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In tonight's programme - a supercar
from a shed in Leicestershire.

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A star in a reasonably priced car.

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And how many motorbikes
can you jump with a bus?

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But first, the 1960s.

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Now, it was possible to go fast
back then if you had enough money
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But then Ford thought, "We've got
all these cars, why don't we fit
some with big engines?"

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This was an incredibly
important moment.

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Suddenly everyone could afford
to go fast.

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Suddenly Mr Barrington-Smythe
was overtaken by Barry Smith!

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We've been joined tonight by

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members of the Ford RS Owners Club.

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Here they are.

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Let me give you a flavour of those
who drive RS Fords. Your name is?

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we've got Wayne and his girlfriend.

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Anyone want to guess
his girlfriend's name? Tracey!

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Yeah!

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A word of warning.

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I've learnt over the years,

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never ever slag off a fast Ford.

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polite letters.

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They sling a brick!

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Brick with "Git" written on it
comes through your window.

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Bearing that in mind,
Ford should be worried.

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When they dropped the RS Cosworth
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an RS version of the Focus.

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They promised 300bhp
and four-wheel drive. Here it is!

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Now, it is quite a looker.

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Well, it's better looking
than your hair! Sorry!

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Got an RS? RS hairdo there!

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300hp and four-wheel drive.

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It has front-wheel drive
and 212bhp.

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Still, we'll test it out.

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But first of all, the competition.

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The most obvious contender is this,
the Subaru Impreza.

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launched him onto our test track.

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The Ford is a jumped-up road car.
This is a scaled-down rally car.

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Turbo-charged engine,
four-wheel drive.

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Not the best looking car.

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He crosses the line in...

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..one minute 39 seconds.

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Next, the Honda Civic Type-R.

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What you need to know about

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the Civic is that my mother has one.

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It's a motherly sort of car.

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Except this one,
which is a mother of a car.

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Crosses the line in...

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one minute 38.06.

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The Honda WAS faster than the Subaru
much to the disappointment of the
Owners Club - all five of them!

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They said if it was raining it

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would be different - but it wasn't.

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Let's find out
how the watered-down Ford gets on.

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Action control switched off.

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We've got telemetry. What's he
listening to? Christopher Cross?!

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In the centre is a "G" meter.

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Down for acceleration, up for
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He's topping a ton!

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He brakes hard.

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Everything understeers.

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He's gone a bit wide, though.

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Is he going to lift?
Changed up into fourth.

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This is the fastest part of
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The Suzuki only did 87.

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Is he going to waste all that power?

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How tidy is it? Very tidy!

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Well, one thing's for sure,
the RS Owners Club

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won't be poking dog mess

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through the Stig's letterbox!

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Four seconds faster than the Honda.

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Four seconds! That's a week
if you were a dog.

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So, plainly I had to go and drive
this car in the real world.

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But where? Somewhere with miles
and miles of empty roads.

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where no-one wants to live.

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MUSIC: "Bread Of Heaven"
by William and Peter Williams.

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Wales!

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Sheep!

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There are so many empty roads
it's hard to know where to start.

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Welcome then, to RS country!

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to spoil the fun.

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Sitting here, there's no evidence
that this could nuke
a Subaru Impreza.

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Apart from the sporty seats and

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start button and this hideous wheel,

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which appears to have come from
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it just feels like a normal Focus.

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ENGINE REVS

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It sounds like one too.

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There's no cup holder - nowhere
to put my can of piping hot coffee.

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Even when you bury the throttle
into the Dagenham deep pile,

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Obviously, it's fast.

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Anything with a two litre
turbo-charged engine

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pumping 212bhp

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isn't going to mooch around
like a shop girl.

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But...

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it doesn't have the same
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as the Impreza.

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In fact, from 0-100mph,
this is two seconds slower.

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The reason why it was so fast
round our track is simple.

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This thing corners
like it's in a cartoon.

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Between the front wheels
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You can turn into any corner

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at seemingly any speed
and the front just goes.

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Buff! Buff!

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No fuss, no drama, no understeer.
Just endless grip.

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It's rather like one of those
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No matter how suicidal or stupid

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the order, he just obeys.

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Yes, sir!

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"Run in front of all of those
enemy guns." "Sir, yes, sir!"

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Go round this hairpin bend
at 150mph.

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Sir, yes, sir!

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go round hairpin bends at 150mph.

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I have never driven a front-wheel
drive car that drives so well.

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Yet, this one is yours
for less than £20,000.

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Once again, Ford has delivered
a supercar at supermarket prices.

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do. It brings power to the people.

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Look at the badges you get
in this one tiny area.

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Brembo, RS.

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In clothing terms, it's like a pair
of trousers jointly designed

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by Oswald Boateng,
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A fantastic car in every way...

