VW Touareg Towing a 747 Jumbo Jet - Fifth Gear

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In this classic clip from Fifth Gear, Tom Ford wants to do the ultimate test for the VW Touareg. To tow a 155 tonne 747 Jumbo Jet.
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  • I'm not impressed until I see the 747 on full thrust pulling the other way.

    @thehogan911@thehogan9119 жыл бұрын
    • Hehehhehe

      @xrabkurdx@xrabkurdx9 жыл бұрын
    • Reverse throttle or pushback on a 747 is not very fast

      @cavanmiller1652@cavanmiller16529 жыл бұрын
    • cavan miller It's not about speed but about torque...

      @TheSFMCreators@TheSFMCreators9 жыл бұрын
    • Thom Valk Glad GE and Rolls Royce know speed is important! :)

      @MrChevypower@MrChevypower9 жыл бұрын
    • Thom Valk , How much torque do you think a boeing 747 has? Alot more then a Touareg I presume

      @MXhm91@MXhm919 жыл бұрын
  • I think a lot of people are missing the point.. This is a 2004 Touareg, this thing was an absolute beast. Essentially it was a 150K SUV that VW sold for 70K. It's suspension was and still is unmatched by any other SUV, it was simply so ahead of it's time that the average person neglected to see what it really was. VW used to make amazing cars, like the Phaeton, but the US market just wouldn't accept them as what they were, Now they have plants in Mexico and Tennessee, and they make them just the way Americans want them, cheap.

    @ibrahimh.2828@ibrahimh.28288 жыл бұрын
    • I planning to buy a 2006 Touareg or a Phaeton V10 of course I know there is phaeton V12 but that's not in my price range what's your advice?

      @hej1397@hej13977 жыл бұрын
    • Both cars are amazing. They are both big cars with big engines, so in reality the only thing you should look at when deciding between the two is what you plan on doing with the car. If you get a lot of snow or ever plan on taking the car off road then I'd go with the Touareg, it is available with AWD so it can take you anywhere without you having to worry about the weather or terrain. The Phaeton is great and could still handle snow, but not as well. The Phaeton is basically a Bentley with a different badge, it is far more luxurious than the Touareg.. Another thing to look at would be replacement parts should you ever need them. Parts for the Phaeton would be hard to come by and therefore more expensive. I'd go with the Touareg simply because of those two reasons. But if you like the more luxurious features that the Phaeton offers then go with that. You can't go wrong either way, both cars are amazing.

      @ibrahimh.2828@ibrahimh.28287 жыл бұрын
    • They are great cars. But you better have really deep pockets if you want to keep them running. In 2003 while spending some time in Germany we ended up with a new rental Toureg diesel V10. I thought it was a just normal big SUV so I let my wife drive it on the autobahn. I was napping, but when my wife said it was faster than the Mercedes we rented some weeks before, I woke up. I saw that she was going over 200 kmh. So I told her to pull over, so I could drive it. It had a factory stick and I think it was the fastest R50 model. Boy, that was one fast and comfy SUV. Fast forward to 2016 and we're back in the US and we needed to find a good RV tow vehicle for long trips. So the wife says why not get a used Toureg V10 diesel? I could find just a few for sale in the US. I almost bought one, but after asking around, I heard that at around 100K miles, you might need to replace the turbos and/or other parts. But in a Toureg V10, it turns out that the cost of the part is a small fraction of the real cost: Since that V10 is such a huge hunk of aluminum, in order to swap in the new parts, you need to drop the whole engine, transmission, and the front axle. And you need a special hydraulic table to do this work. US VW dealers can't or don't want to do this. The Toureg V10 also has all kinds of other complications, like two independent 12 volt batteries and other Veyron design experiments. So maintaining a V10 Toureg is either incredibly expensive or just not possible, unless you are related to what's left of VW management.

      @LesAtlas@LesAtlas5 жыл бұрын
    • The US market doesn’t accept them because why would you pay over 50 grand for a VW when you could get an Audi or Porsche instead? No one needs the torque of these large engine diesels in America. American roads are appropriate for cars with power not torque

      @bvedant@bvedant5 жыл бұрын
    • This is not 2004 touareg . Its 2006 or 07

      @dejanscepanovic2304@dejanscepanovic23045 жыл бұрын
  • Mom can we have “James May”? We already have “James May” at home “James May” at home...

    @madoba8717@madoba87173 жыл бұрын
    • Fucking legend

      @zweideutigkeit8534@zweideutigkeit85342 жыл бұрын
    • @@zweideutigkeit8534 no my friend. YOU are the legend for replying to me after a whole year passed since i uploaded that comment lmao

      @madoba8717@madoba87172 жыл бұрын
    • @@zweideutigkeit8534 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General14612 жыл бұрын
    • James Can

      @carsbass6903@carsbass69032 ай бұрын
  • Im honestly more impressed by the 4.3 tons ballast thats kind of insane like, thats one relatively big car per suspension-corner

    @nazimelon6653@nazimelon66534 жыл бұрын
    • sugi]

      @gigipsc216@gigipsc2162 жыл бұрын
  • For sale :: low mileage tourag runs ok, new transmission, engine needs tlc.

