Swamp Buggy Test Drive | Top Gear 

the guy at the beginning explaining the basics is totally awesome! guys like that remind me of southern hospitality! this must be memorable for jeremy too

Impractical, fast, over-the-top, and very loud. I feel like Jeremy would totally daily this thing. Just keep it away from Richard.

Jeremy has had a really cool life.

I've never seen anything like this before...

"what have we got here?" "This here is ur steerin wheel" "OHH good" haha

"and at the front, theres an idiot"

the original Tumble Bug survives in Florida the 1st swamp buggy created by George Espenlaub's brother Ed Frank. Ed Frank is credited as being the inventor of the swamp buggy. George Espenlaub operated one of the first guide services in the Florada everglades in the 1950s. They were fitted with aero plane wheels with balloon tyres. to give flotation southern fun that matches the terrain totally unique. for speed more power and skinny wheels to cut through the water and paddle rears.

The water is about 2 ft deep. However, there are a couple points on the 'track' where it sinks down to 4-5ft deep. (called a 'sippy hole'). The particular class of swamp buggy he is driving is fast enough which you can glide over that deep area.

that looks like a helluva good time!

Just gouge on it. Greatest. instructions. EVER.

He loved it🤣🤣🙌🙌👏👌

"Just gouge on 'er" This phrase has been part of my vocabulary ever since this was uploaded.

What an interesting vehicle i see the design concepts but somehow it still looks mad pure genius!

"And at the front, theres an idiot." LOL

HAHAHAHA THATS MY DAD!!!! Hi dad.

That guy speaks like some characters in GTA San Andreas

Ahh swamp buggy racing. Only one place in the world that still has a track. Naples Florida what a place.

@Blacomerjo Strictly for racing. These types of swamp buggies evolved from the ones that have a practical purpose; traversing the Everglades. Usually for hunting. However, they have fatter tires and just sort of mosey along at a leisurely pace of around 10 mph. The hunters started racing theirs for fun in the 1940's and eventually folks started building them just for the races.

POWER POWER POWER NOW! he never changes.....and i love it!

my home town naples fl miss the races good times good times

So today I think I'll rip up a swamp with a petrol drinking, super tractor! That is Jeremy Clarkson in one sentence.

I think that is really cool.

well almost all except for the usual sunday drivers & granny's . but we actually have to do a few tests before getting our licence.. it includes stuff like reverse parking, emergency responses, fuelefficient driving & trick questions.. anyway, u drove the Autobahn right?. . . . i guess tht's enough of an answer. although u would def. go crazy in Hungary/ Romania/Turky etc.

Used to watch those buggies race all the time when I was a kid.

well one of the top gear fansites said that the reason why there arent dvds out there is of the music they use, which i guess they need to have licenses and stuff

before some events they do have to clear the "track" as it were of alligators in between some raceing heats, i would of loved to hear him say "sippie hole" because that was that big hole he was referring to at the end he to power through

danm i love living in naples fl.

I've never seen this on dave. What episode is this?

not true, were just not as adept as the brits, but look at the roads you drive compared to ours, the TR6 is perfect for a windy english country road, just like a challenger is perfect for a long road trip down a straight american highway, plus the sky and solstice are fantastic roadsters, not lotus quality or anything but they also cost about half the price.

Jezza is the best!

Turn ya lil sod, there we go, we got it!

Swamp and ice buggy

i love the state i live in

American auto sports are so diverse ... Love it here from "World of outlaw" sprint cars to "Swamp Buggys" Land and Water , we do know how to have fun ... just saying ...

1:09 priceless

the first 30 seconds say it all.

this here is the steerin' wheel. lol you gotta love america. im from california btw.

@DrRockso99 exactly.. And its the thrill of the speed, and the thrill of the challenge.. We all like different challenges.

it looks like the starship enterprise from startrek!!!

lol....breaks on that side but we dont need that XD

he was in naples fl :D , my city.

