Tiff's Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Track Test | Fifth Gear

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  • Опубліковано 14 лип 2020
  • In this Classic Fifth Gear clip, Tiff reviews the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.
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  • @fifthgearuk
    @fifthgearuk  3 роки тому +5

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  • @maddee2548
    @maddee2548 3 роки тому +95

    Classic Tiff, them golden days of automotive journalism

  • @JWLZPLM
    @JWLZPLM 3 роки тому +121

    I still marvel at the sight of this car, it's a timeless classic

    • @MasonPieters
      @MasonPieters 3 роки тому +8

      As good as the modern super cars are i still think the modern classics are the enzo, slr, Carrera and ford gt

    • @polygamous1
      @polygamous1 3 роки тому

      and a classic very able driver too

    • @JWLZPLM
      @JWLZPLM 3 роки тому +9

      Mason Pieters Oooh yes, I truly believe 2000s supercar set a new height of what a supercar is. Also add to the list the Murcielago and the Zonda

    • @warriorharj79
      @warriorharj79 3 роки тому +2

      @@JWLZPLM clk gtr too but that's kinda 90s.

    • @mohammadalfattal2902
      @mohammadalfattal2902 Рік тому

      @@warriorharj79 CLK GTR is simply legendary

  • @Alexandra-Rex
    @Alexandra-Rex 3 роки тому +40

    The sound of this car never gets boring. When it accelerates, the sound tickles the spine.

  • @arisaga822
    @arisaga822 3 роки тому +72

    This car has the most glorious noise I’ve ever heard.

    • @OscarDeCicco
      @OscarDeCicco 3 роки тому +15

      Then you should search a "Lexus LFA" video...

    • @flyingphoenix113
      @flyingphoenix113 3 роки тому +13

      @@OscarDeCicco meh. High-pitched NA engines aren't for everyone. I love the LFA personally, but I can appreciate the SLR's guttural bellow just as much! 😁

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 3 роки тому +2

      The glorious noise along with the simple torque converter trans that allows the engine revs to slur between gear changes. The engine and trans go so damn well with each other.

    • @richboy900
      @richboy900 3 роки тому +3

      @@flyingphoenix113 Agreed. I used to live near Woking where they were made. Often seen them driving around the roads back in those days. They sound amazing in the flesh

  • @roadhouseguy
    @roadhouseguy 3 роки тому +18

    I see SLR I click like.
    To this is the most beautiful car ever made. Just surreal.

  • @AJ-ms1oi
    @AJ-ms1oi 3 роки тому +24

    We miss Tiff... bring him back

  • @motosteggy3980
    @motosteggy3980 3 роки тому +100

    Typical TV companies! Channel 5\Fifth Gear dumped Tiff for a younger audience and now uploading his videos from 17 years ago. SOOO dis-respectable to Tiff.
    These TV companies need to listen to fans and viewers not themselves

    • @NuRaLoQi
      @NuRaLoQi 3 роки тому +1

      Fans need to vote with their wallets. They don't support it? Stop paying for it or giving them audience.

  • @JD-fg2dz
    @JD-fg2dz 3 роки тому +179

    You get rid of Tiff and carry on uploading his reviews - disrespectful

    • @larssonk22
      @larssonk22 3 роки тому +7

      huh, he is employed to do a job lol how does disrespect come in to it?
      it's business

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 3 роки тому +7

      As soon as I was into series 4 of watching these episodes they removed all the full episode and are making us pay for them.

    • @yvanpedron5255
      @yvanpedron5255 3 роки тому

      Totalement d'accord.

    • @max.racing
      @max.racing 3 роки тому

      @@larssonk22 you dont get the moral of this story. so you are disrespectfull to, i know it.

    • @larssonk22
      @larssonk22 3 роки тому +1

      @@max.racing "moral of this story" are you going to explain that?

  • @40Rouge
    @40Rouge 3 роки тому +7

    This was my favorite era of MB design. This SLR and the SLK 55 AMG are beautiful cars.

  • @MrHugawa
    @MrHugawa 3 роки тому +18

    beauty is in the eye of the beholder & I think it is one of the best looking cars ever, I luv it.

    • @dereksbooks
      @dereksbooks 3 роки тому +6

      It was definitely ahead of its time. Even after all these years, it still looks quite modern.

