So middle class women all buy 4x4s so when they inevitably crash into someone, the person they crash into is more likely to die than themselves? That all explains it now.
so called safety.even well off women.we know someone who has a volvo xc90.what can't it do that say an Audi A6 Estate can't or even a Holden Calais tourer in all honesty.
Well most people use them in cities or places that don't even have any dirt roads or whatever an offroader is supposed to be used in so yeah, most people that uses those cars are fools
Anyone who lives outside of a town or city, even in the UK has a good reason to own one. Those nice and only slightly muddy paved roads can become almost impassable to other cars with only a bit of snow or rain, kids might be able to miss school but sometimes adults cant miss work or need to fetch supplies or medications if it goes on for a while.
Would you recommend a Toyota land cruiser over a 4runner? There's not a whole lot of land cruisers around here, but if i found one, would it be more worth it than it's little brother?
His daughter is now 25 ... feel old yet? She also just said in an interview that she tended to get carsick, so this adventure was probably not fun for her. But it wouldn't be Top Gear if the passengers were happy!
Everest Maher Well for shit gas (87ron) - they use better gas in Europe than we do. If you own even a medium performance engine you need to be using better gas than that. Most of your ancient technology 2 valve style engines that are still found in American V8s are fine with 87. My 4 valve V8 Lexus hates the shit tho.
Home of the Mad You’d be wrong. You don’t get the same formula from oil company to oil company or from season to season. Furthermore, BP is an oil company with filling stations in both NA and Europe- you don’t get the same formula from BP if you cross the ocean.
How things change.. now days SUVs (the "off road cars") usually aren't even good off road.. yet still is a gas hog, heavy with very high gravity point.
That is just not true 😂 in Australia we use landcruisers like this and we beef them up with lift kits, diff lockers and huge mud tyres they are actually very tough cars can take a lot of abuse
@Sean Rommel nah broh i'm european, and it doesn't even take an 11 years old to realize that someone who gets fired for punching a coworker is an idiot to some degree. As i stated before i enjoy the show and he is certainly a good entertainer but he clearly has some big flaws.
4:00 onwards is exactly why we've got pointless "crossovers" now, which can't go off-road and are only now getting decent fuel mileage: "I want to be up high and look down on everyone else" We have this attitude to thank for heavier cars, more CO2 into the atmosphere, and the death of affordable sports cars.
Crossovers which are driven by incompetent knobs who drive 15 below the limit and bash your car with their doors in a car park. The best way around this is buying a transit, sit even higher and you are able to tailgate anybody you want because you're in a van!
For real. A friend of mine once drove his parents SUV on a dirt road and got a flat because it had low profile tires. Completely pointless. My Corolla can go down the same road without any issues.
Sadly, they stumbled across real "woman's car" after trying with A-class or other previous attmepts at cars for women... solution is crossover/SUV hellscape we now find ourselves in....incredibly bad visibility as everyone covers everybodys sightlines in their cramped stretvhed up hatchbacks on stilts thay foen even have good clearence 90% of the time. Imagine if we instead got truly refined 90s designs of Honda Civic that kept being lightweight and slick with the developments in engine design... Only comparable things are incredibly small city cars like Yaris or Micra or even smaller Aygo. We could've had same economy and more performance in a bigger package but no...
It's the reason why i have to look for a nice car in early-mid 2000s because everything after 2010 got so darn heavy save few examples from very early 2010s
ok then if small cars are safer why stop at small? You can get motorcycles for cheap, and they're fuel efficient.... They're SUPER safe. half the time a motorcycle crashes it's the only car on the road, they just go into the ditch and injure themselves.
Ironically though the closing statement about being safer in a crash in a 4x4 or SUV was partially disproven thereafter (partially by TopGear), with vehicles like the Land Rover Freelander and Hummer H2 performing appallingly. The poor center of gravity also made rollover more likely, and worse. If one truly wanted crash safety in this era, and knew what they were talking about... they bought a Volvo.
Not familiar with that one, as I gave up on 5th Gear years before even Top Gear committed ratings suicide in the 2010's. (the newer presenters got more and more nausiating) I do recall 5th Gear rolling a classic Range Rover to show the need for a roll cage, but the example given was extremely unlikely in a typical UK road situation. (they had to do a very hard lock to lock steering change at speed to get the RR to flip; suggesting she was comparatively stable for a 4x4) Top Gear crashed a Locomotive into a Renault Espace once though (the car imploded like wet bogroll), to show how dangerous level crossings are; so I shudder to think of how a car that lost to an Espace on crash safety would fare.
^ Never heard of that car, nor particularly wish too as it has a really lame sounding model name 😆 . I would add though that I don't count Volvo after a certain point, as they lost their way around the end of the '90's, and now exclusively make overpriced garbage, miles apart from the well thought out apocalypse surrviving Tanks they used to produce
@@Think_Up I think we're confusing vehicle types. 4x4 doesn't inherently = "SUV" (Suburban Utility Vehicle). 4x4's like the Range Rover, Land Rover Defender, Toyota Land Cruiser, Jeep Wrangler or Mitsubishi Shogan were/are indeed indispensable out in the countryside and wilderness... while an "SUV" like the Land Rover Freelander or Nissan Juke... is just poorly proportioned garbage made to get around the US's CAFE standards 😒
Personally I prefer Saloons and Estates that have all wheel drive; best form factor with most of the utility that all wheel drive provides when the weather is bad and/or the terrain is too much for a conventional RWD vehicle.
At least when Clarkson buys a 4wd, it is not a pos tarmac cruiser suv. It is a proper, solid, reliable and absolutely capable off-roader. Arguably the best 4wd ever built.
cops people hype up the td42 but imo the tb48 is the pick of the Nissan engines, I'd have an fte or 1hz anyday from my experience they are just far more reliable
For a person like me (with wife and 2 kids), a compact sedan is the best choice. Decent fuel consumption, better handling, good enough room and boot space for long trips.
The model of Land Cruiser Clarkson was in are EXTREMELY capable off roaders. I had a ‘93 and with the largest set of BF Goodrich Mud Terrain Tores that would fit without modifications, I pulled countless super lifted trucks out of tough spots, and then drove right on through the spot. I did wish it wasn’t All Time 4 WD, for a tad more efficiency and less wear on front drivetrain. How I wish I hadn’t gotten rid of that gem.
