This is a SPECIALIZED F-150... you very rarely saw the Lightning model, even when it was in production. You can't act like this is a normal pick-up in the States.
@chevellekid I seriously doubt that you see 3-4 per day of the Lightning model... they made less than thirty thousand in that model and stopped making them 8 years ago. I live in the Dallas, TX area where everyone has a truck. I see literally thousands of cars every day and, yes, these are uncommon.
107 an hour...there's got to be something wrong with that math, if they profit a 1000 $ (it's more!) per car that's 1 000 000 000 $ a year just from that
this video is not fair to the F-150 the lightning is a sport not the 4x4 work truck that sells 1000000 units a year not a true comparision i can count on one hand how many svt lightings ive seen it was a racer not a truck
ya i live in america and i go load a fuckign chainsaw up in my civic and go to the great forest of chicago to buy bread and eggs...with my chainsaw...fuck this guy im outa here what a dick head
@TwofiddyFourstroke You, like most american lack the ability to laugh at yourselves. You know what most australians do when they refer to us as a criminal colony? We laugh. We laugh because its a joke and we understand that its a joke and not actualy meant. Most ( and not all but most) Americans lack the ability to laugh at themselves and take a fucking joke. So, in that sence you do, infact, lack a sence of humor or atleast the ability to laugh at yourself.
@TwofiddyFourstroke Its like the whole teeth thing the yanks say about the brits. Its not true either, infact they have a better dental and healthcare system than the US does but most of them dont get pissed off because theyre able to laugh at themselves. You yanks take yourselves way too fucking seriously sometimes.
@TwofiddyFourstroke Lol just went to your page to see what kind of person i was dealing with. In one of your comments you say you're a US Marine and then in another video you're asking who the ANA are. So basicly, you're full of shit.
If you were a marine you'd know. How do i know? I was Australian motorised infantry , spent 22 months total in Astan. Shame on you for pretending.
@TwofiddyFourstroke No, no you dont. That is easily the oldest and most over used bullshit excuse ever created. You said those things, not your brother. It takes about 30 seconds to create a youtube account so dont try that old chestnut again.
@theboarman ? ..sorry my life, unlike yours, does not revolve around starting a fight on youtube..just shut the fuck up america is the best country get use to it and start sucking our dick
@TwofiddyFourstroke I'm sorry, but explain to me why exactly your country might be the best. The fact that you had to end that comment with "start sucking our dick" is sad enough, but what's worse is the fact that you didn't even capitalize the name of "the best country" - in your opinion..
@notb the point is it's a work vehicle & yes it is an everyday vehicle and it's much safer the a golf gti. and yes i could put 5 tons of wood in a pick up if i had a trailer. you can't off road with that much weight in a trailer and if you want to do carry 5 tons in a range rover, which you need a trailer for, your gonna crash. the truck is better if your a working outdoors man like me but if you just need an off road vehicle yes get a range rover
@AR1G3 but would you put a quart of wood (about 1,000lbs) in a van or range rover? im a big sports car person and dont say im a redneck because i hate nascar and love f1 but you just simply can't do what a pick up does. Also you dont get your stuff stolen out of the back if you have a tarp or a 6 person cab
Clarkson reviews F-150 as an "everyday car" (because in USA / Australia it is considered as one). You use it everyday. And yes - you can also move your 1000lbs of construction material, but what is the point of doing that?
@musiccridict honestly im not american, im european and i also drive a pick up, i dont care what ppl say about pick ups, its a versatile car. iff you want to carrie materials you can iff you want to go off road you can ( iff you have a 4x4 of course ) and since its a king cab, takes 5 persons easily, i just dont like american pick ups because of the size of the engine and because thei are to "thirsty" for europe , i drive an intrepid and i love that thing,
that was kind of a sport pick up truck not an all train truck. i have a pick up and they're good for work especially in northern michigan. Lol and that truck was probably Hammonds XD
@Static172 i got an old '66 dodge polara wagon. he's my daily driver, and by god, it's just got a soul to it. blue's as much a part of my family as i am. it feels alive, and it may not handle like a porcha, but i don't care, because it weight seven trillion tonnes and can do 150 miles an hour, with a 0-60 of about seven seconds in something made entirely out of depleted uranium.
and i do appreciate a race car, i really do, but american cars are about personality, loving the flaws.
Exactly why I hate fords so much. The f-150 and the mustang are the two most overpriced and over-rated cars ever produced, in my opinion. FORD - "Fix Or Repair Daily" until you get tired of it then its "Found On Road Dead"
I would say that the reason the fit and finish was so poor was so that people with muddy boots wouldn't have to worry about messing up the interior. Still at 30,000 it has no excuse for poor quality! I respect the F-150, but I myself would never buy one, unless it was the Raptor version.
You know its funny how The US dont talk smack about other countrys but all other countrys talk bad about the US...lol The best are always hated and nobody hates losers so we are glad you talk smack!
@Brisk2124 NO where near the best... The only thing that the USA is the best in is wasting oil and having a huge military presence with soldiers that pee on the dead, and be the worlds bullies.
lets say 30-1 (1 being USA 30 being the world) So what, the whole world is wrong and the USA is right?. Yeah, logical.
