1 00:00:04,900 --> 00:00:08,300 JEREMY CLARKSON: On today's show, a little man in a big car. 2 00:00:10,033 --> 00:00:13,433 Ferrari versus Porsche on our track. 3 00:00:13,467 --> 00:00:16,467 And we have some crashes, on purpose. 4 00:00:20,733 --> 00:00:22,967 Hello, good evening and welcome. 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,533 Now, a number of people have been saying 6 00:00:24,567 --> 00:00:27,933 that there are too many fast and expensive cars on this show. 7 00:00:27,967 --> 00:00:32,000 So, the production team came up with a plan. 8 00:00:32,033 --> 00:00:34,633 They gave each of the presenters £100. 9 00:00:34,667 --> 00:00:36,933 And we were told to go off and buy a car. 10 00:00:36,967 --> 00:00:41,533 That's a road legal car for less than 100 quid. 11 00:00:41,567 --> 00:00:44,167 Then we were told to meet up at Toddington services, 12 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,000 on the M1 where we would be given a number of challenges. 13 00:00:48,033 --> 00:00:50,200 This is what happened. 14 00:00:57,633 --> 00:01:01,167 CLARKSON: I was the first to arrive with... Well, look at it! 15 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,333 Two tonnes of Swedish magnificence! 16 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:09,200 It's the Volvo 760. 17 00:01:09,233 --> 00:01:12,733 It has the 2.8 litre, V6 engine. 18 00:01:12,767 --> 00:01:14,200 And it's the GLE model. 19 00:01:14,233 --> 00:01:17,633 So, electric sunshine roof, leather, air conditioning. 20 00:01:17,667 --> 00:01:19,067 And it's not in bad neck. 21 00:01:19,067 --> 00:01:20,467 No corrosion that I can see. 22 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:22,700 No dents and scratches worth talking about. 23 00:01:22,733 --> 00:01:26,067 It's actually taxed and tested for another two months. 24 00:01:26,067 --> 00:01:28,067 And that's what James has bought. 25 00:01:28,067 --> 00:01:29,700 Here he is. 26 00:01:29,733 --> 00:01:32,500 It's actually more modern than mine, I'm ashamed to admit, but... 27 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:37,133 It's an Audi 80, 1.8 E. 28 00:01:37,167 --> 00:01:39,200 CLARKSON: And you paid less than 100 quid? JAMES MAY: I did. 29 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:40,300 CLARKSON: Taxed? MAY: Yes. 30 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:41,733 CLARKSON: Tested? MAY: Seven months. 31 00:01:41,767 --> 00:01:43,733 CLARKSON: You really can't believe that's 100 quid. 32 00:01:43,767 --> 00:01:47,400 I mean, I was ready to go, "Oh, no! James has bought a hen house!" 33 00:01:47,433 --> 00:01:50,367 Anyway, so where's Hammond, exactly? Where is the Hamster? 34 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:53,900 BOTH: He's got a Rover! 35 00:01:53,933 --> 00:01:54,967 (BOTH LAUGH) 36 00:01:55,067 --> 00:01:56,067 Oh, God! 37 00:01:56,100 --> 00:01:58,100 MAY: Old man, you've done it wrong. 38 00:01:58,133 --> 00:01:59,233 Read my back. 39 00:01:59,267 --> 00:02:00,800 RICHARD HAMMOND AND MAY: "GTI." 40 00:02:00,833 --> 00:02:03,167 CLARKSON: Yes, I know but... HAMMOND AND MAY: 16 valve. 41 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,933 -HAMMOND: Yeah, granted it does go down. (CHUCKLES) -"Rover." 42 00:02:05,967 --> 00:02:07,467 (ALL LAUGHING) 43 00:02:11,067 --> 00:02:14,900 Because I'm not sure if it leaks, so I'm going to leave that on. 44 00:02:14,933 --> 00:02:16,800 -Your radio? -Isn't there. 45 00:02:18,067 --> 00:02:19,900 There's more rust here and here. 46 00:02:19,933 --> 00:02:22,700 -Yeah well, expensive car... -Oh, that's gonna drop off any second. 47 00:02:22,733 --> 00:02:24,233 MAY: Look at that. 48 00:02:24,267 --> 00:02:26,200 CLARKSON: Right, I think we're ready for our first challenge. 49 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:28,833 -One of the chaps from the office. Here it is. -Ooh, envelope and everything. 50 00:02:28,867 --> 00:02:33,767 "The journey from London to Manchester and back would cost £182 on the train. 51 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,767 "Your cars cost less than that. 52 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,467 "You must head North on the M1 take the new M6 toll road. 53 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:41,967 "Rendezvous in Manchester outside Manchester United Ground in Old Trafford. 54 00:02:42,067 --> 00:02:45,400 "And drive them back to the Top Gear track for your next challenge." 55 00:02:45,433 --> 00:02:47,467 -So Manchester and back. -Easy. 56 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:48,567 -Easy. -Okay. 57 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,600 Let's go! 58 00:02:52,567 --> 00:02:56,800 CLARKSON: We filled each of them to the brim with fuel and set off. 59 00:03:04,633 --> 00:03:06,167 It is remarkable though 60 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,333 that we're all trundling along the outside lane of the motorway 61 00:03:08,367 --> 00:03:09,933 same speed as everybody else... 62 00:03:09,967 --> 00:03:12,800 In cars that cost less than a £100. 63 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:18,933 MAY: This Audi is... 64 00:03:18,967 --> 00:03:20,767 Well, prefect, really. 65 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:25,667 HAMMOND: In its day, of course, the Rover 416 GTI was rubbish, really. 66 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:27,400 The steering wheel is not quite on straight, 67 00:03:27,433 --> 00:03:29,433 but that just means that I can flog into a mini cabber. 68 00:03:32,833 --> 00:03:36,533 I mean, I expected to be in a sort of plume of blue fog. 69 00:03:39,367 --> 00:03:41,533 But they're fine, so far. 70 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,467 CLARKSON: I currently need a pee. 71 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:51,067 Smells though, in here, like other people have just done it. (SNIFFING) 72 00:03:51,667 --> 00:03:53,400 (SNIFFING) 73 00:03:54,933 --> 00:03:59,400 I think I'm going to open my electric sunshine roof now. 74 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:02,833 Let a bit of this crisp spring air in. 75 00:04:02,867 --> 00:04:04,233 Mmm! Nice! 76 00:04:04,267 --> 00:04:06,400 Sun roof, well, we'll gloss over that. 77 00:04:06,433 --> 00:04:08,733 What I do really want is a radio. 78 00:04:10,433 --> 00:04:14,567 Robbie Williams played through a 1980's Volvo stereo. 79 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,133 I'd listen to Radio 3. 80 00:04:16,167 --> 00:04:18,133 (ANGEL PLAYING ON STEREO) 81 00:04:18,167 --> 00:04:19,600 Or The Arches on 4 82 00:04:19,633 --> 00:04:21,367 through my head 83 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,667 Oh, I wish I had a radio! 84 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:27,067 That's the worst stereo I've ever heard in my life! 85 00:04:27,067 --> 00:04:28,633 Oh, I wish I had a radio! 86 00:04:28,667 --> 00:04:30,833 But it's a stereo! 87 00:04:30,867 --> 00:04:32,533 And Hammond doesn't have one. 88 00:04:32,567 --> 00:04:34,433 (HAMMOND SINGING) 89 00:04:36,133 --> 00:04:37,800 (SCATTING) 90 00:04:40,067 --> 00:04:42,333 Ferrari. (SCOFFS) 91 00:04:42,367 --> 00:04:45,900 (SCATTING) 92 00:04:45,933 --> 00:04:47,967 (HAMMOND SCATTING OVER PA) 93 00:04:48,067 --> 00:04:50,267 (LAUGHING) 94 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:54,967 There is, coming up ahead, an enormous cloud of smoke. 95 00:04:55,067 --> 00:04:57,833 Which I can only assume is Jeremy. 96 00:04:57,867 --> 00:05:00,933 -If this is a head gasket, we are in big trouble here. -MAY: That's the compressor. 97 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:04,300 CLARKSON: In fact, a belt that drives the air conditioning had snapped, 98 00:05:04,333 --> 00:05:06,133 and knocked a plug out of the radiator. 99 00:05:06,167 --> 00:05:10,667 Simply put it back again, fill that with water and I was on my way. 100 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:12,400 (ALL LAUGHING) 101 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,700 Right, here we go, back on the road. 102 00:05:17,733 --> 00:05:19,567 Jeremy's heap of junk fixed. 103 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:20,633 It's fine. 104 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:21,667 That Volvo. 105 00:05:22,767 --> 00:05:24,567 What was he thinking of? 106 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,400 It's fine. It cost less than 100 quid. 107 00:05:37,467 --> 00:05:39,300 CLARKSON: There we are, the football stadium 108 00:05:39,333 --> 00:05:40,967 where Manchester Rovers play. 109 00:05:41,067 --> 00:05:46,267 And now, it's time to turn around and head back to the studio. 110 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:48,267 But would the cars make it? 111 00:05:50,667 --> 00:05:52,533 This is the track. 112 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:57,067 And here comes James now in his Audi. 113 00:05:57,067 --> 00:05:58,500 It's back! 114 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:03,200 And so too is Richard, in the Rover. 115 00:06:05,867 --> 00:06:07,167 Watch the paintwork! 116 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,067 CLARKSON: But where's the Volvo? 117 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:14,433 BOTH: No! 118 00:06:14,467 --> 00:06:17,100 -(MAY LAUGHING) -HAMMOND: I can't believe it. 119 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:19,067 CLARKSON: Yes, you counted them all out. 120 00:06:19,067 --> 00:06:21,300 And now you can count them all back again. 121 00:06:21,333 --> 00:06:23,433 Proof, today you can buy a car, 122 00:06:23,467 --> 00:06:25,233 and even including the cost of fuel, 123 00:06:25,267 --> 00:06:29,800 go to Manchester and back for less than it would cost on the train. 124 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:33,900 And what's more, if you finish a train journey, 125 00:06:33,933 --> 00:06:35,833 all you're left with is a used ticket 126 00:06:35,867 --> 00:06:38,533 and a disease from the person who's sitting next to you. 127 00:06:38,567 --> 00:06:40,133 Yeah, and the person you're sitting next to 128 00:06:40,167 --> 00:06:43,267 is always the same drunken Glaswegian scaffolder. Have you noticed? 