yet so slow at the same time. It's hard to describe. When I slowed to 70mph the reality of what I had just done for the last 25 miles set in and it scared the piss out of me. It was like I was a drug addict who finally realized that it was time to stop this behavior or I would hurt someone else or die. I'm very fortunate neither happened. I don't want to hurt anyone. I just had a speed problem. I am now fully cured.

  • @aaronamarok
    @aaronamarok 8 років тому +2709

    I got my Veyron up to 265 on a freeway
    then I woke up

    • @justinwolfgramm4935
      @justinwolfgramm4935 8 років тому +8

      +Liltrainer xD

    • @kevinrietveld3757
      @kevinrietveld3757 8 років тому +45

      +Mike Wall He was talking about his dream.

    • @seeknd5troy43
      @seeknd5troy43 8 років тому +33

      I got my Bugatti eb110 on Forza horizon 2 to 275 mph

    • @user-vi5lk7ij3h
      @user-vi5lk7ij3h 8 років тому +4

      xD good one

    • @notlehs1172
      @notlehs1172 7 років тому +12

      Trainer I saw my younger brother get his mclaren up to 400km and then I relished it was a game

  • @Cup_70
    @Cup_70 8 років тому +280

    1:16 for Halo 1 shotgun shell sound.

    • @johnyguitar258
      @johnyguitar258 8 років тому +1

      +MrGlorifiedCake dont get it

    • @Cup_70
      @Cup_70 8 років тому

      All of the sounds from Halo 1 are public domain.*****

    • @cjflash99
      @cjflash99 5 років тому +9

      Half life 2 more like

    • @funnygaming4641
      @funnygaming4641 5 років тому +1

      Nope half life 2

    • @riantoprabowo9417
      @riantoprabowo9417 4 роки тому

      @@johnyguitar258 R/whooosh

  • @Jobeyzz
    @Jobeyzz Місяць тому +116

    2024 anyone?

  • @yourtube4929
    @yourtube4929 4 роки тому +39

    4:03 When the driver go over speed and suddenly he watch his way to straight heaven... RIP

  • @AristotelisMitsiou
    @AristotelisMitsiou 9 років тому +42

    5:25 I like James' congratulations.

  • @Cisco_24
    @Cisco_24 9 років тому +120

    And it continues. A keyword to consider - *stability*...even at those insane speeds. I am yet to hear of another machine that can emulate this even as it hits 431 kph (approx. 268 mph).

    • @HugoStiglitz88
      @HugoStiglitz88 9 років тому +6

      ***** That's the funny part. I'm american too.
      Not all Americans are delusional enough to think a Corvette is as stable as a 2 million dollar Veyron

  • @ninjacharlie7729
    @ninjacharlie7729 3 місяці тому +2

    I remember watching this when it first came out as a kid. There was something always special about the rare moments when james got to preview a hypercar, it was so peaceful & entertaining watching him hit high speeds but exhilarating at the same time.

  • @dwftube
    @dwftube 4 роки тому +11

    431km/h is also the max speed of the Shanghai maglev. I've been on that and the thought of doing the same speed in a car is quite terrifying.

  • @Rumblefan
    @Rumblefan 10 років тому +66

    The bugatti veyron is my favorite car. I don't really care for the Hennessey venom gt. I also love some other super cars, like koenigsegg agera r, pagani zonda/huayra, lamborghini aventador, lamborghini veneno, mclaren p1, ferrari enzo, and much much more, but bugatti veyron will always be my favorite car. Even the badass futuristic looking lamborghini veneno is nothing compared to a bugatti in my opinion

    • @johnmike9286
      @johnmike9286 7 років тому

      damn true!!

    • @dbclass4075
      @dbclass4075 2 роки тому +1

      What about its successor, Chiron?

    • @Rumblefan
      @Rumblefan Рік тому

      @@dbclass4075 I commented this 8 years ago likely before the Chiron came out

    • @dbclass4075
      @dbclass4075 Рік тому

      @@Rumblefan Now it is out now, did you like it? How does it compare to Veyron?