So the UK dont waste oil???? stfu!!! There are good plp and bad plp everywhere People just highlight bad things from whatever country they feel is the bad one in this case the USA...Oh and even if it burns your insides the USA is a great country with also its bad thing just like everywhere else in the world...Dang why you taking this all serious?lol is just YouTube!!! or is it that the English are just Idiotic people???
not to mention the rain and it turing into a swimming pool or a ice rink, loved the escort vans though to around mk3 never liked the new image after that,if they made it into a van then id prob get one, go self employed as a hobbie fixing squeaks on rusty gates or something, but yeah the engine its just running costs isnt it :S government hates you for driving and insurance companys hate you for being able to afford a safe & decent car so is being able to take the abuse and discrimination.
the f-150 is a good truck for America, we do not have your narrow roads for the most part. the Lighting is lower than most 4x4s and is considered a car, not one for work. i love the show, so please get a true f-150 4x4 and do a test
@pt7941 I'm sorry but a badly built car is a badly built car no matter where in the world it is. I've driven the 4x4 one and after 10 minutes on a moderately bad road HALF of the interior had came loose. I know that Americans CAN make decent cars, but the only way you can get an American car tolerable is to buy one and then take it to a tuner shop and spend 3 times what the car is worth fixing shit that shouldn't exist, like the 19:th century suspention! So why not make them good from the start?
@Ctuchik My old man bought a 2010 F150 v8 supercrew (4x4 at the flick of a switch, on the move) and nothing has ever gone wrong, the interior has certainly never come loose, and we drive it on the worst roads in the country (Louisiana). The fact is, the vehicle jeremy is driving here has obviously been driven quite hard for years before it was on this show. That's the life of a truck. They get abused. I guarantee this truck is still on the roads somehwere with a healthy drivetrain though.
@SirKowalski666 Presuming you are correct with the truck he drives, how long have that truck been in production? Less then 10 years? And it looks like that already? That still screams bad build quality even if it's been driven every day since the moment it came out of the factory.
@pt7941 they are mocking the engineering not really the truck. they know the purpose of the truck and it bases. need to also see that it for the British view and not the american. also this is like 8-10 years old ;p
he chose the wrong pickup it is a f150 but not a lightning series ... you pay like 18000 us dollars for a standard f150 and its a work truck .... but what would the brits know about work.
He would bitch and moan bout my ford! '01f350 dualie turbo diesel chipped with 425hp with a 2" lift and 4 wheel drive! The trk hes got has play cuz its 3-4 body styles old and as for the interior its a lightning which =pos and no in the area im from we dont participate in incest so jeremy needs to come down from his god like thinking cuz really hes an idiot and we americans can give a flip less bout supercars cuz they dont move goods or do work for us or country for that matter! Top gear usa plz
Why does everyone in Britain hate Trucks. Yes, i am an American and the only reason they dont appeal is their MPG. I love pickups and most everyone in the US does. i realize that their not city practical, but their still awesome... P.S...this video was uploaded in 2011 but thats the 09 model if im not mistaken
@ericwps Most Americans love them.... maybe that's why they don't like them that much in Europe..... oh and gas is way more expensive in europe. Oh and I don't realize why everyone in America hates to shift gears manually. Yes, I am from Europe and I love it.
@BarbarianStarcraft In a truck like this (a sports truck) it's faster at the drag strip with an automatic, not to mention less of a hassle to drive around on the streets with. Lots of people here are die-hard clutchies, but alot of the middle-aged men want a fast car/truck that they don't have to shift, because they've been shifting since they were 16 years old back in the 70's and 80's lol
@SirKowalski666 in a drag race, a manual is always faster than an automatic, you just cant use them. and what do you mean by hassle? like it is hard to drive a manual on the streets? in Sweden i think about 1% or less has an automatic only licence, you cannot get a licence without trying a manual cus without a man. licence you dont get very much options, + its hell of a lot more fun!
@SirKowalski666 of course, some new cars dont come often with manual anymore. but for instance my grandma drove til she was 75 and she never drove an auto.
And well, if you've seen a set-off in a manual you know you can rev the engine before releasing the clutch which gives much more torque than an auto which start of in idle and then accelerates, and thats where man. has the biggest advance. then you can rev higher with man. when auto. mostly shift too quickly..
@coolakiIlen007 Nah man, with automatics all you have to do is hold the brake while you rev the engine to launch, and plus, there's all kind of launch control with automatics and manuals nowadays where you can set what rpm it launches at, rev the engine to that rpm manually and then it'll launch itself, or it's a pre-set rpm, whatever the case, automatics will still always be faster than clutches.
@SirKowalski666 haha.. the launch control is based on the funktion of the manual transmission: rev, release clutch, set-off. if you had 2 exact same cars one with man. one with auto. the man. would be faster. i dunno where you've got your "info" from but im guessing your ego.
@coolakiIlen007 Um, sorry, no, you're wrong, automatics have pretty much always been a faster shift, that's well-known in the drag racing world, as for launching a car it hardly matters, automatics are still faster, just because you can pop a clutch doesn't mean anything, there's usually massive wheelspin from doing so unless you have slicks, and even then, an automatic will still shift faster than any human. Clutches obviously have their place but they are in no way "faster" than automatics.
@SirKowalski666 then i wonder why auto's are considered cruisers and manuals as sport / racing. i wonder i wonder.. don't you find that weird, cus i do.
@coolakiIlen007 Put it this way, two mustangs for example, same mods, same tires, one is an auto, the other manual, the automatic will almost always finish a few tenths of a second faster than the manual. A supercharged 2011 5.0 manual that runs 10.3 seconds in the quarter mile will run about 10 flat in automatic form...i've seen such an automatic 5.0 run 9.9's while the manuals with similar power have trouble getting 10.2's. There's always human error, whatever the error(s) may be.
