McLaren SLR car review - Top Gear - BBC

[xdemon123]

the mclaren slr sounds like a total deep throated, testosterone packed monster! mm, plus the back of the car is THE best looking backside of ANY car methinks.

[DeadlyOne647]

Why is the hamster so sad in the begining?

[kaiserschon]

he´s hypnotized

[iuveeday]

pleaseee...

anybody know this song 1:44 - 2:03 ?

[secretorganisation]

put some wings on it,and it would fly

[johndh90]

fuck this advertisement bullshit

[snikery121]

wtf why does the video never go past 7:29 on mine

[KrunchyTaterChips]

It just doesn't make sense... why, why on Earth would they make the SLR with ONLY automatic!? Not, Manual and Automatic options, but only automatic! Are they insane? Or just dicks?

[kaiserschon]

an automatic gearbox is faster than you, for making the shifts. thats why

[KrunchyTaterChips]

Yes, but with sports cars, it's pretty much standard to equip it with a manual transmission.

[JacksonMooresExotics]

I filmed 3 of these in France. They are an awesome car. Sound great but never quite made it.

[tareqs1]

Whats wrong with Hammond in the beginning?

[rogerestunchien]

A guy hypnotized him in that episode.. It is very funny because he makes Hammond forget how to drive a car!

He enters inside and turns the wipers on, it's all very funny

[gabybosskingofspeed]

I really like the SLR and in fact i bought a diecast model in the same color.

[sandertopgear]

that car is awesome

[Acewignut]

Poor mercedes........its a shame tht they cant create any powerful car on their own,they always seek out some amg's or mclarens to help them out......

[tifoziPT]

Poor mercedes?

Mercedes is class and confort. Not sport. They just like to throw a sports car once in a while......that are still confortable.

[vis1067]

You fool...Acewignut sounds dumb enough without the dumb comments, so refrain from them. Mercedes-Benz owns AMG entirely, and it owns 40% of McLaren.

[Acewignut]

Lol....thanks fur sayin tht mercedes own amg as if i didnt knew abt it,they brought amg coz they needed sumone to give the oomph to their much needed slow cars..

And talkin abt mclaren........well,mclaren owns more thn 50% shares of the SLR, which means tht its a mclaren first and thn mercedes

[vis1067]

But yeah, Merc is slacking today, and for the past fifteen years or so. It's still among the best, though.

[SteliosE92]

Merc needs help to make powerful cars? Go and learn a little automotive history...there is no place for you here...Merc has AMG as their in house tuning division,like BMW has M-division...AMG is mercedes,its not like McLaren

[Acewignut]

I didnt knew tht world is full of fools,or atleast Youtube has it.....

Who said tht AMG belongs to Mclaren ???

Amg was bought by Merc in 1991,Yup,in 1991 Merc bought 51% shares of AMG to make it a subsidiary of Merc,untill tht it just as another tuner of Merc.......like Gemballa for Porsche,and Dinan or VAC for BMW......

[SteliosE92]

shut up....AMG was found in 1967 by former mercedes employees and signed for cooperation with Merc in 1990,it was never bought by merc since it has always been a Merc subsidiary

[Acewignut]

n 1990, with AMG having become a high-profile purveyor of modified Mercedes cars, Daimler-Benz AG and AMG signed a contract of cooperation, allowing AMG to leverage Daimler-Benz's extensive dealer network and leading to commonly developed vehicles (the first one being the Mercedes-Benz C 36 AMG, in 1993).

[Acewignut]

On 1 January 1999 DaimlerChrysler, as it was called between 1998 and 2007, acquired 51 percent of AMG shares, and AMG was renamed to Mercedes-AMG GmbH.Racing engine development was divested and continues to exist in Burgstall under the name HWA (Aufrecht's initials).

[TrueCall]

WTF? AMG had nothing to do with Mercedes until it was purchased by them. Go look it up. AMG started off building racing engines and supplying them to various car companies, one of them was mercedes. Now they supply zonda with race engines apart from modding Mercedes cars.

[Acewignut]

Merc didnt give Birth to AMG,they purchased it...........U rightly said tht theres no place fur me over here,as this place is so full of fool like u

[91buster]

i love this car

[iuveeday]

anybody know this song

1:57-2:04

[BenzFan08]

"they asked mclaren to make it better" hahah .. look at the SLS AMG it's 10000 times better and built without mclaren ... poor british dream

[ahatch133]

yep, sadly its an auto, but its a merc so....they have goofy gearboxes with 7 gears

[KingVirmire]

SLR is automatic?

