Can We Beat A G-Wagon With £1000?
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
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This week, the boys are tasked with finding a £1000 car that can beat a G-Wagon piloted by Alex. But there's a twist....
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cheap car challenges are easily my most favourite videos on this channel!
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finally it's here.
They're basically what I'm here for.
Time to strip it and go again hahaha
Since a TopGear died CarThrottle really has made the best cheap car challenges. It’s a shame that Clarkson Hammond and May haven’t really done any on the grand tour though
@@evankehagias i hope to see that it would win for sure
I’m glad to see that Jack has kept his Saab 😁
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finally it's here.
It’s awesome that he still has it. Those 9-3’s are great
@@kennorcott7074 Such a shame that SAAB went out of production.
Yes indeed!!
@@mkrestuarant rumour is that it will be brought back maybe
I reckon you’d get 10% more power from the 406 with a good service and a bottle of Redex
I was about to say the same. Would love to see a rematch with the Pug well taken care of. Or just throw out the dead weight sitting on the passenger seat. xD
Do remap and having eml light on can usually limp mode some of the power if it's a sensor like camshaft sensor etc
I honestly expected them to do it, because it's a £1000 challenge, so they still have £100 left over to do a good service.
Oil and filter change, change the gearbox oil. I think it would make a big difference. Don't really like peugeot but the 406 coupe is a nice looking car 👌
@@BerserkFury89 even just sitting it for half an hour with the engine running, premium petrol in the tank and the revs held at say 3000 would have made quite a difference - get it nice & hot, decoke the heads, clean up the injector tips and heat the spark plugs through so they self-clean. Total cost would have been 20 quid of fuel or so (as long as the radiator thermo-fan worked anyway)
Alex's diesel cold start impersonation is spot on.
😂🤣😂
4:06
I'm leaving this timestamp for next time I need a chuckle
really happy you guys and the content are staying. Best of both worlds. Nothing really changes for us viewers, while Alex can go off and explore his own ideas and work with brands/creators with whom I assume he wasn't contractually allowed to work with before. Really glad about this :)
what is happening?
@@yorrickwi Alex has made his own channel so he can use more of his own ideas and meet new people and make more collabs etc. I think his channel is called AutoAlex cars
@@tiegansmith2002 Yeah, he announced he has left Car Throttle as well
That’s sad, I fell like this trio was the best one after Clarkson, May, and Hammond
It's the end then.
I think we all can agree that we want more 406 videos, that thing would be such an amazing project car!! 😍
They should tune it to the point where it really is a challenge to the AMG, with as little money as possible.
Imagine if they'd made them awd. It'd be worth 15k.
I love the way that even though he's changed the brakes on a car, given services, a clutch change and fitted a new exhaust... Ethan still reminds us regularly that he's still clueless about cars 🤣 and such a good sport for taking the flack from the other two... such a legend 😂👍
I feel like it’s just for the camera at this point. Ethan’s really learned a lot over the last few years.
@@Ryan-gx6zi Facts
Ur very easily over impressed mate, it’s b level acting
@@Colbi.Morris C level, CT level to be specific lol
Still harder with £1000 to convince Alex to wear a proper size shirt.
Ain't no shirt out there that fits his biceps
@@marcbirchley2418 not in the kids section anyway
I love that the Saab is still hanging around. What a gem lol
Always liked the 406 coupe. Worth giving it a thorough service, sorting the EML and comparing drag times. It would be interesting!
I've had a 1.9 405 and a 2.0 406 Turbo, but always wanted the coupe.
Me too - had the 3.0 V6 with red leather. A great car and a great noise.
People make Ferrari Replicas out of those.
I would of got the eml error fixed before racing it
@@youtube2kwatcher The EML on 406s goes on for fun. It rarely puts the car into limp - but a decent service would have been an idea.
The 406 coupe is a beauty.
I had one of these for 5 years. The diesel 2.2. Fantastic car, never let me down.
The saloon is also a beauty
@@MrUpTheRa1234 All of the 3 body styles were great looking, and i feel like the Sedan and Wagon really came into their own when they had the facelift.
It was a We Buy Any Car purchase! Picked up from Paddock Wood BCA Auction site
true but i always say he is a copy cat from the vauxhall or opel calibra
I've never laughed harder than when the Saab revved up on the trailer 😂
I wanna see more of the 406 tbf
Idea: spend 2 grand or so modifying the 406 then race it against something 10 times more expensive like a golf gti. Title could be 3k car vs 30k car
Imagine a drag race with 3 budget V6 cars!
