Fastest Caravan Challenge pt 2 - Top Gear - BBC

[Thatriseagainstskate]

@EvoPower2010 haha well if it was between the new models like 2011 evo would have more torque and would be all around better, but back then i think Subaru was like just a tad bit better.

[pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR]

Yeah. Should've used Subies. Cuz Evo's aren't good at being a caravan pulling car. No no the Evo's aren't that degrading unlike Subies >:)

[EvoPower2010]

Use a Mercedes CL65. That's a torque god!

[Thatriseagainstskate]

They should have used a Subaru...

[EvoPower2010]

@Thatriseagainstskate Actually no, because they have almost the same torque ratios.

[iReCKleSz7]

I Can't Believe The Mug Hasn't Fell Off Yet!

[Hustlinin1492]

Use a bagautti

[hypno159753]

use a bugatti veyron ss :D

[Wequick]

I think an ordinary Audi Q7 V12 Tdi would take it up to 130 mph quite easily...

[LucasSchaaf]

@Wequick haha "ordinary"...

[XHikotheproX]

why not use a big engine with a lot of natural torque? not some 2 Liter pos that only has power at 6000 rpm, its common sense really.

[AdrianoCROST]

@XHikotheproX It's gasoline price really not common sense. In my country (Croatia) for example 1 liter of gasoline is 2 $ (few cents up/down). Yes TWO U.S. DOLLARS. :) Full tank (50 liters for example) = 100 $

Registration price is really high for anything bigger then 2.0 L

[AdrianoCROST]

@XHikotheproX Sorry i did not read well but anyway for the same reason cars with bigger engine is not easy to find in EU so maybe that is a reason to choose that car.

[XHikotheproX]

@AdrianoCROST You might be right, but this is Top Gear, they shipped a Nissan GT-R 9,000 miles just to lap it around their track, so theres no excuse for not being able to get a good sized engine.

[AdrianoCROST]

@XHikotheproX Yes i agree :)

[shellshock96]

Figures the bloody damn Evo would blow...hahahahaha!!! xD

[brrowse]

get the biggest dodge ram(or other pickup) you can find, add a supercharger then modify the truck to be more areodynamic and block some of the wind from the caravan and regear the truck to do 130mph -if anyone does this please find me and give me credit

[Zacquads]

Now do this challenge with a duramax or cummins with all the goodies from NADP! You would tow that caravan like it was a piece of paper! ;P

[cr7numberone]

@Zacquads

thats true but once you hit around 60 it will take to long to hit 128 so your gonna need more runway!

[MrCpe9775]

thats wht you dont put that much power in a small motor then make it do much. they blow up. no replacement for displacement when it comes to towing shit

[WTF25SANDEV]

amm really simple used the WRX

[Tech582]

Veyron SS??

[asshatnowhere159]

use a veyron :P

[FroggerFilm]

what the hell is james saying?? damn music.

[nigahiga6400]

I don't think the bugatti veyron can tow but it's worth a try. Tow rating for veyron: 0lbs

[Domman56]

any stock AMG coulda taken that out haha

[stalhein61]

Of course, what they should have done was designed, patented and made a Bugatti Veyron. Because this was in 2003, and most of the cars everyone here is saying they should use DIDN'T EXIST.

[nergaljr]

They should have used a Reliant Robin

[MarbledCheese]

just use a buggati veyron super sport

[McLarenMercedes]

@MarbledCheese

HOW will you find one with a towing hook?? Order one specially from Bugatti?

[mikesmedia2]

@MarbledCheese thats like saying "just use a 3DS" to play a gameboy game in 2003- IT DIDNT EXIST

[thomasioi]

just use a Audi Q7 w12

[Gismozo]

just remember, this was 2003. Stop saying "use this car", because most of the cars you're suggesting, were not even availible back then.

[Gismozo]

just remember, this was 2003. Stop saying "use this car", because most of the cars you're suggesting, were not even as good as they are now.

[houshidar558]

lol james looked so young in 2003

[barendbrouwer1]

how about a cl65 AMG 630bhp 1000nm ;)

[NightTheStalker]

why dont you use a bugatti veyron ss?

