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The Technical Panda - 6 years ago

that has got to be the least reliable car ever.......

Lucifer Shiroshi - 6 years ago

4:34 Top gear did it first

Hunting With a Chocolate Lab - 6 years ago

He keeps calling it a canoe.

It's a damn kayak.

It even has "kayak" written on it.....

Sethjxl - 6 years ago

"and of course it doesn't float"... Starts and finishes race floating...

Jake The Steak - 6 years ago

Much bad car

Kai Z - 7 years ago

Where’s an Iceberg when you need one? They’ve all melted due to global warming!

Rahul and Neena Patel - 7 years ago

I think genuinely it was a tie

SuperStone - 7 years ago

Hammond and Baker: Pirates of the Ice Lake

Gassyun1c0rn 666 - 7 years ago

Who's going to be the one to tell Hammond that canoes and kayaks are two different things?

10. comment for Tomcat vs Super Kayak | Top Gear | Series 8 | BBC

100% American - 7 years ago

Top gear

Apex GT4 - 7 years ago

It's what happens when you take British engineering and garnish it with Icelandic. So unreliability basically

Zac - 7 years ago

Most badass thing I've ever seen.

Andrew Stewart - 7 years ago

my grandfather was putting jet engines in kayaks like 50 years ago... but I guess something in NZ doesnt count as a world first

Jamie Whalen - 7 years ago

Wow, that Bowler sounds great.

Gone With The Wind - 7 years ago

Jamie his isn't a bowler wildcat, just a Tomcat

Jacob J - 8 years ago

the hamster won cuz cayak racing is stupid

T-TEAM gaming inc. - 8 years ago

where's the titanic when you need it.

SquidyPlays23 - 8 years ago

Idk why but I like when Jeremy is in a vid lol

SlayerRock4ever - 8 years ago

He's the best....IN THE WORLD!!

Trevor Train10 - 8 years ago

There is a you tuber named tomcat

Kandi Klover - 8 years ago

Too small little kayak.

20. comment for Tomcat vs Super Kayak | Top Gear | Series 8 | BBC

bram lapiere - 8 years ago

The dent from the crash is gone in the last shot.

Owens 29292 - 8 years ago

4:40 Pirates of the Caribbean theme

Gustav MH - 8 years ago

maybe its just me, but i miss old proper top gear ambitious but rubbish

Ren - 8 years ago

Gustav MH it's everyone

Paganiproductions - 8 years ago

What happend to the super kayak in the video?

Forbes Hutton - 8 years ago

The music sounds like it was stolen for Pirates of the Caribbean.

Gustav MH - 8 years ago

it is

Mr.Taters 123 - 8 years ago

I know I can't believe they did not recognize that

Sir C - 8 years ago

6:18
"I don't believe that."

Yeah, me neither.

Hatta Fadzil - 8 years ago

wow .. wow .. wow !

Iron Will - 8 years ago

Hammond won, you can see him on the bridge when Shawn is only just under it.

Jaime T Rubio III - 7 years ago

Iron Will 0:57!!!

Kyle D - 8 years ago

pirates of the carribean soundtrack!

30. comment for Tomcat vs Super Kayak | Top Gear | Series 8 | BBC

shardlow235 - 8 years ago

Leon Depreli - 8 years ago

Shaun Baker is my uncle

Arshad Nazran - 8 years ago

+Leon Depreli Trying to prove in youtube comments where literally nobody cares but just pissed off that you claimed it.

chillyfingers123 - 8 years ago

+JDGAMER Xx possibly his mom's brother is shaun baker that would make sense since maiden name would change

Jon the lamb - 8 years ago

Says the kid whith a difrent last name

Wesley Alth - 8 years ago

it is a kayak not a canoe

Gone With The Wind - 7 years ago

Wesley Alth

rockzs74r - 9 years ago

pirates of the Caribbean song

Knall Kul - 8 years ago

rockzs74r he's a pirate by klaus badet (may have spelled it wrong )

Catweasle - 9 years ago

Anyone know the song @0:37

Catweasle - 8 years ago

+gummysweet1 That's right. I thought I have hear it before. I have the movie. It's a great movie too. Cheers.

gummysweet1 - 8 years ago

+Cat Weasle This is a serious answer btw. It's the credits song from "Constantine", the movie with Keanu Reeves as some kind of demon hunter.

