Budget Supercars Part 1 | Top Gear | BBC 

I absolutely love how May literally pulls up in a truck with his car and says "Is that the best you two can come up with"

“4:48 The battery is discharging, the oil temperature is very high, the oil pressure is very low, the engine temperature is off the end of the scale, I’m running out of petrol, but the clock is correct.” Always think about the positives James.

*”James has bought an AA truck!”*

If James would have stayed on the AA-truck he would have easily won

I just love how they added Greek music whenever james broke down with his Italian car. Absolute legends these three

Most of these cars are worth well in excess of £40,000 now. Mental how cars have gone up over the last few years.

A genuine, non-scripted mix-up between Maidstone and Maidenhead is the most James thing imaginable

The year is 2019, and this is still the peak of entertainment.

Choreographed arm-fold at 2:26

"No it's not a kit car, it's a Lamborghini............Phillistine." LMBO

3:40 Jeremy: "That's a lap dancing club" Richard: "is it?" *checks the camera* LOL

This is my all time favorite Top Gear segment. These were the cars I dreamed about as a teenager. Great to see an honest assessment, accompanied by hilarious banter and brilliant music choices.

"shows what the rest of its worth", that's the funniest thing I ever heard.

In the current issue of Top Gear magazine they were telling how Richard Hammond got the job. He send in a tape of himself in a Batman suit demonstrating a car. And at his formal audition he started telling stories about his past as a DJ on agricultural radio selling lambs on the air and had everybody in stitches over his self-deprecating humor. So the failed DJ got the job and the rest is history...

I love how when James exits the AA truck with his car on it, he's so determined and judging their cars, then comes up with "is that the best you've got?".

It’s the music It’s the appearance of the car on the back of the AA truck It’s Jeremy shouting “James has bought an AA truck!” It’s Hammonds laugh! Absolutely unbelievably good scene!!! 😂

Why does James always buy cars with electrical problems?

"The owner had spend 10 grand rebuilding the engine in this t hing" ends up blowing it later on in the episode.....job well done?

Shoutout to all the legends still watching this legendary trio, these episodes do feel timeless to me, still hilarious to this day

I always laugh at Hammond’s reaction when Clarkson said...that’s a lap dancing club

5:59 Jeremy: "I can't believe someone's put a Ferrari badge on that when it isn't one." You were saying, Mr. SS badge? 🤣🤣

Clarkson’s license plate is JOK 229 - obviously a reference to JOnathan martin setting yorK cathedral on fire in February 1829. I find that offensive that Top Gear this is arson is acceptable.

11 years later each one is 80k

My absolute favorite episodes of Top Gear are when the lads are each given a price limit and a car description to match, and we see what each of them comes up with.

Good ole Top Gear :) Miss it, though.

"James had run out of electricity... again." LMAO

By far my favorite of all the budget car challenges, next to the British Leyland challenge. The boys each have absolutely STUNNING machines (albeit with glaring technical problems), and a great road trip with a ton of laughs. Jeremy's Merak's engine *literally* disintegrating, James' Urraco constantly losing power, all while Richard's Dino keeps chugging along with little to no problems until it just couldn’t keep going. This one is just great fun.

i just love that the official Top Gear RU-vid channel still kept these videos up after all these years even after these 3 left. good on ya, guys.

the maserati is gorgeous

One of the best episodes of Top Gear. I Loved the "old-school" cheap car challenges!

Man, performance aside, those are some really good looking cars! The interior is really nice too, I like the vintage dashboard and steering wheel.

“The Italians invented electricity as we know” 😂

After watching a few episodes of the other countries versions of Top Gear, it's safe to say that the British one is the best. Jeremy, Hammond and May absolutely make this show.

The ship in the background in Bristol is the SS Great Britain--one of the first major ships built of metal, and one of the many achievements of Isabard Kingdom Brunel.

"James has bought an AA truck!". What a corker of a line!

3:30 Jeremy: DON'T DO THAT TO MY CAR! 😂😂😂😂

Love it when James says he has a trained eye

I like a taste of a show crew when they're choosing cars. Brilliant! Fake Ferrari for an old teenager, red Maserati for a boorish guy and black Lamborghini as an elegant piece of metall to mr slow.

That was my father car!!!! So cool to see it in here, again it doesn’t leave us alone in the world of memories passing down onto you guys.

Who else is here because the Merak was just added to Gran Turismo 7?

These cars are worth considerably more now especially the Lambo

Love how despite arriving on an AA truck, and knowing he's going to be mocked, James immediately goes on the attack by mocking the other cars with "Is THAT the best you can come up with?" LOL

Lmao James may “is that the best you two could come up with” after stepping out the tow truck

Absolutely classic Top Gear. Unscripted, genuine, hilarious.

