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4.3 0-60 in 1950? Damn, that's even impressive by today's standards!

2:47 "Michael Schumacher is dead" Well that didnt age well

Jezza: *crushes a Biturbo with a Skip* Mazarati Owners: "Oh no... Anyway..." Also Jezza: *slightly dents a Morris Marina's roof with a Piano* The MMOC: "Reeeeeeee!!"

I remember watching this when it aired, I was saving up to buy my first car and I almost cried when he crushed the bi turbo.

If anyone wondered, the MC12 did 1:18.9 on the track. (Enzo: 1:19.0)

this guy has the best job in the world

It's strange he did this and then bought a biturbo in the grand tour 😂

"its like making a hardcore adult film then editing it to play it in british hotels" xDD

The MC12 to me is what the Enzo shouldve looked like. Put Ferrari badges on it, redesign the rear wing, paint it red, and you have a proper successor to the F50

The edited adult film reference actually came from a solo talk show that Clarkson did back in the 1990s, where he describes his stay in a 2-star hotel and what came up on television in such hotels.

Nobody on earth should be mourning the Biturbo, a car that has to be disassembled to change the oil is an affront to god.

Incredible what Fangio did with those beasts, the mechanic part from him helped him a lot. The feeling must have been unreal driving this cars in a F1 race.

I still prefer the MC12 over the current cars that Maserati makes nowadays. I don't care about other people's opinions who think it's ugly. I think it's a work of art.

The 250-f makes one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard.

Wow, that 250F was one of the most amazing-sounding machines it's ever been my privilege to hear. Damn.

In the grand tour he loved the Maserati BiTurbo

Biturbo? More like *BYE-TURBO*

Its amazing how the fastest cars since this video was made, could only go round the track in 1.18.4, compared today's modern cars which can make it round in 1.15.1.

There's a Biturbo for sale near me! Should I save up for- oh.

That 60s Maserati Ghibli I is a true gem. One of the greatest exotic classic GT cars of that era, in my opinion.

03:51 The Mars Volta... 🤘 Gotta love the guy who picked the music for this...

I wish I had one of those old-timey F1 cars. They look amazing

God the sound of those old 6 cylinders is insane

poor biturbo :(

2:47 Oh, that hurts

The song at 1:12 is "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds" by Michael Nyman in case anyone wants to know.

Holy shit that F1 straight six sounds GODLY!

I have seen every single episode of TopGear at least 3 times. I still laugh my ass off every time. Whoever writes this stuff is a genius. Amazing show is all I can say.

My favourite Too Gear episode ever because of the coupe challenge and this interview.

I have to disagree with the mc12 being ugly. I drove it in my first lucid dream! lol

Why didn't upload BBC/Topgear in 1080p HD?

I'm always like, " They could have just given me that car, i would have driven it !", i always say this before they wreck a car :(

I love his analogy to the hardcore adult film.

I like how in the newest episode of The Grand Tour all of the presenters bought Biturbos (or cars that are basically Biturbos) and said they liked them.

I've never learned so much about one my favorite car companies, thanx 🏁

I like the mix of releasing both new and old clips. Keep up the good work Top Gear

1:27 Seems like the 250 is the great grandfather of the Ariel Atom in terms of design and speed. Look how it warps Clarkson's face

That biturbo WAS a nice car, 😰😑😢

4:05 Wow, I had completely forgotten that this features music from The Mars Volta. I loved that band and that song back in the day. Fantastic music choice. This show always had great music.

The legend continues, what top gear always should have been. And was with the trio, absolutely love it. Thank you. Excellent. ☺😎❤👍

the 250f makes one of the most beautiful noises ive ever heard.

They were playing The Mars VOLTA! 🤘

I loved watching Topgear back then.

Many older cars were problematic because of the materials used. The Citroen SM and Maserati Biturbo for instance needed timing belts replaced at 50,000 km because the belt tended to wear and tear at this mileage. Failure to do so would result in irreversible engine damage. These days running a Citroen SM or Maserati Biturbo, with modern components, is "easy". Like I said, my brother has replaced several components in his Biturbo with modern replacements. Car is solid and fun to drive.

Finally, TG got the sound right on youtube

Wow this was my favourite episode all these years and because dave cut out 2:40 I never knew he said Michael Schumacher is gay 🤣

FYI , there is only 50 unit of MC12 across the world. I personally seen one in selling in Malaysia and one in Australia owned by a private collector

05:44

song @ 1:17 - Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepards thanks to deau dhomme - merci beaucoup for posting the song title!!!:) Michael Nyman. Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds

3:57 is that the Mars Volta’s Cassandra Gemini I hear there?

The 250 f is dam gorgeous! Its such an amazing piece of art!

My brother has one. Replaced all the original electrics and some engine components. Runs like a dream and has never let him down since. Over 170,000 km on last time I visited him. It's the best-looking Maserati to me, but I prefer the Shamal or Ghibli II.

That 250F is truly a gorgeous piece of machinery

I think the mc12 has turned into a future classic. To me it’s like the Lamborghini countach, It only works as poster on your wall as a kid. (I personally like the look of it)

@Thefourflamez This episode was WAY before the Zonda R went around the track. At one point, the Lamborghini Murcielago was the fastest. It changes pretty much every season...

One of the best top gear videos there is.