Yeah people are dumb like that. Unless youre sitting in an armoured car or tank you arent any safer. The feeling of security is all that matters....maybe thats why we have a creeping police state these days
My biggest gripe with actually purchasing an SUV is the ridiculous profit margins car makers make on them, most are based on a car frame, but by adding 10 cm of height to it, they can add around 25% sale price. since most people here seem to be from the US of A, compare the equipment levels of a ''minivan'' (Honda Odyssey for example) which tops out at just under $50K, then see how much it costs to get the same stuff in an SUV, its madness this, near where I live, there is a section of two lane road, but because there are parked cars on one side taking up around 30% of the road width, its always very close, and I've had 3 mirrors knocked off my car in the 2 years I've lived here all by maniacs in giant SUVs and Pickups( Ford Ranger, Land Rover discovery etc) and each time I was stationary to let them pass.
Cheap? I would say average person in UK makes money quicker to fill their tank now in 2019 or in 2016 when you wrote that. People see prices but they forgot they were not earning the money they earning today.
Can we just for a moment pause and remember what great 4x4s we had available in those days. When they weren't lifestyle crossovers or some shit. They didn't come with 22" alloys and sporty tyres. They had 16" wheels (often steel) with 75 ratio sidewalls. Live axles and diff locks. The fuel efficiency was poor but at least you had a vehicle that did what it said on the tin.
It's funny how they were so dirty looking. Now Range Rovers and BMW and Audi, Mercedes etc are all pristine, all about showing off and being sexy than being "off road"
Evi1M4chine disagree. They are perfect for off roading. What is off roading? The average person just needs it to be good on ice and snow, good on grass and mud and sand. That's it. They are just fancy cars, with the advantages of being luxurious and a status symbol
true.i had an audi run up the back of my little car not long after i bought the thing damage to both was minimal.opel who are the german division of holden who make my car at gm korea have plenty to do with the safety aspects.if i had been driving a toyota or a mazda i would have been rushed to hospital by ambulance.
Here in Australia we use off-road vehicles for their intended purpose: off roading. We throw things on them, add another spare wheel, and go into the Outback with them.
2:08 "Toyota also extensively tests the Land Cruiser in the Australian outback - considered to be one of the toughest operating environments in both temperature and terrain." -Wikipedia
The people driving 4x4s on the road are basically all house wives doing the school run that can't drive and "feel more secure" in a big car, but are then an even bigger threat to the person they eventually run into.
@Horizon585 Because men totally don't do it too /s. You should come to America and see the sheer amount of brodozers, women aren't alone in this flawed thinking.
David agree. They’re arrogant too. I was strapping my children in the car and as you do, you have the door open enough to be able to strap them in as you stand outside. One woman was honking and hurling abuse as she couldn’t drive past me in her huge Lexus 4WD. 😳
I have a huge Ford F-250 three quarter ton four wheel drive long bed truck with a pop-up camper. Handling is terrifying. Braking is non existent. But I pity the fool that runs into me.
"Nine miles to the gallon!? Thats obscene! People who drive these are fools!" (later on happily buys a Ford GT that, with how Jeremy drives, gets four miles to the gallon)
I have a vehicle that has a 6 cylinder engine, 24 valve engine with only a slightly smaller displacement than Jeremy's, yet gets nearly the same mileage to the gallon as a 1990s- early millennial compact. It has more room inside than Jeremy's car, is easy to park, big enough to feel safe in, has a much lower c of g and has terrific braking power. It lacks 4X4, but because I hit gravel all of 3 times a year, I don't need it, as most people don't. Honda Odyssey. Buy one, bitches.
For a brief period I was afflicted with two Land Rovers. At first I really liked them, but then one day I became weary of the inefficiencies and lack of driving dynamics (although Land Rovers are better at this than most SUVs), and I traded the newer LR in for a VW Passat and sold the older LR. I am so much happier having a large comfortable car again, and it gets over twice the mpg’s while being faster, quieter, and better-handling.
I sort of accidentally went the other way, moving away from my sporty hatch Seat Leon Cupra to a BMW 3 series wagon and now an X5. I was surprised by how sporty a car like the X5 can be. It is noticeably heavier but the suspension is rather well in tune and it can take turns surprisingly quickly. I will be going back to a normal car for the fuel (and tire) economy, but I've been enjoying the ground clearance and awd in the finnish winter. That's about the only thing that makes this car "off-road worthy" but thats also the only thing I'd use an off-road car for. Deep snow and very bumpy roads, I don't have to worry as much.
It was only a child riding a bicycle She only noticed it when she got home and wondered why a bike was crammed in the wheel arch and blood and hair all over the door 😂
Brother my commute to uni and home everyday is nearly 50 miles. But it’s hella snowy in the winter so I need an off-road capable vehicle. It truly is a way of life
I have driven in the same conditions in a Mk3 golf and a VW T3. Didnt even get stuck in the big puddles. As long as there are some sort of tracks you dont need a SUV.
+Joe Barbaro Without high ground clearance you can often get stuck on the center "verge" (As tractors dig out large trenches either side leaving the center of the track extremely high) Ofc if you drive a ridiculously small city car and are stupid enough to take an off road short cut you can straggle one wheel on the central "verge" and one in the tyre track.. Not that I would know anything about that :3 Even on better quality tracks all it would take is one slightly eroded road rock to rip off your oil pan / transmission in a low slung road car.
Azurren Well of course if you drive a car with ground clearance less than ~15cm you are going to get stuck and that was the case with my fathers A6(clearance is something like 11cm). Im not saying you can drive nice car offroad but come on it doesnt have to be a pickup or a SUV if a golf can do it.
+Joe Barbaro I have a Corolla and have crawled down many a dirt trail in it, but you do it with your butt clenched like a vault door knowing how easily you could break something.
2:00 - That was Jeremy's house. But in The Grand Tour. James and Richard blew it up. Search 'Jeremy's house grand tour on youtube to find the 1 minute something video. Trust me. It's good!!
I remember in my travels in the past coming across a few earlier model Hilux's sitting on their roof. But saying that, they had great ground clearence off road.
