Car or Motor Bike? Jeremy tries out the EcoMobile - Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - BBC

[brienchia]

I would so buy this if it had car controls (pedals and a steering wheel). Wait...make that jet fighter controls (throttle lever left, joystick right).

[gumbykase]

Why is it every time Clarkson shows off some silly, wacked out toy/car thingy.. I end up wanting it?

[ttiptoptoers]

i wnat this bike car .... it is cool

[RavenwolfFoxtrack]

does it light ip like something from tron?

[venturagirl1]

very nice....but id like to see you split lanes in it

[xpez]

you feel very comfortable going at 200 kmph until you crash

[Arthurb06]

Fuck, I'm surprised he didnt want to kill himself after driving one of those.

[kriegsammler]

Saw one of these in Mannheim, Germany in the summer of 1992..

[Jasshands1]

what about in snow?

[patouFR]

it's ugly, but for bad weather like rain, that's fine, and in winter it is warm

[creamyfilling102]

they have political adds on youtube now?

[HunterPilot24]

Pause, you need to understand one crucial thing. You will NEVER sell a single one of these to a motorcyclist by saying motorcycles are flawed because they have a short wheelbase, too high a center of gravity, and not enclosed. If you call those flaws, you're missing the whole point of a motorcycle. It's all about the quick handling short wheelbase and open air.

[memosam69]

Not a car Not a motorbike its a WTF!

[RastaBear99]

holy boobs....the extreme G bikes are real! too bad these wont break the sound barrier...wait why would i want it to go that fast lol

[Backspacebrad]

this is fer lulz

[ShivamRobloxDude01]

So side wheels come out automatically?

[TheWoodart]

I watched your wife give a tour in this rig. It works just Great! she was very comfortable, some people just don't like change? Keep up the Good Work!!

[liedABOUTmyAGE]

wow how young does Jeremy look 

[spiralniciethy]

Cool I wonder if asda sells 1 of them! LOL!!

[mtonkinson6]

what the fuck even is that... ill stay with my cruiser thanks

[itsFiggers]

I daydreamed up a vehicle like this once... when i was 10.

[tk50226]

i came here because i thought the tite said car on motorbike

[treasureinvessel]

50.000 pond ??

[Death666wish]

not car nor bike, just simply crap.

[ArtworkbyMosier]

i call that a false sense of security! good by to your ass! hope your life insurance is paid up when you hit a pot hole or possum in that fucking death trap going around a curve:/

[Mongodos]

hmm freaking brilliant.

[theps3fanatiker]

i kann speek enklish ant komm vrom schwitzerland

[twentysided]

but what happens when you crash?

[Talonusx2]

Dude i would soo get this

[Qayyum9146218]

i think it looks like capsule but i like it

[MathieuTV1]

AWESOME!

[ongesportivagmail]

MUITO BOM, ONDE PODEMOS COMPRAR?

JAIR.

[KangMu]

It's weird seeing Jeremy this young... O.o

[megacenterpc]

Excelente vehiculo, lastima que sean tan feos



[hansoma1]

50 thousand pounds? then ill buy a car instead -.-

[Ray5373]

Dear Santa......

[swearbears1]

@Ray5373 lol

[Fwangsta94]

jeremy is so young

[quest33613]

LOVE IT.

[ahkieze]

you dont need to use helmet at all !! lol ... and i think its most safety than a usual motoe bike ...but SEATBELT instead

[tomacco123]

I want it!!!

[FatalBull3t]

omg hes got hair

[creativefox101]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!

[gazzxr]

OO DIS IS BAD

[jugglingtheapples]

@wonkeytjuuuh all airplanes have wheels... that's how they land and take off....

[clothearednincompoop]

@jugglingtheapples

Actually some have skis or pontoons instead of wheels.

[roboconpo]

SUCARABE

[roboconpo]

俺のデザイン

[TheFlandrien]

The ONE & ONLY Top Gear item that was worth the money of using BBC's budget! When will these three crazy musketeers start testing everyday & practicle cars?