    • @richboy900
      @richboy900 3 роки тому +3

      @@dereksbooks and still goes quite modern too. Check out carwows video. It still gives a modern aston Martin and a Ferrari a hard time.

    • @user-jh9eh9cn7d
      @user-jh9eh9cn7d 11 місяців тому

      luvly car indeed

  • @EspenX
    @EspenX 3 роки тому +3

    I have not watched many Fifth Gear reviews, but that is one of the best reviews of a first generation allmost supercar I have seen. To the point on it's strong and weak points. This review holds up 15 years, kudos to Nedell!

  • @Isaackariuki775
    @Isaackariuki775 3 роки тому +5

    Trivia: At 2:30, that is the exact SLR(RX53 KHP) that was used in a Top Gear review by Jezza Clarkson from 2004( Series 4, ep 2).

  • @janjensen8289
    @janjensen8289 3 роки тому +51

    Firing Tiff was sooo low and disrespectful. Shame on you.

    • @Tbo1235
      @Tbo1235 3 роки тому

      Jan Jensen good decision really, it’s 2020

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 3 роки тому +5

      @@Tbo1235 There's a reason you have 0 likes.

    • @Tbo1235
      @Tbo1235 3 роки тому

      @@sukhdevr3489 maybe youtube doesn’t agree but the people in charge of the show do. And that’s what matters mr r34

    • @Tbo1235
      @Tbo1235 3 роки тому

      @@sukhdevr3489 do you have an R34?

  • @linasmarcinkevicius
    @linasmarcinkevicius 3 роки тому

    Great review Mr. Tiff! 🌟 Legendary Mercedes-Benz SLR MCLAREN! 🏁

  • @AmaanKhan-yu1mb
    @AmaanKhan-yu1mb 3 роки тому +7

    I remember watching this when it first aired. 😂

  • @simonhunter834
    @simonhunter834 2 роки тому +1

    One night, a long time ago, I passed Paris Hilton's Mercedes slr McLaren parked outside of Tramp nightclub in London. Apparently she wrote it off. Beautiful car.

  • @blarkdexture8899
    @blarkdexture8899 3 роки тому +4

    Tiff the one and only.

  • @boy638
    @boy638 3 роки тому +17

    Wonder if the call button still calls to a technician

  • @robertl2856
    @robertl2856 3 роки тому

    A great review thanks

  • @aljack1979
    @aljack1979 3 роки тому +1

    That sales guy reminded me of an Essex wide boy. People who buy an SLR aren't interested in showing off popping up an air brake.

  • @polygamous1
    @polygamous1 3 роки тому +1

    A very able driver a great driver who Loves cars by far the Best driver to test any car on earth n we ALL love you Tiff, If anyone can Tiff can, thanks mate your my iconic driver

  • @sneakhyperion9297
    @sneakhyperion9297 3 роки тому +4

    My first dream car along with the diablo gtr

  • @suns9079
    @suns9079 3 роки тому +2

    Outstanding...

  • @tonychavez2083
    @tonychavez2083 3 роки тому +5

    This and SLS are my favorite road cars hands down, powerball purchases...

  • @jakubsvoboda9134
    @jakubsvoboda9134 3 роки тому +1

    Legendary Tiff with legendary SLR what elso to want? Just Perfection! Oh man those drives sideways just amazing. Tbh I am struggling to get interested in anyone else than Tiff or Harris all others feel just plain no raw happiness of driving...

  • @danielm3967
    @danielm3967 3 роки тому +2

    When daddy tiff uploads i watch.

  • @gorrington007
    @gorrington007 3 роки тому +1

    Harry will be reviewing this pretty soon...

  • @DashCamSerbia
    @DashCamSerbia 3 роки тому +12

    1:06 Batman confirmed.

  • @sleep_now...
    @sleep_now... 3 роки тому +1

    Why do I keep smiling watching this )

  • @wesammansour1486
    @wesammansour1486 3 роки тому

    Amazing Machine!

  • @russelllynch6427
    @russelllynch6427 3 роки тому

    One of my favourite Mercedes of all time

  • @rideroll9609
    @rideroll9609 3 роки тому +3

    Best grand tour car ever made....