@SirKowalski666 it's either because its an american car, and american cars arent good at manuals, or its an inexperienced driver since driving a manual properly needs precision and skill, which you lack of in US cus you're way into autos. sorry your statement cant change my opinion which stands and is correct.
@coolakiIlen007 It has nothing to do with what country you or I are in, it's the fact that no human can shift as fast as a machine....i'm sorry but you are incorrect, and opinions can't be "correct" anyway, they're opinions.
@SirKowalski666 not until you've driven, experienced a manual i cant tell you what i mean cus you wouldnt understand, clearly you dont since you still say auto is quicker than man.
@SirKowalski666 Manuals are quicker than automatics because they are lighter, not because how fast you shift. My buddy has the exact same Prelude as I except that I have a 5-speed manual, and my car is consistently faster.
@hipcat13 A prelude? I'm talking about cars that are meant to be fast off the showroom floor...yes a clutch wieghs a bit less than an entire clutch assembly/torque converter etc. but you can't shift as fast as any decent torque converter can...it's not really about weight when you've got a v8 powering your wheels, it's about time.
@SirKowalski666 1st a Prelude is meant to be a fast car. Until I owned one I didnt think so but my 3rd gen 'lude hauls ass. I also own a '68 Firebird (auto) and a '74 Pantera (Man.) so I have driven lots of stuff both on and off the track. One thing I neglected to mention is that an Auto trans has more parasitic power loss than a manual. I dont know about you but I can shift in about 0.5 sec. So lets say an auto can shift in .25 sec. So that gives an auto the advantage of .25 sec of power (cont)
@SirKowalski666 (continued) for every shift over a manual. A manual on the other hand has the advantage of lighter weight and less parasitic power losses for the entire race, not just for a few seconds here and there. And yes, its ALWAYS about weight no matter what motor you have in it. If you dont believe me, why dont you write to Top Gear and have the Stig do a lap in identical cars aside from the trans?
@SirKowalski666 Well, yeah, I thought everyone knew that. Was that all it was? Good thing you didnt bring F1 style flappy-paddle gearboxes into it, then things would have gotten really confused. ;)
@hipcat13 My point is, if you take two identical v8 powered cars, say a 1970 hemi cuda manual vs. a 1970 hemi cuda automatic, both with slicks, not only will the automatic shift faster but there is no human error factor, it's always the same result, automatics are faster and more consistent in drag racing.
@coolakiIlen007 Wait, did you really just say "a manual is always faster than an automatic"? You CAN NOT press a clutch, shift, and release the clutch nearly as fast as a torque converter does it, unless of course your legs happen to be machines...?
@BarbarianStarcraft Automatics are ALWAYS faster thanm manuals at the drag strip...and just because you feel a certain way about driving doesn't mean everybody else should too, what country are YOU from??
@10tenable A four-door, four-wheel-drive pickup truck is far more useful than any SUV. The truck seen here is a "sports truck" anyway, you can haul things that won't fit in an SUV/car, or you can go drag race it if you want.
@DrHeinersSanatorium well i see the original beetle as a single model even if it has been tweaked or upgraded over the years in remained the same car with the same body , the same cant be said when referring to say the golf mk1 and mk6 , or even mk4 for that matter cause with the mk4 they deliberately moved it to a different price range and different trim level
@DrHeinersSanatorium im assuming the entire golf range cause a single golf edition didnt...am refering to one single model not a range not a series...and any way the toyota corolla series sold more than the golf
Guys...it's Top Gear LOL.If you actually get mad about this or take Top Gear's reviews seriously you're an idiot.This is an entertainment show.
Everything Clarkson says to piss off Americans is there just to do that. Most old Brits are still grumpy over the fact their little colony grew up and is now vastly more powerful than England in almost all respects. So it's all in good fun :)
Everyone knows Jag / Aston / Land Rover are shit too
For actual car reviews stick with Evo, Car 7 Driver etc.
Being from America you would think I would be biased. My family has owned an F-150 and F-250. Both have been great trucks with over 250,000 miles on each. Never a breakdown. Nothing needing to be mended rather than normal service interval items. I love having our trucks. However, I will be one of the first to defend a foreign car, such as our 1996 4runner. I guess what I'm getting at is, don't hate on a vehicle based on its' point of origin. Just find what is best for your life and enjoy it :)
He should've driven just a regular ol' F-150 and not the Lightning. The Lightning is made for the street and is far more expensive. I realize of course, though, that driving a regular F-150 would have given him much fewer things to make fun of the truck for, though, so... I guess I see why he chose the Lightning =P
I hate to say it but he's right, they don't the right amount of effort into fit and finish for the price. It would be fine if they were priced as work trucks, but they're not, they're expensive. You should expect more from a vehicle with that kind of price tag. I love my F-150, but it's an old work truck, and it's great, but I wouldn't spend 30k on a new one.
Incest??? Typical Jeremy Clarkson's insults against the americans
Arlind22 3 hours ago
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ChigsterProductionz 1 day ago
This is a SPECIALIZED F-150... you very rarely saw the Lightning model, even when it was in production. You can't act like this is a normal pick-up in the States.
ryanalexander4 1 day ago
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nlpnt 1 day ago
@ryanalexander4 I love the svt's thats why i have a raptor
atvrider99 16 hours ago
@ryanalexander4 They're not as uncommon as you think. I see 3-4 a day
chevellekid 3 hours ago
@chevellekid I seriously doubt that you see 3-4 per day of the Lightning model... they made less than thirty thousand in that model and stopped making them 8 years ago. I live in the Dallas, TX area where everyone has a truck. I see literally thousands of cars every day and, yes, these are uncommon.
ryanalexander4 1 hour ago
lol where i live everyone drives mercedes and bentleys
AfrikaaBombeetza 1 day ago
American's do incest? I bet that was a red neck insult.