    @chadsingleton7632@chadsingleton76328 жыл бұрын
    • Chad Singleton for sale low milage only one plane pull done so far

      @bruce-df9nu@bruce-df9nu7 жыл бұрын
    • @CBR Fireblade sigorta şirketinin abartisindan dolayı 100k hasar kayıtlıdır

      @realkeremcam@realkeremcam5 жыл бұрын
    • @@bruce-df9nu for sale low flight hours 747-200 one pull done,engines never got fire in them, everything oem

      @theVakhovske@theVakhovske5 жыл бұрын
    • You're a joke

      @pau6545@pau65454 жыл бұрын
    • @@bruce-df9nu Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General14612 жыл бұрын
  • i wanna see a 747 towing a touareg

    @claudiu9737@claudiu97379 жыл бұрын
    • Claudiu Ioncea impossible

      @moonsapling@moonsapling6 жыл бұрын
    • Claudiu Ioncea the plane is fake

      @Valaki415@Valaki4155 жыл бұрын
    • Just look at the engines , a 747 doesnt have engines put together when on a real 747 the engines are separate on the wing and if you compare more you will see more evidence that the plane is fake

      @Valaki415@Valaki4155 жыл бұрын
    • The plane was real and worked for British Airways, and in the film "007-Casino Royale" it played the experimental plane. That's why the engines look so weird.

      @UlliStein@UlliStein5 жыл бұрын
    • @@Valaki415 Boeing 747 G-BDXJ, "City of Birmingham," is absolutely a real 747. It flew for British Airways for 22 years before selling it to European Aviation Air Charter for holiday and ad-hoc flights. They used it for a year and then sold it to Air Atlanta Europe, who used it for a year of charter flights. Air Atlanta Europe then ceased 747 operations and retired it. Last flight: 25 may 2005, from London Gatwick to Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey, England. Aces High Limited bought it for use as a film prop. The "engines," and "drop tanks," seen on the wings are hollow plywood mock-ups put in place for the james bond movie, Casino Royale. The removal of the engines and other components brought the weight down significantly, but it is still, in fact, a used and abused 747-200. It has also been featured in the background of Top Gear, and in the forefront when being pulled By a JCB tractor by James May.

      @Fightre_Flighte@Fightre_Flighte4 жыл бұрын
  • would have been nice to see the transmission temp throughout that test

    @garrettthon4810@garrettthon48105 жыл бұрын
  • so since it has a handbrake.. can you do some mad skids with it?

    @zombie22_@zombie22_8 жыл бұрын
    • +Amadeus Eisenberg yeah lets try

      @battlewar5828@battlewar58288 жыл бұрын
    • That would be epic

      @gr8m871@gr8m8717 жыл бұрын
    • +Amadeus Eisenberg t`hgfhrs

      @gec.bbancu429@gec.bbancu4297 жыл бұрын
    • ZombieSlayer103 Tokyo drifting

      @CameronWilbraham@CameronWilbraham6 жыл бұрын
    • Yes even with a plane behind it you can do Tokyo drift

      @lukesepter3250@lukesepter32505 жыл бұрын
  • Like he said it's not so much about engine power. When I worked for Delta our tugs at work would move fully loaded CRJ 900's and MD88's with ford 300 inline six engines. It's all about grip and the transmissions were geared for max torque.

    @john5743@john57438 жыл бұрын
  • That's German Power 😏

    @nexogames4819@nexogames48195 жыл бұрын
    • Power breaks down too much....😂

      @nikolanikola8543@nikolanikola85435 жыл бұрын
    • Der Deutsche Machine

      @rayatkhan9561@rayatkhan95614 жыл бұрын
    • And when you need pull out touareg from snow you cant... you need a good grid and fake plane on wheel

      @StopTeoriomSpiskowym@StopTeoriomSpiskowym4 жыл бұрын
    • 😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

      @homebirdie8615@homebirdie86153 жыл бұрын
    • @austinrover2005 then why nobody else did it?...

      @dextroy2526@dextroy25263 жыл бұрын
  • Remember that the tractive force to move a load is 10% of the total mass. Still the stunt says a lot about the Touareg.

    @MichaelTucker@MichaelTucker9 жыл бұрын
    • Still 15.5 tons, pretty good

      @Slenderman63323@Slenderman633234 жыл бұрын
    • What is this 15tons on wheel? Strongman can pull plane its more than 300kg pull

      @StopTeoriomSpiskowym@StopTeoriomSpiskowym4 жыл бұрын
    • @@StopTeoriomSpiskowym Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General14612 жыл бұрын
    • @@Angry.General1461 bruh dont be that guy. Some people cannot be pleased.

      @Ali-ol7pk@Ali-ol7pk Жыл бұрын
    • @@Ali-ol7pk Hey child! Don't tell me what to do! If you don't like what's being said on here watch something less adult related like cartoons!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General1461 Жыл бұрын
  • 2020 someone?

    @berendtwohl-bruhn4668@berendtwohl-bruhn46684 жыл бұрын
    • Yup; Watching after Qantas retired their last 747.

      @wilkgr@wilkgr3 жыл бұрын
    • Yes

      @darkskull5790@darkskull57903 жыл бұрын
    • Aye

      @redpandapowa@redpandapowa3 жыл бұрын
    • yeah why not

      @tau4887@tau48873 жыл бұрын
    • 2021 🥸

      @lcpieman77@lcpieman773 жыл бұрын
  • Fifth Gears, on a Top Gear test track... ahh the irony..

    @blueskiesflyer@blueskiesflyer9 жыл бұрын
    • Blue Skies Flyer indeed, remember tractor challenge episode 😁

      @shadowhaziq4326@shadowhaziq43265 жыл бұрын
    • Topgear went to where Fifth Gear was filmed for a bit. When they did the lorry episode & part of the British Leyland episode

      @iantownsend500@iantownsend5003 жыл бұрын
    • Fifth Gear is the original Top Gear reborn. (Not Clarkson Hammond May Top Gear, before that.)