[pedekiller]

@NightTheStalker no towbar equipped silly

[Buddysautomart]

buy a pick up truck an there wont be any problem towing

[pedekiller]

@Buddysautomart not the suzuki super carry, not the proton jumbuck, not the suzuki mighty boy...hmm....running out of cars here LOL

[Buddysautomart]

@pedekiller no a toyota ford dodge or chevy that is y the americans made the pick up truck so we could haul more an tow more a car is ment to haul the family around its not ment to tow a 1500 lb trailer

[pedekiller]

@Buddysautomart tell that to my VW beetle LOL ive never read the max towing load in the manual >:)

all them vehicles listed above ARE pick up trucks/utes. just deffo not what you americans are used to lol

[Buddysautomart]

@pedekiller yeah we have small trucks in america but people tends not to use them for towing

[kieghacat]

can anyone tell me the episode where they are each driving a caravan around and they stop at a cliff then richard and james 'accidentally' drive jeremy's over the edge?

[Crusader1987]

@kieghacat I think that was in Season 15 somewhere. Not sure which episode.

[muddd001]

@meatloaf396 IT WORKS AS WELL CHEERS

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[MultiSuperChuck]

They should've thrown a piano on it!!!

[slira04]

thet sould get a Ford Lightnig F-150, it can smoke a dodge ram SRT 10 and i could tow the carivan at 156 MPH

[artem1002]

im a huge shipping company, I FUCKIN GET IT

[bentleyv8t]

funny how when the oil and smoke appear the car sounds like a Subaru.

[daxxas]

125mph aint bad for a 2.0l engine.

[McLarenMercedes]

@daxxas

actually it is, because most 2,0 litre modern cars can reach 130mph at least

what you actually mean (but fail to mention or fail to realize) is that the main problem here is the insane drag the caravan produces,not to mention it's weight.

without that caravan that car could easily do 160mph, most stock Evo's do 150mph no sweat

I'd say the aerodynamic drag must be more than twice as high with that boxy caravan,which means more power is needed at the same speed.In that case 125 is GOOD

[daxxas]

@McLarenMercedes Thats the point i was trying to make. 125mph is extremly good for a 2.0l engine, to be pulling that weight.

[mellowdalyricist]

every time i see a dodge grand caravan i think, there should be a caravan SRT10.. that would be the ULTIMATE sleeper

[Andootk]

wasn't the V12 TDI Audi Q7 then ? if i remember it has 1000 torques....that should do the job properly :)

[posernotricer]

he should have towed that thing with them V8 / V10 / V12 "powerhouse" american light trucks... or a dragster for that matter...

[benpie12]

haul with a lambo

[MercedesSLK350V6]

He should have used one of those old 1940's or '50's stainless steel airstream (or whatever they're called) trailers.

[theBMW8tgu]

They should have used a taller crane or a Bugatti Veyron to break the record

[BaronSamedi92]

ever seen a Veyron with a tow hook attached to it??

[CREAMOFBMX]

just use a preped dodge ram SRT10 with nos should be able to drag that up to 140 mph on a breeze

[Nsphere]

@CREAMOFBMX exactly what i was saying " use a truck" lol

that or the old 5.9 cummins chipped out, they can make over 800lbs of tourque easily.

[the000sucka]

and the top speed would be 50mph....

[Nsphere]

@the000sucka That was clearly ment to be a joke

[blairBROKEN]

@CREAMOFBMX the window blew out at 124.9 sooo not that easy

[afshin021]

@CREAMOFBMX ye im sure theres many of them freely avalible around the uk, not

[Luthanor]

@CREAMOFBMX yeah because that big boat of car isnt gonna get the wobbles and flip that shit

[AkBoy1000]

@CREAMOFBMX mre like 155

[mkampinga]

@CREAMOFBMX they can use about 1000 cars to do this, but if you go too fast it goes wrong annyways.

[PWNahontas]

@CREAMOFBMX hate to break it to you but the caravan would blow up you sod.

[YeeSoest]

@CREAMOFBMX with NOS? yeah, they´ll surely accept that for the new record...

[Slipknotyk06]

@YeeSoest - true, but you could run it with a Hennessey Twin Turbo kit and put down about 1200 horsepower.

However, the main problem hasn't been the vehicle, it's been the inability for the trailer to hold together.

[Slipknotyk06]

@YeeSoest - or I guess I should correct myself since I've seen the full clip lol maybe 700 horse is a little light since they killed a motor

[Slipknotyk06]

@YeeSoest or I guess I should correct myself since I've seen the full clip lol maybe 700 horse is a little light since they killed a motor

[select899]

@CREAMOFBMX then theres the science of how the caravan would react to 140mph + crosswinds, its not just power!