$z\x \zx\$

z\x \zx\ - 8 years ago

Pirates of the Caribbean

MileHigh 22 - 8 years ago

+Hima Sawi thanks man

Hima Sawi - 8 years ago

+KP Buggy 22 darude sandstorm.

MileHigh 22 - 8 years ago

I forgot!! What was it again?

CaptainMcShotgun - 8 years ago

+Cat Weasle but my dad is a funny guy ;_;

CaptainMcShotgun - 8 years ago

+Cat Weasle o lol XD

Catweasle - 8 years ago

+CaptainMcShotgun Ha. It's an expression when someone tells an obvious joke that's old and not funny anymore. A dad joke.

CaptainMcShotgun - 8 years ago

+Cat Weasle hes your dad ? XD

Catweasle - 9 years ago

+Hima Sawi All good :-)

Hima Sawi - 9 years ago

sorry man ,i know its not funny any more ,but i couldnt stop myself .

Catweasle - 9 years ago

+Hima Sawi Good one Dad

Hima Sawi - 9 years ago

+Cat Weasle darude sandstorm

TraustiGeir - 9 years ago

I guess that makes Hammond the only driver to hit an iceberg with a car.

Kuzey Gaming - 6 years ago

M N - 7 years ago

I AM NOT A DRIVING GOD!

Pillrex 4 - 7 years ago

Name the car Titanic

Jacobel - 8 years ago

Yep

Trevor Train10 - 8 years ago

Kandi Klover - 8 years ago

That looked pretty funny. He might've won if he didn't smush the front into an ice cube.

Uncel Adolf - 9 years ago

Massive ice cubes xd

Q Goes - 9 years ago

Shout out to Pirates.

Tony Jarvis - 9 years ago

Tony jarvis thinks you are a good friend. X

Per-Martin Bjørk - 10 years ago

I want a super kayak

Swagy On me - 10 years ago

Dayum He got rekt!

MINIML. - 10 years ago

+TC9700Gaming didn't know you were a car lol

TC9700Gaming - 10 years ago

That's awesome! I remember that episode :D

Walter White - 10 years ago

Any idea which song it is between 3:20 and 4:32?

.NetSam - 10 years ago

Darude - Sandstorm

castrolsupra86 - 10 years ago

A song from Pirates Of The Caribbean. 4:35

United States of Embarrassment - 10 years ago

wait, what? that thing doesn't float?

Pascal ///M Power - 10 years ago

Red Bull give you......two stroke motor lol

Vaxy - 10 years ago

What was Hammond expecting. He was driving a British engineered soap box.

Headless horseless Horseman - 10 years ago

During tomcat's presentation there is in the background a music that is in sin city !

The Dirpy Brony - 10 years ago

YAY I want a kayak like that!

tone4388 - 10 years ago

ok, the tomcat sounds badass.

Gone With The Wind - 7 years ago

tone4388 TVR v8 m8, sounds beautiful

50. comment for Tomcat vs Super Kayak | Top Gear | Series 8 | BBC

hette kloosterman - 10 years ago

Why isnt there a dutch version of TopGear?

Soddykins - 10 years ago

Bollocks, that was all Hammond.

Brooks Benton - 10 years ago

That Pirates of the Caribbean music really did the trick

Mr Loba-Loba - 10 years ago

Amaziiing...

westleybates 20 - 10 years ago

That rover sounds beautiful

Nathan woolhead - 10 years ago

in nandos that is where an ice berg is

VTREX2010 - 10 years ago

To whomever that this refers to, most of the races on Top Gear aren't staged. What do you want? A live action race while they're filming? They did the race already and the one you're watching is a edited version, because, of course they can't show you the whole thing(unless you purchase the unedited version). And Hammond crashing into the ice isn't staged. He just lost control of the car.