The most amazing thing about this is the price of fuel! I've not been driving long enough to EVER experience putting in more litres of fuel than there were pounds in cost price. Just wow. The video could have stopped right there. It's a piece of history. Time Team will marvel at this more than Roman pottery!
Here in North America, specifically the US fuel is still stupid cheap, little under a dollar a litre (although of course it is in gallons). Which helps explain our obsession with impractical and stupid vehicles.
Being both a car guy and 4x4 enthusiast,...driving a 4x4 rig on road is totally pointless ,we have suffer low gas millage which is pointless for a vehicle going at just 100 mph or 180kmph ,and also the discomforts such as body roll,so even as a 4x4 fan,I would prefer driving a 2wd road car with a very low centre of gravity!
jeremy: "20 liters of fuel" me, an american: * trying to picture like ten of those bottles of soda * jeremy: "now we'll convert that from euro-babble into english by dividing it by 4 " me: "oh thank god he's doing it for me"
My 1989 Jeep weighed just over 3100 lbs and had stopping distance comparable to most midsize sedans, along with suspension that held tight and true where many full size sedans wandered and leaned. Not all 4x4s are built the same.
Living in Canada you would have to be daft not to drive one of these in the winter. Plus the sheer amount of gravel roads that may or may not see a grader in a week. In a tiny country like the UK they don't make sense, just as James May's Panda would be ridiculous in Canada.
You see the winter argument a lot. On a snowy and icy road a "regular" two wheel drive car equipped with winter tyres will perform better than a 4x4 with regular tyres.
@@charleshainsworth1723 yes maybe, but a 4x4 with proper winter tyres is no match for anything else, maybe a volvo awd or a subaru but no 2wheel drive comes even close.
Scott Whitley pick ups make a good choice with a box on the back, as they are much cheaper to buy than a Land Cruiser etc but get the ladder frame chassis.
The overwhelming majority of SINGLE VEHICLE crashes (not a typo) are people in SUVs. "Single vehicle crash" = You hit anything other than another vehicle.
watching this now pisses me off seeing all these people saying "oh it makes me feel more safe" not realizing they're the problem because now every car on the road is driving one of these so now the size has only increased and the danger of car on car collisions has only gotten worse
I have a 2002 dodge durango which is by no means a small truck, but parked up next to a 2022 gmc pickup truck or ford - its absolutely trounced. the hood of those trucks comes up the windshield. its absolute nonsense. everyone might as well buy a kenworth and drive around that.
Yep. Particularly in this era, the ladder chassis that makes them so tough off road has no impact absorption and the body bolted onto it has no structure. So not only are you more likely to be injured in one of these than in a sensible car, you're also putting more energy into the crash so the person you hit comes out worse
I used to have an Amazon, I some how got it for £500 at auction granted it was falling apart but drove flawlessly. Oh and might I add it was the 4.7l V8 that had a few holes in the exhaust it sounded mental lol.
I live in a city above Boston... Snow removal is terrible, and the streets are often very icy. The 4 wheel drive has gotten me up hills and through snow drifts that would stop any sedan. Adventure is just a dirt road away.
The stupid part is that you "need" a "beefy offroader", because IF an accident happens and it is one of those you are screwed in a normal car. So if one person has one, everyone needs one ... kinetic energy is proportionate to mass: E = 0,5 * mass * speed²
Sin sin sinner I am NOT joking ... There is also the point of the seating position to consider. In a Range Rover you are sitting high and can look above all the other cars. Now imagine yourself sitting in a "regular" small car and a Range Rover is next to you at a crossing ... you CANT look over the bonnet of that one and would "need" such a car yourself to be "equal" again and have an unobstructed view again. So ... some people try to get an advantage over others (better view) and they add a disadvantage for all the others around them, who then have to get that same advantage ... until it isnt any advantage anymore because everyone has it. Taller cars on the side of the road dont make it safer for kids to cross, because they can "hide" much better behind them. So in the end there are a lot of downsides to offroaders ...
Muck006 It may surprise you but some people actually own 4x4s because they do often go away and they are great towing vehicles. The point your making can also be said of a van, now they are useless. Don't have such a big family and you won't need a van, if your family does not consist of MORE than 5 people you still don't need a van. My father (here in Australia) has a 2003 v8 landcruiser and it's sensational for long drives. We can fit many things in the back so we don't slow everyone down with a trailor, plenty of power for the hilly roads and we use it off-road often.
Stephen Butler I am primarily talking about people who live in the city and DONT NEED such huge cars but buy them anyway because of "me me me want to be SAFE". Here in Europe we do not have much "countryside to drive through" anymore, but they are still selling the stupid stuff en masse. The gist of it is that todays cars - just the regular ones - are 10-20 cm higher than the cars from 35 years ago. That doesnt help visibility in city traffic. They are also getting heavier all the time (just look at the weight of a VW Golf through the series ... our "new" Golf 4 is 1,5 tons while our "old" Passat is only 1 ton and bigger and more practical). That isnt good, because it increases the fuel consumption AND the "impact energy" in case of a crash ... If you NEED a big chunky offroader to tow stuff that is fine ... but you are the exception in some parts of the world where "free and empty nature" is a thing of the past. Since there are a lot more people living in cities than in the countryside the majority of people do NOT need such cars.
4:02 oh wow, young james may
ow ı didn’t expect you in here :D
rarest james Mays ever
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MR SLAV HOLY SHIT
Oh hey there
So middle class women all buy 4x4s so when they inevitably crash into someone, the person they crash into is more likely to die than themselves? That all explains it now.
so called safety.even well off women.we know someone who has a volvo xc90.what can't it do that say an Audi A6 Estate can't or even a Holden Calais tourer in all honesty.
Reinforce chassis and be on your merry way coupe after you slice through them.
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And then everyone asks why women live longer than men
@@franzchong5889 What can it do...keep all your family safe...provided you have offspring to require such a car and the money to afford an XC90 😄
They are stupid, as should be.
How Top Gear changed. The Jeremy I knew would have smashed through that fence.
That his car
100th like :D
This is pre Top Gear....
Haha budget
@@JumpingTuna It would have been just shot again without the kids.
Dad: This is the fast way to school
Me: I don't want to go to school faster
Here in america we have lots of roads like that, we call them avenues and state highways.