      @jd_the_cat@jd_the_cat2 жыл бұрын
    • @@shadowhaziq4326 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General14612 жыл бұрын
  • Fun fact; this is the plane from Casino Royale, and this experiment is done at Top Gear's test track. Plane was modified beyond ever flying again, so it won't leave the TG-track.

    @AskoyFK@AskoyFK8 жыл бұрын
  • Gotta love the Touareg.. childhood car for me

    @nadimnassar7094@nadimnassar70944 жыл бұрын
  • VW Touareg Towing a 747 Jumbo Jet flying the other way

    @radu01@radu018 жыл бұрын
    • Amazing comment.

      @shriharihudli8596@shriharihudli85967 жыл бұрын
    • If it pulls? And succed? Everyone AND I MEAN EVERY ONE WOULD BUY IT AND FUCK ME VW WILL NEED ANOTHER PRODUCTION RUN BY 100 YEARS IF THEY UPGRADE IT

      @derlurje1348@derlurje13485 жыл бұрын
  • This is not about overcoming 150 tons, it’s about overcoming the amount of friction the wheels on the 747 have.

    @becausewhynot2661@becausewhynot26615 жыл бұрын
  • That's the 747 used in Casino Royale, made obvious by the fact that the engines are together on this model and on other models, they are seperated. Also, this was filmed at the Top Gear test track as that is where the plane is now.

    @IlliterateIdiot@IlliterateIdiot8 жыл бұрын
  • So the Touareg pulled this with 700 foot pounds of torque? By that logic, a Bugatti Veyron, with 1,100 foot pounds of torque, should be able to pull Jupiter out of orbit . . .

    @GODOFHELLFIRE3@GODOFHELLFIRE38 жыл бұрын
    • Considering the most powerful production truck has 2618 foot pounds of torque, by your logic it should be able to speed up the sun's rotation.

      @Arrrbol@Arrrbol8 жыл бұрын
    • +Arrrbol (YCS) lol

      @Bru946@Bru9468 жыл бұрын
    • @@Arrrbol hahahahaha👏

      @user-do7de6xc1z@user-do7de6xc1z5 жыл бұрын
    • XDDD

      @swaggyghosty9222@swaggyghosty92225 жыл бұрын
    • Bugatti veyron is diesel? ....

      @MybeautifulandamazingPrincess@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess5 жыл бұрын
  • I had a VW Touareg V10 and it was an absolute monster now I have the new Touareg and that's just the same goes like an absolute Bat Out of Hell

    @peterwoodcock8464@peterwoodcock84644 жыл бұрын
  • 2:32 that's what i was kind of wondering though the fact that a 3500 lb car pulling something that weighs 155 tons would have to have be heavier, after all airport tugs weighs about 50-55 tons and produces 200 hp with massive amounts of torque

    @derekwall200@derekwall2002 жыл бұрын
  • If the pilot pulls the handbrake in midair Midair gymkhana?

    @yusufsaood5484@yusufsaood54845 жыл бұрын
    • D O R I F T O

      @dumpsta_diver5801@dumpsta_diver58014 жыл бұрын
    • It Drifts And Stall

      @MoskusMoskiferus1611@MoskusMoskiferus16112 жыл бұрын
  • Anyone had this pop as a recommendation after 5 years?

    @nicossoloyo@nicossoloyo4 жыл бұрын
  • 8 years old, still very cool.

    @Fester_@Fester_ Жыл бұрын
  • I can do it with my bicycle.

    @Innaui@Innaui7 жыл бұрын
    • Sergei Russakov sure you can fat ass

      @bruce-df9nu@bruce-df9nu7 жыл бұрын
    • Пшёл ты

      @Innaui@Innaui7 жыл бұрын
    • Sergei Russakov PizzDaBall

      @thundercracker2339@thundercracker23397 жыл бұрын
    • Chuck Noris did it with his Finger

      @Tstahl962@Tstahl9625 жыл бұрын
    • Its hoe the russians do it

      @aporyptix5743@aporyptix57435 жыл бұрын
  • It will be a new world record if you pulled the antove 225

    @loyalkeyboardcoolkid-co-le782@loyalkeyboardcoolkid-co-le7827 жыл бұрын
    • gfd

      @caitlinsgymnasticschannel1965@caitlinsgymnasticschannel19657 жыл бұрын
    • +bell teh yes.....

      @loyalkeyboardcoolkid-co-le782@loyalkeyboardcoolkid-co-le7827 жыл бұрын
    • LOYal keyboardcoolkid-co-leader that is true

      @thegamingninja1542@thegamingninja15427 жыл бұрын
    • You mean Antonov AN225, not antove.

      @TheDisabledGamersChannel@TheDisabledGamersChannel7 жыл бұрын
    • I know this comment is a year old, but I got this video in my recommended and need to explain this: This 747 was not a standard one, it was modified heavily to remove about about 35 metric tons. Since there is so many 747’s in the air (with some being retired today), a 747 can be easily ordered and modified for movies and such. The Antonov AN225 is a plane that requires an insane amount of force, greater than the one that the AN225 is making to pull it. Even then, there is only 1 AN225 in the air today, with another being half-built, than scrapped. Also, the Antonov weighs much more than a Boeing 747, due to sextuple engines, multiple landing gear wheels, a large fuselage, etc,. TL:DR It would be really hard and pretty insane to do, with many factors. Maybe in the future.