Jakob Aylesbury - 6 years ago

If it wasn’t staged I reckon the show would be a bit boring but top gear had a good balance between staged and real

gnarkillkicksass - 9 years ago

+VTREX2010 So right, but so many will decide to bash any other car show. Car people just enjoy them all I guess.

Offroadlights4sale - 10 years ago

Thou found the ice berg on land when you hit it....

Ryan Brown - 10 years ago

Its funny he said iceland instead of greenland. Iceland is green and greenland is ice

Fred Smith - 8 years ago

Ryan Brown depends on time of year. And based on the volcanic ash, that's absolutely Iceland. Greenland has solid ice sheets but Iceland is a volcanic island with massively variable topography. In the winter it's covered in ice which is how it got its name

Jay Buntin - 8 years ago

You do know that there is a lot of ice in Iceland, right?

jackykneidinger - 10 years ago

Oh my god that defender is awesome!

Millionaire172 - 10 years ago

I think it was a complete tie or the kayak lost!!

Alex Carbone - 10 years ago

Well cant be that much of a problem

Cameron Macdonell - 10 years ago

I thought it
Looked like the truck one

Ross Mazin - 10 years ago

What season is this

erhart vincent - 10 years ago

Viva top gear everybody !!!

D Clarke - 10 years ago

We'll you would of won if you didn't go gta style on that ice rock. Crashing into it slowed you down

Andrei Popa - 10 years ago

5:25=u said the boat will have problems with the ice...

Sara Kühlthau - 10 years ago

Why can't the german tv also do such cool things!
i just love you guys :D

Jack9000York - 10 years ago

"Where is an iceberg, when you need one? Honestly! "

Hell yeah!!!!!

Muhammad Nance - 10 years ago

Haha pirates of the caribeen theme song

Aleks Jenner - 10 years ago

All the races are rigged but it is still fun to watch it.
Like WWE but better

Dorin Botnaru - 10 years ago

Jay Scherbring - 10 years ago

5:20. HA

Jonathan Karlsson - 10 years ago

Such a set up, every time. Still like it lol

WOMBLES WOMBLES - 10 years ago

That kayak is sick!

WOMBLES WOMBLES - 10 years ago

The kayak is sick

manictiger - 10 years ago

Would probably give it more traction if you put some downforce fins on it... He mentioned how light and powerful it is... When off-roading, it's all about traction.

Nataliya-Pavel Pavlun - 10 years ago

TheAreaOf PenileLiquid - 10 years ago

richard hammond clearly won he was on the bridge before that kayaker was under it
he just took a while to get out and check

Andrew W - 10 years ago

love the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack XD

touch0014 - 10 years ago

americans are copy cats..copy a lot of the shows England does have..and Top Gear (US) is shit

Paul Mckenna - 10 years ago

There's only 1 Top Gear; the one with Hammond, May and Clarkson!

Ralph Körner - 6 years ago

Paul Mckenna no there's not, they haven't even been the first lineup.
Granted, they were the best though.

gnarkillkicksass - 9 years ago

+Paul Mckenna There are a lot of car shows though Paul, no reason to dislike them if your into car shows!

iScream - 10 years ago

of course kayak would win coz the tom can take a turn to go in the bridge

Outdoorsman & 4x4 TV - 10 years ago

Me want! Super Kayak!

mikejamesalt - 10 years ago

I thought he said the kayak doesn't float?

Ulaş Çakır - 10 years ago

Upload something new TopGear...

Jacob Porrett - 10 years ago

nICE. if you get my drift.

Neopulse00 - 10 years ago

That looks fun to use. Although looks like you need incredible upper body to maneuver with it over a long period of time.

MonsterElement - 10 years ago

Crazy

Pantelis Theodoulou - 10 years ago

Siima motorcycle jackets. Say no more…

Ng Chin Ming - 10 years ago

Hammond had won if he didn't get off his car

moneysatou - 10 years ago

drivingGOD is back!

