Legendary British Leyland Challenge | Top Gear Classic

That time when Jeremy, Richard and James celebrated 40 years of British Leyland by pitting a 1981 Rover SD1 3500 SE, a 1974 Triumph Dolomite Sprint and a 1978 Princess 2200 through some unconventional tests...

From Series 10, Episode 7

00:00 Handbrake test
02:19 Egg test
06:34 A quick wash
07:25 Water test
08:16 Richard’s attempt
10:00 James’ attempt
11:22 Jeremy's attempt

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[TopGearClassic]

How long do reckon modern cars would last in these tests?

[driftwood]

Skipping the part where Jeremys door goes on strike is criminal

[packersfan]

This was the quintessential Top Gear challenge: Hammond balances meager success with complete humiliation, Jeremy’s overconfidence makes his failure all the more hilarious, and James’ sensibility means he dominates yet somehow never looks good doing it

[Bagster]

"That's quite a big panel gap." James' delivery of this is superb. Better still is that it's not the door Jeremy welded back on.

[TenaciousDanzig]

Classic Top Gear indeed. But I wish you'd show the whole thing. The intro where they meet up and critique each others cars is essential!

[lyonvensa]

I don't know which is more impressive.
The fact that someone in the history of humanity have said "You've been lapped by Captain Slow in an Austin Princess full of water", or the person that came up the idea of filling a car to the brim with water and drive it.

[ClovissenpaiDotR]

8:50 i love how he's still using the snorkel despite the water being nowhere close to submerging his face anymore

[peterhoeller]

Hammond bumping into their car mid-Zeppelin convo is just perfect timing

[kiwee]

This is the episode where I truly acknowledge Jeremy's driving skill when I saw him drifting on that car

[huwalfadillah]

It's so nice to be able to watch old seasons of Top Gear in full HD!

[azzyclark]

“He’s knocked down the sign warning him how steep the hill is.”

[michaelramsey]

I think the reason the Princess held the water so well is because most of the big leaks were above the beltline (such as the huge one behind the left rear window), so once it fell below that, the leakeage slowed down significantly.

[rockstar]

The forgot one scene where Jeremy got his finger stuck in one of the holes of his car, thus asking if anyone got any butter.

[zoznammic]

I am not and never have been a big car enthusiast but these three have made any topic entertaining.

[MrAdomus]

Why can't they just show the whole segment? I want the lead up, the intro, ALL the challenges and finally the scoring at the end. Is that so hard? This is one of my all time favorite pieces from TG and I haven't been able to watch it in full since it first came out

[flormacias]

I miss this top gear and I’m going to miss them a lot ❤ nobody is going to replace them.

[WizardSoon]

Man i never realize how hilarious the classic top gesr was. Top indeed. Thanks for preserving these gems

[growingup]

6:39 are we not gonna acknowledge how clean that drift Jeremy was doing

[lucaswilson]

04:05 "one of my eyes is welded together with egg" 😂😂😂

[packersfan]

Say what you want about the Hamster, but you cannot deny that he is sorry