@ivankoran YES! I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that!

POWER!

people will race anything on anything. its great

I'm southern and I've never heard anyone say it, It must be a "swampism". :)

amen

working in topgrea seems like so much fun

im happy that top gear finally have it on youtube, so ppl can see it and be a fan like I have, i found this great show first on youutube and now im a hardcore fan, seen every episode of 'new' top gear. *BUT* i wish BBC didnt pull the people who posted clips on before this, they werent making money or anything, all they did was promote this great show, im very disappointed by the BBC action with that.

On some V8 motors, the 2nd and 3rd exhaust ports (from the cyl head) share the one outlet.

God bless America!

power shower 😂

They should put one of those on the Top gear test track.

He always seems to bad mouth American cars,,,,,, but he sure loves the American "toys". Monster trucks, swamp buggies, etc.

I agree. It cracks me up, the idiots dont have any of the seasons on DVD, it blows my mind. Now a couple of years into RU-vid they decide RU-vid is a good idea.. Maybe in 10 years the BBC will decide to release Top Gear Seasons on DVDs, yes, that dont require a format converter and authorization from the Queen of England..

@tonyrome67 well how am i supposed you don't steer with those pedals and this large wheel here controls the direction of the A/C lol XD

Whats the name of the song in the intro??? I'v been locking for it for 10 years...

to cool!

Ahahahaha Just take it he takes the piss out of everybody, That's the English way. He even takes the piss out of my country... and i'm English!

I nearly can nderstand that guy, i don't know how clarkson can...

the ads before the video!?!?!

see whos here after redbull video

LOL I'm loving all the comments of people talking crap about swamp buggies and Americans but the facts are that these things are 100% handmade nothing is bought everything even down to bolts are made the only thing that is purchased is parts for the engines which have more science behind them than Nascar or Indy car they cost a very large amount of money somewhere upwards of $100,000 I've been raising them for a few years now and I can tell you it takes a whole lot of Science and Engineering to get these things to do what they do we have a team that even brings their budget and NASA to use in a wind tunnel to see how the water flows around the buggy and they may be ugly but every single part of them has a purpose

is that thing driving on the water or is that water shallow

if theres an ad at the beginning click the refresh and it will go to to a normal ad

no kidding, jeremy's accent is haha... oh well, at least the buggy's owner talks right :D

I think both are too different to compare. The fact they race and have 4 wheels is the only comparison. I like both. Nascar is deeply strategical if you take the time to look into it. F1 is just superfast but watching an entire race for 2, 3 maybe 4 passes. isn't really that great either.

@tonyrome67 American cars, the throttle and the brakes work. Toyota?

Unfortunately noobs need people like us to mention that daily lol

what did he said?gauge on? this is a scary vehicle

Anyone know what season and episode this is?

Name of the song in the intro???? Please!!!

What episode is this please

power!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats tips. you could have a billion tips if you wanted to. but i think he said outlets

What? Sorry adblocker doesnt understand what those are anymore?

that is fucking epic!

Whats the name of the song in the begining???

Then you should head on down here to Naples and check them out for yourself. The pros go much much much faster.

Nope, gouge on it, as in to gouge someone's eyes, meaning to press very hard.

What A Job!*

gouge.....like dig into it.

You always hurt the one you love.

lol nice

SPOON...

intense

HI DAD!!!!!

how many alligators did he run over?

@tonalli92 that's the name of the thing.

Good ol american instructing! :P

there is 4...

what ads?

Si no llevas casco recibes por toda la cabezota jejeje

looks like a brilliant fun, one of the best ways to waste money ive seen

could someone please tell me what "Just gouge on it" means? >.

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@hockey121412 That's a funny comment, but actually I live in Denver.

@DrRockso99 ka ka ka ka YEYUH!!!!

gauge on it!!!

@hockey121412 about 15 minutes. I live in Lakewood. But I'm afraid I'm already really bored with discussing this with you.

nice hair! HAHA