[papeleup]

@CREAMOFBMX

its not the speed only it depends on the stability of the caravan

[Ronnie51026]

@CREAMOFBMX nos is cheating.

[Reiuuuu]

@CREAMOFBMX dodge is bullshit

[The97lincolnlsc]

@CREAMOFBMX bullshit srt10s cant haul worth shit try a lightning next time

[Alex31121234]

@Nsphere

ahah american cars and trucks suck :D

[Nsphere]

@Alex31121234 Didn't you see what happend. "Oil and smoke everywhere" the same thing would happen if you were to try and tow something through the rockies with a car. Ive towed a boat up the Coquihalla highway doing 85 (140k) where it was safe. by the time you get to the top your in the clouds. ide like to see a car do that with passengers and luggage and not throw a rod or fry rings.

[MDCeasar]

@Alex31121234 It wasn't an American car whose engine blew up =oP

[mondeost2202008]

Why not use something more powerful, not aerodynamic but fast?

Why not use a Range Rover Overfinch?

[monkeyface001]

because its a challenge lol

[MrDreadstead]

Lol, They are not going to use a Bugatti Veyron to break a "Caravan World Speed" record, you see what happened to that Mitsubishi, now that would cost a few grand probably, to get that fixed but a Bugatti Veyron costs over 6 million POUND, because its hand build so i don't think their gonna risk it.

[HardRocker10125]

hmm think about that, how many vayrons u see with a hitch?

[VzzSO]

veyron

[seishin48]

use the vayron..

[VzzSO]

veyron

[zits10]

did i miss when the piano drops at the end?

or it James to lame for that?

[YDX5224]

Why doesn't he just use a veyron? All he needed was a time machine to travel forward a few years to when the veyron was made, and hey presto!

Oh and maybe if it blew up the engine of the first car, why the hell would they risk blowing a veyron engine!! £200k please mr top gear producer for a new engine.

iirc the previous record was set in a viper, not that makes a difference. whether it is a V10, V8 or inline 4. Torque and aerodynamics are the only two factors.

[pricyboy]

a Veyron with a tow bar?:P

[Uknowmetom]

they need a truck to do that. use the hilux!

[aonixer6]

a hilux can't even go 100mph without towing something

[ManuelDr]

Hell to the yeah!

[hunterhalo2]

Wow,... why the hell would an attempt even be made to pull a caravan with any type of car!? Its no surprise they blew that poor Mitsubishi up. I sad.

[RICCARDO0183]

Oi, im Scottish & i'll set aboot ye.

[ObamaLikesKFC]

I don't get the point of this.

british people are retarded.

[DaBizNOS]

the fact that our obviously a racist bstrd renders your comment null and void..... wanker

[Harmonyww]

Lol yeah, because there's only 3 people in Britain; Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond.

[johnjoeba]

h0w are we retards the pr0gram is f0r fun and a little laf

[302Travis]

Put a modded cummins in front of it... Shattered record

[Quakinator1]

british people suck

[sparkyindahouse]

pop goes the wheisel

[ReidHenderson]

I wanna see a Bugatti Veyron give this a go..lol.. It would be well over 125mph.. :-D

[falchard]

Its because you weren't using American Muscle. A hemi can pull that thing like it didn't even exist.

[VanillaCokeIndianSty]

have to agree even tho i like european cars more than americans, the american cars have a mountain of torque and BHP.

[FarizYahya]

I think any car with massive amounts of torque can surely pull it like it didn't even exist, doesn't matter if the engine is an american, european or even japanese made...all you need is huge torque, and your are good to go..

[falchard]

Yea, and its the Americans who build cars like that with a high enough top speed.

[mrpie4160]

lol its yanks like you that make a bad name 4 america. your not better than everyone else

[FarizYahya]

Well, that's your opinion, i'm just starting facts here..massive torque=massive pulling power, that's about it...well, any good enough sports car can reach well beyond 125mph, any this evo they were using was producing 600+ lb of torque, should be enough...if not, tow this caravan on to the back of Thrust SSC, fastest car in the world, by the British though..not Americans, heh...

