What happens when you're struck by lighting in a car? | Top Gear 

"German military scientists test new electric super weapon on a captured British spy, 1942 colorized"

Top Gear producer to the guy who works at Siemens: "Wow your English is really good, but we really need you to talk like an evil Nazi Scientist for the role"

They really found the most stereotypical looking and most heavily accented speaking german there is ... :D

The tension was killing me. Wasn't sure if he'd survive to present another 13 years

"What happens when you get hit by lighting ... in a car" Duh everyone knows, it's common knowledge... you get sent back to 1885 and hijack a steam locomotive

try in a convertible

MEANWHILE *translate from german* "That didn't kill him! Zap him again!"

I can imagine Clarkson's reaction had he been in the Golf. "A LITTLE POO'S COME OUT!"

I was driving during a crazy storm a few years ago. My car was hit with lighting. I remember the radio went from normal to static for a few seconds before turning off on its own. My car shook on impact and every window of my car was shining bright white light like the whitest light I’ve ever seen.

That confirms my Dad's theory that staying in a car douring a thunder storm is the safest place (he is an electric engineer)

If he was in a DeLorean, he would have gone back to the future.

tesla: 100% charged in 1 second

Radio turned on, 'FRITZ' shows up. Typical Top Gear humor right here xD

I was in a car struck by lightning. The windows went opaque-solid-white and time slowed down and there was a super loud POP sound. Immediately after it was silent and I remember knocking on the window to make sure I wasn't deaf (thankfully I heard the knock). The engine was fried, which totaled the car, and the tires popped. Edit): To clarify, the windows went opaque because it was so bright you couldn't see out of them. I did not mean the lightning chemically changed the windows to be opaque.

Fun fact: this video got in to your recommendation after 12 years.

Error light on a VW is always on, that doesn't count.

"only one country is liberal enough to actually let me sit in the car." I suspected him to say "Holland". He didn't.

More like Voltswagen! HAHAHAHAHAH!!!

He said "Keep your hands together close to the centre of the car" Next scene; Richard pointing out the window towards the buzzing

tonight on bottom gear Hammond gets beaten to death by group of preschoolers

six hondred soazend voltz

400 saozand vlotz

3:10 _"ᶠᵒᵘʳʰᵘⁿᵈᵉᵈ ˢᵒᵘˢᵃⁿᵈ ᵛᵒᵃᵗ"_

Alternate Earth: *After the experiment* Him :"I'm Barry Allen and I'm the fastest man alive."

I think the guy at the controls would make a perfect super villain. He has the fake-pity-quiet-voice down to a science lol

zuhunderzausan volt

"He's raising the woltage"... Just imagine Chris Evans saying that, it doesn't work...

I didn’t catch this 11 years ago but Hammond said “He’s starting to raise the Woltage” Nice one. Very subtle

When I was in a car struck by lightning, everyone was ok, but the car wasn’t as lucky. I was with my mom and my little brother. The electrical was all messed up, the glass in the sun roof was broken (I think that is where the lightning struck), there were holes in the metal body of the car where metal melted. I think that the lightning did that much damage because not only were we struck by lightning, a power line went down right in front of our car. My theory is that the lightning struck the power line, and then bounced off onto us. I think either it was very strong lightning or the power line charged it up so that there was more electricity. Enough to melt the metal. The car was totaled, but we were fine.

As a German I can confirm that we are a very funny nation

Bringing a whole new meaning to "electric car."

Energy capacity 400% .... "How bout that"

i wish topgear had done this sort of thing in their newer series.

"Hes starting to raise the woltage"

5:05 So were you killed to death then? (If you listen very closely you can even hear his genius)

RU-vid: No Mature Content Top Gear: *Richard getting lifted by air med*

Heheh...The car radio is on the Fritz.

hamster said "he started to raise the woltage".... hahahahaha!!!!

1:00 '"This is the siemens high voltage lab....

2:53 I can with absolute certainty say that is the first time I've ever reacted to a pale , shapeless, comically accented, mustachioed German scientist with, "well, that was adorable.". He's like a soft-spoken Deutschland Winnie the Pooh.

They really were tempting fate having Hammond do this.

It works as a VW ad: “the lightning proof car”.

wonder what it did to the paint

This lightning machine runs on brautwurst and polka music.

We watched this in physics class :))

Mum, the radio's on the fritz!

German quality!

4:10 It's not because of the lightning, It's just the car reminding that It's a Volkswagen

*Me gets struck by lightning in a car* Me: Oh no,any ways

Gaussian surface for the win. Q enclosed equals zerooooooooooo

looked like they attached a wire to the chassis so that the tires won't get destroyed.

3:39 hammond be like "i just shit my pants!!!"

Salute to Richard for taking Such Huge Risk for the , Humanity.

woltage = The German word for Watt's combined with voltage lol

the radio station when he starts the car is Fritz...

