Disastrous Amphibious Car Challenge | Top Gear Classic

That time when Jeremy, Richard and James tested their incredible engineering skills to craft cars truly capable of going off-road...

From Series 8, Episode 3
Watch the full episode on BBC iPlayer:

00:00 The Challenge
01:01 Driving to Leek
04:57 Driving through town
06:22 Testing the water
06:55 Setting sail
08:31 Richard sinks
11:26 Race to the finish
12:34 Capsizing

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[TopGearClassic]

Which of the trio had the best amphibious car?

[EllB]

On the Road: Jeremy won this
On the Water: James won this

Everywhere...: Richard lost this

[Gordanovich]

May: "It's upside down"
Clarkson: "Don't give me technicalities"

[LocoSunny]

Top gear can immediately make you forget anything bad in the world and make you smile and laugh

[jimmerrick]

The unbridled joy in Hammonds laugh as the toyboata capsizes makes me laugh everytime

[peterkershaw]

The music cue when May gets stuck by the bridge is iconic! Appreciate the upload, shame the music is gone.

[CarlosMartinez-ducu]

This was the first episode I ever watched of British Television, I just arrived to Britain to learn English, didn't speak a word and I was there for 4-5 months as a 10 year old. And they were showing this episode, it was a re-run since it was 2010. This episode is particularly close to my heart because when I arrived, I couldn't understand a thing and when I left I watched it again, now understanding everything.

[DanTheManAD]

It’s so weird hearing this without all the original music. James entering the water with Land of Hope and Glory blaring is iconic.

[DLGaming]

May: Is going as slow as a turtle
Clarkson: Goes full speed, turns hard, and capsizes.

[lordsalisbury]

Richard's laughing as the toyota capsizes encapsulates why everybody loved Top Gear with these 3 presenters - it reminds everybody of being a child, and the sheer joyousness of doing daft, utterly pointless things with your friends.

[Cyber-v.]

12:41 that line delivery from May was just so unexpected that I choked on my drink 😂

[static-san]

"Ambitious, but rubbish".

Definitely, one of the best challenges. Lots of genuine moments between the three!

[australirish]

13:00
Clarkson: Richard…RICHARD!
Hammond: HaHaHa!
Is the best bit for me.

[Bakerstreetgaming]

The fact that they repeatedly will just leave each other and laugh makes it so much better

[EnforcerX]

First Top Gear challenge I ever watched back in 2006, made me an instant fan of the show.

[GTACIP]

I honestly think Clarkson flipping it at the last moment is one of the most heartbreaking moments of the entire show lol.

[YesIamDressedForAFuneral]

2:42 Take it from a resident Stokie, if James had plunged the whole of Stoke-on-Trent into the Middle Ages, hardly anyone would probably had noticed.

[SteSeaton]

'Ill give you a million quid... or this bucket' gets me every time LOL

[robert-trading-as-Bob]

This is still the best Top Gear Challange ever.
I have fond memories of my late parents howling at their antics, as we all grew weak with laughter.
Top Gear made memories, not just television programs.

[zpprt]

Woud be nice to see the whole segment. Building, banter instead of only the challenge