129 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:45,300 Yeah, with 20 cases of Harp. 130 00:06:45,333 --> 00:06:46,500 Yes, all of which you drink. 131 00:06:46,533 --> 00:06:48,167 Anyway, we didn't end up with a scaffolder. 132 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,067 What we ended up with were three perfectly serviceable cars. 133 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:55,100 And later on in the show, we are going to be doing more tests with them 134 00:06:55,133 --> 00:06:59,500 to find out just how good or bad they are. 135 00:07:01,133 --> 00:07:04,167 Richard Hammond, you like dogs, don't you? 136 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:05,533 Yes, I've got four of them. I love them. 137 00:07:05,567 --> 00:07:07,600 -One of which is a poodle. -Yes, all right. 138 00:07:07,633 --> 00:07:09,533 -Just wanted them to know. -Only one of them. 139 00:07:09,567 --> 00:07:11,733 And as a result, Richard was asked to, 140 00:07:11,767 --> 00:07:14,767 while we were off air for the winter, to host Crufts . 141 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,133 Yes. 142 00:07:16,167 --> 00:07:19,067 Obviously, he lost a lot of dignity in the process. 143 00:07:19,067 --> 00:07:25,200 So now he's decided to put some of that dignity back by buying himself a new car. 144 00:07:25,233 --> 00:07:27,233 (ENGINE ROARING) 145 00:07:32,267 --> 00:07:35,233 Meet the shortlist, the Dodge Charger. 146 00:07:35,267 --> 00:07:38,300 HAMMOND: For me, the greatest American car ever. 147 00:07:47,267 --> 00:07:53,067 This is a big day for me, because it's my first ever drive in a Dodge Charger. 148 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:54,467 And I'm a little bit nervous. 149 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:57,200 HAMMOND: You see, I've wanted one of these forever. 150 00:07:57,233 --> 00:07:58,600 But what if it's rubbish? 151 00:07:58,633 --> 00:08:01,433 What if it's the case of "never meet your heroes"? 152 00:08:01,467 --> 00:08:05,633 Well, we'll find out, but first, a smidgen of history. 153 00:08:05,667 --> 00:08:07,733 There's just no resisting it. 154 00:08:07,767 --> 00:08:11,833 HAMMOND: The Charger was the definitive '60s American muscle car. 155 00:08:11,867 --> 00:08:14,133 Over 300,000 were made. 156 00:08:14,167 --> 00:08:16,167 The Lone Ranger was the chief salesman. 157 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,700 I apprehended this man driving away with one of our new Dodge Chargers. 158 00:08:22,167 --> 00:08:24,500 HAMMOND: Even though it was as big as Texas, 159 00:08:24,533 --> 00:08:27,433 somehow they managed to race it. 160 00:08:27,467 --> 00:08:30,267 In fact, the Charger was the first car ever 161 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:34,400 to top 200 miles an hour in NASCAR racing. 162 00:08:34,433 --> 00:08:38,500 This is a 1968 Dodge Charger 440 RT. 163 00:08:38,533 --> 00:08:39,833 It's the one you want. 164 00:08:39,867 --> 00:08:41,067 (ENGINE WHIRRING) 165 00:08:41,067 --> 00:08:46,200 This is the sound of a 440 cubic inch V8. 166 00:08:46,233 --> 00:08:51,667 That means 7.2 litres, 365 brake horsepower. 167 00:08:52,767 --> 00:08:55,233 And it's incredible. 168 00:08:55,967 --> 00:08:57,400 (LAUGHING) 169 00:09:00,233 --> 00:09:01,800 By now, you're probably saying, 170 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:04,267 "Okay, but what about the Ford Mustang?" 171 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:08,167 And sure enough, the Charger was always a bit in the Mustang's shadow. 172 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,900 But in fact, this car is the really cool one. 173 00:09:11,933 --> 00:09:14,300 And it's cool for one good reason. 174 00:09:14,333 --> 00:09:18,400 Bad guys always drive Chargers. 175 00:09:20,133 --> 00:09:25,300 In Bullitt, McQueen's Mustang was chased by the baddies in a Charger. 176 00:09:29,067 --> 00:09:31,067 How could this not be the bad boy? 177 00:09:31,067 --> 00:09:33,633 It just looks like it's up to no good. 178 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:40,433 Just walking up to this thing, being near it, gives me a thrill. Seriously! 179 00:09:40,467 --> 00:09:44,100 And like all the most impressive people, it's got problems. 180 00:09:44,133 --> 00:09:47,533 Bill Brownlie, the guy who designed it, was a big fan of aerodynamics 181 00:09:47,567 --> 00:09:51,067 and he crafted this shape, very carefully. 182 00:09:51,067 --> 00:09:55,933 Unfortunately, he didn't actually know anything about aerodynamics. 183 00:09:55,967 --> 00:09:58,200 And he made a bit of a hash of it. 184 00:09:58,233 --> 00:10:00,300 That great gaping mouth at the front 185 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:03,400 sucks up air like a whale sucks up plankton. 186 00:10:03,433 --> 00:10:06,867 And the rear screen makes the drag even worse. 187 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:08,067 But who cares? 188 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:11,500 No, the only question that matters to me 189 00:10:11,533 --> 00:10:15,300 is now I'm in one, will I be happy or heartbroken? 190 00:10:15,333 --> 00:10:17,300 Well, I know it's got its faults, 191 00:10:17,333 --> 00:10:20,067 so I set my sights nice and low. 192 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:22,400 Well, first thing, it's an old American car 193 00:10:22,433 --> 00:10:24,333 with old American car steering. 194 00:10:24,367 --> 00:10:27,600 Which means, I can go left or right. 195 00:10:27,633 --> 00:10:29,233 And that's kind of it, really. 196 00:10:29,267 --> 00:10:33,733 Left-ish, right-ish. It's terrible! 197 00:10:33,767 --> 00:10:36,933 And with an engine this massive, 198 00:10:36,967 --> 00:10:39,000 in a car weighing two tonnes, 199 00:10:39,033 --> 00:10:42,400 you might expect it to be bit of an old truck. 200 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:47,167 But few trucks will do 0 to 60 in six seconds. 201 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,100 But as for going from 60 to 0... Oh, dearie me. 202 00:10:51,133 --> 00:10:52,567 I'm braking. 203 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:55,733 Quite firmly. 204 00:10:55,767 --> 00:10:57,867 (ENGINE STALLING) 205 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:59,133 MAN: Well done. (CHUCKLES) 206 00:10:59,167 --> 00:11:00,733 I was considering evasive then! 207 00:11:00,767 --> 00:11:02,067 (LAUGHING) 208 00:11:02,067 --> 00:11:03,600 Everybody okay? 209 00:11:05,467 --> 00:11:07,167 But you know, it really doesn't matter 210 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,300 if the brakes are made of chewing gum. 211 00:11:09,333 --> 00:11:14,967 I mean, in a crash, you're always going to be at least 20 feet from it! 212 00:11:15,067 --> 00:11:16,800 Whichever corner it's at. 213 00:11:18,933 --> 00:11:20,867 Another tedious practicality. 214 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:22,667 Here's the Dodge Charger. 215 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:26,667 And over here, I've mapped out my garage. 216 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:28,633 Will it fit? 217 00:11:36,733 --> 00:11:38,800 There we go, it fits! 218 00:11:40,067 --> 00:11:41,533 (EXCLAIMS) 219 00:11:42,433 --> 00:11:45,267 Oh, it will be all right. 220 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:50,633 So, there we are. It's noisy, cumbersome, badly designed, and it doesn't stop. 221 00:11:50,667 --> 00:11:55,067 It does a gallon to the mile and I've got nowhere to put it. 222 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:58,067 But I know now that I want one. 223 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,400 And one big reason is it will always be cool. 224 00:12:03,433 --> 00:12:08,067 You see, whereas the Mustangs lived on, getting softer and fatter, 225 00:12:08,067 --> 00:12:11,133 the Charger lasted for just eight years. 226 00:12:11,167 --> 00:12:13,400 And then, it was gone. 227 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:17,333 It is James Dean to the Mustang's Marlon Brando. 228 00:12:17,367 --> 00:12:21,967 And James Dean will never, ever look sad. 229 00:12:22,067 --> 00:12:29,067 They do say that the star that shines twice as bright, lives half as long. 230 00:12:29,067 --> 00:12:34,367 There is, though, just one thing that worries me, this is a classic car. 231 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,167 And every classic car has its own social scene. 232 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,800 -(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING) -(MEN LAUGHING) 233 00:12:40,833 --> 00:12:42,633 These are my new friends. 234 00:12:43,833 --> 00:12:45,667 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 235 00:12:57,667 --> 00:13:00,167 -It's not the line dancing that's the problem. -What? 236 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,733 And nor is the fact that if you buy an American car, 237 00:13:02,767 --> 00:13:05,233 you're gonna have to commit acts of love with your cousin. 238 00:13:05,267 --> 00:13:06,633 So, what's the problem? 239 00:13:06,667 --> 00:13:08,067 -Charger, wrong Dodge. -What? 240 00:13:08,067 --> 00:13:10,500 You need a Challenger because the Challenger 241 00:13:10,533 --> 00:13:12,567 was the star of Vanishing Point 242 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,100 and this was the star of Bullitt. That's why you're interested in it 243 00:13:15,133 --> 00:13:17,100 -'cause it was in Bullitt? -Yes, yes. 244 00:13:17,133 --> 00:13:19,267 So, what you're saying is we choose our cars according to the films they're in. 245 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:21,133 -Yes. -That sounds fair enough. 246 00:13:21,167 --> 00:13:24,200 -But you're saying Vanishing Point is better? -Exactly. 247 00:13:24,233 --> 00:13:26,367 But it's just not Vanishing Point, is it? 248 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,833 If you haven't seen it, I should establish, 249 00:13:27,867 --> 00:13:30,700 it's basically a load of hippy-trippy, spaced out nonsense. 