  • @eroche913
    @eroche913 3 роки тому +3

    A great car. That phone! Its a pity McLaren don't build their current, endlessly complicated range of eponymous road cars with the same care and quality.

  • @carz5583
    @carz5583 3 роки тому +4

    This ist the closest to the original top gear

  • @d4bricks889
    @d4bricks889 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome.

  • @dyslexiusmaximus
    @dyslexiusmaximus 3 роки тому

    whats the music that starts at 0:14?

  • @nobustrive1405
    @nobustrive1405 3 роки тому

    When year this video are made?

  • @rideroll9609
    @rideroll9609 3 роки тому +3

    Sound`s like a fighter plane on steroids, love it...

  • @michaellavery4899
    @michaellavery4899 3 роки тому

    Damn Gerry knew the best place for the job was Beautiful Blighty.

  • @chrisg4rr377
    @chrisg4rr377 3 роки тому

    I miss seeing Tiff doing reviews

  • @rickymartinis8530
    @rickymartinis8530 Рік тому

    this guy really knows how to drive.
    I remember his video of Mclaren F1

  • @wboeren1
    @wboeren1 3 роки тому

    First that phone and then Tiff is a young man again. Time warp.

  • @robinrao3758
    @robinrao3758 3 роки тому +1

    There is no v8car on this planet that sounds so amazing even in 2020. The best sound of all times

    • @markrabone6584
      @markrabone6584 2 роки тому

      Holden 2017 HSV R8 LSA sounds bloody brilliant

  • @Itsmeagain-
    @Itsmeagain- 3 роки тому +8

    ' the best place to build a supercar isn't stuttgart but Woking in GB' (Tiff)...... Sorry Tiff, but that's the typical view a lot of Britain have....and most of the world do not agree

  • @Neil-Aspinall
    @Neil-Aspinall 3 роки тому +1

    When was this aired?

  • @benokanruzgar8863
    @benokanruzgar8863 3 роки тому

    Where is the Verdi's "Wraith"... My God, much better with classic music :)

  • @user-zb5oo6so2i
    @user-zb5oo6so2i 8 місяців тому

    Great car

  • @konstantinoszabelakis1215
    @konstantinoszabelakis1215 3 роки тому

    Didn't know they still make it

  • @GrandHuevotes
    @GrandHuevotes 3 роки тому +1

    that interior is so fischer price though. particularly the radio and hvac panels

  • @Alps6408
    @Alps6408 3 роки тому +4

    The 113k and the 155 were savage.

  • @manuelpedrosd
    @manuelpedrosd 2 роки тому +1

    Tiff didn't understand what the SLR was all about. Jeremy did

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 Рік тому

      A lot of people didn't understand it, because it wasn't your traditional mid-engined rocketship with a manual transmission. This was a GT that could also be a supercar. Ferrari 599 and Porsche 997 Turbo are the same. A car anyone can reasonably drive fast.

  • @skillandluck
    @skillandluck 4 місяці тому

    I thought it was my kettle whistling, but it turned out to be the supercharger pulley

  • @raw-amg4396
    @raw-amg4396 3 роки тому +1

    A true silver arrow

  • @beastman.330
    @beastman.330 3 роки тому

    Bring back tiff.

  • @HatsuneMiku-nx6uc
    @HatsuneMiku-nx6uc 7 місяців тому

    THIS SUPERCAR DESERVES TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME FROM NFS AS THE BMW M3 GTR

  • @thegatesofsleep
    @thegatesofsleep 2 роки тому

    This car was nothing more than an incredibly fine tuned race car for street use.
    And it’s beautiful 😢

  • @nishhnishh1088
    @nishhnishh1088 3 роки тому

    Love the F1 nose

  • @DailyDrivenBikes_1
    @DailyDrivenBikes_1 2 роки тому

    The version to get would be an mso version in black with a black and grey interior. Or that in a 722 version.

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 2 роки тому +1

      You don't get the turbine wheels on those versions however.

    • @farishanafiah8461
      @farishanafiah8461 2 роки тому

      I'll take either the 722 S Roadster or the Stirling Moss.

