Oliver vs James May’s Ferrari - which is better? 

Oliver got a full rotisserie restoration a few years after the Botswana special aired.

My first car was an Opel Manta and I loved that car and I wish I still had it.

"african love story" lmaaoooo

@@FishTheJim Do the germans still have the "mantafahrer" jokes ?

Andromahlius Yes

Yes he does.

No matter how well built it is, a new car just doesn't have the same feel as an old one. Something about the car having all these experiences makes it just pure magic to drive

Imagine if Hammond had turned up in a 250 GT Lusso. May's car would have dis...ap... peared... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AVuSf6tkfpQ.html

Yeah. It’s amazing how everyone knows what Seb will choose? Yet the cultured fans will choose Oliver every day. Nothing against Seb it the 458, absolutely beautiful car and one of the best, most humble racing drivers the world has seen, but Oliver is in the hearts of top gear fans the world around, the 458 is only in the hearts of those that have driven them.

Wait, it's not an Oliver commercial?!

yeah, because obviously germans don't have a special connection to cars and driving :D

@@ajax_1712 Nope, most their cars are bland primadonnas now

@@SweWince can't see the connections to my words, even if what you say is true (which I highly doubt), it has nothing to do with the individual person who is crazy for cars (which was my point)

@@ajax_1712 And I'd argue that the product they put out reflects that their passion for true motoring is gone.. But I see your point and it's ultimately subjective.

@@SweWince yeah its subjective for sure, but still, what would you say to cars like AMG GT-R, 911 GT3 or 2, Audi RS6..R8, BMW M2..6..8, Wiesmann will bring a new car soon...the list could go on and on. Isn't that true motoring and absolute passion for cars?!? I´d be very interested in what you think true motoring is^^

iT iS oLiVeR though

Yes, but his new cooking show.. THAT will bring us to the very heights of his unpleasantness

It’s too funny😂😂

Meanwhile, Clarkson is going through "the guy you always find in the pub talking about the 100 things he hates in general" stage

@@GoatOfTheWoods so just being regular Jeremy Clarkson than

What about Stig?

@@lukkruk6904 He is Stig.

No, he ain't

Me

I'm glad he kept it

Some cars are just more then the sum of its parts for an owner. For Hammond its definatly an old Opel Kadett called Oliver. That car touched his soul. And thats also the reason we like to see Oliver because of the connection with its owner.

Holla

I can see a Ferrari any day of the week. A car like Oliver I can only see a less than a dozen times in a life.

I would just ask: "Where is the orangutan?"

​@@acmenipponair he's in some farm...

I would run over and ask if i could talk to hammond lol

that literaly happend to me they filmed this in my home town and i heard they were in town so me and my family went to go see them cannot beleve i saw those two at the petrol staion my mum uses

I'm a simple man. I see South Africa, I like the comment.

I saw Oliver at the London classic car show earlier this year and you can see just how much care he put into restoring it.

@@ashaelleschem1819 so am i

He’s gonna be buried in that car

So, that was the set-up. Now it's time to deliver the adoption request :p

Or child..

OmegaInfinityAlpha But a Hamster IS a pet. This is just weird.

G58 Oliver is Hammond’s Hamster wheel.

DankEngine 2005 And this comment section is where irony crawled away to drown in its own tears.

My name is oliver, how do you think i feel

Even if you spent $50000 modifying a 458 into an off-road vehicle it would still probably break down after 50-100 miles

Not only can Oliver he already has!

ide like to see them take some hypercars mudding.

A guy from the UK drove his Testa Rossa on multiple road trips, one of which was a 2000km long journey from there all the way down to Morocco. There's a video of it here on YT.

@@ChaosZero. Not off road through a salt flat.

KITT, The General Lee, Herbie, and Oliver. Most recognizable cars in the world.

More like millions of people

@@Mr-Trox "panda trueno!"

@@spaghettigum Dacia Sandero, hahaha

Millions.

I did for that exact reason!

Yep, I did!

And left when vettel appeared

ferrari minus 1

Who's Oliver?

Oliver was in hammonds children’s science show.

@@conormurphy4328 was that before or after it was on Top Gear?