I want to go to school fast
Mike Oxmaul Nick Gurr power！！！speeeeeeeeeeeed！！！！
Dad: You’re adopted.
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"And people who drive them are fools...
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Well most people use them in cities or places that don't even have any dirt roads or whatever an offroader is supposed to be used in so yeah, most people that uses those cars are fools
@@Kwixis but if you don't live in a city where roads are everywhere... well your not a fool XD ( I don't own any off-road vehicles btw )
@@x-ray_apha_delta-9403 that was my point :D
Anyone who lives outside of a town or city, even in the UK has a good reason to own one. Those nice and only slightly muddy paved roads can become almost impassable to other cars with only a bit of snow or rain, kids might be able to miss school but sometimes adults cant miss work or need to fetch supplies or medications if it goes on for a while.
Yes, we all heard it in the video, you don't need to repeat the joke.
2:18 Drivetribe just interviewed Clarkson's daughter now. Time really flies.
I thought those were his grand kids in the car lol
@@zaydgani Clarkson's feeling old now
He's daughter will crash easy because she's a britsh female lmao 😅
Lakeria Rian x why did you decide to type
Booley is a cunt
0:28 ahhh the times when the litres went up faster than the cost
Nuts isn't it
Nowadays, it’s the other way round - the cost goes up faster than the litres.
@@joshbacon8241 yeah that’s the whole point of the comment
@@joshbacon8241 no shit
@@northkoreabestkoreao9690 😂👌🏻
They have now taken away any off road benefits and called them SUVs.
That started happening in the 90s it’s not new
They are call cuv actually
@@matthewarnold4557 yes but companies call them SUVs because *Sport*
@@adrianwelgemoed9562 Someone should tell Nissan there's nothing sporty about a 1.5 litre engine with a CVT transmission.....
@@armchairgeneralissimo my fucking 90s suzuki samurai is sportier than that
I drove my Dad’s massive Land Cruiser Paradowhen I was learning to drive. So I bought an Impreza, now I drive like a maniac with how nimble it is.
Haha we had a green one it was like driving a tank but now iv got an old Rav4 that i thrash on the beach
Binned it yet?
You know he has lol it's a Subaru
Hope you don’t hurt anyone for your sake
Would you recommend a Toyota land cruiser over a 4runner?
There's not a whole lot of land cruisers around here, but if i found one, would it be more worth it than it's little brother?
Anybody else think the woman at 4:00 was James May?
+Yardie Noh exactly
I did lol
haha me too
Yardie Noh she's James wife
Dhruv Dogra who, James May?
This couldn't get more late 1990s even if it tried.
Burns Night this isn’t late 90s...
Not technically as it IS (apparently) 2000, the word is, practically. Don’t be late for class tomorrow!
This was made in 2002
@HerrNilssonTheMonkey 2000 is the start of the 21st century, start of the 2000s not the end of the 90s
@@apexbuilder0171 2001 was the start of the 21st century.
His daughter is now 25 ... feel old yet? She also just said in an interview that she tended to get carsick, so this adventure was probably not fun for her. But it wouldn't be Top Gear if the passengers were happy!
I dont even know who you are🧐
@@lgskeete you will
when was this filmed lol
@@littlebee33 2008 which was 13 years ago
@@Lalizal it was 2002 lol
holy crap 76.9p a litre we must create a time machine!!
Matt Bartholomew come to the states it's around $2.50 a gallon, however our gallons are slightly smaller than yours
$1.85/gallon here in Texas
Everest Maher
Well for shit gas (87ron) - they use better gas in Europe than we do. If you own even a medium performance engine you need to be using better gas than that. Most of your ancient technology 2 valve style engines that are still found in American V8s are fine with 87. My 4 valve V8 Lexus hates the shit tho.
Neg Ative
I am pretty sure the gas is the same.
Home of the Mad
You’d be wrong. You don’t get the same formula from oil company to oil company or from season to season. Furthermore, BP is an oil company with filling stations in both NA and Europe- you don’t get the same formula from BP if you cross the ocean.
How things change.. now days SUVs (the "off road cars") usually aren't even good off road.. yet still is a gas hog, heavy with very high gravity point.
Vanessa Pucca big for nothing
They've become the new age Mini-Vans.
That is just not true 😂 in Australia we use landcruisers like this and we beef them up with lift kits, diff lockers and huge mud tyres they are actually very tough cars can take a lot of abuse
@@Raven-cf5qd yeah, but those are land cruisers. Of course they’re gonna be good
@@Raven-cf5qd Yeah, after putting on lift kits, diff lockers and huge mud tires.
Rare footage: Jeremy Clarkson talks some sense.
Clorox Bleach no u
he is a god and he always talks sense
@@jakobzonta nope, he is fun and all but he is kind of a jerk
@Sean Rommel nah broh i'm european, and it doesn't even take an 11 years old to realize that someone who gets fired for punching a coworker is an idiot to some degree. As i stated before i enjoy the show and he is certainly a good entertainer but he clearly has some big flaws.
And opening a gate, rather than driving through it!
4:00 onwards is exactly why we've got pointless "crossovers" now, which can't go off-road and are only now getting decent fuel mileage: "I want to be up high and look down on everyone else"
We have this attitude to thank for heavier cars, more CO2 into the atmosphere, and the death of affordable sports cars.
Crossovers which are driven by incompetent knobs who drive 15 below the limit and bash your car with their doors in a car park. The best way around this is buying a transit, sit even higher and you are able to tailgate anybody you want because you're in a van!
To which I say: who cares? Who cares? And opposed to still-affordable...what?
For real. A friend of mine once drove his parents SUV on a dirt road and got a flat because it had low profile tires. Completely pointless. My Corolla can go down the same road without any issues.
Sadly, they stumbled across real "woman's car" after trying with A-class or other previous attmepts at cars for women... solution is crossover/SUV hellscape we now find ourselves in....incredibly bad visibility as everyone covers everybodys sightlines in their cramped stretvhed up hatchbacks on stilts thay foen even have good clearence 90% of the time. Imagine if we instead got truly refined 90s designs of Honda Civic that kept being lightweight and slick with the developments in engine design... Only comparable things are incredibly small city cars like Yaris or Micra or even smaller Aygo. We could've had same economy and more performance in a bigger package but no...
