VW Touareg towing a Boeing 747 - Fifth Gear

[dragonvlv]

this doesn look spectacular, top gear would have done it better

[ringlol]

Imagine what the Audi Q7 can do :O

[getjiggywithit007]

why buy a F350 when a VW can pull a 747

[Elspin]

@chompp Technically your bicycle gets even worse gas mileage, as one liter of gas will move it approximately 0 kilometers (it might wobble a bit when you dump the gas on it). Either way, dumb irrelevant post.

[3ch017]

what year model is this? It looks like a 2007 and up model. I thought they stopped the v10tdi at 2006. any thoughts?

[apollonorm]

Lets see a honda do that.

[shadowrao1]

@apollonorm challenge accepted =P

[superdutytruck]

My superduty can do that.

[MegaMaster456]

@antidmcau it's the plane from Top Gear. It's called "City of Birmingham" A.K.A. G-BDXJ. The reason why the engines r so close because it's used in Casino Royale and is now at Dunsfold where, you guessed it. Where Top Gear is shown!

They obviously 'stole' the plane from Top Gear.

[ironballz78]

Would have been more exciting to see the engines fire up and the plane crush the suv....

[hamham500]

@antidmcau

they are fake.

[TheD10L]

darn i wanted to see him try to stop, no trailer brakes i guess.

[Devil7350]

в данный момент многие джипы как (hummer .

gelandewagen. land rover defender. и т.д )

могут себе позволить тягать всякого рода такую технику так-что не чего удивительного

да и всяких систем в джипах не меньше чем в этом самолёте)))

[Dato2112]

i'm proud to be a VW Mechanic when i see this!

[flankerlaur]

what kind of 747 is this?

[MegaMaster456]

@flankerlaur 747-200. Registration G-BDXJ.

Used in Top Gear.

[owenozo]

@MegaMaster456 yh you are so right i have been on the wing of that

[straight6pwr]

if a guy can pull a plane, i sure hope a v10 can.

[nelerser]

@Cook1993 I have a 1993 ford f150, I think we should challenge them. I'm willing to use my truck to pull a 747 with no extra weight in the back.

[FDCMOTORS]

3:24 why does he have his seat belt on? : P

[AndreasFalk8]

Volkswagen...

[prius87]

there's one of this parked under my block =]

[robthereckless]

Now try an emergency stop.. This is why you need to be careful buying pre-owned car with tow-bars fitted :D

[pawelrolba]

I seen it on the Discovery.

Amazing...

[Agreedtodisagree]

3:12, save urself some time!

[296jayce]

if a tourage can do that, then the new 2011 silverado 3500 hd can defenitly do this easy.

[fr34kaccident]

@296jayce i was just about to say that. put some weight in the bed of the new 2011 Chevrolet silverado hd. you think that little thing has power. try 695Lbs of torque. yea it would shit on that thing without even trying.

[yaziyo]

This will be useful to know for when my 747 breaks down.

[drh1111]

@chompp food is gas for the human body

[Krammekoen]

Ja, så ved man, hvad der menes med tysk kvalitet :D

[janmaomuriano]

me too, i want to see this touareg stopping a boeing at 25mph..lol

[yellowmusicfreak]

I wonder what my Jetta could pull?

[janmaomuriano]

@yellowmusicfreak it can pull the wrecked touareg after getting run over by the boeing..haha

[yellowmusicfreak]

No way they put "4.3 tons" in there....thats ridiculous thats like 8500 lbs the truck itself is only 5-6K, no way it can support that much weight....

[Tickle1981]

What a Ford 7810????

The Touareg has 6 times the hp and 3 times the torque lol

[Ford7810power]

Get a tractor to pull things .. not a Touareg ...

[wiisaluteyou]

Volkswagen, u r So epic win

u got it up 2 speed, now try & stop it!

LOL

[taliwhacker]

this guy is a clown. and what kind of 747 has its engines in that configuration? in those pods

[Patrick3222]

This 747 is the one that was used as the new 'Skyfleet' plane in Casino Royale and the producers wanted it to look more futuristic so they removed the engines and added these (they aren't real engines as the plane is retired from service)

[thefilmmakerpro]

Yea they keep it at the top gear test track don't they?

