The other Top Gear Africa special cars have finally been found!
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- A couple of years ago, the original Top Gear Africa special cars were found abandoned in Botswana. And now the 'Source of the Nile' estate cars have been found too, this time in Uganda!
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Which one of these cars would you save? 🤔 Here are the links to the original Reddit posts:
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Volvo
Volvo. I've seen these go for quite a bit recently
Subaru
You guys at Drivetribe should save them. It's your moral obligation.
Keep going and you'll have a full grid of 90's BTCC cars.
I can watch those old specials unlimited times and they’re still entertaining
I watch them all the time. Never gets old
When the tree hit the back window. Genius!
❤
Just like comfort food! 😊
It genuinely the best programme ever it’s so easy to watch when i need to waste an hour I just play Russia roulette with old episodes
I find it funny how Hammond is known for destroying cars yet his rides from BOTH specials are still driving around today
HAMMOND!
Oliver was epic
i'd say that Oliver is still epic
@@duanebailey6253 Oliver was definitely epic. Little car that never quit, despite everything it went through during that special. I'm glad he kept the little nugget.
Only because he spent thousands restoring them.
The only BMW on earth which throttle was repaired by whacking the exhaust manifold with a hammer.
Actually the cabin air filter
BMWs often have that error, restarting the car fixes it, not the whacking i would have say.
He gently tapped it with a hammer and it wasn't the throttle.
"Jeremy brought his vast and sofisticated toolkit"
In unison "NOT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD"
The thing in the Volvo is a alarm sensor that normally sits on the window
That’s right it’s a glass break sensor, I’ve got one in my 850
@@Dombattersby same in my T-5R
Same here
i thought the same
It doesn’t look anything like a phone 😂
I am Ugandan, loved and followed the Top Gear series. Truth is, the three cars were left by the trio at our Revenue Authority backyard and later auctioned off. I only saw the Volvo back on the road but haven't seen it since. Myself, I have the 92' Volvo 850 n/a and would very much be interested in getting James' 850R and restoring it to it's former glory.
Would be awesome to see that 850R back on the road. That Scorpio isn't a bad pick either btw.
850 R is an absolute gem, especially with the history behind it
@@MaxxerOfPepsi The volvo 850R has had a previous life before even this. It used to be owned by the company I work for and was their company car for years - apparently.
@@redfish0 thanks for the interesting piece of information.
i really hope that 850r gets a second chance at life. i own an s60r and absolutely love it. 5 cylinder engines are the best
I have always wondered what ever happened to the Bolivia Special Range Rover. For some reason it was the most memorable car from their journeys for me.
I've always wondered if Hammond's Land Cruiser is still sitting on that sand dune
@@mr.carguy654 I'm pretty sure the BBC had it removed due to pollution concerns. It would have been bad PR to leave a leaking wreck in the untouched dunes.
Yeah the Range Rover was sweet. Wanna see where the trucks from Burma are now!
@@mr.carguy654 I saw a photo years ago on the internet of the landcruiser in a workshop in Bolivia (?) so it may have even been fixed if the bbc decided to sell it
I live in Bolivia and just the other day a was rewatching the Bolivia Special and had the same thought, so I went into the National car registry and checked the license plates. The Range Rover is still registered, stating that it was imported from Germany at some point but I doubt the BBC brought it to Bolivia with them. It didn't pay taxes since 2019, but that is quite common here so it may still be in use. Generally cars a very expensive, for the same reason basically Jeremy explained in the Vietnam special. So it probably still went for over 7000$ AFTER all they did to their cars in the special. You can quite often find 80s Toyota Corollas being sold for over 6000$. The Donkey was still registered as well, didn't pay taxes since 2019, but it states that the car got a new licence plate. Concerning James' car I sadly couldn't find a still of the cars number plate. If someone saw it I would love to look it up as well
Would be cool to get a video going over some of the cars they used throughout top gear and where those cars are now
a lot of them were abandoned, scrapped or returned to the builder for parts, not very interesting for the most part. for example james may did a return to the hi lux's used in the polar special s for a volcano trip and now mike found these. and of course the sub. oliver, if they are somewhat alive and have some interesting history i'm sure they'll be filmed/ talked about.
@@CaydeSmax I talked to a guy who got to drive one of the polar hilux’s about 2 years ago, a lot of the cars definitely will have boring endings but there’s definitely enough of them that didn’t to at least make a video on it.
Some of the cars are in the Beaulieu motor museum there is the indestructible toyota hilux and the amphibious cars and a load more if you want to know others i will let you know if i remember more
The majority are at Beaulieu Motor Museum, but it would be nice to know where the rest are at.