[koblack]

0:50

[cendrerawasih]

thats expensive 50k pound 

[schpongled]

100 mph, now hit the brakes hard.....

[TheBelldiver]

50,000£  yeah let me get 3. Lol

[LIUSAAAA]

YOUNG JEREMY ! :D

[zombie2u1]

If it's so eco, why does it run on gas? Gas won't last forever, you won't either, but you can be lass fat and bike

[VerninTheRat]

Imagine clam-baking that lil' beast! Hot damn I want one! Nascar is going to convert to these...I can just feel it!!

[calejatti]

El ecomobil no es nuevo. Lo vi publicado en la revista Muy Interesante hace mas de 16 o 18 años. Es increible que aún no sea de uso masivo. Mucho mas económico que un automovil, ocupa menos espacio y es la solución para viajes individuales o de dos personas.

[hattrick1441]

If these things are legal in the U.S, I am defiantly getting one!!!!

[thedecagon]

my 6 yrs old daughter watch this video and she says papa thats my toys.....it look like a toy

[mpetersen6]

"i can't think of anything to say" Finally

[dpranke41]

wonder how it handles in snow haha

[wali467]

Nice]

[BAZZZ0511]

I really want one of those!!!!

[rockbandfreak1995]

can u stop ?

[wonkeytjuuuh]

not a car or motor bike :p it's an airplane with wheels!

[LordPS3]

@wonkeytjuuuh i'm pretty sure all airplanes have wheels

[wonkeytjuuuh]

@LordPS3 Ok i got your point :( i wanted too look smart :( FAIL :(

[zVibeiiCreePz]

@wonkeytjuuuh airplanes have wheels

[TheDJAMI]

@wonkeytjuuuh airplanes dont usually have wheels?

[wonkeytjuuuh]

@TheDJAMI STOP xD i know it allready :p you know what i ment :p ok an airplane without wings! xD

[Ninjaznexx]

@TheDJAMI Actually, most airplanes do have wheels.

[TheDJAMI]

@Ninjaznexx thats my point...

[Ninjaznexx]

@TheDJAMI oh I see, it's hard do see pronounciation in written text.

[TheKumarMusic]

@wonkeytjuuuh I add. "even a headlight inside the windshield." haha

[Enjoyification123]

@wonkeytjuuuh Airplanes do have wheels

[SuperSimon1997]

@wonkeytjuuuh most airplanes have wheels

[wowmageownz247]

@SuperSimon1997 Make that all airplanes xD

[BlackBombTV]

@wonkeytjuuuh Almost all airplanes have wheels...

[jedbeddo1]

jeremy clarkson fights for the users



[Flyer7090]

Reminds of that new mythbusters :P

[princessapple84]

Awesome

[tpatt1996]

This is an amazing bike. "I want one"

[TheAssburgher]

is there pedals?

[TheHolyMongolEmpire]

That is so fucking awesome, WTF happened to them? :(

[BassGoodForTheSoul]

Goodbye Nissan Micra, hello EcoMobile. Er, where do I put the shopping?

[kus2ganteng]

dear santa...

[ultrajd]

Are those for sale in the US?

[TheLaracingteam]

this guy is actually wrong, if a bike did not have a good center of gravity you would not be able to drive it very well, granted it requires practice but it's not hard.

[cascascas86]

1994

[loufalce]

Looks like the cockpit of a fighter plane.

[letsride84]

I want this so that I could play Tron with my friends o.O

[AndyRock1]

@letsride84 rofl!!!

[nomynuss]

@letsride84 DAMMN !! me too !! XD

[ylism]

That is something I have been thinking about for years now. Way to costly to be sold on a large scale. Anywhere in the world. I have seen a Japanese type of this on YouTube as well, Like a few years back.