[taliwhacker]

ahh thanks for that info

so again this guy is a total clown cos its not an accurate test, he didnt say 'can it pull a 747 MINUS the weight of its engines'

[flutep]

how do u know that the engines were removed?

[Patrick3222]

Because I read about it on aviation sites.

[i8246i]

They don't.

They're just jealous that their car can't do this.

[JohnLawley24v]

making it look futristic by itting engines styled on a 50's bomber. Like it lol

[yugogti]

sick...

[FriedRiceGalore]

Made of win.

[iasminutzz]

VW DAS AUTO!!!

[actionmanmilla]

v vv

[XLYC]

fuk this man omfg a guy named david huxely in 97 pulled a 747 hisself starpped its in the guiness world records.

[brettholomew21]

Can anyone translate this guy for me?

[XLYC]

Therez this guy called david huxely in 1997 his pulled a boeing 747(a large aeroplane most common one) with arope strapped around his shoulders and body, its in the guiness book of world records!

[spyder20561]

this real power

[rukavina1]

i love vw

[charalambous94]

AMAZING!!!

[liketoridebike14]

try a chevy truck

[LocKe20007]

ok , now i know what car to buy .

[RICHLOOK]

I've never seen a 747 with twin style engines before. They are usually quite a distance apart. I thought it was probably a fantasy 747 for the touareg ad campaign but this footage has the same type of plane. Is this the latest 747?

[aznturtle1]

this was a 747-200b it was owned by british airways this plane was repainted for the movie casino royal it is a movie prop the 747 engines are removed for cooler looking ones the engines dont work

[cjracer1000]

ur an idiot

747-200b

dosn't exist it was jsut a fake plane made fro casino royalle

[zxzap]

agree. look at the engines.. they are not like a real 747

[cjracer1000]

its real but not a production modle

if you search airliners. net for james bond youll find it there

[cjracer1000]

thats cause its a fake plane that cant fly

[alphabarbie]

Damn seppo's think they own the world, have the best of everything... and know better than anyone else. Truth be told, they're arrogant, ignorant pigs that fail to realise that the rest of the developed (and undeveloped) world are making the new advances they harp on about owning... good for you America! Go suck a dick.

[xWeaponOfChoicex]

The key words here 'are making', not have made. So until then, feel free to stfu.

[alphabarbie]

"making" - as in the developments are currently being produced in their entirety and distributed worldwide, and they continue to do so. Your key words "have made" - as in, America is content with having made headway during the 70's with "performance" vehicles (I use the term loosely) and now rest on their laurels. Until you manage to construct more than a one sentence reply, feel free to keep your fat American opinions to yourself.

[xWeaponOfChoicex]

Also, If you feel as if you need to spew as much bull shit as humanly possible, to convey your simple and nominal points, you might as well keep your pompous mouth shut.

[pollywat]

lol American cars are shit... i mean sure you have managed to uses power but you still have not managed to make a nice looking car, a car that can take a corner or for that matter a car that does not look like a box... thank you for the comment on this very nice European car but please try and stick to car that are more your level (you know, the shit that comes out of your country).

thanks .

[phildong1339]

thats all good and all. but i bet my 2006 dodge ram3500 with the cummins diesel engine could make that vw look like crap. america rules, germany sucks!

[ZyVonic]

Damn right, RAm3500 would show that tourag who's boss.

[plutonia00]

says the idiot who fails to spell touareg, go back to your hick farm redneck.

[ZyVonic]

Im sorry, I don't know how to spell the name of a garbage SUV. My Jeep would ass fuck that touAREG any day offroad, go suck some german cock kid.

[plutonia00]

Dont be so stupid, why do you see German cars sold EVERYWERE on the planet, US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia etc etc were else do you see a Dodge ram??? tell me why dodge engineering is so unsophisticated it has to get its engines from another company.

