These Are Your Favorite Old Top Gear Segments

Hard to distinguish between all the awesome specials they produced, but for a single segment, my go-to is Jeremy and the Reliant Robin. Can’t watch it without violent fits of laughter, and I’ve watched it many times... Yes, they messed with the Reliant’s differential to make it easier to roll-over, but it’s still brilliant!

I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed harder at a TV show. I can remember crying the first time I watched it because of how funny it was.

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S13E7: “An Ending.” Clarkson being thoughtful instead of boorish, beautiful cinematography and music, and an Aston ripping down B roads. It’s from 14 years ago, but if anything it’s more relevant today given the rapid shift towards electrification. The times, they are a changin’. If either of my children end up being car enthusiasts, it’s likely to be for a radically kind of car than the ones I fell in love with.

Man, I really thought this was the end of Top Gear when this segment first aired.

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The entire Vietnam episode. That was the peak and everything since has been chasing that high.

It’s hard to overstate how brilliant this entire special is. It’s also hard to overstate how impressive it was that these three fellas could get from the south of Vietnam to the north.

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I believe it was the “Cheap Porsche” episode that started the whole genre of “3 car presenters competing against each other with cars that match their personalities” shows that we still see today. It’s also one of my favorites

This right here. This is The Book of Genesis.

Submitted by: BrianK

The bit when Jeremy drives the Peel P50. It’s funny enough seeing someone of his size squeeze into the world’s smallest car, but when he carries it into the office like a piece of luggage, it really starts going off the rails. Funniest part is when he sits in on the inclusivity meeting while still in the car.

I wonder what the world was like before everyone knew about the Peel P50.

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Super SUVs. W12 q7, x5M, Range Rover. “Green peace would be happier if this car ran on sliced dolphin” and “if you want a car that does everything, what’s wrong with a Range Rover”

This segment made me deeply want an L322 Range Rover at the time. To be honest, that hasn’t gone away. I still deeply want an L322 Range Rover.

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The Train vs. Jaguar vs. Vincent race really gets across the utterly crap experience that is riding old bikes in the rain.

This could be the most British segment on the show, and that’s really saying something, isn’t it?

Submitted by: Gubbin

The Ford Fiesta

The entire Fiesta review is some of the most brilliant car reviewing ever done. It should honestly be a blueprint for all of it.

Submitted by: Blockheads

This tribute to Saab was pretty damn good too, especially given it came later on.

Saab deserved better, and we did not deserve Saab.

Submitted by: Blockheads

Any of the this vs. transport races. Veyron one was awesome. GT-R in Japan. Those were so much fun to watch and re watch.

This is some of the most heart-pounding television ever produced.

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Their trip through South America in the SUVs purchased sight-unseen.

Hammond’s zipper pants get me every time. They are so deeply embarrassing. Also, I could never do this. The bugs in this jungle are an absolute non-starter for me.

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The cheap old supercars segment was a fine thing. Dear Spouse still likes to joke about “all its horses have run away!”

I could not tell you why, but this segment always reminds me of spring.

Submitted by: Gubbin

The US Road Trip was pretty great. And the destroyed tire and then tire shop segment in particular (I can’t find the full segment in one piece, so here you go).

The fellas blasting around New York City still lives rent free in my head to this day.

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The one where they try to get the Renault Avantime around the track as fast as a lancer Evo. It’s not super spectacular but I think they should have done this idea more

Working in an office with other car enthusiasts means we rarely agree on good cars. I love the fact that one of the few cars this trio actually liked was the Renault Avantime.

Submitted by: Logan M. Jokisch via Twitter

For me it has to be the Historic People Carrier Racing Championship...or used minivan racing. I feel like the segment speaks for itself

All of these cheap car races are brilliant, but this one may be the best there ever was.

Submitted by: Maxis47