250 00:13:30,733 --> 00:13:34,233 With smoke bloke in a sweaty shirt and sunglasses driving through the desert, 251 00:13:34,267 --> 00:13:36,533 for no reason whatsoever. It's... 252 00:13:36,567 --> 00:13:38,967 And what was the plot of Bullitt, remind me? 253 00:13:39,067 --> 00:13:41,600 Well, no, it was... It had a plot! 254 00:13:41,633 --> 00:13:43,400 Which is what? Come on now. 255 00:13:43,433 --> 00:13:45,667 -It was seedy and menacing... -What happened in the end? What happened in the end? 256 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:47,867 ...edgy '70s film. Oh, stuff! 257 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:49,067 I mean, it's better than the end of this. 258 00:13:49,067 --> 00:13:50,700 He's stuffed it into a bulldozer. 259 00:13:50,733 --> 00:13:51,933 But did he? 260 00:13:51,967 --> 00:13:53,667 But did he stuff it into a bulldozer? 261 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:54,867 You cannot claim that! 262 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:56,867 It's as sophisticated as a Road Runner cartoon. 263 00:13:56,900 --> 00:13:58,433 -The man who... -It is simple! 264 00:13:58,467 --> 00:14:00,067 Bullitt is better than Vanishing Point! 265 00:14:00,067 --> 00:14:02,833 The man who drives the Challenger in Vanishing Point, 266 00:14:02,867 --> 00:14:08,133 Kowalski, he was the coolest man ever in cinema history. 267 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:11,567 He made James Dean look like John Prescott. 268 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:12,733 He was that cool. 269 00:14:12,767 --> 00:14:14,267 No. I think I've assessed this. Kowalski... 270 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:15,867 And if you've seen the film, you'll know this, 271 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:19,500 Kowalski, in the film, is a kind of tallish bloke with big curly hair... 272 00:14:19,533 --> 00:14:22,700 -Yeah. -And he wears a shirt tucked into tight jeans. 273 00:14:22,733 --> 00:14:23,867 Drives around in small... 274 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:26,300 It's you, you fool! That's why you like it! 275 00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:27,367 It is you! 276 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,100 In the film, you said that there was something 277 00:14:29,133 --> 00:14:30,900 a little wrong with the steering in the Charger. 278 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:32,500 It is a tad vague, yes. 279 00:14:32,533 --> 00:14:35,867 A tad vague. If you look in Bullitt, very carefully, 280 00:14:35,900 --> 00:14:37,567 we all know that car chase scene, yes? 281 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,433 Look very carefully at the end. 282 00:14:39,467 --> 00:14:42,333 The director said to a highly trained stunt driver in the Charger, 283 00:14:42,367 --> 00:14:45,900 "I want you to drive into that garage, it will then blow up." 284 00:14:45,933 --> 00:14:47,800 -He missed the garage! -Yeah, he did. 285 00:14:47,833 --> 00:14:50,400 If you look, you can see him screaming by. 286 00:14:50,433 --> 00:14:52,967 And some people might call that a safety feature, frankly. 287 00:14:53,067 --> 00:14:57,200 And if your guy had not been in that and had been in one of these, 288 00:14:57,233 --> 00:15:00,067 he would have missed those bulldozers in the end and survived! 289 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:02,533 Which is the better looking car? 290 00:15:02,567 --> 00:15:04,500 The Charger, hands up. 291 00:15:06,067 --> 00:15:07,833 Challenger? 292 00:15:07,867 --> 00:15:09,233 Ah, it's the Charger then, clearly. 293 00:15:09,267 --> 00:15:10,867 And also, am I right on the film? 294 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:14,767 Can anybody think of a better car chase film than Vanishing Point? 295 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,367 What? Where are you? Hold on a minute, over here. 296 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,533 -Mission Impossible? -With Tom Cruise. 297 00:15:19,567 --> 00:15:22,067 Porsche and Audi TT. Fantastic. 298 00:15:22,067 --> 00:15:23,333 And a beautiful woman as well. 299 00:15:23,367 --> 00:15:26,367 No, you see, that's the biggest load of dribble... 300 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:27,800 (ALL LAUGHING) 301 00:15:27,833 --> 00:15:29,167 I've ever heard in my life. 302 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,133 Because when he does that spinning round thing? 303 00:15:32,167 --> 00:15:33,800 -Yeah. -You think that's believable? 304 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:35,733 Well, okay. 305 00:15:35,767 --> 00:15:37,433 Damn it! La la land. 306 00:15:37,467 --> 00:15:40,100 -HAMMOND: Don't back down... -Did I hear somebody say Ronin? 307 00:15:40,133 --> 00:15:41,467 MAN: Yes. HAMMOND: Good film. 308 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,100 -Remember Ronin? -Audi S8. 309 00:15:43,133 --> 00:15:44,833 Audi S8... Why don't you buy an Audi S8? 310 00:15:44,867 --> 00:15:47,300 Audi's got a better steering, it would hit the garage. 311 00:15:47,333 --> 00:15:49,633 -Anyone else? -(ALL LAUGHING) 312 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:52,167 -Blues Brothers. -Blues Brothers? Ah, get out! 313 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:55,133 So really there we are. 314 00:15:55,167 --> 00:15:58,800 We've managed to establish that Vanishing Point is the best car film ever. 315 00:15:58,833 --> 00:16:01,267 -(LAUGHING) We haven't! -We have! We've been around the room! 316 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:03,067 I understand this, buying from films. 317 00:16:03,067 --> 00:16:04,967 But the fact of the matter is, we've established 318 00:16:05,067 --> 00:16:07,100 Vanishing Point, greatest car film ever. 319 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:08,700 That's the Challenger. You're buying the wrong car. 320 00:16:08,733 --> 00:16:10,433 Okay, you haven't established that, you're all wrong. 321 00:16:10,467 --> 00:16:13,467 I want the Charger. That's that. That's what I'm having. 322 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:15,900 Now, Hammond, how much is a good one of these? 323 00:16:15,933 --> 00:16:18,100 Um, about £18,000, realistically. 324 00:16:18,133 --> 00:16:19,233 £18,000? Right. 325 00:16:19,267 --> 00:16:22,800 So that means, you're gonna have to sell this. 326 00:16:22,833 --> 00:16:24,300 -My pride and joy. -Yeah. 327 00:16:24,333 --> 00:16:29,633 It's your 22-year-old, left hand drive, Porsche 911 G Series. 328 00:16:29,667 --> 00:16:30,767 Lovely. 329 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,300 How much do you think you're gonna get for this? 330 00:16:32,333 --> 00:16:34,567 -About eight grand. -(SMIRKS) 331 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,433 -What? -(ALL LAUGHING) 332 00:16:36,467 --> 00:16:38,567 £8,000? 333 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,633 They're worth much more! 334 00:16:40,667 --> 00:16:42,100 -What? -Optimistically... 335 00:16:42,133 --> 00:16:44,600 You are 10 grand short. Probably more, I would say. 336 00:16:44,633 --> 00:16:47,600 -You're gonna have to open some supermarkets. -Yeah. 337 00:16:47,633 --> 00:16:50,500 Maybe the viewers can help him on that. 338 00:16:50,533 --> 00:16:53,500 If you've got a shop that needs opening, 339 00:16:53,533 --> 00:16:56,367 or cleaning or if you need any of the shelf stacking. 340 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,600 Just the bottom shelves... 341 00:16:57,633 --> 00:16:59,300 Yeah, just the bottom shelves, not the top ones. 342 00:16:59,333 --> 00:17:00,900 -(ALL LAUGHING) -CLARKSON: He'll reach those. 343 00:17:00,933 --> 00:17:03,433 Why don't you write to us at, um... 344 00:17:03,467 --> 00:17:05,067 (CLARKSON READING) 345 00:17:12,933 --> 00:17:15,067 Or we could be found on the internet at... 346 00:17:15,067 --> 00:17:16,733 (READING) 347 00:17:19,067 --> 00:17:20,333 Thanks for your help guys, I appreciate that. 348 00:17:20,367 --> 00:17:23,567 No problem. It's time now, though, to meet our guest. 349 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,833 Ever since she came out of the jungle, 350 00:17:25,867 --> 00:17:28,800 she has become a bonafide superstar. 351 00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:30,067 She's a household name. 352 00:17:30,067 --> 00:17:32,467 She's rich beyond the dreams of avarice. 353 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:34,533 She's written an autobiography. 354 00:17:34,567 --> 00:17:39,200 And as far as I can work out she's done absolutely nothing. 355 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:42,067 Ladies and gentleman, Jordan. 356 00:17:42,067 --> 00:17:44,067 (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 357 00:17:47,133 --> 00:17:48,600 -Hiya. -How are you? 358 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:53,267 Have a seat. 359 00:17:55,633 --> 00:17:59,433 Your autobiography, number one, in the bestseller list. 360 00:17:59,467 --> 00:18:03,133 I know. Not bad, not bad for someone like me, I suppose. 361 00:18:03,167 --> 00:18:05,667 It's fantastic and it's a good read. 362 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:07,167 You've read it then? 363 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:08,533 -I have. Of course I've read it. -You've actually read it? 364 00:18:08,567 --> 00:18:09,800 Test me. 365 00:18:09,833 --> 00:18:11,400 Um, no, I'll ask you after, actually. 366 00:18:11,433 --> 00:18:14,967 You can do, 'cause I lay in the garden last weekend, beautiful sunshine! 367 00:18:15,067 --> 00:18:17,267 Lay there, hour and half. I absorbed it all. 368 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:18,767 -You are doing well. -Mmm-hmm. 369 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,433 And you've spent it, as far as I can work out, on cars. 370 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:22,700 I do love my cars. 371 00:18:22,733 --> 00:18:24,233 Well, the first thing I want to talk to you about is, 372 00:18:24,267 --> 00:18:26,633 you've swapped a Range Rover for a Cayenne? 