Poojo vs eclipse 3rd gen vs tiburon v6
@Whgu ybnm no
Would have been nice to have a benchmark of how fast the Saab would be, without being on the trailer
Alex: did you say that bcos it had the word fastback in it?.. Ethan: Yes. Lmao 🤣. Ethan; Look at how fast that back is 😆 🤣 😂 I'm Done
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finally it's here.
Just recently sold a 406 V6 Coupe with 60k miles on it. Fantastic car and really quick with a manual box
Glad to see the 3 of you all still together after alex went his own way... we get twice as much amazing content, and alex gets to try his own style and content of/in videos. Its a win win situation!!!!! Keep it up guys
@@firewaffle1 autoalex cars :)
@@michalpyszynski3579 thanks - found it 😁
@@ErwinHolland. still, Alex said Tha Car throttle hired him as a freelancer now, so he will keep filming with them. My guess is that his previous contract didn't allow him to have his own channel, etc.
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finally it's here.
What a gorgeous car the 406 Coupe still is.
Absolutely
Unlike the French electronics they contain ofc 🤣
Hahah fosho French aren't the greatest at electrics😂😂
@@BlatentlyFakeName as a 406 owner: everything under the bonnet is german or japanese if were talking electronics 😄
damn that Peugeot was amazing, id love to see you do a GT challenge in it down to the south of France, see if a pinin gets any attention in the land of supercars.lol
406 coupé are very common in France, they don't get attention at all.
@@Kalandaari Especially a grey one. Love the 406 coupe, but in a non descript color like this it's no head turner around here. In good shape, with a nice color combo and a good detailing it can definitely catch attention but not like this.
So happy to see a 406 coupé here, I own one and it is my first car (not the V6 sadly, the little 2l petrol). But it is such a great daily. It's comfy, nice to drive even 23 years after its first run, and there is enough performance for most if the situation. And even here in France, we don't see some that often. Love it !
I also have one and really live that car. I own another cars, more recent and expensive, but i prefer the 406 Coupe 👌
I have 2.2 petrol 406 coupe and this gem is staying with me no matter what. If my gf would announce tomorrow she’s pregnant with twins - I hide 406 in a garage and buy proper daily, but never sell it :D
How's the maintenance on these I'm out here in Mexico and I've seen a few around and even one that was a pininfarina version it was hot I asked the owner bout it a bit but def a cool change from usdm cars!
@@E_tiBEAMERBOY Mechanical parts aren't expensive, cuz underneath this is still a 406. The problems start if you need some body parts - i.e. bumpers can be crazy expensive.
Fuel consumption - my 2.2.pb needs around 13 liters of gas per 100 kms in a city. A few weeks ago I was making a trip, around 1000kms and it burned exactly 9 liters per 100 kms.
@@E_tiBEAMERBOY it's a great car. I also have a 2.2 petrol coupe. If you maintain it like you should, it'll never let you down. Mine has almost 270.000km and i can still throw it into corners and drive it like a maniac and it'll happily do it. Ofcourse things wear after such times and i think that all Rubbers will have to be changed by 300k. At the moment i have a few leaks, one from the engine to the transmission and another from my head gasket. Both sound more serious than they are and it drives like it should. It just needs some love but my funds are low atm lol. also not difficult to work on, the engine is in plain view
Love the 406, more of that please
I was literally re-watching some of the cheap car challenges and they upload one 😍😍
Bro same
As a Peugeot 406 coupé owner, it made me happy to see one in this video. I wasn't expecting it since Brits love to shit on anything French.
"Brits" in much of the youtube comment section often love to shit on anything that isnt a Fiesta ST, more or less. Pretty interesting to see actually.
As Stephen Fry says "social media is a toilet wall" Never assume what's written there is representative of the population (thank God)
Peugeots are popular in the UK. Have been for years
This vid gave me some Taxi (the movie) vibes with the Peugeot vs Mercedes 😂
You be careful with that Saab. Saabs are love, Saabs are life.
I don't see any Saab...Oh you mean that GM thing...ok
@@amigachris Saab changed so much of it that you could get less than half of your replacement parts from Vauxhall/Opel. They went as far as changing the wheelbase on the last Vauxhall GM gave them before giving up on them. It's a Saab.
We want the trio to remain! Friends for life. ✌🏼
Uuuuuuu, alex left CT today saddly check his instagram
PLZ keep the 406 Alex. It'd be a great addition to your new channel!