      @u5vl_@u5vl_6 жыл бұрын
  • He's like an alternate universe James May.

    @mathewbsaenz@mathewbsaenz6 жыл бұрын
  • V10 Diesel. WOW All SUV's should come in diesel!

    @sidewalkMCS@sidewalkMCS9 жыл бұрын
    • Too costly sadly 😕

      @h214suiiii@h214suiiii4 жыл бұрын
    • @@h214suiiii too costly where?

      @czrptr6849@czrptr68493 жыл бұрын
    • A nowadays V8 diesel is enough to beat this old V10. Take a look at V8 Duramax diesel 6.6L it has 1220Nm vs the V10 5.0l has only 750nm. Besides Audi made that time their Q7 with 6.0L V12 TDI 500hp and 1000nm

      @toyotacorolla4268@toyotacorolla42683 жыл бұрын
    • @@toyotacorolla4268 the less cylinders more torque. A v8 will automatically have more torque than a v10

      @supertreme5559@supertreme5559 Жыл бұрын
  • for anyone who is wondering this is why the engines are mounted in pods on this particular 747 model. "After retirement, it was modified to be used as a prop in the James Bond movie Casino Royale[2] and was painted with a fictional Hollywood registration, N88892, used also on a Boeing 727 in the movie Hero.[3] In the movie, it appears as the "Skyfleet S570" a fictional prototype aeroplane which terrorists attempt to destroy. Among the modifications were the fitting of twin mock-up "B-52 style" engines on each of the inner engine pylons, with the outer ones instead holding mock-up external fuel tanks. After Casino Royale, G-BDXJ appeared in aVolkswagen commercial that shows it being towed by a Volkswagen Touareg.[4] This stunt was also featured on the television programme Fifth Gear with presenter Tom Ford driving the Touareg." -wikipedia

    @carrymebb@carrymebb8 жыл бұрын
  • The engines don't look right...

    @GregoryOcol@GregoryOcol9 жыл бұрын
    • From wikipedia: After retirement, it was modified to be used as a prop in the James Bond movie Casino Royale[2] and changed registration to N88892 (a fictional Hollywood registration, used also on a Boeing 727 in the movie Hero).[3] In the movie, it appears as the "Skyfleet S570" a fictional prototype airplane which terrorists attempt to destroy. Among the modifications were the fitting of twin mock-up "B-52 style" engines on each of the inner engine pylons, with the outer ones instead holding mock-up external fuel tanks.

      @ObsidianFire99@ObsidianFire999 жыл бұрын
    • ObsidianFire99 I got a cent of knowledge today thanks. Always thought it was some test plane on the Top Gear tracks.

      @RoodeMenon@RoodeMenon9 жыл бұрын
    • It is fake 747 a model

      @StopTeoriomSpiskowym@StopTeoriomSpiskowym4 жыл бұрын
    • Stop Teoriom Spiskowym real retired 747, just modified for James Bond

      @Jeagles@Jeagles4 жыл бұрын
    • 747 phisics left the chat

      @Valaki415@Valaki4154 жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely love this car! :D

    @Spectrolite1@Spectrolite1 Жыл бұрын
  • but, could you tow a 747 with a nissan leaf?

    @jingxuezhou@jingxuezhou8 жыл бұрын
    • +jingxuezhou Until the battery runs out...

      @dylanc2806@dylanc28068 жыл бұрын
    • +Amadeus Eisenberg yeah honestly what do Prius owners do when it's a flash flood?... Its like driving a laptop everywhere...

      @dylanc2806@dylanc28068 жыл бұрын
    • +Amadeus Eisenberg.

      @rhadheqzhin@rhadheqzhin8 жыл бұрын
    • you can wait for lighting to strike your car to charge it

      @hollymolly518@hollymolly5188 жыл бұрын
    • hahahahahahaha you got hacked son electric motor infinite yorque so yeah

      @bruce-df9nu@bruce-df9nu7 жыл бұрын
  • That Boeing 747 is a special because it has the two engines on either side next to each outher. For say the Boeing 747-400 the later series has Engine no 1 on the outside of the wing but this one has them together so this version is much lighter

    @MrCyberkat@MrCyberkat7 жыл бұрын
    • I was wondering about this. This is the only time I've seen this engine configuration on a 747. 155 tons is nothing to scoff at, but considering the size of the aircraft, it's amazing. Question, though - why would this version be much lighter? Same number of engines, seems like the only difference would be the extra pylons for the nacelle placement. Shouldn't be much heavier, right? Weight distribution might be different, but I wouldn't imagine that much else would change?

      @JeddAhyoung@JeddAhyoung7 жыл бұрын
    • To be fair (albeit very late here & you probably know by know), this was the 747-200 modified for Casino Royale. Very weird plame IMO

      @Nathan_Jay@Nathan_Jay Жыл бұрын
  • VW be like, no we're not cheating! This car only uses 15l/100km, i promise!

    @novideohereatall@novideohereatall7 жыл бұрын
  • It's great, at least they tried and succeed and I can not recall that they say only a VW can do that, it was a test for the VW, sure any similar 4x4 will do this. A good test will be to keep on towing until the clutch start slip or something break and see which 4x4 last the longest

    @jankotze1959@jankotze19598 жыл бұрын
  • thats the old top gear place. thats at dunsford aerodrome. in the background there is a aircraft hanger next to a small building which is were the main studio is or was.

