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Tonight - James gets lost in a Lamborghini.

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Richard drives over a bridge in a Ferrari.

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And I wear a small hat in an Aston Martin.

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Hello! Thank you!

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Thank you very much, thank you.

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We're back! We're back.

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And while we were off air, the
three of us had a bit of an argument

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about what would be the best car
to take on a Grand Tour of Europe.

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I reckon, and I'm right,

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it's the Aston Martin DBS Volante.

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Richard says, no, it isn't,

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it's the Ferrari California,

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and James - who's a bit weird -

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says it's the Lamborghini Gallardo, the
new one with the 560-horsepower engine.

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Well, it is.

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No, it isn't!

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What that is is a two-seater,
mid-engine, 560-horsepower supercar.

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What you want for a Grand
Tour is engine at the front,

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nice comfy suspension, four
seats and a boot for all your luggage.

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Exactly, like the Aston.

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Well, yeah, it's the best apart from the
fact that the Ferrari costs GBP140,000,

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the Lambo GBP150,000 and the
Aston is the best part of GBP170,000.

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Yes.

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And it's the slowest to 60mph.

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Yes.

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And it's got the smallest top speed.

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Yes. But... That's a V8, that's a V10,

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that's a V12. More is better.

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No! It is.

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Isn't.It is.

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It isn't.

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I'll hold my breath.

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He is now holding his breath.

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Anyway. The producers said
that the only real way to sort this out

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was to take these cars
on an actual Grand Tour.

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So we thought, "Yes! South of France,

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or Italy, or the Black Forest."

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But then they said no. They said
that we had to take them... to Romania.

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This is what springs to mind
when we think about Romania.

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Not that we do very often.

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We imagine it's full of oxes and

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people throwing stones at gypsies.

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So you'd imagine that turning up in
cars like this might look like showing off.

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We did, too.

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Coming here in a car that costs GBP168,000

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is a bit like turning up
in the Sudan in a suit

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made entirely out of food.

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'But then we arrived in the
Black Sea town of Mamaia.

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'And it wasn't really
what we were expecting.'

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My God!

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Jag. Porsche. Ferrari. Ferrari.

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Audi R8 V10. Another Ferrari.

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If Simon Cowell came here
they'd put him on income support.

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Look at it!

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That's a 430. That's a 599.

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OK. We're not as
conspicuous as I first feared.

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Have you ever seen the like, Hammond?

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No, it's staggering!

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'And then, just when we thought
the car park couldn't get any better...'

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Oh my God! That is, isn't it?

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It is a Dacia Sandero.

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That is it.

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I think this is the 1.6.

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I think it is the 1.6.

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I forgot that this is where
the Sandero is from.

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I've been thinking about
that car for two years.

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'Sadly, before he could
think about it any more,

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'a challenge arrived.'

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"You are here to seek out a
road" built by a former dictator.

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"Officially it's called
the Transf... Transfi..."

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That. Trans...

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Transfgs...

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"..Transfagarasan Highway.

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Unofficially it's known
as Ceausescu's Folly.

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"People speak of it in hushed whispers.

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"They say it's the best road in the world."

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So we're here to look for it.

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We've got to find it.

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We decided to look in the
mountains, which were 300 miles away.

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And on the journey, each of us
would hope to prove our car was best.

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Yes, if you used facts and figures

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when buying a car, you probably would
end up with the Lamborghini or the Ferrari,

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in the same way that if you used
facts and figures to buy a house,

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you'd end up in Dunfermline.

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Because you get a lot more for your money.

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This is a whole new
type of car for Ferrari.

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This is the first with the
V8 engine in the front.

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It's the first direct injection
engine they've produced,

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it's the first Ferrari
with a metal folding roof.

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This is the first time Ferrari have
produced a car with a DSG gearbox

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which means you get absolutely
seamless gear changes.

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This isn't a Ferrari for the track,

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it's for long journeys
exactly like this one.

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'And now James had the chance to explain

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"why he brought a mid-engine
two-seater supercar on a Grand Tour.'

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By driving around in a Lamborghini,
you are actually doing the world a favour.

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Because it's a thing of beauty, other
people can look at it and they can enjoy it.

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It's like owning one of Raphael's virgins

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and running around the streets
holding it above your head

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rather than just putting it on the wall.

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'So that we could talk to
each other on our long journey,

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'we decided to pull over and connect our
phones into the cars' Bluetooth systems.

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'In the Aston and the
Lamborghini, this was very easy.'

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Bluetooth, on.

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Press enter to continue.

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Bluetooth on the phone.

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'However, in the Ferrari...'

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'Every new phone must be
prepared before it is used.'

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Yes, preparing my phone.

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'You may have...'

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Yes, yes, yes.

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'..So that you can press the
phone's button and say "Call Mary"

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to place a call to Mary.

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'Pressing the VR button
while the system is speaking...'

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Please stop!

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Synchronising... yes!

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I'm there! I'm connected! I'm Bluetoothed!

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Bluetooth switched on. Oh, joy.

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'..Home, work, mobile or pager.'

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Work! I'm at work!

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'Name, please.'

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Richard! How does that help?!

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'Please repeat the name after the beep.'

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- 'With our phones connected.
- Eventually - we put our roofs up,

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'which, without wishing to boast,
you can do on the move in the Aston,

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'and then we were ready for a
motorway blast to Bucharest.'

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Oh! There's the V12!

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"12508
'1, 2, 5, 0, 8...'

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What?!

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"...02000000011
'..0, 2, 0, 0, 0,'0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1...'

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CLEAR!

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'Then we did what we
weren't supposed to do.'

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In 3, 2, 1, go!

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Oh, yeah, this is what we mustn't do.

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It just has the legs, that Ferrari.

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Just, just, just.

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Yeah, this might be a GT car, but it's...

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It's not a slouch.

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Aston Martin has gone to
simply enormous lengths

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to make the DVS convertible
as light as possible.

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It has a carbon-fibre bonnet,

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carbon-fibre wings,

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carbon-fibre boot,

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carbon-fibre door-pulls, even.

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They've even made the carpet
out of a specially lightweight weave.

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And the results speak for themselves.

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This is by far and away
the heaviest car of the three.

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Have you noticed something, Hammond?

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What?

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I don't see a black
Lamborghini anywhere near us.

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What, you mean the one that
is on paper the fastest here?

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'James was merrily tootling along,

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'apparently under the illusion he
was presenting his wine programme.'

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Good place to stop for a bag of grapes.

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There's three more people
holding up grapes, there's a fourth...

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a fifth, a sixth. I think we're
well covered for grapes, there.

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'Meanwhile, Hammond's Ferrari had decided
all on its own 'to make a telephone call.'

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'Selected. Calling... Vernon Kay.'

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What?! Vernon...?

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'Is this correct?'

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Why are you calling Vernon Kay?

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Why are you doing that?

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'Hello?'

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Vernon?

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'Hi?'

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Hello, mate, it's Richard Hammond.

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'For miles, our convoy
ruled the road. But then...'

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Oh, my God! Look here!

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What's that?! Wha...?

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That's the Dacia Sandero.

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I'm going to see if I can
hold on to the back of it.

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The 1.216-valve -that thing can shift!

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Come on! Keep up with the Sandero!

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'Hammond's Ferrari might
have got it, but unfortunately...'

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Why are you doing that now?

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Why are you calling Vernon Kay again?

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'Hi, Richard!'

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Vernon! Er, it's Richard Hammond. Again.

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Er... I'm really sorry.

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'No, it's fine. I'm just in the
studio, everyone's stopped work...'

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Good. Good.

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'While refuelling on the
outskirts of Bucharest,

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'James and Richard bought me a present.'

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Great(!)

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What now?

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My life is complete, that's what.

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Very big round here, apparently.

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'And then James thought of a new game.'

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Why don't we have a sat-nav challenge?

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Because mine is a German
one and will be superior.

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It's Audi, isn't it? It is.

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Good idea. We can start here.

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Ready steady go, set your
sat-nav for the People's Palace.

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I know it exists. First to get to
the People's Palace is the winner.

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Are you ready?

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Yes.

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Steady? Yes.

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Go!

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Now, I should explain before
we start, I have a Volvo system.

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Unanimously, everybody agrees
it's the worst sat-nav in the world.

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Rise! Rise!

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'Mercifully, in the California,

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the sat-nav system was
much better than the Bluetooth.'

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Nearby point of interest,
that's the first order of business.

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'Whereas in the Lambo,

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James was regretting his new game.'

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Country.

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I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q...
I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q...

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It goes from Portugal to Sam...

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How can it not have...?

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The Italians don't acknowledge
the existence of Romania.

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1-1-7
. 117

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11
1-1...

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No, no, no. 1 to 42, that is all.

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Right, I've got it.

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No! No, no!

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Er, People's Palace? People?

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Not the best present I've
ever had, if I'm honest,

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but it's tactless to just ignore them.

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'Please follow the road.'

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Yes. I will gladly follow the road,

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for... 7.3kms.

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Technology and I are now
getting on absolutely fine.

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'Calling Stephen Accountant.'

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No, no, no, don't do that.

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Go to the roundabout here. Yep.

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And here...

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Here in sub... No.

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One of the most irritating things
about the Volvo system that Aston use,

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is that it tells you where you've been.

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Which is only of any use if you
think your wife's having an affair.

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James was now on the move,

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but obviously his map had
been drawn by a distant relative.

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When he said roundabout,
did he mean roundabout?

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Or did he mean crossroads?

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Fortunately, the producers had
given me a Romanian phrasebook.

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Unfortunately, it was a bit confusing.

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The sat-nav race was hotting up.

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Hammond! Get him!

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What's he doing here?

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Come on!

242
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I'm winning by 1.5 metres.

243
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I found it first.

244
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No, I found it with my eyes.

245
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No, you didn't. I found it first.

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This...

247
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But when we saw the People's Palace,

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we sort of stopped.

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Today it's the Romanian
Parliament building.

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00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:39,750
But it was once the private house of
notorious dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

251
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If that's his idea of a house,

252
00:13:44,710 --> 00:13:46,636
what's his idea of a road gonna be like?