Tell my why America makes these massive 7.0L V8's that produce 200BHP, but germany can pull 450BHP from a 4.0L V8???

Tell me why people use vehicles like, landrover mitsubishi toyota VW suzuki to go offroad. Take a good look at your country

[ZyVonic]

The only retard here is you.

it's a FACT that a 3500 would show that VW whos boss when it comes to pulling power, don't get mad at us.

7.0L V8? 200HP? Someone needs to go do some research. JEEP is what invented the whole 4x4 brand, and is still the best selling SUV in the world. My country is great, and no one said your country isn't.

[plutonia00]

Who mentioned anything about my country? We dont even make cars here anymore.

It isnt a fact at all, its just you Americans have trouble distinguishing the difference between your own opinion and fact.

Willys(ford) invented the 4x4 offroad vehicle and Land Rover invented a domestic SUV, the discovery. The Ford f-150 is the best selling SUV, if you cound it as one, otherwise its the Ford Explorer. I have no doubt your dodge has a powerfull engine, but theres plenty more factors that count

[ZyVonic]

*says the idiot who fails to spell touareg, go back to your hick farm redneck.*

Control your manners you racist. Thats all im gonna say to you.

[plutonia00]

you dumb shit, I didnt comment on your race i.e the colour of your skin. Go back to school.

[ZyVonic]

Redneck is a race, you go back to school.

*Oh look at me, im gonna start shit with someone then try and act nice*

Dumbass.

[plutonia00]

Now your making up your own words and calling me a dumbass? you really do show how intellectual you are. I wasnt being a nice, I actually dont like most Yanks, because 80% are fat greedy warlord pigs. I was pointing out the fact I did not insult your race. To do so would insult my own.

[ZyVonic]

*says the idiot who fails to spell touareg, go back to your hick farm redneck.*

Biggest fucking hypocrite I've ever met, No wonder you fuckers will never get to our level.

Go go, go praise your over priced pieces of shit, you all brag about *How many nice cars* You guys make but technically we buy them more than you do, I've been to Germany and UK, 90% of the population drive SHIT 20 year old cars. Your Economy sucks, and your military power sucks some more.

[plutonia00]

IS there a reason you keep changing the subject? And is there a reason you keep suggesting my country makes cars, we DONT.

Since I live in my country Im guessing I have a better veiw of it than you, 20year old cars are not common here, they simply do not survive the climate. So your wrong on that aswell, do you want to add anything else to confirm to everyone that reads this how much of a fool you are?

Stop making a mockery of your already blistered country and shut the fuck up.

[ZyVonic]

Again, im talking about you euro's, I don't give a rats ass who's your dad's wig came from, learn to shut your mouth and not start shit with people you don't agree with. Fucking hypocrite.

[plutonia00]

Im not a European, oops wrong again, why are you telling me to learn to shut my mouth, when you continually contest me to reply to you? Do you have no sense of intelligence? If you dont like what Im saying, go feed you cattle or rake your field cowboy.

And yes I agree your combine harvester is most likely more powerfull than anything Germany makes.

[ZyVonic]

And im not American, take that retard, I came here when I was 12, and it's the best country I've ever seen. Good money, Good economy, freedom, hot chicks, good cars, and def more military strength than any of your retards combined.

We are the United States of America son, Everyone looks at WHAT WE DO, we don't look at what YOU DO. Now go make ferrari videos while you sit in your moms basement and riding the bus to school.

Once you can afford something close to my Jeep, then come talk.

[plutonia00]

So your one of the 200+ million people fooled by the US goverment, smartass arent you. Couldnt use your brain to think of a decent insult so you go looking at my videos. You do not have the most military strength. China aswell as North Korea has twice as more. Britian has 10 times more technical strength than the US, remember the Navy is full of flagrant homosexuals. But why are we even talking? you suggest money gives you the ability to talk, yet your goverment outguns us all, so shhhh.

[ZyVonic]

ARe you serious??? LMAOOOOOOOO

The United States military power is way more advanced than any other country out there, our Nuclear weapons alone can blow up the world 17 times. There isn't a single country in the world that aren't scared of us, if it wasn't for our ass you would be sucking on Hitler's grand Son's Dick.