It's the reason why i have to look for a nice car in early-mid 2000s because everything after 2010 got so darn heavy save few examples from very early 2010s
Ha, large car. In america those would be medium sized vehicles.
jonny clipper Large 'CAR'. It's actually funny how loose the term 'truck' is in America. If it's bigger than a standard sedan it's basically a truck.
+Stephen Butler No, a truck specifically has a storage bed.
jonny clipper I believe thats because most american are more anti-social than ever
Hanif Purbaya trucks have four doors and arent "antisocial". Pull your head out of your ass please.
Trucks have a minimum load limit of about 4tons. Under that on not a truck. Just a Ute.
"its safer" ok then, why stop at a truck? For the same price you can get a used BTR-60, 8 wheels and armor that can shrug of a small arms fire.
This is perfect
He's not wrong, I've seen deuce and a halfs go up for a couple grand.
ok then if small cars are safer why stop at small? You can get motorcycles for cheap, and they're fuel efficient.... They're SUPER safe. half the time a motorcycle crashes it's the only car on the road, they just go into the ditch and injure themselves.
@@krebgurfson5732 what did you smoke?
That's useful for going work with that colleague you can't stand
Well at least with that land cruiser (NOT a land rover though) he probably saved money on maintenance enough to offset the fuel cost.
@@phinhd5998 top comeback, only 2 years late. Everyone knows how terrible British reliability is.
@@LilleyAdam no every British car manufacturer is unreliable you dumb fuck
@@phinhd5998 what British car manufacturers still exist? Morgan?
@@phinhd5998 Brits and Germans lost it long back mate. They are no longer engineering marvels. Instead they are just novelty items.
The Land Cruiser which Jeremy drove is still on the road today.
“Europe babble into British”...
Converts litres into gallons....
Also he converted to imperial gallons not us gallons just to make it a little extra confusing :D
Imperial is british
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No it’s mot
Even worse, in American gallons, it's 7.2 mpg!
@@sajidhasanzada6928 yes it is. America uses a different system called US customary units. Imperial was created as a British standard.
Ironically though the closing statement about being safer in a crash in a 4x4 or SUV was partially disproven thereafter (partially by TopGear), with vehicles like the Land Rover Freelander and Hummer H2 performing appallingly. The poor center of gravity also made rollover more likely, and worse.
If one truly wanted crash safety in this era, and knew what they were talking about... they bought a Volvo.
And 5th gear, they crashed a discovery into a Renault espace and guess which occupants faired best
Not familiar with that one, as I gave up on 5th Gear years before even Top Gear committed ratings suicide in the 2010's.
(the newer presenters got more and more nausiating)
I do recall 5th Gear rolling a classic Range Rover to show the need for a roll cage, but the example given was extremely unlikely in a typical UK road situation.
(they had to do a very hard lock to lock steering change at speed to get the RR to flip; suggesting she was comparatively stable for a 4x4)
Top Gear crashed a Locomotive into a Renault Espace once though (the car imploded like wet bogroll), to show how dangerous level crossings are; so I shudder to think of how a car that lost to an Espace on crash safety would fare.
^ Never heard of that car, nor particularly wish too as it has a really lame sounding model name 😆 .
I would add though that I don't count Volvo after a certain point, as they lost their way around the end of the '90's, and now exclusively make overpriced garbage, miles apart from the well thought out apocalypse surrviving Tanks they used to produce
@@Think_Up I think we're confusing vehicle types. 4x4 doesn't inherently = "SUV" (Suburban Utility Vehicle).
4x4's like the Range Rover, Land Rover Defender, Toyota Land Cruiser, Jeep Wrangler or Mitsubishi Shogan were/are indeed indispensable out in the countryside and wilderness... while an "SUV" like the Land Rover Freelander or Nissan Juke... is just poorly proportioned garbage made to get around the US's CAFE standards 😒
Personally I prefer Saloons and Estates that have all wheel drive; best form factor with most of the utility that all wheel drive provides when the weather is bad and/or the terrain is too much for a conventional RWD vehicle.
At least when Clarkson buys a 4wd, it is not a pos tarmac cruiser suv. It is a proper, solid, reliable and absolutely capable off-roader. Arguably the best 4wd ever built.
"Arguably" is the key word.
@@allenwatkins4972 There's always room for discussion :)
@@allenwatkins4972 the 80 series is the best landcruiser chassis made with very close to the best engine they made (1hd ft) so yeah it's pretty good
@@willmcc05 yeah & the GU patrol TD42T is also very reliable I would put it up their with the same reliability as the cruiser .
cops people hype up the td42 but imo the tb48 is the pick of the Nissan engines, I'd have an fte or 1hz anyday from my experience they are just far more reliable
Jeremy is so freaking funny. He always makes his point with a metaphorical punch in the face!!!
Well this aged like artisanal hand crafted wine
For a person like me (with wife and 2 kids), a compact sedan is the best choice. Decent fuel consumption, better handling, good enough room and boot space for long trips.
The model of Land Cruiser Clarkson was in are EXTREMELY capable off roaders. I had a ‘93 and with the largest set of BF Goodrich Mud Terrain Tores that would fit without modifications, I pulled countless super lifted trucks out of tough spots, and then drove right on through the spot. I did wish it wasn’t All Time 4 WD, for a tad more efficiency and less wear on front drivetrain. How I wish I hadn’t gotten rid of that gem.
Women love SUV's because they FEEL safe, but in reality, most sedans are rated safer unless you're spending a lot more money on your SUV.
they may feel safe but are a threat to others in their beefy tanks.
Exactly that's bullshit about suv being safer, just check IIHS small overlap crash test
Yeah people are dumb like that. Unless youre sitting in an armoured car or tank you arent any safer. The feeling of security is all that matters....maybe thats why we have a creeping police state these days
My biggest gripe with actually purchasing an SUV is the ridiculous profit margins car makers make on them, most are based on a car frame, but by adding 10 cm of height to it, they can add around 25% sale price. since most people here seem to be from the US of A, compare the equipment levels of a ''minivan'' (Honda Odyssey for example) which tops out at just under $50K, then see how much it costs to get the same stuff in an SUV, its madness this, near where I live, there is a section of two lane road, but because there are parked cars on one side taking up around 30% of the road width, its always very close, and I've had 3 mirrors knocked off my car in the 2 years I've lived here all by maniacs in giant SUVs and Pickups( Ford Ranger, Land Rover discovery etc) and each time I was stationary to let them pass.
