Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson Tests The Aston Martin AMV8 Convertible

[MrJoyride619]

It may by no means be the greatest supercar but it is by all means the greatest car.

[Driv3ItLikeUStoleIt]

this show can't be more British bias, but still entertaining lol

[mejawmeyaw]

jeremy with aston martin ... every one will look to u

[bronze5420]

jeremy definitely wasnt heal and toeing

[phantomloita]

I wouldn't call the Aston or any Aston a supercar. The DBS is close but still isn't. In the same way the 599 is a GT not a supercar.

[MrBazpoker]

Jeremy is such a nationalist! Very annoying.

[ZundappFan]

''you dont notice the invisibel buttons'' :')

[computerx94]

how its called this television show

[jhvidss]

MCLAREN IN COMPLETEY BRITISH OWNED SO HA

[agent008my]

@jhvidss hahaha again check ur facts. McLaren is owned by Daimler AG (11%), MHC of Bahrain (30%), Ron Dennis, who is the only british link to the company (15%) and TAG Group SA of Luxemburg (15%)....so HA!!!!

[jhvidss]

In 2000 Mercedes's parent company Daimler (then DaimlerChrysler) bought a 40% share of McLaren which they maintained until 2009 when they bought-out the championship winning Brawn team and began to sell back their McLaren stake.] Daimler retained 11% of McLaren although they will continue as a sponsor and engine supplier to the team until 2011

[jhvidss]

investment dar only owns a part of aston so check your facts instead

[agent008my]

@jhvidss besides prodrive, who didnt have a financial involvement in the deal, 2 kuwaiti investment companies own aston, apart form ford still retaining a stake in aston.

[jhvidss]

DAVID RICHARDS !!! WHO OWNS PRODRIVE

[agent008my]

@jhvidss firstly prodrive does not wholly own aston martin. its a consortium, with the financial backing coming from 2 kuwaiti investment firms, making aston not entirely british owned. secondly, true daimler AG did sell back 29% of the shares they held, but those shares remain unissued, which again puts my point crystal clear, that there is NOT ONE SINGLE MAINSTREAM BRITISH CAR COMPANY that is WHOLLY british owned.

[jhvidss]

the shares were returned to mclaren. they bought themselves back actually.

so ha wrong again.

and there are other mainstream british car companies.

[jhvidss]

there are british companies that are majority owned

[HolyBritannia]

This isn't from top gear right?

[Henky1234]

Look at me!!!

[Crusader1987]

@Default1235678 Actually, Aston Martin are now owned, in part, by Investment Dar, a Kuwaiti shareholding company.

[rilerr]

@MrTurkcobra the evo has a huge 100something horsepower turbo the v8 doesnt

[Mcflai]

Nothing like a blue sky in the south of Spain. This is the place where you can enjoy a convertible.

[jhvidss]

I am on about jaguar and landrover that are owned by and indian company

[zebhsan]

this is my fav. car

[555NaKuL]

I know what he means, ive been in this car before on a sunny day! through London city, and i dont think ive ever had a greater experience in a car ever! Its something about the car that brings out emontional feelings! amazing is what it is !

[MrTurkcobra]

im sorry but in the mitsubishi evo vs lambo clip, jeremy went on about the "british" engineers sqeeeeezing 450 hp or something out of a 2 litre 4cyclinder engine and a british car company only sqeezed 380 hp from a 4.3 litre v8 engine, that horrible. statistically they should have beeb able to sqeeze 900 hp from that engine, in fact forget it, anything less than 500 hp from that engine is absolutly pathetic, just a disapointment, but it looks beautiul.

[JSho005]

"a SOLID 47" lol

[jferlm]

somebody knows from what season is this episode???

[alphaswimmer55]

@jferlm It's one of his DVD specials called "Supercar Showdown".

[Driftuner]

@jferlm "when the germans deliver the engine as in the DB9/DBS" ....since when is that v12 a german v12? sorry if im wrong but as far as i know that engine is from stom itself

[TheMrsorso]

You brits build good cars....when the germans deliver the engine as in the DB9/DBS or the whole concept as in the Bentley, Rolls Royce, Range Rover or the Mini. Combination of abilities (germans) and styling (brits) make them pretty good cars.

[diztorcion666]

this guy is always making excuses as to why the world should buy british cars

[mechprince]

Jeremy sounds like a loser when he goes to extra-ordinary lengths to show how "german cars are faster, but we are better". that's plain pathetic...

[Iverson3N7Vick]

I won't lie, a guy who lives in the same apartment complex as me, and these things are really beautiful.

[mdfk667]

...And he does have a Range Rover...