253
00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:50,286
You know that is the
heaviest building in the world?

254
00:13:50,310 --> 00:13:51,836
That's what you'd build, isn't it?

255
00:13:51,860 --> 00:13:54,730
It is. A million cubic
metres of marble in there.

256
00:13:55,580 --> 00:13:58,086
Ceausescu was a mental,
wasn't he? Complete mental.

257
00:13:58,110 --> 00:13:59,626
And an unpleasant mental.

258
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He had people go ahead of him and
paint the leaves green, wherever he went.

259
00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,077
As we waited,

260
00:14:05,101 --> 00:14:07,770
James had become really lost.

261
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That's it.

262
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While we waited we were informed we
might get a visit from a local dignitary.

263
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The Secretary General of
the Chamber of Deputies.

264
00:14:34,910 --> 00:14:37,226
Jeremy, you are familiar with
the local customs, aren't you?

265
00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:38,097
What?

266
00:14:38,121 --> 00:14:41,630
Penis out. When she stands to
shake hands, you just plop it in.

267
00:14:42,180 --> 00:14:43,376
And that's what you do.

268
00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:44,866
That's how it works.

269
00:14:44,890 --> 00:14:46,580
Hello, sir. Hello.

270
00:15:00,380 --> 00:15:03,076
It was a Lam... Lam... Lamborghini.

271
00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:04,136
Behold the People's Palace.

272
00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,460
James, you lost that one. Quite badly.

273
00:15:10,420 --> 00:15:13,636
While waiting for James the local
dignitary had given us permission

274
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to drive in the network of tunnels
underneath the government building.

275
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This, we feel, is not something
that would be allowed in Britain.

276
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Start the music!

277
00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,010
Jeez, there's a corner there!

278
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Dust. Dust!

279
00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:57,670
Can't see a thing!

280
00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:04,350
We then decided to bring
a bit of science to the party.

281
00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:12,400
That is a decibel-o-meter and I'm going
to see how loud the Ferrari is. Ready?

282
00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:14,910
Not too bad, 70... 82.

283
00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,596
89? 89

284
00:16:29,620 --> 00:16:32,266
- I saw an 89 average.
- I saw 89. -89, yeah.

285
00:16:32,290 --> 00:16:33,416
What a lot of dust, jeez.

286
00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,436
It's quite dusty down there.

287
00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:36,296
This is our best game yet.

288
00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,966
All you need to play this game,

289
00:16:37,990 --> 00:16:39,306
in case you're interested at home,

290
00:16:39,330 --> 00:16:42,216
is a People's Palace, with a
tunnel underneath it. Yeah.

291
00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,350
Three supercars and a cheap
app and you're there! You're there!

292
00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,040
It turned out that all three
cars were equally loud.

293
00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,100
So, we abandoned the science

294
00:16:56,950 --> 00:16:58,340
and went to the pub.

295
00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:03,950
Where we were just in time to
catch the local version of Top Gear.

296
00:17:05,610 --> 00:17:08,180
SPEAKS IN ROMANIAN

297
00:17:08,220 --> 00:17:10,506
I just wish that girl
would get out the way,

298
00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:12,700
so we could see the car more!

299
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,810
I bet that would sound good in the tunnels.

300
00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:19,110
What a magnificent thing.

301
00:17:26,930 --> 00:17:27,897
We'll pick that, er,

302
00:17:27,921 --> 00:17:29,430
we'll pick that up later on.

303
00:17:30,410 --> 00:17:33,830
But now it is time to do the news.

304
00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,596
And we begin with a
story from Australia, in fact.

305
00:17:36,620 --> 00:17:39,086
Er, Australian authorities

306
00:17:39,110 --> 00:17:41,956
are really going to get
tough on boozed up fans

307
00:17:41,980 --> 00:17:44,206
at the Bathurst Motor Race.

308
00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,596
Well, I say motor
race, it's actually a fight

309
00:17:46,620 --> 00:17:50,706
between rival gangs of Ford
supporters and GM supporters.

310
00:17:50,730 --> 00:17:53,506
OK, now the way they've
cracked this, is they say

311
00:17:53,530 --> 00:17:59,376
each fan is going to be limited to
just 24 cans of lager each per day.

312
00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:00,986
Just 24?

313
00:18:01,010 --> 00:18:02,596
24 a day, no more than that.

314
00:18:02,620 --> 00:18:06,486
And Australians, don't think you
can get round this by switching to wine,

315
00:18:06,510 --> 00:18:08,396
because that's limited as well,

316
00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:10,260
to four litres a day.

317
00:18:11,630 --> 00:18:13,706
Do you know what they're
doing, to get round it?

318
00:18:13,730 --> 00:18:14,976
What, Australians? Yeah.

319
00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,226
Australians are going there
two weeks before the race

320
00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:20,510
and burying beer.

321
00:18:20,790 --> 00:18:22,506
We have an Australian guest on later,

322
00:18:22,530 --> 00:18:24,686
I'm going to talk to him
about this. I'm fascinated. Yes.

323
00:18:24,710 --> 00:18:27,046
Now. We must move on. We must.

324
00:18:27,070 --> 00:18:29,496
McLaren have a announced
a new supercar, here it is.

325
00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,486
It's called the MP4-12C.

326
00:18:32,510 --> 00:18:35,306
Mmmm. That'll sound good with adenoids.

327
00:18:35,330 --> 00:18:39,506
"Wanna come for a ride in my MP4 dash 12C?"

328
00:18:39,530 --> 00:18:41,486
No, I don't, it sounds like a telephone.

329
00:18:41,510 --> 00:18:44,156
However, um, interesting
thing about this car particularly

330
00:18:44,180 --> 00:18:47,596
is the previous McLaren
supercars, the F1 and the Merc SLR,

331
00:18:47,620 --> 00:18:49,986
were very, very expensive.

332
00:18:50,010 --> 00:18:52,346
This - GBP170,000.

333
00:18:52,370 --> 00:18:53,996
Oh, cheap.-Oh, that's all right then.

334
00:18:54,020 --> 00:18:55,566
As I said that I realised...

335
00:18:55,590 --> 00:18:57,116
I know what you mean it's cheap-er.

336
00:18:57,140 --> 00:18:58,027
Absolutely.

337
00:18:58,051 --> 00:18:59,756
It's same... Half the price of the SLR.

338
00:18:59,780 --> 00:19:02,166
This is the first time they've
put their own engine into it,

339
00:19:02,190 --> 00:19:05,496
3.8 litre 2 turbo V8, so there's
a lot of exciting things about it.

340
00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,066
I hope that works, McLaren
have had a rotten week.

341
00:19:08,090 --> 00:19:10,086
All their vehicles have been recalled,

342
00:19:10,110 --> 00:19:11,766
cos they've been amputating peoples' limbs.

343
00:19:11,790 --> 00:19:13,646
No that's not... no, yeah.

344
00:19:13,670 --> 00:19:14,477
What?

345
00:19:14,501 --> 00:19:16,566
It's not the vehicles, mate,

346
00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:18,616
it's the prams, the pushchairs,

347
00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:19,776
Maclaren buggies.

348
00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,806
- Oh! I thought Rowan Atkinson had had his arm cut off by his car.
- No.

349
00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:25,256
It's Maclaren prams?

350
00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,496
Yes, the buggies, the pushchairs.

351
00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:27,257
Oh, God!

352
00:19:27,281 --> 00:19:28,916
Interesting thing about this story

353
00:19:28,940 --> 00:19:32,396
is it's come about because
of 12 cases in the States

354
00:19:32,420 --> 00:19:34,866
of children having their fingers amputated.

355
00:19:34,890 --> 00:19:37,746
So, as a result they've
recalled all the pushchairs.

356
00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:39,546
But the pushchairs are
the same all over the world

357
00:19:39,570 --> 00:19:42,796
and it's only in the States
they're recalling them. Not here.

358
00:19:42,820 --> 00:19:45,876
No, there's a very good
reason for that though.

359
00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:48,460
British parents are more...

360
00:19:49,310 --> 00:19:51,016
What's the word I'm looking for?

361
00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,880
Intelligent. Yes!

362
00:19:54,510 --> 00:19:55,630
Cos how could you? Hey!

363
00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,116
I can't shut this buggy down,

364
00:19:57,140 --> 00:19:59,416
there's these pink things in the way.

365
00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:04,350
I've got the kid screaming
his head off! Shut-up, Junior.

366
00:20:05,110 --> 00:20:06,176
That's got it!

367
00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:07,296
Stop yelling.

368
00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:08,426
It's... there you go.

369
00:20:08,450 --> 00:20:11,656
Now, do you want to
combine your love of camping,

370
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,330
with your love of buying the wrong Porsche?

371
00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,586
No, because I have good news, OK?

372
00:20:17,610 --> 00:20:20,486
Because you can now buy, um, well,

373
00:20:20,510 --> 00:20:22,386
it's a new type of Boxster, OK?

374
00:20:22,410 --> 00:20:24,136
With a tent on the top of it.

375
00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,220
Here it is.

376
00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:26,840
Look at that roof!

377
00:20:27,610 --> 00:20:29,306
It looks like a tramp's hat.

378
00:20:29,330 --> 00:20:32,506
It's called the Boxster Spyder

379
00:20:32,530 --> 00:20:34,386
and it's a super lightweight version.

380
00:20:34,410 --> 00:20:36,986
It only weighs 1,250 kilos, top speed

381
00:20:37,010 --> 00:20:40,006
166mph, 0-60 in 4.8 seconds.

382
00:20:40,030 --> 00:20:42,606
And it's that fast because
it's got a very clever gearbox.

383
00:20:42,630 --> 00:20:44,596
It's called a... it's...

384
00:20:44,620 --> 00:20:45,566
Well, it's...

385
00:20:45,590 --> 00:20:46,267
Is it German?

386
00:20:46,291 --> 00:20:48,186
It's a German name. And it's complicated.

387
00:20:48,210 --> 00:20:49,546
Let me just spell this out -

388
00:20:49,570 --> 00:20:52,976
it's a D-O-P-P-E-L.

