BMW X6 - Too Cramped, Complicated and Expensive | Car Review| Top Gear 

He flew 40 hours for that 10 second bit. Absolute Chad move

Ok, so let me guess this straight In his "cheap" film -he went to Australia to test the glovebox -then to Spain to test the suspension -then to the Alps to test the grip -then to HK to compare a building to the X6 -and finally went to Barbados to have a vacation God I love Top Gear

James: keep it cheap and simple Jeremy: Travels to Australia to test a glove box.

Jeremy was ahead of the times with his Australia memes

Jeremy litteraly did a world tour to tell us BMW sucks

I love the way he kept it cheap and simple !

To find out how Jeremy kept it this simple and cheap, I flew to the UK.

The beginning of the second most extended pandemic ever: SUVs

1:12 wait... He seriously just went to Sidney to try one stupid thing out?? And that's why i love Top Gear so much!

Top Gear producers: “We’re waaaay under budget this season and we only have one episode left to film. We’ve gotta come up with a way to spend all this money” Clarkson: “Hold my pina colada”

I love how his rant about this car essentally applies to today's SUV-obsessed industry

If Guinness had a world record for the most unnecessarily expensive review ever, this would by far be the winner.

It's like BMW set out to create a $60,000+ Pontiac Aztek, except even less functional.

"One simple film coming up" *travels all over world to test car*

people who buy SUV coupes want a car with the performance and handling of a coupe with the practicality of an SUV but get neither.

*This is back when car reviewers had real opinions - nowadays, no reviewer would dare negatively rate any car, so they don’t offend anybody.*

iDrive was clearly created by a bunch of kids who have never driven or even sat in the front of a car. It's painfully bad. In my E39, changing from CD to FM radio is ONE button. In my E60, it's 2 clicks, 2 turns, 2 clicks.

You seriously went to australia to see if it will "open"

Damn imagine if we still lived in a world where it was economical for a TV show to travel to Australia, Spain, the Alps, Hong Kong, and Barbados for a 10 minute bit.

Travels to Australia to check if the lid opens normally... keeping it real cheap.

6:08 "...I went in search of a metaphor and inevitably that led me to Hong Kong" I officially lost it at that point lol

"To find out, I went to ..." and "I went on the inetrnet, and I found this ....." are two sentences that, in our times, cue some of the most rdiculous, outrageous, naturally funny speeches ever said or written. And I am serious!

May: "Keep it cheep and simple" Jezza: "Did someone say world tour?"

4:33. I love how the script probably said that he had to get out of the car there. But instead, he found the handbrake problem. Then when he slides down the hill, you can quietly hear a cameraman laughing. Unscripted things like that make it special. I don't usually pick out things like that but it really gives it some heart.

The most pointless car, too expensive, too heavy, than nobody likes, bashed by top gear and everyone else ... resulted in the most unexpected market success for BMW ever, with close to half a million sales to date! Caused the launch of the X4, and even copied by Mercedes and soon by all others. I drove one, wanted to hate it soo much , but I just loved it.

I love how he narrates this like a BBC documentary. "To find out..." you hear that so much in both! Hehehe

Not only did Jeremy prove the glove box works in Australia, he proved the world is not flat.

little did they know that this category of crossover would blowup

2:03 that's how it's supposed to be. Even racing sequential gearboxes use forward for down and back for up.

My favorite Clarkson review... In the world.

If you follow top gear, you’ll remember Jeremy complaining about paddle shifters that require both hands on the wheel to shift up and down. BMW gives him paddle shifters that can go up or down with just 1 hand. Jeremy still complains about that. Haha. I think he just hates paddle shifters in general.

2:00 the shifter is not back to front, that’s how it is in real sequential gearbox cars

I'm guessing not many X6's were sold in Britain :):)

Car for drug dealers and dodgy club owners.

3:00 - “To find out, I went to Spain - and nearly hit a cyclist straight away” 😂 I love Clarkson.