I have to know the song at 1:03 to the part where he waves at us, I must hear this song to just imagine Jeremy driving any car where his face looks like that :D

Just to inform all of you ,italian haters, Biturbo was the first car in the history with double turbocharging, so if it had some possible problems, it was quite normal. Also ,after some experimental cars (racing, shamal, karif) ,Maserati ended up in Ghibli II (the most powerful 2.0 L coupe for maaaany years, and possibly still today) and Quattroporte IV (making the family supercar project famous maaaany years before Mitsubishi Evo. And more powerful than many Evo's)

He´s driving a piece of history. Like a boss.

That Schumacher joke hurts.

whats the song 3:04

I love how they make gorgeous extremely expensive cars appear flawed, every single one of them.

The best thing for me about these old cars is always how they sound, they just sound alive and soo much better than modern cars

my dad haved the maserati from the beggining, I loved that car :)

"Oh no! im spinning in a million pounds" haahha clarkson

Completely died at 6:05

Upload the Hummer review from season 17 :D

it does look fenomenal!

Man,maserati's are awesome fun

Love that 250F :)

1:26 is amazing. "The face bending..."

The clock in the Biturbo is what you would use to time the tow truck to when he arrives to pick you up. 😀

The same as my imagination of it. This was the first time I saw this guy, so there was no Clarkson Island in my mind before, but after there was, and it looks like living there really sucks - you know alcatraz?

thing about the biturbo, is that the company was cash strapped in the day. so they went from supercar and super gt territory to Porsche level sport/gt/saloons. but what they did was stick a really good engine behind not so good electronics and chassis but an amazing interior. the biturbo was a car you would point and shoot not something you would carry speed in the corners with. but early cars with all of the reliability issues was really as good as it could have been in those days. maserati was building cars in the traditional way in the early 80's and the 3rd gen quattroporte was still hand built. the biturbo was the first mass produced car the company ever produced and really was as good as it could been because of that. however by the late 80's the car vastly improved in all aspects and was actually a decent car, and in the 90's it became the car it should have been. biturbo owners love their cars because they aren't actually bad cars. problem is that they get handed down, then someone does a fix on a fix and no one knows what to actually do to fix a problem and the car ends up with a bad reputation. in the day the company was also tiny and its not like there were dealers around in every city to fix a car and the design was so complex for the time mechanics really didn't have a clue. same thing happened to jag in the 50's and 60's. in order to get the biturbo to run well and not cause problems would be to always run and use the car. never let it sit because thats how you get problems with any car, you also need to let a car like the biturbo warm up, owners in the day were these posh people who didn't know a thing about cars (those that did were not buying biturbos). they just drove cars like these from point a to point b, where as a car like this needs a stretch of the legs or else it will treat you in the same way, take care of the car and it will take care of you.

Does anyone know the soundtrack of this segment? It has some really good music.

I would like a re-shoot of the biturbo with clarson still in it when the bin drops.

Music name from 3:51 to 4:12 ?? Anyone knows ?

Come on!! I was waiting for The Stig to drive!!

What's name the song in 4:16 please!!!!!! Thank you

Is that Verdi's Dies Irae from Requiem playing over Jeremy driving the MC12? So bloody awesome....

"...its like adding a splash of orange into a pint of gin..." Clarkson lol

6:45 I thought "oh no no, dooon't let a piano or whatever fall on it"

The 250 F looks like a high speed go-kart and I love it.

0:07 the guy on the left looks like the guy from banger boys

Remember when 630 horsepower was the craziest thing imaginable?

The MC12 to me is one of the most beautiful cars ever made...

Years laters in Gran Tour, he wanted to keep it even broken as it was in the episode.

4:51 me when someone scratches their fingernails on a chalkboard.

I really wanted to see the part where Jeremy is 'trying' to get in the 250-f!

Having been in the entertainment business, I understand a dramatic entrance but crushing that Bi Turbo was just wrong - what a british ass! I loved the Bi Turbo, in the 80's when my friends & rivals purchased BMW 320i - I set the high water mark when I rolled up with my Bi Turbo. I casually explain Neptune's tridents (mythology) were not crowns - that was 80's cool baby.... Pretty good for a kid from Harlem U.S.A.

This is a taste of why people like motorbikes and convertables. They are open and free to the elements.

1 thing may be better: An injector in a close to spark plug-position is easier to realise as the area in the center of combustion chamber that´s not occupied by valves is bigger. BUT - this is possible with 4v too, if the size of the valves is decreased like if there were 6, and /port design will not stop being better. In small cylinders the increase of breathing sometimes is even better with 3v as the distance between seat rings and some other things can´t be reduced as much as bore diameter.

That MC12 is awesome. One of the best cars ever!

So can anybody tell me what's wrong with the Biturbo besides its looks the ugly eighties looks which I actually like

Whoa! Music at 3:52 is the middle section from Cicatriz ESP by The Mars Volta! I did not expect that!

Far too big, Far too ugly? That's a fantastically beautifully attractive car and it's one of my favourite cars ever and it's Italian!!! I love Maseratis, Ferraris and absolutely Alfa Romeos with Lambos to the mix!!!

He is easily the best speaker on tv

I have a biturbo I can relate to his anger

what's the song that comes in at 3:04?

Hearing the Draughtsman's Contract track was surreal