@@HeadPack look I loved the top gear trio but lets not forget that Jeremys contract not getting renewed was because he punched his producer in the face well saying racial slurs because no hot steaks were available because the hotel kitchen was closed after a shoot not saying top gear is great now or anything but it was not like they had much choice it was not the first thing he had done that was questionable
@@diaboles He sure deserved some consequences for what he did, but they should have explored other options. Top Gear has never been that great since the trio left, and may never again be.
@@HeadPack Their tenure was coming to an end anyway. At the time it finished, the TG show with them was coming to a natural end anyway. Clarkson acted like a childish bully & toxic jerk... so the show just ended slightly earlier. After that, all 3 of them acted weirdly bitter… instead of being thankful for the great time they’d had, they just bitched about the BBC in a really ungrateful, gammon-Brexity way.
Also the main circuits back then were based on speed - bar a few like Nordschleife and iirc Bremgarten. Monza, Spa, Pescara, Avus and Montlery were all pedal to metal race tracks with a few corners to brake for.
For the love of Christ send this guy back to school. You've got plenty of talented presenters who are capable of giving these cars and drivers the respect they deserve while also being entertaining, put this guy where he belongs back to reviewing modern crossovers until he can learn to be better.
Imagine getting paid by audi for a decade to make this car come to life. Quite possibly the world's greatest job. They probably could have finished it faster but they didnt want to go back to designing door handles for the next q5.
NO.... not really, dude! It's rather a shitty than a "nice" one. Just like you, dude, and this "presenter" who seems to having just two or three brain cells.
"Is it pretty? No". IMO this is beautiful. I'd rather drive this car over 99 percent of cars today. Even without all of the things that make this care expensive.. Just give me a run of the mill daily driver with this style of body, made of actual metal and I'm good.
Wasn't expecting to thoroughly watch this from beginning to 🔚, but after the amount of beauty i've witnessed here, it has compelled me continue on with this beyond riveting overviewing! 😍
THIS is the coolest car of 2024. Period. I cannot thank Audi enough for making it! - *checks its not April 1st* - Holy shit I would like to hear it sing and roar.
I like the second half of the car a lot. The Grand Prix era was pretty epic. But it was not Formula 1, as the F1 name and regulations weren’t in place until 1950.
I speak for almost everyone from the comments You've had a great run Thank you for one of the greatest car content from the holy grail trio. But plz just stop filming with these wannabe so called auto journalists It's all already outta hand n too late as well Try to act smart cause y'all can't be one Stop the madness
Headlights are way smaller in the "recreation" than in the original drawing,...considering the amount of freedom they took in changing the grill proportions, compared to the drawing: Why on our planet did they scale them down ?
IT's a shame what top gear has become... They still have the resources to access truly special cars like this one, but the journalism and the presenter really are a let down
I mean...the world record for speed on a 'public' road was set back in 1936(?). The car would easily do 300 kmh. Is it smart? That's another question. One of the drivers who made that record in the 30's was killed the next day.
Well, the original Auto Union Type C racecars hit close to 300km/h on the long straights in the 30s and the streamliner driven by Bernd Rosemeyer did reach 429km/h on a section of the newly opened Autobahn in January 1938. on the way back when he was going even faster a sidewind caught the car and he swerved of the road and was killed. Skinny tyres is correct and in the popular hillclimb events they had back then Auto Union actually fitted a double stack of wheels/tyres on the rear axel. These cars slided around like crazy in the corners so its amazing to see the ace drivers manhandle them.
Since they upgraded the engine, why not also upgrade the brakes to handle that extra power? And given the tough steering, how does it handle in the winding streets of medieval German towns?
it's here now, and if you added up all the content they upload in a week it'd easily add up to an hour. plus the crazy stunts only worked with the original 3, because they had the personality to carry it. it always felt very forced when the others tried to do it.
@@TheCraigy83 Did they show what's in the title and thumbnail? Yes, so no clickbait. At first I also expected something new, but expecting something that isn't shown is kinda on you (and me), and not clickbait.