Love how he almost tries to hit the cyclist at 3:09

White X6 look like a Panda

With the budget they getting from Amazon we can expect this kind of things every episode :)

When the accounts department at top gear accidentally adds one more zero to the budget

Travels through 3 continents to roast BMW Savage

He went to Sydney only for try that?? LOL...really good, that what make me really miss him right now...

In Russia most drivers of x6 are young pretty girls and boys. So its just a showoff car. Ofc its popular. People like to showoff.

0:10 God that is the best instrumental fitted to review a car

Actually shifting by pulling back makes sense, if you really need to get to the shift quick its usually cause your redlining and you need to avoid detonation. In this case you will be getting pulled back, if the car is any good quite hard. So to use that pull action rather than fight it to push something forward makes heaps of sense. Military vehicles of some sort do the same, i cant remember which so not going to specify.

The shifter is perfectly fine. In a rally car you pull the shifter to change up (you are accelerating, so your body gets pushed backwards and it is easier to pull the shifter) and you push it away to change down (you are breaking, so your body is pushed forward and it is easier to push the shifter away).

That jab on BMW boss and hongkong tower though😁

1:04 I started crying

One of Jezza’s finest reviews imo. Sooo funny yet informative. Sooo Clarkson. Sooo Top Gear.

God this IS the best show ever! Its the perfect blend of subtle humour, heart pounding driving and fascinating sports car reviews!

5:09 well what did you expect doing that with summer tires. im surprised it was able to do this well :D

"Cheap and simple" looks like Clarkson took sarcasm to a whole new level!

If only he knew that everyone would start buying cars like this

I love how he goes all around the world randomly to review this vehicle.

Shift lever is right actually, like in a race car. Paddles on the steering wheel are also right, for easy one handed cruising on the autobahn

The problems he outlined here are still prevalent in newer X6's and most modern SUV's too. Terrible visibility, little to no superior storage space over a station wagon or a hatchback, and sometimes even worse off-roading or in snow than a regular sedan or coupe that's lighter and more agile than something this big and needlessly bulky which is more prone to getting stuck in mud or snow, size and weight also contributing to higher emissions, worse fuel economy, the car being slower, and since it's an SUV it's also got a higher center of gravity which means that you're actually in more danger when you're hit by somebody because you're more prone to rolling over, and because you're taller, the likelihood is that if you DO roll over, you're gonna get more hurt. Simply put, if you want a cheap car, get an economy car. A Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic are nice, reliable ways to go. If you want a practical car, get a pickup truck. Toyota Tacoma if you want a mid-size truck, or a Ford F150 if you want a full size one - something with a good bed weight and towing capacity. If you want a fast car, get a sports car. I personally would recommend a Subaru WRX or a Chevrolet Camaro, but there are many more out there that are also very nice. If you want a luxury focused car, get a luxury car! Volvo and Lexus make very nice luxury cars, Lincoln USED to but now they're dropping all of their sedans for SUV's which... doesn't solve anything. SUV's add nothing to the table. They're not even a jack of all trades since they're good at pretty much nothing. Stop buying them.

If you're wondering, they actually filmed this segment over the course of the series, they visited each of these countries in different eps, then just edited it together lol clever

started laughing immediately when the Range Rover started crawling up the hill in the background ahaha

4:34 I love the fact that the car insulted itself when jeremy tried to insult the car

The Comment on this video: 90% about Jeremy traveling the whole world 10% about Jeremy traveling the whole world Good job Top Gear🙌🏽

Even after watching every single episode more than once, you buffoons still make me smile. Thank you for sharing your genius with the world, your contribution to mankind is unquantifiable.

6:33 "by a world, for a world that doesn't exist anymore." ..captain?

is this the way to advertise Landrover?

4:22 you can see the traction electronics are actually doing their job really well. All 4 tires are spinning at the same time, it's just the sporty road tires holding it back.

