Disco Climbing CHALLENGE | Top Gear - Part 1
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- Part one of three. A proper car review to start with here as Jeremy looks at the pros and cons of the new Land Rover Discovery. But, as this is Top Gear, Jeremy then sets the new Discovery a real challenge up in the Scottish mountains.
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For those of you wondering, that exact Land Rover being filmed is still going strong and according to MOT data its doing about 12k miles a year!
Ok, and why is that such an impressive feat? Have we lowered our expectations and stadards to the point now, where a fairly new motor still lumbering on is some kind of marvel?? I mean what am I missing here ??
Most off road vehicles (except landy's and rangies) will piss a 500,000 mile inspection! )
Big Jimny Cub Have you read the story of the one M3 that was used on Top Gear? Jeremy rocks cars hard.
@@fusiongaming8281 mate, he went up a mountain. Once!
Andy aka Rudolf Hessiansack He only took the M3 to a track. Once!
@@bigjimnycub9582 old cars had odometers that only went up to 99999 miles
3:30
"Is a bit like trying to move the Moon out of orbit using the motor from a food blender"
This is the reason why Jeremy later used a v8 engine to power a food blender
Lol the best part of that statement is how he was wrong 😂. The 2.7 TDV6 feels plenty powerful, and has a great amount of torque. I have one irl, and it truly does propel the beast.
@@beenusirimanne sure! I've never tried it but I'm confident the car has enough power to climb a mountain! Land Rover are awesome cars!
@@enricodigennaro4047 Yeah, it most certainly does! I have taken it up a 300 metre tall hill in the Dartford Moors with about a 20% Gradient, and it just pulls. The car becomes a juggernaut when you put it into low range. :D
@@beenusirimanne Low end torque wasn't what he took issue with. Diesels have fantastic low end torque, but absolutely shit high end torque
@@filmandfirearms I ain't talkin abt low end torque...? Tf are u on about.
"It doesn't go over bumps, it flattens them." I'm dying.
Hoch134 “ *BOOF* “
me too...my ribs are breaking
I love how the old top gear reviews car we can buy. Lol
Cars we can buy now that they’re secondhand 😂
Yes absolutely! Cars for people not for rich ones collection
Bold of you to assume I can buy a 80k$ + car
Blessing
I started laughing when he randomly appeared with a child. The kid looked a little puzzled as well
Imagine being a boy having a sight alone alongside some bloaks who appearto be holding multiple studio equipments and then one man comes and picks you up, complains that you are in one of his arm and can't use the seat and then puts you back driving away like a lunatic
@@rayirth.upside-down, it's his own son.
@@thesis4349 You must be real fun at parties
"carrying a harry" - hahahhahahahha
K
@W2S first appearance on video ever 😂😂
youre a wizard harry
always have been
I noticed that "Running Up That Hill" background music, BBC. You're not subtle XD
I think its the placebo version of the song
what's new lol
Top Gear always had great soundtrack choice
The beauty of this part of the UK is not apreciated enough!
And thank god for that. We don't want people flocking there and sullying it.
I remember when my dad used to have a 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE when I was 10 years old. Because my dad had the HSE specification it was pretty much loaded to the gills with all the bells and whistles, including but not limited to, tri-zone climate control, heated front & rear seats (which were upholstered in a really nice cream leather!), rear audio controls, you name it!
It also had a DVD player as well, which I don’t think was fitted from the factory as it was actually a third-party Rosen unit, but it was a nice bonus. Plus, its air suspension meant it was a very comfortable and relaxing car to travel in too...
Bet your dad changed yours and his opinion on air suspension once it went wrong, if it ever did.
@@generalshark2833 Yes, while my family owned the car, the air suspension went wrong and it must have cost us an awful lot of money to get it fixed!
My dad has a silver one now, same year and specification. Its now on over 200k miles. I wonder if its the same one.
The funniest part isn’t in the video - he did successfully drive to the top of the mountain. The only glitch was he flew home from there in a helicopter leaving the car up there to be driven back down. Only he forgot to leave the keys with the car and flew off with them in his pocket!
This is by far the most practical and best designed Land Rover family ever made and I am still driving the Disco 3 everyday since it was launched in 2004. The 2017 model is just not Man enough!
Million Pound Listing Yeah. They have feminizes the design. Bad move.
How does it climb the mountains if it flattens bumps?