Tommo is thinking, if he touches that steering wheel again I'm opening that door on the next right hand turn
I think Tommo understands more english than he lets on...!
🤣
Tommo doesn't care about strange old German Dialects, like English
hes the stigs desuited brother.
@jeff119990 stigs brother is Ralph Schumacher though
@@ÁguiaDoSenhorShumi was a fake fake Stig though, just a red herring.
really? no sounds clips of the v16? you should be canceled
Dang.
I'm canceling your battle pass
Top gear is dead anyway
This comment made me click off the video, thanks
@leehenry5764 don't be miserable for no reason
Atleast they're trying
Dont let that front bonnet fall back like that and overload the hinge. Get some mechanical sympathy.
it was painful to watch
Seems like abit of an arrogant W ⚓.
To be far they should have put a limit strap on it to prevent that from happening
@@reesecup4567 It is not a production vehicle and you would expect more care from anybody opening it.
some people just naturally doesn't appreciate mechanical beauty.
Imagine someone grabbing the steering wheel from the passenger seat. Pure cringe this guy.
100%
whats wrong with that
@@oskotwala misjudgement of direction, you need to sit at the front of the steering wheel.
distraction to the driver.
cringe.
?
Shocking host, review and no V16 sound showcase?!?!?! This doesn't deserve to be called Top Gear.
"We're understeering off the circuit... We're in a Audi". 😅
Nothing new under the sun😢
Letting Harris go was a big mistake………
He's doing good. He's over at Hagerty.
One in a series of mistakes, starting with firing Jeremy.
@@HeadPack look I loved the top gear trio but lets not forget that Jeremys contract not getting renewed was because he punched his producer in the face well saying racial slurs because no hot steaks were available because the hotel kitchen was closed after a shoot
not saying top gear is great now or anything but it was not like they had much choice it was not the first thing he had done that was questionable
@@diaboles He sure deserved some consequences for what he did, but they should have explored other options. Top Gear has never been that great since the trio left, and may never again be.
@@HeadPack Their tenure was coming to an end anyway.
At the time it finished, the TG show with them was coming to a natural end anyway. Clarkson acted like a childish bully & toxic jerk... so the show just ended slightly earlier. After that, all 3 of them acted weirdly bitter… instead of being thankful for the great time they’d had, they just bitched about the BBC in a really ungrateful, gammon-Brexity way.
"...swap downforce for low drag bodywork"
There was no concept of downforce at the time...
Also the main circuits back then were based on speed - bar a few like Nordschleife and iirc Bremgarten.
Monza, Spa, Pescara, Avus and Montlery were all pedal to metal race tracks with a few corners to brake for.
For the love of Christ send this guy back to school. You've got plenty of talented presenters who are capable of giving these cars and drivers the respect they deserve while also being entertaining, put this guy where he belongs back to reviewing modern crossovers until he can learn to be better.
"who are capable of giving these cars and drivers the respect" - Amen.
The speedo and rev counter look amazing. Just so cool. I like it alot
Wow, a max weight rule! How cool would that be today.
Imagine getting paid by audi for a decade to make this car come to life. Quite possibly the world's greatest job.
They probably could have finished it faster but they didnt want to go back to designing door handles for the next q5.
"We're understeering off the circuit... we're in an Audi." -> nice one :D
NO.... not really, dude! It's rather a shitty than a "nice" one.
Just like you, dude, and this "presenter" who seems to having just two or three brain cells.
Why did you let the hood flop over like that?!
yeah painful
rubbish review. Prattling 'journo' & toothpaste AD music = ZERO V16 sound. Kudos to the silent driver.
The way he helps the guy steer… cringe
Daaaang! That Auto Union/Audi Type 52 is cool!
"Is it pretty? No". IMO this is beautiful. I'd rather drive this car over 99 percent of cars today. Even without all of the things that make this care expensive.. Just give me a run of the mill daily driver with this style of body, made of actual metal and I'm good.