389
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,036
K-U-P-P-L

390
00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:58,250
U-N-G

391
00:20:58,970 --> 00:21:03,450
S-G-E-T...

392
00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:06,496
R...

393
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,176
I-E...

394
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,346
B...

395
00:21:10,370 --> 00:21:12,266
E.

396
00:21:12,290 --> 00:21:13,506
That's what it is... I...

397
00:21:13,530 --> 00:21:15,500
Can we? Get it on the screen.

398
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,870
Are there any Germans here?

399
00:21:18,490 --> 00:21:19,416
That's a long word!

400
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,106
That is a...

401
00:21:20,130 --> 00:21:21,476
Do you know what that
means? You speak German.

402
00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:22,117
I do.

403
00:21:22,141 --> 00:21:24,136
What's the only German you can say?

404
00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,116
Naturlich ist Hans nass, er
steht unter dem Wasserfall.

405
00:21:27,140 --> 00:21:27,867
What's that mean?

406
00:21:27,891 --> 00:21:30,350
Naturally Hans is wet he's
standing under a waterfall.

407
00:21:32,660 --> 00:21:33,497
OK.

408
00:21:33,521 --> 00:21:34,676
I use it all the time.

409
00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:37,796
That's kind of a one shot deal, isn't it?

410
00:21:37,820 --> 00:21:40,606
Er, anyway, if you want the wrong car,

411
00:21:40,630 --> 00:21:42,376
which has no door handles,

412
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,726
and no air conditioning and no radio

413
00:21:44,750 --> 00:21:46,596
and has a tent on the top of it,

414
00:21:46,620 --> 00:21:47,756
then there you are,

415
00:21:47,780 --> 00:21:49,636
the Boxster double line. Spyder.

416
00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:50,986
It's not got all those
things to keep it light

417
00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:52,476
cos it's still GBP44,000.

418
00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:55,060
GBP44,000, you don't even get door handles.

419
00:21:56,470 --> 00:21:57,656
We've been sent this.

420
00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,466
It's an eco-friendly, portable,

421
00:22:00,490 --> 00:22:03,576
disposable, cardboard lavatory,

422
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,826
for use by the side of the road.

423
00:22:05,850 --> 00:22:07,666
The idea is you're driving
along, you get caught a bit short,

424
00:22:07,690 --> 00:22:09,536
can't find the nearest karzy,

425
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,316
you pop this out, erect it
and do what you have to do.

426
00:22:12,340 --> 00:22:14,376
Are you about to tell us you
have been caught short? No.

427
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,736
Cos I don't think you should.

428
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:16,687
No, I was going to say,

429
00:22:16,711 --> 00:22:19,406
we shall give this a fair test on Top Gear

430
00:22:19,430 --> 00:22:22,700
by giving it to the world's
most practical man, Clarkson.

431
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,086
What you want me to build it?

432
00:22:26,110 --> 00:22:27,087
I do.

433
00:22:27,111 --> 00:22:29,620
Oh, God, I hate this sort of thing.

434
00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:31,596
Where's the instructions?

435
00:22:31,620 --> 00:22:32,946
Have you ever noticed,

436
00:22:32,970 --> 00:22:34,406
watching him do anything practical,

437
00:22:34,430 --> 00:22:36,420
it's like watching an orangutan?

438
00:22:37,470 --> 00:22:38,896
It is! Look at his face.

439
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,256
-Honestly, look at his face,
-it goes all... It's very long.

440
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,300
He's happy, but confused.

441
00:22:44,220 --> 00:22:46,046
They actually put a picture
of Jeremy on the bag, look,

442
00:22:46,070 --> 00:22:47,630
showing you how to assemble it.

443
00:22:48,470 --> 00:22:50,606
These instructions, look!

444
00:22:50,630 --> 00:22:53,396
They bear no relation, as always,

445
00:22:53,420 --> 00:22:55,576
to the thing they're supplied with.

446
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:56,906
See, he's doing the ape thing.

447
00:22:56,930 --> 00:22:57,767
And bear in mind,

448
00:22:57,791 --> 00:22:58,890
you have to erect this...

449
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,626
while basically desperate
for a number two, with...

450
00:23:01,650 --> 00:23:02,706
I was going to say...

451
00:23:02,730 --> 00:23:04,016
With lorries going by.

452
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,990
Could you erect this while you
were touching cloth? You can?

453
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,676
See if you can get that erected.

454
00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:14,430
I'm prepared to bet that question has
never been asked on any other car show.

455
00:23:16,550 --> 00:23:17,307
She's good.

456
00:23:17,331 --> 00:23:18,460
How've you done that?

457
00:23:19,070 --> 00:23:20,606
She's bloody done it, look.

458
00:23:20,630 --> 00:23:21,710
That was it.

459
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:23,976
How did you do that?

460
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,580
Look she's made a lavatory.

461
00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:30,767
You did what?

462
00:23:30,791 --> 00:23:32,260
I'm female.

463
00:23:33,460 --> 00:23:34,690
You're a... she's a female.

464
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,566
So, you just put that up at
the side of the road and then...

465
00:23:40,590 --> 00:23:42,160
There's no need to demonstrate!

466
00:23:48,810 --> 00:23:50,756
How did you think that was going to go?

467
00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:53,320
How did you think that was going to work?

468
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,946
You great dumb ape.

469
00:23:55,970 --> 00:23:57,876
Do you know what, honestly?

470
00:23:57,900 --> 00:23:59,630
I'd rather just crap myself.

471
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:01,980
I think I just did!

472
00:24:04,540 --> 00:24:05,586
Can we move on?

473
00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:08,446
- I'm not the world's most unpractical man.
- You are.

474
00:24:08,470 --> 00:24:10,376
I am, actually. You're right.

475
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:11,197
Anyway, we've got to get on.

476
00:24:11,221 --> 00:24:13,666
Yes, anyway, we've had a letter.

477
00:24:13,690 --> 00:24:15,626
It's literally from some bankers

478
00:24:15,650 --> 00:24:16,846
and it says,

479
00:24:16,870 --> 00:24:19,386
"Dear Top Gear, this time last year

480
00:24:19,410 --> 00:24:20,976
we didn't have any money,

481
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,806
"but the Government has given us some now.

482
00:24:22,830 --> 00:24:26,010
"However, we don't want the public
to know that we're loaded again,

483
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,826
"so we need really fast, expensive
cars that are quite discreet.

484
00:24:29,850 --> 00:24:32,836
"Can you help? Yours
sincerely, some bankers."

485
00:24:32,860 --> 00:24:36,810
Well, as it happens, yes, we can help.

486
00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:43,580
And we begin with something from BMW.

487
00:24:49,650 --> 00:24:53,186
This here is the BMW 760Li.

488
00:24:53,210 --> 00:24:54,137
Or to give it it's other name -

489
00:24:54,161 --> 00:24:56,826
the BMW Move Over Poor Person.

490
00:24:56,850 --> 00:24:59,206
Because this is the biggest, most expensive

491
00:24:59,230 --> 00:25:03,130
and most powerful car BMW makes.

492
00:25:06,050 --> 00:25:08,316
It has a six litre V12,

493
00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:09,740
which sounds like plenty.

494
00:25:10,590 --> 00:25:13,140
But, obviously, someone
at BMW thought, "No".

495
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,946
So, for a bit of extra "schnell,"

496
00:25:15,970 --> 00:25:18,420
this car has got two turbo chargers.

497
00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:23,566
The result is 544 BHP.

498
00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:25,786
And the power station under
the bonnet is connected to

499
00:25:25,810 --> 00:25:29,380
a brand new eight speed gearbox.

500
00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:33,886
Put all that together and even
someone as laid back as me

501
00:25:33,910 --> 00:25:40,120
can quite easily, look,
get a bit of a lick on.

502
00:25:41,650 --> 00:25:44,660
It'll batter most 911's in a sprint to 60,

503
00:25:45,820 --> 00:25:49,730
and de-limited, it would
hit 188 miles per hour.

504
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,420
But those numbers only tell half the story.

505
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,996
This is a bizarre kind of fast.

506
00:25:59,020 --> 00:26:02,056
It's quiet and relaxed and smooth.

507
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,520
It's like swimming over a
waterfall of double cream.

508
00:26:10,470 --> 00:26:12,280
A luxurious waterfall, too.

509
00:26:13,150 --> 00:26:15,586
The 760 has seats that massage you,

510
00:26:15,610 --> 00:26:18,940
and an SAS spec night vision system.

511
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:22,916
And here's a clever thing.

512
00:26:22,940 --> 00:26:24,376
Pulling up to this junction,

513
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:25,786
the view is quite obstructed,

514
00:26:25,810 --> 00:26:27,206
I can't really see what's coming.

515
00:26:27,230 --> 00:26:28,986
But if I press this button,

516
00:26:29,010 --> 00:26:30,946
there are little cameras
mounted on the wings

517
00:26:30,970 --> 00:26:34,590
that give you eyes on the side of
your head. It's like being a rabbit.

518
00:26:36,210 --> 00:26:37,127
And the price?

519
00:26:37,151 --> 00:26:40,140
A smudge under GBP100,000.

520
00:26:40,790 --> 00:26:42,876
If you have that sort of
money to spend on a car,

521
00:26:42,900 --> 00:26:46,436
there's a good chance you'll want
to pay someone to drive it for you.

522
00:26:46,460 --> 00:26:49,640
So that's exactly what I've
done, I've got myself a chauffeur.

523
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:52,946
He's in a bit of a bad mood to be honest,

524
00:26:52,970 --> 00:26:54,806
because I've told him this is my test.

525
00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:57,526
It's not about tyre smoke
and going sideways.

526
00:26:57,550 --> 00:27:00,090
Dignified driving is what I want.

527
00:27:01,180 --> 00:27:03,316
This version of the seven
series is only available

528
00:27:03,340 --> 00:27:05,106
as a long wheel base model,

529
00:27:05,130 --> 00:27:07,986
which means you get an extra
five inches of leg room in the back.

