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The original scene has Clarkson driving across a bridge whith beautiful soundtrack. It's so cinematically awesome. The music was changed to an uncopyrighted song. It's kind of sucks.
@@huwalfadillahTbh this channel doesn’t seem like it’s related to BBC, so they prolly don’t want to risk any copyright warnings at all. But yeah, that sucks
@@ShivanshEdla It is the BBC's official channel, they've done this with a few of their shows now like The Office, split it into its own TV channel. The guy above is right, it was changed because they lost the license for that music.
Fun thing about this was it was before the Horikuriku Shikansen was extended to Kanazawa, hence the rather convoluted route. If they repeated this now Clarkson would have had no chance, it wouldn't have been remotely fair!
They design and pre-run the routes for these races so they would be close. They would just move the starting point to somewhere less accessible by public transport to slow James/Hammond.
@@Illusionyary Which is how it really should be for downtown. If I need to be somewhere as soon as possible, I can fork up a bunch of cash right now to let me do it. If I don't, I should have economical options. The current model is all messed up, but understandable. Imagine telling your voter base their tax dollar will be used to build extremely expensive highway that will cost drivers an arm and a leg.
@@rintashyte299modern lorry drivers are crisps, and Sharsh 😂😂 The days are over where you turned up with a glovebox full of strong p*rnography, and egg on your c**k 😂😂
God this show was just amazing, perfect hosts and banter, challenges, come back home from school and watch today's episode while eating and rain outside.
It's too bad they never did this, but I would have loved to have seen a road trip through Japan which had the trio travel from Minamiosumi (the southernmost town on the island of Kyushu) through the main islands (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, and Hokkaido) all the way to Cape Soya (the northernmost point on the island of Hokkaido) in JDM cars.
I never ever thought of this at the time, only rewatching it now, but rather than Jeremy asking for directions when he lost the sat nav, why didn’t he just ask someone to translate to reset the sat nav 😂
Lol yeh, I think in Jeremy's world, if he stops he loses time, even if that means going in the wrong direction. But good logic, you would think they would have some Japanese translation staff on this adventure, or maybe they were used post filming.
@@ajorngjdonaydbr Or it was scripted that way once they realised it was going to be an easy win for the car. They had native fixers in every country where they did these races and the specials that started in 2006, so they'd most definitely have had people fluent in both languages
@@BonnetLicker86313 TBH they could just have a rule where he has to figure everything out on their own. If not, Hammond and May would have zero issues on the trains.
This episode was the first I remember properly watching of top gear. Got me hooked ever since. Absolutely brilliant to see it again all these years later
@@98-SR5 I went on the developers website last year and it said only part of the site is being demolished, not the whole thing. Seemed to suggest part of the runway (track) and some buildings would stay
Furthermore, nothing wrong with setting up the set in another building or studio. Reasonable to assume that the set pieces have been kept in storage like a lot of old BBC set pieces and props.
@@98-SR5 visited the developers website last year and they seemed to suggest only part of the runway and site would be demolished and that the building for tg and part of the runway would stay. Maybe now tg has been cancelled, this is no longer the case?
Seeing Jeremy plant boot in the R35 GTR just makes you think back to the R32 and the first races at Mount Panorama/Bathurst against all the Mercedes and Holdens thinking they owned the place. Only to be CHOMPED by Godzilla!
The Northern Bullet Train line (Hokuriku Shinkansen) was launched in 2015, and now Richard and James can ride to Tokyo directly from the starting point rather than transfer in Kyoto. Poor Manchester. It's good to see Jeremy finally reverse his upside-down headband.
00:18 They get off at Shin-Yokohama station, 00:36 Purchase tickets at Kyoto Station, 01:01 Take the subway at Shin-Yokohama Station. How did they travel 900 km instantaneously?
Nothing makes me sadder than to watch clips like this and know that I missed out on being apart of it when it came out. I was always aware of Top Gear, but for whatever reason I didn't start watching until season 3...of Grand Tour. It's like being alive when the moon landing happened, but not actually watching the tapes until Neil Armstrong was in hospice.
I went to Japan a few months ago and looking at this clip with the older phones etc it must have been VERY DIFFICULT to navigate the metro, now with Google Maps (which is your best friend there) its much easier but you can still get lost 😆Japan is one of the most INCREDIBLE countries I've ever been to.
"this is what comes from not having a congestion charge" it's what happens when you have cheap, reliable and fast public mass transit.... ..... just a thought
Shows how viable public transport is, when you have the infrastructure. All it took was some traffic for Jeremy, or Richard not missing the train so that James didn't have to hold the bus.