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No. Afraid not.

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It's not the very firm ride.

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I don't mind the very firm ride.

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The only people who are going to

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mind are those with osteoporosis.

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People who are old enough to have
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with a steering wheel like this.

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Especially as it won't pick up
Radio Two.

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RADIO CRACKLES

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The horror!

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I might have to listen to Radio One!

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The radio and and the ride are
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when you turn off an A road

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and head to Yu-uk-vi-yaa...!

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On a bumpy, twisty road

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the differential causes the front
wheels to squirm and writhe.

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It's like riding an angry horse.

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That's not me making it duck
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Relax your grip

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or your concentration for a second

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and you'll end up in a sheep!

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I used to have an Escort Cosworth
and I'm a huge fan of RS Fords.

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As a piece of engineering,
it's brilliant.

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to let the cameraman drive home.

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Me, I'm going to go in the Subaru.

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Or, as they say in Wales,
where they're allergic to vowels,

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the S-ssch-bbb-zzz!

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What was wrong with it?
I'll tell you what was wrong.

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and give it full throttle,

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the diff grabs the front wheels and
you go in the direction they point.

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You've no control. You're just
not strong enough to turn the wheel.

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Super torques, then?
You just wobble!

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Honestly, if someone says,
"Where do you work?" you'd have
to say, "Wherever it takes me!"

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No dealers in the UK have these
as demos, so if you want to buy one,

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I saw an ad, "Buy a RS Focus,
£1,200 off list."

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No? Obviously this is a bad plan.

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It wouldn't have been a Ford dealer,
their Fords sold till March, April.

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That's probably a broker
and to be honest, a spoof ad.

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Advertise a car you haven't got.

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So he hasn't got any Focuses
to sell? I can't comment on this
incident, but I'd be surprised.

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If you call, what will he say?
"I'm very busy, let me take your
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Then they phone you back,
they take a credit card deposit -
all this kind of stuff.

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Basically, they want you to phone
them. As it gets close to delivery,

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they'll have a delay, but they'll
have an option on another one,

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and you won't want to lose the car.

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They'll have it, but list price.

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You take it to avoid
being back in the queue.

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In the news,
there's more news on Americans

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becoming very gullible.
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The popularity of TV broadcasts
of live high speed car chases

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has lead to a dramatic rise in
criminals trying to outrace police.

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In other words, they're surprised

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that when you put these guys
stealing cars and driving fast on TV,
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You can buy a beeper
that goes off when a chase happens!

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Whoo! There's one,
I'll turn over and watch that!

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The US is surprised more people are
stealing cars, they've got cases

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of people waving to cameras whilst
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They've got those big, powerful
police cars. It wouldn't work here.

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Your beeper goes off -
there's a medium speed police chase!

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Anyway, other items in the news.

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Vauxhall.

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CROWD: Boo!

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The one I particularly like
is the Zafira.

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An Astra-sized estate thing
with seven seats and folding seats.

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They've done it again
with a smaller one called the Mi...
Unpronounceable!

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There it is, the Miriva.
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But the ones in the back fold
into the floor completely.

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Or you can take the middle one out.
There's a shot of the Motor Show.

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It's a fantastically clever
piece of design.

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Vauxhall - hopeless at everything
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Family cars, these are very good.
Very, very good.

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Maybe they should make a range of
furniture and forget the car thing.

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Because your seats could fold into
your floor, you'd have lots of space,

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I've got a nice car - Mazda RX8.

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It is a rotary engine which means
it's only 1.3 and it develops 250bhp.

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Of course it's... It's a wankel
thing, isn't it?. It is.

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LAUGHTER

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There's nothing funny about wankel!
Wankel's cool.

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It says here, that as
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cos it's got rearward opening doors -

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the rear doors can only be opened
when the front doors are open.

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isn't a safety measure.

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That's a nasty design fault.

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Cos it's shiny side down in a ditch,
you want to open all the doors fast.

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I like the optimism in the press
release. It talks about the engine.

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genesis" - derived, so not similar,

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they've called it the "Renesis".

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What are we going to do?
Start with "A". Aenesis, Benesis...

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Could've started with a "P".
Could've been bad, eh? That close.

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The VW... Tuareg.

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for saying that. Yeah.

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BOTH: Tuareg. It's a Saharan tribe
of people. The Tuareg? Yeah.

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If that's what it is. The Tuareg.

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LAUGHTER

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"Porsche" crossed out and
"Volkswagen" written in in crayon.

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It has a V10 diesel engine...
Oh, I've nodded off.

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I've said these... That'll be fun.
You say the word diesel

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Can I mend this? You won't get that
fixed. You need... Stop everything.

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At the NEC this week... I'll tell
you what I saw this morning.