    @danielc3281@danielc32818 жыл бұрын
  • If I see that on a highway at the speed limit, then I will be impressed.

    @jasonlisonbee@jasonlisonbee8 жыл бұрын
  • Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear used a JCB Fasttrack Tractor to pull their own Jet

    @Peregrineism@Peregrineism9 жыл бұрын
  • Did anyone notice that 747 is same engine as TOP GEAR TRACTOR CHALLENGE episode, when Jeremy pull that with a tractor drag race Maybe Fifth Gear visit Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome 😏

    @shadowhaziq4326@shadowhaziq43265 жыл бұрын
  • Is it use me or does that look like the 747 from the Top Gear test track, as well as the background.

    @logant7985@logant79857 жыл бұрын
  • But what about the Audi Q7 V12 TDI? Is has 1000 nm of torque.

    @PlazmaBooy@PlazmaBooy9 жыл бұрын
    • wasn't about when this video was filmed years ago

      @motorrecon200@motorrecon2009 жыл бұрын
    • CaFilms yeah this is of 2006 i guess

      @rockstar7835@rockstar78359 жыл бұрын
    • and beside VW is the parent company meaning they own AUDI so what ever AUDI has VW has its the same chassis the same engines just a badges.

      @04passatgls@04passatgls9 жыл бұрын
    • Yes,but Audi q7 has not low range which is the most important thing in this test

      @urosboy2000@urosboy20006 жыл бұрын
    • @@motorrecon200 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General14612 жыл бұрын
  • Jeremy's tractor seemed to fight harder.

    @LCdrDerrick@LCdrDerrick9 жыл бұрын
    • LCdrDerrick Jeremy doesn’t know how to drive a tractor either. I’d like to give it a go in my own tractor

      @ferguson20diesel49@ferguson20diesel495 жыл бұрын
    • Because he put it in low range.

      @iantownsend500@iantownsend5003 жыл бұрын
  • I’m watching a car pulling a *747* and the actual time now is *07:47* 😂😂💪

    @Elias-xy9kc@Elias-xy9kc3 жыл бұрын
  • you have to love the tow rag

    @stephendyson.burrows1773@stephendyson.burrows17738 жыл бұрын
  • Fun fact: that same B747 (registered G-BDXJ) was featured in the bong movie Casino Royale as the Skyfleet S570. Originally the incoming airbus a380 was supposed to be used, but they resorted to this modified B747-200 due to production delays.

    @mrcheesecake2189@mrcheesecake21893 жыл бұрын
    • @Daniel Large oh shit i made a typo it was meant to be bond lmao

      @mrcheesecake2189@mrcheesecake21892 жыл бұрын
    • @Daniel Large Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General14612 жыл бұрын
  • the actual mass you're towing is not an issue, as long as the friction between the mass and the ground is low enough. it is the friction that the torque of the engine is working against. if there was zero friction, you'd be able to pull the plane with one arm. for example, a tugboat can pull or push a container ship weighing 100,000 tons. also there are dozens of airplane tugs at any large airport, there's nothing special about it.

    @guguigugu@guguigugu9 жыл бұрын
    • guguigugu that is completely inaccurate. The torque is not fighting the friction alone. It is also having to contend with inertia. Friction adds to the problem and reducing the coefficient of friction to zero would help quite a bit but you are still having to get 155 tonnes to start moving. Anyone that could start a 747 moving with one arm would have superhuman strength, friction or no friction.

      @NatalieZorah@NatalieZorah6 жыл бұрын
    • Without friction you'd just need enough time. Then you could pull it with a single hair

      @R3lay0@R3lay06 жыл бұрын
    • @@NatalieZorah Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General14612 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you! Now i bought Touareg and i can pick up my little brother now.

    @musti612@musti6124 жыл бұрын
  • That's the best VW ever!

    @AndresGrimace@AndresGrimace5 жыл бұрын
  • Try it again with the plane pulling the other way

    @IDemonstrateVelocity26@IDemonstrateVelocity267 жыл бұрын
    • *boeing 747

      @zEternus@zEternus4 жыл бұрын
    • @@zEternus oh you may call me retarded but i think the boeing is a plane too!

      @user-wg8nb2uj8y@user-wg8nb2uj8y4 жыл бұрын
  • Could have loved to hear the rumbling of the cars engine during the tow

    @EliasMakumba@EliasMakumba8 жыл бұрын
  • Can you upload the review about the Citroën C6? :)

    @h8u4ever@h8u4ever9 жыл бұрын
  • I LOVE FIFTH GEAR!!!! You can hit maximum speed in most 5 speed cars!