    • @LukeDogg20
      @LukeDogg20 10 місяців тому

      MSO SLR could be made by Mansory

    • @DailyDrivenBikes_1
      @DailyDrivenBikes_1 10 місяців тому

      @LukeDogg20 The mso cars have a special front bumper and other parts that were made by mclearn themselves, it's the same with mso 675lt and p1 cars.

  • @zafkhan4796
    @zafkhan4796 3 роки тому

    Looks like the Avengers HQ

  • @MrGordonjames
    @MrGordonjames 3 роки тому

    Wow.!! Wow.!! WoW.!!...

  • @ya55er4008
    @ya55er4008 3 роки тому

    I almost forgot how old this car is

  • @Brinb
    @Brinb 27 днів тому

    🔥

  • @JVan-ic6ic
    @JVan-ic6ic 3 роки тому +1

    0:42 someone needs to let them know...

  • @666t
    @666t 3 роки тому +1

    Less than a mile from where the War of the Worlds started

    • @paulward4268
      @paulward4268 2 роки тому

      A silver War Machine!! 😄😄👍👍

  • @toy200sx
    @toy200sx 3 роки тому

    Such an aged interior.
    These have such a weird pulsating exhaust tone.
    Plus, how on earth did it get to 1800kg using CF body!

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 2 роки тому

      It has the engine, 5 speed automatic and the interior from other Merc models (SL 55 AMG), be it specifically tuned for this car.
      Those are the heavy weight parts of the car.

  • @rauna47
    @rauna47 3 роки тому

    Wait...
    McLaren F1 is using Merc engine for 2021.
    A new SLR in the future?
    Please...

  • @Sum_Ting_Wong
    @Sum_Ting_Wong 3 роки тому

    All these state of art facilities and only one championship (WDC and WCC apiece) since 1999......

  • @serveramirov9984
    @serveramirov9984 3 роки тому +1

    V8 sound is the best

  • @bernardfender5147
    @bernardfender5147 3 роки тому

    Proper driver doing proper car review. Car is for kn0bheads with more money than sense, but at least it isn't AMG!
    New series of Fifth Gear please.

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 3 роки тому

      The engine in it is an AMG. Just saying.

    • @bernardfender5147
      @bernardfender5147 3 роки тому

      @@aaryeshg.6526 is it?!! No wayyy!! Let's hope McLaren engineered the controls then!

  • @Birmingham_racing
    @Birmingham_racing 3 роки тому +1

    Interior now looks cheap and tacky but the engine still sounds like thunder

  • @k1k2k37
    @k1k2k37 2 роки тому

    I bet mercedes weren’t too happy after this review... :D

  • @Headxoxote
    @Headxoxote Рік тому

    The SL65 AMG Black Series made in Germany 🇩🇪 is better, cooler and faster. But love the SLR.

  • @gexpe2003
    @gexpe2003 2 роки тому

    Great Mb

  • @gammarays9563
    @gammarays9563 3 роки тому

    It's cost 20 grand just to change the spark plugs because you have take out the half of engine out

  • @team3383
    @team3383 3 роки тому +2

    You KNOW you're being taken to the cleaners pricewise when a button with direct access to the factory customer service is also sold to you as something unique and special.
    Its a bloody blue button with a pre-programmed phone number behind it. WOW. BUT it's blue and it has a spanner printed on it.
    A bit like the Spanners who will bought them.

  • @jacknotts6008
    @jacknotts6008 3 роки тому

    Bring back tiff!!!!!!!!sad you got
    Rid

  • @jameskent2147
    @jameskent2147 3 роки тому

    For 337k I would expect the interior to be more than plastic it all seems a bit cheap

  • @ideaynojodas
    @ideaynojodas 3 роки тому +2

    Damn that old bloke could drive!

    • @paulward4268
      @paulward4268 2 роки тому +1

      It's called Skill. Sadly missing today.

  • @Swayzeo
    @Swayzeo 8 місяців тому

    👍🏼

  • @valentinocule4691
    @valentinocule4691 3 роки тому +2

    It s better to buy E55 amg for 15k

  • @0507575356
    @0507575356 3 роки тому +2

    it has a Nokia phone?

  • @aliengoth
    @aliengoth Рік тому

    Basically this was a German Z06 or Camaro

  • @anthonyorafferty5632
    @anthonyorafferty5632 2 роки тому

    I do like that car very much but to see it being driven like it's stolen is not a happy sight.