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Go on. Ready? I saw a bus on
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For the first time in five years.

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It was an airport bus taking
stewardesses for some light sex
in London - but it was a bus.

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"It's a bus!" You can see everyone
crammed into those two loads, been
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Finally one comes along. It's worth
the money then. A million quid.

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Anyway, the most important thing
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is MG, OK? They have got a new car

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at the motor show this week.
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Anyway, this is it.

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That is a fabulous looking car.
I think it's desperately ugly.

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00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:14,760
But that's my view. You know those
glasses you wear occasionally?

239
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,800
Where are you on this?
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240
00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:22,960
The tall lanky fella...
Do you like it? Er...

241
00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:30,400
I have to see it in the flesh. No.
There's too many grills. Was it
designed by a heating engineer?!

242
00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,920
It's fantastic looking car.
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243
00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,320
Let's see. Who thinks
it's a fantastic looking car?

244
00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,640
Who thinks it has too many
radiator grills?

245
00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,320
That's a split. 50-50.
I'll bring them round.

246
00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:52,640
Would you like to know
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247
00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:57,960
It's got a Mustang V8 under there.
No, it's not a very good engine.

248
00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:03,520
But you can get one standard tune
- there are three levels of tune -

249
00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:07,720
you can get one, 410bhp.
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250
00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,480
This is MG coming back. However,

251
00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:15,200
they are selling accessories which
allow you to take that power to...

252
00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:21,720
Anyone want to guess? AUDIENCE
MEMBER: 550. 965bhp.

253
00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,840
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Schumacher has in his Ferrari!

254
00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:31,360
In an MG! In an MG!
This is astonishing. Do you know...

255
00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:34,800
What staggers me about that car

256
00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:40,120
is they can't have designed it
in the time... since BMW left.

257
00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:46,400
They must have had
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that BMW never knew about.

258
00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:53,040
"Vhat are zey doing in separate
grounds?" "I'm not doin' anything
mate, I'm just, er..."

259
00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,960
LAUGHTER

260
00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,960
"Vot iz this vault you have here?

261
00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,760
"Have you knocked underneath
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262
00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,800
You can imagine the day BMW left.

263
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:12,000
"Ve have tried and ve have failed
vith you people."
"Ta-ra mate, be good."

264
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:17,000
"Right, get the supercharger,
get the nitrous, we'll get started."

265
00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,720
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lot... All those cars they've done -

266
00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:27,560
the ZTs and ZRs and ZSs - they had
that lot ready to go once BMW left.

267
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,840
JEREMY SNORTS

268
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:34,800
Good on them. Right, I feel
the need for science coming on.

269
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:42,200
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we have to watch some insane loon
jumping over buses on a motorbike?

270
00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:47,240
It would be much more interesting,
rather than jumping buses in a bike,

271
00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,880
to see how many bikes you can jump -
with a bus. So we did.

272
00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,640
We must remember in 1978

273
00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,080
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legendary stunt motorcyclist,

274
00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:05,840
and the inspiration behind
scuffed elbows and bent pushbikes,
jumped 14 buses.

275
00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,600
But we wanted to do it differently.

276
00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:19,560
We wanted to see what would happen
if you jumped a bus over 14 bikes.
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277
00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:25,240
14 bikes - that's about 30 feet.

278
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:32,880
OK, Eddie Kidd's jump was 200 feet
but then he wasn't doing it in a bus.

279
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:42,480
It's a 1970s Daimler Fleetline.
11-litre engine in cream and green -

280
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,240
the Ipswich livery.
And it's a beauty.

281
00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:54,960
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have no idea what's going to happen.

282
00:21:54,960 --> 00:22:01,640
But that's the way with science.
Sometimes you've got to
have faith in your ideas.

283
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,640
AUDIENCE GASPS

284
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:12,960
Ah, the joy of prolonging that!
We're going to do it.

285
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:18,760
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bikes do you think it cleared?

286
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:22,400
I reckon... A million.
A million! No.

287
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:27,240
I reckon... I don't know this
actually. I reckon...five. Five?

288
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:33,560
Let's have some more suggestions.
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There were 14, you fool.

289
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:38,160
If he went back and did them again
it wouldn't count.

290
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:42,240
We'll take your bets
and you can win...something.

291
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,360
Some Werther's Originals. Yes.

292
00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,880
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293
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,640
is the Noble M12 GTO.

294
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,160
Its plastic body is made
in South Africa

295
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:59,200
by a company that makes
plastic replicas of ACs for the US.

296
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,840
It's then flown to Leicestershire
where it's taken to a shed,

297
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:08,080
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with a Mondeo engine.

298
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,560
Not a particularly
promising start then.

299
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:16,120
But it's not a bad car.
It's not a bad car at all.