You're right, it's utter bollocks ua-cam.com/video/mLLanPwRgio/v-deo.html
4:00 when someone hit u, u will be safe...
What she actually ment is... If she hit something she would be safe...
Yes that is what that means, what about it, it still good to be safer if even just for yourself
@@spencer4679 Basically, she should have her licence taken away. That way, we can get rid of the SUVs, and everyone will be safer on the roads.
@@spencer4679 The ironic thing is SUVs are less safe because they are so prone to rolling over in accidents.
4:00 oh my god its james may
Say sike right now 😂
Sike that's wrong number
Look how cheap the petrol is back then :D
@izsák 0.79p per litre
I think the Pound just plummeted since then
Callum O'Leary You mean gas lol?
Cheap? I would say average person in UK makes money quicker to fill their tank now in 2019 or in 2016 when you wrote that. People see prices but they forgot they were not earning the money they earning today.
@@01Jelen10 really? Seems u have not much brains.few years ago u waa geting same money and all was cheeper
Can we just for a moment pause and remember what great 4x4s we had available in those days. When they weren't lifestyle crossovers or some shit.
They didn't come with 22" alloys and sporty tyres. They had 16" wheels (often steel) with 75 ratio sidewalls. Live axles and diff locks.
The fuel efficiency was poor but at least you had a vehicle that did what it said on the tin.
04:12 - Zero observational skills and possibly deaf.
It's funny how they were so dirty looking. Now Range Rovers and BMW and Audi, Mercedes etc are all pristine, all about showing off and being sexy than being "off road"
Evi1M4chine disagree. They are perfect for off roading. What is off roading? The average person just needs it to be good on ice and snow, good on grass and mud and sand. That's it. They are just fancy cars, with the advantages of being luxurious and a status symbol
@@EnterShikari01 They're awd not 4x4 tho
@@WTRGK BINGO! Idk about you but id rather have 4×4 than AWD.
Out of those you've mentioned only Range Rover could go offroad. But who will be offroading in Range Rover?
@@vadym8713 hey hey hey,gle and gls can also do offroading,don't forget g wagen too
Any normal car: "I'm going to avoid accidents!"
Off-road car: "I can't avoid them, i DEAL WITH IT!"
4:12 my ex girlfriend talking about me.
Underrated comment
You get pegged by your missus?
@@Vertical-sandwiches Where did you get that from?
Hahahaha, well done
Where is you 1k likes sir seems someone has robbed you 🧐
Yet he drives a massive Range Rover nowadays. lol
+CRAWFORDx96 Did you even watch the video? he in this video shows that he atually has got one.... he even drives it
The irony is that your more prone to accidents in a heavy
SUV rather than a car.
CRAWFORDx96 ikr
He drives the range rover for a joke. Its a diesel and he drives a range rover for the “environment” v8 turbo diesel lol
Hes a media bum
1:33 I swear he could be german
Lol
Say sike right now
0:46 back when 20 liters cost 16 pounds lol i miss those days
All of the difference is because of inflation, 79p in today’s money is £1.39.
I would much rather be able to _avoid_ the accident, than feel safe in the event of an accident
JC Martinez drunk drivers bashing into yoj m8
Is it to much to ask for both? That's how Volvo thinks.
And then what
You can't avoid all potential accidents lol, if you think like that then don't drive at all.
true.i had an audi run up the back of my little car not long after i bought the thing damage to both was minimal.opel who are the german division of holden who make my car at gm korea have plenty to do with the safety aspects.if i had been driving a toyota or a mazda i would have been rushed to hospital by ambulance.
Anyone here after watching the interview with his daughter, Emily? She looked so cute when she was younger hahaha
Awesomesauce yeah lol
Same
Were they with Finlo as well?
She still do
Nobody:
UA-cam: after 10 years let's put this in their recommended
Nobody:
UA-cam: after 10 years let's put this in their recommended
Haha
Same xD
Same now
Yep they are really cool videos 🤣😂
@@strangerui4009 Lol top gear was amazing. Sad that their best people had to leave
prefer being in something beefy lololololololololol
Or something beefy in her?
4:11 Pam Doove
DIRTY SANCHEZ ikr!
DIRTY SANCHEZ lol
I'd like to say that then you should just ride me but that would get me in trouble.
0:59
Teacher: "You won't always have a calculator in your pocket!"
Jezza: "Watch thiiiis."
Here in Australia we use off-road vehicles for their intended purpose: off roading. We throw things on them, add another spare wheel, and go into the Outback with them.
The Steakhouse?
@@probablycause fuck up
@probablycause You should check out the Australian off road scene, maybe number 1 in the world.
@probablycause
No, your Mom's house.
2:54 how my parents described getting to school when they were my age
2:08 "Toyota also extensively tests the Land Cruiser in the Australian outback - considered to be one of the toughest operating environments in both temperature and terrain." -Wikipedia
This particular landcruiser in the turbo diesel 4.2
1hd t or 1hd ft engine is still used offroad now in Australia because the chassis is so strong
The people driving 4x4s on the road are basically all house wives doing the school run that can't drive and "feel more secure" in a big car, but are then an even bigger threat to the person they eventually run into.
@Horizon585 Because men totally don't do it too /s. You should come to America and see the sheer amount of brodozers, women aren't alone in this flawed thinking.
@@nedinnis6752 lol, Americans are their own species. Apples and oranges.
@@onii-chandaisuki5710 Highly doubt that.
David agree. They’re arrogant too. I was strapping my children in the car and as you do, you have the door open enough to be able to strap them in as you stand outside. One woman was honking and hurling abuse as she couldn’t drive past me in her huge Lexus 4WD. 😳
SUVs and trucks often out number small cars in america
I have a huge Ford F-250 three quarter ton four wheel drive long bed truck with a pop-up camper. Handling is terrifying. Braking is non existent. But I pity the fool that runs into me.
LMAO love your comment!
+MyLoft ikr
Easy there Mr.T
but what if someone hits you with an f-250
Cem the universe implodes
"Nine miles to the gallon!? Thats obscene! People who drive these are fools!"