RjMental 2 days ago 2
lol wtf, ive never even seen that car/truck before in my life. Toyota Corolla for the win.
Killzon3commander 3 days ago
"Theres more F-series ford pickups in the world, than there are Australians" hahahaha thats really puts things into perspective
dujfraz 3 days ago 2
I dont know if the ecoboost was out then but I think the ecoboost has more power
TheMexicanElmo 3 days ago
Maybe I could tell Clarkson how Americans feel about Rover, MG and Jaguar.
thebigdawg61 3 days ago
@thebigdawg61 He wouldn't care.
Hudsigar 2 days ago
107 an hour...there's got to be something wrong with that math, if they profit a 1000 $ (it's more!) per car that's 1 000 000 000 $ a year just from that
posro1988 3 days ago
@posro1988 whats wrong with that? according to wikipedia Ford had a revenue of 136.36 billion dollar last year.
aleksandersandstrom 18 hours ago
Limeys are so cute when they try to act snobby and superior.
lecourouge 4 days ago
Funny, I haven't seen any of these cars on the street... ''In the world'' is just another way of saying ''In America''...
SwiftHDX 5 days ago
The new F150 -Raptor is just coool !!
osamaFXX 1 week ago
Oh look at the roof oh u can't haaa
Hacker07Gaming 1 week ago
I actually want one of those trucks, but with the lightning paint job.
AstralDragoon 1 week ago
Australians do pickups ( utes to us) best.
Antifaith29 1 week ago
model t!!
CrushinRuSSian27 1 week ago
3:39 Why Good Morrow' to you to fella! :]
AmusingAirplane 1 week ago
Incest hmm seem like people from a country whose monarchy in the past was very heavily incest should probably keep comments like that to them selves.
chris912612 1 week ago
@chris912612 and people that are too fat for thier own good should keep there shut, ps im not going to respond
barcaboy0102 1 week ago
@barcaboy0102 Im the right weight for height brush your teeth.
chris912612 1 week ago
Why you don't buy them?
Because you have the option of the Hilux?
kop4321 1 week ago
what it is, is really ugly
YxtremY 1 week ago
this video is not fair to the F-150 the lightning is a sport not the 4x4 work truck that sells 1000000 units a year not a true comparision i can count on one hand how many svt lightings ive seen it was a racer not a truck
lowend123 1 week ago
Show is for entertainment, don't be a douche. I'm a fat red neck and I love it.
eaneumann 1 week ago 15
@eaneumann nothing wrong whit that :D America is simple, thats not bad :D
VitariusLaszlo 22 hours ago
All false.
MrAscetic23 2 weeks ago
ya i live in america and i go load a fuckign chainsaw up in my civic and go to the great forest of chicago to buy bread and eggs...with my chainsaw...fuck this guy im outa here what a dick head
TwofiddyFourstroke 2 weeks ago
4:08 im american and i m never watching this show again that is extremly rude. i am not fat i am not a redneck
TwofiddyFourstroke 2 weeks ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke
Its okay..You still have nicer teeth :3
kop4321 1 week ago
@kop4321 no1 in america has sex with their daughter
TwofiddyFourstroke 1 week ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke But you do lack a sence of humor in wich case you shouldnt be watching this show in the first place.
Antifaith29 1 week ago
@Antifaith29 i dont lack 1 it just gets anoying when u listen to brits blab on about americans being fat and redneck..its not true
TwofiddyFourstroke 1 week ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke You, like most american lack the ability to laugh at yourselves. You know what most australians do when they refer to us as a criminal colony? We laugh. We laugh because its a joke and we understand that its a joke and not actualy meant. Most ( and not all but most) Americans lack the ability to laugh at themselves and take a fucking joke. So, in that sence you do, infact, lack a sence of humor or atleast the ability to laugh at yourself.
Antifaith29 1 week ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke Its like the whole teeth thing the yanks say about the brits. Its not true either, infact they have a better dental and healthcare system than the US does but most of them dont get pissed off because theyre able to laugh at themselves. You yanks take yourselves way too fucking seriously sometimes.
Antifaith29 1 week ago
@Antifaith29 we almost never say that..in england its like a daily thing to talk about
TwofiddyFourstroke 1 week ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke Bullshit. I lived in the UK for 9 years. So now you're full of shit AND you cant laugh at yourself.
Antifaith29 1 week ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke Lol just went to your page to see what kind of person i was dealing with. In one of your comments you say you're a US Marine and then in another video you're asking who the ANA are. So basicly, you're full of shit.
If you were a marine you'd know. How do i know? I was Australian motorised infantry , spent 22 months total in Astan. Shame on you for pretending.
Antifaith29 1 week ago
@Antifaith29 lol i share this page with my brother i dont know what he does im not into army stuff
TwofiddyFourstroke 1 week ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke No, no you dont. That is easily the oldest and most over used bullshit excuse ever created. You said those things, not your brother. It takes about 30 seconds to create a youtube account so dont try that old chestnut again.
Antifaith29 1 week ago
@Antifaith29 lol ..u have nothing better to do dont u
TwofiddyFourstroke 1 week ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke good job no comeback so attack the character
theboarman 1 week ago
@theboarman ? ..sorry my life, unlike yours, does not revolve around starting a fight on youtube..just shut the fuck up america is the best country get use to it and start sucking our dick
TwofiddyFourstroke 1 week ago
@TwofiddyFourstroke I'm sorry, but explain to me why exactly your country might be the best. The fact that you had to end that comment with "start sucking our dick" is sad enough, but what's worse is the fact that you didn't even capitalize the name of "the best country" - in your opinion..
urquhart77 1 week ago
I would like to see Jeremy get his hands on a Ford Super Duty, or a pick-up truck of equal or greater size. Maybe a Raptor also...