    @jordanstaggs373@jordanstaggs3739 жыл бұрын
  • a man pulled a jumbo jet using a rope youtube it

    @ahsanafzal48@ahsanafzal488 жыл бұрын
    • I saw that

      @rodrigosobral2486@rodrigosobral24868 жыл бұрын
    • rekt toureg

      @ariearchivesYT@ariearchivesYT7 жыл бұрын
    • lol its a common event at strongman competitions

      @Slimex26@Slimex267 жыл бұрын
    • Fake

      @HyralProductions@HyralProductions5 жыл бұрын
    • i saw that but that plane only had 48 tons

      @dutulescustefan2060@dutulescustefan20605 жыл бұрын
  • those who are curious about the 747 engines google search "G-BDXJ 747"

    @Thewerd8@Thewerd89 жыл бұрын
  • “Onto the tarmac” Me: dies

    @j-c4997@j-c49975 жыл бұрын
  • crazy captain

    @karimsadouni1705@karimsadouni17057 жыл бұрын
  • Give it to Stig and he will set a new lap record while pulling 747

    @gabrieliuskacinskas6874@gabrieliuskacinskas68745 жыл бұрын
  • 2:45 look at the back tire it's gonna blow

    @TutorialWard@TutorialWard5 жыл бұрын
  • That is the exact same 747 Clarkson pulled in the top gear tractor challenge as this was filmed at the TG test track

    @Politics626@Politics6267 жыл бұрын
  • wow thats awesome

    @TRUCKER-we8up@TRUCKER-we8up6 жыл бұрын
  • This may seem amazing until you find out what the engines are in the airport tugs that move these aircraft at airports. The ones made by Douglas had the Ford 1.8 Mondeo Turbo Diesel engine. It's all about the gearing.

    @timlarge7420@timlarge74207 жыл бұрын
    • To be fair though, most of those tugs actually have 2 engines and yea, they have massive torque because they sacrifice high speed. They probably have a top speed of 40-50 km/h or something.

      @manu144x@manu144x Жыл бұрын
    • @@manu144x The ones I saw in production only had a single engine and no they don't do 40-50km/h more like 20km/h. Except for the special one they built for a James Bond film, but then that one would not pull a 747

      @timlarge7420@timlarge7420 Жыл бұрын
  • PLOT TWIST: 747 WAS PUSHING THE TOUAREG

    @mathewsjohn21@mathewsjohn214 жыл бұрын
  • I can't beat this as I've only ever towed a 70 ton crane with a manual V8 Land Rover!

    @bassbaboon6589@bassbaboon65897 жыл бұрын
    • r.i.p clutch

      @f-j-Services@f-j-Services5 жыл бұрын
  • These VW suv are something else. I think I’m buying one

    @mega-hb4re@mega-hb4re2 ай бұрын
  • Whith the right transmission you can do this whith a Fiat Panda

    @migfsx@migfsx9 жыл бұрын
    • migfsx braa the fiat panda would not move

      @bruce-df9nu@bruce-df9nu7 жыл бұрын
    • migfsx with panda you can pull bicycle

      @binaariani3744@binaariani37447 жыл бұрын
    • You would have to use panda 4x4 for grip and the biggest engine (95bhp diesel I think)

      @JG538@JG5386 жыл бұрын
    • TechGuy322 just put some fat guys in the back.

      @GoldenGrenadier@GoldenGrenadier5 жыл бұрын
  • the engines are stupid, it looks like a B-52 engine pod on each side of the wing, and missiles on the edge

    @MichaelFlatman@MichaelFlatman8 жыл бұрын
    • I can see why i would give a shit... Oh yeah missiles!

      @caloot658@caloot6588 жыл бұрын
    • It was originally a 747-200 but it was then modified for the James Bond casino royale movie. Look up G-BDXJ

      @Blakezilla594@Blakezilla5948 жыл бұрын
    • +Blake Wilson Is she airworthy with these engine pods?

      @eeyore.official@eeyore.official8 жыл бұрын
    • +Michael Flatman Wikipedia says the engines and fuel tanks (missiles) are mock-ups. No reason it couldn't work that way. 747s are often used to test new jet engines because they fly very well on 3 engines and the new engine can replace one of the 2 inner normal engines.

      @TexMex421@TexMex4218 жыл бұрын
    • It is a concept airplane and used to be a 200 series but now the are using it to test out new engines btw the supposed "engines" had no engine inside it was just the shell and also the plane was completely empty it was just the shell. A normal 747 is 180 tonnes not 155 all of this information is coming from a 747 pilots son and I was informed of this information by my father

      @rhysbowditch9355@rhysbowditch93558 жыл бұрын
  • Just my Touareg causally taking a 747 for a Walk

    @lorddarlo6194@lorddarlo61943 жыл бұрын
  • Are they filming at dunsfold, top gear is filmed there

    @coastaku1954@coastaku19549 жыл бұрын
  • this video actualy costed more than the vw toareg itself :-))))))

    @lsudan2670@lsudan26708 жыл бұрын
    • Wot

      @jesuschristneverlived6938@jesuschristneverlived69388 жыл бұрын
  • With the wheels there is very little friction. So if you apply a force, it will accelerate the plane. What you need is a very low gear box so it all acts gently. On the extreme, you can try in a port. If there is no wind or cross-current, and you push with your own weight a boat, even a very large one, it will move in the end. So here, it's fun, but it doesn't show much.

    @tomtom9509@tomtom95098 жыл бұрын
  • "To buy one you'll have to spend $230 million and THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE LEATHER SEATS" I laughed harder than i should have..

    @SahilKashyap@SahilKashyap8 жыл бұрын
    • +Sahil Kashyap $1200 more for that package. Just for the cockpit. Not available for passengers. You don't want the expense of cleaning sweat, body odor, food or other soils from "that" much leather.

      @jasonlisonbee@jasonlisonbee8 жыл бұрын
  • and this looks like the top gear test track you trying to burn the studio down again naughty naughty

    @acid3129@acid31299 жыл бұрын
  • My car barely reaches 100 mph. I don't have a car.