Patagonia special cars were destroyed by the government
I've seen hotchbacks from the 21st season in the UK when I was walking with my grandma
Scooters from Vietnam special are still in the Vietnam
Those are the most iconic episodes 😂😂
The best ever for me personally.
DriveTribe 100% needs to send a team to go find these cars in the flesh! What a great series it would be!
That's what i was thinking!
Just goes to show how epic the OG trio were 😢
Thanks @TwinTurbo Ray you beat me to it 👍
@TwinTurbo Ray they’re not the original trio, but they ARE the OG trio.
Tiff nedal, Clarkson and John Bentley 💁🏻♂️
@TwinTurbo Ray what does the G stand for? If you use them together as OG it means something more than just "first"
@TwinTurbo Ray it absolutely is
That Africa special was not only one of my favourite, but i think one of the best for all Top Gear fans... It would be great to see the 3 cars back together with the trio.
850Rs will soar over the next few years. Maybe not Supra status… but certainly see some creep into 20K for immaculate models. Such an underrated car.
That episode is the reason I have an unhealthy Volvo 850 addiction 😂😂
optional extras include a spaniel , slippers and a pipe
Season 19 episodes 6 and 7, enjoy!
Same for me. One of the reasons I bought my 850 T5
Great update Mike… now you know what we REALLY want is for you to bring them back and restore them.. well at least one after you’ve teased us…. What a proper trip that would be…and it would make great content.. you heard it here first😂
i don't think drive tribe has the budget for it :D but with this amount of info and teasing they may be in talks about it, who knows.
Here’s something curious about Richards Subaru,
The car is on SORN and it’s last MOT( in the UK) expired 23 July 2013 which is all fair enough, BUT Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 17 March 2023.
Does that mean the car was brought back to the UK after filming concluded and it has recently changed hands?
It's a shame that top gears didn't keep all the cars with them. It would be such an amazing museum to see all the cars used in those challenges.
the national motor museum in Beaulieu has quite a few Top Gear vehicles. They've got the off-road mobility scooters, Jeremy's caravan train, the Reliant Robin space shuttle (V2, V1 crashed), James' hot air balloon caravan, Jeremy's Porsche 944 ambulance and much more
@@Arik-2103 Do they have the Invincible Toyota Pickup?
@@metalheadgamer6666 from what I've gathered from other commenters, it has indeed
I have been a wagon fan since the family got our hands of what is now mine. 2004 VW Passat GL Wagon. American Spec. 1.8T 5-Speed Manual. 230k and does not even sip any oil between oil changes. Taking steps to rehabilitate its years of use as it just wants to keep running and keep going. Have made a great amount of progress so far. Plenty more to do but overall is still in great shape. Specially in the hands of an automotive detailer. Hehe
The Africa Special. My fave special prob along with Bolivia
Clarkson mentioned in one of his old telegraph car reviews (surprisingly he actually reviewed the e39) that his Africa special e39 was driven all the way back to the uk by one of the production managers who I assume wanted a bit of an adventure
The best special in my opinion. Came out just as I (and I'm sure many others) were really growing into the passion of cars, this episode brings back so much nostalgia! Probably also explains why some of my favorite cars are Volvo 850 Rs, Bugeye Imprezas and E39s! Someone save them, please! Also, I'd be confident in saying the BMW is the one from the special- what are the odds of there being another E39 538i Touring in the same colour with the same assortment of wheels as at the end of the episode?
The Volvo looks like it was once prepared to be painted , but never did...
This special is close to my heart for so many reasons! Chief among which was that it made me fall in love all over again with estates.
my pitch for their last ever Grand Tour episode: a 2 or 3 hour roadtrip special across Europe or Africa where at different points on the trip they switch cars, similar to their Perfect Road Trip specials, with one exception - each car they switch to would be one they've driven in past TG specials. Either the actual restored cars or replicas, and they redo some of their past challenges along the way. Imagine the Africa special estate cars, the MIddle East roadsters, the Vietnam motorbikes, the Argentina cars, the 24 hr BMW, the Hovervan, etc. Talk about them taking us, the viewers, along with them for the ultimate road trip down memory lane. That would be the best way for them to say farewell, imo.
All the Top gear specials are my favourite, got all the DVDs in a collection.
I always loved when the old special or challenge cars would make an appearance in the background of TG episodes. I remember seeing the Larsens Biscuits and Peniston Oil doors from the 24hr BMW car hanging in the TG Workshop of advance motor development or whatever they called it. lol
By Mike's logic, technically I'm driving a car with half a V8 twin turbo. LOL
Surely the "cammo paint" on the Volvo is just primer after having various panel repairs?
the fact that these cars don’t get fixed up is just sad
Sad yes...but not surprising. All vehicles used on the show are either on loan/leased (by the manufacturer or owner), or bought for use on it. As the BBC, not the presenters (usually), stumped up the cash for this the vehicles were legally its property.