BrutalFates 2 weeks ago
@notb the point is it's a work vehicle & yes it is an everyday vehicle and it's much safer the a golf gti. and yes i could put 5 tons of wood in a pick up if i had a trailer. you can't off road with that much weight in a trailer and if you want to do carry 5 tons in a range rover, which you need a trailer for, your gonna crash. the truck is better if your a working outdoors man like me but if you just need an off road vehicle yes get a range rover
musiccridict 2 weeks ago
@AR1G3 but would you put a quart of wood (about 1,000lbs) in a van or range rover? im a big sports car person and dont say im a redneck because i hate nascar and love f1 but you just simply can't do what a pick up does. Also you dont get your stuff stolen out of the back if you have a tarp or a 6 person cab
musiccridict 2 weeks ago
@musiccridict
But would you put 5 tons of wood in your pickup?
Clarkson reviews F-150 as an "everyday car" (because in USA / Australia it is considered as one). You use it everyday. And yes - you can also move your 1000lbs of construction material, but what is the point of doing that?
notb 2 weeks ago
@musiccridict honestly im not american, im european and i also drive a pick up, i dont care what ppl say about pick ups, its a versatile car. iff you want to carrie materials you can iff you want to go off road you can ( iff you have a 4x4 of course ) and since its a king cab, takes 5 persons easily, i just dont like american pick ups because of the size of the engine and because thei are to "thirsty" for europe , i drive an intrepid and i love that thing,
TheAquarius1978 1 week ago
@TheAquarius1978 carrie? really?
Antifaith29 1 week ago
that was kind of a sport pick up truck not an all train truck. i have a pick up and they're good for work especially in northern michigan. Lol and that truck was probably Hammonds XD
musiccridict 2 weeks ago
i never see that particular truck. but there is alot of f-150, nice ones at that...
bihcardinals 2 weeks ago
Jeremy nailed it, it's RUBBISH!!
You want a lot of storage room? buy a van.
You want a lot of storage room + comfort? Buy a monovolume/family car
You want a lot of storage room + comfort + offroad capacity? Buy a land rover.
You want a lot of storage room + comfort + speed? buy a range rover sport
You want a lot of storage room + comfort + speed + offroad capacity? buy a range rover
Why on earth would you need a car that looks like a truck?
AR1G3 2 weeks ago
@AR1G3 u dont realize that maybe theres a reason its one of the most successful cars in the world ever?
Kerewan123 2 weeks ago
Golf... Golf... how ironic... WTF is Golf... :P
RejectedBeats 2 weeks ago
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viperchilli 2 weeks ago
i thought i wouldve been a focus or an accord
FordFocusRS29 2 weeks ago
The English are just....well nobody really cares.lol
Brisk2124 2 weeks ago
Ughhh. I'm an American, and I hate trucks. I prefer Sedan/Coupes I absolutely hate American Company cars.
weinerschnitzelboy 2 weeks ago
I thought it was the Toyota Camry
weinerschnitzelboy 2 weeks ago
Let's face it, American cars are shit...
Static172 2 weeks ago 60
@Static172 Except not in any way.
KBear43rd 1 week ago
@Static172 i got an old '66 dodge polara wagon. he's my daily driver, and by god, it's just got a soul to it. blue's as much a part of my family as i am. it feels alive, and it may not handle like a porcha, but i don't care, because it weight seven trillion tonnes and can do 150 miles an hour, with a 0-60 of about seven seconds in something made entirely out of depleted uranium.
and i do appreciate a race car, i really do, but american cars are about personality, loving the flaws.
Thedeoradude 1 week ago
@Static172 Three words I have, that obliterate your argument:
1. Duesenberg.
2. Auburn.
3. Cord.
Your argument is invalid.
agnosticChurchworker 6 days ago
@Static172 hope they get better cuz i love their engines
sullykillsully 3 days ago
@Static172 *salutes* Captain Obvious!
seinfeldfan7898 3 days ago
fuck me....."ford sucks ass" comment \/ so you use more yank shit like dodge and chevy as an example of something better......just, no!
Daimo988 2 weeks ago
Please, someone knows the name of the song that starts at 2:40 ?
Legendrush 2 weeks ago
@Legendrush Bad to the bone - George Thorogood
edddz 2 weeks ago
Exactly why I hate fords so much. The f-150 and the mustang are the two most overpriced and over-rated cars ever produced, in my opinion. FORD - "Fix Or Repair Daily" until you get tired of it then its "Found On Road Dead"
chasingaugust 2 weeks ago
ford sucks ass, dodge and chevy, even kia have better and more reliable cars
ltz400bdh 3 weeks ago
I would say that the reason the fit and finish was so poor was so that people with muddy boots wouldn't have to worry about messing up the interior. Still at 30,000 it has no excuse for poor quality! I respect the F-150, but I myself would never buy one, unless it was the Raptor version.
EliteGuard01 3 weeks ago
fucking ugly car wats up with people
zungaloca 3 weeks ago
LOL incest
TheNipommu 3 weeks ago 50
@TheNipommu hahahahah laughed my ass off
4oxtrot0mega4oxtrot 4 days ago
You know its funny how The US dont talk smack about other countrys but all other countrys talk bad about the US...lol The best are always hated and nobody hates losers so we are glad you talk smack!
