Historic People Carrier Racing | Top Gear 

My dad was an early adopter of them in the 90s. It was actually surprisingly good as a Family Car. I remember one time we went to the zoo, and brought a picnic to eat in the car, since the seats could do the turny thing. People lost their fucking minds when they saw my parents sitting facing the wrong way. Downside was that the 'flexible space' meant my mother nearly crashed it when a bag fell over on the way home from the supermarket and a tin of beans rolled under the pedals. She was not amused by that, and insisted that bags be tied shut in future.

@@Skorpychan Oh god what a nightmare... I had a similar problem once with my work car: Dacia Dokker, but it was the car mat that got under the pedal.

I don’t know how there’s so many used ones about when no one bought the original

@@chaz_bl3731 Taxis.

I’ve met one. She was my “uncles” wife. She was that typical wife though... down to the even worse sister... just make sure you don’t meet that one....

my russian mom can too

Even planes

CALL ME ASG yep, she sure can race me

I once borrowed a scenic, i still overtook everything.

So can regular drivers, you just have to not care.

@Moolinyan thank America....

I mean, they helped push it by making minivans and wagons uncool...

@@T_D_B_ Kinda

Suvs are really stupid cars

@@user-kd2br5bi9q no

Anthony Cammarata me and my friends do a version of minivan racing, 500 max budget, modify each others car, and set up a race on some farm land my family owns! it is fun, i usually go for a dodge or chrysler (mopar or no car!)

None of those vans were in production yet when the ones in this video were. It would have been Toyota Previa (also in the video), Dodge Caravan, Plymouth Voyager, and Pontiac Trans Sport.

Siennas actually have a fair bit of power to them.

Aren't those minivans v6s? They shouldn't feel that slow imo.

I read that as “Sennas” and was confused…

Those damn SUVs....

The car people should buy are minivans, but they all buy dumb CUVs instead. It makes no sense, why buy something that makes you look a certain way instead of buying something that you actually need?

@@CWINDOWSsystem32 because a lot of people care more about looking a certain way than about what they actually need? People are vain and stupid.

@@CWINDOWSsystem32 my renault clio can beat those suvs in an offroad racd

@@CWINDOWSsystem32 let's face it, we can't entirely blame the people. Over half the minivans get purchased by corporations and businesses all the time for various purposes. Literally not a market window for a civilian to own a van.

Funny thing is, most of those cars (especially the two Espaces that they raced) are worth a lot of money right now

I'd love to see video record of that 😂

It was probably stolen.

Back under the labour government the bbc would give top gear a pretty big budget

Definitely, when the budget got too high near the end it got silly

@@marcoroberts9462 Yeah but we also had to deal with a labour goverment, so there were tradeoffs, great Topgear, shit everything else or decent Topgear, decent everything else.

@@GoyBenius_0901 2000’s neoliberalist Labour was complete trash tbh. Equally as bad as the Conservatives, if not worse.

Old Top Gear ftw

He never misses a race like this.

Who?

@@halolime117 He's a British touring car racer who has shown up for multiple Top Gear races.

@@TraustiGeir Not only that. 3-4 3rd places for Vauxhall and Honda british racing teams, 17 years in motorsport since 2002 apperently

Still waiting to be a champion isn’t he

Its not Jezza and Hamster, its Orangutan and Hamster.

11 inches lmao

Yeah, which means that my mum has had two mid-engined cars in her life. Must be rich.

Hammond sounds like a ricer in this quote

is that not what you mash potatoe with ?

Mid Engined...like a Ferrari. What could possibly go wrong?

Enzo Ferrari categorically stated that a real Ferrari is front engined

Wel that changed in 2021

​and we're back to normal well after that outlier year

Well 2024 is getting interesting…

Just land on a people carrier, they said. Nothing terrible ever happens to bugs how land on people carriers, they said. It'll be a relaxing drive, they said.

picaae - or dubbed with audio footage of Russian drivers dashcams; "Cyka blyat!!!!"

@@bury_the_elite65294 ты охуел?

the Karen Cup

@@RoobehTunes naah man, if it was Karen Cup it would be 10 Priuses playing bumper cars and calling cops after the first quarter of a lap.

Shows how old this actually is! That was an EP Civic

Wow 13 year's old comment 🤩

kaihtheloner it’s French for space

Nah, they haven’t made an electric version yet

We call it renault spastic

@The Bushwacker Yeah, Clarkson has literally been unable to test certain cars because he's too tall.

@The Bushwacker I'd question the 5' 6" of Hammond, love it when he claims to be 5' 7 1/2" though.

steve d He is actually 5’4”.

There's this track on Wreckfest

@@129aslamnurfikrir4 is it?

Never seen that Mitsubishi space wagon, only ever seen a few espaces

I thought the same. In germany these are also super rare. Never seen one. I drive a 1992 Mitsubishi Sigma, and have also never seen another one.

I've never seen a mk1 espace in Finland

@@Aehzur We had one (exactly like that one in the video) when I was a kid. Not for too long, though. It broke down so much, that my dad sold it as a scrap. :)

finnbar87 scrap, sounds about right for Renault

AFAIK they were built by Matra.

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You could mix them both, Renault did that with the Renault Espace F1. Look it up, it’s epic.

@@DarkKnightwing75 lmao i didn't know that the Frenchies had done such a great thing

Yann Olle Laprune you’re the real MPV

@@rhodesianwojak2095 Don't forget that Ford did something like that with the Transit for be specific, the Supervan series of vans highly modificated to go fast

Now that's a vehicle I never knew existed.

Ah yes, the iconic van that only appeared in Gran Turismo 2 so far

In case of desperation, James May as well.

dam haha

Yeah.. they wouldn't even make it to the start line.

don't forget the Astro van

At the wheels probably yes! Think there was a 1.6petrol and a 2.3diesel. I think the petrol was 70hp the diesel was 68hp both really slow

The early 2.0d version had 65bhp, which in an 8 seater MPV equals 0-60 in about 30 seconds! Can you even imagine how awful it would have been with 8 people and their luggage.....?! You'd go faster on your pushbike! lol

@@soundseeker63 if it's anything like an old non turbo transit. It sounds more like a machine gun than and engine when you push it for maximum power!

Probably weight and diesel engine (UK spec). JDM version got sr20de

Karen senna lol

Touring car drivers*

Except other makes were more, reliable/ comfortable/ handled better/ looked better other than that you're right.

Mattress in the back yeah

Those are rare

splat003 it also had more action than nascar

Not more than nascar, you seen the crashes?

micheal bithi maybe , but f1 is much more fun than nascar

Abnwil nascar fucking sucks 😂😂😂😂

It's lights out, and Lewis Hamilton wins the ____ Grand Prix!

yamla jatt song

well then prepare to be destroyed by me in my mum's 2001 Chrysler voyager LX! actually nevermind I would go flying off at the first corner due to the tiny brakes on that thing

Move over for the 1990 Oldsmobile Silhouette!

YLW Pyro lol my Windstar is newer! :P

Vladpryde Id take a espace 4 and give it the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X engine and enter it.

FoamerNation Colin hahahahaha

Or press 0 over and over.

Ozzy Osborne is that you?

Hahahahahahahahha... The preview of a demolition race...

that is unsettling, jesus christ

Mushrooms can drive?

@@CapHowdy it was intended as a joke...

Yeah

Yup

+Garbonzo Bean Kinda, most modern people carriers are based on car underpinnings rather than a van, but they do basically the same job.

Mini-van would refer to a vehicle without passenger capacity.

No