300
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,520


301
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,360
It's quite a dainty looking thing

302
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:38,400
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suggests it's no fairy cake.

303
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,480
It's much the same story in here.

304
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:49,520
It's very comfortable, lovely ride.
I've got tons of space.

305
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:56,640
I've got air-conditioning,
steering wheel adjust. They've even
covered the roll cage in alcantara.

306
00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,560
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307
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,600
ENGINE SPLUTTERS

308
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,520
It sounds like Darth Vader's
in the boot.

309
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,520
"Where are plans of the rebel base?

310
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:21,080
"Sister, Obi-Wan was wise
to hide this from me."

311
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:21,080
HE BREATHES LIKE DARTH VADER

312
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,520
What an extraordinary noise.

313
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,800
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314
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,800
Ooh, I like that.

315
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:33,360
That's the sound of two turbos that
were glued onto the Mondeo engine

316
00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,720
to give it a bit more punch.

317
00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,720
CAR TYRES SCREECH

318
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,080
A lot more actually. If you floor
the throttle, there's a pause

319
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,840
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Then... Woo!

320
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:50,560
0-60 takes 4.4 seconds
and then it'll wheeze its way

321
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:55,160
to 165 miles an hour...
which it's doing now!

322
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,840
This is a quick car.

323
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,560
But actually it's not the power or
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324
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,320
It's the way it goes around corners.

325
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:12,840
CAR TYRES SCREECH

326
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,800
You've probably heard people
prattling on

327
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,960
about the Ferrari 355
or the Lotus Elise.

328
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:31,280
I'VE prattled on about them -
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329
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:37,240
It doesn't feel like the steering
wheel is connected to the tyres,

330
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,520
by anything so mundane
as mechanics or engineering.

331
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,120
It's like using the force.

332
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:47,720
"Use the force, Jeremy.
Use the force."

333
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,840
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334
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,960
And it absolutely will not
under steer.

335
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,040
There's just tons and tons of grip

336
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,400
and then when it does let go,
it's the back

337
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,160
which just gently, calmly,

338
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,280
steps out of lane.

339
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:12,840
You know I've driven
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340
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,600
To be honest, I've driven every car
in my time.

341
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,600
But this, as far as handling
is concerned,

342
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,720
purely is a driver's car.

343
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,960
I think it's my favourite.
I really do.

344
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,480

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345
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,280
Listen to that sound.

346
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,000
CAR ENGINE REVS

347
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,040
I don't know another car like this.

348
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,960
I just so love it.

349
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:49,200
"I shall go after Skywalker.
Get me my Noble."

350
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,000
It's better than stuff
costing ten times as much.

351
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,040
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352
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,280
CAR TYRES SCREECH

353
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,040
It's a bargain.

354
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,920
You may have noticed that the brake
lights were flicking on and off.

355
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,760
That wasn't me left-foot braking.

356
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:16,360
If I tried, I'd crash.
There was a loose connection.

357
00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:21,200
There are other problems.
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358
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,840
With the window -
that's Noble's idea of down.

359
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,160
And you must see its turning circle.

360
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:33,760
This is the double-V word doing
a U-turn. That's the space it needs.

361
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:38,720
Here's the Noble, full lock, and...
oh, Lord.

362
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,960
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363
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:47,160
That's not completely brilliant.
You need Belgium to turn around in.

364
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:52,480
Jeremy, stop it. That's dirty.
And it's not very nice to look at.

365
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:57,640
Seriously, apart from the turning
circle, is it really that good? Yes.

366
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,560
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Anyone not like it?

367
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,400
It's fantastic. It's very good.

368
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:09,400
Every fast car we test goes round
our test track and set a lap time

369
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:14,840
so we can compare them.
The times go up there on our board.

370
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,640
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371
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,800
The problems of the British weather.
Look at that track.

372
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:28,400
It's soaking wet but the Stig
has no fear as he heads on down

373
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:33,240
to that nasty little jump
just before the first corner.

374
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,040
Then he goes...
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375
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:41,800
No, it wasn't. Yes, it was 100mph
through that first corner.

376
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:47,560
Down to 60. Coming up through here
is tricky as the back will go light.

377
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,840
Brake light's on. Through there.

378
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,440
What is he listening to in there?

379
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,360
Anyone catch that?
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380
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,640
Here we go down the main straight.
95, 100, 102, 105.

381
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,120
That was 105mph.

382
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:10,520
The Ford Focus was only doing 99
and that was on a dry track.

383
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:15,760
Through the hammer head. It doesn't
under steer, even when it rains.

384
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:23,480
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Will he get through the follow
through flat out? No, he's lifted.

385
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,880
But that's 100mph. That's quick.
That's so fast.

386
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:32,240
This will be a fast lap time,
even on a wet track.