  • @iamnothingwithoutmykush9818
    @iamnothingwithoutmykush9818 7 років тому +151

    4:04 When you reach 420 km/h.

  • @W728EI4I3
    @W728EI4I3 3 роки тому +21

    3:16 It's Unbelievable Look How Fast Everything's Going Fast

  • @synthwave7
    @synthwave7 Рік тому +4

    The camera work, sounds and pictures of BBC Top Gear is still amazing. Kudos !!!

  • @WhammyTime91
    @WhammyTime91 5 років тому +30

    The most amazing thing to me is how stable it is at that speed. That is this car's top trump, not how fast it goes, but how easy it makes it look.

  • @ChickenWithABeard
    @ChickenWithABeard 8 років тому +1243

    Its ironic at 4:17 the car is going 417 km...

    • @TheAdamCross
      @TheAdamCross 8 років тому +168

      +ChickenWithABeard That's coincidence

    • @frogest334
      @frogest334 8 років тому +72

      +ChickenWithABeard illuminati confirmed

    • @dubbeking
      @dubbeking 8 років тому +206

      That's not what ironic means.

    • @dubbeking
      @dubbeking 8 років тому +5

      ***** You're right actually. "Ironic" can mean "coincidental" or "unexpected". I just thought either of those two or maybe "fitting" would be a better word for it due to their primary meaning being so.

    • @3bff247
      @3bff247 8 років тому

      +ChickenWithABeard illuminati

  • @michaelmclaughlin6866
    @michaelmclaughlin6866 2 роки тому +13

    That's an absolutely amazing car, the regular Veyron and the Super Sport. Not to mention the Chiron. Bugatti 100% made one of the most iconic cars ever built. Will always be forever the king of the automotive world.

    • @Mr-je2jr
      @Mr-je2jr Місяць тому

      I will correct you a little bit. They have made THE MOST ICONIC cars ever built. I don't care about Hennessey or anything else that might be slightly faster, these hypercars are the epitome of speed and will forever be the best. And they are too heavy as well.

  • @sanchit629
    @sanchit629 4 роки тому +52

    Nothing will ever beat the timeless beauty of Veyron. MAGNIFICENT

  • @ClayRanger143
    @ClayRanger143 8 років тому +342

    Do I hear the Half Life 2 Shotgun reloading at 1:16?

    • @Makrel94
      @Makrel94 8 років тому +11

      You heard that as well ?

    • @ClayRanger143
      @ClayRanger143 8 років тому +7

      Fear Loathing Yeah, mate!

    • @Quertziop
      @Quertziop 8 років тому +5

      +ClayRanger143 You are right :D

    • @AVINIDE
      @AVINIDE 6 років тому +5

      My reaction was exactly the same :D

    • @laspeedyboi3388
      @laspeedyboi3388 5 років тому +1

      ClayRanger143 no its mor like halo shotgun

  • @kevinhanandi
    @kevinhanandi 7 років тому +181

    so captain slow is actually fast huh

    • @oliverastbury9283
      @oliverastbury9283 7 років тому +4

      Kevin Hanandi Captain Fast. Hmm...

    • @JuanFlores-bg1ug
      @JuanFlores-bg1ug 7 років тому +13

      the fastest in top gear

    • @Ignore14
      @Ignore14 6 років тому +3

      What happens when the world's slowest driver meets the world's fastest car

  • @ticobuttowskii9396
    @ticobuttowskii9396 4 роки тому +15

    “At it’s heart is the 13.5 mile long track which includes this 5.5 mile arrow straight . . . Straight” 😂

  • @gunnarulset4196
    @gunnarulset4196 3 роки тому +14

    Fun fact: He yells 417 at 4 minutes and 17 seconds into the vid.