Back in the 90s I watched Top Gear when it was mostly a car review show and it was good, but often dry. Then the relaunched show was more about car culture in general and it was glorious, loved watching it. Only when it became heavily about Clarkson's personality did I lose interest as I really only enjoy him in small doses. Watching this is so great and such a trip back to the fun of the 2000s.
BBC relies on licencing fees and people go back to watch the classic episodes with the original trio all the time. Plus they licence it out to other people in other countries, its how the beeb makes their money. If it was uploaded to on demand on UA-cam it wouldn't need tv licence to watch and bbc would be ruining their own income
Anyone know why May and Hammond are lugging suitcases with them to the top of Bhudda's mountain lair? Perhaps the cases contain self-assemble para-gliders for the descent - who knows but at least Clarkson dodged the bullet! EPIC!
specifically went to this place when i visited tokyo to relive this episode lol, even raced against the clock to catch the ferry on the way back, only leaves once each hour!
That's one thing I will always say about the lads although they were always winding each other up they really care about eachother and crew cared about them too
The GTR is one of those cars that has really grown on me, when it came out it really didn't vibe with me but now (when I have a disposable income) I really consider buying one.
I would loved to be this challenge re-done after 2020. The subway back then, and now, are completely different, now they are totally prepared to deal with hordes of english-speaking foreigners (aka, tourists)
i remember watching this on the official top gear yt channel idk if its been unlisted or not but im pretty sure some parts from the original one are missing. love from australia! 🇦🇺
@dt7353 I say this honestly as someone born in 2002. I have no idea how to travel in large cities without GPS. I can travel my home town and surrounding areas blindfolded, but ask me to find something on 14th Ave and 6 west off exit 14 and I'm done. I got straight A's in every class except math. Sometimes the boomers are right, most times they're wrong, but holy hell highway nav without GPS is weird without direction. I'm cooked 💀
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James and Richard’s biggest obstacle was navigating a foreign landscape. Jeremy’s biggest obstacle was Jeremy
He overdid it. As usual.
like the germans on their french holiday in 1939
Jeremy is his own worst enemy
as usual ;D
@@CouchMuncher that was 1940
12:26 I love how the crew members actually cared about the race 😂
Probably had an office bet
of course they care! it will be an amazing story to tell in the office later hahaha
probably before they started writing the outcomes
It's all scripted c'mon
@@chychywoohoo so?
Seeing the older clips upscale to hd is exactly what I wished for
😂
The original scene has Clarkson driving across a bridge whith beautiful soundtrack. It's so cinematically awesome. The music was changed to an uncopyrighted song. It's kind of sucks.
@@huwalfadillahTbh this channel doesn’t seem like it’s related to BBC, so they prolly don’t want to risk any copyright warnings at all. But yeah, that sucks
@@ShivanshEdla It is the BBC's official channel, they've done this with a few of their shows now like The Office, split it into its own TV channel. The guy above is right, it was changed because they lost the license for that music.
@@DanTheStripe Oh, ok. Thanks for the info 👍
12:58 That bloke in the background's probably baffled as to why there's an exhausted English man wearing a hachimaki on his head...
"Those roundeyes sure are weird."
😅🤣🤣@@UnitSe7en
"Baka"
Upside down (at first).
@@cfam117 magically corrected itself in the middle of going flat out up the mountain
One of their best jokes is that Jeremy named the GPS voice Amy. Aim Me.
very subtle
You're telling me I've watched this for over 10 years and NEVER noticed that? Wow I'm dense. Thanks for the trivia
I still dont get it
@@akidnamedariel because naming your GPS "direct me where where I need to go" doesn't roll off your tongue quite as easily as Amy.
@Bagster321 Go back and watch it all over again and you'll notice there is an incredible amount of those types of jokes.
Love how invested the camera crew is in their shenanigans! They each wanted their guys to win! 😂
They must've had a bet on lol
They wanted Clarkson to win
This is the Top Gear the World Needs Again
its never happening again after this september i am sorry brother but we got only one more for the road 😢😢😢
are you my real father?
but wont get sadly
But sadly wont happen
Look at top gear after they left went to s*** so there never be any shows this this again
The intensity of these races were something else back then.
Careful editing.
@@andgate2000 With Japan public transportation punctuality record. I bet it was actually a close call. Not just editing.
Even if it is edited, you still feel genuine excitement over who's gonna win.
