Richard Hammond roasts YouTubers and the cars they drive YT: DRIVETRIBEThe Grand Tour\u2019s Richard Hammond is pretty knowledgeable when it comes to all things cars and, after being exposed to some of the cars that top YouTubers are driving around, he had some choice comments for the stars in question. Hammond, who originally made his name as a host on the BBC\u2019s immensely popular Top Gear, has since moved over to Amazon Prime alongside long-time colleagues Jeremy Clarkson and James May. The trio also appears regularly on YouTube channel DRIVETRIBE, discussing all things motor vehicles. Now, during a video uploaded to the DRIVETRIBE channel on May 24, the immensely popular presenter went through different YouTube stars one by one and looked at the cars they had bought. As fans of The Grand Tour will expect, he had some strong comments for some of them. Despite the opportunity to poke fun at a host of internet celebrities, Hammond is actually pretty complimentary about quite a few, including Ken Block and Jay Leno. Leno\u2019s car, for example, a 1954 Jaguar XK120, is described by Hammond as one of the finest cars ever made. \u201cMoving onto Jay Leno and his 1954 Jaguar XK120,\u201d Hammond said. \u201cQuite simply one of the most beautiful cars ever made and one of the best sports cars ever built. And that is a particularly fine one. I\u2019ve watched I believe a video of Jay driving that thing and it is a special car.\u201d Thankfully, for viewers looking for a more cutting edge commentary, Hammond did poke fun at quite a few YouTubers for their wheels. These included Shmee150, whose McLaren Senna was described by Hammond \u2013 with a sharp intake of breath \u2013 as \u201ca lot of money\u201d. On Rob Dahm\u2019s Mazda RX-7 4 Rotor, Hammond had the following to say: \u201cWow! Yes! Because a rotor engine is such a solid, robust thing to start with, why not make it more complicated and more highly-stretched? I suspect that represents a good 15 to 30 seconds of unrivaled joy followed by a bang and lots of bits coming through the bonnet.\u201d Other cars discussed included Gigi Papasavvas\u2019 Porsche 911 GT3 and Cleetus McFarland\u2019s Leroy the Corvette. The former was praised by Hammond as a car, but criticized for its awful paint job, while McFarland\u2019s motor was something of a guilty pleasure for the British TV presenter. The YouTubers should probably listen to the comments made by Hammond as, if there\u2019s one thing he\u2019s proven with nearly 20 years of motoring journalism under his belt, it\u2019s that he knows what he\u2019s talking about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Richard Hammond roasts YouTubers and the cars they drive YT: DRIVETRIBEThe Grand Tour\u2019s Richard Hammond is pretty knowledgeable when it comes to all things cars and, after being exposed to some of the cars that top YouTubers are driving around, he had some choice comments for the stars in question. Hammond, who originally made his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}