  • @jdapaul1351
    @jdapaul1351 6 років тому +36

    "Damn him!" So solid XD

  • @lepalmierdechezmrantoineda7330
    @lepalmierdechezmrantoineda7330 9 років тому +1263

    Captain Slow at over 400 kilometers per hour xDD

  • @TheEmeraldSword04
    @TheEmeraldSword04 3 роки тому +8

    1:17 hey wait, that's the sound effect for reloading the shotgun in Half-Life², I know because that gun in that game is why I'm a gun enthusiast and used to listen to the reload non-stop.

    • @habibputra_dany_bendy
      @habibputra_dany_bendy Місяць тому

      Yoo yup thiswhy make half life make year 2005 make old 2023 8year make old-time make but good garrymod like that

  • @skywalkerzwe
    @skywalkerzwe 4 роки тому +104

    Captain slow come and save us from the chiron video 😩😩😩

  • @RichardFeynmanRules
    @RichardFeynmanRules 9 років тому +110

    Even if there are (as of 2014) a few faster top-speed "production" cars (Hennessey Venom, probably the Koenigsegg One:1), when you consider the supercars the Veyron SS beat around the Top Gear test track, *and* the top speed of the car, and that it is still a very comfortable, luxurious GT car, the Veyron is still in a class all its own. Only 5 cars have gone faster around the Top Gear test track than the Bugatti Super Sport: the Pagani Huayra, BAC Mono, Ariel Atom 500 V8, McLaren MP4-12C, and Lamborghini Aventador -- much lighter cars all, with better power to weight ratios. To give perspective, the Veyron SS was almost *three seconds* faster than the agile Ferrari 458 Italia and the Porsche 997 GT2! I'm looking forward to seeing what the purportedly redesigned 2015/16 Veyron will be like -- even more horsepower than the SS? 1500 hp? Lighter? Even better aerodynamics? Whatever the case, it will still be in a class all its own. (Yes, I'm a Bugatti "fan" but I love all the great supercars -- love Lambos, and Ferraris, the mighty McLarens, the Porsche 918 Spyder, and am a huge fan of the cars of Christian Koenigsegg. His new One:1 is mind-blowing!) But the Bugatti SS deserves respect as one of the greatest achievements in automobile engineering.

    • @HugoStiglitz88
      @HugoStiglitz88 9 років тому +9

      You can't even count those 5 cars though because they had different drivers behind the wheel.
      The new stig is noticeably faster than the old one. Frankly it's insane how much time the new stig is able to shave off laps at the top gear track. He must be a former F1 driver instead of just a touring car driving like Ben Collins because the lap times have proven he's miles better than ben
      Perfect example is the Mp4-12c. At many tracks, the 458 italia is FASTER. Yet at the top gear track, the Mp4 was over 3 seconds faster. How can that be? Clearly it's because the 458 was driven by Ben Collins, and the MP4 was driven by the super stig

    • @Tippotipo
      @Tippotipo 9 років тому +9

      Hugo Stiglitz
      I remember Ben Collins also mentioned Bugatti Veyron SS lap time could be faster on Top Gear track. Imagine the new Stig repeating it with a near two tons high speed luxury GT. It is no wonder Veyron is still the benchmark hard to duplicate by the competition without compromise.

    • @terrymadill
      @terrymadill 9 років тому +2

      Hugo Stiglitz Well and the Top Gear track is where McLaren tests their vehicles so the Mp4-12c is somewhat at home on that track. Completely agree though that the new Stig is much better than Ben.

    • @badabonger9940
      @badabonger9940 9 років тому +10

      The New 2016 Buggati isn't a Veyron, it`s the Chiron. 286 MPH!!.

    • @fredwilson8326
      @fredwilson8326 8 років тому

      RichardFeynmanRules you are naming tin car rubbish

  • @DDIAZ-we4dz
    @DDIAZ-we4dz 7 років тому +33

    i managed to get my car up to 120 on the highway here in the states. i was thinking about going a little faster since my cars top speed on paper is 134 miles an hour. but i was running low on gas. this probably saved my life since about a day later i found out that my tires arent rated to go above 120....