ToraxReborn - 10 years ago

Man that song is getting overused.. Im sure top gear uk couldve had another song for this clip

zetabola1 - 10 years ago

Why the hamster sit so close to the steering wheel?

Hard forJesus - 10 years ago

Either I'm suffering from deja vu, or I'm sure Top Gear uploaded this video a long time ago.

SoG Watchman - 10 years ago

I just watched this episode on Netflix last night... LOL

Austin Rivers - 10 years ago

You're right about that

Austin Rivers - 10 years ago

Lol
Like a..jet propelled eel

xBuzz996 - 10 years ago

Red Bull... Red Bull everywhere

Joseph Wilson - 10 years ago

Must. Buy. Red Bull.

Samsson83 - 10 years ago

Funny how they say it doesn't float if the engine stops and yet he is waiting under the bridge floating. And when he turns you actually see that the engine is missing and he is paddling away with mixed in engine sound.. :-)

100. comment for Tomcat vs Super Kayak | Top Gear | Series 8 | BBC

AckAck - 10 years ago

this was awesome

Daniel Tudor - 10 years ago

Upload full episodes guy,these are both short and old.

SavageSalad - 10 years ago

If the engine in that kayak threw a rod I would hate to be sitting ontop of it...

imthelastone - 10 years ago

Anybody who thinks this is a real race needs help !

If its real then he did a great job fixing the bumper between the crash and the end of the race ...bravo Hammond

Andre Aube - 10 years ago

If he wouldn't of crashed he would of won

SleeplessAdrian - 10 years ago

4:35 - Pirates of the caribbean soundtrack , haha. Only difference, is that it's racing on ice.

moneymike422vids - 10 years ago

I think richard hammond wuld hav won if he didnt hit that big piece of ice lol

moneymike422vids - 10 years ago

I think

Black shadow - 10 years ago

Version of me on that kayak

HachiZenki - 10 years ago

2-stroke engine? All the eco weenies just did a spit take into their chamomile tea.

Tylor Williams - 10 years ago

480p wtf i cant see anything

Jay Buntin - 8 years ago

Nor can you use grammar.

Tylor Williams - 10 years ago

Thats a kayak not a canoe

Miles Shields - 10 years ago

that was such a fake crash hahaha

Alam - 10 years ago

"Roasted his buttocks" Hahaha ! Love Top Gear

A7mD Otaku - 10 years ago

wasabus2 - 10 years ago

lol skyrim music

HalalYes - 10 years ago

Running out of ideas it seems.

-DownShift Media- - 10 years ago

Isnt that a bowler?

westleybates 20 - 10 years ago

It sounds like it has a nacar engine cause of the sound

-DownShift Media- - 10 years ago

ohhhh now i get it! thanks for the info!

Admiral_Awesome - 10 years ago

The Bowler wildcat is the direct successor to this vehicle. Sorry I was slightly wrong, its an evolution if you will

-DownShift Media- - 10 years ago

+Admiral_Awesome whats the difference?

Admiral_Awesome - 10 years ago

+Thomas Iommi this is different from a bowler

Thomas L - 10 years ago

It was called a Bowler before, I don't know why they changed the name

Josh L - 10 years ago

No... It's a Land rover Defender

HackingDutchman - 10 years ago

5:20 ''BAMM'' 5:22 ''Come on!!''

Andrei Bondoc - 10 years ago

If he didn't crash..

willpv23 - 10 years ago

This video made me want to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. I wonder why...

Jörgen Eriksson - 10 years ago

It moves !

End3rW1z - 10 years ago

So...who agrees that Hammond WOULD have won, if he didn't mess up and crash?

IamCon - 7 years ago

Othman Milad And this comment is from three months later. What's your point?

Othman Milad - 7 years ago

Richard Harrold ya know this comment is from 2 years ago right?

Richard Harrold - 7 years ago

And the later Wildcat with the 5-litre engine would have helped.

Ronny Leger - 10 years ago

good engine sound!

Nuno Carvalho - 10 years ago

LoL wacky races...