We saw this at the end of Pre-1982 challenge in Series 13, where Clarkson notably declared that he Hammond and May had all liked their chosen cars so much, that they had each purchased them from the BBC for themselves.
Because the vehicles are owned by the BBC, unless the presenter wanted the vehicle they used (and export it back to the UK out of their own pocket if it was an overseas special), it would have probably been hard for to justify the costs of exporting the cars back to the UK to the higher ups at the BBC (and license fee payers). So at the end of filming it was likely they were just sold locally, or simply scrapped.
The old specials are still a great watch, I doubt I’ll ever get bored of them 🙌🏻
One of my favorite specials from TG. Nothing like watching my favorite automotive trio going on long treks in beautiful far away lands 😊
Bro u have no idea how happy u made me with this video thank you so much
After watching this I gotta admit the editing and commentary is on point, spectacular work
can you please somehow make it so that the bmw and the volvo are brought back to the uk and restored or at least just the volvo. Its really sad to see these amazing cars just sitting there rotting away! We need to make this happen!!!
The 850R "Mobile phone" is the original alarm system "Glass Break Sensor" they usually are attatched to the window to detect if anyone smashes any window and sets the alarm off.
I owned the E39 523 for a summer tour through eastern europe. Even went to the 'Top gear most beautful road' Transfarasan pass in Romania. Those E39s are amazing cars.
I’ve been waiting for a video on this!
When I was a little kid, I remember watching this special and the Bolivia special a couple times on TH-cam - totally not pirated or anything xD - back in the iPod days
Make the rest of us feel old why don't ya? 😏
Speaking from experience the 528i had the same engine as the 328i Msport and it was an absolutely beautiful engine, power all the way through the Rev range and a nice smooth power delivery with no flat spots
I have a 528i Touring here in Australia, I purchased it for my first car in 2017. I love it :)
I always did my best to find the Africa Special Cars! This made my day!
Have you ever been to the World of Top Gear museum in Beaulieu? There's a lot of the cars from Top Gear there and I feel it would make a great video if you toured it, maybe even with Hamster.
Keep these kind of updates coming!
I always wondered if they pulled the Ford out now I know and that Subie is definitely still driving around
I bought my 850R for the exact reason of seeing James in that iconic special
Friend of mine from the car scene has the fabia vrs that top gear raced against the mini Cooper years ago. Was sat for many years before getting put back on the road
I know the 528 are rare, but just not that special in comparison to the Subaru and 850R would love to see Drive tribe recover both Scorpio and 850R and restore the Volvo as part of a Drivetribe special. You could do a whole video/series and cover travelling by road to go and collect them… 👍🏻👍🏻 Would love to know your thoughts Mike??
There could probably be an entire spin-off series, maybe one season worth of content, of hunting down and restoring "lost" Top Gear and Grand Tour special cars. They'd try to at least account for every car from the series, determine its fate (destroyed, in museum, owned by private collector, owned by presenter, abandoned, etc), and those that are abandoned intact they'd try to recover and restore. Those owned by others they could visit and tell the post-episode life.
They belong to the museum, it´s like a movie cars.
Those cars should have been preserved in a museum or something. It's sad to see them left to wither away in such poor condition. These cars are iconic to many fans.
they should reunite those 3 cars
not worth the cost :D
I found James May’s Rolls-Royce from the India special on Cars and Classic a few weeks ago
Seriously!? If it's legit then that's an incredible find! If I was a millionaire I'd be buying all these cars and putting them in a museum
Yep, I read somewhere that the new owner brought the car to The Grand Tour set and James May autographed the car.
The Rolls and Mini from the India special where both brought by people in the UK. Unfortunately, the Jag still hasn't been found yet.
Considering your a car guy, that Volvo had primer on it with stopper/ fine filler, and it's green tinted cause the top coat green met is so pi55 thin. Tinting the primer helps the top coat cover more easily with less paint and it looks like it's being taken apart for its respray
It might not be the BMW because if you watched the African Special, you may have noticed the hook behind the 528i. The picture in reddit doesn't have one. I still believe its the BMW 528i that Jeremy used.
One of my all time favourite episodes if not my favourite 🗿🍷
I still remember this special so much so, I can't believe its 2013...
The Volvo still runs. Of course it does, those 5 cylinders were absolute champs
I would love to see the cars from the Botswana special rebuilt and taken out on that adventure again.
This was my favorite special things brings me so much joy
these should be in a museum acres large full of TG cars and the snowplow combine harvester
Blast from the past. Awesome.