387
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,880
Now he's onto the main straight.

388
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,560
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389
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:44,520
And the breaking time is three
times the breaking distance.

390
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,440
He must brake again.
Will he keep it smooth?

391
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,680
Maximum power
and across the line in...

392
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,240
01.32.9 on a wet track.

393
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,960
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394
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:04,320
It's a racing driver, it doesn't

395
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:04,320
understand fear. I wouldn't do that.

396
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:09,160
I'll put it to 1.33, but I'll put
a "W" because it was wet.

397
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,920
It was wet,
and this is a £40,000 car,

398
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:17,120
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399
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,880
It's not bad. Quite an achievement.

400
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,160
You know when the Honda did 1.23?
Mm-hmm.

401
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:28,440
We said if your car can do it
quicker than that, contact us.

402
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,640
We were expecting some
pretty exotic stuff.

403
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,320
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404
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,800
Some make us worry
about our audience.

405
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:45,320
A guy here on this e-mail
says he'll easily do it
in his...Triumph Spitfire.

406
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:50,880
65bhp. He might
as well do it in his tumble dryer!

407
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,600
Another guy reckons
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408
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:59,360
and that's quoted directly,
"smash" the time in his 911 Turbo.

409
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:04,680
I've got three words for you.
No you won't.

410
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,520
Let's talk about rock stars.

411
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:12,280
Most wouldn't know a good car if it
offered to pleasure them in a limo.

412
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:18,680
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on to Ant and Lard
and be picked up in a Citroen.

413
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,040
My guest tonight
is a proper rock star.

414
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:26,080
Give him a car like this
and he'd lose it.

415
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:30,480
Ladies and gentlemen,
Jamiroquai front man, Jay Kay.

416
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,960
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417
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,840
How are you? I'm very well.

418
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,080
Have a seat. Thank you.

419
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:48,000
You are quite a car fan. Just a bit.

420
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:52,840
We were going through the office,
I was working on my perfect garage.

421
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:58,440
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Ferrari 550, Lamborghini Miura.

422
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,240
SV. SV. Of course. Have any of those?

423
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,080
Yeah, all of them.

424
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,320
What else?

425
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:10,120
A 360 Spider, a DB5,

426
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,080
a Concourse 2002 Turbo 74.

427
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,680
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Why have you got...

428
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,520
I've always had 2002s.

429
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:24,040
My first car was a 1602,
which is a little underpowered job.

430
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:28,160
Your first car?
I bought it off two old ladies.

431
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:33,280
They said, "We did 1,500 miles in
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432
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:38,360
That was a '72. It had all the
original stickers and everything.

433
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,800
I went up to
touring injection internationals.

434
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:46,560
Then I had a dog of a turbo.
It only did about 1,572 of them.

435
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:51,280
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ex-BMW Car Club winner.

436
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:56,360
Oh, a really good one. You were

437
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:56,360
a fan of the three litre CSLs.

438
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,880
I used to have
an original batmobile. A 3.2.

439
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:03,520
3.2 CSL. How boring
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440
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:07,000
Yeah. Where did your love of cars
come from?

441
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:13,080
My mum had
a Triumph Herald 1360 convertible.

442
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,120
Best turning circle of any car.

443
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,480
That's something
in its favour. Yeah.

444
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:24,640
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on the road.

445
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,440
When you're in the back...

446
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,400
In those days,
not everything had a motorway.

447
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:36,840
I spent my whole time in the back
of the car, looking at other cars.

448
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:42,000
When you were a kid. When I was
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449
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,680
Now they all look the same.

450
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,320
Your mum was an entertainer.
A singer.

451
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,160
Anyway, we've got a game. Yes.

452
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:57,480
I'm gonna play it with you.
I could say Maserati
before I could say mummy.

453
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:02,240
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of cars... I like this game.

454
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:06,040
I love this.
We'll guess what car it is.

455
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:11,240
I'm a sucker for this. I watch '70s
movies like The Sweeney - "Oh, look!"

456
00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:15,560
What's that?
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457
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:20,800
It's the rear wing on a Ferrari

458
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:20,800
Enzo. Are we right? I thank you.

459
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,440
Yes? Speak!

460
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,840
Ferrari Enzo. One-nil to you.

461
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:31,760
Coming soon at a highway near you.
I've got to have it. Why?

462
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:36,520
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It's a stunning-looking thing.

463
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:42,320
You know why? The day will come
when they don't make cars like that.

464
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,520
Let's bring up the next one.
What is it?

465
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,440
Zzz. It's a Mini. The new Mini.

466
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,120
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467
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:58,080
APPLAUSE

468
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:58,080
Thank you.

469
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:01,680
I told you I liked this game!

470
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:07,600
We didn't tell you we were doing
this. No. It's not prepared.