    @MelloYT@MelloYT7 жыл бұрын
  • The Touareg Engine is quite low in torque compared to the Audi Q7 V12 Diesel

    @irmenkop85@irmenkop855 жыл бұрын
  • These guys are like "oh this car can almost pull anything, oh ive got an idea! How about we pull a ship towards the shore with this car?"

    @georgejefferson6530@georgejefferson65308 жыл бұрын
  • This plane was featured in James Bond - Casino Royale. The engine and the fuel tank are from a Boeing B-52

    @schakoska@schakoska2 жыл бұрын
  • any truck could do this even a F150

    @TorontoDrivingVideos@TorontoDrivingVideos9 жыл бұрын
    • Tipical american

      @greaser3069@greaser30699 жыл бұрын
    • Boris Racer Typical, not "tipical". Typical American pickup truck can do this.

      @LateNightCable@LateNightCable9 жыл бұрын
    • No an F-150 can't. The thing that Germans do when they make a diesel, they add loads of torque. The High torque count is what is pulling the plan.

      @innFahrTwo@innFahrTwo9 жыл бұрын
    • innFahr Two I facepalmed. It's not "The Germans" who add "loads of torrque", it's the principle of Diesel engines, to have amazing torque. You can check any diesel engine, no matter if German, American, Japanese, French or even Chinese, they will have a good torque figure by default. You're the typical "German engineering is best" guy who doesn't actually know much about cars. This hasn't got to do with torque as much as it has to do with appropriate gearing.

      @armink9686@armink96869 жыл бұрын
    • Armin K Should I face palm as well? No I can never do something so childish as that. Armin sir, you have jumped the gun. Yes, the principle of diesel is that it does have more torque than a petrol engine. However if you were to closely examine the foot pound ratings, you will see that comparatively, the Germans tend to have higher ratings, not only in diesel engines put in petrol engines as well. Moreover Mr. Armin K, I am not even German.

      @innFahrTwo@innFahrTwo9 жыл бұрын
  • I was waiting for him to floor it completely.

    @caleidoo@caleidoo8 жыл бұрын
  • This is where porsche said hold my beer............ lmaooo

    @Fry_Plantain@Fry_Plantain7 жыл бұрын
  • That is insane...

    @MXhm91@MXhm919 жыл бұрын
  • towing you mean pulling

    @solderganstar8734@solderganstar87348 жыл бұрын
  • wait, I've got to ask, and you'd probably might not know this, but.... for all the 747s I've seen, they had 4 separate engine pods, but this one had dual-engine pods, and the only other aircraft I've seen with dual-engine pods is the B-52 Stratofortress, so... What exactly is this 747 Variant?

    @Arutax@Arutax7 жыл бұрын
    • it's a movie prop.

      @alexross4062@alexross40627 жыл бұрын
    • Dude I’m glad I’m not the only person that asked that question!

      @Seeyou006@Seeyou0064 жыл бұрын
    • @@alexross4062 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!

      @Angry.General1461@Angry.General14612 жыл бұрын
  • I love this video

    @liamstenson4318@liamstenson43187 жыл бұрын
  • What pulk force you need to tow plane on wheels? 400kg? One strong man can pull it? 155 tons on wheels rotate wheels not blocked wheels

    @StopTeoriomSpiskowym@StopTeoriomSpiskowym4 жыл бұрын
  • what sort of 747 was that ?

    @jamiedg11@jamiedg119 жыл бұрын
    • I dont know wtf

      @antonman1234@antonman12344 жыл бұрын
    • Im from the future, its the 747-200

      @Arrogantambassador965@Arrogantambassador9654 жыл бұрын
  • U know,I think this is nothing special for one good reason : airplanes has been tow all around airfeilds that all around the world EVERY SINGLE DAY by tugs.

    @mhikari92@mhikari929 жыл бұрын
    • Well those things weigh up to 54 TONS and the Touareg much less so there is that

      @karpfenfresse@karpfenfresse9 жыл бұрын
  • “Mom can we have a Boeing 747?” “No we have a Boeing 747 at home” 747 at home:

    @Greeneditzjray@GreeneditzjrayАй бұрын
  • 3:35 - The view through the 'wing' mirrors...

    @TweedSuit@TweedSuit Жыл бұрын
  • No it is not a world record the nissan patrol tow a antonov

    @brandonshane7449@brandonshane74499 жыл бұрын
    • The video is from about half a decade ago, it was a world record back then.

      @RWoody1995@RWoody19959 жыл бұрын
    • Brandon Shane nissan patrol has a 4.2 diesel v6 tho made bye nissan

      @bruce-df9nu@bruce-df9nu7 жыл бұрын
    • Brandon Shane plus landrovers can tow 108 tonnes

      @bruce-df9nu@bruce-df9nu7 жыл бұрын
    • Brandon Shane actually the porsche cayenne turbo s got a new record for the a380

      @aleksandarlenhart2078@aleksandarlenhart20786 жыл бұрын
  • arent they more than 155 ton? that doesnt seem like very much for the size of it

    @acat6821@acat68218 жыл бұрын
    • +A Cat the plane you see is just a shell and has no inside and the engine pods have no engine inside just the pod p.s. Love the name LoL

      @rhysbowditch9355@rhysbowditch93558 жыл бұрын
    • +TheHitchslap That's the 747 in the background at the Top Gear test track. It was an old 74 that was then stripped and used for a prop in a james bond movie. That thing is modded and only a shell. She hasn't been airworthy in 20 years

      @luismeyer6093@luismeyer60938 жыл бұрын
    • oops, sorry. That's what I get for mobile :P