The state of that 850R is breaking my heart! 💔
I know the person who owned it before they had it. His name was Dave Reid
I think it would be cool to see a team of you at drivetribe, go out of your way, and bring these cars back, would be a cool series
All the old TG cars should be kept in a museum somewhere
It's not a phone in the volvo. It's the glass breakage sensor for the alarm 👍
One of my favourite Top Gear specials
My man annihilated that clutch leaving in the last shot
are there any of the cars from the 3rd Africa special (or what to call it) the 4X4 special left including the follow up car?
what about the Beetle follow up car from the Oliver special?
Wow the list of all the cars the had o tip gear will be huge. I'll like to see more of what happened to them
When you redo Martin give it some rumble, and get rid of that rattle.
Please someone save that volvo. It's painful to see such a nice car in such a poor condition
I'm so in love with the 850R
thanks for the reddit link you didnt put in the description
I love how Mike says "wheels" with the same oomph as Stewie says "coolwhip" in Family guy🤣
Calling Hoovie’s Garage… they need you in Uganda…
That was my favorite special. I've watched it so many times 😅
I feel also sad for the Porsche and Lotus left in Argentina under the conditions at the time!
Would be interesting to know what came of those cars - were they ever recovered? Restored by locals after abandonment? Scrapped, either by locals or the crew?
@@quillmaurer6563 hi i am from argentina, those cars were scraped in secret by the argentinean and uk goverment to close the discussion and prevent more problems.
Finally a video i was Always wondering
The thought of a €1500 or $1500 WRX wagon is crazy. Especially here in the states. 200k mile ones go for $6000 here.
Crazy how I just thought about this special and then this pops up
Great top gear specials 👌
And great cars
Considering they were used in a famous show they are worth way more than most thing its like selling movie props/movie screen used cars sometimes they go for six figures
I'm still curious if Richard's toyota Fj is still on that beach where it rolled.
Does anyone ever know what happened to the Bolivia special Range Rover and Suzuki? Those cars were my favourite Top Gear special cars and I really want to know what happened to them
I'm looking forward ti seein Martin get sorted!
My favorite special! That BMW was so nice after Jeremy did the interior. Probably his most comfortable camping setup. Can anyone tell if the rear window looks like its from a Subaru?
Loved the og tg trips use to never miss an episode now I don't even know when the new show comes out
I still wonder about the cars from the Patagonia special... that Lotus was so nice... at the beginning anyway.
I would love to go out there and try and retrieve the BMW 528i
The fact that Hammond abused that Subaru and welded it’s front control arm together and it’s still running I’m impressed
As much as I love subies, James' 850R wagon was definitely the best, even though the Subaru is still on the road.
I personally really like the idea of the cars then being driven around where the tv show left them. Its hilarious to me that Richard Hammond's WRX is still driving around the roads of Uganda! It feels like a small thank you to wherever filming occurred, I just wish that the other three cars had met the same fate instead of rotting past death.
@drivetribe that thing you thought is a mobile phone is actually part of the alarm system it detects the windows being broken i have an 850 myself and it has the exsact same thing it sits on the A-pillar
What about The Mini, The Jag & The Rolls from the India Special? Are they still, "...mounted on plinths high in the mountains by the road connecting India and China."?
Did you not hear about the fact that they got told straight after the special that they would have to take the plinths down and they were now in Hampshire?
Rolls and Mini are in private hands in the UK. The Jag was in the Beaulieu Motor Meuse here in the UK but I suspect has now been crushed due to the BBC trying tp disassociate with Jeremy/ that era of TG.
My subaru has 300k on the clock. Starts first time and goes like a new car. Excellent engineering.
Love the music in this video !
What happened to the cars in Argentina ? Last report was they were left on the side of the road as the camera crew escaped. And how did our boys get out? With the camera crew, or some other way.
They were destroyed in 2017 by Argentinian authorities to prevent further riots from occurring. Very touchy subject matter and I suppose they’d prefer not to further discuss it. What I really want to know is what happened to the cars in Syria, although I know the answer to that is probably very obvious.
@@whatamisupposedtoputhere The Z3, MX-5 and Fiat? They were in the Beaulieu Motor Museum here in the UK not too long ago, but I suspect have recently been destroyed because the BBC is trying to disassociate with Jeremy/ that era of TG.
@@FastDriver318 I don’t think they’d be destroyed because of the rather problematic things he’s done. If they were in a museum recently I can only assume they’re in the hands of private collectors.
I remember the exact moment I 5ought to myself “I like cars”. It was when I was 5 and was watching the Bolivia special and specifically while I was looking at Clarkson’s Range Rover, now that we know where the cars from my favourite special have been found let’s see if we can find the ones from the Bolivia special eh?
Had no idea the Top Gear adventure cars were just abandoned instead of being brought to the UK.
You guys should call over to this side of the pond and get a Smyth Ute kit for it.
Seen hammond in buttermere on saturday next to skye farm in a around 1930's car RM8545