A viral clip of YouTuber IShowSpeed being denied a test drive of a $75,000 car in Germany has sparked a racing row on social media.
IShowSpeed, whose real name is Darren Jason Watkins Jr, shared a video with his 10.5 million YouTube subscribers documenting his recent trip to the Nürburgring Driving Academy, a motorsports complex in Nürburg.
At one point in the video, the 19-year-old comes across a roofless sports car for sale at the complex and begins playing with the steering wheel.
A panicked German car salesman then approaches as Speed quickly backs away and asks, “Is this yours?”
After apologizing for touching his vehicle, he says, ‘Can I buy this?’
A viral clip of YouTube sensation IShowSpeed being denied a test drive of a $75,000 car in Germany has sparked a racing row.
“If you can,” the merchant replies.
Speed then asks how many miles the car goes before being told to read the attached advertising poster.
“I’m serious,” the online personality insists. ‘I’m just interested in buying this car. Is it street legal?’
After the owner points out the license plate on the front of the car, Speed says, “This guy is a moron…”
He then clarifies that the sports car has a whopping $75,000 price tag before asking permission to test drive it.
However, that investigation is immediately closed when the dealer shakes his head and refuses a test drive of the vehicle.
“How much did you buy it for?” Speed continues.
“I think we’ll stay here,” the frustrated merchant tells him.
“Bro, I ain’t trolling,” Speed replies. ‘I’m serious! I got the money. Why you think I’m not serious?’
The dealer then ignores another question about the original cost of your car and shakes his head to confirm that he doesn’t want to sell it to you.
At first, Speed came across a roofless sports car for sale at a sports complex in Nürburg and started playing with the steering wheel.
Then a German car dealer approached and as Speed quickly backed away he asked, “Is this yours?”
After requesting a test drive, the online personality was immediately rejected.
Speed’s bizarre interaction at Nurburg has caused outrage online, with several users claiming the dealership only denied him a test drive due to racism as he claimed to have the money to buy the car.
Someone wrote on X: ‘It’s not even about the car or the money. The German clown is racist. Period.’
Another posted: ‘This is just ridiculous. What an absurd businessman. Very rude’.
A third commented: “I don’t think it was about the money.”
“For racial reasons,” said another.
A fifth said: “He should have bought the two cars next to him to show that guy who was boss. It’s outrageous how that guy acted.”
While one posted a photo of the dealer and said: ‘I smell racism in the air.’
Others, however, pointed to both Speed’s behavior prior to the interaction (which even saw him jump on all fours and bark at a dog on the ground) and the cameras in the dealer’s face as reasons for suspicion.
Several social media users claimed that Speed was denied a test drive due to racism.
Others pointed to his behavior before the trade as reason for the trader to be suspicious.
One user posted: “To be fair, if this interaction had occurred without the presence of a camera, would the same interaction have occurred? Maybe so, but the footage might have made the man suspicious. It’s just a question like ” “What would have happened if…?”
Another put: ‘ngl (not going to lie). “Speed seems like a very unserious person.”
A third said: “I mean, at first glance it seems like the seller is being unfair, but when you consider that he had been joking around during the car meet and putting on a show, it’s a legitimate concern not to take him seriously for a transaction.”
“I like Speed, but it’s clear this guy doesn’t take it (seriously).”
While a fourth wrote: “I’m sure the fact that he went into the car and touched it without the owner being present didn’t help much. After that the salesman got angry. Green is the only color they care about.” to the sellers. Unless you’re rude.”