    • @forpiepress1964
      @forpiepress1964 7 років тому +1

      Top speed 113 stock ford 500 pushing 5500 rpm and i decided to back off XD I need my engine

    • @WatermelonBallz
      @WatermelonBallz 7 років тому

      Daniel Diaz lier

    • @WOWWOW-hk1tb
      @WOWWOW-hk1tb 2 місяці тому

      Coward

  • @springtrapsawesomegang3016
    @springtrapsawesomegang3016 11 місяців тому +4

    The fact that it showed 417km/h at 4:17 is pure wizardy

  • @lijax9606
    @lijax9606 Рік тому +4

    4:06 One of the greatest moment in automotive history

  • @konstantin88181
    @konstantin88181 10 років тому +10

    he checked the mirror.... doing 350km/h what did he expected to see there??? the Stig???

  • @e36enthusiast69
    @e36enthusiast69 5 років тому +108

    1:17 Half-Life 2 Shotgun shell sound

    • @Alirezax64
      @Alirezax64 4 роки тому +1

      YEAH MATE I NOTICED LOL

    • @ragedlore2735
      @ragedlore2735 3 роки тому

      I think thats actually copy and pasted

    • @kelakakku
      @kelakakku 3 роки тому

      It's royalty free, like a lot of sound effects in games, movies and tv shows.

  • @irafayvcmp3134
    @irafayvcmp3134 4 роки тому +13

    Helicopter: No cars can beat my speed record.
    Buggati: hold my beer

  • @muhammadzailani7313
    @muhammadzailani7313 2 роки тому +2

    This is one of the greatest videos in the history of the automobile. Legendary.

  • @zTEXASBOYSX
    @zTEXASBOYSX 9 років тому +18

    Hard to believe James May was the fastest person in the world in a production car for a certain amount of time until the test driver beat him :D

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton 5 років тому +42

    Every country needs a 5 mile straight to 'safely max out' your cars top speed! 😁👌

    • @adrielsebastian5216
      @adrielsebastian5216 2 роки тому

      I think there are segments of the Autobahn that could be converted to a plane landing strip, and considering it doesn't have a speed limit, you could max it out there.

  • @drk_blood
    @drk_blood 11 місяців тому +1

    Top Notch production quality, specially for 14+ years ago.
    Damn Top Gear will probably remain one of the best if not THE best auto show ever made.

  • @redhairedshanksfanboy5695
    @redhairedshanksfanboy5695 2 роки тому +1

    back when bugatti was popular and id always watch top gear on dave. sick times

  • @Pieh0
    @Pieh0 7 років тому +138

    5:17 SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY

  • @spakentruth
    @spakentruth 8 років тому +132

    Some say he's no longer captain slow

  • @ainsmas361
    @ainsmas361 7 місяців тому +1

    Brings me back to my childhood. Coming to school on the Monday morning & talking with your friends about it!

  • @KevinKng273
    @KevinKng273 2 роки тому +8

    James May really going down in history as one of very few people to have driven a Bugatti at top speed. Twice.

  • @kyletidrick3289
    @kyletidrick3289 8 років тому +146

    I feel like a badass when I send my station wagon up to 60 mph

    • @noble20xx56
      @noble20xx56 8 років тому +5

      lol

    • @phil2856
      @phil2856 8 років тому +3

      +Kyle Tidrick Thats 100kms in metric.........*LOL* badass.......

    • @jamesiyer4937
      @jamesiyer4937 8 років тому

      +Kyle Tidrick what's a station wagon?

    • @phil2856
      @phil2856 8 років тому

      tot tota I know...and thanks for showing your TRUE COLORS with that comment.

    • @AndieBlack13
      @AndieBlack13 8 років тому

      The "station wagon" is an American way of saying....the English way of saying "estate wagon"....