Awesome to see Audi doing a build and project like this, TopGear can't wait for more from Speed Week 2024 :)
Gran Turismo needs to add this one
Tommo showing incredible restraint of violence on this presenter.
This is a quality-made vehicle. Something you will never see again in the future.
Sadly true.
Wasn't expecting to thoroughly watch this from beginning to 🔚, but after the amount of beauty i've witnessed here, it has compelled me continue on with this beyond riveting overviewing!
😍
lol I wasn’t ready for the Texan wire wheel reference. H-Tine stay dine😂
THIS is the coolest car of 2024. Period.
I cannot thank Audi enough for making it! - *checks its not April 1st* - Holy shit I would like to hear it sing and roar.
I like the second half of the car a lot. The Grand Prix era was pretty epic. But it was not Formula 1, as the F1 name and regulations weren’t in place until 1950.
Clickbait title
they should make a current day version of it asap for the closest comparison possible
Proves that an F1 car for the road is a PITA.
Very cool that they made it!
"Texas swanging" is wild lol
Watching this just afer I have completed a speed awareness course, lol
Awesome looking car ❤❤❤❤
I speak for almost everyone from the comments
You've had a great run
Thank you for one of the greatest car content from the holy grail trio.
But plz just stop filming with these wannabe so called auto journalists
It's all already outta hand n too late as well
Try to act smart cause y'all can't be one
Stop the madness
Please hand this Audi to Doug Demuro for a day and we’ve got a legendary video
Headlights are way smaller in the "recreation" than in the original drawing,...considering the amount of freedom they took in changing the grill proportions, compared to the drawing: Why on our planet did they scale them down ?
And let them become so decidedly "gawky" indeed?
More Top Gear history videos please. This was great.
what on earth are these bot comments
beep boop
Man, I can't even tell if there's a bot or a real human users in the comments because this is getting a bit controversial
IT's a shame what top gear has become... They still have the resources to access truly special cars like this one, but the journalism and the presenter really are a let down
1930s : fewer rules, more ambition, daring aerodynamic designs, give you this unbelievable AutoUnion. Today, we have the Cybertruck 🤦🏼
And help German war effort too as bonuses
Car of the year!
increible tener el circuito tan cerca y no ser consciente de cuando hacen estas pruebas tan interesantes
Magnificent, glad it came to fruition.
“ we are understeering off the circuit. We are in an Audi.” such a good statement
Amazing car.... unwatchable presenter.
OMG... a 300km/h speedo on a car with skinny crossply tyres and drum brakes.
ambitious much?
It's what would've been done back in the day
I mean...the world record for speed on a 'public' road was set back in 1936(?). The car would easily do 300 kmh. Is it smart? That's another question. One of the drivers who made that record in the 30's was killed the next day.
Well, the original Auto Union Type C racecars hit close to 300km/h on the long straights in the 30s and the streamliner driven by Bernd Rosemeyer did reach 429km/h on a section of the newly opened Autobahn in January 1938. on the way back when he was going even faster a sidewind caught the car and he swerved of the road and was killed.
Skinny tyres is correct and in the popular hillclimb events they had back then Auto Union actually fitted a double stack of wheels/tyres on the rear axel. These cars slided around like crazy in the corners so its amazing to see the ace drivers manhandle them.
skinny rounded tires have a smaller contact patch therefore less static/rolling resistance, but also, less grip
That’s how they did it!
Look very aerodynamic. Must have great mpg
V16 and 500 h.p.....in the 30's, with a three seats and "pilot" front middle is amazing.....quite 100 y.o. !
New hosts are terrible…. So cringe .
@@hueymontgomery9508whats tight about that???
@@hueymontgomery9508 What's up with being cringe? You think cringe is a good thing? That is cringe in itself
🤖👽
Downfall of Top Gear
I wouldn't say a pioneer for Gran Prix cars but rather open wheel racers in general
Isdera made the Autobahnkurier, a beautiful car inspired by the Mercedes 540K with 2 V8 engines
is a Valkarie really "for the road" ? Lets be realistic
300 Km/h on speedometer in 1930 and V 16 plus.....🤭
The streamlined version were doing 400 Km/h.