[jalil714]

my friend has an amv8 and his clutch never breaks

[blackevil1990]

@Campanelli

yes Boring TATA owns Jaguar.

but the Car is English in ever sense of the word.

someday when the lunacy in Delhi or Chennai stops, ASTON MARTINS will grace the roads without being nicked.

I have NEVER seen a supercar in India before. Ever time I have go over for a holiday I am dissapointed. Maybe since TATA owns Jaguar, the XKR will be available ! I would love to test that car in the crazy roads of India. Imagine THAT!

[MrKamerads]

Audi R8. I would do anything for Audi to make the 4 door Version of that in place of their boring A4s. I just want the look, don't care if the engine is not even a V6 (which it would be anyway xDD

[seefusDAlegend]

@Campanelli 1. Yes Jaguar is owned by India, but it is still made in England.

2. Jeremy Clarkson has owned an Astin Martin DB7 before an i'm sure he has an Aston Martin now or Jaguar.

3. Jeremy Clarkson has never claimed the Ferrari F430 or the Bmw M5 to be the best cars ever made he just said they were good cars. Nothing wrong with that I'm a proud Bmw owner myself, but there not the best cars in the whole fucking world. (If you'r American) Chevrolet and Dodge ect only sell in America Aswell.

[Parsifaal]

Where is that track ? France ?

[HateWhatISee]

@Parsifaal it is in spain

[Sozos9038]

wow so much bullshit about the clutch, come on people, the clutch cable snapped, it happens to all cars, its something you change regularly, its not a big deal....

[siraff2]

@Sozos9038 No the fluid boiled. That's why he couldn't press it. If the cable snaps pressing it is easy. There aren't many powerful cars that use cable clutches.

[FleeceLiner]

@Campanelli He has a Range Rover.

[TaGzDRuMMeR]

Get over it, if you have a V8 Vantage, you can afford a new clutch

[jhvidss]

just because its owned by an indian company now still doesnt make it indian

[NobleM15fan]

@jhvidss Aston Martin isn't owned by Tata - they were bought by a British coalition led by Prodrive. They're an independent company now

[jhvidss]

im on about jaguar and land rover

[dirtridr159]

@jhvidss so whay are you watching this

[rohanshad]

@jhvidss I'm indian, and i bloody well agree with you

[jhvidss]

thanks for the comment

[PatrickGTOfficial]

@jhvidss do you mean Jaguar or Aston Martin?

[aerlingus18]

@jhvidss yeah but thats the same with bugatti its made by germans but its a french company

[claudeleason]

@jhvidss its not owned by any indian company.

[jhvidss]

i was on about jaguar and land rover not aston martin.

aston martin is owned by a british lead holding company

[koalabearchris]

what season/episode # is this?

[leabuelo]

do you guys realize that Clarkson is the only guy that break cars

for instance the clutch and the start button

one of my cousins own one of this and never ever broke down

[AM007009]

that track is just beautiful, perfect track for the Aston and the others, too bad he didn't make this video after the 4.7 came out, just much more power

[SchnellerKerl]

A 150,000$ car and the clutch doesn't work.

What a bag of odd bolts.

Buy a Vette. Down the road every time.

No fuss no muss. And faster.

English quaintness at this price is stupid money.

[coolerdude44]

@SchnellerKerl if you're so worried about the clutch that you'd be willing to buy a plastic leafs-sprung pig, why not just save even more money and buy a toyota corolla? hell, if you're so worried about the clutch going, buy the corolla with an automatic.

[ivilz]

It's astonishing car. One of my best. The v8 sound. I don't have words to decribe this feeling.

[MidEnginedV10]

whats the song at 1:14 - 1:20?

[WillMea]

It's called 'Pomp and Circumstance' by Elgar, a very 'british' tune

[oslbg95]

he just like this car, that's all! Ferrari is better.

[Villekkarlsson]

In the start when he says "look at me" he sounds just like borat hahaha

[35yearoldboy]

I don`t think A.M is capable of making an ugly car.Even if they tried....

[WonkyDoodle]

Cygnet. And I dont think the lagonda was exactly pretty. Btw, this isnt Top gear, its his Thriller DVD.

[35yearoldboy]

Yeah,i forgot that weird little Cygnet-thing.But as 4 the Lagonda,i still think it has a certain "something" that i can`t put my finger on.....But thats me;-)

[rochon898989]

nice!

[az958]

I met Jeremys wife in France on the way to calais, she parked right next to me at the petrol pump, she drives a yellow v8 vantage with very curbed alloy wheels....

[LorienoftheBlossom]

was she nice to you?

[bmwfanz]

@az958 jeremey clarkson bought a aston martin vantage for his wife

[adam0900909]

He bought one of these.... So where are you getting that from? He'salso bought a Jag xkr, and Range Rover.