  • @DoesNotHaveAnXbox
    @DoesNotHaveAnXbox 10 років тому +8

    This piece is why I love TopGear. The music and everything, just gives me chills.

  • @matthewjamesmckay3025
    @matthewjamesmckay3025 3 роки тому +1

    The first time I watched this on TV, I knew from the moment I saw that manic wheelspin off the line on the timed lap, that it was gonna top the leaderboard

  • @nokiyo9007
    @nokiyo9007 3 роки тому +6

    0:35 its going so fast the camera didnt even catch it

  • @nazimelon6653
    @nazimelon6653 9 років тому +15

    you got´to really think about that for a second. in the 1920 the Speed RECORD was about (if i remember correctly) 200 kph. in something undrivable. 400 kph was reached much later in something you wouldnt even get inside nowadays. seriously at some Point they said its a 50/50 Chance if its gonna explode or not. and now? look at this beautiful Piece of Engineering reaching 350+ i a wink and 414 in not much of a struggle...

  • @animalscars3799
    @animalscars3799 8 років тому +17

    I can't believe that Bugatti gave Captain Slow the rarest Veyron that they had which only had five of the Black & Orange ones in existance!

    • @scpfoundationtm1249
      @scpfoundationtm1249 5 років тому +2

      They didn’t give it to him they just let him drive it

  • @cristianlebron5838
    @cristianlebron5838 3 роки тому +69

    Imagine if they let James drive the ssc when it hit 331 mph

    • @flables2308
      @flables2308 3 роки тому +13

      The record that ssc set was fake (There was an error in their system) and plus Bugatti has now made the Bugatti Bolide wich can go 312 mph...

    • @zackaryhorne3289
      @zackaryhorne3289 3 роки тому

      @@flables2308 Really??????

    • @flables2308
      @flables2308 3 роки тому +1

      @@zackaryhorne3289 yes

    • @ExtraVictory
      @ExtraVictory 2 роки тому +13

      @@zackaryhorne3289 yeah the man is correct. SSC was faked. They eventually even admitted it themselves after enough professionals called them out on it.

    • @alipelivani8274
      @alipelivani8274 2 роки тому

      It's boring to see ssc fans face now because it was fake speed and not because of an error but because they want to claim the title from bugatti. Sadly no one can

  • @markusrayna3383
    @markusrayna3383 4 роки тому

    Soon 2020 and im still watching old top gear... Old but Gold

  • @Lorijenken
    @Lorijenken 8 років тому +284

    I got my 1985 Cutlass Ciera to 132 kph....
    once...

    • @saifalbarwani9800
      @saifalbarwani9800 8 років тому

      +Crazy Buttboarding Guy you should do a video

    • @33shaheer46
      @33shaheer46 8 років тому +3

      i got my corolla up to 160kmph. once

    • @33shaheer46
      @33shaheer46 8 років тому

      +Saif AlBarwani na, it just made a weird sound, other than that, it surprisingly didnt shake at all

    • @hashrulsubzero
      @hashrulsubzero 7 років тому +1

      I once got my Proton Gen 2 to 140 kph....
      until the traffic comes up.

    • @RoboticsNShenanigans
      @RoboticsNShenanigans 7 років тому +9

      And then it exploded.

  • @liamlockett1411
    @liamlockett1411 5 років тому +13

    I had goosebumps watching this again, such a beast of a car

  • @G0GURYE0
    @G0GURYE0 3 роки тому +3

    0:06, Fever Ray- 'If I Had A Heart' . Two years before Vikings !!! Bazinga!!!

  • @GaiusdanhnhanAugustus
    @GaiusdanhnhanAugustus 4 роки тому +6

    5:51 'That's staggering'
    Bugatti, 9 years later: How about 304mph?