This car is cool... Audi killed it
I may have missed it, but was there another car in this video of that godly Audi?
Audi for ever 😍♥️🦎🦎🦎💣💥💪😎
Tbf, no one until Cooper went with mid-engine layout. All were still front-engine layout
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And I just dropped a deuce watching this
@ more like a GAZ torpedo from 1951
I think it looks spectacular
The title is literally a lie
This is the coolest car ever made 😍
Wouldn’t it be better to use rolled aluminium than rolled steel…?
Metallurgical of the time, and given this is built to (mostly) era accurate, that might not be an option
7:27 we are understeering out of the circuit. We are on an AUDI...
When I first saw it I thought they made a 1930s version of the Audi Rosemeyer
Name another pre-war racer you'd like to see rebuilt in 2024 👇
Love this car! 💯
7:10 …creamy?
Yeah creamy. Like your mom
o mais lindo é ver eles correndo 😊❤
Driving that must awake your 6th sense cuz man that must need surgical precision to handle
Since they upgraded the engine, why not also upgrade the brakes to handle that extra power?
And given the tough steering, how does it handle in the winding streets of medieval German towns?
The older one from 100 years ago looked way better!
Downvoting this cus I found zero automotive compassion exude in this release. Time for a new presenter. Get it together Top Gear.
Bringing granprix tech to the road has been the whole deal of Ferrari in their early days. 😅
So basically it's the original McLaren F1. Pretty cool though.
3:40 "all these tools are hand made", yeah, no they're not.
Coolest name ever.
why cant we have top gear back on tv... just the reviews,, dont the crazy stunts?/
it's here now, and if you added up all the content they upload in a week it'd easily add up to an hour.
plus the crazy stunts only worked with the original 3, because they had the personality to carry it. it always felt very forced when the others tried to do it.
Interessant ❣️👌🏼😃
The effort you put into this is so clear!
Prefer the McLaren Speedtail if I need 3 seats :)
A beetle fastback..🙂
It's a longtail! Haha!!
Does the narrator say, "just like the 2026 F1 season....? Have I time traveled into the future?
No. The rules change for 2026.
@@davidperrott5743 Thanks, I was not aware of that.
You didn't give us the engine noise of a supercharged V16? Are you insane?
click baiting us 🤣 . I dragged the stream bar forward hoping to see something younger then my house.
What clickbait? It's a three seater, it's based on a GP car...and Audi just made it!
@@carltonleboss
Its scraping the barrel content, you know we were expecting something based ''loosely'' on a modern f1 with 3seats and a reg plate 😂
It’s not click bait if it’s 100% true…The car in question is literally presented the moment you look at the thumbnail…
@@gavcom4060
you cant see how people may have expected something more recent ?
@@TheCraigy83 Did they show what's in the title and thumbnail? Yes, so no clickbait.
At first I also expected something new, but expecting something that isn't shown is kinda on you (and me), and not clickbait.
I agree with other's comments, amateur host. Otherwise what a car, amazing to see old designs come to life, thank you Audi.
Rolled steel?
overloading the hinge, no engine sound, grabbing steering wheel while you not driving.
you are a lesser son of greater sire.
Umm, perhaps its just me but opening the lid was a bit careless
Love the design of most of it, but that back end is gross
mclaren already did that 30 years ago
bro what is that
"It looks like they should be in Tx, swangin"
That was beautiful 😂
250mph sounds like a big mistake topgear
Awesome car
We need Clarkson in this car, now!
Clarkson doesn't care about modern cars anymore
Aston Martin Valkyrie
This is the sort of saloon car's we should have now 4 doors long boots, not hideous slug shaped hatch/notch backs.
bruh, how the hell is this thing not "slug shaped" itself?!😂😂
@moogle68 Ngl it kinda is but I mean compared to the stunted fastback boots on cars, at least it's long and accentuated properly.
Audi should cancel the eletric program and focus on classic cars.
When Rory come to Top Gear? He is still on Auto Trader