Top Gear Series 18 Episode 7 - James May - Ferrari 250GT California 

I think this is true now more than ever. It’s why enthusiasts want high revving NA motors over turbo 4’s or dull EVs.

Not the hamster?

agree 😂

Keep dreaming bud

Just get a cheaper black car

Mine too 😀

.I absolutely agree. And, why did they change the paint color?!

@@jimlewis6743 Chris Evans had a habit of repainting Ferrari's white. Maybe his fault? Although black in this case.

@@markzzzz741 what an ass he is.

Doubt it

@@lukehart6190 Obviously he Lost An Arm and Leg for it.

Amazing story !

instead of a house? so he lives in the car? worth it

@@gangstagarf What about Ferrari Fan Boys, They will be Probably be Harassing him lol

They actually used a replica and its going to actions in the us soon

The film came out in 1986

Bueller Bueller Bueller great movie.

If you ever get one don’t forget to lock the garage.

Nah, don't worry about that. Just give some guy a finsky (but maybe not the keys) to keep an eye on it.

do you know what songs are played at the start and middle portions of the video? seems like its the same artist,

@@cfrincon 1:02 is "Together we will live forever" by Clint Mansell. 1:30 is Lux Aeterna also by Clint Mansell

:) For reals, we need that water. It's a draught ya'll.

Great story, your tifosi passion comes through and in a very British way 🙂

I also like the Short Wheel Base version of the 250 ......awesome piece of rollin art!

Captain America?

@@sschevmale24 Different Chris Evans. It's not a perfect comparison but he's like England's Howard Stern.

@@waynemurray5084 that lucky SOB

@@waynemurray5084 Howard Stern is talented.

@@waynemurray5084 Thank you, I had thought the same as the guy you're replying to. But then I saw the house, fancy enough but not in LA, so I figured, a *different* Chris

sidewaysonhighways same model but they are handbuilt so they look different.

OK, I'm sorry to say but....it was a replica

Jetara they actually used a real one for the close up shots

Oh, didn't know that...thx. Have to watch it again anyway soon ;)

Unsurprisingly, the car that flew out of the garage window and crashed into the trees, wasnt a real California 250 GT....

In Hot Wheels form?

That Grasshopper probably enjoy a ride of a lifetime

Bleeding heart narrative - Blueskywards

The recent California does not show its heritage

@psuro Yes, certainly a different color, and It had bumpers back then also.......What happened?

FUNZO1975 probably went through a restoration

@@SVdreamin The most beautiful one is the "Charlie's Angels" one, classic red. Probably the most expensive too.

Marcos C could only imagine how much a red exterior tan leather interior 250 cali costs. one of the most beautiful cars ever made hands down.

Dude you're high, this Ferrari is one the most expensive ones just because she is very very nice to drive, some Ferrari collector's would rather drive this one, rather a modern. There are very expensive Ferrari, and there is 250 GT SWB, that costs 12 million dollars for a reason.

@@marcosc9130 There is an old saying, "Never meet your heroes "...it is a warning to those whos' expectations are unrealistically high. Since all of us drive & have had several cars thru decades of time, the outright gains of car "technologies" has been subtle & undetectable. To drive a 50+ year-old car now in 2020 will be shockingly "poor", the ride, the handling, brakes, suspension, power, all of it will be sub-par...as we are used to todays' standards.

I don't know when the last time I heard such lame BS coming out of someone's pie-hole. Let me break it down for you. First, how did designers "measure, research...etc" back then? With themselves. They would actually try things out. They actually had skills driving a car. They knew how to shift. They also liked to design beauty in a car that was sometimes at the expense of convenience. My 1968 Charger has drum brakes that are way less effective than my Ford Taurus. Funny, since I very quickly attune myself to a car's capabilities, it brakes just fine. My 1970 Corvette has seat backs that recline a bit too far for my taste, and backwards visibility is impacted by the gorgeous flying buttress roofline. Since I am a skilled driver I know how to use my mirrors and check for traffic, so driving it is no hassle at all. My little Fiat 850 has only double digit horsepower and can be passed by almost everything on the road, but knowing how to rev the little engine and drive it with a little skill, I am just fine on the high way with soccer moms in their 500 horsepower SUVs. Since we are all doing 65mph, and I have better handling in the little car, I am not sure how my little old Fiat is like a horse and buggy. We co-exist quite well, and funny how many SUV owners give me the thumbs up. They would love to go for a ride. You sound like a pussy. Because you obviously don't have the ability to drive them, nor understand them, they should all "die". You cannot adapt like a skilled driver would to a variety of driving machines. I'll drive anything, and enjoy it for what it is. The fact that someone in a new SUV could outrun a vintage ride takes NOTHING away from the vintage ride. The fact that you cannot handle that keeps you from being a car guy. You're a car pussy. I bet you break out into a sweat if you can't find a cup holder for your Starbucks. Or you have to actually hold the switch down for your electric windows. Your arm would hurt painfully if you ever had to hand crank one down. The reason we see these "old cars trundling about"--on country roads as well as the freeways here in California, is that they are driven by enthusiasts who appreciate what they are, how they drive, and have at least a modicum of skills to drive them, which you not only lack but don't even comprehend. And guess what, there are enough of us out there that the price of the best of these cars just keeps going up. Rolling art that can be driven. Car shows are jammed with people like me that get it, while people like you visit Ferrari videos and mock the cars as prehistoric. Are you jealous you cannot afford one, or angry at your impotence in driving one? Guess what, your 500hp SUVs will be in junkyards in a few years, because when their top ends or transmissions fail, they won't be worth the repair costs (see Audi SQ5 as a great example). However, these Ferraris, American Muscle cars, and tons of other collector vehicles will still be around, driven by men who can handle them...