    • @geordiebbq8024
      @geordiebbq8024 4 роки тому

      ya know that bugatti only called it the 300mph challenge cos they couldnt reach their original goal of 500kph

    • @mikailipek4971
      @mikailipek4971 3 роки тому +2

      @@geordiebbq8024 they could but they ran out of track

  • @rafaeloda
    @rafaeloda 4 роки тому +7

    5:45 always the same recorded "whoaaa", It's like the Wilhelm scream! XD

  • @Gary85Paul
    @Gary85Paul 4 роки тому +40

    I'd love to see an unedited video from the driver's point of view. What does travelling at 431 km/h look like for a driver?!

  • @arb6191
    @arb6191 8 місяців тому +1

    Top Gear will never be the same...what a show!!

  • @r0yalz_r3be1
    @r0yalz_r3be1 3 роки тому +32

    This car is not just a car it is an engineering masterpiece.

  • @alanlocklear4646
    @alanlocklear4646 8 років тому +18

    "Damn Him" is my reaction to when someone does better than me.

  • @samakshuppal
    @samakshuppal 8 років тому +3

    The way in which James and the test driver were holding the steering with one hand shows the level of engineering Bugatti has. Incredible... Wow.

  • @Bohr2um
    @Bohr2um 10 місяців тому +3

    1:05 OceanGate didnt know 💀

  • @itsfad
    @itsfad 4 роки тому +6

    Yo at 3:58 I literally just blink and I didn’t see the car pass by 😂

  • @MadnessIncVP
    @MadnessIncVP 7 років тому +7

    "I added my own congratulations afterwards." "...Damn him!"
    That's funny. XD

  • @nielsvansteen9087
    @nielsvansteen9087 5 років тому +3

    intro song/background music being played at the beginning from 00:00 to 00:16 is "fever ray - if i had a heart" for anyone wondering

  • @rishimakhanlal8905
    @rishimakhanlal8905 Рік тому +4

    At some point in time captain slow was the fastest man on earth. Thank you for putting your life on the line for us James May ❤

  • @billybifocals
    @billybifocals 7 місяців тому

    I always get goosebumps watching this. Absolutely bonkers speed.

  • @ZanderPingu
    @ZanderPingu 7 років тому +5

    I got my VW polo up to the blistering speed of 105mph last night, i can't imagine what it feels like to go 240+ mph

  • @bubbleman2002
    @bubbleman2002 8 років тому +40

    1:15 How dare you use stock sounds top gear?
    I know that sound from HL2! You've lied to us all!
    Appearantly a key turning inside of an ignition is the same as loading a shell into a spas-12.

    • @FadeDance
      @FadeDance 8 років тому +3

      +Big Macintosh. Hahaha, gem of a comment

  • @noprotein311
    @noprotein311 3 роки тому +3

    i like how the veyron is like a boss lvl in the car scene once you beat that you got another set of challengers

  • @swftre
    @swftre Рік тому +2

    notice how james hit the 417 km/h mark at exactly 4:17 into the video

  • @devious623
    @devious623 9 років тому +3

    lol i like how someone said no at 5:58

  • @RSKIKR79
    @RSKIKR79 4 роки тому +144

    who's here after watching James May say how easy the Veyron is?

    • @akishot6735
      @akishot6735 4 роки тому

      Dave Howard yeah I forgot about Top Gear after being in Grand Tour zone

    • @tilez273
      @tilez273 4 роки тому

      From drivetribe?

    • @izzdin6228
      @izzdin6228 4 роки тому

      How convenient of yt to recommend me this vid after watching that vid.

    • @Gamebattles1946
      @Gamebattles1946 4 роки тому

      me

    • @mrtom2854
      @mrtom2854 4 роки тому

      Yip

  • @MrRyguy2112
    @MrRyguy2112 3 роки тому +5

    I give James credit. It takes some balls driving that fast, no matter how advanced the car is.

  • @rhynhardtvanoordt5878
    @rhynhardtvanoordt5878 4 роки тому +6

    "Godspeed Capt. Slow" - I died