Chris Harris drag races his glorious old Citroën 2CV | Chris Harris Drives | Top Gear
‘First one to get to the gates.’ The brief was simple, actually getting there was a bit more difficult. After years of arguments, Chris Harris and his mate Andrew Frankel decide to settle the score once and for all. Whose Citroën 2CV was quicker?
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get some spiked tyres swap a 602 block in it and u have a rally car
The world is a better place because of the 2cv
not top gear crap gear there talk to much take to long
Andrew is so full of shit, it's hilarious.
P I P
That man speaks all fancy like
Jeremy, Richard & James
I would love to buy that old, rusted 2cv...
Isn't that 2cv a 3 billion euro car?
It's stunningly beautiful
It should be
More more more Chris Harris!!!
I don't know how a 2CV is glorious, but I have to give this to French designers. I think France made several of the very different car designs that were actually successful. The 2CV is such example, the Citroen DS is another one. Not only were these cars different, they also had many innovations to them. All this in an industry that is more afraid of innovation than of anything else. French really have smart ideas - too bad their later cars lack in reliability
Top Gear, when it was great (side note: harris, rory and sabine great too) was the most watched Tv show on the planet. Not because it was about cars, but about 3 mates having a giggle. Chris - you have the knowledge, pedigree, humor - crown is yours, sir. Hint: build the show yourself, tho...
Chris Harris. Mensch. Also great to see Frankel. I started reading Car! when LJKS was writing, loved the Mel and Frankel years and abandoned it when the millennials with northern accents took over!
Is it the same 2cv that was attacked in Argentina?
Great, reconfirms why i have one.
I know it's a car show, but how about a show with Chris and his dog?!?!?!?
Harris is a wonderful car bloke and frankle is equally so, I love this stuff boys
Im pretty sure i could win this race... on foot
Your race should have been on a ploughed field with a tray of eggs on the passenger seat!
Absolutely brilliant - Had me properly laughing all the way through. More please 😆
Best crap drag race EVER
Stick a 2 rotor in it
Forget the City Car Cup, what the world needs it more "2CV in a paddock" racing. That paddock looks big enough for a circuit!
Put on a rolling road
I've just learnt what the opposite of what an S Class is.
Love this. Pip the pup is a bonus too :)
Without Jeremy Clarkson top gear sucks
This was excellent, so funny. 100 times more interesting and genuine than the TV show.
Brilliant.
Modern hot road 😂😂😂😂
Love 2CVs, but I do remember following one frequently on the hill from Marlow to Booker, and the 50 cars behind. And yes, the young lady behind the wheel did lean forward.
Looks like they’re at the different scenery
9:47 Ok that second time had me almost falling off my chair. That was hilarious.
My '72 2CV4 had a methanol injection (self-made) which enabled me to 'kill' 40hp-VW Polos. Ha! Spinning wheels in 2nd gear! And then I had to go the TÜV and all was over...
Two great presenters enjoying what they like best, highly recommended viewing. A BIG 👍🏻s up. More please.
this is gold
Why is this video in carwow's playlist section (head to head)
Chris....Time to dust off a few 1950's Moggies and Ford Populars for a head to head.
I'm fine with 1 minute of racing and 17 minutes of talking but the gaps between adverts were shorter than the actual adverts. I don't think I'll be watching many more of these
This was delightful, whereas the current Top Gear ding-dang doesn’t do it for me.
3...2...1 AD
The lawnmower would have won!
Ah yes chemistry amongst fellow men and no silly shouting well done Chris.
Looks like a lot of fun.
Where u been Chris!?! The top top gear presenter,I think if things planned out different jezza hamster n gay would of been happy for our Chris to carry the torch 👊🏻👌🏼
Even the cranking at 2:56 sounds whiney and french.
Rusty as. Needs some ACF50 at the very least.
i hate that Chris's 2CV is left to die outside. ..but other than that this was great content :)
What action? What, action? What? Action!
Good to finally put a face to Frankel - enjoying his DriveNation podcast with Dan Prosser 👍
In my opinion its just aint top gear anymore hashtag old top gear back they just dont have charm
Chris, this is the formula, keep at it re
loved it....