Heartbreaking I liked the look of the X6 and use to want one.... Thanks for the review TG

kinda reminds me of the new shelby f150 that came out this year. Unbelievable horsepower and torque in a pick up, and it is 4 wheel drive. But with so much power, I cant imagine the tires gripping the terrain well since the tires would be spinning so fast

He has just about the BEST job in the world

I Remember the First the First Time i Saw in my Town , it was amazing back then

I like how the gear lever is actually the correct way around

The button mashing at 2:18 :)

Miss the good times Watching in 2016

the fact that nobody understood the sense of the clip blows me up....of course Jeremy went all over the world to do stupid tests. The clip is understandable now because everybody buys unnecessairly big coupe suv and THAT is the message the review wants to send. Nobody needs a coupe SUV so they made a clip where Jeremy made unnecessary tests...it is the best metaphore/parallelism. Throwback where Top Gear was totally ahead of its time

A friend of mine bought 2 X6's. this version and then its replacement. Such a huge car and he says he can't really fit more than 4 people. and certainly not much of anything, yet he bought 2 of them. Because it looked profound...

looks a bit like a panda

sequential mode pattern is taken from racing cars- when you're braking it's easier to push lever, and when accelerating it's easier to pull it. Take a look for onboards from GT1 or GT2 series for example

7:22 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH the transition

James May in the next scene to Jeremy “You’re an apocalyptic dingleberry”😂😂

except those range rovers break down like there is no tomorrow

Clarkson loved the M3 (and probably some other BMW models) so he's definitely not a BMW hater (although a Merc lover). If he thinks a car is absolute crap he'll have his reasons for that and it seems to me he has some pretty good reasons to think this X6 is just that.

Pull for upshift and push for downshift is how sequential Gearboxes work , and it’s the only way I feel comfortable using it . It’s a plus for me :)

1:50 I just ease the temperature up and “loses map” THE SCWEENS GONE!! I DON’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO BECAUSE THIS IS… WHY YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT!!!!? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Making the most expensive review on the show about a dumb car just to use up the last of the season’s budget in order to irritate James. I LOVE(D) TOP GEAR

WTF Man! Jeremy is AWESOME! I just wish he would do more in NZ...

in 2016 Mercedes-Benz followed with the GLE coupe a direct competitor to the X6.

We all love old Top Gear for its comedic escapades but sometimes we for get that it is also a pretty damn good car review show.

Jermey got this one dead wrong. The X6 is one of the most successful cars out there. And when Mercedes and Audi realized how many of these SAV coupes BMW was selling and how much money BMW was making of them, they now are going to make their own SAV coupes and will soon have them on the market.

Even though it's a pretty stupid car, it actually sold pretty well. I see them in Toronto very often.

this is best one cheap and simple film i hope they come back to TOP GEAR AGAIN

I have a X6 2013 and I agreed 99% with you.

Lmao he went to Australia just for the glovebox bit and did this entire segment to travel the world and get a free Caribbean vacation out of it 😂😂😂

They came to my island, Mallorca

No one in the world do not does such an accurate and all sides test-cars. Jeremy loves cars like no one else)

2021 - compared to the subsequent X6 released on the market, this generation was the best looking one. it's just nice to look at.

Jeremy is a cool guy. He tests cars and doesn't afraid of anything.

What a colossal dingleberry lol

Tell from tread patern when he was spinning in snow . he has street tires . my X6 does well in snow with all season tires

jeremy literally reviews and gives solid descriptions on cars like no other host to feature the show

The budget for this review must be off the charts

Ironically that is the only semi automatic gear lever I've ever seen which is the RIGHT way around! Look at any sequential gearbox, you pull down towards you to shift up and away to shift down. It's more natural when accelerating or decelerating.

Top gear had an Australian episode (iron mine race), on the way back home (transit flight) stopped in HK , "best road searching" - ski resort skit, Spain ( louts '73 F1 car on the Ascari track). It took half a year+ to shoot this, Idk if there was a Barbados episode that was proly the only "extra".

A fashion accessory of a car. It will be a huge success!