> 5000hp > shows a GTR shooting flames > gets a Peugeot that's been riced to hell

"What color is that, national health service green?"

when your playing a ps2 in the back of a car, you know that car was from pimp my ride

Arthritis against Acne, sums up the generation difference.

200bhp and he reckons the 0-60 is 6.2 seconds? is he dreaming? that pug must weigh as much as an aircraft carrier

in this battle of arthritis against acne LMAO

I’m not surprised at that result. The Peugeot is really heavy with all those speakers and monitors and video game equipment, whereas the Frog-Eyed Sprite was already lightweight to begin with, and they then stripped it down to barebones. It’s all down to the age-old quandary of a heavy car with more horsepower versus a lighter car that doesn’t quite have as much horsepower. Some car manufacturers, such as Pagani when competing against Lamborghini, possess the necessary tools to make their car light enough to get away with not having as much horsepower.

The Sprite is just happy to be there. Nothing can bring him down. Even if he lost he'd smile across the finish saying "Well I gave it me best shot. Good race!"

That Austin Healy looks really happy. Just look at it's smile :D

It's not a modern obsession with horsepower. It's an obsession with loading your car with so much cheap plastic and stick-on chrome that it looks like a tourist shop.

Believe it or not, r34 gtrs where around 26k around that time. Just gonna leave this here.

In case you’re wondering what the Peugeot dude is rolling around in now... It’s a 2014 Range Rover with a 3 litre diesel in it

26.000 pounds for the modification on the 306? You could've bought a good car for that money.

What does a ricer do after he wins a race? -He turns off his PlayStation.

God I love how the old farts laugh when their car stalls

I’m sure when Hammond was told he was going to be with the yobbos he was secretly gutted.

"Arthritis against acne..." I totally lost it there.

The Sprite just looks so happy. It's literally just this: 8D

5:24 Hammond should have taken that Evo instead of the rice box

1. Healy gearbox whines like a supercharger 2. Healy looks better 3. Healys faster That peugeots a Waste of 26k

That Peugeot is an example of French rice

the frog eye's transmission whines like a supercharger

Gotta love how it's London Backstreets vs. Actual Brits.

I watched this a kid... I was rooting for the Peugeot because it looked like it was made in NFS Underground, and you could play it inside the car... Now that I've grown up and a brain, I'm embarrassed to for him to have that car and spending that much... That Austin Healey is gorgeous. I bet it's preserved somewhere, I don't know about the Peugeot though... Probably impounded

I love how James calls this a 'battle of arthritis against acne' Anyway, that Peugeot seems like a waste of 26 grand. For that sort of money, I'd buy a secondhand Aston DB7 or a Maserati Quattroporte.

Tuners vs. Ricers vs. Classics. And don't argue with me: that Peugeot is pure rice nowadays.

Weird thing is, after all these years and watching this as a kid, I've ended hosting the Austin Heeley Sports club over multiple years at a hotel I used to work at.

Still one of my favorite Top Gear clips over a decade later.

NASA called, they want their space shuttle exhaust back...

200bhp from a 3.0 v6 that's awful

1:57 is truly the greatest moment in this entire video

I'm firmly with the beards. You can't win a race with TVs and subs in a riced out Peugeot

3:09 James May in his element

Gotta say the classic car group has my liking, tea and biscuits? Sign me up

1:52 behold the Majesty of the Austin Healey.......which has stalled Lol that was funny

Interesting that James and Richard seem to have swapped views on this in the years since. Richard's favorite car is Oliver, while James is quite excited by the new Honda Civic Type R. In several Top Gear and Grand Tour challenges (well at least one I can think of), Richard and Jeremy got old classics while James called them stupid and got a modern hot hatch. With this challenge, I do wonder why the modern car did worse in turns than the old Austin-Heeley - had the young tuners not built the suspension for cornering well? Did all that money instead just go into the sound system, cosmetics, and gadgets? Maybe it really was nothing but a ricer.

The good british ricer lads starting clapping at the sprite in a genuine polite manner

Frogeye Sprite: classic and beautiful Peugeot 306: rice rice baby

"And now representing a time when subs were used to fight the Germans" 😂😂

1:12 the way they synced the exhaust note with the music

Aw the healey is so adorable its little smile and wide eyes. Looks like the NA miata's great grandfather, just with *cough* more horsepower.

The 24-valve V-6 is weighed-down by all those techno-goodies. You can see it pushing through the corners. Take out the fancy accessories and the race would have turned-out the other way around. I'm glad it didn't though. That Sprite is cute as hell. What an adorable little car.

It's really weird to think that I was 2 years old when this was uploaded. The Austin still looks better than most of the cars in British car culture today.