471
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,720
Come on. Let's have another one.

472
00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:13,560
<font color="

473
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:17,840
It's a Golf. Oh, my word.
Actually, it isn't.

474
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,080
What is it? Vectra.

475
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,400
What? Vectra.

476
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,840
If that's a Vectra...
Oh! I said the word.

477
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:31,360
<font color="
It is! It's a Vectra!

478
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,120
That's a phenomenon. A phenomenon.

479
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:39,320
There you go! Ladies and gentlemen...

480
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:39,320
I believe this car is a phenomenon.

481
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:43,680
It's not really a phenomenon.
It's rubbish.

482
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:49,720
<font color="
it's just rubbish.

483
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:54,280
I'm on nought.
We will be swapping jobs, and cars,

484
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:58,560
houses and have your Enzo.

485
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:02,080
Have the Enzo.
And the house with the moat.

486
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:06,920
Which you can drive your car into.
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487
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,920
I did. I got it all wrong.
This is fantastic!

488
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:15,680
I came round the corner, and I said
to the two guys I was driving...

489
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,200
I started off nicely.

490
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:23,720
I said, "You want a go?"
He said, "No, you know the land."

491
00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:29,360
<font color="
in a G-Wagon, a big, old G-500.

492
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,880
I looked. "Oh, 60. Oh, dear.
Under steer." Splosh.

493
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:37,160
"Oh, river. Rrrrr-kkkkk!"

494
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:43,160
The guy looked round at me and just
went said, "What you doing?"

495
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:50,080
<font color="

496
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:50,080
went, "We're sinking".

497
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:54,560
And that was that.
Let's look at this picture.

498
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,360
That's just a black hole!

499
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:01,960
What's that?
What's that there? I don't know.

500
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:07,000
Anyone... This is Top Gear. Have
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501
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,440
What's that? Anyone? What?

502
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,440
< Lamborghini.

503
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,360
Lamborghini what? Murcielago.

504
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,840
It's something to do with the vents,
isn't it?

505
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:21,600
The slidey things? Can you pull
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506
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,840
There you go. Clear as day what?

507
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,440
Oh, God al...

508
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,280
He did well. I'm impressed by that.

509
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,440
Driven one? Don't show us up!

510
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:37,080
Well done.
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511
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,000
You are a fairly wicked driver.

512
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,640
Because of the job I do,

513
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,560
which I want to swap
for this one, now...

514
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:51,440
I'll swap with you any time. You
wouldn't like it. But, you know...

515
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,000
<font color="
They wouldn't.

516
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:59,240
What's that idiot doing?
Who's croaking?

517
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,880
No. You know,

518
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:06,360
I don't get as much track time
as I'd like to.

519
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:11,120
What's the fastest you've been?

520
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:11,120
You'll think I'm a thug on the road.

521
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:16,720
<font color="
and hit 190, which was...

522
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:21,560
That's really good, actually. Rome

523
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:21,560
to Calais in 13 hours. That's fast.

524
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:27,400
The needle didn't drop below 140.
Even in the petrol stations. Yeah!

525
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,800
<font color="
A few, yeah.

526
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,640
Do I go slower and not visit so many?

527
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:38,680
You wonder why that Morris Minor
is ahead of you, still.

528
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:45,560
The other thing is, you stop and go,
"There's an interesting
interior light thing.

529
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:50,400
<font color="
even though I've got ten at home."

530
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:56,320
As you know, you haven't just come
to chat and play kids' games. No.

531
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,480
We have a celebrity guest
so they go out

532
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,680
and play
Star In A Reasonably-Priced Car.

533
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:08,840
<font color="
Liana. You did that earlier. I did.

534
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:13,280
Harry Enfield, last week,
drove it in standard tune.

535
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,960
For Jay Kay, we put a rollcage in.

536
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:21,040
We'll see, later on...
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537
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:26,560
Have you driven the RS Focus?
I have. I was given one last week.

538
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:32,480
Did you like it?
I...can't say I did like it much.

539
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,040
Really? No. You found all that?

540
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:38,520
<font color="
"Oh, oh, there he goes."

541
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:42,640
It's absolutely terrible.
It's, it's...

542
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:46,520
It's nicely put together.
I like the wheels.

543
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,840
The RSs, we were
talking about them earlier.

544
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:55,760
What interests me, by putting
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545
00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:00,520
it was like when MandS started
selling pumpkin and ricotta soup.

546
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:05,440
"I can afford this exotic food."
That's what it was like with RSs.

547
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:10,200
When a TV producer wants to portray
his detective as soft and gentle,

548
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:15,200
<font color="
and Morse gets the Me.

549
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:19,560
But when he wants him
to be a hard, gritty guy...