+Massey Ferguson 240
With tires
As it goes you moron..
r/woooosh
It flattens scotland
It launches rockets and causes volcanoes to erupt
I love the humour of these guys ! the intro music choice is witty on many levels :)
"it's a handsome looking brute", even today, I don't think a better statement has ever been said about a Land Rover XD
Good song as usual in the program.
Placebo - Running Up That Hill
I don't think the seats are that hard to move. I own the 4.4L v8. The gas mileage isn't great but it's not that awful. The power from that motor is great. I love driving the Rover. Hard to beat that comfort
+jscrambler500 you and me both. It's a wonderful car. :)
Since last commented on here I have put a chrome nudge bar, light guards, snorkel, rear ladder, and Rhino lift rods on my Lr3. Looks super tough now
What does it sound like? I could imagine its brilliant
You must be an american if you can afford to run the v8 petrol version, turbo diesels are much more popular in australia and europe
most amazing car
Running up that hill hahahaha
0:20 song is Running Up That Hill by Placebo
Great item from Top Gear when the Disco 3 came out. Only just noticed that he got the back radio controls very wrong! The controls are for the headphones. A very useful tool.
When Jeremy went to go get the kid, I thought my phone broke
Same lol
Music selection par excellence!!
Love that “Running up that hill” is sampled in the background. It literally runs up that hill... that humongous hill!
Remember watching this 13 years ago, and i said to myself when i grow up im gonna get one of these
William Wallace damn you must be one stupid ass Kid if you wanted one😂😂😂😂💯💯💯💯💯💯
@@maclainsxl so did I, so perhaps I too was stupid. But if being stupid means loving this elegant vehicle, I'm okay with it. 😀
this was the first top gear I watched!
Clarkson and his work are stellar. I love that spiffy spoof when they play the music from Where Eagles Dare when he says he’s going to take that Landrover Discovery up that mountain in Scotland….
No one on earth does a car review like Jeremy. Love it.. "trying to move the moon out of orbit by using the motor from a food blender" Classic Clarkson..
The earlier 'new' top gear was much more down to earth than the later ones, actually reviewing every day cars to average people instead of overpriced pretentious supercars
I remember watching this episode on TV - this was 17 years ago???
This car is actually looking like the new Defender
True 😂😂
The new Defender is the real Disco5.
Well u DISCOVERED it
@@mrtriforcehero5382 it looks similar but is completely different
wow, nice one.
can someone tell which season and episode is this clip from ?? please! i missed it....
thanks!
Land rovers - yes they have bad build quality, they are meant to be utilitarian vehicles, not luxury, besides over 70% of them are still on the road now - how many car makers can claim that 70% of their vehicles are still on the road even the ones from the late 1940s.
Yeah the other 30% made it home😂
Paul McG maannnnn you crack me up!
The music in top gear always hits!
"that green bit there"
I didn't know that actually! That is why I pointed out the early ones.
I do think that first Discovery is good base material to modify. The Series I (1950's) was a nightmare with big front axle (CV?) ball joints and leather gaskets to keep the oil in and water out! Mine had no heater and blankets and ear muffs were kept onboard. My girlfriend must have been a saint.
I trusted Land Rover but had no other option at the time.
We've got the v8 petrol one it's fine 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Placebo-Running up that Hill
Lovely and well chosen😍
S4 Stranger Things fans when they hear the opening piano riff: 👁️👄👁️
Putting this Jaguar engine into such a heavy vehicle is like, "trying to move the moon out of orbit using a motor from a food blender". I think I might have injured myself laughing so hard. 3:15
I remember a road trip of around 900km on a really hot summer day through germany - I saw THREE of those rovers broken down on the autobahn throughout the day.
Of course you are..... from the very first letter of the opening sentence it was clear.
My 1953 Series 1 had a canvas "tilt" (canvas covering) from the top of the windscreen frame to level with the tailgate. The rear canvas panel was laced into place and one only had to lift up the rear canvas and toss the kid into the back with the dogs.
The gas tank was under the driver's seat and it really did go anywhere. My last LR was a 2005 Range Rover and I spent more time in a rental car than it.
Don't agree with Jezza that the cars performance isn't good. I put my foot down on my TDV6 SE and it powers forward big time.
I owned a Disco4 V8 5L and I totally agree with you...
hes probly used to driving lambos and aston martins lol
I got the same one an still like new badass truck! Is amazing!