530
00:27:08,010 --> 00:27:10,026
Doesn't sound like much, but
it makes a world of difference.

531
00:27:10,050 --> 00:27:12,106
And I can watch the TV.

532
00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:15,516
I've got something on here, it's
interesting, it's about antiques...

533
00:27:15,540 --> 00:27:19,750
What are you doing, man?

534
00:27:24,410 --> 00:27:25,410
Bloody hell!

535
00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:27,566
Oh, God, I see the problem.

536
00:27:27,590 --> 00:27:30,106
The Mercedes S63 has turned up,

537
00:27:30,130 --> 00:27:32,090
that's the other car I was going to test,

538
00:27:33,150 --> 00:27:35,410
and that sort of puts Stigs on heat.

539
00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:42,836
That S-class is actually
the AMG tuned version.

540
00:27:42,860 --> 00:27:44,366
Apparently it's a bit of a rocket ship,

541
00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:46,480
I can see why Stig's got the red mist.

542
00:27:48,210 --> 00:27:50,376
Luckily, Stig's a bit too stupid

543
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,510
to work out where all
the driver aids are on this.

544
00:27:54,870 --> 00:27:56,166
Oh no, he's found it.

545
00:27:56,190 --> 00:28:00,166
Stig has put the dynamic
driving control into sport plus,

546
00:28:00,190 --> 00:28:03,270
that sharpens up throttle
response and gear changes!

547
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:06,880
Bloody Nora.

548
00:28:11,450 --> 00:28:13,770
God, he's switched the
stability control off altogether...

549
00:28:18,810 --> 00:28:22,660
That locks up the rear
differential for extra... ow! Hooligan!

550
00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:36,840
So, the Mercedes. The most
powerful non-turbo V8 car in the world.

551
00:28:37,930 --> 00:28:39,556
It costs the same as the BMW,

552
00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:43,586
it comes only in business class,
long wheel base form, like the BMW,

553
00:28:43,610 --> 00:28:47,130
and like the BMW, it's
dripping with technology.

554
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:53,190
Even the interior lighting has
three different colour settings.

555
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,056
In fact, there's such a bewildering
array of gizmos on both cars,

556
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:02,840
that it's almost impossible
to choose between them.

557
00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:10,746
We're going to make it easier
with a game of Top Trumps.

558
00:29:10,770 --> 00:29:12,426
Here's my opponent, the Stig.

559
00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:13,736
It's like normal Top Trumps,

560
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,266
except all of Stiggy's cards are the BMW,

561
00:29:16,290 --> 00:29:19,090
and all of mine are the Mercedes. Ready?

562
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,470
OK, TV screens. Mercedes
has TV in the front.

563
00:29:27,150 --> 00:29:28,806
BMW... I know the answer to this,

564
00:29:28,830 --> 00:29:30,246
it's got two, isn't it?

565
00:29:30,270 --> 00:29:33,910
Front and rear, so you win that pair.

566
00:29:35,910 --> 00:29:36,986
Climate control.

567
00:29:37,010 --> 00:29:39,200
Mercedes - two zone.

568
00:29:39,990 --> 00:29:41,466
And the BMW, we know,

569
00:29:41,490 --> 00:29:43,306
has four zone climate control,

570
00:29:43,330 --> 00:29:44,950
so you win that pair.

571
00:29:45,890 --> 00:29:47,000
It's not difficult.

572
00:29:47,830 --> 00:29:51,620
- Seat massage system. Mercedes.
- Front and rear seat massage.

573
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:59,836
And the BMW, massage seat
only in the front, so I win that pair.

574
00:29:59,860 --> 00:30:01,700
Right, BHP...

575
00:30:06,950 --> 00:30:08,946
OK, that's not working,

576
00:30:08,970 --> 00:30:12,480
so let's go back to the traditional,
philistine Top Gear method.

577
00:30:13,230 --> 00:30:14,360
A drag race.

578
00:30:15,470 --> 00:30:18,140
I went in the Mercedes
with Stig at the wheel.

579
00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:21,140
I think I'll have "Firm massage" for this.

580
00:30:26,890 --> 00:30:29,300
The BMW quickly took the lead.

581
00:30:30,910 --> 00:30:32,710
And stayed there till the end.

582
00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:37,140
That made Stig so angry he went home.

583
00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:41,326
So, the S-class. When you drive it,

584
00:30:41,350 --> 00:30:45,360
you realise it's got much more of
a split personality than the BMW.

585
00:30:47,070 --> 00:30:50,146
On the one hand, it has
lots of very civilising features,

586
00:30:50,170 --> 00:30:52,626
it has active body control,

587
00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:56,836
and it's so clever it can detect a
cross-wind and compensate for it.

588
00:30:56,860 --> 00:31:01,050
It even has a drowsiness sensor
to prevent you from nodding off.

589
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:09,560
But put your foot down and suddenly it erupts
with typical AMG volcanic storm and fury.

590
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,040
And here's something
that really baffles me.

591
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,796
On the dashboard I have a race timer

592
00:31:19,820 --> 00:31:22,350
that allows you to record
your lap times. But why?

593
00:31:23,330 --> 00:31:25,436
I mean, in a 911 GT3, yes.

594
00:31:25,460 --> 00:31:27,310
But who's that for?

595
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,630
Sir Alan Sugar on a track day?

596
00:31:31,290 --> 00:31:33,006
And that's the problem with the Mercedes,

597
00:31:33,030 --> 00:31:35,850
it has a strangely confused personality.

598
00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:37,536
And for that reason,

599
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,110
Mercedes S63 AMG...

600
00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:43,020
...you're fired.

601
00:31:50,060 --> 00:31:51,440
So, let's just get this straight.

602
00:31:52,150 --> 00:31:54,840
Quite wrongly, you prefer the BMW.

603
00:31:55,390 --> 00:31:57,356
No, I think they're both
completely pointless.

604
00:31:57,380 --> 00:31:58,866
Couldn't agree with you more.

605
00:31:58,890 --> 00:32:00,306
They are absolutely pointless.

606
00:32:00,330 --> 00:32:02,346
And now, I'm afraid,

607
00:32:02,370 --> 00:32:06,356
we must dive even more deeply into
the murky waters of their irrelevance

608
00:32:06,380 --> 00:32:09,270
by handing them over
to our tame racing driver.

609
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,476
Some say, that in the autumn,

610
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:15,960
all his arms go brown and fall off.

611
00:32:17,530 --> 00:32:19,746
And that if he wrote you
a letter of condolence,

612
00:32:19,770 --> 00:32:21,530
he would at least get your name right.

613
00:32:23,490 --> 00:32:26,436
All we know is, he's called the Stog.

614
00:32:26,460 --> 00:32:27,437
You mean the Stig.

615
00:32:27,461 --> 00:32:30,240
That's what I said. I said it!

616
00:32:31,790 --> 00:32:32,597
And they're off!

617
00:32:32,621 --> 00:32:34,366
It is very wet out there,

618
00:32:34,390 --> 00:32:37,350
tiny wiggle of the hips from
the BMW as the turbos spool up.

619
00:32:37,970 --> 00:32:39,346
Here's something not very interesting,

620
00:32:39,370 --> 00:32:43,370
that 760 has BMW's first
petrol V12 with two turbos.

621
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,356
That is much more interesting there,

622
00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:48,200
he's going very sideways!

623
00:32:53,020 --> 00:32:55,716
I should say the Stig is deeply saddened

624
00:32:55,740 --> 00:32:57,536
that Chas and Dave have split up.

625
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,750
This is his way of
getting through the pain.

626
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,376
That BMW is very sideways there,

627
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,426
coming up to the hammerhead
we're expecting understeer here

628
00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:08,110
from these two-tonne barges.

629
00:33:08,910 --> 00:33:12,610
And, yep, the seven series is
ploughing wide, but more composed.

630
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,940
I suspect because the traction
control can't be fully switched off.

631
00:33:17,380 --> 00:33:18,736
Here we are, follow-through.

632
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:20,410
It really is wet out there.

633
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,466
Stig would be better off
in an actual barge, I think.

634
00:33:24,490 --> 00:33:25,786
Quick through the tyres,

635
00:33:25,810 --> 00:33:28,496
look up "brave" in the
dictionary it says "See The Stig".

636
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:29,926
Two corners left.

637
00:33:29,950 --> 00:33:32,006
BMW's all over the shop.

638
00:33:32,030 --> 00:33:33,806
That let the S-class ahead,

639
00:33:33,830 --> 00:33:35,716
but they're evenly matched
coming through Gambon!

640
00:33:35,740 --> 00:33:37,550
Across the line!

641
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:40,640
Does it go here?

642
00:33:41,190 --> 00:33:42,190
No, it doesn't.

643
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:43,837
Does it go here?

644
00:33:43,861 --> 00:33:44,950
No, it doesn't.

645
00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:46,967
Go on then.

646
00:33:46,991 --> 00:33:50,826
Right, the Mercedes
S63 did it there in 1.32.1.

647
00:33:50,850 --> 00:33:55,060
The BMW did it in... 1.31.2.

648
00:33:55,860 --> 00:33:58,086
There we are. If you are a banker

649
00:33:58,110 --> 00:34:00,276
and you like to get
anywhere in a big hurry,

650
00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:01,570
go for the BMW.

651
00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:03,900
Consumer advice for you there.

652
00:34:04,530 --> 00:34:07,280
Now, it is time to put a star
in our reasonably priced car.

653
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,886
My guest tonight, it seems,
always wanted to be a racing driver,

654
00:34:11,910 --> 00:34:15,420
but then he accidentally
ended up being in films like.

655
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:18,076
Star Trek, Finding Nemo,

656
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:21,076
Blackhawk Down, Troy,

657
00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:22,856
and so on and so forth.

658
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,506
So, here to find out
what on earth went wrong,

659
00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:27,626
from somewhere called Australia,

660
00:34:27,650 --> 00:34:29,350
ladies and gentlemen, Eric Bana!

661
00:34:33,620 --> 00:34:34,736
Good to see you, how are you?