At 3:40, I think a bit of poo came out

if you visit munich, germany you can do that yourself. in the "Deutsches Museum" they do a show i think once a week at 4pm and they have a randomly chosen person of the croud sit in a cage and hit it with a small lighting. and the best thing is, no extra costs! only thing u need is the regular museum ticket. :)

The car will just act like a Gaussian Sphere, same reason why planes aren’t affected by lightning. The charges will just go around the surface. #Physics

Hammond actively tries to get himself killed whenever the opportunity presents itself.

I was expecting Arnold to show up naked and throw Richard out of that Golf singlehandedly saying: “I need your car”.

2:45 "He's starting to raise the woltage"

Richard must have been YOLO

Imagine driving a SUV with panoramic sun/moon roof, then lightning strikes! No metal on top to protect you, its all glass.

“My hands are buzzing” guy proceeds to turn up lightning 🤣🤣

Now do it in a Tesla, while holding a Samsung note 🤪

And thats why you dont have a convertable

Mmmmmm...wolts...

You have to think he was at 600,000 volts and there still wasn’t a thunderclap. Imagine how powerful a real lightning strike is?

Just watched this in my science lesson. Saved us from doing more work. Thanks too gear!

Who else did not search for this but is glad that its recommended

3:25 you can clearly see the metal wire attached to the ground for safety. this is nothing like the real deal except in trucks which use a similar metal wire always dragging with the ground.

"So we're you killed?" "Sadly yes... but I lived!"

YOU UTTER FOOL! GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!

Strike at 03:35

My husband loves watching you show, it ease him after his Drawing in CAT and CAD or a hard day at the jobs with his cup of coffee and pillow then I be wake up to turn the lid down at 3am. Reminded me Sir Richie falling into Bowling line 😌

my pants would be covered in shit o_O

This is an example of how TG treats its presenters as if they were more expendable than "A Stig." It is well known that a car is a safe place in a lightning strike, but who has actually tested it out? Like Hammond said, "A-Level Physics."

I got hit by lightning in a car while driving really fast. There were flames and sparks of every color. I lost control and ended up in 1985.

Coming here after an incident in my country where a car exploded after being struck by lightning like a bomb because it's believe to carry fire crackers. We still in festive month so it's not unusual for people to have fire crackers.

thunderbolt! ...not very effective

Germany is cool

"Two zundred zousans volzts" Literally germany

Cars are suppose to be among the most safe places to be during a lightning storm.

Simple basics Lightning needs a conductor or something that needs to go down into the earth because that's it's final destination . Since its so powerful and hot it destroys that object ....but like Hammond explained the Faraday cage is something that your metal body car can do .....to protect you .. sure it may destroy your electronics but hey atleast your safe to realise or replace them . Fun fact :-. A Knight in shining body armour if metal does the exact same job

They need to cut out 1:40 to 2:10 since they got the car grounded. They should of drove the car onto a steel plate and grounded the plate and not the car. Wish they could do this over and do it right. Would of been nice to see what path the electricity would of gone. Straight to ground or through all the bearing and if the tires are steel belted. Through the tires and to ground if the tires are steel belted. Then would the car bearings or something get hurt from the arcs of electricity? Or how about a car with a sun roof or soft top convertible?

Hammond at 2:21 "Right. My life is now in the hands of a guy who looks just like Adolph Hitler."

The music in this segment was so good. Wish I know how to find it on its own.

Did the car’s battery charge up? Try it with one that in the cold doesn’t work or doesn’t start to see...

A guy just died in Australia from a lightning strike in his car.

3:03 Me looking at the two metal headrest posts inches away from his neck.

im almost sure the battery is charged XD

Car battery charged at 100% now

Now the car"s top speed is 999999999999999 km/h....

Anyone here after Kota Bharu accident? see this logic ☺️

We got struck about 6 months after this video posted in a 2003 GMC Yukon XL Denali. I'd thought my gun had gone off it was so loud. We were fine. Engine electronics were fine, but most all ancillary electronics were toast. We were in the middle of an eight hour drive, and after the storm it got hot out. No A/C, couldn't roll down the windows, no radio, gauges were acting wildly. Insurance (U.S.) had all electronics replaced instead of totaling it... and we still have it. Also needed 4 new tires (assume the steel belts heated up/expanded causing leaks on all four. The car in the video appeared to be grounded, probably saving the vehicle from damage.

Miss those guys. Top Gear needs them more than ever.

I haven't watched the video yet, but due to basic physics, He should be fine as the elctricity goes round the car (chasy)

Yeah as Hammond has said his hands are buzzing

Garbage presentation. Electricity isn't a one dimensional phenomenon. "800 thousand volts" means shit by itself. I can conjure that shuffling my feet. But I'm not going to be able to generate enough *current* to do anything to anything or anyone with it. So tired of these weak "for the masses" explanations. That's why there's so much ignorance on the subject...

Imagine if he thought it was over after the first zap and just got out of the car