373 00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:29,433 Well I have had the Range Rover for like, five, six years now. 374 00:18:29,467 --> 00:18:31,767 You know they are lovely cars, you know, I couldn't go on without them. 375 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,800 And then I saw the Porsche when it come out and I thought, "Ugly, ugly car." 376 00:18:34,833 --> 00:18:37,067 But then a lot of people said that they're quite fast. 377 00:18:37,067 --> 00:18:40,467 And I thought, "Okay, I'll try one", although they looked smaller inside, 378 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:44,300 I find they're a lot faster and they do hold the road better. 379 00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:46,267 -It is a Turbo or an S? -Turbo. 380 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:48,700 -You've got Cayenne Turbo? -Mmm. 381 00:18:48,733 --> 00:18:50,333 How's it going? Is it... 382 00:18:50,367 --> 00:18:53,567 Well, the way I drive cars, didn't you see me out there? I trash 'em. 383 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,067 The tracking's definitely gone, probably why I keep kerbing it. 384 00:18:56,067 --> 00:18:57,733 Oh, I see... 385 00:18:57,767 --> 00:18:59,600 I mean kerbing it, it's on the kerb, it's not kerbing as in... 386 00:18:59,633 --> 00:19:01,133 You don't go kerb crawling, is what you're saying. 387 00:19:01,167 --> 00:19:03,067 -No, I don't think I need to. -Why would you? 388 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,600 (LAUGHS) 389 00:19:04,633 --> 00:19:06,667 But your dilemma is, you've got this Bentley Azure, yes? 390 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:08,133 What you thinking of getting instead? 391 00:19:08,167 --> 00:19:10,600 Aston Martin. I've got one coming in September. 392 00:19:10,633 --> 00:19:12,567 -A DB9? -Convertible. 393 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,667 Convertible, you know, Aston Martin can make any colour you like. 394 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:17,233 -You can take... -(GASPS) Don't say that. 395 00:19:17,267 --> 00:19:19,433 You can take along a piece of material. Take along that top... 396 00:19:19,467 --> 00:19:21,100 -Are you joking? -No. You can have it in... 397 00:19:21,133 --> 00:19:23,433 Oh, my God. I'll have it in pink. I know you'll go, "That's gross." 398 00:19:23,467 --> 00:19:25,533 -But I love pink. -(ALL LAUGH) 399 00:19:25,567 --> 00:19:27,467 Would we go, "That's gross"? We would go, actually. 400 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:29,100 That's, yeah, if you got a pink one... 401 00:19:29,133 --> 00:19:31,200 Oh, I would love it in candy pink if they could. 402 00:19:31,233 --> 00:19:33,067 No, you can have it in candy pink 403 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:35,700 and it would be worth four or five pounds after. 404 00:19:35,733 --> 00:19:37,467 (ALL LAUGH) 405 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,167 -A very short... -That'd be one of a kind. 406 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,833 It would be one of a kind, yes. Nobody else would do it. 407 00:19:41,867 --> 00:19:45,567 What I love about this is, I do get very cross with girls 408 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,567 who spend a fortune on clothes, eyes... 409 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,500 I don't. I'm more into cars than the clothes, so... 410 00:19:50,533 --> 00:19:52,100 And normally, I only wear the clothes once. 411 00:19:52,133 --> 00:19:54,333 I can't wear them again once I've been seen in them, so... 412 00:19:54,367 --> 00:19:56,067 You can only wear clothes once? 413 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:57,967 Well, if I get pictured in something twice 414 00:19:58,067 --> 00:20:01,067 then they start slating me, saying, "Oh, look, now she's going downhill. 415 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:02,333 "She's wearing the same outfit twice." 416 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:04,333 They do and you have to think about that. 417 00:20:04,367 --> 00:20:05,767 So anyone of you want it after? 418 00:20:06,533 --> 00:20:07,767 MAN: Me! 419 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,833 (ALL LAUGHING) 420 00:20:09,867 --> 00:20:12,733 Pretty much, I think we could have a charity auction here. 421 00:20:12,767 --> 00:20:15,300 It doesn't include the underwear, though. Obviously. 422 00:20:15,333 --> 00:20:17,233 -You can wear that twice? -Oh, yeah. I can wear that loads. 423 00:20:17,267 --> 00:20:18,767 But not on consecutive days. 424 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,233 (LAUGHS) 425 00:20:20,267 --> 00:20:21,167 No. 426 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,067 How did it go, then, out on the lap? 427 00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:24,700 Um... Which one? What? 428 00:20:24,733 --> 00:20:26,967 Okay, you came down here a little bit earlier, you went on... 429 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,400 -(AUDIENCE LAUGHS) -Oh! 430 00:20:28,433 --> 00:20:29,833 I thought you meant the Aston Martin, 431 00:20:29,867 --> 00:20:31,267 'cause I was gonna take that out for a drive as well. 432 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:32,800 No, I know you are going out later. 433 00:20:32,833 --> 00:20:34,567 -We have got you an Aston Martin down here to have a go. -Yeah. 434 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,100 -But you had a go in the Suzuki Liana. -Oh, that was crap. 435 00:20:37,133 --> 00:20:40,533 But I had fun in it, spun it around a few times. 436 00:20:40,567 --> 00:20:41,667 Well, this is it. 437 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:44,700 -Who'd like to see Jordan practising? -(LAUGHS) No. 438 00:20:44,733 --> 00:20:45,900 AUDIENCE: Yes! 439 00:20:45,933 --> 00:20:48,367 So, can we have a look at that now? 440 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,033 -Oh, no. -Right. 441 00:20:51,467 --> 00:20:52,867 CLARKSON: Ooh, it's... 442 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:54,700 Whoa, total... That's the... Oh! 443 00:20:56,333 --> 00:20:59,867 That's the first ever spinner on that corner, so well done. 444 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:01,533 You're insane! 445 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:04,633 Where's this one? Oh, my... 446 00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:07,300 (BLEEP) 447 00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:09,800 Do you have any fear at all? 448 00:21:09,833 --> 00:21:12,300 No. It's got a roll bar and I've got a helmet on, 449 00:21:12,333 --> 00:21:13,767 so it doesn't matter, does it, if I crashed! 450 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,867 -Obviously... -And I've got my airbags! 451 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:18,800 -So... -(AUDIENCE LAUGHS) 452 00:21:18,833 --> 00:21:22,733 You did actually say... When we asked Jordan if she wants to come on the programme, 453 00:21:22,767 --> 00:21:25,433 "Oh, I hope it's got a roll bar in it, 'cause it's going on its roof." 454 00:21:25,467 --> 00:21:27,067 (ALL LAUGH) 455 00:21:28,933 --> 00:21:30,200 I did try. 456 00:21:30,233 --> 00:21:33,433 No, that was a spectacularly marvellous attempt. 457 00:21:33,467 --> 00:21:38,433 And now, this is the list of everyone who's been so far. 458 00:21:38,467 --> 00:21:41,933 Where do you think you'd like to come on that? 459 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:44,633 Well, I'm sure everyone wants to be near the top. 460 00:21:44,667 --> 00:21:46,800 Jodie Kidd maybe, I'd like to beat, 'cause she's a girl. 461 00:21:46,833 --> 00:21:49,600 -That's pretty near the top. That's 1.48. -Yeah. 462 00:21:49,633 --> 00:21:51,167 I don't know. I don't think I've done that. 463 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,467 -Well, shall we find out? -Okay. 464 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:53,633 -AUDIENCE: Yeah. -Anyone wants to see the lap? 465 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:55,333 -AUDIENCE: Yeah. -Let's have a look. 466 00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:56,433 Okay. Yeah. 467 00:21:56,467 --> 00:21:57,833 Here we go. 468 00:21:57,867 --> 00:22:00,700 -(TYRES SCREECHING) -CLARKSON: That's an aggressive start. 469 00:22:00,733 --> 00:22:03,133 Kick some ass! Wee-hee! 470 00:22:03,167 --> 00:22:07,133 You're gonna lift off for this first corner, this is extremely tricky. 471 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,267 No wait, I'm lying, you... Oh! (LAUGHS) 472 00:22:11,300 --> 00:22:14,600 Oh... (BLEEP) It's not funny. I'm sorry! 473 00:22:16,133 --> 00:22:20,067 CLARKSON: Here we go to Chicago far too fast going in... 474 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:22,433 Into the Hammerhead... 475 00:22:22,467 --> 00:22:24,167 That's looking pretty good. No, that's very good. 476 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,967 That's where Jonathan Ross got lost. 477 00:22:26,067 --> 00:22:27,933 (ALL LAUGH) 478 00:22:27,967 --> 00:22:30,067 And... Right, good. 479 00:22:30,067 --> 00:22:33,733 This is where you went off... That's the Follow Through. Then there you got the... 480 00:22:33,767 --> 00:22:35,133 Oh! 481 00:22:37,467 --> 00:22:39,467 Oh. (BLEEP) Foot on the brake. Ah! 482 00:22:40,433 --> 00:22:43,067 CLARKSON: Right, last corner. And... 483 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:45,467 Nice and tidy across the line. 484 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:47,133 (APPLAUSE) 485 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:52,967 That wasn't good! 486 00:22:53,067 --> 00:22:56,100 Well now the thing is, the thing is... 487 00:22:56,133 --> 00:23:00,833 I think if we were to make an award for the most aggressive drive ever, 488 00:23:00,867 --> 00:23:01,933 you would win that. 489 00:23:01,967 --> 00:23:03,800 -Wouldn't you agree? -That's right. 490 00:23:03,833 --> 00:23:07,100 I mean, well done, for there was just complete bravery. 491 00:23:07,133 --> 00:23:09,967 You deserve a George Medal for every corner. 