Brisk2124 3 weeks ago
@Brisk2124 lol what? the us does talk smack about everyone in the world...
MaxVerhaag 3 weeks ago
@Brisk2124 They may not talk smack, instead they just invade for poppy cock reasons.
totalwaste 3 weeks ago
@totalwaste
"Poppy"....Just like your Username...TOTAL WASTE lol
Brisk2124 2 weeks ago
@Brisk2124 NO where near the best... The only thing that the USA is the best in is wasting oil and having a huge military presence with soldiers that pee on the dead, and be the worlds bullies.
lets say 30-1 (1 being USA 30 being the world) So what, the whole world is wrong and the USA is right?. Yeah, logical.
halflife103 3 weeks ago
@halflife103
So the UK dont waste oil???? stfu!!! There are good plp and bad plp everywhere People just highlight bad things from whatever country they feel is the bad one in this case the USA...Oh and even if it burns your insides the USA is a great country with also its bad thing just like everywhere else in the world...Dang why you taking this all serious?lol is just YouTube!!! or is it that the English are just Idiotic people???
Brisk2124 2 weeks ago
@Brisk2124 Everybody I know talks smack on others. You are simply in denial.
ps3beatswii 3 weeks ago
@Brisk2124 It's why everyone hates the English. People hate the US because of it's false flag government lol!
MrStig691 2 weeks ago
I would have guessed the Honda Civic
MrSpyKload 3 weeks ago
Its ugly as hell!
aleksandersandstrom 3 weeks ago
@aleksandersandstrom screw you
mattcat011 3 weeks ago
@mattcat011 well it is.
aleksandersandstrom 3 weeks ago
that town looks creppy and weird, it reminds me of hot fuzz.
ivan199120 3 weeks ago
Jeremy buys a few groceries and a piece of two of wood to survive in the country side. Only Britain could make it's country side wimpy.
Capesports4 3 weeks ago
not to mention the rain and it turing into a swimming pool or a ice rink, loved the escort vans though to around mk3 never liked the new image after that,if they made it into a van then id prob get one, go self employed as a hobbie fixing squeaks on rusty gates or something, but yeah the engine its just running costs isnt it :S government hates you for driving and insurance companys hate you for being able to afford a safe & decent car so is being able to take the abuse and discrimination.
alextt333 4 weeks ago
the f-150 is a good truck for America, we do not have your narrow roads for the most part. the Lighting is lower than most 4x4s and is considered a car, not one for work. i love the show, so please get a true f-150 4x4 and do a test
pt7941 1 month ago 43
@pt7941 I'm sorry but a badly built car is a badly built car no matter where in the world it is. I've driven the 4x4 one and after 10 minutes on a moderately bad road HALF of the interior had came loose. I know that Americans CAN make decent cars, but the only way you can get an American car tolerable is to buy one and then take it to a tuner shop and spend 3 times what the car is worth fixing shit that shouldn't exist, like the 19:th century suspention! So why not make them good from the start?
Ctuchik 3 weeks ago
@Ctuchik My old man bought a 2010 F150 v8 supercrew (4x4 at the flick of a switch, on the move) and nothing has ever gone wrong, the interior has certainly never come loose, and we drive it on the worst roads in the country (Louisiana). The fact is, the vehicle jeremy is driving here has obviously been driven quite hard for years before it was on this show. That's the life of a truck. They get abused. I guarantee this truck is still on the roads somehwere with a healthy drivetrain though.
SirKowalski666 3 weeks ago
@SirKowalski666 Presuming you are correct with the truck he drives, how long have that truck been in production? Less then 10 years? And it looks like that already? That still screams bad build quality even if it's been driven every day since the moment it came out of the factory.
Ctuchik 3 weeks ago
@pt7941 he would just hate it more jackass.
pumpkin1escobar 2 weeks ago
@pt7941 they are mocking the engineering not really the truck. they know the purpose of the truck and it bases. need to also see that it for the British view and not the american. also this is like 8-10 years old ;p
Calowyn 2 weeks ago
@pt7941 Hes not really bagging the truck, he's just saying it doesnt suit the UK wich is true.
Antifaith29 1 week ago
Damn Chavs.
akinadownhillace 1 month ago
he chose the wrong pickup it is a f150 but not a lightning series ... you pay like 18000 us dollars for a standard f150 and its a work truck .... but what would the brits know about work.
harper449939 1 month ago
im sorry, i love JC but a pick up truck is used to carry shit and go off road, not drive around town and get the groceries
asshatnowhere159 1 month ago
INSEST!!
rocksygti 1 month ago
He would bitch and moan bout my ford! '01f350 dualie turbo diesel chipped with 425hp with a 2" lift and 4 wheel drive! The trk hes got has play cuz its 3-4 body styles old and as for the interior its a lightning which =pos and no in the area im from we dont participate in incest so jeremy needs to come down from his god like thinking cuz really hes an idiot and we americans can give a flip less bout supercars cuz they dont move goods or do work for us or country for that matter! Top gear usa plz
sand2snowjunkie 1 month ago
22 people drives this f150
MAKOFBEST 1 month ago
idiocracy
sophisticatedbee 1 month ago
it's pretty funny that american cars are really alot better now than they used to be, because most of them are based on european cars
btevoxboy6835 1 month ago
I wonder what Jeremy would say about the new Ford 150 Raptor haha
eatingairplanes 1 month ago
Differing opinions! In a comment section?!?! Now I've seen everything
gfaffy 1 month ago
I turned on the captions at 2:27-2:37. Best laugh of my life.