The soundtrack to this is really incredible, 3 soul bangers in quick succession

This is peak top gear when a factual show started to morph into an entertainment one

Lost count of how many times I've watched this sequence of clips and still as funny and just downright *enjoyable* they are. But every time I watch again I think it's a bit of a shame Clarkson didn't get chance to run the engine in properly before he gave it some welly. Then again, there'd have been no shower of engine bits at the end 😆😁

2:26 the way they cross their arms at the same time, so satisfying

Glad the clock is correct tho

This is one of my favorites. Hilarious, great acting, great cars, great music.

I love how they enthuse over their cars at the start, and by the end, its just fire and disappointment. Oh, these three. I do hope they'll yet do some more of this kind of thing.

*"James has bought an AA truck!" * 😂😂😂

I miss the old topgear! Watched it since the late 1980s!

Those cars would make a great project.

"Snarling past people at 30mph in a car that can top 160. Daft? Yes, of course. But surely only as daft as buying a four-seater and then spending 90% of the time all on your own in it." - Jeremy Clarkson

The cars , the banter , the music . Perfection

why don't people restore these cars? they are so much better to look at than modern cars.

Fun fact, for the RU-vid upload many of the music tracks playing in the background have been changed. In the beginning of this clip "Little Green Bag" remains untouched, but later on more songs are replaced. When the show first aired aswell as in consecutive re-runs the song that could be heard when Jeremy first rolls up in his Maserati is "Rumble" by Link Wray. In this RU-vid edition the song changed to a royaltee free tune that only resembles the original. Same is true for the song that accompanies May's first appearance in this scene the original version played "Smoke on the water" by Deep Purple, also replaced by another instrumental.

I just love the "Is that the best you two can come up with?" while is he stepping out of the lorry. :D

5:24 "Aye? No it's not a kit car, its a Lamborghini! ...Philistine."

I agree completely, maintenance must be adhered to, don't let anything fail or fail to fix it right away. I am a firm believer in the car preservation abilities of the heated garage. Not having a garage for your car makes for a car that will only live 25% of its garaged counterpart.

James has brought an AA truck 😆

2:32 You cannot tell me this was scripted

"You've got a george car" kills me everytime

Using Shazam finally revealed the song at 0:56! Acid Test - Micky Moody enjoy, fellow searchers!

I love how cars brings people together.

Hammond when talking about the sub frame- '.....it's just made of rust' 😂😂 proper made me laugh

“Swindon, Reading,-Maidstone” Captain Sense-of-Direction living up to his name

I personally think these 3 cars look nice. That Lamborghini really looks sexy in black :)

5:00 Hawkwind - Silver Machine a great song :)

Love how they played Silver Machine by Hawkwind. Really suited the moment.

5:49 anyone gonna tell them that's a greek song

I remember seeing this on TV when it was first aired, I laughed so hard when James turned up on the back of an AA truck!

This is one of the best road trip pieces they ever did on Top Gear ⚙️ with May Hammond and Clarkson. It almost makes me feel like buying one of these classic 70’s sports cars ; despite the obvious headaches 🤯🤕🤕

I couldn't hold my laugh for entire 8mins 🤣🤣🤣 these 3 are just hilarious. 😂

All those great classics have at least tripled in value since shooting this episode!

1:54 is that May doing a voice over of "the headlamps?"

5:14 that sound of the Maserati sounds amazing.

"Italians invented electricity as we know" This James' line is poetry.

Look at jeremys face after he floors it. The reaction is priceless when he see how much it smokes 5:15

I´ve seen this a few times before but it cracks me up every time when hammond says, "yes James had ran out of electricity... again" hahah

3:40 "that's a lap dancing club" he instantly knew

I absolutely loved these segments

Man I love these guys!

they were so young !

Absolutely classic Top Gear. Unscripted, genuine, hilarious.. ”James has bought an AA truck!”.

One of the best episodes as hard as its to choose...

"Battery is discharging the oil pressure is very low the engine temperature is off the end scales but the clock is correct!" Well doesn't matter because when you're driving that you know you won't be on time anyway.

2:50 James look royally pissed off.

"I can't believe someone's put a Ferarri badge on that, when it isn't one." Much like the Top Gear name being used by Fred and Paddy's Road to Nowhere.

Little Green Bag could fit so many intros in Top Gear. Always love their music choices

Such an Iconic episode

I just discovered that I liked Top Gear UK in year 2019😁

Probably my favorite challenge yet. Anything with "Supercar" and "Budget" in the same sentence sounds like something to be affraid of, but it also gives me the sense that one day I could own a car with a wicked badge without breaking bank.

I have always loved these boys

This era of Top Gear is by far the best.

I wish they made more of these. Biggest reason I'm an top gear "fan" :)

Man I miss those time when I stayed up late watching the show with my dad despite there would be school the next day

Lmao poor James🤣

I love how May gets out the AA truck ready to attack the other 2 about their cars and completely ignored the fact his is on the back off a truck 😂😂😂