r/TopGear • u/liamsjtaylor Python • 1d ago

Is that the same campervan at the petrol station and the campsite?

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u/PM_ME_BACH_FUGUES 1d ago

99% likely yes. I remember seeing a post on here a while back that investigated this in more detail. It seems that the VW was supposed to be the funny backup car for this journey, but was edited out. 

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u/liamsjtaylor Python 1d ago

funny backup car

I'd happily take it and consider it more of a gift than a substitute.

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u/goot449 1d ago

Probably why it was edited out

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u/puddud4 1d ago

Probably time. That episode was packed with brilliance. There probably wasn't room for a few segments on the backup car.

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u/Embarrassed_Bid_4970 1d ago

James May really deserved an award for technological innovation for creating the world's most secure filler cap lid.

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u/Ashnyel 1d ago

Same

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u/Mr_IsLand 1d ago

I wonder if they actually liked it lol - I can def see Hammond rocking around in one of those

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u/Random_Videos_YT 1d ago

He probably had to hop in there part way through the night.

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u/AVD06 1d ago

Isn’t it basically a Beetle? I doubt they’d like it

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u/ShotaroKaneda84 18h ago edited 18h ago

Hammond has admitted to actually being a fan of the Beetle, so he probably liked it

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4F2_NnsyFL/?igsh=MXRwcWI1OTJiYjhvdQ==

https://fb.watch/wKE277wWcC/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

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u/TheLastGenXer 1d ago

my 1% of doubt is one has a thing on it's roof..

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u/real_Mini_geek 1d ago

100% it’s a different van

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u/djb6272 1d ago

100% certain that the top one is the forfeit campervan as it appears in many scenes and there has been many posts about it over the years.

100% certain the bottom one isn't the same camper van - it has a roof box, bikes on the back, and is probably a different colour.

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u/jestercow 1d ago

Didn’t Wilman also use the backup cars as an “excuse” to join on the trips?

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u/kh250b1 1d ago

There seemed to be a crew of 15-20 - and as producer he didnt need an excuse

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u/Apprehensive_Rate959 1d ago

It might well be yeah. There's a slightly darker tone in the bottom picture which makes it look like a different blue, so chances are high this was a forfeit motorhome

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u/JakeNTech 1d ago

it was written in one of the books at some point that it was a backup car that they never used...can't remember which book though 😭

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u/Evantra_ daewoo 1d ago

'Ambitious but Rubbish' by Richard Porter IIRC

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u/Swing_Top 1d ago

I've read "on that bombshell " I didn't know he had another book.

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u/Evantra_ daewoo 1d ago

That one is smaller and aimed more towards kids, but still an interesting read. Bascially covers all the early challenges with a few behind the scenes details.

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u/ElegantHelicopter122 1d ago

I had that book when I was a kid. Probably my most read book.

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u/imaguitarhero24 1d ago

Wait which is the smaller one?

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u/Evantra_ daewoo 1d ago

Ambitious But Rubbish

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u/teletubby_wrangler 1d ago

We all know Jeremy gets his hippy freak on when the cameras stop rolling.

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u/ZestycloseAd6898 1d ago

You mean James

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u/steve8319 1d ago

Podimore services in the A303 👍

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u/Infinite_Stranger866 Toyota 1d ago

i don’t think so. the colours are ever so slightly different

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u/liamsjtaylor Python 1d ago

I was wondering if the colours were different or if it was just the lighting.

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u/djb6272 1d ago

How about the roof box and the bikes on the back?

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u/CressResident5960 1d ago

That VW van will probably do pretty well in all of the challenges their creations went through during that episode.

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u/Fuzzy-Cap7365 1d ago

Might be Andy Wilman's van.

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u/TheHappy_13 1d ago

Crew vehicle maybe?

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u/Breadstix009 1d ago

One "is a deeper shade of blue, and there's nothing you can do, coz it's so far, far away..."

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u/No-Kiwi-1868 Jezza 23h ago

That's definitely two different vans. It's not lighting. They are really two different colours

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u/pug_userita Orig Trio Till I die 1d ago

i don't think. the top one is blue with curtains with chromed mirrors and handles, the bottom one is green with no curtains and there's a tent on top and black mirrors

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u/Adorable-Ice2240 1d ago

That's just a lighting difference

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u/Dordymechav 1d ago

Green? I think you may be slightly colour blind

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u/pug_userita Orig Trio Till I die 1d ago

green ish. a light, pale, pastel green

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u/chebster99 1d ago

It’s not green but it’s a more greeny blue than the other blue

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u/Hopsasaaaa 1d ago

Yes, obviously two different colours. It's more turqoise vs light blue.

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u/Sayyestononsense 1d ago

nice catch!

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u/Significant_Rub_8739 1d ago

I miss the Leaning Tower of Citroen.