[Crazylalalalala]

@ylism

yea i was just thinking the same thing. 50K pounds is just absurd. if they have any ambitions of selling this world wide as a viable alternative to a car/motorcycle they have to get it down to at least 20k USD but i wouldnt even think about buy one for more the 10k. if they can get it down to 8k they would be very common sight.

[ylism]

@Crazylalalalala Yes 8K would make them sell. I would buy one for that, and the turbo type for around10K. Just a pipe dream until then.

[hayyleysnedee]

"oh no! someones nicked the wings!"

[CFSworks]

So who was humming the theme from "Tron" the whole time?

[AvmanM]

This looks good. Using these instead of one person using an entire car would vastly increase highway capacity.

[aw3t464747]

have not the confort a good car, not the perfomance of a bike, and for a price...

[hiyadroogs]

@aw3t464747 All the performance of a bike & more. With this streamlining, it could cruise at the max speed of a hayabusa while using half the fuel to do it, & from a far less powerful engine. 95% of a sports bikes power is absorbed fighting wind resistance at high speeds. Since it is fully enclosed, not only is the rider protected from the elements, but could have heating too. Not for everyone obviously, but a fantastic compromise.

[BarWillTender]

From behind they look like small flying whales! xD

[Mrtinngwe]

Power ranger. XD

[BlueRice]

this need to best tested more before america get one of these. we have dip and ditch, balls flying over the fence to the road squirrel playing tag on the streets and those high-low entrance into the parking lot. it dosnt looks to safe

[greytheangel]

Tron bike?

[Maximvx]

Anybody know what music is in the beginning?

[manueljmat]

@Maximvx i thing is from the thunderbirds you now that marionet show in the 70´

[Maximvx]

@manueljmat Nope, unfortunately not.

[THAREALDAN]

At first I thought they looked like they were from Close Encounters. Then I thought Jetsons. This car is batshit crazy

[dalastspartan]

lol. i'd like to see these guys cross paths with a Hell's Angels chapter. rofl. Grabs the popcorn!

[HaZZarD1984]

Cool!!! My very own light cycle!! Yes! Oh wait-a-minute.... Where's the light trail? Is it this button?

[josh111where]

its caromoto

[tanoscom]

when it will be marketed?

[jelmerth]

wtf eco clarkson would say now paid by the oil companies

[MichiMikeMischa]

nice shit ...



[tkach21]

This shit is straight out of Star Wars

[youraveragemat]

airbags?

[vmnkishore]

This is rubbish. Motorcycles/ two wheelers are driven and balanced by shifting body weight around. This is a recipe for a disaster if you can't naturally do that but have to deploy the wheels on the sides.

[erham28]

is this work on trafic when u r on rush our???

[sufiyankhan123456]

I thought it was Jetsons

[carcrazy19]

what ever happened to these? i thought this was a definite future ride...guess it went the way of the dodo

[chargersfan1111]

They look like some power rangers cars lmao

[mblader2k3]

Why dont they just make the motorcycles from the Extreme G series already?

[Lightsdarks]

with my bike the coffin is at least a long time away - i hope! once already got hit sideways by 4onthefloor & went up &away with scratches on right calf &helmet. where is the swiss glider fuselage tha'll keep me alive on same ?

[9zq45]

I feel like the wheels would lose traction leaning 45 degrees while going 100mph. Thats sketchy

[Douken]

Too expensive

[cdpryor41]

The yellow one looks like a huge fuckin bee!!

[sunnyjatt619]

Shit that looks retarded

[YsabelMarquez39]

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[jwhitaker22]

Where's the light trail

[TheWoods18]

anyone sick of the monte carlo driving advert?

[TheBakerSkater1996]

okay, im not gonna lie. i would probably drive that. for the hell of it

[hagenar]

Because these things have large BMW engines, they aren't even very fuel efficient. Compact hybrid or diesel cars get better fuel economy. And are safer. And carry more people and gear.