@@ToyKingWonder I shall disregard the poor attempts to "trigger" an emotional response thru thinly veiled insults & "armchair psychiatrist" ramblings... I have adjusted drum-brakes on someones vintage 1953 Ford, who had upped the machine via a modern engine...getting the thing to brake straight was tedious & time consuming. It is akin to the fellow in 1909 yelling, "Get a horse!". I relish the new technology in its capabilities, but I am disheartened by the lack of the KISS principle...they are not mutually exclusive. There is a sweet spot there somewhere. This complexity seems to have kept pace with the utter lack of style...the great design studios have faded into obscurity...replaced with this OCD driven, manic Transformers School of Design. Jealous?, no, not really....but there are legions of classic car owners who while pondering driving their new wheels as daily drivers, they almost always relegate them to Sunday rides...the floaty suspensions, bad brakes, cramped non-functional interiors , fully numb steering....this reinforces the "I won't put very many miles on it! thought processes...they just won't admit to themselves, let alone others, just how much their $75,000 "investment" is a piece of shit , when it's actually driven.

@@AndieBlack13 Oh I don't intend my insults to be thinly veiled at all. I thought I was quite clear. You can't adjust drum brakes without getting a pull to a side? Well then, you don't know what your doing. The fact that someone would let you near their car tor work on is as astonishing as you admitting you can't handle simple mechanics. As I stated before, just because an older car drives differently than a newer car, doesn't mean it is a "piece of shit". If it was maintained properly--that is, not by someone like you who cannot adjust brakes--then it would perform exactly as it did back then. The problem, as I stated and you cannot grasp, is that YOU cannot adapt your driving techniques to different machines and get the best out of them. That is YOUR problem, not the cars. Now please, give the wrench back to the fool with the 1953 Ford who let you near the mechanics of the car, and get back to behind the wheel of your 1990 Honda Civic where you belong.

The Fountain soundtrack.....And some Requiem For a Dream...

he hasn't sold it, he sold his 1959 250 California LWB, this is a 1961 SWB and this was/is as original as they come, never repaired or restored, hence the record price at the time

@@jensrogerkristoffersen5472 Um, he DID sell this one in 2010, at a loss. This is 2377GT, it was originally Silver and it has a non-matching engine installed. When Evans bought it in 2008, it set a record for being the most expensive 250 California sold at auction (nearly $11 million).

@@Atombender If "K" means Kustov I bow my head ;-)

It's in the UK.........You can't NOT drive though standing water on any given day. That country is notoriously soggy.

Anyone? Bueller (Looks at May) Anyone?

I'm pretty sure my wife's Camry can out preform that thing, and do it more comfortably. But few have a soul like that car... Perhaps the likes of Auburn, Duesenberg, or Jaguar.

Well nowadays you even could get 400+ Horsepower on a hatchback. So there's nothing wrong with saying just 280 Horsepower

requem dream or something like this

darude sandstorm

One of the many versions of Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell

he paid €7 million in 2008

but now? maybe 10? @@jensrogerkristoffersen5472

Good luck finding a "better day" during that time of the year in England.

Vous avez raison.

More like the worst part but the london traffic scene is one of few redeeming moments of season 18

why

How about the one at around 2:35 ?

@@aleczavala5010 Blueskywards, Bleeding Heart Narrative - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7rPsXq8XW08.html

No? The bill was that all new cars needed to be electric, and possibly that you could not drive them in city centres