[luar48]

Did anyone realize that the footage from the power lap was made with 2 cars? The first was a SLR with britain number plates, and the second with a german one. Look at minute 09:30

[kuttarbachcha]

you are right!! but only for one shot, from gambon to the end. most of the lap is the RX53KHP plate car and just for the one shot its the SLR 2053 one, thats also the one the guys are standing in front of. good observation!

[budbadbig]

It´s true, but you didn´t have to look at the number plates. When the first car goes, you see it´s sunny, the second is cloudy.

[ctahgw]

No Richard, i wouldn't. sorry

[baltimoremd79]

top gear is the best car show in the world

[Mackankiller93]

Top Gear is the best show in the world :D

[essboarder23]

how is it that I've seen a Top Gear SLR review before the summer of 2009 when it was this came out just a month ago?

I even remember him saying at the end the brakes were rubbish and it comes on fire!!!

wonder how I saw it

[Cpjordanx1]

the programme you saw was a reply of an old one.... Top Gear youtube only put out selected clips. For instance when they upload top gears challenges they cut out bits so they don't show the actual film....

[essboarder23]

thanks

that really clears things up

[essboarder23]

I want that sandwich! lol

[sukhoisown]

sounds not like a spitfire or messerschmitt, sounds more like a lawnmower

[kedluben]

Look at the CD player when Stig´s driving the car. The music plays but the CD is half way out... LOL I love these guy anyway... :)

[triunp]

07:25 LMAO

[e1l1e1g1a1n1t1]

this thing can stops whole Army With this breks 0_o

[35yearoldboy]

Still wondering how T.G/J.C gets his hands on Zondas,McMercs,etc. and thrashes them,when Tiff Needell (for 5th gear) had a paper instructing him to under NO circumstaces switch off the ESP.If i had a Zonda/Carera GT/McMerc i would have an armed guard watching it.

[WalkWithMeInHell151]

Because the BBC have the money to cover any damage caused.

[sherzzo]

any idea on song at 6.48?

[ilovethisgame20591]

im interested aswell

[2010DarkDevilUK]

Meh......... its german

[mgags]

The outside of the mclaren looks hideous.

[poxyute]

would it have been a faster lap if the boot was closed?

[099psp]

@poxyute not boot, AIRBRAKE

[Marc1k]

02:05 that engine sounds amazing

[Tunerboy8732]

There was actually a SLR parked a block away from my house a while ago 1st time me seeing any supercar that close.

[HeavyLikesSandwich]

Sucks that its automatic!!!

[tfowler20]

is hammond sleeping in the first 1 min?:D

[wawowawo]

he was being hypnotized by Paul McKenna. season 4 episode 2, you should watch it. it's pretty funny.

[FORTY848]

i want that car, but i live in australia and they dont sell it here and plus im 16 and cant drive yet, and i would never get enough money, but i would just love to drive that just for the thrill of it, awesome car, really is, thanks top gear

[LueShong]

really nice car.....but looks like it tried to squeeze through an almost closed door.....

[lpjz290]

not a car meant for racing, but it damn well is one hell of a car... this is gonna be one of my favourites!

[SportLeichtRensport]

fail

[freq32]

love this show.. hilarious.

[mmahgoub]

Where is the tires shot?!!! :(

[chariv]

when he said the brakes glow, then catch fire?? do u need to get out and get a fire extinguisher??

[amrabas2007]

nope!

[chariv]

how does the fire stop then??

[sleekskyline120]

im not sure whether its so ugly that its beautiful, or so beautiful that its ugly...

[TheNemesis163]

McLaren are a British manufacturer!!

[TheHickster06]

American spirit and German engineering are an awesome combination! Anyone agree?

[Maplesyrupsushi]

British*

[bEaZzy89]

America has nothing to do with either mclaren or mercedes.. so what are you talking about?

[NJjorgensen]

04:49 wow

[ALAPINO]

Haha, the Hamster was hung over... again!!! :P

[DavySigfusson]

haha sore loser :D

... I really do like this car after watching this vid.

