Top Gear: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Killing a Toyota Part 1 | Top Gear | BBC", hN uses it as the go-to evidence for Toyota pickup durability, and as a benchmark in discussions of truck toughness.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2011–2026comedy videoHN uses it as the go-to evidence for Toyota pickup durability, and as a benchmark in discussions of truck toughness.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2018–2025comedy videoShared in threads about the Nurburgring and after Schmitz's death as a charming showcase of her skill.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2011–2021comedy videoMostly cited as a joke in threads on three-wheeled cars, and occasionally as a demonstration of the stability problem of a high center of gravity on three wheels.
- cited 4× 0 months 2011–2020comedy videoHN cites it as an illustration of how hard F1 cars are to drive, for example that they can't go slowly because of no downforce or tyre heat.
- cited 3× 0 months 2014–2021comedy videoMostly referenced as a funny aside when space shuttle or small cars come up.
Questions
Which Top Gear video does Hacker News recommend most?
Killing a Toyota Part 1 | Top Gear | BBC: recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users between 2011 and 2026.
Is this every Top Gear video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.