550
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,320
Professionals-type guy.
..and you get Spender

551
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:31,440
The thing about
The Professionals is,

552
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:35,160
years down the line,
<font color="

553
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,360
if you put someone in an RS Ford,

554
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,880
horns grow...
I'll tell you what happened.

555
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:46,640
These RS people came down. We said,
"Have a drive around if you like".

556
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:50,400
This is their idea
of a drive round the track.

557
00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:00,080
Watch this.
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558
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,400
No. No. Nice amount of squeal.

559
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,280
We never said drive fast.

560
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,760
No. This is their idea
of normal driving.

561
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,600
Look at that!

562
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:16,160
Um, excuse me,

563
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,920
<font color="

564
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:23,080
You're wanted on the phone,
over there. OK.

565
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,920
Thanks.

566
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,920
LAUGHTER

567
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,760
I've never driven one!

568
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:32,560
Are you going to...
That's the man's car!

569
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,440
He's looking for the phone!

570
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:49,480
<font color="
the RS 200, did you? No, I didn't.

571
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,040
Just as well for it, as they're rare.

572
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:56,960
You have driven one. I did in the
summer, for a video I was making.

573
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:03,040
It didn't go so well, did it?
Shall we have a look?
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574
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:08,080
The RS 200 was always
a tricky car to drive.

575
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:12,840
It never really feels
like you're in control.

576
00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:18,240
Here comes the power. Oh, wow!

577
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,040
That's awesome!

578
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,360
Don't...

579
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,200
You can't clap him for that!

580
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,880
<font color="
Jay Kay humiliated me.

581
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:48,920
Now you've humiliated me.
How long after starting?

582
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:53,600
Not long. First corner. It was.
And you broke it. I did.

583
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:58,040
We're moving on.
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584
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:03,320
We were looking for new
presenters... God knows how got you.

585
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,160
People send their tapes in, right?

586
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:11,240
This one is from Gaz. Let's show
you what Gazza's tape was like.

587
00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:14,080
Welcome to Gaz On Motors.

588
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:18,320
We're looking at instrumentation,
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589
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,160
'Oh, he's still going on!'

590
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:26,920
..this one only has one meter,
whereas the Mini has trip as well.

591
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:31,200
It has two spools, here and here.

592
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:31,200
JEREMY LAUGHS

593
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,720
Gaz was heroically dull, wasn't he?

594
00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:39,960
You just got the job,
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595
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:45,080
Do you know someone more boring?
If you do, drop us a line.

596
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:50,000
We're looking for
the biggest car bore in Britain.

597
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,000
The address is, what shall we have?

598
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:11,360
This week's Insider Dealing's
got two bargains. What are they?

599
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:14,760
<font color="
cheap Citroen for you.

600
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:18,440
The C5 is up against
a lot of good cars.

601
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:22,400
It is quite a bad car.
It's not that bad.

602
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:29,200
It's not. It's like treading
in a bog. Not as bad as losing
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603
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,840
The petrol base model
just isn't selling.

604
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:38,240
It's about £14,500 new, retail.

605
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:38,240
I was offered one for ten grand.

606
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:41,200
£10,000. Yeah.

607
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:46,360
1.8, air conditioning, CD, electric
windows, power steering. £10,000!

608
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:51,840
<font color="
of years. Not much competition.

609
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:56,560
Not much competition. Two litre V6.
They've just dropped it.

610
00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:01,480
They replaced it with a 1.8 turbo -
it's a bit more efficient on fuel.

611
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:05,360
It means dealers for 2LV6s
<font color="

612
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:10,280
If you want a cheap Rover 75 and
find a 2LV6, you'll get a bargain.

613
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:17,920
How much of a bargain? Talk to your
dealer, there's no official figures.
But they'll do a deal. Big deals!

614
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:22,360
If anyone wants a super-mini,
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615
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:28,400
Things like Citroen Saxos, Fiat
Seicentos and there's a good reason.

616
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:35,040
This is the time of year
dealers change their loan cars.

617
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:39,560
They tend to run super-minis...
Why this time of year?

618
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,480
They build those cars in Europe.

619
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:50,040
<font color="
the factory and re-tool to prepare
for next year's models.

620
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:57,720
This is the time the new models hit
the UK... They bought them a year
ago, now they're flogging them on.

621
00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:01,000
They'll be base cars - three doors,
<font color="

622
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:05,680
but you can get a
12-month-old car for four grand.

623
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:09,280
Four? That's seriously
cheap. That IS cheap.

624
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:14,880
Another used-car bargain - BMW 7
Series, the new one's pretty ugly.

625
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,720
<font color="

626
00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:23,360
The impact of that is the new ones
made the old one look old-fashioned.

627
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:28,640
The price's dropping big style.
If you've got one it's bad news.