I Love it how the gWagon tilts at acceleration due to its massive Torque
I can't put into words how much I love Jack's Saab.
Looks great that 406 coupe... Was my favorite "coupe" of this vintage 😉
406 Coupé are awesome! Glad to see it featured here!
Yes Alex, I sure want to see more dragraces with the G Wagon towing a car
i've always thought these things were actually really pretty in a very understated way.
(the 406)
@@ts5111 Almost everyone did, at the time. Voices were even heard that Pininfarina used a bit too much of their Ferrari 456 design when doing the Peugeot..
Definitely do more of these videos. People love underdogs and new cars, so evening out the odds and still having both is very entertaining
Amazing how close it was. It‘s been a while now since you had a proper project car. What about keeping it and get the best out of it? Would love to see it and my name suggestion would be Pierre.
"engine light was on but the engine wasnt my worry"
says it all with a peugeot
These 3.0 V6 ESJ engines are very good solid lumps. The very most that could be causing the EML is a coil pack of O2 sensor.
That era of peugeot were reliable. I had a 106, 206 and a partner. More reliable than the Nissan and Toyota I owned. The 208 GTi I own now. Yeah, that's a whole different story.
Had one did over 100000 miles in mine and the engine light never came on. That will just be a sensor failing after 20 years same as any car would
I'm glad they didn't choose to use weight reduction on the 406, like they did on the Volvo.
Yesss awesome video.
A manual 406 would have smashed it. The 7-ish seconds 0-60 time is for the manual, unfortunately the auto is a couple of seconds slower (and also won't crack 150.)
I've a 406 manual v6 estate goes well
It seems like Ethan has gone backwards in his car knowledge 😂
Absolutely love these, hopefully Alex's channel does something like this every now and then
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finally it's here.
Car Throttle does This vs That. I'm down for that
Also, that 406 Coupe needs its own revival series; lovely cars
Only way to describe the G Wagon is ‘Footballer’s car’ for sure!!
I've always loved the look of the 406, awesome video hope you keep it and make it into track car or something
honestly that peugot would look really good with some better rims on it
It really does but the problem is that it's a 4x108 and there are some great options for 17" but you really want 18" to make it clean and there just arent' many good 18" 4x108 designs
I think since used cars are so disgustingly expensive just now, you should allow yourself to do a little work on your challenge cars with the leftover change. You could probably fix the engine warning light and give it a service for that £100.
“Oh my god smell it” *shoves the book in Jacks face*
😂
Honestly, so salty, always wanted a 406 🤣
Hope to see more of the 406 coupe . Make it a manual ! And make it sound better and drive sharper like alfa gta or something that would be cool
jij bent echt gek... a alfa gta is so.much nicer... and that busso sound damm not normal
Good to see all three together. That kind of chemistry is really, really hard to find/make. The BBC has spent trying do that, and not got near the on screen presence that these three have.
As for the G wagon, they're incredible things. I once got stuck behind one at a track day at Snetterton. Every braking zone and corner I caught up with it, and every straight it disappeared with an amazing noise.
Ethan always brings the humor, cheers.
I was seriously waiting for you guys to upload i freaking love your vids lol
Sad that Alex is leaving Car Throttle.
Would've loved to see the Peugeot 406 built into an aero car and challenge the G65 again.
how do u know he’s leaving
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@@lvgio Alex has started his own channel and mentioned he has left CT in a video he has posted, however, he is still staying in at least some CT videos from here on as they've agreed to keep him on freelance (?) (or whatever the correct term is). You'll still see him here, you've just got another channel to see him on now where he does more of his own thing with cars. Win, win.
ua-cam.com/users/AutoalexCarsvideos This is his new channel, currently with only the first video, the one where he explains what's happening.
Me: *it would be interesting to see a rolling start from 20*
Alex: let’s do a rolling start from 20mph
Love the amount of effort that goes into these videos 😂
3:08 "Look how fast that back is." 🤣
Getting pissed off with prizes for America on a British car channel
Put that 406 on the Dyno see how far away 210bhp is
The gearbox is the weak link them engines are bomb proof
thank goodness you guys picked that beauty, an amazing car
sat down, saturday morning, food on the plate, latest car throttle video - life's good
Why not drag race it now against the Saab ;)
Do Somthing Good With The SAAB Please
Great to know that you guys will still be working together and doing videos together ❤️
My dad had one in 2005/2006. Light blue, 3.0 V6 manual with a limited edition boot spoiler. Still my dream car to this day just like Alex and the 944.