[Campanelli]

I've wrote it 2 or 3 moths ago, dumbass!

You know he also said that Audi R8 never get V10 and Gordon Brown never become prime minister? And Bugatti Veyron never go into production?

time is running, everything change, his cars also change. his wife cars change too:P

that TV show is about good fun and joy of life. SO go to hell :P

BTW, we are talking about supercars, not XJRs or Land Rovers:)

[flynn2008]

Aston Martin vantage coupe is the best looking car in the world. Though I wish it has the technology of the Germans and the passion of the Italian.

[NoireMouche]

I think it would be disappointing... would be like against the speech jeremy gives at 4:20

[alagy]

the austin is ur winner because it was built in england & u were born there

[MrAndrewjs]

this werent in top gear, this was in his dvd called supercar showdown.

[wolverineof1980]

what else can u expect from a brit. whilst most british brands are owned by foreign companies, he keeps on blabbering. its too hard for this nitwit to admit the italians and germans are better car builders. and look at this video. that car is a piece of shit but according to him it the greatest.

[omegalegato]

You're an idiot.

Italian cars are probably the worst built, most over priced pieces of shit on the planet.

[vegasblazer702]

i hate this guy i dont think he ever sais anything actually good

[elliotsgay9987]

not as good as bmw m6

[piotrrrekkk]

they proved that V8 Vantage having about 120 hp less is as fast on a track as M6 (Isle of Man)

[mrmumble]

yup but in the rain soo power is almost useless therefore not accurate on a dry track

[98cookiez]

jeremy clarkson is in this video

[RTdeluxe]

no shit sherlock

[35yearoldboy]

Has The A.M V8 been "upped" to 4.7 litres,or am i totally wrong?Dreamt it or something.......

[AbdoHad90]

mm no .. 4.3 L

[35yearoldboy]

i just googled it,and yes it IS now a 4.7.But still 420 bhp,so must be for more torqe.

[98cookiez]

Thasts his wifes car

[35yearoldboy]

He says "my wife HAS one",not THIS one...

[Forza37]

the vantage coupe scores 10 on the 'desireability' scale, but with no roof this gets.. a solid 47.

Jeremy Clarkson = the man. (and Hammond, May, too, of course!)

[JIMMYJIBLETS]

i don't know why he refers to it as a supercar. theres nothing supercar about it other than the soundtrack. this is a Grand Tourer through and through. to me a supercar is midengined and has a 200mph top speed.

[GranTurismoDrifter]

Mercedes SLR is considered a supercar and has the engine on the front ;)

[JIMMYJIBLETS]

its called a supercar because of its performance only though. mercedes itself lists is as a GT car. clarkson also refers to it as a GT car.

[GranTurismoDrifter]

well yeah that's why i sayed "considered" hehe well true that is but it is a good example of how good a front engine car can perform. But yeah most of the supercars are mid engine. I have to do some research but lefs see how super the new Mercedez Gullwing its going to be would it be able to be considered a supercar too?

[JIMMYJIBLETS]

i expect that thing to be an absolute monster. what bugs me though is that while testing it mercedes used Dodge Viper body panels to keep it more "anonymous". a dodge viper is about as far as you can get from "anonymous". they should've used their SL.

[educortazarc]

so is the Maserati gran turismo

[thepenguin68]

im suprized he didnt destroy this one. usually he blows 'em up or shoots any car he drives

[LILARAB19921312]

lol

[JIMMYJIBLETS]

thats only if they're crap

[TangoR34]

the new 2009 model is much better

[AndyV8maniac]

Aston-ishing...!!!

[PabasamDee]

I love top gear, but with Astons theyre so damn biased.

[beepandbop]

yeah, they're entertainment, they're not like 5th gear.

[F0ka]

I thought they make the engines in germany...

[adsum252]

for the aston? its a jaguar v8 thats been tuned by aston martin

[LILARAB19921312]

what a horrible piece of junk

[adsum252]

wtf r u talking about...

[LILARAB19921312]

well no i agree it looks good but its a freekin nightmare to live wid

[nikepro911]

biased!!!!!

[adsum252]

welcome to top gear!

[Havanasjeppster]

No, this clip is not taken from the "Thriller" DVD. It is from the "Supercar Showdown" 2007 DVD.

[F0ka]

which episode is this in? god...I never saw this...thanks for posting it:)

[davejansen101]

it's from Jeremy Clarkson's DVD : Thriller ( 2008 )

[F0ka]

thanks a lot:D

[davejansen101]

sorry,  it's actually Jeremy Clarckson's DVD: Supercar Showdown ( 2007 )

[F0ka]

okay thanks, hope Im gonna get both of those