FireFlight13 1 month ago
I will never care about the dashboard of a car.
PACKyourSHITfolks420 1 month ago
Why does everyone in Britain hate Trucks. Yes, i am an American and the only reason they dont appeal is their MPG. I love pickups and most everyone in the US does. i realize that their not city practical, but their still awesome... P.S...this video was uploaded in 2011 but thats the 09 model if im not mistaken
ericwps 1 month ago
@ericwps Most Americans love them.... maybe that's why they don't like them that much in Europe..... oh and gas is way more expensive in europe. Oh and I don't realize why everyone in America hates to shift gears manually. Yes, I am from Europe and I love it.
BarbarianStarcraft 1 month ago
@BarbarianStarcraft In a truck like this (a sports truck) it's faster at the drag strip with an automatic, not to mention less of a hassle to drive around on the streets with. Lots of people here are die-hard clutchies, but alot of the middle-aged men want a fast car/truck that they don't have to shift, because they've been shifting since they were 16 years old back in the 70's and 80's lol
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 in a drag race, a manual is always faster than an automatic, you just cant use them. and what do you mean by hassle? like it is hard to drive a manual on the streets? in Sweden i think about 1% or less has an automatic only licence, you cannot get a licence without trying a manual cus without a man. licence you dont get very much options, + its hell of a lot more fun!
coolakiIlen007 1 month ago
@coolakiIlen007 Maybe some people have been driving stick their entire lives and are tired of it....?
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 of course, some new cars dont come often with manual anymore. but for instance my grandma drove til she was 75 and she never drove an auto.
And well, if you've seen a set-off in a manual you know you can rev the engine before releasing the clutch which gives much more torque than an auto which start of in idle and then accelerates, and thats where man. has the biggest advance. then you can rev higher with man. when auto. mostly shift too quickly..
coolakiIlen007 1 month ago
@coolakiIlen007 Nah man, with automatics all you have to do is hold the brake while you rev the engine to launch, and plus, there's all kind of launch control with automatics and manuals nowadays where you can set what rpm it launches at, rev the engine to that rpm manually and then it'll launch itself, or it's a pre-set rpm, whatever the case, automatics will still always be faster than clutches.
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 haha.. the launch control is based on the funktion of the manual transmission: rev, release clutch, set-off. if you had 2 exact same cars one with man. one with auto. the man. would be faster. i dunno where you've got your "info" from but im guessing your ego.
coolakiIlen007 1 month ago
@coolakiIlen007 Um, sorry, no, you're wrong, automatics have pretty much always been a faster shift, that's well-known in the drag racing world, as for launching a car it hardly matters, automatics are still faster, just because you can pop a clutch doesn't mean anything, there's usually massive wheelspin from doing so unless you have slicks, and even then, an automatic will still shift faster than any human. Clutches obviously have their place but they are in no way "faster" than automatics.
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 then i wonder why auto's are considered cruisers and manuals as sport / racing. i wonder i wonder.. don't you find that weird, cus i do.
coolakiIlen007 1 month ago
@coolakiIlen007 Put it this way, two mustangs for example, same mods, same tires, one is an auto, the other manual, the automatic will almost always finish a few tenths of a second faster than the manual. A supercharged 2011 5.0 manual that runs 10.3 seconds in the quarter mile will run about 10 flat in automatic form...i've seen such an automatic 5.0 run 9.9's while the manuals with similar power have trouble getting 10.2's. There's always human error, whatever the error(s) may be.
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 it's either because its an american car, and american cars arent good at manuals, or its an inexperienced driver since driving a manual properly needs precision and skill, which you lack of in US cus you're way into autos. sorry your statement cant change my opinion which stands and is correct.
coolakiIlen007 1 month ago
@coolakiIlen007 It has nothing to do with what country you or I are in, it's the fact that no human can shift as fast as a machine....i'm sorry but you are incorrect, and opinions can't be "correct" anyway, they're opinions.
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 you should watch some videos i cant have this pointless argument with you anymore.
coolakiIlen007 1 month ago
@coolakiIlen007 Watch some videos? Dude, you can't shift as fast as a machine, that's not a pointless arguement, it's a very true statement.
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 not until you've driven, experienced a manual i cant tell you what i mean cus you wouldnt understand, clearly you dont since you still say auto is quicker than man.
coolakiIlen007 1 month ago
@coolakiIlen007 You're an idiot lol I really don't think I can help you sir.
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 DITO
coolakiIlen007 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 Manuals are quicker than automatics because they are lighter, not because how fast you shift. My buddy has the exact same Prelude as I except that I have a 5-speed manual, and my car is consistently faster.
hipcat13 4 weeks ago
@hipcat13 A prelude? I'm talking about cars that are meant to be fast off the showroom floor...yes a clutch wieghs a bit less than an entire clutch assembly/torque converter etc. but you can't shift as fast as any decent torque converter can...it's not really about weight when you've got a v8 powering your wheels, it's about time.
SirKowalski666 4 weeks ago
@SirKowalski666 1st a Prelude is meant to be a fast car. Until I owned one I didnt think so but my 3rd gen 'lude hauls ass. I also own a '68 Firebird (auto) and a '74 Pantera (Man.) so I have driven lots of stuff both on and off the track. One thing I neglected to mention is that an Auto trans has more parasitic power loss than a manual. I dont know about you but I can shift in about 0.5 sec. So lets say an auto can shift in .25 sec. So that gives an auto the advantage of .25 sec of power (cont)
hipcat13 4 weeks ago
@SirKowalski666 (continued) for every shift over a manual. A manual on the other hand has the advantage of lighter weight and less parasitic power losses for the entire race, not just for a few seconds here and there. And yes, its ALWAYS about weight no matter what motor you have in it. If you dont believe me, why dont you write to Top Gear and have the Stig do a lap in identical cars aside from the trans?
hipcat13 4 weeks ago
@hipcat13 The point in my discussion with the other guy was that you can't shift as fast as an automatic...