They did 150 on private roads in 2005!
Also glad you got the facelift model too, when I say facelift I’m pretty sure the only difference was the dash and steering wheel 😂
9:30 1/4m in 14sec, good luck with that, lol! It would be hard to do it in a 330i, nvm this 210bhp fwd car. If you care to time it, I bet it'll be well over 18 sec. (For a comparison, the 2000 CLK 55 AMG did 13.8 with 350 bhp.)
@@DanieleCapellini well, I definitely laughed at that.
Turn the Peugeot into a track car!
406 is a terrible track car base.
I love this series, continue pls
Been waiting for a new challenge like this for ages!
I love the 406, currently owning one for more than a year now, it’s a 1996 Coupe pack edition and it’s a really nice and confortable GT that has some sport potential sometimes, really buy them now while they’re still cheap, future classic for sure !
I’m not gonna lie it is fun to watch and was excited at the same time as they were 💜keep going you guys are doing great💙
“Look how fast that back is!” Creased in the first 5 minutes 😂
That 406 has got the 190bhp V6 in it. The later ones got the 210bhp upgrade.
Stunning cars, my dad had one of the first back in 1997 in Lugano green.
Correct, later L7X's had VVT which gave them a power increase.
This coupe has 210 bhp engine. Older engine has different engine cover and an oval intake at throttle body
Omaze is a scam. I love your content but... Change sponsor
Awesome video guys. Loved it
4:30
With that look, without even seeing the screen, I knew he'd found a PT Cruiser.
I usually love these videos.
This is just stupid, :(
First
Good for you bro
Jsjajaja what an achivement 🤙🏼enjoy it
Fair enough to u
Cool
We want to see more, that was brilliant mates, camera work is Champions league, outstanding work. Thank you from Barcelona.
I know Alex has "left" but please never stop making these videos. It's the three of you that makes these videos much more enjoyable. Car throttle is not Car throttle without all three of you present.
The last race was close enough to where if Ethan were to sit in the G wagon rather than the Peugeot, it might have won :D
Jack loves the Saab, I've spotted some new additions to the styling 😉
I'm so proud 😁
This is what we want, no electric car BS
What a great video really liked it with these cheap car challenges. Be good to see more of these. Keep up the great work. I love to do a drag race with my skoda vs one of your cheap cars
I live in Australia (originally from the uk) and literally seen a 406 coupe outside the bottle shop last week. had to take a 2nd look. didn't even know they had them out here.
reminds me of watching the brittish touring cars as a kid
Love the 406 coupe.
I would have picked a Saab 9-5 aero for this challenge, you can get a ropey one for under a grand, and so much torque.
“We’re on a level. “ 😂😂😂😂😂
“We have an s15 at home.”
The s15 at home:
Alex's face when Jack said his spirit animal is a seal pup 🤣
The ZF auto box on the coupe has a "Sports" mode operated by a strangely hidden button. I wonder if those guys found it. It makes a real difference to the way the V6 puts down its power and manages the gear changes to optimise acceleration. Seriously, the 406 Coupe was never designed as a drag racer but a high speed luxury cruiser for the French Autoroutes down to the Cotes d'Azur. I've done that and in that environment it does everything that you need for an idyll drive! 😍
I love this, there was a 406 v6 coupe in red that parked right behind the bus stop I used to have to walk to, to get to school. Every morning I'd oggle at the shape of the PininFarina design. Sometimes if I was lucky the owner would come out for work and start it up on a cold morning before heading out. Just a weird car story of mine that has had me wanting a 406 v6 coupe since I was about 13, I'm 25 now! 😳
My grandparents used to own a TT,it was so small we all had to crouch in it,it was cute though,i also learned to shift gears with it,good memories
Am i the only one who loved that V8 burble of the G?
Im surprised the G is this slow. It got so much power i thought it would tow with ease
It’s a brick wall basically, can’t easily break through the air.
I'm glad Jack brought up the penguin reference again. That creased me when he mentioned it in the "poddyc".
good luck with the new channel alex!!
This episode has some red vs blue vibes with the cougar/puma mixup 😂
I like the bit when you talked about previus behind scens gone wrong x'D
With car prices as high as they are it’s good to see a v6 for 1k.
Waiting for this for agessss
Give the 406 coupe a tune up and do that same drag race!!