(later on happily buys a Ford GT that, with how Jeremy drives, gets four miles to the gallon)
All depends on the use case. Track car don't mind high fuel consumption, bet you don't drive that to work tho.
@@username8644 13, 15 easily!
but it is also a fucking supercar
You can’t get 4mpg in a Ford GT unless you drive it hard on a track. Not possible in the real world. You can get pretty close though.😟
"Off-road cars are Daft antisocial and idiotic, and the people that drive them are fools."
(Footage of interviews with Off-road-er owners)
0:30 76.9p/litre! I think that must be the first time I've ever seen the 'litres' count higher than the 'this sale'!
Yeah but if you live in the US southwest/mountain states, you often need one. I love this show.
I have a vehicle that has a 6 cylinder engine, 24 valve engine with only a slightly smaller displacement than Jeremy's, yet gets nearly the same mileage to the gallon as a 1990s- early millennial compact. It has more room inside than Jeremy's car, is easy to park, big enough to feel safe in, has a much lower c of g and has terrific braking power. It lacks 4X4, but because I hit gravel all of 3 times a year, I don't need it, as most people don't.
Honda Odyssey. Buy one, bitches.
soccermomd00d Never beat a Land cruiser
80 series landcruiser is a God tier vehicle in Australia
@@chris425amp7 where does a land cruiser beat a minivan outside of off-road and reliability?
Just googled the Reg plate and it seems this Toyota LC is still taxed till March next year, although the MOT seems to have lapsed.
For a brief period I was afflicted with two Land Rovers. At first I really liked them, but then one day I became weary of the inefficiencies and lack of driving dynamics (although Land Rovers are better at this than most SUVs), and I traded the newer LR in for a VW Passat and sold the older LR. I am so much happier having a large comfortable car again, and it gets over twice the mpg’s while being faster, quieter, and better-handling.
I sort of accidentally went the other way, moving away from my sporty hatch Seat Leon Cupra to a BMW 3 series wagon and now an X5. I was surprised by how sporty a car like the X5 can be. It is noticeably heavier but the suspension is rather well in tune and it can take turns surprisingly quickly. I will be going back to a normal car for the fuel (and tire) economy, but I've been enjoying the ground clearance and awd in the finnish winter. That's about the only thing that makes this car "off-road worthy" but thats also the only thing I'd use an off-road car for. Deep snow and very bumpy roads, I don't have to worry as much.
But what if you have to storm Africa?
‘Someone went into the side of me and I hardly noticed’ is she for real 😂
It was only a child riding a bicycle
She only noticed it when she got home and wondered why a bike was crammed in the wheel arch and blood and hair all over the door 😂
4:15 What when you pulled out of a junction and didn't look to see if anything was coming!
Brother my commute to uni and home everyday is nearly 50 miles. But it’s hella snowy in the winter so I need an off-road capable vehicle. It truly is a way of life
4:56 the camera looks like a Doug Dumero video
It's safe until everyone inevitably drives one of these and then the cycle will continue with even bigger cars
Its already happening i can see shit over them from my car in the parking lot....its ridiculous... same in the city "bumper to bumper" traffic
Massive pickup trucks gradually permeating the UK now
At 3:23 That Cows was Ancestors of Jeremy's Cows In Clarksons Farm 😄
I have driven in the same conditions in a Mk3 golf and a VW T3. Didnt even get stuck in the big puddles. As long as there are some sort of tracks you dont need a SUV.
+Joe Barbaro Without high ground clearance you can often get stuck on the center "verge" (As tractors dig out large trenches either side leaving the center of the track extremely high)
Ofc if you drive a ridiculously small city car and are stupid enough to take an off road short cut you can straggle one wheel on the central "verge" and one in the tyre track.. Not that I would know anything about that :3
Even on better quality tracks all it would take is one slightly eroded road rock to rip off your oil pan / transmission in a low slung road car.
Azurren Well of course if you drive a car with ground clearance less than ~15cm you are going to get stuck and that was the case with my fathers A6(clearance is something like 11cm). Im not saying you can drive nice car offroad but come on it doesnt have to be a pickup or a SUV if a golf can do it.
+Joe Barbaro yeah but if you live out in the countryside like I do you can see up to a few feet of snow no regular car is getting through that.
lol I did it in a 2003 corolla
+Joe Barbaro I have a Corolla and have crawled down many a dirt trail in it, but you do it with your butt clenched like a vault door knowing how easily you could break something.
The old ones weren't even safer 😂
They should've just bought themselves a Volvo 🤦🏻♂️😅
Old Top Gear music: Never disappoints.
What’s the song at the start?
2:56 the person who blurred the license plate did a very good job.
That's weird. It doesn't appear to have a rear number plate, e.g. at 3:34. Or does it?
2:00 - That was Jeremy's house. But in The Grand Tour. James and Richard blew it up. Search 'Jeremy's house grand tour on youtube to find the 1 minute something video. Trust me. It's good!!
I remember in my travels in the past coming across a few earlier model Hilux's sitting on their roof. But saying that, they had great ground clearence off road.
Can I just say I loved the bit where he was arguing back to his own children about them banging their heads! What a great father!
"you can look down on lesser mortals" guy looking down at my Ford Explorer in his Ford Excursion :'(
I just watched you're daughters video. She is now 24 or 25. How funny. You sir are a legend.
The most amazing thing about this is the price of fuel! I've not been driving long enough to EVER experience putting in more litres of fuel than there were pounds in cost price. Just wow. The video could have stopped right there. It's a piece of history. Time Team will marvel at this more than Roman pottery!
Here in North America, specifically the US fuel is still stupid cheap, little under a dollar a litre (although of course it is in gallons). Which helps explain our obsession with impractical and stupid vehicles.
It was 37p a litre when I started driving. You can put a 1 in front of that number these days.
I came here after watching drive tribe Emmy´s interview. God, time has passed!