@@DJ_NOOB after

@@DJ_NOOB after

@@DJ_NOOB before

7 litre V8 moahdör

After driving that 458 over and over and over (plus the constant sales pitch), I think so too.

i honestly don't think any sane person will ever choose an oliver over a ferrari

Well, that's because the opel was paid for by the people in the comments, so no bias there

@@MDILeon well you're obviously a duck

reminds me when they got Mark Webber to trail at the grand tour driver. hammered the hell out of the porsche but went 10mph in the merc

Mitsubishi Lifestyle probably a JAAAAAAGG

Mitsubishi Lifestyle same

he wpuld show up in a tank

A big Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton alongside

in a mercedes. with bottas or hamilton. lol

It's just cos this is an ad for Ferrari. I think anyone who's grown up around cars and isn't just a consumer would understand how special a car that's literally one of 3 that crossed the African salt pans is. Like simply put, ferraris new 488 that replaced james 458 is more powerful better handling more better etc, and in 2 years Ferrari will make another more powerful better handeling better etc. But there will always be only 1 Oliver ever in history. It's like the Toyota they took to the north pole, that one is officially in the book of world records and objects don't really have any meaning without the human experience that goes with it.

thats a 458 speciale mind u

It sure is a classic in my mind, and quite a nice little car 🚙

I understood people wanting him to preserve the car to stock. But personally i like the idea of turning that to a rally racer; like letting hoonigan work on it. Lol.

@@ahmadabdalkhan8743 more like a 458 shitiale. gottem.

Offers to be a fair, just umpire in a Shell sponsored video... Shell who also sponsor Ferrari F1...

LOL

forced to wear it because its his job and a shell advert

@@Mastinae lol. Or a 10 minute shell advert

Bold of you to assume that he doesn't wear that Ferrari polo all the time

James may : I woke up in a new bugatti .

not really.. he was faster in the La Ferrari before

Vettel has been stationary inside a Ferrari so many times, even backwards...

vettle : no one near me lets do a 360 in a ferrari

Stuck in a gravel trap...

_Sure_

Nostalgia tends to win the long game.

indeed

Wrong pronunciation of Vettel, it has to be on the first syllable.

*angry German noises*

It's that german driver bloke

He doesn't ask "how are you" though..

His service in Africa was quite extensive.

he has been shot

Don’t disrespect Oliver like that.

He is a cadet sooo

He is like Vigo from Ghostbusters 2 they tried to drown him they shot him,but he will not die.

And Hammond shot Him

Africa...

@@Yeftalionheart no it was the guide

L. Lamers I saw a commercial the other day for the new Top Gear. I am gonna predict a early fail.

Isnt that the same thing?

true

Watch their F1 commercial as they go through the different F1 cars over the years. Genius.

There is no sincerity here friend. This was an advertisement paid for by Ferrari any other, even remotely comparable car was probably forbidden. Like a Mercedes for example. Cause they keep beating them on the formula track quite a lot. This was an ad and they lured us in with oliver. its smart but extremely insincere.

Especially rhd. I don't think that there will be more than 5 or so around.

I have owned two.

every day

Especially with that history.

@E - works every day

It's a Shell ad. It's just a script. 😂 Vittel is decked out with sponsors.

To be fair most love stories are better than Twilight :) #TeamJacob :)

Is better*

My divorce was a better love story than Twilight...

***_-_-__-_-_*** and ferarri

Wait it was 10 mins? I did not realise, i tghout it was 5 mins

I came for the Oliver, and stayed to see more Oliver.

Yes it's on a whole other level and category.

It’s sarcasm. He knew that he was employed and acted like he didn’t know... how old are you?

@@nighthawkarts I knew it was sarcasm. I was having a laugh

Tbh season 27 was good. Chris Harris is great!

It really is an advertisement for Shell gasoline masquerading as a youtubie! And our guys make it better than tv.

This is an ad that Shell filmed last year, but yes I agree.

I missed good old top gear

Aye

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1_kwxzU4wL4.html here’s one to really appreciate

Do you feel like buying some V-Power now?

@@bakemono858 it got tears in my eyes watching that video.

Märcus Tänggönen my god no. Im a caltex 98 only man. Or BP if I cant find caltex.

But it was a good advert with good stars

If that's true, I hope you're using your analytical talents for something with even more meaning than car chassis :)

Still better than new Top Gear.

Better than grand tour..

The fact that this particular Speciale was the last one ever built, AFTER production had already been concluded, as a special favor for Mr. May AND the fact that it's the last ever NA V8 Ferrari, AND it's owned by James May, probably makes it one of the most valuable "production" Ferraris in the last decade or so!

Oliver will still be worth more.

I saw it before it was delivered at maranello!

It'd be worth more if it was driven by Charles Leclerc!

How about being able to say, no, you can't drive it, the only other people I let drive this thing are Formula 1 world champions.