  • @alexch8084
    @alexch8084 Рік тому

    Штанишки у него мокрые,это точно

  • @NoName-te7vo
    @NoName-te7vo 3 роки тому

    The last McLaren to actually sound good unlike today's potato sounding 720S.

  • @stillsearching1284
    @stillsearching1284 3 роки тому

    This car is awesome, but back in 2005, I'd have rather had a Ferrari Enzo, Maserati MC12, Porsche Carrera GT, and Ford GT. Mercedes lost this hypercar generation.

    • @richboy900
      @richboy900 3 роки тому +1

      True, but the SLR was like a gt car with hypercar performance. It was more practical than all those cars, and almost just as fast. It was actually on par with the Carrera GT. The Porsche was also said to be very difficult to drive at the limit whereas the SLR was far more effortless

    • @sukhdevr3489
      @sukhdevr3489 3 роки тому +1

      And Zonda C12S of course.

  • @WhiteMouse77
    @WhiteMouse77 3 роки тому

    SLR is that exciting Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde unike BMW 6/8-series that never reached to become such crazy entertaining split personality per recipe take 50% of Merc CL+ 50% of Dodge Viper and leave it with British saying that Borussia Dortmund is better than Manchester United….. because Munich guys did not dare going to experts like Merc went to McLaren for confrontation that based on SLR success later inspired AMG how to make further Merc super-cars…. SLR is one of those 1-occurrence miracles like Lex LFA was and never ever can happen again….

  • @oliverranderson9292
    @oliverranderson9292 3 роки тому +2

    This was my dream car when I was 14, but looking at it now hasn't aged the best and the SLRs interior looks just awfull and doesnt look 350k at all 😳

    • @NirmalRavilla
      @NirmalRavilla 3 роки тому

      Basically, you still can't afford it.

    • @oliverranderson9292
      @oliverranderson9292 3 роки тому

      Basically 😅, a man can still dream though

    • @vietthanhnguyen1227
      @vietthanhnguyen1227 3 роки тому +1

      It's not aged well like enzo and carrera gt but still gorgeous, maybe I'm biased since it's my childhood dreamcar too.

    • @aaryeshg.6526
      @aaryeshg.6526 3 роки тому

      I think the interior is fine (Enzo's interior is really bare Carbon and nothing in it, Carrera GT was as good as this).
      These SLRs were offered with a white interior which is much better imo (keeps it fresh). Most of these came with red interiors.

  • @flybeep1661
    @flybeep1661 3 роки тому

    Kinda lackluster interior design for such a car and brand.

  • @dietznutz1
    @dietznutz1 3 роки тому

    Car phone hahaha

  • @thembinkosisamuel9475
    @thembinkosisamuel9475 3 роки тому

    Isn't mclaren owned by BMW !!

  • @rizzotto139
    @rizzotto139 Рік тому

    This car literally has a nose 👃 lol

  • @serz1885
    @serz1885 3 роки тому

    why tiff did not ask why they done that shity plastic?

  • @yvanpedron5255
    @yvanpedron5255 3 роки тому

    Simplement honteux.
    Et triste.... Cela mérite beaucoup mieux.

  • @classicraceruk1337
    @classicraceruk1337 3 роки тому +1

    Just found one for sale £250000

    • @angelesc2033
      @angelesc2033 3 роки тому +3

      Perfect time to buy these cars

    • @Stikkzz
      @Stikkzz 3 роки тому +1

      239900 € the cheapest one i see from '05

  • @holprod00
    @holprod00 3 роки тому

    the front is fantastic alongside the sideprofile first half of the car,but the rest and the interior is just plain ugly..

  • @dailyupdates7282
    @dailyupdates7282 3 роки тому +1

    Side profile is not good

    • @paulward4268
      @paulward4268 2 роки тому

      Don't think many here would agree with that!!

  • @wristcandy5451
    @wristcandy5451 3 роки тому

    I heard they're broke

  • @aaronmacy9134
    @aaronmacy9134 3 роки тому

    WTF. You fire Tiff then proceed to continue releasing his reviews and profit off them?! -Unsubscribed.
    🖕🖕