More of these!! 2 lads arseing about with (excuse my French) shitboxes in a field, slagging each other off about their (un)loved classics. Bravo Christopher.
Dyno run required ......
Frickin hilarious! :)
Old one was better
Just the reason why I always parked my Dyane 6 in a slope in the old days. Living near Spa-Francorchamps made it easier. And then driving the old track sideays, in the snow, at night might also have been more fun 🤩
Chris Harris for Prime Minister...
I very much enjoyed watching the two argue over their 2cv's. Great job!!!!
This makes me completely want a 2CV
Hands down prefer this to any super car review 👍
“ROADKILL” European style folks. PS. Could they please stop the commercials JEZZZZZZZ !
2 2cv and 2 pals in a field. Damn it was a bloody good one. Now let them do a road trip through Russia or some weird place!
Didnt realize chupacabras were so friendly.
Why am I not surprised to see a Citroen that wont start
Jeremy would not be happy
Chris - can we enter a team for the Wisborough Green 12 hours?
I'd watch another hour of this, easily.
Haha what a legend
Is that the wheeler dealers 2cv
What a genuine piece of entertainment. This was great!
Disaster from start to finish. Love it!!!!
10,000 times more interesting, relevant and exciting than Formula-E... The future of motorsport has landed.
This is british humor at its best. Laughed so hard when Chris went over the jump. :D
Now THERE is the presenters' partnership that Top Gear has been searching for since the departure of Clarkson and co. Harris and Frankel are brilliantly natural together with great humour and repartee combined with proper car knowledge!
🤣 almost perfect (just needs more Pip!!!) If you two could hook up with either Harry Metcalf or Henry Catchpole I think you'd have the perfect recipe for a dream channel for petrol heads 👍🤞 Merry Christmas! 🎄
Harris was cheating!
It is clear that the problem with Top Gear is not Harris, but the other two.
When I was a kid my first ever toy car was a yellow 2CV with a black roof. I would like to own a real 2CV one day and paint it those colours
This was quite enjoyable, couldn’t stop laughing
My 1952 Dodge M37 can start with a lever like that, the radiator has a hole for the shaft to pass through. Yes you can hurt your hand! I converted it to 12V.
How to make Top Gear an icon again. Get rid of the two louts. Add Andrew. These two have chemistry that will never exist between Chris and the other two current guys.
Hack theory... it was Chris Harris driving the 2CV back in the 2014 Patagonia Special all along... "It is that 2CV again.. following our track. I couldn't do that! Who are those guys?!"
Doesn't seem like Chris' 2cv has been getting much use lately. Aside from maybe as a drinking shed? These are in their element in fields.
Brilliant fun. One question: Why is Frankel wearing racing overalls for the first day of hot racing action? In a 2CV, if it all goes wrong at any speed the car is realistically capable of, the driver can simply open the door, step out and run away.
@frankelandrew Ahh - Chris trying to make you look a berk; true to form then. This vid is the funniest thing I've seen in what's otherwise been a dark year, many thanks.
Because Christopher, comedian that he is, said it would really funny to do it in race overalls. He then turned up in jeans making me look like a total arse. Amazed more have not picked up on it. At least we spared you the Le Mans start. AF
The weathered paint on Chris's 2cv is beautiful. Definitely needs to not be kept in a field.
Great fun, but those three false starts in a row were a bit tedious. Should hire a flag-wavy person next time.
Best thing I've seen from TG in awhile...
This is good.
Amazing content and Andrew is hilarious!
9:36. That is all. LOL
This sort of stuff could be good on the telly. Car journos that knew one another before they were on the telly. that could work...
Interesting stuff, making Top Gear your own Chris!
Replace Paddy with Andrew Frankel on Top Gear plz
This is the best Auto Car off record win or loss
This is truly fantastic. I so need a 2cv again to go with my M2. 👌
Chris needs to check out the Immersion 11 racing 'Green car'
I see "Chris Harris Drives", I click & watch the whole video 👌
Last time I saw Chris' 2cv, it was in much better nick. Is that a patina of rust or waxoyl..?!