James may: *ItS oLiVer*

Ok

If its a joke, its funny but even funnier if its not.

I think a lot of people actually don’t know the history and character of Oliver! I still remember watching the episode when I was like 10 and then Oliver showing up in Hammond’s other show!!! I loved every bit of that!

Would i swap Oliver for that Ferrari???....Yes i F****** would

Who’s Oliver?

Ferrari would of fired him if he chose Oliver.

Ferrari is picky AF. They would've replaced his ass instantly

Losh and it would have been totally worth it.

It's orange

It ain’t just a 458. It’s a 458 speciale

"It's not pink it's lightish red."

Dr. Spatula YES RVB

Whatever they are trying to pass as top gear now is unwatchable

Harry Todhunter that’s what happens when u love yr job u don’t stop when someone fires u and people will actively look for u

I feel your pain...

Paddington McGuiness

Well they are motoring journalists - it's their job. Clarkson still writes car reviews.

"What's his name, the Pope bloke?"

@@thenerdofthenorth8205 he probably didn’t know until Hammond told 🤣

"Excuse me, are you Mr veTTEL?"

Glenn Ford Before 😅😂👍🏼

Who is that German driving bloke? He seems like the bloke driving the chase car for a Mercedes commercial.

German driving bloke? You meant German spinning bloke.

I'm German 😂 It's really funny to see german people in englisch movie's or Videos

lol oliver needs a rollcage and a racing harness

Cant u see his belt? Its a 2-point belt, its a old car after all and does not have a 3-point seat belt

@@vwitham7195 Yeah plus no hardened passenger compartment or crumple zone

@@npne1253 Your skull and ribcage kind of become the crumple zone in the case of an accident

@@derweiehelge9087 CRUNCHY HAMSTER

oliver needs his own show !

If they could replace clarkson with Oliver, I’d watch.

Oliver vs Bugatti Chiron track test

@@pranav9182 Oliver is two powerful

They could choose 488 or f8, but they choose the 458.... Quite obvius

KABIPPO you do realise its there personal cars

@@CoolizBrown i know, but he could have bought or show other ferraris

Ferrari 458 Special Needs

Remember, May once said "What's he called? The Pope bloke?"

Discombobulated Gaming Hammond IS the wife! Lol!

I need that part

Some people take bits off their wives all the time.

#NirvanaAchieved

An ordinary day in the UK

I'd get in trouble for yelling at the guy. "Pick Oliver you kraut pillock!"

I'd call that a great day! I'd love a pic with Oliver, Hammond and May looking annoyed :D

I’d watch that

@@smurphy2146 there would only be 5 words😂 Oliver hammond good car fast

Lasted longer than TG we know not the rubbish that followed

@@greathey1234 At least Top Gear wasn't shot full of holes, well maybe the BBC has metaphorically done that now...….

Oliver will also last longer then that Ferrari will.

Oliver predated Top Gear by a fair margin as well.

And he's brilliant in his choice of words, both in amusing and smart ways. A proper British bloke indeed.

Haha true!

Seb being part of the 1% of Ferrari shirt wearers who actually drive Ferraris :D

He’s one of the funniest in the trio. Definitely top 3 lol

@@stu1701E 0.001%

Proof that it really is just a Ferrari saloon car.

Its the future telling us he'll follow Kimi's footsteps because of Charles...

Of course everyone noticed it. It's Scuderia's company car for both him and Leclerc.

Probably everyone who saw the video

With Vettel at the moment they are quite low 😂

Especially when the shoot is sponsored by a company that also works with Ferrari

About the same as vettel underpeeforming

@@alexblake8522 I think that's a symptom 9f a kidney stone 🤔

What's your profile pic from

Kaiipop can you send me the link to the video?

The Opel was shipped back by boat.

*wheeze*

I think they're slowly trying to move on youtube from other companies.

“What did you just say?” “Erm, I LOOVE YAAA!!?”

Yes i did xD

I hope he would keep that Suzuki, too: "Swim little donkey, swim!"

@@AtlasJotun It's an Opel

Donato Anastasia I said I said I love I love ya

How about Geoff, the tower block Citroen, and any Morris marina with a piano on its roof?

both Hilux (indestructible and north pole) and add Geoff the electric car and Jeremy's Citroen caravan

@@jopdispa1134 or the herald yacht or the ambulances etc etc etc

@@TC1599Fifa Also the Hilux Toyboata.

Clarkson's loooong Fiat Panda limousine.

Who? Where's Waldo?

You don't actually know what 'low key' means, do you?

"Tonight on the show..."