Those children would absolutely love this ❤️🙏
Being both a car guy and 4x4 enthusiast,...driving a 4x4 rig on road is totally pointless ,we have suffer low gas millage which is pointless for a vehicle going at just 100 mph or 180kmph ,and also the discomforts such as body roll,so even as a 4x4 fan,I would prefer driving a 2wd road car with a very low centre of gravity!
jeremy: "20 liters of fuel"
me, an american: * trying to picture like ten of those bottles of soda *
jeremy: "now we'll convert that from euro-babble into english by dividing it by 4 "
me: "oh thank god he's doing it for me"
1:55 "...are fools. this is mine" always get me
“This is mine”🤣
Jeremy's kids are lucky they have a dad like him. Everyday to school is an adventure.
Best line of the whole video is the kiddos’ ❤
“......NINE!!!!!” 😂😂😂
2:28 wow that's Richard Hammond
1:48 He's actually teasing my dad😩😂
My 1989 Jeep weighed just over 3100 lbs and had stopping distance comparable to most midsize sedans, along with suspension that held tight and true where many full size sedans wandered and leaned.
Not all 4x4s are built the same.
Living in Canada you would have to be daft not to drive one of these in the winter. Plus the sheer amount of gravel roads that may or may not see a grader in a week. In a tiny country like the UK they don't make sense, just as James May's Panda would be ridiculous in Canada.
Subaru Outback.
A lot of people drive 4x4s and pickups in Scotland
You see the winter argument a lot. On a snowy and icy road a "regular" two wheel drive car equipped with winter tyres will perform better than a 4x4 with regular tyres.
@@charleshainsworth1723 yes maybe, but a 4x4 with proper winter tyres is no match for anything else, maybe a volvo awd or a subaru but no 2wheel drive comes even close.
Scott Whitley pick ups make a good choice with a box on the back, as they are much cheaper to buy than a Land Cruiser etc but get the ladder frame chassis.
The overwhelming majority of SINGLE VEHICLE crashes (not a typo) are people in SUVs.
"Single vehicle crash" = You hit anything other than another vehicle.
*Jeremy Clarkson - instead of leaving your house on time, get an offroader and go as crow flies.*
Jesus, its been 11 years.
Jeremy clarkson talking something which is pure gold.
I hope coupes, sedans and station wagons will make a comeback soon.
My cherokee get's 18 mpg... so... peh!
I love my Jeep more than anything!
watching this now pisses me off seeing all these people saying "oh it makes me feel more safe" not realizing they're the problem because now every car on the road is driving one of these so now the size has only increased and the danger of car on car collisions has only gotten worse
Right On!!
I have a 2002 dodge durango which is by no means a small truck, but parked up next to a 2022 gmc pickup truck or ford - its absolutely trounced. the hood of those trucks comes up the windshield. its absolute nonsense. everyone might as well buy a kenworth and drive around that.
Yep. Particularly in this era, the ladder chassis that makes them so tough off road has no impact absorption and the body bolted onto it has no structure. So not only are you more likely to be injured in one of these than in a sensible car, you're also putting more energy into the crash so the person you hit comes out worse
This is getting more and more relevant by the day, as SUVs and crossovers are getting more and more popular
Interesting to note this car was still on the road until march 2020 on 232k miles
He hated them so much he had a Toyota Land Cruiser (the really big one aka Amazon)
I used to have an Amazon, I some how got it for £500 at auction granted it was falling apart but drove flawlessly. Oh and might I add it was the 4.7l V8 that had a few holes in the exhaust it sounded mental lol.
I live in a city above Boston... Snow removal is terrible, and the streets are often very icy. The 4 wheel drive has gotten me up hills and through snow drifts that would stop any sedan.
Adventure is just a dirt road away.
The price of fuel now compared to this... Don't know whether to laugh or cry
20.85 litres cost £16.04. (£0.77/litre) That same volume would cost £37.68 at the cheapest Costco fill-up today. (1.807/litre)
Thanks YoTube for recommending this to me 12 years later.
The legendary 80 series❤
The stupid part is that you "need" a "beefy offroader", because IF an accident happens and it is one of those you are screwed in a normal car. So if one person has one, everyone needs one ... kinetic energy is proportionate to mass:
E = 0,5 * mass * speed²
It was a joke
Sin sin sinner
I am NOT joking ...
There is also the point of the seating position to consider. In a Range Rover you are sitting high and can look above all the other cars. Now imagine yourself sitting in a "regular" small car and a Range Rover is next to you at a crossing ... you CANT look over the bonnet of that one and would "need" such a car yourself to be "equal" again and have an unobstructed view again.
So ... some people try to get an advantage over others (better view) and they add a disadvantage for all the others around them, who then have to get that same advantage ... until it isnt any advantage anymore because everyone has it.
Taller cars on the side of the road dont make it safer for kids to cross, because they can "hide" much better behind them.
So in the end there are a lot of downsides to offroaders ...
Muck006 It may surprise you but some people actually own 4x4s because they do often go away and they are great towing vehicles. The point your making can also be said of a van, now they are useless. Don't have such a big family and you won't need a van, if your family does not consist of MORE than 5 people you still don't need a van.
My father (here in Australia) has a 2003 v8 landcruiser and it's sensational for long drives. We can fit many things in the back so we don't slow everyone down with a trailor, plenty of power for the hilly roads and we use it off-road often.
Stephen Butler
I am primarily talking about people who live in the city and DONT NEED such huge cars but buy them anyway because of "me me me want to be SAFE". Here in Europe we do not have much "countryside to drive through" anymore, but they are still selling the stupid stuff en masse.
The gist of it is that todays cars - just the regular ones - are 10-20 cm higher than the cars from 35 years ago. That doesnt help visibility in city traffic.
They are also getting heavier all the time (just look at the weight of a VW Golf through the series ... our "new" Golf 4 is 1,5 tons while our "old" Passat is only 1 ton and bigger and more practical). That isnt good, because it increases the fuel consumption AND the "impact energy" in case of a crash ...
If you NEED a big chunky offroader to tow stuff that is fine ... but you are the exception in some parts of the world where "free and empty nature" is a thing of the past. Since there are a lot more people living in cities than in the countryside the majority of people do NOT need such cars.
Muck006 That's the beauty of Australia currently, the countryside is never more than 20 minutes away, even if you're in the middle of a busy city.
76.9 pence per litre, what a time to be alive!
This Land Cruiser is still running! 232,000 miles and going strong
That is true, but the problem with that is hardly anyone buys these things for off-road ability anymore. It's all about the image IMO