Richard losing James at the station 😭
Typical Hammond.
that killed that chances :D
😂😅
Fun thing about this was it was before the Horikuriku Shikansen was extended to Kanazawa, hence the rather convoluted route. If they repeated this now Clarkson would have had no chance, it wouldn't have been remotely fair!
They design and pre-run the routes for these races so they would be close. They would just move the starting point to somewhere less accessible by public transport to slow James/Hammond.
Yep, back then it was JR Thunderbird to Kyoto and then Tokaido Shinkansen east... Now it's 2 and a bit hours on the Hokuriku 👍
@@bend386 Well, obviously.
3:38 “No, I’ve just asked for the wine list, that’s not right” 😂
日本に来てくれてありがとう！またぜひ3人で来てください！ Thank you for coming to Japan! Please come again with the three of us!
Truly an expressway! With that many people using trains, there are fewer cars on the road so it's a joy for driving around
car ownership is also expensive
The express ways are tolled and generally very expensive, so I'd assume most locals use the slower but free roads instead.
@@Illusionyary Which is how it really should be for downtown. If I need to be somewhere as soon as possible, I can fork up a bunch of cash right now to let me do it. If I don't, I should have economical options. The current model is all messed up, but understandable. Imagine telling your voter base their tax dollar will be used to build extremely expensive highway that will cost drivers an arm and a leg.
@@lc9245And the options isn't limited to just roads. There are railway and bus options too.
@@lc9245 and yet a lot of us Americans until recently had no qualms about that.
There’s definitely this inbuilt bias towards car culture here
13:57 That finale never fails to bring tears to my eyes…
top gear ytp channels are gonna have a field day with all the material easily accessible like this!
They gladly would if they all hadn't been inactive for five years
The video quality is so crisps and sharsh too
@@rintashyte299Lemme guess, crispy Burmese lorries?
@@rintashyte299modern lorry drivers are crisps, and Sharsh 😂😂
The days are over where you turned up with a glovebox full of strong p*rnography, and egg on your c**k 😂😂
You mean those channels that stopped uploading since 5 years ago?
God this show was just amazing, perfect hosts and banter, challenges, come back home from school and watch today's episode while eating and rain outside.
0:14 without the train Jeremy would actually be not moving
True to that!
More options to go somewhere = less cars = less traffic = joy for car people
Love to see Top Gear viewers who understand induced demand
@@weirdfish1216 it makes sense really, a lot of car enthusiasts support the idea of expanded public transit if it means getting more cars off the road
The episode that got me fully invested in Top Gear and these three guys in general.
It's too bad they never did this, but I would have loved to have seen a road trip through Japan which had the trio travel from Minamiosumi (the southernmost town on the island of Kyushu) through the main islands (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, and Hokkaido) all the way to Cape Soya (the northernmost point on the island of Hokkaido) in JDM cars.
The title: Epic Bullet Train Race!
The video: Not one second of bullet train
😒
Yep, sorry officer, I was trying to get half a g while changing lane
😂
"You could win Wimbledon with barriers like that at the end of your arms" 9:57
4:00 “maybe?” 😂😂😂
Bro questioned his whole life existence
I forgot how great this race was!! I love these three so much
I never ever thought of this at the time, only rewatching it now, but rather than Jeremy asking for directions when he lost the sat nav, why didn’t he just ask someone to translate to reset the sat nav 😂
Tbf that's what panic mode gets you
Lol yeh, I think in Jeremy's world, if he stops he loses time, even if that means going in the wrong direction. But good logic, you would think they would have some Japanese translation staff on this adventure, or maybe they were used post filming.
@@ajorngjdonaydbr Or it was scripted that way once they realised it was going to be an easy win for the car. They had native fixers in every country where they did these races and the specials that started in 2006, so they'd most definitely have had people fluent in both languages
@@BonnetLicker86313 TBH they could just have a rule where he has to figure everything out on their own. If not, Hammond and May would have zero issues on the trains.
@@bigwhoopboy Good point.
needs a divine wind, proceeds to give it the beans.
Well, this sentence just made me think of that scene in another way...
The BBC is blessing us. Do not take it for granted.
The BBC is full of criminals
Blessing us? More like desperately scrabbling for cash!
@@DrivingGod21 the BBC is full of people who fiddle kids. They're the worst people in society.