662
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:35,906
Very well, very well.

663
00:34:35,930 --> 00:34:36,930
Have a seat.

664
00:34:38,830 --> 00:34:40,550
A proper superstar is here!

665
00:34:41,950 --> 00:34:42,950
What's in there?

666
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:44,640
There?

667
00:34:45,410 --> 00:34:48,171
- It's water, it's OK, it won't have anything dangerous in it.
- Yeah.

668
00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,046
This Bathurst Motor Race
we were talking about,

669
00:34:51,070 --> 00:34:52,806
have you heard about the beer thing?

670
00:34:52,830 --> 00:34:58,166
They're limiting the amount of beer
each fan can take to 24 cans a day.

671
00:34:58,190 --> 00:35:00,090
That's a serious restriction.

672
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:04,100
That's practically tee-totalling, isn't it?

673
00:35:04,860 --> 00:35:08,376
This rivalry between Ford and GM,

674
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,246
it's ingrained from birth,
isn't it, in all Australians?

675
00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:13,816
It's pretty deep seated.

676
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,896
They were the two main
manufacturers, if you're my age,

677
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,256
when you were growing up. It was, you know,

678
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,116
the General Motors
product which was Holden,

679
00:35:21,140 --> 00:35:24,636
Commodores and Toranas
and for me it was Falcons.

680
00:35:24,660 --> 00:35:26,896
I said to the two guys,

681
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,876
the two Aussies who are here
in the audience somewhere,

682
00:35:28,900 --> 00:35:31,550
I said "Eric Bana's coming
on,"they went "Ah, Ford bloke."

683
00:35:32,580 --> 00:35:33,397
That was it. You're a Ford bloke

684
00:35:33,421 --> 00:35:35,096
so you're no good. You're a Ford bloke,

685
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:36,336
they're Holden blokes.

686
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,506
Completely discounted me, huh?

687
00:35:37,530 --> 00:35:39,426
Yeah, exactly.

688
00:35:39,450 --> 00:35:42,336
It seems to me that Bathurst
combines everything, really,

689
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,006
that you need in Australia.

690
00:35:44,030 --> 00:35:45,286
Outside cooking, obviously.

691
00:35:45,310 --> 00:35:47,376
Drinking and sport.

692
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,596
This sport thing, it's weird,

693
00:35:49,620 --> 00:35:51,606
cos you're no good at it.

694
00:35:51,630 --> 00:35:52,497
Oh, really?

695
00:35:52,521 --> 00:35:56,006
Really? Cite a couple of examples.

696
00:35:56,030 --> 00:35:57,616
The Ashes.

697
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,136
The most recent one,

698
00:35:59,160 --> 00:35:59,917
the most recent one.

699
00:35:59,941 --> 00:36:01,026
Rugby, the other day?

700
00:36:01,050 --> 00:36:02,106
Didn't we beat you last week?

701
00:36:02,130 --> 00:36:03,816
We weren't playing! It was Jonny.

702
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:05,810
Wilkinson and some lawyers.

703
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,166
Do you know the best thing
about having an Aussie here,

704
00:36:10,190 --> 00:36:12,746
and I don't know if it's
the same in Australia,

705
00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:16,736
there are very few countrymen or
countrywomen that we can tease.

706
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,726
Australia and England, it seems
to me, are the last two countries

707
00:36:20,750 --> 00:36:22,436
where if you can go there and go,

708
00:36:22,460 --> 00:36:24,780
"Hide your wallet under the
soap, he won't find it there."

709
00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:27,310
If you said to the Americans
you lost in Vietnam!

710
00:36:30,790 --> 00:36:32,016
They just don't find that funny.

711
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,886
I mean, to be honest, we're happy,
we ended up in the best country.

712
00:36:34,910 --> 00:36:39,216
- It's not a bad second prize as far as you're concerned.
- It's dangerous.

713
00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:41,696
- It's quite dangerous, Australia.
- Why?

714
00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:42,896
How old are you?

715
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:43,906
41.

716
00:36:43,930 --> 00:36:46,546
You must be the oldest Australian
that hasn't been eaten by a shark

717
00:36:46,570 --> 00:36:48,406
or bitten by a spider that killed him.

718
00:36:48,430 --> 00:36:54,710
That's what happens when
you have great beaches. Ha ha!

719
00:36:55,890 --> 00:36:57,520
- We've got great beaches.
- Oh, you do!

720
00:36:58,500 --> 00:36:59,806
I know. Awesome surf, too.

721
00:36:59,830 --> 00:37:02,016
At least we have nice names.

722
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:03,356
Give me an example.

723
00:37:03,380 --> 00:37:05,156
The thing I love about Australia

724
00:37:05,180 --> 00:37:07,196
is the literal names.

725
00:37:07,220 --> 00:37:09,356
"We've got this big, sandy desert
in the middle, what shall we call it?

726
00:37:09,380 --> 00:37:10,530
"The Great Sandy Desert."

727
00:37:11,370 --> 00:37:13,396
"We've got this reef off
the coast, it's like a barrier.

728
00:37:13,420 --> 00:37:15,666
"The Great Barrier Reef."

729
00:37:15,690 --> 00:37:17,480
This is, of course, as opposed to...

730
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:19,876
The White Cliffs of Dover,

731
00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:20,900
Yeah.

732
00:37:21,470 --> 00:37:23,786
- Green Park.
- That's true, Green Park isn't very good.

733
00:37:23,810 --> 00:37:25,346
Four Weddings And A Funeral.

734
00:37:25,370 --> 00:37:26,386
That wasn't a very good...

735
00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:27,586
What about Mad Max?

736
00:37:27,610 --> 00:37:30,086
"It's about a bloke who's
mad and he's called Max."

737
00:37:30,110 --> 00:37:31,110
Perfect title.

738
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,646
I want to get on to the car thing,

739
00:37:33,670 --> 00:37:37,156
cos let's be honest, this
proper love that you have,

740
00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:41,436
you are now a bona fide
Australian racing driver.

741
00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:45,206
I just have a bit of fun in
the Australian GT series,

742
00:37:45,230 --> 00:37:50,126
which is like your version
of, it'd be FIA, GT3 racing,

743
00:37:50,150 --> 00:37:52,386
so I'm in a Porsche cup car, 911.

744
00:37:52,410 --> 00:37:55,506
But you're pretty good, it's not
like you're some actor who's...

745
00:37:55,530 --> 00:37:57,266
I don't know. I enjoy it

746
00:37:57,290 --> 00:37:58,756
and I'd never stop doing it,

747
00:37:58,780 --> 00:38:00,956
I'm just, you know, I'm obsessed.

748
00:38:00,980 --> 00:38:04,350
Do you say "I'm not gonna do that
film because I wanna do that race?"

749
00:38:05,590 --> 00:38:06,956
Is this on in America?

750
00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:09,746
America is the only country
in the world this isn't shown.

751
00:38:09,770 --> 00:38:11,570
Of course I've done
that! Are you kidding me!

752
00:38:15,090 --> 00:38:16,090
Good man!

753
00:38:16,380 --> 00:38:18,820
Everywhere else in the world
will hear that, but not America.

754
00:38:19,290 --> 00:38:20,306
They'll never find out.

755
00:38:20,330 --> 00:38:23,900
If I could just say, you've
been in some massive films,

756
00:38:24,630 --> 00:38:27,436
but the one that seems to me to
be closest to your heart is the one

757
00:38:27,460 --> 00:38:29,316
you've just brought out now,

758
00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:30,816
which is Love The Beast.

759
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:31,616
Love The Beast.

760
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:32,527
Tell me about that,

761
00:38:32,551 --> 00:38:36,116
because it's a very small film
compared to, let's say, Troy.

762
00:38:36,140 --> 00:38:38,496
It's a documentary I directed.

763
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,496
I, one day, was looking at my beast,

764
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,626
which is my Ford Falcon coupe.

765
00:38:43,650 --> 00:38:45,486
I've had this car since I was 15.

766
00:38:45,510 --> 00:38:47,366
And I thought this actually isn't a car,

767
00:38:47,390 --> 00:38:52,236
it's some kind of a personal possession

768
00:38:52,260 --> 00:38:56,146
that gets carted around through
all kinds of different circumstances.

769
00:38:56,170 --> 00:39:00,626
I started thinking more and
more about that, and how cars,

770
00:39:00,650 --> 00:39:02,876
objects in particular, cars,

771
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:05,586
I feel can transcend themselves
to become something else.

772
00:39:05,610 --> 00:39:07,666
I feel very deeply about it.

773
00:39:07,690 --> 00:39:09,356
- I couldn't agree more.
- Right.

774
00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:12,396
I really do believe that
cars take on a personality.

775
00:39:12,420 --> 00:39:13,736
Not all cars, but some do.

776
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,906
So this film is about your
relationship with this car?

777
00:39:17,930 --> 00:39:22,536
Yeah, and then I was competing
in Targa Tasmania that year,

778
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,986
so I thought well,
we'll just make the rally

779
00:39:25,010 --> 00:39:27,596
a bit of an action backdrop to this story

780
00:39:27,620 --> 00:39:30,646
about a guy having a
car for his whole life.

781
00:39:30,670 --> 00:39:32,256
- Having a relationship with a car.
- Yeah.

782
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,496
OK, we have a clip here

783
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:34,566
which I'd like to show everyone.

784
00:39:34,590 --> 00:39:37,340
3..2..1..go!

785
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:44,770
Then a five left.

786
00:39:47,260 --> 00:39:48,286
It's slippery apparently.

787
00:39:48,310 --> 00:39:49,466
I feel like I'm breaking in a horse.

788
00:39:49,490 --> 00:39:52,226
I feel like both horses are
learning, me and the car.

789
00:39:52,250 --> 00:39:54,326
Take the left, we need to stay on.

790
00:39:54,350 --> 00:39:58,090
Six left, one-two right, 100.

791
00:39:58,700 --> 00:39:59,700
Cut up here.

792
00:40:04,430 --> 00:40:05,940
Jeez!

793
00:40:06,350 --> 00:40:07,360
That hurt?

