Youtube. Extraordinary. But most of the time you visit you just end up watching a dog on a skateboard or someone injuring themselves in a humourous way. There is hope though, especially if you’re slightly interested in cars. We’ve gone into Youtube’s archives and pulled the five Most Viewed videos of All Time, in the Autos & Vehicles category. Above is number five, click through for the rest.
Number Five (above): “Real Car Crash” -- 14 768 355 views
That first one is both hilarious and extremely disconcerting; it’ll make you chuffed that you live in warmer climes. It’s literally car-skating on ice. These poor sods have absolutely no control over their cars; literally they’re just sliding in whichever direction the gradient of the road is running. Gives me the heeby-jeebies.
Number Four: “Bugatti Veyron vs. Yamaha R1 RACING DOWN MOTERWAY” -- 15 155 807 views
We can’t really understand why this has obtained so many views. But there are a few moments of awesomeness to look out for: right in the beginning, watch for the way the rev-needle shoots up. Bikes are simply ludicrous. At about the 30 second mark, the sheer acceleration of the Veyron is breathtaking, considering the Yamaha R1 is the fastest accelerating bike on earth (we think) and then there’s a really nice little surprise at 1:29.
Number Three: “Ken Block jumps his rally car 171 feet” - 15 400 077 views
Ken Block. Popular. Small wonder then that one of his vids is in the top five. There are better clips of this and like he says: “This is a lot less scary then racing; 90 miles an hour sideways through trees is a lot more frightening”.
Number Two: “Ferrari vs. Lamborghini” - 21 575 606 views
What an unbelievably shit video. I don’t know what saddens me more: the awful ’90s German rave music soundtrack, the fact that the 53 year old IT consultant who made this probably drives a VW Golf with a Ferrari sticker on the fender, or the fact that there are so many desperately bored fanboys on the interwebs who helped this vid get to 21 million views. I also can’t believe I actually sat through it.
Number One: “Bugatti Veyron vs BMW M3″ -- 23 269 033 views
Okay this is decent. A bit of showboating in the M3 leads to a drag race between the Veyron and the Beemer. The M3 gets off to a cracking start, but as soon as the Bugatti drivers stops picking his nose and actually accelerates, the way it shoots past the hapless German is simply astonishing. It’s like it’s propelled by some other-worldly force. The sound of the Veyron at idle is also magic.
Ciro De Siena
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