492 00:23:10,067 --> 00:23:12,067 That's why the police never catch me! 493 00:23:12,067 --> 00:23:13,700 (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) 494 00:23:13,733 --> 00:23:15,433 Genuinely, I'm... 495 00:23:15,467 --> 00:23:19,200 But did the Stig not tell you about going slowly into the corners to go faster out? 496 00:23:19,233 --> 00:23:23,500 He did. But when you're out there, you think sod it, you put your foot down... 497 00:23:23,533 --> 00:23:26,167 -Okay... -There's a one minute I just saw you write. So, I'm up... 498 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,100 No, I've just written your shape... 499 00:23:28,133 --> 00:23:30,133 -And I'm just gonna... -(ALL LAUGH) 500 00:23:30,167 --> 00:23:31,900 Go on, take a guess. 501 00:23:31,933 --> 00:23:34,667 Well, you're down at one minute, so at least I've beaten Harry Enfield. 502 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:36,233 You have beaten Harry Enfield. 503 00:23:36,933 --> 00:23:38,567 You've also beaten... 504 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,533 -Fay Ripley. -Ooh. 505 00:23:40,567 --> 00:23:44,100 You are as fast as... 506 00:23:44,133 --> 00:23:45,200 Rick Parfitt! 507 00:23:45,233 --> 00:23:48,567 -1:52. -Oh, not bad! 508 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,100 (APPLAUSE) 509 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:55,833 That's not good enough! 510 00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:58,467 It's the same as Vinnie Jones! 511 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,500 That's in between Vinnie Jones and Rick Parfitt! That's not a bad time! 512 00:24:01,533 --> 00:24:03,067 Well, I've got to go do it again now. 513 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:04,533 You're gonna go do it again. But listen, 514 00:24:04,567 --> 00:24:06,433 it's been absolutely marvellous fun having you here today. 515 00:24:06,467 --> 00:24:07,900 -Thank you. -Go and have fun with our Aston Martin. 516 00:24:07,933 --> 00:24:09,400 I'm gonna. 517 00:24:09,433 --> 00:24:12,067 -In the mean time, Jordan, ladies and gentlemen! -Thank you. 518 00:24:12,067 --> 00:24:14,067 -(APPLAUSE) -Thank you very much. 519 00:24:17,433 --> 00:24:19,133 Right. Right. 520 00:24:19,167 --> 00:24:21,367 Now, Rolls-Royce have said 521 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,600 that they will never build a convertible version of their Phantom. 522 00:24:25,633 --> 00:24:26,867 So here it is. 523 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:30,400 This is a unique, one-off car. It's called the 100 EX. 524 00:24:30,433 --> 00:24:33,700 And it is magnificent. Just look at the size of it! 525 00:24:33,733 --> 00:24:38,500 Rolls-Royce actually say it's supposed to look like a posh motorboat in motion. 526 00:24:38,533 --> 00:24:43,133 And it kind of does. It's even got teak decking, here at the back. 527 00:24:43,167 --> 00:24:48,433 A man from the Vaterland delivered the car to us, in a BMW T-shirt. 528 00:24:48,467 --> 00:24:50,200 And he was very strict, he said to me... 529 00:24:50,233 --> 00:24:52,167 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 530 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,267 Because it's made of a single piece of machined aluminium. 531 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:57,500 This though is... 532 00:24:57,533 --> 00:24:59,400 Solid silver. 533 00:24:59,433 --> 00:25:01,067 How about that? But what I really like... 534 00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:02,433 What I really like about this is... 535 00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:05,733 The normal nancy-boy V12 that you get in these things 536 00:25:05,767 --> 00:25:08,200 has been replaced by a V16 engine 537 00:25:08,233 --> 00:25:12,467 and it's there purely for smoothness. I like that. I like this. 538 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:16,533 Rolls-Royce has said they'll never build this car. 539 00:25:16,567 --> 00:25:20,700 So expect to see it on sale soon for about £300,000. 540 00:25:21,933 --> 00:25:24,367 Okay, now earlier on the three of us proved 541 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,167 that our £100 cars could make it to Manchester and back. 542 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:29,967 But now they're at the track, 543 00:25:30,067 --> 00:25:32,567 and the production team have come up with a number of tests 544 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,333 to find out how functional they are, 545 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:37,067 how fast they are, and most of all how safe they are. 546 00:25:37,067 --> 00:25:39,800 And as a kind of by-product, really, 547 00:25:39,833 --> 00:25:42,100 which one of us got the best deal. 548 00:25:45,067 --> 00:25:47,100 CLARKSON: Here are the cars we bought. 549 00:25:47,133 --> 00:25:53,600 There's Richard's Rover GTI, James's Audi 80, and my V6 Volvo GLE. 550 00:25:53,633 --> 00:25:55,400 And here's the first test. 551 00:25:55,433 --> 00:25:59,400 Our researchers worked out how much fuel was used on the Manchester run. 552 00:25:59,433 --> 00:26:03,900 30 mpg was the target for every mile to the gallon, over that you get a point. 553 00:26:03,933 --> 00:26:07,833 For every mpg under it, you lose a point. 554 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:09,200 (INAUDIBLE) 555 00:26:10,567 --> 00:26:13,867 Right, I have the results of the economy run. 556 00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:20,933 The Volvo, 20 miles to the gallon, giving Jeremy a score of minus 10. 557 00:26:20,967 --> 00:26:23,300 The Rover, 23 miles to the gallon, 558 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:25,867 giving Richard a score of minus seven. 559 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:30,500 And the Audi? A remarkable 35 miles to the gallon, 560 00:26:30,533 --> 00:26:32,900 giving me five points. 561 00:26:32,933 --> 00:26:37,700 Yes. Now I have just been told that we're also going to be tested on reliability. 562 00:26:37,733 --> 00:26:40,533 We're gonna lose a point for every time the bonnet had to be lifted. 563 00:26:40,567 --> 00:26:43,400 Which means, none there for you, James. 564 00:26:43,433 --> 00:26:48,067 None for me. And minus another one for Jeremy. 565 00:26:48,067 --> 00:26:50,433 Okay, I admit it. My Volvo's not doing well. 566 00:26:50,467 --> 00:26:54,900 But it's time now for the next challenge, which is... 567 00:26:54,933 --> 00:26:58,200 "Each car will complete one fast lap of the track 568 00:26:58,233 --> 00:27:00,967 "in the hands of an independent adjudicator. 569 00:27:01,067 --> 00:27:03,533 "One minute fifty seconds is the target. 570 00:27:03,567 --> 00:27:05,600 "For every second you go faster than that you get a point. 571 00:27:05,633 --> 00:27:09,167 "For every second slower, you lose a point." 572 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,300 I wonder who the independent adjudicator might be? 573 00:27:14,067 --> 00:27:16,833 CLARKSON: First to go is Richard's GTI. 574 00:27:16,867 --> 00:27:18,367 (TYRES SCREECHING) 575 00:27:21,167 --> 00:27:23,800 This is probably the worst car the Stig has ever driven. 576 00:27:23,833 --> 00:27:27,067 Although, it must be said, probably not the worst car he's going to drive today. 577 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:28,267 BOTH: No. 578 00:27:31,267 --> 00:27:33,833 Okay, he's going down now towards the Hammerhead. 579 00:27:33,867 --> 00:27:35,600 He's probably up to 40 or 50? 580 00:27:35,633 --> 00:27:36,800 (TYRES SCREECH) 581 00:27:40,933 --> 00:27:42,200 He's coming through to the Follow Through. 582 00:27:42,233 --> 00:27:44,233 Now my bet is he'll lift. 583 00:27:46,967 --> 00:27:49,867 Whoa! He's still alive! 584 00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:51,333 (ALL LAUGH) 585 00:27:52,733 --> 00:27:56,067 CLARKSON: Now let's see how James's Audi goes. 586 00:27:58,867 --> 00:28:01,300 That was 0 to 60 in about 25 minutes. 587 00:28:01,333 --> 00:28:03,067 HAMMOND: Assuming it will ever get to 60. 588 00:28:03,067 --> 00:28:06,400 MAY: This is where we will see the advantage of the optional sport pack. 589 00:28:06,433 --> 00:28:07,600 (ALL LAUGHING) 590 00:28:11,133 --> 00:28:12,333 (TYRES SCREECH) 591 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:18,067 CLARKSON: The Stig said after this run, he thought the Audi had been in a big accident 592 00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:21,933 at some point in its life, and not mended properly. 593 00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:24,767 But he was even ruder about my Volvo. 594 00:28:28,667 --> 00:28:32,967 HAMMOND: (LAUGHING) The thing is, he's just not going away! 595 00:28:33,067 --> 00:28:34,767 (ALL LAUGH) 596 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,400 It's still there! 597 00:28:40,433 --> 00:28:43,733 One hundred and seventy brake horsepower! 598 00:28:43,767 --> 00:28:48,100 BOTH: Yeah, but 170 tonnes of the car to boot! 599 00:28:48,133 --> 00:28:49,300 (ALL LAUGH) 600 00:28:56,667 --> 00:28:58,433 So the results... 601 00:28:58,467 --> 00:29:01,967 Richard's Rover went round in one min forty two seconds. 602 00:29:02,067 --> 00:29:06,067 So, that is eight seconds under the one minute fifty target. 603 00:29:06,067 --> 00:29:08,467 That means eight points. 604 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:12,700 James's Audi was four seconds under the target, a 1.46. 605 00:29:12,733 --> 00:29:15,333 So he gets four points. 606 00:29:15,367 --> 00:29:19,167 And my Volvo, 1.48. So that's two points. 607 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,567 It's a plus! It's a plus! 608 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,667 Okay, another test. So if I could have the envelope? Thank you. 609 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:28,067 "The Highway Code says, 'The stopping distance from 60 miles an hour 610 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:31,067 "'is 60 yards, without thinking time.'" 611 00:29:31,067 --> 00:29:32,833 But we don't need any of that. 612 00:29:32,867 --> 00:29:37,567 "You'll get one point for every yard less than that your car pulls up in." 613 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,700 HAMMOND: Here's James, braking from 60 miles an hour. 614 00:29:40,733 --> 00:29:42,433 Here we go. 615 00:29:42,467 --> 00:29:44,633 (TYRES SCREECH) 616 00:29:44,667 --> 00:29:47,067 Oh, straight and true! 617 00:29:47,067 --> 00:29:48,433 MAY: Beat that, Hammond. 