3:28 Interesting how that carried over to the modern age. It stood the test of time to go from "ricer nonsense" to "useful idea"

Hah! NFS Underground 1. Very fitting in a car like that. I loved that game.

I wonder how much money he wasted ricing that Peugeot

twelve years on, the Pug looks old-fashioned as hell, Healey still looking good...

"Noooo! You can't even drive that car in underground 2! It's not even bagged!" "Hehe froggy boi go eeeeeeeeeee"

What I think TG tried to show is that the real car nuts are the old beards. I personally was amazed at the effort they put into making the car lighter and agile. Even if Hammond's group had used another car, I think the old car nuts would've deserved to win. When I grow old, I see myself like these guys.

The wet surface was a huge equalizer in this contest. My brother got fastest time of day in the rain at the Chimney Rock Hill climb once in the eighties, driving a Lotus type 61 Formula Ford (a relic, powered by a Ford Pinto motor). The next day it was dry, and all the modified hill climb special cars won the podium.

That show must be renamed: Rice vs Nice.

They had an r34. Why didn't they use that? Edit: so there is apparently an argument going on in the reply section. Lets observe.

It is so satisfying to see a classic car beat up a riced car

"Austin Healey Sport Club " VS "Riced Peugeot Club" Austin Healey Sport Club WINS 💪💪💪

0:16 What do i see?? a nokia 6230i?! oh yes, i have the same one 12 years after... :,(

The sound of the Austin is joyous

That is the riceiest piece of shit i have ever seen

ahhh back when rice was cool. what the hell were we all thinking?! id much rather have that austin, it'd be so much nicer to drive

If that riced out ”youth car” would have some power upgrades like a turbo, stiff suspension, trick clutch, exhaust mods, those were what tuner cars were like. They werent just rice boxes.

"Does it go any lower than that?" LOL

I love the dubstep ‘flight of the bumblebee’ 3:20

0-60 in 6 seconds with a 200 BHP V6, in a car that weighs about 4000 pounds with all that stupid bodywork and electronics....Typical ricer.

I'm 22 and I'd take that frogeye sprite any day of the week. Phenomenal car

Funny how Tipsy by J-Known starts playing at 2:15 lmao

So its pure RICE against pure real racing car...Ok then.

Would you like some curry with that rice...

Seeing a car do such fine cornering like the Austin just did is always a great sight to see

0:27 We were on the verge of greatness, we were this close

I remember watching this episode as a kid thinking that peugeot was absolutely stunning. Im here now thinking the austin is!

I would rather drive a reliant robin than that peugeot

great to see people come together like that

It's undoubtedly true the that Peugot was way heavier than the Austin, but I wonder how much the fact it was front wheel drive played into it with under steer in the corners effected its time...that and it certainly wasn't a purpose built car for a hill climb either.

Enough rice to feed Bombay.

rice vs sleeper😂

I love how in real life the role of hammond and may would be switched may loves new cars and Richard loves classics.

James has had that shirt for 17 years lol long than I’ve been alive

I'm 23 and sooooo glad that a normal classic car won against a stupid ugly modified 306

so 26k into mods yet nothing done to the engine... yes makes sence...

TRACKSUIT YOUTH: "yeah man yah gets me blood like we is got our massive posse on this one innit like we gonna show like ow we do's it yinaw?" TWEED GENTLEMAN: "I say, shall we rather get to it? A little bit of fettling and I think we could be in with a jolly good shout. But first things first, can I interest you in a cup of tea?"

0:21 "We're so close, yet so far"

These arent two types of car cultures i like R34s no speakers all horsepower, flames and an amazing sound. That peugeot is pure rice 😂

I love the simple but effective track cars.

That 1961 “frog eye” is amazing.

Frog eye Sprite every time. There was a fella at work who would his to commute during the summer. It was always a treat to see it.

1:24 It's actually the national racing colours of Ecuador.

2:53 that old man looks like very old Jeremy

"National health service green" 😂

This is more ricer vs car enthusiast Than new vs old

they have skyline why they dont use it?

Dang, my college ex had that identical sprite up at his shop. We got that thing going up the mountains like this for a good hour. They're hilarious fun, but the gas tank is right behind the seats, and there's no roll bar. It's like taking a go-cart on the freeway.

- Shows a mint R34 - Turns up in a bag of rice

James: and now representing a time when subs was what you fought the germans with. LMAO

To be fair the Healey was built for racing, while the Citreon is a show car.

Literally this is the battle of the Ricer (the ugly Peugeot) vs the Tuners (the Frog Eye Sprite)

Love both the old and new

I love the sound that the heely makes.

I don't get it. How can anyone, in any world or any level of sanity, think that the pug looks good?

0:40 Torques where it's at, my boy.

The sound and that smile

Holy moly that flight of the bumblebee remix was fire