[peroslowned]

my dream car...so beautiful

[eaaeeeea]

What A CAR!

[lukeo24]

Why do you people have to start arguments? God.. It means you have no life...

[bEaZzy89]

Why do you care what other people are doing? that just means YOU have no life.

[lukeo24]

Wow.. Just wow... See what your doing? Your just starting it up again...

[xHSHxSniper]

Dude, elhuevo53 is right, you're fucking stupid. "you're" is "you are". "Your" is showing possession. Get a fucking grammar book. Don't tell me to read my own post when you don't even know what the hell you're talking about.

[juiced2death]

wow wen the ceramic brakes glowed it looked so cool

[iCheckVtec]

haha...the LFA is not only faster 0-60, it also beat the SLR in the Edmund's review they posted days ago...so the LFA is now the second fastest automatic in the world...but i know it can go over 202.

[FerrarisRock]

it could prob reach 210 cause its the same engine size and power as the M5 which can reach 205 with no limiter. Cause the LFA is lighter and more aerodynamic it could prob get 5 mph more. BUT it is not the second fastest automatic cause the Bugatti is an automatic, So is the SL65 black, and the SLR, I could go on but it doesn't have that high of a top speed, its a GT2 class engine detuned so its not meant for top speed.

[Powertampa]

me want car..

[guitarrock55]

0.29! wth is hammond sleeping?

[sxssio]

he's been hypnotised by paul mckenna....

[guitarrock55]

who?...

[JohnPetrucci251]

he was really tired

[juiced2death]

y was he tired?

[JohnPetrucci251]

lol i was joking....idk why

[juiced2death]

no i was saying it to myself i did not see ur comment

[srspower]

he was hypnotised in this episode.

[MISOFdsraceteam]

i dont know if anyone notices but the car's license plate the first 3 digits say slr

[veilsidefun]

i'd go for a prawn and avocado sandwich too

[Forza3Skills]

nice car!

[iyliahakim]

The song is Four to the floor by Starsailor

[thewolfspawn]

When was the post?

[LoganPowers]

what about his post?

[jo5566200]

what about what post?

[HZAres]

I love it how hammand got all defensive when his baby 911 got pummeled.

[Kenik1991]

What song at 4:17-4:21?

[DaveMcKerron]

Thats just top gear background music i think.

[ads315]

i subbed :)

[aymthebest]

As usual, the stupid tw*** changed the original soundtrack, which was AWESOME, with a ....

God it irritates me.

[blahblabahl]

hm. when other supercars don't have any of the luxuries they criticize it for not having any luxuries for such an expensive car, though when the slr does have luxuries it is criticized for having luxuries.

i guess that's what happens when your job requires you to find a flaw in great cars.

[althegreat17]

this car i think is good for rich businessman!

[xxkragzzxx]

if u dont like what they do then dont watch it simple

[VAULToverDEW]

I love this car. Wow, it was the fastest car around the track at that time?! Amazing! Love this car in the video game Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition.

[lukeo24]

McLaren F1 owns. Whats Jeremy talking about?! LOL.

[xHSHxSniper]

Have you ever driven one? Probably not, so you wouldn't know what you're talking about, now would you?

[lukeo24]

Not like you have.. So WTF. Your a dumb ass you faggot.

[xHSHxSniper]

I'm not the one standing here saying it owns with only people's opinion's as back-up. Sit the fuck down.

[lukeo24]

Wow your gay. Read your post. Fucker...

[xHSHxSniper]

What about my post?

[lukeo24]

What about your post?

[xHSHxSniper]

you said "Wow your gay. Read your post. Fucker..."

[lukeo24]

Your point?

[xHSHxSniper]

Wow, what is YOUR point? you're the one who told me to read my post. So what was wrong with my post? Now I can tell you're a complete moron.

[ZOMGsound]

Jesus hell that car is fast... I don't believe it could do so much better, were they racing tires or what? Cause honestly even if the car is 600 horses it doesn't have the weight, mid engine and aerodynamics the other cars have... Only thing I can think of is that air brake makes a massive difference on the down force with braking and accelerating after braking. But even still, over 2 full seconds faster? That's insane!

[wabouli24]

you've got to keep in mind that many factors affect the outcome of a power lap, such as temperature, tires...

also, the human factor is very important, since for 5 different laps, you wouldn't get 5 identical times. In fact, de Carrera GT beat the SLR later in series 11

[irai1984]

You know they probably do 10 laps and pick the best time?