The old one was beautiful, and then they turned it into a bread van.
Its was just an updated version of the old design, much prefer it than the boring current 5th generation with its asymmetrical number plate recess
Ashley Sutherland The number plate recess has been off centre on every discovery since the mk1 including the one in this video.
@@joshoprayy it has but somehow it just looks... worse in the new one
... much worse
Personally from any land rover fan.... The 4 was the last Real land rover discovery, the curvy ones are horrible
1:29 The 1999 Dodge Durango had a feature something like this but in addition to the 3rd row seats there was actually room in the rear for things when they were up, and the fold and tumble (that's the technical term) middle seats did all that with the flick of one lever. Pretty clever for a Yank Tank, as the Brits like to call our large American vehicles...
Gosh i love the way jeremy reviews cars.
0:18 placebo running up that hill.
Tris Trance v
+Tris Trance placebo?? what
Hes talking about the name of the song that starts at 0:18
This looks like a predecessor to the current defender
@Etarholet666 - the mountain's called Cnoc an Fhreiceadain.
Stick a reliable Japanese engine in it and you have perfection.
Actually, the engines in these where pretty reliable. The transmission and everything else on it however was not..
@@waddyhirshy2989 the air suspension's compressor once and the electronics handbrake twice..... The rest was fine for me, 250k km and 10 years with lots of heavy offroad and deep snow. Had to give it away cause the euro 4 diesel were blocked in my city..... Kinda sad. The 5' disco cost way too much in my country, plus it have a bad reputation like this one did eheh
Waddy Hirshy the transmissions were fine
@@waddyhirshy2989 your wrong it was all good if regularly serviced
@Dave Allen that's the newer ones the d3s and d4s if looked after correctly they will go on for thousands of miles I've seen one in person Done 300k
what do we need? PART TWO!!
when do we need it? NOW!!
song at 2:50 ?
cant wait for part 2
Why would anyone laugh at the "folding second row seats"? They go on most two-door ,3 row SUVs, and most MPVs ! :(
seriously, wheres part 2? although i remember watching the whole episode some years back, but i would still like to watch it all over again!
It's available now. Hope I'm not late! Hahaha
I'm sorry to say that a certain member of the household bought a 2007 model of one of these and...well...he could've bought a loaded VW Golf for the money spent on repairs by now.
+TraustiGeir
oof
TraustiGeir We actually bought a 2007 model as well, it doesnt have issues. Did he get the v6 or v8?
TraustiGeir sorry to say but vw is even worse (used to work for vw)
TraustiGeir nei blessaður
You’ve clearly never had a Land Rover then have you 😂 You don’t repair them when you have love for them.
You get to see it next week.
these episodes are actually like 2 years old.
11 now 👀
12 :p
16*
Absolutely surreal seeing a ten year old comment
ive been trying to find this forever! it was so hard to find because bbc taking all of topgear off.
please put part 2 up
I hate what land rover has done to the discovery. the one in this video is the good one but the new one on their website doesnt look like you would go out in the bush with it but rather drive to your fancy evenings like a pretty boy
All their vehicles now are so ugly, I can't stand the looks of any of them. The newer Range Rover is okay-ish but thats about it.
I borrowed the new one from our local JLR dealer and used it to pull my daughter's horsebox to a competition. It is a hugely capable vehicle. A massive step up from the previous Disco.
FraznoFire buy a series 2. Much more fun!
5th gen might be ugly but its got more power and torque than the 4.5 tdv8 in a 79series cruiser
Hey! Kate Bush tune in the background!
Also, I like how Clarkson actually is less... zealous than he is with many cars. He does properly point out the good bits and the bad bits.
what the hell is that song
Running Up That Hill by Placebo
Thanks :)
Hell, i was grinding, i just couldn't remember besides the recognizable tune.
gladiator songs
Darude Sandstorm
''Doesnt go over bumps...It flattens them''
Lol Clarkson is so funny :)
its old but brilliant 0:60
the song they play while looking at the mountain is definitely from liek jurassic park 2 and the song at 4:40 is "Shoot Your Gun" by 22-205
And then Top Gear used these for the main camera cars...
@ spartanpredeterminad. top gear covered this a few times with there own electric car, audi eco drive to scotland and back. plus a few others I can't remember.