794
00:40:10,170 --> 00:40:13,176
I think what hurt the most was

795
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,656
just knowing it was gonna happen,

796
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,046
you know, before it happened.

797
00:40:16,070 --> 00:40:18,236
I could have told you that,

798
00:40:18,260 --> 00:40:19,706
if you've got a muscle
car, you go round a corner,

799
00:40:19,730 --> 00:40:22,856
you're gonna hit a tree.

800
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:26,176
Now you end wondering
whether to rebuild that car again.

801
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:27,446
True.

802
00:40:27,470 --> 00:40:29,426
One of the things I was facing...

803
00:40:29,450 --> 00:40:31,106
Whilst I was shooting the documentary,

804
00:40:31,130 --> 00:40:33,666
I never planned on crashing
the bloody car. Honestly.

805
00:40:33,690 --> 00:40:35,926
You know, I'd killed it basically,

806
00:40:35,950 --> 00:40:37,626
and then for a couple of
months we thought it was...

807
00:40:37,650 --> 00:40:41,240
It was dead and that we
couldn't in fact repair it.

808
00:40:41,590 --> 00:40:44,286
And I decided that if
it required a reshell,

809
00:40:44,310 --> 00:40:46,506
that I would not rebuild the car.

810
00:40:46,530 --> 00:40:48,756
- But does it?
- It doesn't.

811
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:50,416
So you're gonna rebuild it again?

812
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:51,546
We're gonna rebuild it again.

813
00:40:51,570 --> 00:40:54,256
You realise everything
you earned from Star Trek

814
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,046
is going to be lost the next
time you try to go round a

815
00:40:57,070 --> 00:40:58,986
- corner when you've rebuilt it.
- Yeah.

816
00:40:59,010 --> 00:41:03,196
Now, obviously, you didn't
come thousands of miles

817
00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:04,880
to just sit and talk about this.

818
00:41:05,540 --> 00:41:09,456
You came to have a go out
there in the reasonably priced car.

819
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:10,626
So, how was it?

820
00:41:10,650 --> 00:41:12,346
It was slippery,

821
00:41:12,370 --> 00:41:13,756
but it was a lot of fun.

822
00:41:13,780 --> 00:41:17,990
It's been a while since I've driven
such a reasonably priced car.

823
00:41:19,370 --> 00:41:21,556
Who would like to see Eric's lap?

824
00:41:21,580 --> 00:41:23,016
Yes!

825
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,320
Let's have a look!

826
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:27,526
That is slippery.

827
00:41:27,550 --> 00:41:29,270
I'll never play Test cricket,

828
00:41:29,980 --> 00:41:32,610
but I'll drive the Top Gear track!

829
00:41:34,050 --> 00:41:35,086
First corner, now...

830
00:41:35,110 --> 00:41:39,390
Oooh, you see, there's somebody
who knows how to drive, look at that!

831
00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:44,090
Feel the grip from the
reasonably priced Lacetti now.

832
00:41:45,060 --> 00:41:46,120
Get over!

833
00:41:48,010 --> 00:41:49,856
Were you really putting
your heart and soul into this?

834
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,556
- Yes, you were!
- I'm not even

835
00:41:52,580 --> 00:41:55,226
going to pretend I don't
care what my lap time is.

836
00:41:55,250 --> 00:41:56,790
Get out of the way, birds!

837
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,556
Look, non-dangerous birds.

838
00:41:59,580 --> 00:42:01,476
Not like those ones that
burst on your windscreen,

839
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:04,636
showering you in worms which
is what happens in Australia.

840
00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:07,036
Ooh, bit of understeer there.

841
00:42:07,060 --> 00:42:08,660
Lots of understeer there.

842
00:42:10,490 --> 00:42:11,546
Time to put it away.

843
00:42:11,570 --> 00:42:12,566
Ah, these slots!

844
00:42:12,590 --> 00:42:13,866
Gearbox, sorry about that.

845
00:42:13,890 --> 00:42:14,890
Hasn't mended.

846
00:42:15,540 --> 00:42:17,506
Follow throyuth, I may need
to ask you, flat through there?

847
00:42:17,530 --> 00:42:18,966
Flat.

848
00:42:18,990 --> 00:42:20,516
And flat through the tyres,

849
00:42:20,540 --> 00:42:21,540
I'm guessing.

850
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,096
Yep, that looks pretty flat to me.

851
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:25,366
Second to last corner,

852
00:42:25,390 --> 00:42:26,536
this is the tricky one.

853
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,226
I don't think I ever got this one right.

854
00:42:28,250 --> 00:42:31,386
Let's have a look. You've
got to cut it a bit, yes. Perfect.

855
00:42:31,410 --> 00:42:32,930
Now, just Gambon.

856
00:42:33,710 --> 00:42:36,096
Ooh, that's quite legal, most people cheat.

857
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,260
There we are, across the line!

858
00:42:43,660 --> 00:42:48,826
Aha! Now, bearing in mind
that that was a wet lap...

859
00:42:48,850 --> 00:42:53,136
It was very slippery. I was
waiting for it to dry out, but...

860
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:54,646
All right! Enough excuses!

861
00:42:54,670 --> 00:42:57,306
It's a wet lap. You were
being a racing driver there.

862
00:42:57,330 --> 00:42:59,696
I was looking for the fastest ever wet lap,

863
00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:03,800
which I think was Jamie Oliver on 147.7.

864
00:43:04,510 --> 00:43:06,766
I'm in two minds, I'd like to beat him.

865
00:43:06,790 --> 00:43:08,600
But my wife loves him.

866
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:14,170
Eric Bana, you did it in 1...

867
00:43:28,330 --> 00:43:33,010
That is the fastest wet
lap... We've ever had.

868
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:35,510
The fastest.

869
00:43:37,070 --> 00:43:42,230
You are 0.2 of a second faster than a chef.

870
00:43:43,590 --> 00:43:45,356
But you are the fastest Australian.

871
00:43:45,380 --> 00:43:48,450
Is there a wet track Ashes I
can take back to Australia?

872
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:51,796
Tell you what, we'll burn the
car and put it in a little thing,

873
00:43:51,820 --> 00:43:53,736
Tell you what, we'll burn the
car and put it in a little thing,

874
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,976
- you can take it back and Australia can have some ashes.
- All right.

875
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:00,460
Ladies and gentlemen, Eric Bana!

876
00:44:07,060 --> 00:44:11,026
Now, tonight we're in Romania,

877
00:44:11,050 --> 00:44:13,546
looking for the best road in the world.

878
00:44:13,570 --> 00:44:16,206
We're driving an Aston Martin,
a Ferrari and a Lamborghini

879
00:44:16,230 --> 00:44:19,316
and so far we'd each decided
that our car was the best.

880
00:44:19,340 --> 00:44:24,240
James had got lost, and we'd
ended up by mistake in Bucharest.

881
00:44:35,620 --> 00:44:38,656
We left Bucharest the next
morning and headed west,

882
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:43,190
still full of wonderment for this
amazing country and our cars.

883
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:49,566
This car is actually filling me
with a sort of primordial lust.

884
00:44:49,590 --> 00:44:53,330
It actually tingles down
in my bowels. It's sinful.

885
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:59,226
I cannot tell you how joyful it is to drive

886
00:44:59,250 --> 00:45:03,150
a V12 sports car with a
proper manual gearbox.

887
00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:09,096
Manual gearbox, really in a GT car?

888
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,516
You want that? It's about
making your life easier.

889
00:45:11,540 --> 00:45:13,506
Fast, but easier and more comfortable.

890
00:45:13,530 --> 00:45:15,960
If you're gonna go GTing,

891
00:45:17,030 --> 00:45:19,410
Ferrari, surely.

892
00:45:23,630 --> 00:45:25,546
Then disaster.

893
00:45:25,570 --> 00:45:28,896
Romania only has 143 miles of motorway

894
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:32,876
and by 11am we'd used every one of them.

895
00:45:32,900 --> 00:45:37,716
Ah, James, policemen. Many, many traditions
and rituals surrounding policemen.

896
00:45:37,740 --> 00:45:41,766
Amongst them, if he has a gun,
you must go and unbutton him,

897
00:45:41,790 --> 00:45:44,846
just because that says I
trust you with your weapon.

898
00:45:44,870 --> 00:45:46,536
Go and unbutton one.

899
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:47,600
Righto.

900
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:49,946
No, just knock his hat off, James.

901
00:45:49,970 --> 00:45:51,276
They think it's funny.

902
00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:54,260
They often express their
humour here with gunfire.

903
00:45:57,580 --> 00:46:01,020
We then told James we were
stopping to put our wind deflectors up.

904
00:46:01,700 --> 00:46:03,846
But in fact, the real
reason we stopped here

905
00:46:03,870 --> 00:46:07,270
is so that I could give
him a surprise present.

906
00:46:09,070 --> 00:46:10,860
Oh, God! Is it an ox?

907
00:46:11,590 --> 00:46:13,686
Is it a gypsy? A big one?

908
00:46:13,710 --> 00:46:14,880
Nope.

909
00:46:15,470 --> 00:46:16,470
It's over there.

910
00:46:17,970 --> 00:46:19,146
What, some wood?

911
00:46:19,170 --> 00:46:21,286
In front of the wood.

912
00:46:21,310 --> 00:46:22,346
No!

913
00:46:22,370 --> 00:46:23,590
Yep, seriously.

914
00:46:24,130 --> 00:46:25,796
I have bought you, it's second hand,

915
00:46:25,820 --> 00:46:29,490
but I have bought you a Dacia Sandero.

916
00:46:30,110 --> 00:46:31,376
Really? Yes.

917
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,496
Oh, mate! That's my Dacia Sandero?

918
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:36,326
No piano's going to land
on it, it's not a Morris Marina.

919
00:46:36,350 --> 00:46:37,616
I'm quite touched.

920
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:38,526
That's fantastic!

921
00:46:38,550 --> 00:46:39,387
Can I drive it?

922
00:46:39,411 --> 00:46:41,730
You go and drive it while
we're putting these on.