      @luismeyer6093@luismeyer60938 жыл бұрын
  • You don’t need too much power to tow. You need weight and a shorter gearbox. Except when you need to go fast. If you tow fast the power required increases but it depends on the rolling resistance of the towed vehicle. 747 say is loaded and is 400t (in the test it was empty 155t) Rolling resistance is like 0.005*400=2tons. For the 155t the Rolling resistance is 780kg only. The touareg weights 2.5 so it is close to the limit (tire coef. 0.6-0.8) for the maximum weight of the 787. But I see there is more weight on the rear axle of the touareg so it probably has enough grip for more than 2 tons of pulling force (kgForce or tForce can be used instead of Newtons) At 60mph power required is 520kW 40mph needs 340kW 20mph needs 180kW 10mph needs 88kW So for a 10mph towing speed a 150Hp engine should be able to do it 5kph is pathetic any car can do that, but it needs a very short gearbox This Touareg is powerful no doubt but it doesn’t demonstrate anything here honestly

    @inox1ck@inox1ck4 жыл бұрын
  • Fun fact: This 747 is the plane shown in James Bond "Casino Royal"

    @nathanyt6527@nathanyt65273 жыл бұрын
  • I'm AMERICAN and I've seen the power of this car. Ignore the hardheaded truck fanboys claiming their durumax can do this. Go watch a video showing that a stock vw toureag v10 beat a fully loaded and modified diesel truck in a bumper pull. VW 1 GM 0

    @MRCBOT_YT@MRCBOT_YT6 жыл бұрын
    • What does nationality have to do with trucks and a V10 touareg? Nothing.

      @uSpeakTruth@uSpeakTruth6 жыл бұрын
    • I guess you haven't seen the vid of Kevin Fast pulling a heavier plane with his body.

      @XxBlackCellxX@XxBlackCellxX6 жыл бұрын
    • I can tell you Wich will last longer vw 0 gm 1

      @josecarbajak6190@josecarbajak61905 жыл бұрын
    • Yess, Big American trucks are super overrated. Thank u, next

      @joshtilotta6193@joshtilotta61935 жыл бұрын
    • Any modern diesel truck could absolutely pull this if it had traction.

      @sunobl1112@sunobl11125 жыл бұрын
  • Sponsored by VW with a "wrong" 747

    @fabianwrc158@fabianwrc1588 жыл бұрын
    • Fabianwrc proof ?

      @dim33_27@dim33_274 жыл бұрын
  • introducing the next generation of aircraft tugs

    @sanjaysoneji@sanjaysoneji7 жыл бұрын
  • Pretty bad ass, until you see him go 2mph wearing his seat belt 😂

    @pantoffelslippers@pantoffelslippers2 ай бұрын
  • DAS AUTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    @ramin047@ramin0479 жыл бұрын
    • Das Junk

      @nikolanikola8543@nikolanikola85435 жыл бұрын
    • @@nikolagnjatic211 Lmao grow up and educate yourself about cars

      @nikolanikola8543@nikolanikola85433 жыл бұрын
    • @@nikolagnjatic211 Says someone who doesn't know anything about me except my statement about VW, which is an overpriced and unreliable car... You are probably 14 years old... So when you grow up and step into adult world, you are not going to buy German junk because you will appreciate your hard earned money. I'm also a professional mechanic, guess which cars break down most of the time? German ones... Son, you've got a lot of growing up to do.

      @nikolanikola8543@nikolanikola85433 жыл бұрын
    • @@nikolagnjatic211 Lot of growing up you have to do, little man...

      @nikolanikola8543@nikolanikola85433 жыл бұрын
  • Yeah but Toyota Tundra can pull the Endeavor space shuttle with no ballast.

    @Ashquacks@Ashquacks9 жыл бұрын
    • 888TopGear888 Endeavor with the trailer it was on was 292000 lbs, which is 146 tons. The Tundra is also a gasoline V8 and not a diesel V10. And nobody said it died after doing it.

      @Ashquacks@Ashquacks9 жыл бұрын
    • jalopnik.com/5951454/how-a-5600-pound-toyota-towed-a-292000-pound-space-shuttle

      @V8SilverFox@V8SilverFox9 жыл бұрын
    • Brian Nguyen Horan There is also some difference in metric ton, short ton and long ton as well. The empty weight of the 747-400 is 393,200 lbs, quite a bit more than the Endeavor at 292000 Ibs.

      @V8SilverFox@V8SilverFox9 жыл бұрын
    • 888TopGear888 No need to be a 'dick' about it ;)

      @V8SilverFox@V8SilverFox9 жыл бұрын
    • 888TopGear888 But Toyotas are so boring cars, that no one even try to do this.

      @Phobos_Deimos@Phobos_Deimos9 жыл бұрын
  • In a record-breaking achievement, a standard Porsche Cayenne has successfully towed a 285-tonne Air France Airbus A380 42-metres, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDSTM title for ‘Heaviest aircraft pulled by a production car’.

    @lebtfurimmer107@lebtfurimmer1077 жыл бұрын
    • lebt für immer maybe in future we can see Antonov An 225 being pulled too, its was bigger than Airbus A380 😁

      @shadowhaziq4326@shadowhaziq43265 жыл бұрын
    • ​@@shadowhaziq4326not any more sadly

      @Prime9973@Prime99738 ай бұрын
  • the people driving by are probably like "WTF?!"

    @FishermanKyle@FishermanKyle8 жыл бұрын
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