618 00:29:48,467 --> 00:29:51,833 Okay, I'm at 60, just James to beat. Here we go. 619 00:29:51,867 --> 00:29:54,667 Braking! Nothing! 620 00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:56,167 (TYRES SQUEALING) 621 00:29:57,767 --> 00:29:59,133 (GRUNTS) 622 00:29:59,833 --> 00:30:01,867 (PANTS) 623 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:03,600 Sadly, I couldn't beat James. 624 00:30:03,633 --> 00:30:07,367 But surely that fat Volvo would let Jeremy down. 625 00:30:10,567 --> 00:30:12,167 Anti-lock brakes! 626 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,767 Yes! Yes! Yes! The Volvo scored a point! 627 00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:21,467 What a great car! 628 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:23,000 Right. Brakes. 629 00:30:23,033 --> 00:30:26,533 Now then, James's Audi pulled up in 40 yards, 630 00:30:26,567 --> 00:30:29,100 which is 20 under the Highway Code's stopping distance, 631 00:30:29,133 --> 00:30:32,900 which means, he gets 20 points. 632 00:30:32,933 --> 00:30:38,500 Then my Rover stopped... Just... In 48 yards, which means I get 12 points. 633 00:30:38,533 --> 00:30:40,600 And then, amazingly, 634 00:30:40,633 --> 00:30:42,467 Jeremy's Volvo, as an advertisement 635 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:45,633 for the advantages of anti-lock brakes, stopped in 34. 636 00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:50,900 Which means he gets a very handy 26 points. 637 00:30:50,933 --> 00:30:53,333 And so, for our next challenge. 638 00:30:53,933 --> 00:30:56,767 Thank you. 639 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,467 "Each car loses a point for every electrical item that isn't working." 640 00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:03,467 Anti-lock brakes. Are they working, Richard? 641 00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:06,133 -Uh, well... No. They're not actually... No. -Right. That's one off. 642 00:31:06,167 --> 00:31:07,600 Get the bonnet up. 643 00:31:07,633 --> 00:31:09,067 CLARKSON: Oh, look! 644 00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:11,733 -This under bonnet light doesn't work. -So what? It doesn't matter. 645 00:31:11,767 --> 00:31:13,733 Oh, my God, it's all broken! 646 00:31:13,767 --> 00:31:17,200 Now your air conditioning as well, that's a point off, because that doesn't work. 647 00:31:17,233 --> 00:31:19,067 The wipers work, the lights work... 648 00:31:19,067 --> 00:31:23,167 -But the interior light doesn't. It just doesn't. -Interior light doesn't work. 649 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:24,667 It doesn't work. 650 00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:26,767 Right enough. The results. 651 00:31:28,133 --> 00:31:30,633 Richard's Rover... 652 00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:32,233 Three faults. Giving him... 653 00:31:32,267 --> 00:31:35,067 Minus three points. 654 00:31:35,067 --> 00:31:36,733 My Audi. 655 00:31:36,767 --> 00:31:38,200 Minus four points. 656 00:31:38,233 --> 00:31:44,133 And Jeremy's Volvo back on form with minus 12. 657 00:31:44,167 --> 00:31:47,667 Now it's time for the final test. 658 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:50,433 Thank you. Uh, here we go. 659 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,100 Okay, chaps. You might want to come and have a look at this. 660 00:31:57,133 --> 00:31:58,700 Here goes. What it says is... 661 00:31:58,733 --> 00:32:03,233 "Each of you must drive your car into a wall at 30 miles an hour." 662 00:32:03,267 --> 00:32:04,667 -HAMMOND: Eh? -Yeah. 663 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:06,367 -"You lose 10 points if you're killed..." -Okay. 664 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,367 "Five points for each broken bone. 665 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,700 "And one point for each blood injury." 666 00:32:10,733 --> 00:32:13,333 -Right. That's... -I'm feeling quite relaxed, actually. 667 00:32:13,367 --> 00:32:14,633 -With your Volvo? -With my Volvo. 668 00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:17,133 What I can't trust is my Rover made entirely of rust, 669 00:32:17,167 --> 00:32:18,400 I'm feeling a bit scared. 670 00:32:18,433 --> 00:32:20,100 -James, are you all right? -(JEREMY LAUGHING) 671 00:32:20,133 --> 00:32:21,567 -Have a crash? -Yeah. 672 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:22,867 -On purpose? -Yeah. 673 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:24,967 It's gonna be worse for him there, 'cause he's in that rust car. 674 00:32:25,067 --> 00:32:29,267 And doubly worse because it also says here, that since you're the youngest... 675 00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:31,367 -You're going first. -Right. 676 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:32,767 -MAY: Goodbye. -I admire your logic. 677 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,233 -CLARKSON: Bye! -Thank you. 678 00:32:39,667 --> 00:32:40,800 20, 25... 679 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,500 30, 30 miles an hour... 680 00:32:43,533 --> 00:32:45,533 I'm going in. Oh, my goodness! 681 00:32:47,267 --> 00:32:48,567 (HAMMOND GRUNTS) 682 00:32:58,733 --> 00:33:02,667 Well, um, my bones all still work, I think. 683 00:33:03,233 --> 00:33:04,933 And... 684 00:33:04,967 --> 00:33:06,167 There's no blood. 685 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,200 I think my car has borne the brunt of it. 686 00:33:09,233 --> 00:33:11,700 I think it did quite well. Next! 687 00:33:16,533 --> 00:33:19,467 Well, it's been good. 688 00:33:21,067 --> 00:33:22,267 I've met Jodie Kidd. 689 00:33:23,867 --> 00:33:25,233 And Stephen Fry. 690 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:34,967 CLARKSON: Yes, he's dead. 691 00:33:35,067 --> 00:33:37,833 So, that's 10 points away there. 692 00:33:37,867 --> 00:33:39,633 And if you want a job on Top Gear, 693 00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:43,300 -please write to Top Gear... -No, no, wait... Look, he's coming round. 694 00:33:43,333 --> 00:33:44,500 -He is! -He's alive! 695 00:33:44,533 --> 00:33:46,467 -CLARKSON: He lives! -(HAMMOND CHEERING) 696 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:48,933 That's no 10 points off, though. Blast. 697 00:33:48,967 --> 00:33:52,133 The was probably the most unpleasant thing I've ever done. 698 00:33:52,167 --> 00:33:55,400 CLARKSON: Then it was my turn. And I had a problem. 699 00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:59,867 The speedo wasn't working. So I had to guess how fast 30 was. 700 00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:01,733 And I got it a bit wrong. 701 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,367 Geronimo! 702 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:18,333 Damn. Damn. I think I missed the wall. 703 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,200 We all lived, then. But what about the cars? 704 00:34:26,233 --> 00:34:28,567 Richard's Rover is dead. 705 00:34:29,267 --> 00:34:31,733 James's Audi is dead. 706 00:34:32,700 --> 00:34:34,333 But my Volvo? 707 00:34:38,233 --> 00:34:39,367 Yes! 708 00:34:40,967 --> 00:34:42,467 (APPLAUSE) 709 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,367 Yeah, yeah! All right. Okay, okay. 710 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,167 Okay. So your car worked. Great. 711 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:55,633 But you didn't, because I have managed to secure this... 712 00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:58,333 X-ray, now... What do you think that is, Jeremy? 713 00:34:58,367 --> 00:35:02,733 -It's an X-ray of a hand. -It is, more specifically, your hand after that crash. 714 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:04,933 -That crash at 40 miles an hour. -Yeah. Whatever. 715 00:35:04,967 --> 00:35:07,100 The important thing is this bit. Look. 716 00:35:07,133 --> 00:35:09,533 The thumb, it's broken! 717 00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:11,533 -No, It isn't. -It is. You broke your thumb! 718 00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:13,333 -James, Is that broken? -MAY: It's broken. 719 00:35:13,367 --> 00:35:15,067 HAMMOND: It is. 720 00:35:15,067 --> 00:35:16,767 -It's chipped. -Oh! Look! 721 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,867 If a tea cup is chipped, my mother would say it's broken. 722 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:21,067 Absolutely, it's broken. 723 00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:22,667 It is, Jeremy accept it. You broke your thumb. 724 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:27,267 That's five points off. So, minus five, which brings your score... 725 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:28,800 HAMMOND: If I'm right... (MUMBLES) 726 00:35:28,833 --> 00:35:31,833 After all that we've just done to 0. 727 00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:33,467 HAMMOND: No points at all! 728 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:36,433 But there is one challenge left. And it is the big one... 729 00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:38,333 It is the cost. 730 00:35:38,367 --> 00:35:42,433 Now, we earn a point for every pound we've saved 731 00:35:42,467 --> 00:35:45,300 from our original £100 budget. 732 00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:48,367 Jeremy, you have no points. You're out of it. 733 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,767 I've got 25, Hammond. You've got 10. 734 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,333 -So 15 quid either way could swing this. -Yeah. Yeah. 735 00:35:54,367 --> 00:35:55,767 -Are you ready? -Yep. 736 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:57,633 I have the receipt for my car. 737 00:35:57,667 --> 00:35:58,700 -Okay. -Here. 738 00:35:58,733 --> 00:36:00,067 Come on. 739 00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:02,500 -Tell me. Tell me. -And I spent... 740 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,833 £75! 741 00:36:04,867 --> 00:36:06,367 Right, £75. 