923
00:46:43,570 --> 00:46:45,730
He's genuinely chuffed to bits!

924
00:46:47,340 --> 00:46:49,796
For two years, I've been
dreaming about this car,

925
00:46:49,820 --> 00:46:53,316
and now I was actually driving it.

926
00:46:53,340 --> 00:46:55,486
The Lamborghini is all very well,

927
00:46:55,510 --> 00:46:58,076
that's like the ultimate
expression of what a car can be,

928
00:46:58,100 --> 00:47:00,356
but this is the essence of a car.

929
00:47:00,380 --> 00:47:03,430
All the bits you need,
nothing more. No flim-flam.

930
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:05,820
This is a bit of a faff, isn't it?

931
00:47:06,630 --> 00:47:11,260
Ah! A cool, refreshing, communist water.

932
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:13,300
Jesus!

933
00:47:14,250 --> 00:47:16,870
I could buy that for Hammond,
that could be his present.

934
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:19,560
Listen to this!

935
00:47:22,190 --> 00:47:24,240
Nice throaty little warble from the engine.

936
00:47:25,010 --> 00:47:27,420
It's a happy car. Dacia Sandero.

937
00:47:28,450 --> 00:47:29,576
That is an excellent present.

938
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:31,096
I don't know what he was thinking of there,

939
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:32,696
cos his presents are
supposed to be irritating,

940
00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:36,480
but that's not irritating. That's superb!

941
00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:38,806
Could you see anything in your screen?

942
00:47:38,830 --> 00:47:40,556
Nothing.

943
00:47:40,580 --> 00:47:41,616
When the roof's down?

944
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,666
As soon as the roof's down,
the slightest hint of sun, it's gone.

945
00:47:43,690 --> 00:47:45,166
- You're back!
- Ya.

946
00:47:45,190 --> 00:47:46,097
How is it?

947
00:47:46,121 --> 00:47:49,026
- And?
- Good fun, basic, small, sporty.

948
00:47:49,050 --> 00:47:52,256
But you haven't got the
little side joke, have you?

949
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:53,097
What?

950
00:47:53,121 --> 00:47:54,586
Well, you can't take it back hand luggage.

951
00:47:54,610 --> 00:47:55,676
I'll drive it back.

952
00:47:55,700 --> 00:47:56,477
All the way? Yeah.

953
00:47:56,501 --> 00:47:59,016
It took 2 and a half days to get here...

954
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:00,310
No!

955
00:48:02,390 --> 00:48:03,410
Stop!

956
00:48:04,220 --> 00:48:05,506
Stop!

957
00:48:05,530 --> 00:48:07,150
My car's parked there.

958
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:09,536
You're supposed to look.

959
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:11,440
Look! Mirrors!

960
00:48:14,250 --> 00:48:17,136
My arse! You just backed
straight into it, man!

961
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,106
Why did you leave it parked behind a lorry?

962
00:48:19,130 --> 00:48:20,756
I didn't know there was anybody in it.

963
00:48:20,780 --> 00:48:22,700
I was leaving it out of shot.

964
00:48:23,530 --> 00:48:25,876
I've only had it about half an hour. Yeah.

965
00:48:25,900 --> 00:48:29,540
I think he was saying in
Hungarian, or whatever it is,

966
00:48:30,500 --> 00:48:32,396
it's my fault for parking the car.

967
00:48:32,420 --> 00:48:33,536
Well... Probably was.

968
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:34,740
It sort of is.

969
00:48:36,550 --> 00:48:38,450
Jeez!

970
00:48:39,730 --> 00:48:40,790
Oh, well.

971
00:48:41,370 --> 00:48:43,436
You'd have used it for work
and everything, wouldn't you?

972
00:48:43,460 --> 00:48:44,556
Why don't you go away?

973
00:48:44,580 --> 00:48:47,906
It would have made you happier.

974
00:48:47,930 --> 00:48:49,936
There is an old tradition in this country

975
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,366
that on the third Wednesday of every month,

976
00:48:52,390 --> 00:48:54,116
which is what today is,

977
00:48:54,140 --> 00:48:55,366
people with a black T-shirt on

978
00:48:55,390 --> 00:48:58,100
and a picture of a stupid
Russian sparkplug shut up.

979
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:03,540
I liked the Dacia Sandero.

980
00:49:04,110 --> 00:49:05,626
It was honest and simple.

981
00:49:05,650 --> 00:49:07,400
It was refreshing.

982
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:09,870
It's broken.

983
00:49:11,260 --> 00:49:13,066
As we travelled further west,

984
00:49:13,090 --> 00:49:17,010
the high-tech modern
Romania we knew ran out.

985
00:49:19,610 --> 00:49:23,360
It's getting a bit more Borat round here.

986
00:49:23,970 --> 00:49:25,450
It's gypsy country here.

987
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:29,166
I am told they can be a bit violent

988
00:49:29,190 --> 00:49:30,760
if they don't like the look of you.

989
00:49:31,450 --> 00:49:32,606
And on top of that,

990
00:49:32,630 --> 00:49:34,830
guess who was leading the convoy?

991
00:49:35,790 --> 00:49:38,530
I'm gonna take a punt on going right now.

992
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,446
Do we know that this is the right way?

993
00:49:41,470 --> 00:49:44,016
Oh, sorry, Hammond, I'm just following May.

994
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:46,210
You do know what you just said, don't you?

995
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,800
This road is becoming alarmingly lumpy.

996
00:49:51,540 --> 00:49:53,940
I'm worried about my Reventon-style nose.

997
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:56,546
The nose is too low.

998
00:49:56,570 --> 00:49:59,420
He's gonna have to admit
he's brought the wrong car.

999
00:50:00,010 --> 00:50:02,606
Soon, we were really lost.

1000
00:50:02,630 --> 00:50:04,946
They're building what can only be...

1001
00:50:04,970 --> 00:50:06,130
Yes, it's a public execution.

1002
00:50:07,220 --> 00:50:08,107
Where on the map does it say.

1003
00:50:08,131 --> 00:50:10,926
"Turn right at the
partially built gallows?"

1004
00:50:10,950 --> 00:50:12,166
That woman has an axe.

1005
00:50:12,190 --> 00:50:14,080
That big woman has an axe. She has an axe.

1006
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,346
We drove deeper and
deeper into Borat country.

1007
00:50:18,370 --> 00:50:22,310
But luckily, I brought something
that would help me blend in.

1008
00:50:24,530 --> 00:50:25,736
I'm wearing this hat,

1009
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,536
so gypsies think I am one.

1010
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:29,786
And that's fine.

1011
00:50:29,810 --> 00:50:31,430
I'm just a lucky gypsy.

1012
00:50:32,170 --> 00:50:33,920
A pools-winning gypsy.

1013
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:38,630
James said the next turning
would take us back to the main road.

1014
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:40,560
It didn't.

1015
00:50:43,670 --> 00:50:44,930
Holy moly.

1016
00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:46,880
Oh, yeah!

1017
00:50:49,260 --> 00:50:51,450
Oh, no, wait. If you
look what's behind you...

1018
00:50:53,650 --> 00:50:55,496
The evidence is not stacking up!

1019
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,616
Is this the horse and cart? That's a horse.

1020
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:00,396
We wanted to hit James
over the head with a hammer,

1021
00:51:00,420 --> 00:51:02,920
but the kids beat us to it.

1022
00:51:06,550 --> 00:51:08,130
Are you seeing this?

1023
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:15,606
Did you shrink the man in the car behind?

1024
00:51:15,630 --> 00:51:17,860
Did you shrink that man, gypsies?

1025
00:51:18,790 --> 00:51:21,106
Getting through the village was bad enough,

1026
00:51:21,130 --> 00:51:23,900
getting out of it was even trickier.

1027
00:51:24,700 --> 00:51:27,320
Oh, my God, you're joking!

1028
00:51:29,510 --> 00:51:31,990
Please fall off! Please
fall off! Please fall off!

1029
00:51:33,060 --> 00:51:35,420
OK, this is certainly a
Grand Tour for these cars.

1030
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,386
But with the village behind us
and armed with some directions,

1031
00:51:39,410 --> 00:51:42,290
it was plain sailing back to the main road.

1032
00:51:51,750 --> 00:51:55,730
'He's at the end of the
road with another car.'

1033
00:51:57,870 --> 00:51:59,816
Thankfully, the damage was light.

1034
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:00,666
My hat!

1035
00:52:00,690 --> 00:52:01,497
Give me a washer bottle.

1036
00:52:01,521 --> 00:52:03,506
Yeah, it smells of detergent.

1037
00:52:03,530 --> 00:52:05,926
Is everybody all right in that car?

1038
00:52:05,950 --> 00:52:09,486
That's his second bit of bad luck.

1039
00:52:09,510 --> 00:52:10,187
Whose?

1040
00:52:10,211 --> 00:52:12,240
James's. That's his second car of the day.

1041
00:52:12,950 --> 00:52:14,936
James... Are there any
cars you won't destroy?

1042
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:16,846
How many cars have you destroyed today?

1043
00:52:16,870 --> 00:52:18,996
I didn't destroy it. I stopped, as you saw.

1044
00:52:19,020 --> 00:52:23,006
I saw you driving like
an absolute maniac...

1045
00:52:23,030 --> 00:52:23,897
Shut up!

1046
00:52:23,921 --> 00:52:25,630
...Into this poor man's classic Dacia.

1047
00:52:26,420 --> 00:52:28,480
Anyway, James, as you know on Top Gear...

1048
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:30,287
Yes, goodbye.

1049
00:52:30,311 --> 00:52:31,440
Thank you.

1050
00:52:41,070 --> 00:52:44,386
Our hunt for the fabled
road was not going well.

1051
00:52:44,410 --> 00:52:46,530
And then it got worse.

1052
00:52:49,010 --> 00:52:51,516
It went dark, we couldn't find a hotel,

1053
00:52:51,540 --> 00:52:55,086
the petrol stations were closed,
and because I was very low on fuel,

1054
00:52:55,110 --> 00:52:57,256
I found a quiet dead-end road

1055
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,876
and suggested we sleep in the cars.