They are just milking the series
@@andrewphillips8341 yeah like they're going to make millions off of reposting old TV shows on UA-cam 😂
This is by far my favorite race the trio ever did. I get such a swelling of nostalgia every time I watch it
Cant wait to come back to this in 10yrs time
This episode was the first I remember properly watching of top gear. Got me hooked ever since. Absolutely brilliant to see it again all these years later
5:32 One of Jeremy's best laughs ever 😂
2:50 "Well I can tell you exactly where you are even with your satnav off"
"LOST!"
Here before the algorithm recommends this to literally everyone on Earth
Really hoping the grand tour ends in the old top gear studio, would be nice to see the BBC cut some slack for their finale.
No chance. That's been sold off.
Believe it's gone now. The land was sold off to housing developers.
@@98-SR5 I went on the developers website last year and it said only part of the site is being demolished, not the whole thing. Seemed to suggest part of the runway (track) and some buildings would stay
Furthermore, nothing wrong with setting up the set in another building or studio. Reasonable to assume that the set pieces have been kept in storage like a lot of old BBC set pieces and props.
@@98-SR5 visited the developers website last year and they seemed to suggest only part of the runway and site would be demolished and that the building for tg and part of the runway would stay.
Maybe now tg has been cancelled, this is no longer the case?
This is one of my favorite races in the entire series. Maybe I'm biased because back then the new R35 was a hot topic
Speed and Power!
Feels like the BBC is admiting "yeah guys we screwed up big time" ... happy to see classic top gear clips in high quality tho!
By far, Arguably the most closest race Of Jeremy VS Richard and James in any Top Gear series,and also my top 3 favorite race of Top Gear Series
My favourite out of the car vs public transport races!!
Seeing Jeremy plant boot in the R35 GTR just makes you think back to the R32 and the first races at Mount Panorama/Bathurst against all the Mercedes and Holdens thinking they owned the place. Only to be CHOMPED by Godzilla!
Mercedes? The real opponent of the r32 at the time was the Sierra Cosworth
This race still feels so neck and neck. It still gives me goosebumps, even if it is almost 20 years old and I watched it several times.
全日空がジャンボ使ってたり、都バスがいすゞのキュービックだったりなかなか懐かしい映像やな。
道幾人のファッションとか髪型も2000年代って感じで懐かしいね
There will most likely never be a better show about cars
Crazy to think the R35 is nearly 20 years old now. I remember when it was brand now and smashing 300 and 400k supercars around a track.
The Northern Bullet Train line (Hokuriku Shinkansen) was launched in 2015, and now Richard and James can ride to Tokyo directly from the starting point rather than transfer in Kyoto. Poor Manchester.
It's good to see Jeremy finally reverse his upside-down headband.
00:18 They get off at Shin-Yokohama station,
00:36 Purchase tickets at Kyoto Station,
01:01 Take the subway at Shin-Yokohama Station.
How did they travel 900 km instantaneously?
The best top gear ever!
I like how they didnt use the bullet train at all in this cut
Nothing makes me sadder than to watch clips like this and know that I missed out on being apart of it when it came out.
I was always aware of Top Gear, but for whatever reason I didn't start watching until season 3...of Grand Tour.
It's like being alive when the moon landing happened, but not actually watching the tapes until Neil Armstrong was in hospice.
Of course classic top gear is mostly Scripted but it's still my favourite BBC program ever
I just watched a video with Ben Collins and he said as far as he knows these races were mostly legit. Just a bit of planning but they were fair.
You can watch at grand tour ( I forget which episode is) when they don't use script 😅
I love how even top gear decided to make a whole new channel as they all are breaking apart
I believe the show is officially over now.
Keep these going! This is pure gold! Ah, I love that last scene and music combined.😌
The endings are always epic with the music and the camera shots
It's so weird to see people not starring in phones, but just talking and reading books in train.
Good old times. 😢
13:57 “Ryo ri suru”(料理する) means “cooking”😂
Oh cook!
let them cook
I went to Japan a few months ago and looking at this clip with the older phones etc it must have been VERY DIFFICULT to navigate the metro, now with Google Maps (which is your best friend there) its much easier but you can still get lost 😆Japan is one of the most INCREDIBLE countries I've ever been to.
I routinely forget how briilliant this segment is
0:56 scared the Japanese gentleman
world: *calls japanese underground lines a metro*
Richard: *we got on a tube train*
the japanese will be really not happy for that
1:04 becomes an american by saying that
@@fans8777do ya want cheese with that?
@@LukSter18998 ys and 8 litres of cokee
This was fantastic.