Hell Isreal and Birtain drive our Humvee's.

[plutonia00]

Yes I am serious, your not the only country with Nuclear Weapons. How can the world be blown up 17 times? As far as Im aware if the world is blown up, its not there to be blown up a further 16 times. Israeli and British troops drive Land Rover Defenders.

Remember It was not America who saved anyone during the war, it was a combination of many countries including Australia. You like I suggested before seriously need an education.

[ZyVonic]

You, my friend are an example of a jealous ignorant fag.

The term blow up the world 16 times, gives you the idea on how much Nuclear power we have.

Second, Britain and France were getting their ass handed to them before we came in. And who made Japan surrender too fuck face? USA bitch.

Only education you need, is how to get money.

[MICMECMEXICALI]

One thing is for both usa and england, your succes is based on destroy the inocent and errase the evidence to get what they have need exampkes???

who convert a warship in a pirate ship to get the other´s possesion, was an england queen

who kill a indian nation for their lands, was the mix of you, who kill her own people to promote an invation, need more examples????

ask about Picacho Peak????

[HvPman]

Uhm, I always wondered why do Americans think that they won the war etc. And about more advanced than any country...tell it to Russia, boy ^_^

[ziz4ever]

if you`re not an american why do you use "we ? what we do?" you went there couse you were poor ! in america everybody has a car becouse its necessary for distances as for europe is more of n luxury thing,and you have a jeep becouse is cheap and a piece of shit (u go with 30 mph take a turn and roll over(i drove my friends jeep so don`t tell me that i`m wrong)) so tehnical u are stil poor ...but i guess u r place is there since u talk just like a redneck lol

[sterlingnobles]

Dude shut the fuck up.Jeep arent shit there just not for u

[cjracer1000]

im american

[ziz4ever]

i`m studing in america now so i know whats going on here ...us gouvernement don`t give a shit about their people you just have to look at taxes...you`re just 19 go read a book and stop thinking that whats on tv is true

[supagog]

so stupid

[supotube]

I like this car

*THUMBS UP*

[TypeDoubleR]

still an ugly car

[zaporator]

they added 4.3 TONS of ballast to the car and it doesn't go down to its knees breaking all the suspension and chassis? amazing!

[yoyoss2]

i wonder what miles to gallon it did to pull that 747.if this was possible i get a 747 and get on the m1 with my towrag and just pull it i would like to see people faces.

[dalar2]

whats the name of the track that starts at 3:08 - when it starts to pull the 747 - been looking for the artist/title for a long time lol, thanks

[RhysDavies86]

Like you I'm looking for this music - if I find it I'll et you know

[type2mike]

For sure that plane is a movie prop from 007Casino Royale. I cannot imagine it is constructed from anything more than exterior skin, windows and landing gear. Still an extreme towing load for a road vehicle. I know for a fact my Ford Ranger would snap in two without making it budge a single inch.

[corrosiveguy]

bowtech...a fully loaded 747 weighs more than 470 tonnes ...

[vanhalen12107]

Amazing!

[salimo12345]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!! I never knew a vehicule could do such a thing (except the towers at the airport ;) ). Why not try that with a couple of sumos in the plane

[bowtech333]

i kinda doubt that car could pull an empty 747 lets see it pull a fully loaded one which weighs around 300 tons lol

[jezzyh2004]

Why are the 747's engines together like that?

[lillisen92]

holy mother of god

[huppypuppy]

230kW of power and, get this everyone, a stump-pulling 750Nm of torque - now this is one 4WD I'd definitely like to own... from a

5 litre twin-turbocharged and intercooled V10

[captainpiccard]

I got here trying to find out if my friends Touareg would tow my Chrysler Sebring.. So I guess thats question is settled...

[ferOcitYz]

You have to remember that aircraft such as this one are pulled back from gates by little tugging vehicles anyway. Its not that spectacular :)

[viimsivoim]

those littel aircraft pullers are built for that as the littel ships who helps the cruiseships get to the dock

that is powerfull

[6666rock]

the 747 wieghs much less than usual,that's why it was easy to tow.