742 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,233 So if I can be £15 under that... 743 00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:10,267 Um, I've spent... 744 00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:11,333 £80! 745 00:36:11,367 --> 00:36:12,967 Which means James is ahead! 746 00:36:13,067 --> 00:36:14,300 Oh, no! Which means... 747 00:36:14,333 --> 00:36:18,567 Jeremy, unless you've got your car for about £10... 748 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,700 James is going to be the winner. 749 00:36:20,733 --> 00:36:21,733 -Oh, no! -Oh, no. 750 00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:25,667 £1! 751 00:36:26,367 --> 00:36:27,933 £1! 752 00:36:27,967 --> 00:36:29,567 (AUDIENCE CHEERS) 753 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,100 Yes! 754 00:36:35,533 --> 00:36:37,333 The whole world... 755 00:36:37,367 --> 00:36:39,133 Losers! 756 00:36:41,633 --> 00:36:43,333 Losers! 757 00:36:45,467 --> 00:36:46,833 There is, however, 758 00:36:46,867 --> 00:36:49,800 just a couple more things we need to say about these cars 759 00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:51,333 before we move on. 760 00:36:51,367 --> 00:36:54,067 First of all, we didn't cheat, okay? 761 00:36:54,067 --> 00:36:57,533 I actually got a friend of mine to go and buy this Volvo for me. 762 00:36:57,567 --> 00:37:00,233 And she came back from the dealership 763 00:37:00,267 --> 00:37:01,733 -having spent a quid. -A pound! 764 00:37:01,767 --> 00:37:03,100 Yes! A quid! 765 00:37:03,133 --> 00:37:06,200 So, she couldn't believe how much choice she had. 766 00:37:06,233 --> 00:37:08,700 There were BM's and Audi's and Ford's of all sorts. 767 00:37:08,733 --> 00:37:11,067 But there's a very good reason for all these cars being around. 768 00:37:11,067 --> 00:37:12,800 It is because, not so many years ago, 769 00:37:12,833 --> 00:37:15,900 if your car was finally broken and old and ruined, 770 00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:18,233 you took it to the scrap yard and they'd give you 20 quid. 771 00:37:18,267 --> 00:37:19,933 That was the end of the matter. 772 00:37:19,967 --> 00:37:24,267 Now though, the EU says old cars have to be recycled, which means, 773 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:28,633 you have to take it to the scrap yard and pay the scrap dealer 100 quid 774 00:37:28,667 --> 00:37:30,300 to take it off your hands. 775 00:37:30,333 --> 00:37:32,900 Exactly, so when this friend of mine went into the Volvo main dealer, 776 00:37:32,933 --> 00:37:34,800 who'd taken this as part exchange. 777 00:37:34,833 --> 00:37:37,433 Okay, so he had to get rid of it, cost him 150 quid, 778 00:37:37,467 --> 00:37:39,867 she goes and says, "I'll give you a quid." 779 00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:42,167 He's £151 up! 780 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:45,667 -A quid! -Absolutely. 781 00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:46,800 HAMMOND: No! 782 00:37:47,967 --> 00:37:49,700 Got to move on now to track days. 783 00:37:49,733 --> 00:37:52,200 Uh, the idea behind this is very simple. 784 00:37:52,233 --> 00:37:55,433 You take you own car to Silverstone Browns, Donningtons, wherever... 785 00:37:55,467 --> 00:37:58,200 Flash it round, and then drive home in the evening. 786 00:37:58,233 --> 00:38:00,433 It's huge business now, so big in fact, 787 00:38:00,467 --> 00:38:03,467 that some car companies are actually making cars, 788 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:06,300 specifically designed for the job. 789 00:38:11,567 --> 00:38:14,833 CLARKSON: This is the Porsche GT3 RS. 790 00:38:14,867 --> 00:38:18,833 And it comes with a choice of colours, but only for the wheels. 791 00:38:18,867 --> 00:38:22,467 The only colour you can have for the body is white. 792 00:38:25,233 --> 00:38:30,467 I drove a standard GT3 on the show last year and I absolutely loved it. 793 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:35,067 So it's hard to see really, how Porsche could possibly make it better. 794 00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:37,700 But that hasn't stopped them trying. 795 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:44,067 In essence they took a GT3 and put it on a diet. 796 00:38:44,067 --> 00:38:46,333 They used titanium for bits of the engine, 797 00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:48,800 the springs and even the wheel nuts. 798 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:53,567 The bonnet is carbon fibre, 799 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,133 and the rear window... 800 00:38:55,167 --> 00:38:57,367 That's plastic. 801 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:02,133 To give you an idea of just how serious this weight loss programme has been, 802 00:39:02,167 --> 00:39:04,800 look at the badge. It's normally enamel on a Porsche, 803 00:39:04,833 --> 00:39:06,467 but on this... 804 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:07,833 It's a sticker. 805 00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:11,400 You know, I'm going to feel guilty driving around in this 806 00:39:11,433 --> 00:39:13,267 in my clothes. 807 00:39:13,300 --> 00:39:16,433 Ideally, I should do it naked. 808 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:22,733 So, what have we ended up with here? 809 00:39:22,767 --> 00:39:25,767 Well, it's not what you'd call comfy. 810 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,267 I came down here last night 811 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:32,167 and this racing seat gave me chronic back ache. 812 00:39:33,267 --> 00:39:35,100 And then there's the ride. 813 00:39:35,133 --> 00:39:37,267 Honestly, it would have been more comfortable 814 00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:40,367 to have been towed behind it, on my face! 815 00:39:42,133 --> 00:39:46,100 (GRUNTING) This is better. 816 00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:50,267 But... 817 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:55,633 And it's a big, loud, full-bodied "but." 818 00:39:55,667 --> 00:40:00,000 When you get it to a track, it all starts to make sense. 819 00:40:02,467 --> 00:40:05,633 It actually feels like it's been powered with fire... 820 00:40:05,667 --> 00:40:06,967 (TYRES SCREECHING) 821 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,667 Brimstone. 822 00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:14,200 George Clooney thought that he had experienced The Perfect Storm. 823 00:40:14,233 --> 00:40:16,267 He should have had a go in one of these. 824 00:40:17,333 --> 00:40:20,133 The turning is absolutely electric. 825 00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:23,467 Nose goes exactly where you want it to. 826 00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:25,567 And although you don't get traction control, 827 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,267 you don't need it, because there is so much grip. 828 00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:36,433 As a driving experience this really is hard to fault. 829 00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:39,333 It does, however, have one problem. 830 00:40:43,467 --> 00:40:46,100 Ferrari has made a track car too. 831 00:40:46,833 --> 00:40:50,267 Welcome to the 360 CS. 832 00:40:50,300 --> 00:40:56,567 It's not cheap. At £133,000, it's 30,000 more than a standard 360, 833 00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:01,767 and a whopping 50,000 more than the Porsche. 834 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,833 For the purpose of this test, however, I shall ignore the price difference. 835 00:41:06,867 --> 00:41:09,500 And I shall also ignore my prejudices. 836 00:41:09,533 --> 00:41:14,067 You see, I think a Ferrari is a scaled down version of God. 837 00:41:15,333 --> 00:41:21,367 And a Porsche 911 is a jumped-up Volkswagen Beetle. 838 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:26,733 All I'm interested in here is which is the best piece of engineering? 839 00:41:26,767 --> 00:41:29,367 And it's round one to the 360. 840 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,967 Porsche stripped 50 kilograms out of the 911, 841 00:41:32,067 --> 00:41:37,667 but Ferrari have lightened their car by 110 kilograms. 842 00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:41,267 That's what I weigh and I'm really fat. 843 00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:49,967 Inside, you don't get a radio as standard, and nor do you get carpets. 844 00:41:50,067 --> 00:41:54,600 So you're able to drive along enjoying the beauty of those welds. 845 00:41:54,633 --> 00:41:57,100 And instead of these very heavy electric windows, 846 00:41:57,133 --> 00:42:02,567 you can have a sheet of perspex with a little flap in it. 847 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:07,567 If I had one of these, I would employ someone to sit on it on breezy days. 848 00:42:08,633 --> 00:42:10,167 To stop it floating away! 849 00:42:13,467 --> 00:42:15,633 Round two goes to the Ferrari as well. 850 00:42:15,667 --> 00:42:20,800 Because the CS's engine serves up 425 brake horsepower. 851 00:42:20,833 --> 00:42:24,700 That's 44 more than you get from the Porsche. 852 00:42:28,333 --> 00:42:33,733 425 brake horsepower means a 118 brake horsepower per litre 853 00:42:33,767 --> 00:42:37,733 and that really is a quart from a pint pot. 854 00:42:37,767 --> 00:42:41,133 It is a remarkable engineering achievement. 855 00:42:42,533 --> 00:42:47,733 But does it mean the 360 is faster than the 911? 856 00:42:47,767 --> 00:42:49,333 I feel a race coming on. 857 00:42:52,733 --> 00:42:54,367 (ENGINES REV) 858 00:42:56,267 --> 00:42:58,567 (ENGINES ROARING) 859 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:00,800 The Porsche has better traction off the line 860 00:43:00,833 --> 00:43:05,133 but then ever so slowly, the Ferrari starts to edge ahead. 861 00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:09,167 Where it stays... Just! 862 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,433 In fact, both get from 0 to 60 in around four seconds 863 00:43:12,467 --> 00:43:16,967 and both have a top speed on the exciting side of 180. 