[Azureecosse]

@hagenar Probably not nowaday but this video is around 20 years old i remember seeing this on old top gear, and fuel back then was a third of the price it is today, so MPG was not a huge issue back then, trust me i drove a V12 Jag back then i could fill by tank and i did not need to remortgage my house.

[k3nzh1n082]

Kamen Rider Power Bikes :O

[assman255]

part of the enjoyment of riding a motorcycle is the openess, no cage. not giving mine up until they shoot me off it.

[Olliedfox]

wouldnt like putting my trust in those automatic wheels every time...

[SavageArms357]

@Olliedfox I think you have to do it manually.

[ghostm100]

they only need to build outside the light

[MultiThisguy123]

Its maroikart

[GregCathalina]

I expected the thing to go into Hyperspace once they went on the highway...

[PojebanyMany]

JC with that hair ... hahah luv it

[MannyZtheWolfWarrior]

LOL. I want one now.

[Guttsu77]

Coooool

[smilenowcrylater4]

Jaja Training wheels!!

[el12a]

wooow.. yo quiero uno de esos..

[senda2000live]

whatte.. jeremy has long, colored hair, the bike, thing, is ugly, and i just crapped my pants..

[brucecrummy2]

FUCK YEAH!

[MultiDemon123]

Looks like somthing from Tron..

[SoldierFortune23]

MAKE IT SHOOT LIGHT OUT OF THE BACK!!

[mistertween]

Do A WHEELY!!  :D

[bkboy747]

this is probably the closest you can get to flying a plane on land

[MrTakvam]

hahahahaha awesome :}

[Destroyed666Doom]

ahaha look at Jeremy! So young xD

[virgobintang97]

Motor

[beechface1]

and who said women drivers were shit lol

[991MATTY911]

i want one >: { (

[RandomoGaming]

so.. do you need to balance it your self at high speeeds?

[SuperInventer]

This is a Great Design, this can also be used for Electric bikes.!!! or hydrogen hybrids

[FMUke]

Does it have a cup holder?

[KoivuTheHab]

What do you mean car or motorbike?! It has two fucking wheels... DOH!!!

[brendanjsawyer]

that's all very good but dose it have a cd player

[PaulBlez]

Go to monotracer.ch to see the 21st century versions of the Ecomobile, in both petrol and electric versions. Also watch the first electric prototype going round the Brno MotoGP very fast, in the rain. Search YouTube for "X-tracer prototype testing on wet Brno GP racetrack". The electric MonoTracer won its class and $2.5million in the 2010 Automotive X-prize, averaging 186mpgE.

[eklectric]

as if Kaneda's Bike were designed in the 60s.

[AmdusiasWolf]

This is the future of tour bikes (AKA Yachts)

[ifitoe]

you still cant drive in the rain youd have to keep the training wheels down.

[erkoelm]

lol it looks very nice to drive

[5846cooldude]

what if those training wheels stop working?



[HOCKEYKIDCOM]

those things r soo weird andcool

 then again they look so

[Bubo25]

@HOCKEYKIDCOM "Shit" I think is the word looking for? You can tell how old this clip is because Clarkson's actually got colour in his hair and has a voice of a schoolboy. So if these things were such a good idea where are they?

[markjcairns]

@Bubo25 Wagner's site, "Peraves" redeveloped the original Ecomobile into an all-electric, MONOTRACER-E. Far slicker, far more futuristic, far more modern and built from bullet-proof Kevlar throughout. Google the MonoTracer. It's awesome.

[demonofrazgriz333]

@Bubo25 gone the way of som many others. nice concept, but just too expencive for the market they were aiming at.

[erpderp101]

@Bubo25 japan

[TheArfdog]

@Bubo25 It doesn't have a steering wheel. That one thing will put off 90% of people.

[PhunkyPhishPhan]

Hahaha Tron is right. And like 15 people answered his question, are YOU guys stupid? If you were back in school and you asked the teacher a question, wouldn't you be annoyed if after she told you, 10 people told you the exact same answer, one by one? I know I would.