[CZMQFRG]

I've never seen a 747 with an engine configuration like that.

[bphendri]

LOL they used the B/A 747 that was converted for the 007 film Casino Royale

[alextownsend565hotm]

well i have never seen a 747 with engines like that before, and i have seen a hell of a lot of 747-1,2,3 and 4 series.

[MrCars]

its true. why are the engines stuck together like that

[Pyroman1990]

theyre more like 430 tons!

[Richi6666]

Top gear show run first! Because it's new styled touareg! top gear used old syle of toureg.

[fsxfanatic]

what kind of Boeing 747 is it. I thought that the engines of a 747 were seperated...

[Pyroman1990]

They usually are!

[andrefcury]

for three years he was looking for it? dude... is he fucking dumb? a 3 years old kid would figure it out it would be a big plane

lol

[prajeshhpatel]

didn't top gear try something like towing 747 with a touareg. I wonder which show ran first? ie who copied who?

[30M3csl]

What a wanker!!

[Hangrillaz]

Who care if the jumbo jet was modified,WTF its still a jumbo jet..!!!!!

[ashermerkabah]

I AGREE. It still weighs 423093410384713 lbs.

[w800user]

God that guy is annoying

[djmadness]

well its a 747-200 outfitted aircraft, stripped off engines and components... but isnt this plane part of the BBC Top Gear Test Track???

[neiliscool]

How is is an isult to boeing. Im sure the touareg could pull all the other airbuses, except for the A380.

[RedoutesChoice]

Aha Yeah right! This is an insult to boeing!!

It is so stupid it is quite funny!

[peepeevagi]

Damn. DAMN!! A real 747 towed by a real Touareg? No shit. It's an american V10.

[nwafan20]

No, its not a real 747. Its a fake one used in the James Bond movie

[linkinsoldier8]

Burger303 have you ever heard of an organ called the Brain cos I dont think you ahve one cos you Speacial userName "BURGER303" sounds like all you have in your brain is a burger, the engine fan was Spinning but tht power with amount to the same as a butter fly flaping its wings so how colud it help pull a 155 tonn plane

[peepeevagi]

None so. It's simply torque. Plus... it's not the same but i arranged a private test when i bought one, pulling the queen mary 2 along the docks at thirty miles an hour. Water or not, that fucker's heavy.

[McLarenMercedes]

Those yank diesels will never match the refinement,economy and emissions of the VW TDI family. Do the american diesels even have common rail injection. And they all have larger displacement.Audi soon has a 500hp V12TDI with 740Ib/ft (1000nm).

[realBdude]

touareg it`s a strong beautiful car. it`s a mixture of power and charm :)

[neroetc]

Jeremy Clarksons huge tractor huge torquey tractor couldnt pull a smaller boeing the last day on top gear so i dont believe for one second that this can.

[rocknrollyeah]

It is r-i-d-i-c-o-l-o-u-s nobody needs such a car.

[danwill91]

TopGear is much better. but i dont care what anyone says because to me, a 5.0 litre v10 diesel is a pretty amazing engine

[burger303]

yeh, all veery well except it;s lies! if you look carefully the 746's engines are spinning, at tickover the very least so it's the plane helping move it not the car. TopGear is better anyway

[ashermerkabah]

1st. There is NO WAY the you would be able OR would they let you turn on the engines with anything, (even the colemans MADE to tow a jumbo jet like this one)connected to it. What you see is the wind going through and slowly spinning the blades. Its normal.

[Falkirion]

Thats shocking that people can believe this. Lets see the Toureg pull a full production 747 (All 4 engines not the 4 on two pylons). Not some stripped down hunk of junk they used in Bond, i'll admit that its still quite heavy even stripped down but still i'd much rather see the car pull a proper 744

[FlightFreek2006]

its the 747 in the new James Bond movie!!!