Seiniger - 10 years ago

Thought f-14 Tomcat xD

Brodie V - 10 years ago

if hammond had not crashed into the ice berg he would of won

Cristian Cortes - 10 years ago

Que pasada sigue así haciendo estos vídeos tan chulos

Nigel Minguel - 10 years ago

That is nice i want one ???

massari4u - 10 years ago

Not pirates of the Caribbeans soundtrack, it's tge Gladiator soundtrack my good sir.

Dan Black - 10 years ago

+massari4u
Meh, no problem; I've certainly had my share of misidentified songs. And as I mentioned, many of those action movies have similar-sounding themes, so that could've had something to do with it.

massari4u - 10 years ago

+Dan Black Ohh myy. Dan you are right,, it is Pirates of the Caribbeans it was very similar to The Pirates of the Caribbeans soundtrack. I was mistaken indeed. For my defense I just got out of bed when watched the video and commented so i wasn't 100% awake! ahaha,

Dan Black - 10 years ago

Sorry, massari4u, joystickjedi is right. (Hans Zimmer did Gladiator and at least the latest Pirates, though, so there's some connection.)

The easiest place to tell is to jump to 5:34 in this video, and compare to the iTunes preview for the track, "He's a Pirate", which is the first one that comes up in the iTunes Store when I search for "pirates of the caribbean". It's on the first film soundtrack, by Klaus Badelt.

The theme is used throughout the series, though, so you'll find it on other PotC tracks, too. I know Zimmer used it in his work in the last soundtrack -- which I especially love because it had Rodrigo y Gabriela.

I haven't seen Gladiator, but I don't find any similarities listening to the soundtrack preview clips. There could be some, though; movies of the same genre often have similar-sounding music. And the trailers for the films often use music from other films, so the Pirates theme could be used on a Gladiator trailer or something -- but I'm not going to go search for those.

joystickjedi - 10 years ago

Pirates soundtrack starts at 4:30...

namzuged - 10 years ago

Is it just me or have they used the Pirates of the Caribbean theme again in this episode? :D

Beppeloni - 10 years ago

lo stonfo a 5:20 è un osso duro questo defender!

Chris Pofahl - 10 years ago

Bloody pirates!

ibrahim mamo - 10 years ago

:-)

Nerdy Latino - 10 years ago

O.K... Who else thought that it was endgame when he hit the ice block?

djmarcos702 - 10 years ago

Was the ice berg joke a Titanic reference? Because he said it so fast it didn't sink in.

bors2908 - 10 years ago

Another Wildcat Clone

johnsoad2008 - 10 years ago

Epic

Sam Sult - 10 years ago

We all know Top Gear is the BEST!!!

Jimmy T - 7 years ago

Gone2thedogs Old ass video but I'm going to give my two cents in. As a huge fan of the BBC Top Gear, I was estatic when they announced the American edition. They were as entertaining despite lacking the experience. But the big downfall was when they decided to end Season 1 (or was it later) putting Tanner's racing Ford Focus atop the factory car leaderboard. That was the moment I lost interest and went back to the good old original.

B4TT3RY - 10 years ago

Tomcat won that race. If you consider the bridge as a finish line, Tomcat got there first.

Vincent Aluisio - 10 years ago

The kayak didn't win!

Виво Виталино - 10 years ago

Cool!

Ron J - 10 years ago

why does rich call it a canoe?

namethatisnottakenyo - 10 years ago

Pirates of the Caribbean.

MrGnarman - 10 years ago

I could go for a tomcat...

mr mohammed - 10 years ago

so it turned out that it floats

Anmol Agarwal - 10 years ago

If he wouldnt have hit the ice there he could have won

DominoGames - 10 years ago

what is the music at 4:40?

Ma St - 10 years ago

New Season?? PLEEASE!

Richard Sapach - 10 years ago

why is this reposted? its an old episode

G - 10 years ago

Are top gear races staged? Every time they race they end up neck and neck before the end and it bothers me

Mr TaRaGo - 10 years ago

why they don´t have HD videos ??