[wabouli24]

yes but still, you can't define the real optimal lap time of a car, only a computer could manage this

[z06camaro]

SLR=prawn/avocado sandwich....thats great to know... hahah

[DaveMcKerron]

Until I saw this car for real and up close, I had no idea it was soooo long.

[BLAKBIRDPRODUCTIONS]

i said the same thing, i had to pack a lunch to walk around

[northieee]

Does anyone know when Top Gear is back?

[aymthebest]

November, when exactly ? not sure

[northieee]

Thnkz mate!

[embed000]

in 24 days, 1 hour, and 50 and a half minutes

[northieee]

WOW, nice.

I thought the 24 was 24 hours for a min lol

Thnkz mate!

[BIGGIEDEVIL]

fastest car around there track? i couldn't believe it! i want to see a stig GT-R lap!

[Neonspinnazz30]

That might be not so good since every engine is hand built. But if he uses the one from that Japan challenge then SWEET!!

[simondeanmilkishomo]

lol top gear should make an F1 review and lap trak time + a challenge iwht F1 in it its the best supercar of all time

[KraZyRuskieFilms]

the car truly sounds like an alligator

[manxdude1]

oh course,i forgot abt that show,thanks for lettin me know,

[sersarsor]

was Hammond sleeping in the start?

[sweetdude01]

That has to be the best sounding engline ive heard on top gear

[manxdude1]

whats hammond doing at the start of vid!?? slEepin?

[Baskentli]

I'm not sure but I think this is the episode where Hammond is hypnotised.

[stuchly1]

wow! slr has so brutal power! amazing car!

[Manny1222]

LOL! "In between two pieces of bread."

[namas000]

wonderful sound for this V8 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr

[spiktan]

Listen to the sound at 4:28!

[ImminentInfection]

y is it an automatic!!!! noooooo

[cydonianman]

yessss muhahahaha!

[AMGW202]

mercedes is the best!!!

[CaiqueLover]

7:26 FATTY!!! lol i want that car

[crazzva]

tariq1l dont be stupid it says he was under hypnotistic influence from Paul McKenna.

if you have not seen the episode, dont spam

[tariq1l]

is he sleeping at the beginning?

[herk412]

i love this car....

[revolvolut1on]

What a nice car!

[davidmac2007]

i noticed this on tv a while back, check the slr at 9:33, the licence plate is german but it had uk plates everywhere else

[masterslurper]

lol ^^

[Heroeslll]

this will never be better then F1!!!

[DaveMcKerron]

Strip it down and upgrade some parts and it could give the F1 a run for its money.

[Heroeslll]

yes ofc.... i agree

but, its about thrill and about the look

and btw every1 must remember that the F1 is a realy old car

[DaveMcKerron]

And this is likely one of fastest cars with an engine in the front.

[zephyrrage]

And an auto car to top that

[WHISP3ERINGEY3]

SLR=Best/Fastest Automatic Car on the Planet

[JPNG94]

I love this show!!

[fcommvi]

Black Dynamite = the Stig

[NeuesZiel]

Surprising that it was so fast, it looked rather slow compared to others I've seen on the show.

[AKARNZ]

they are cutting the lap scenes. i only counted a minute and five on my stopwatch.

[teknik167]

what song is the stig listening to?

[thekkl]

Heh, it's a Mercedes-Mclaren GodofThundeR

[manny9567]

"there both wrong it sounds like the god of thunder" lol

[Eidrian111]

yeah right the veyron and the slr cost the same that is why you compare right???

[steveincairo]

The engine noise is soooooo sexy.

[video1688]

Looks very sleek!

[prateek523]

i saw one of these pulled over by a cop on the highway lol

[steveincairo]

How'd the cop catch up? I guess the driver was being merciful and didn't want to put the officer to shame.

[prateek523]

i actually dont know how fast the slr was going but when we came to where it was stopped, the cop was going pretty slowly

[kneckebr0t]

nein nein nein xD

[ReggyRay289]

My god I hate Richard Hammond, he is so annoying! This show is entertaining but it is full of hype, they haven't shown the fastest car around their track yet on the show (Ultima GTR 1:10.something) as fast as the FXX on slicks.