SirKowalski666 4 weeks ago
@SirKowalski666 Well, yeah, I thought everyone knew that. Was that all it was? Good thing you didnt bring F1 style flappy-paddle gearboxes into it, then things would have gotten really confused. ;)
hipcat13 3 weeks ago
@hipcat13 My point is, if you take two identical v8 powered cars, say a 1970 hemi cuda manual vs. a 1970 hemi cuda automatic, both with slicks, not only will the automatic shift faster but there is no human error factor, it's always the same result, automatics are faster and more consistent in drag racing.
SirKowalski666 4 weeks ago
@coolakiIlen007 Wait, did you really just say "a manual is always faster than an automatic"? You CAN NOT press a clutch, shift, and release the clutch nearly as fast as a torque converter does it, unless of course your legs happen to be machines...?
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
@SirKowalski666 they don't use automatics in drag race.... oh and hassle? HASSLE? Manual is awesome and fun.
People who are too old to drive manual shouldn't drive...
BarbarianStarcraft 1 month ago
@BarbarianStarcraft Automatics are ALWAYS faster thanm manuals at the drag strip...and just because you feel a certain way about driving doesn't mean everybody else should too, what country are YOU from??
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
"Incest, mostly." lol
hubbgjgbfg 1 month ago
3:38 lol
stephen98841272 1 month ago
Just can not understand why buy this crap, when you can have an real car or at least an SUV?
10tenable 1 month ago
@10tenable A four-door, four-wheel-drive pickup truck is far more useful than any SUV. The truck seen here is a "sports truck" anyway, you can haul things that won't fit in an SUV/car, or you can go drag race it if you want.
SirKowalski666 1 month ago
hahahahahahaha
marketdotbeyond 1 month ago
incest mostly.....? WHAAAAT?
marketdotbeyond 1 month ago
Damn people lighten up,Jokes people jokes
tracybuddha 1 month ago
that russian jeep was over 40 years old and u say its bad XD
brvkloshar 1 month ago
@DrHeinersSanatorium well i see the original beetle as a single model even if it has been tweaked or upgraded over the years in remained the same car with the same body , the same cant be said when referring to say the golf mk1 and mk6 , or even mk4 for that matter cause with the mk4 they deliberately moved it to a different price range and different trim level
americanu197 1 month ago
8:00 Someone said mattress to mr Lambert!
Stormwern 1 month ago
@DrHeinersSanatorium im assuming the entire golf range cause a single golf edition didnt...am refering to one single model not a range not a series...and any way the toyota corolla series sold more than the golf
americanu197 1 month ago
The germans beat the americans with cars :p
16patie 1 month ago
Guys...it's Top Gear LOL.If you actually get mad about this or take Top Gear's reviews seriously you're an idiot.This is an entertainment show.
Everything Clarkson says to piss off Americans is there just to do that. Most old Brits are still grumpy over the fact their little colony grew up and is now vastly more powerful than England in almost all respects. So it's all in good fun :)
Everyone knows Jag / Aston / Land Rover are shit too
For actual car reviews stick with Evo, Car 7 Driver etc.
Riles07 1 month ago
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tracybuddha 1 month ago
Large? Thats the small version *Troll Face*
DizzyMan24 1 month ago
It has come to my attention that all American vehicles are rubbish!
xXxLovEMasTerxXx911 1 month ago 10
@xXxLovEMasTerxXx911 I'm an American and I'm ashamed of such status. Toyota FTW!
ScienceOfThePS3 4 weeks ago
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Fatalsh0ts 1 month ago
1:45 ANAL ANAL ANAL ANAL
yanava 1 month ago
Being from America you would think I would be biased. My family has owned an F-150 and F-250. Both have been great trucks with over 250,000 miles on each. Never a breakdown. Nothing needing to be mended rather than normal service interval items. I love having our trucks. However, I will be one of the first to defend a foreign car, such as our 1996 4runner. I guess what I'm getting at is, don't hate on a vehicle based on its' point of origin. Just find what is best for your life and enjoy it :)
ssqv65 1 month ago
He should've driven just a regular ol' F-150 and not the Lightning. The Lightning is made for the street and is far more expensive. I realize of course, though, that driving a regular F-150 would have given him much fewer things to make fun of the truck for, though, so... I guess I see why he chose the Lightning =P
SabaothChristou 1 month ago
that means someone buys one now and now and now and now and now and now.........
GreekWarrior21 1 month ago
the best selling single model ever by far is the beetle
americanu197 1 month ago
They sell so many because they fall apart after 3 years.
BlueFoxTV 1 month ago
"Its rubbish!" i laughed so hard
HowkeyLL 1 month ago
30grand in the uk. if you buy in the us its 20,000usd or about 15grand. half price how much do the british get robbed.
TopGearDog7 1 month ago
I hate to say it but he's right, they don't the right amount of effort into fit and finish for the price. It would be fine if they were priced as work trucks, but they're not, they're expensive. You should expect more from a vehicle with that kind of price tag. I love my F-150, but it's an old work truck, and it's great, but I wouldn't spend 30k on a new one.
crewchief219 1 month ago