[danwill91]

but i forgot to say the touareg is crap in the snow if you run it on stock tyres as we found out on the weekend and we was also out in H2

[danwill91]

your all a bunch of pansys... Toyota landcruiser.. what a poof and the guy that mentioned all the american suv's forgot the hummer. No matter how big the engine capacity is you cant beat this 5.0 litre v10 diesel and oh yeah.. gmc = petrol, ford = petrol and dodge is gay. The VW is definatly the most torqueiest and thats why its the holder of a world record. peace out

[Jstobbe]

landcruiser vx 100. :-)

[Psilaxs]

More uerocentric crap! A decent full sized american truck could pull a plane as well, and easier too.

the toureg has 553 ft/lbs of torque, and around 310 hp.

Dodge Ram Diesel 6.7 350hp 650 ft/lbs

GMC 6.6 365hp/660 ft/lbs

Ford 6.0 325hp 570 ft/lbs

ALL outclass the toureg.

[kufer27]

but without laether seats... jaja

[berbecu]

yeah vw touareg 5.0 l not 6.0 or 6.6 and is a standard car.If this is crap then you have a bigger one :P. + american cars are to big why do you need so much space?

[Psilaxs]

it is hard to explain to Europeans why we americans like such big cars, it is like trying to explain to us why you would want such a tiny car. Big families, Big toys, Big Country. large vehicles are more comfortable as well. Just cultural differences I suppose.

[Psilaxs]

Also, i meant the video was crap, not the Toureg.

[loulew]

but y would u buy a truck instead of a suv... anyways its a vw and its pretty comfy

[relic284]

Because a 5th wheel or gooseneck hitch dropped through the roof of a Toureg would look stupid, not to mention what filling it with crushed rock would do to the upholstery.

[fullpanicman]

meh--- some guy pulled one of those with his bare hands just look in the 2004 guiness world record book!!

[bigphat200]

Thats a lot of power I don't even know if my chevy 454 could do that.

[616Monty]

Not impressive anyone notice the fact the plane IS NOT a 747 the engines are the give away search for pics of 747's none of them look like that,not only that but the back part of the engines should not be painted so I wouldn't get all excited.

[04mhuckle]

you idiot it is a 747 just look at it, its just a different variant

[nwafan20]

Your both wrong. It is a 747 body, but it was modified for the new James Bond movie. It is NOT a variant. Those are fake engines, and they put a fake fuel tank over the outboard engine mounts.

[peepeevagi]

Prove it!

[nwafan20]

It was a modified, old BA (British Airways) 747-200... Dubbed by producers as the 747-XXX. Its FICTIONAL registrations are N88892 and N9747P. "The decommissioned 747-200 (formerly G-BDXJ) has been transformed with the two outer engines replaced with outboard wing tanks, while the inner engines have been replaced with mocked-up dual pylon-mounted engine pods under each wing near similar to those initially on the Boeing B-47 Stratojet."

[nwafan20]

See: w w w dot flightglobal dot com/articles/2006/08/29/207684­/pictures-james-bond-casino-ro­yale-modified-boeing-747-xxx-o­n-show-ahead-of-movie.html

[acharad]

So the VW is just a liar. That could debate about %55 specific effiency per fuel. Whilst the thermodynamics claims about %65 of exhaust loss and %20 frictions and reductors. A true german crap.

[HahnsB2]

Not very impressive at all. Almost anything with that much wieght and decent gears could pull it.

[ashermerkabah]

LOL, so you could get a heavy ass car with great gearing huh? I would LOVE to see someone try. Cause ya know...torque doesn't matter...LOL

[xdragosx]

lool;] claoudiroth your an idiot;] it is impressive;]

[cloudiroth666]

Not very impressive...look at how big the little tugs are that normally push 747s.

Lets see it STOP the plane...then I'd be impressed.

[ashermerkabah]

Even the "little tugs" don't stop the plane, someone has to ride the brakes inside. Retired AF crew chief here, and that was one of my jobs , no arguing please.

[Sully5486]

UN FREAKING BELIEVABLE

[mrkd225]

holy crap i've gotta get me one of those rigs