Jeremy does realize its entirely possible to put a child down, right?
Bill Loman no because the bloody things run around the car park getting run over
@pandomoix the song is 'running up that hill' by placebo feat. kate bush
2019 anyone
Bibin Kumar yep and in the long run Jeremy was wrong as there are more discovery 2’s on the road than the d3’s. Far better looking and much easier to maintain and the td5 is the best engine Land Rover ever used/made.
Top Gear ftw!!!!! puttin all these great clips on the internet. You know how it goes tho.... I smoke the strong, you smoke the wrong.
the best off-road vehicle......in the world :)
We bought ours in 2009 and Honeslty, there's a lot of things that I wouldnt agree with. For example, if you put down the pedal you will get power, and the sensation is similar to that of a tesla.
I have a 08 plate and it does have some pull to it surprisingly . You would not think 2.7 ton car would you
@@mrmafiaman246 everyone calls the old 2.7 litre TurboDiesel sluggish, but it really does get the car to move with no problem at all 👀
back when LR used to make hardy cars not the current ones softened for females
The modern transition was already taking place with this generation
today's land rovers/range rovers are an abomination primarily driven by gold digging milfs.
I LOVE TOP GEAR,every single episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How comes every youtube video turns into some kind of international flame war in the comments? Why can't people just watch the videos?
A Ray Mears inspired film here. Plus that little Harry looked a lovely lad. Clarkson held him as if he was his own. Like that bit!
> Having badly trained children
“First of all, it’s a handsome looking brute”
Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with the Kramer portrait, when the old lady says “He is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I cannot look away!” LOL.
$27000 Pounds = $34000 USD in 2017 and $34000 in the year 2003 is worth $45183.78 in 2017
Verbatim37 "$27000 Pounds"
What?
Great episode, cant wait for the second part.
Tá vivo ?
anyone gettin annoyed at audi?
I don't like any german SUV. Seriously, you can say anything you want about their performance and everything but they are all so damn ugly in my opinion. To be honest, i don't like SUVs in general, but the german ones really take the cake for ugliness.
+Assburgers The Manwich thank you you can read my mind!!! I hate German cars accept a few vw
Assburgers The Manwich how about volvo xc90 2015?
We own one and it's a badass looking SUV.
Elliot Redding "hating" almost any German car barely makes any sense, you might dislike them, but what is there to actually _hate_ ?
The 03 Disco 2 you got in through the back for the rear seats, but yhe seats were less than a foot off the ground
should buy the Volvo xc 90 instead
For those who did not know, the song that was playing at the beginning was Kate bush’s running up the hill
it is, and the version playing is by Placebo. Both are awesome
BBC when you make part 2 dont edit out all the good stuff!
Im an American and I own a LR3 and its a sweet ride
Bought a free lander after the previous owner had sorted all of the main issues (head gasket etc) had the thing for nearly 6 years and she has never missed a beat. Would dearly love a Disco 3 or 4 just to worried about the inevitable bills.
the placebo cover of running up that hill to be exact... this might be the best version of this song
got a 2005 a week ago and i love it
Yeah the Range Rovers are lovely! And I had a Supra for 5 years. All it ever took was some petrol, tires and the oil changed. I have a Pajero at the moment because my Land Cruiser was stolen, only thing that ever went wrong with Land Cruiser was the injectors but that was just a little copper ring that wears away, minor fault.
I watch it on BBC America all the time...
@TheFigy it is running up that hill, but this is a cover by Placebo. It is on the soundtrack to Bones.
it doesn't go over bumps, it just flatens them
im just mad cuz i havent seen a topgear usa on tv in a while. but seeing i have bbc, watching top gear europe is actually really funny too
This episode is great.
@Jony80031 yea.. seriously.. the UK top gear is a legit 1 hour show with no commercial breaks. but US top gear is an hour with commercials... so its just a 45 minute show.
Anthony,
The original was not called the Defender in the UK. The Series 1 was the first. I had a Series 2 "Safari" also (full roof rack and "12" seater - who were they kidding!) and used it as a rescue vehicle with the RNLI and drove it over the frozen sea at one point.
Trivia - first Land Rover had the steering wheel in the center (1948 was the year I think).
"it doesn't go over bumps, it flattens them" LOOL
Broo this comment is ten years old!!
Its the Placebo Cover of Running up that hill... gr8 challenge btw!