ЗВЕРЬЕ - 10 years ago

Обожаю

sage11x - 10 years ago

To the inventor of the jet powered kayak: hey, genius, they make this thing called a jet ski... You're useless.

MagicalChickenWings - 10 years ago

+Gunnar Streuli Hey Linkin Park, you're not cool anymore.

SavageSalad - 10 years ago

Hey genius, they invented this thing called a plane, your little car is useless.

Fenrir - 10 years ago

Every heard of fun? It must be boring in north korea were you live.

MrGnarman - 10 years ago

to inventor of this comment... they make motor boats and freightliners too. a kayak is very different from a jet ski. there's a difference, and this is not useless.

Duong Nguyen - 10 years ago

They tried to make something new. creative and different tho

Don Blake - 10 years ago

You found the ice burg on shore buddy !! You nailed it !! LOL Nice car ; I hope it hasn't too much Land Rover in it as most of the L.Rovers I see ; are on the back of flat-beds , getting hauled off to the dealers for repairs. What happened to the Arctic ice race ????

Theliftingdutchman - 10 years ago

I beat them in eating my tosti. Finished 10 seconds early

Anubis - 10 years ago

Anyone know the song at 0:36 ?

Anubis - 10 years ago

+Sir.SmokeALot Thanks!

Sir.Smoke - 10 years ago

watch?v=Cf2rtQbgdAs

dakduif100 - 10 years ago

Loving the principle of uploading little clips

Kevin Rustles - 10 years ago

3:44 "geography" -_-

Finlay Constant - 10 years ago

how fast does that kayak go?

Laurens Handels - 10 years ago

+Finlay Constant pretty fast

avlisk - 10 years ago

Awww, I was hoping to see Beretta Tomcat vs Kayak. Oh, well, I guess I'll try Hickok45 instead.

Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen - 10 years ago

Will Ferrel?

paul ames - 10 years ago

Pretty sure Mokai has been making pretty slick jet Kayaks for well over a decade..

Metriximor - 10 years ago

Some say if he ever needs a life support, it will be a car...All we know is his name is Stig!

spiroslouis1 - 10 years ago

it may be fake but i like it a lot!

DD-HD - 10 years ago

no HD anymore??

D3 - 10 years ago

+paskapers3 No, it's because this aired in 2006.

Welde - 10 years ago

A lot of TV channels etc. still think that HD is a "premium" thing that you have to pay for, so maybe that's why

D3 - 10 years ago

This is from Series 8, back in 2006. I don't think HD was a priority when producing this.

Sw00zies - 10 years ago

So staged.

Anas Abdullatif - 10 years ago

6:27

Mathias Vandevelde - 10 years ago

still not able to upload all vids in hd? -__-

Lookash - 10 years ago

Kayak with engine? Only in TopGear!!!! :))

Lookash - 10 years ago

Thanks for +1 guys.. It's nice to see my comment as TOP. Greeting from czech republic! :))

lookwhotalkin - 10 years ago

Brilliant as ever!

James Velikodnyy - 10 years ago

Is that pirates of the caribbean music???

LikeAGTR34 - 10 years ago

Why are these brand new episodes not on tv on veronica in the netherlands? Or should i watch on bbc or something?

skybluesky1000 - 10 years ago

Hahaahahahaha Where is the iceberg when you need it

Zsuzsi Raáb - 10 years ago

coool

Zsuzsi Raáb - 10 years ago

coooolllll

fcukcsify - 10 years ago

I Like it !

thedon008 - 10 years ago

3rd or 4th time this was uploaded? or have i just seen it a lot of times?

BIZiiT - 10 years ago

Obviously not first

Gopikrishna K - 10 years ago

Was actually waiting for a new video , and here it is , TY TopGear...

Koen Kievits - 10 years ago

This is the first time in history, a hamster visited Iceland

ahmed blooshi - 10 years ago

Ha ha

CraztSAMP - 10 years ago

Gustavo Vicenzi - 10 years ago

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