1056
00:52:59,900 --> 00:53:03,270
That put James and
Richard in a bit of a mood.

1057
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:05,766
Listen, I can cheer you two up.

1058
00:53:05,790 --> 00:53:08,246
Would you like some cannabis?

1059
00:53:08,270 --> 00:53:09,720
Yes, please. Right.

1060
00:53:11,390 --> 00:53:12,910
- Thanks.
- Eh?

1061
00:53:13,870 --> 00:53:16,066
That's cannabis. No, specifically,

1062
00:53:16,090 --> 00:53:19,486
it says it's Swiss cannabis ice tea.

1063
00:53:19,510 --> 00:53:20,806
That's the best sort.

1064
00:53:20,830 --> 00:53:22,116
You can get this in petrol stations.

1065
00:53:22,140 --> 00:53:24,336
They sell cannabis in petrol stations here?

1066
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:28,466
Would you like some plum liqueur
in a bottle the shape of a violin?

1067
00:53:28,490 --> 00:53:29,267
Say yes.

1068
00:53:29,291 --> 00:53:30,851
Yes, it's just what the doctor ordered.

1069
00:53:33,150 --> 00:53:34,586
Oh, dear... God!

1070
00:53:34,610 --> 00:53:36,250
It gives you a fantastic natural feeling.

1071
00:53:36,770 --> 00:53:38,610
Plum liqueur and cannabis!

1072
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:42,856
That's never been tried before.

1073
00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:44,390
Give us a go.

1074
00:53:45,020 --> 00:53:45,807
It's good.

1075
00:53:45,831 --> 00:53:47,096
So we sleep in our cars?

1076
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:48,120
Yes.

1077
00:53:48,660 --> 00:53:49,776
I haven't got a back seat.

1078
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:51,196
I told you,

1079
00:53:51,220 --> 00:53:52,376
you brought the wrong car.

1080
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:53,776
When I chose it,

1081
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:56,316
I should have thought "Better
get one with a crap back seat!"

1082
00:53:56,340 --> 00:53:57,990
Just get in your car.

1083
00:53:59,180 --> 00:54:00,940
Well, that's the plum liqueur gone!

1084
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:05,496
We set about our unplanned consumer test.

1085
00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:08,430
So, it is a four-seater,
they sell it as a four-seater.

1086
00:54:09,020 --> 00:54:12,030
That must mean a human
being can get in the back.

1087
00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:19,306
Sorry! Sorry, everyone.

1088
00:54:19,330 --> 00:54:20,496
What are you doing?

1089
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:21,586
It's a design fault.

1090
00:54:21,610 --> 00:54:22,790
People are trying to sleep!

1091
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:28,630
I'm gonna sleep in the front.

1092
00:54:54,900 --> 00:54:56,860
Bloody hell!

1093
00:55:00,700 --> 00:55:02,500
Oh, sorry, mate!

1094
00:55:03,650 --> 00:55:04,766
You sleep all right?

1095
00:55:04,790 --> 00:55:06,296
Yeah. Yeah, well.

1096
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:07,426
Good.

1097
00:55:07,450 --> 00:55:08,946
Did you use the back?

1098
00:55:08,970 --> 00:55:09,970
No, I tried...

1099
00:55:17,170 --> 00:55:18,800
What's that?

1100
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:28,497
It's a dam.

1101
00:55:28,521 --> 00:55:30,236
It's all right, it's quite safe.

1102
00:55:30,260 --> 00:55:31,446
I should imagine it was
built by the Russians

1103
00:55:31,470 --> 00:55:33,840
or the North Koreans. So we'll be fine.

1104
00:55:34,290 --> 00:55:35,166
Had I known...

1105
00:55:35,190 --> 00:55:35,967
Sorry, mate.

1106
00:55:35,991 --> 00:55:37,736
...You'd parked us next to that,

1107
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:39,440
I wouldn't have enjoyed such a deep sleep.

1108
00:55:39,730 --> 00:55:42,116
The quality of all Soviet
buildings is fantastic.

1109
00:55:42,140 --> 00:55:43,340
I'm sure that'll be...

1110
00:55:45,110 --> 00:55:46,490
Why don't you shut up?

1111
00:55:48,740 --> 00:55:51,980
We set off once more in search of our road.

1112
00:55:54,660 --> 00:55:56,100
Oh, my God!

1113
00:56:00,390 --> 00:56:01,990
Suddenly, I'm awake.

1114
00:56:04,570 --> 00:56:07,566
And soon we reach the
mountains where the road surface

1115
00:56:07,590 --> 00:56:10,770
became as pimply as a teenager's face.

1116
00:56:13,140 --> 00:56:15,380
Look at the road now!
It's practically ploughed!

1117
00:56:17,370 --> 00:56:20,850
This was yet another problem
for James in his supercar.

1118
00:56:25,670 --> 00:56:27,410
Please let it end!

1119
00:56:29,180 --> 00:56:31,456
The torture went on for hours,

1120
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:35,430
but eventually, the
mountains gave up their secret.

1121
00:56:36,140 --> 00:56:37,140
Look!

1122
00:56:37,670 --> 00:56:38,706
God!

1123
00:56:38,730 --> 00:56:43,000
Ha! Ha! That's the most
amazing road I've ever seen.

1124
00:56:46,450 --> 00:56:47,846
Built in the Seventies,

1125
00:56:47,870 --> 00:56:50,660
this is the Transfagarasan Highway.

1126
00:56:51,580 --> 00:56:55,246
6,000 tonnes of dynamite
were used to make it.

1127
00:56:55,270 --> 00:56:58,060
And 40 lives lost.

1128
00:57:02,300 --> 00:57:03,716
But from above,

1129
00:57:03,740 --> 00:57:05,156
it looks like every great corner

1130
00:57:05,180 --> 00:57:07,776
from every great racetrack in the world

1131
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:15,800
has been knitted together to create one
unbroken grey ribbon of automotive perfection.

1132
00:57:34,220 --> 00:57:36,420
This is what we came here for!

1133
00:57:37,140 --> 00:57:38,506
Oh, yes!

1134
00:57:38,530 --> 00:57:40,246
Our cars had done motorways

1135
00:57:40,270 --> 00:57:42,540
and city centres and gypsy villages,

1136
00:57:43,170 --> 00:57:45,266
they'd been slept in and written on,

1137
00:57:45,290 --> 00:57:49,120
but now they had a
chance to let their hair down.

1138
00:58:03,130 --> 00:58:04,130
Oh, that's heavenly.

1139
00:58:04,750 --> 00:58:07,890
That traction control in a setting
that allows a little bit of slip.

1140
00:58:17,960 --> 00:58:19,020
Look at that!

1141
00:58:19,990 --> 00:58:21,886
The grip! The balance!

1142
00:58:21,910 --> 00:58:23,620
Can't beat the work on this.

1143
00:58:25,990 --> 00:58:27,896
But here on this road,

1144
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:30,850
the happiest bunny of us all, was James.

1145
00:58:35,550 --> 00:58:37,920
I brought the right car!

1146
00:58:41,190 --> 00:58:43,240
Lamborghini pay-back time!

1147
00:58:44,540 --> 00:58:45,910
Oh, yeah!

1148
00:58:51,710 --> 00:58:52,467
I have to say,

1149
00:58:52,491 --> 00:58:55,760
this is one of the two or three
best cars in the world right now.

1150
00:59:00,590 --> 00:59:04,850
The strange thing is, those
two are driving two of the others.

1151
00:59:06,370 --> 00:59:09,510
The road just got better and better.

1152
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:11,296
We were wrong!

1153
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:13,276
This is better than the Stelvio.

1154
00:59:13,300 --> 00:59:15,720
This is the best road in the world.

1155
00:59:17,050 --> 00:59:20,540
And the Romanian helicopter
cameraman wasn't bad either.

1156
00:59:29,350 --> 00:59:31,980
What a finale to our Grand Tour!

1157
00:59:33,070 --> 00:59:34,506
Just wanna say, Romania,

1158
00:59:34,530 --> 00:59:36,080
thank you for having us!

1159
00:59:36,710 --> 00:59:38,306
And can we stay?

1160
00:59:38,330 --> 00:59:41,500
For ever!

1161
01:00:00,250 --> 01:00:01,670
Anyway...

1162
01:00:02,610 --> 01:00:04,966
What we learned from
our lengthy trip to Romania

1163
01:00:04,990 --> 01:00:09,046
was that the Aston Martin, as I
predicted at the beginning, was the best.

1164
01:00:09,070 --> 01:00:10,736
Except it was the Lamborghini.

1165
01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:12,356
The Ferrari was the best.

1166
01:00:12,380 --> 01:00:17,316
Look, guys, the two people
whose opinion I respect most of all

1167
01:00:17,340 --> 01:00:19,446
on all matters motoring -

1168
01:00:19,470 --> 01:00:21,500
the Stig and Tiffany Dell -

1169
01:00:22,170 --> 01:00:26,266
both say that the Aston Martin is
the best car in the world right now.

1170
01:00:26,290 --> 01:00:27,556
Well, they're both wrong.

1171
01:00:27,580 --> 01:00:29,496
Aha! Let me draw your attention to this.

1172
01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:33,866
This is a report of our visit in one of
the leading Romanian newspapers,

1173
01:00:33,890 --> 01:00:36,386
and look at the caption
to this picture here.

1174
01:00:36,410 --> 01:00:38,186
It's in Romanian, but I'll translate,

1175
01:00:38,210 --> 01:00:39,726
"Jeremy Clarkson in the Aston Martin,

1176
01:00:39,750 --> 01:00:40,826
"is the best car in the world,

1177
01:00:40,850 --> 01:00:42,460
camera video."

1178
01:00:43,890 --> 01:00:45,016
It doesn't say that.

1179
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:46,146
Yes, it does.

1180
01:00:46,170 --> 01:00:48,226
On that bombshell, it is time to end.

1181
01:00:48,250 --> 01:00:50,340
Thank you so much for watching. Good night!