"this is what comes from not having a congestion charge" it's what happens when you have cheap, reliable and fast public mass transit.... ..... just a thought
OMG THKS FOR THIS THE GRAND TOURS ENDING AND I NEED THIS
Shows how viable public transport is, when you have the infrastructure.
All it took was some traffic for Jeremy, or Richard not missing the train so that James didn't have to hold the bus.
6:25 "AMY'S BACK"😂😂
Back in the 90s I watched Top Gear when it was mostly a car review show and it was good, but often dry. Then the relaunched show was more about car culture in general and it was glorious, loved watching it. Only when it became heavily about Clarkson's personality did I lose interest as I really only enjoy him in small doses. Watching this is so great and such a trip back to the fun of the 2000s.
The bass at 11:08 ❤
As a music producer, I kept repeating that segment. Juicy synth bass.
AMY'S BACK AMY'S BACK ON MY SCREEN 6:22
My favorite race of top gear❤
Finally, a different clip than the ones uploaded before.
Best trio EVER irreplaceable ❤
Top Gear should talk with UA-cam to relocate all the classic videos to this channel. That’s possible, other TV shows have done that on UA-cam too.
BBC relies on licencing fees and people go back to watch the classic episodes with the original trio all the time. Plus they licence it out to other people in other countries, its how the beeb makes their money. If it was uploaded to on demand on UA-cam it wouldn't need tv licence to watch and bbc would be ruining their own income
just pirate it
They wont do it because they want people to give them money
DONT STOP POSTING THESE EPISODES!!
Not seen this before. Brilliant.
AMY'S BACK!!!!
Clarkson finds an english speaking policeman and asks him to help him read the map...and not get the satnav back up. Brilliant.
I remember watching this as a kid. I would always watch top gear when coming home from middle school. Good times.
Anyone know why May and Hammond are lugging suitcases with them to the top of Bhudda's mountain lair? Perhaps the cases contain self-assemble para-gliders for the descent - who knows but at least Clarkson dodged the bullet! EPIC!
I can only imagine the type of budget these Guys had back in the day, this is amazing!
What a beautiful country
5:10 the way clarkson smiles in excitement
specifically went to this place when i visited tokyo to relive this episode lol, even raced against the clock to catch the ferry on the way back, only leaves once each hour!
That's one thing I will always say about the lads although they were always winding each other up they really care about eachother and crew cared about them too
12:53 You can genuinely tell Clarkson really ran to the finish line as you can hear his rapid heartbeat from the mic.
Its still just beautiful to watch in 2024, its epic
9:10 Jeremy got his headband upside down🤣
That much anxiety just can not be faked! What did Top Gear do to these poor chaps to make them so invested in this race? 😂
I really loved these challenges.
Same challenge as the Bugatti & the plane.
The GTR is one of those cars that has really grown on me, when it came out it really didn't vibe with me but now (when I have a disposable income) I really consider buying one.
Do basel to Blackpool on one tank of fue
We need the buggati veyron vs airplane race and the aston martin vs train
Also, UK v Aussie Top Gear.
Gotta have the Ferrari vs the plane and train to Switzerland too, the one where Jeremy beat Richard and Hammond by 2 minutes!
Asking a Japanese bus driver to wait.
what about the Bill Oddy facemask
Top gear is milking views out of posting old top gear on youtube and I love it
I adopted Hammond's "Disappointed!" years ago and still use it regularly.
I would loved to be this challenge re-done after 2020.
The subway back then, and now, are completely different, now they are totally prepared to deal with hordes of english-speaking foreigners (aka, tourists)
Love how Richard says Thanks Buddha for looking after him at the end 😅
i remember watching this on the official top gear yt channel idk if its been unlisted or not but im pretty sure some parts from the original one are missing. love from australia! 🇦🇺
oh yeah and its really cool knowing this is official!
Imagine how much easier this would be with smartphones now
On all their old travels. Smart phones have done a lot for us but in a way we have also lost a lot.
@@dt7353 Yeah making things too easy for us will only make us less capable in the future
@dt7353 I say this honestly as someone born in 2002. I have no idea how to travel in large cities without GPS. I can travel my home town and surrounding areas blindfolded, but ask me to find something on 14th Ave and 6 west off exit 14 and I'm done.
I got straight A's in every class except math.
Sometimes the boomers are right, most times they're wrong, but holy hell highway nav without GPS is weird without direction.
I'm cooked 💀
@@TheHaydena76 you had to ask directions or get a local map at a gas station.
@@dt7353 exactly. It's over.
Where has this channel been all my life