864 00:43:17,067 --> 00:43:21,767 And you won't find that many differences in terms of cornering speed either. 865 00:43:23,067 --> 00:43:24,833 I'll let you into a little secret, 866 00:43:24,867 --> 00:43:29,600 the man in front of me, the man driving that Ferrari 867 00:43:29,633 --> 00:43:33,300 is the F1 team's test driver, Luca Badoer. 868 00:43:35,733 --> 00:43:37,133 And I'm keeping up with him. 869 00:43:37,167 --> 00:43:40,733 And I'm not bragging or anything but he is not getting away. 870 00:43:43,433 --> 00:43:47,433 I'm spinning as well... Oh, no, I've held it. Yes! I've passed him! 871 00:43:48,667 --> 00:43:51,200 Eat my exhaust, Badoer! 872 00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:57,900 So you're probably thinking at this point that these cars are basically the same. 873 00:43:57,933 --> 00:44:03,433 Both are lightened and fettled versions of already very fast cars. 874 00:44:03,467 --> 00:44:07,100 Both have mental performance, monumental performance, 875 00:44:07,133 --> 00:44:11,300 and both would be too noisy and too hard on the road. 876 00:44:13,067 --> 00:44:18,833 But actually, they're as different as chalk and chicken liver pate! 877 00:44:18,867 --> 00:44:22,767 The Porsche is very plain, very simple. 878 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,467 It's like a green salad. 879 00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:27,267 Now this, on the other hand, 880 00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:29,833 is more like a flying fish wasabi. 881 00:44:29,867 --> 00:44:32,333 It's much, much more complicated. 882 00:44:33,700 --> 00:44:37,300 You have a flappy paddle gearbox, I still don't like it. 883 00:44:37,333 --> 00:44:41,067 But it does at least work on the track. 884 00:44:41,067 --> 00:44:45,567 And you have a traction control system that you don't get in the Porsche. 885 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:50,233 And you have a big button that says, "Race." 886 00:44:50,267 --> 00:44:55,733 Push it and the on-board computer sets the car in psychopath mode! 887 00:44:59,333 --> 00:45:03,167 I honestly cannot believe this car. 888 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:08,067 It is so balanced, so delicate, so poised. 889 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,700 And you have all the passion and the soul... 890 00:45:11,733 --> 00:45:12,867 (TYRES SCREECHING) 891 00:45:12,900 --> 00:45:15,800 And all this noise! 892 00:45:15,833 --> 00:45:21,567 Then at 6,300 rpm the second stage of the exhaust kicks in and... 893 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,500 (VOCALISING) You're off again! 894 00:45:25,700 --> 00:45:28,200 And because you're sitting here in a cockpit 895 00:45:28,233 --> 00:45:34,367 with this bare carbon fibre, and no carpets and a suede steering wheel 896 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:39,600 and a full race harness, you really do think, "I am in a racing car!" 897 00:45:41,700 --> 00:45:45,667 It brakes like a racing car. Have I mentioned the steering? Have I mentioned that? 898 00:45:48,633 --> 00:45:53,200 It's perfect. There is no other word, it's perfect. 899 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:58,133 This then, is a great car. 900 00:45:58,167 --> 00:46:02,567 But is it better than the 911? 901 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:06,900 Normally, I prefer mechanical engineering to electrical engineering. 902 00:46:06,933 --> 00:46:10,067 I prefer a bridge to a Pentium processor. 903 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:12,267 So I should prefer this. 904 00:46:12,300 --> 00:46:14,067 I should prefer the Porsche. 905 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:19,633 And yet here today, I don't. 906 00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:26,900 If you want to go to a track and be entertained, buy the Porsche. 907 00:46:26,933 --> 00:46:29,133 It's a very, very good car. 908 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,767 But if you want to be astonished you've got to have one of these. 909 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,433 (TYRES SCREECHING) 910 00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,433 -Yes. Yes, I know. -£1. 911 00:46:44,467 --> 00:46:48,367 Well, anyway, on the subject of price, you said that for the purposes of that test 912 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:51,067 you would take price out of the equation. 913 00:46:51,100 --> 00:46:52,133 -Yeah? -Yeah. 914 00:46:52,167 --> 00:46:54,533 Can I just pop it back in again? 915 00:46:54,567 --> 00:46:59,367 Because that Ferrari is £50,000 more than the Porsche. 916 00:47:00,233 --> 00:47:01,767 -Fair point, well made. -Yeah. 917 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:05,233 I'll stand by my decision, this is the more exciting car, the Ferrari. 918 00:47:05,267 --> 00:47:09,333 But I will agree, that because the performance of the Porsche is so similar 919 00:47:09,367 --> 00:47:12,533 you have to... It's remarkable value for money, really is. 920 00:47:12,567 --> 00:47:14,233 -So that's the Top Gear verdict on these two. -Yes. 921 00:47:14,267 --> 00:47:16,700 What we need now on them is the Top Gear lap times. 922 00:47:16,733 --> 00:47:19,600 Absolutely, we've got an Italian car and a German car. 923 00:47:19,633 --> 00:47:23,967 So what we really need now is a fair-minded English umpire. 924 00:47:24,067 --> 00:47:26,267 Bring him out, Stiggy Bird. 925 00:47:28,133 --> 00:47:30,100 CLARKSON: Off the line there, plenty of wheel spin. 926 00:47:30,133 --> 00:47:34,233 Naturally, the Ferrari is in race mode which firms up the suspension, 927 00:47:34,267 --> 00:47:37,200 speeds up the gear changes, and backs off the traction control. 928 00:47:37,233 --> 00:47:40,433 Except this is the Stig of course, and he's got that turned off. 929 00:47:40,467 --> 00:47:42,700 (HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO) 930 00:47:43,867 --> 00:47:46,233 Sadly, he hasn't got the stereo turned off! 931 00:47:46,267 --> 00:47:47,633 Um... 932 00:47:47,667 --> 00:47:51,833 Yes, this car is a lot more intelligent than the man behind the wheel. 933 00:47:51,867 --> 00:47:53,567 Looking good so far though... 934 00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:56,833 Into Hammerhead, any under-steer, let's have a look. 935 00:47:56,867 --> 00:47:59,867 Absolutely none at all. 936 00:47:59,900 --> 00:48:01,400 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 937 00:48:03,367 --> 00:48:05,200 Into the Follow Through... 938 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,533 Oh, he lifted off, the Ferrari got all twitchy there! 939 00:48:09,567 --> 00:48:11,500 It may be packed with computing power 940 00:48:11,533 --> 00:48:15,300 but that 360 is still a snorting stallion at heart. 941 00:48:15,333 --> 00:48:17,733 That's the second-to-last bend, that's the hard one. 942 00:48:17,767 --> 00:48:20,167 Into Gambon corner, come on! 943 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,933 Come on, come on and across the line in... 944 00:48:22,967 --> 00:48:24,800 Yes, go on? 945 00:48:24,833 --> 00:48:26,333 Okay, look, here's the lap board. 946 00:48:26,367 --> 00:48:29,100 -Yes? -The McLaren Mercedes from last week, 120.9. 947 00:48:29,133 --> 00:48:30,167 It's not gonna beat that. 948 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:31,433 These are the big heavyweights. 949 00:48:31,467 --> 00:48:34,800 Okay, we've got the Lamborghini Murcielago, 123.7, 950 00:48:34,833 --> 00:48:38,200 Zonda, 123.8, Koenigsegg, 123.9. 951 00:48:38,233 --> 00:48:43,200 -Ferrari CS, 122.3. -No. That is... 952 00:48:43,233 --> 00:48:46,500 -(AUDIENCE CHEERS) -Unbelievably fast. 953 00:48:46,533 --> 00:48:48,133 That is... 954 00:48:51,333 --> 00:48:54,533 That is some going. Okay. 955 00:48:54,567 --> 00:48:57,433 So to the Porsche, you couldn't find any difference 956 00:48:57,467 --> 00:48:59,067 between them in terms of performance, all right? 957 00:48:59,100 --> 00:49:02,700 So let's see if the Stig can. Here we go. 958 00:49:02,733 --> 00:49:04,167 -HAMMOND: Away he goes. -(TYRES SQUEALING) 959 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:05,867 Now there's no fancy electronics here, remember, 960 00:49:05,900 --> 00:49:08,800 just the natural traction of having the engine right at the back. 961 00:49:08,833 --> 00:49:13,533 Already looking mighty fast into the first corner. Plenty of tyre squeal. 962 00:49:13,567 --> 00:49:16,467 Oh, this is what it's all about, just a raw, simple car. 963 00:49:16,500 --> 00:49:19,700 And a raw, simple driver right on the edge. 964 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:26,967 Through Chicago, this is very smooth, the tail kept nicely in check. 965 00:49:27,067 --> 00:49:30,167 Hammerhead is coming up, now the 911 has so little weight over the front, 966 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:34,267 it might under-steer, but it doesn't, he's got the tail out. 967 00:49:35,767 --> 00:49:37,400 Now Follow Through... 968 00:49:37,433 --> 00:49:40,567 Lifts off on the approach, but the Porsche stays perfectly planted. 969 00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:43,267 That is old-fashioned mechanical grit for you. 970 00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:47,567 Towards the finish, the 911's got a hell of a job, remember, to beat the 360's time. 971 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,967 Up to the last bend... 972 00:49:50,067 --> 00:49:53,967 He's got a bit of a drift on there. And across the line in... 973 00:49:54,067 --> 00:49:56,633 You might not believe this? One minute... 974 00:49:56,667 --> 00:50:00,000 -It's 1.22.3 for the Ferrari then. -To beat, yeah. 975 00:50:00,033 --> 00:50:04,600 1.22.3, it's exactly the same! 976 00:50:04,633 --> 00:50:06,300 (AUDIENCE CHEERS) 977 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:11,700 CLARKSON: And... 978 00:50:12,767 --> 00:50:14,433 And next week... 979 00:50:14,467 --> 00:50:18,600 Next week, we've got this thing's big brother coming down, the Carrera GT. 980 00:50:18,633 --> 00:50:21,633 I cannot wait for that. See you then. Good night.