[bretfrisd]

the engine exploded that must be expensive to have a new engine or something i think the broken caravan caused drag and the evo was slowing down putting pressure on the turbocharger

[MarcIzKool23]

y not pull it with a veyron

[jasontangy]

and ur assuming they can afford one for a random challenge they do every episode

[VideosByRaymonD]

u cant get towbars for a Veyron dummy....

[BallsInYourJawsBitch]

You can't, but you can make them.

[VanillaCokeIndianSty]

ya sure, top gear has the time to fabricate a tow bar for a veyron yet alone, it took top gear 2 years to put the veyron on the track, you think bugatti is gona let them tow a caravan with one of their cars?

[bhig3]

Its vastly more expensive and they don't have one on hand.

[Jamirofan89]

The Evo sounds devilish :)

[BarryAldridge]

Surprised me there.

[ChingyDude123]

shows you bad mitsi engines are

[ziom919]

WTF???

This is 2l turbo charged engine with 771 horses!!!!

771BHP in 2l car!!!

Thats y it might blow up...

[ac89live]

OLD LOL

[blackmidgetjew]

verrry niice

 - borat

[salfemist]

lol, ITSAAAAAAA NIIIIIIICE.

[dsolis1]

Shoulda used a Subaru.

[gearhead22996]

agreed.

[M4sterowner]

it IS an old video :o

[SavageSkittles]

HOW OLD IS THIS VIDEO? it says it's a new video, ut it looks extremely old.

[mattsteam12]

i think it was from about 2002

[conceka]

it's new on you tube... but old on top gear

[gatersb]

use one of the new dodge cummins with programmer 128 will not be a problem as long as it isn't geared too low.

[endah08]

pull it with a bugatti veyron

[sicwitit1981]

Torque isnt an issue here, its wind resistance. they should fit some kind of diffuser on the roof to disturb the air hitting the trailor.

[GunBigotHater]

I wonder if you can pull it with an ATOM?

[mizbomb]

mabe, but the atom dosent have a tow thingy

[type25stitype25sti]

an AUDI TDI W12 will do.

[cruiserkid1]

DAMMMM this is an old episode!!!!!!

[aHIGHasian]

that norris design evo has gone 200+mph before. sad to see it die

[jbyrd0861]

truck

[bassplayaz06]

put the damn thing behind a bugatti!!!

[TubeOfAction]

Yes, they should, because they afford a Bugatti.

[viper2788]

shouldve used a modded sti... more torque.

[burninruber60]

shoulda used a teardrop camper!

[bntbntbntbntbntbntbn]

ustill have to admit the Evo is doing pretty good job...

[ksksksksksJACK]

oh yeah shur

shouldve thought bout it on that concept :L

[FedskaTheOne]

hook it up to a bugatti

[CorvetteMichael]

Get a Corvette or somthing, big V8, loads of tork and HP :) And yes, i know about Corvettes with tow bars :)

[mrcool180]

i thought that was paul mcartney at first lol

[rebel0knight]

lol imports are funny.

[xGu1ltyx]

a 2jz is needed!

[ksksksksksJACK]

why didnt they just get a veyron?

[niallm317]

oh u would put a tow bar on a veyron wouldnt u

[mrmoneybagsisback]

i will just give me one and ill show you

[ksksksksksJACK]

Shut the fuck up u machine squirrel dick

[UrbanOwls]

It wasn't in production when this was filmed, season 2

[snoop3041]

Audi Q7 V12 is the vehicle you need for this task!!

[Josephalosaurus]

cayenne turbo s lol that shit's gonna GO FAST !

[fmxinsane]

Get an Rs6 to pull that! :P

[vragamuffin]

Or a V10 Toureg. That can pull a plane so that manky caravan will be a piece of p*ss.

[jheredi84]

some one give me some glow sticks lol

[nevets2847]

That poor poor poor evo

[player4151]

Caravan wins!!

[davidsfc9]

which season is this ?

[theismagelssen]

I think it is season 2

[TheMrguitarboy]

james hair lol!

[Akyla0177]

It's nice to be important but it's important to be nice. That's the way I see it.

[MadeinHell2]

How old is this episode? If May is still "new guy" than... very old? xP

[javiersuarez15]

Very old... 2003-2004 i think

[peejaa]

The BBC sucks shit!!

[davidwe44]

yeah - just like ya mom

[sonnysingh03]

your life sucks shit

ha motherfuckers