628
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:31,560
But if you want to buy one, great.

629
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:37,280
One was offered this week, 728i,
<font color="

630
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:42,320
The guy paid nearly £46,000 for it
new, today he's selling that car -

631
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:47,480
without doing a deal, he'll take
£24,000. It's a half-price car!

632
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:52,680
Do we feel sorry for him? No!

633
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:52,680
ALL: No!

634
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,320
<font color="

635
00:46:55,320 --> 00:47:00,240
If you do low mileage, the chances
are, when you look for a used car

636
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:04,280
you want to buy another car
with low mileage.

637
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:10,320
That's wrong. If you do low mileage,
buy a car with very high mileage.

638
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:17,320
Cars with over 60,000 miles
<font color="
they're so cheap.

639
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:22,160
You can buy a 97 P-plate Mercedes
Estate car, C200 for example,

640
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,160
with 50,000 miles for £9,500.

641
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:28,840
Not a bad car. Yeah.

642
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:35,680
Or you could buy one with higher
mileage and get a 2000 model
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643
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:41,520
If you're doing low mileage, you...
These engines'll last 200,000 miles.

644
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:47,720
Don't be afraid of the mileage -
90,000-mile car,
you have 60,000 miles left.

645
00:47:47,720 --> 00:47:53,560
In two minutes, you've saved
<font color="

646
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,400
Thanks. Now, Jay, good news.

647
00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:00,840
You were once told you
could be a rally driver.

648
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:05,640
We're going to see how you are,
we've got the tape. Want to see it?

649
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:09,240
Might as well. Run it!

650
00:48:09,240 --> 00:48:12,600
<font color="

651
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:16,520
OK.

652
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:21,920
I like this third gear business,
I like this third gear business.

653
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:29,400
I must get this right.
I must learn to drive properly.

654
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:33,160
And it's a slight turn in there -
it's there!

655
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:37,800
<font color="
That's better!

656
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:40,720
That's there all the way.

657
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:46,000
That's the one - ooh!

658
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:53,560
Don't be punished, don't be tempted
to put too much power on - that's
beautiful! I'm going get this down

659
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:58,400
even further - get it out of reach
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660
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:05,000
This is the one, this is the
punisher! 76, 80, 80, 80, 82.

661
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,200
Bang it in there!

662
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:15,040
And flat we go!
IN STUDIO: Flat in third. In third?!
It's a fourth gear corner!

663
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:22,120
You'd never keep the revs up.
<font color="
Flat through there. Flat! Flat!

664
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:28,960
How fast did you get along here? Er.
This is crucial, 87 I once hit here.

665
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:33,520
Have you driven anything
as cheap as this? Listen.

666
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:40,640
<font color="
£10,000. £9,995. And you're across
the line. I crossed the line, oh.

667
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:48,600
In the £9,995 car and I - oh!
What are you doing here? I don't
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668
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:53,520
Oh! Look at that! Ladies and
gentlemen, a handbrake turn!

669
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:59,600

on the track!

670
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:59,600
APPLAUSE

671
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:06,600
These are the times so far,
get the camera tight on Jay -
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672
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:10,640
Nice and tight! Jay Kay, OK? Yeah!

673
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,280
One minute...

674
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:22,760
..48.1 seconds!

675
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:22,760
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

676
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:27,000
That's astonishing! Get it up there!

677
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,720
Straighten it up!

678
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:38,640
<font color="
a sore loser. You're just gutted.

679
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:42,360
You're smarting inside. I'm hurt.
I know.

680
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:49,960
So hurt that I'm going to humiliate
you by showing a little clip of you
<font color="

681
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:56,160
TYRES SCREECH

682
00:50:56,160 --> 00:51:00,960
LAUGHTER

683
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:08,600
Ladies and gentlemen, Jay Kay!

684
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:08,600
CHEERING

685
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:16,480
Right! I'm gonna say it,
I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna say it.

686
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:21,520
I don't like all RSs.

687
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:21,520
AUDIENCE BOOS

688
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,680
<font color="

689
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:29,720
THEME FROM STAR WARS

690
00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:46,360
The whole '80s RS thing -
huge bonnet scoops and spoilers -

691
00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:51,440
it all left me behind a bit,
left me a bit cold. No. For me...

692
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:58,680
the RS legend wears sideburns and a
rally jacket so I look back in lust

693
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:58,680
<font color="

694
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:03,920
It was only made for two years
and was killed off in 1977.

695
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:08,920
Of course, you might have missed
that - '77 was quite a busy year.

696
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:13,920
PASTICHE OF 1970S MUSIC

697
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:27,120
I was six and I howled with desire
every time I saw one.

698
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:32,960
<font color="
one, I really, really needed one.

699
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:37,600
It had absolutely
everything you could want -

700
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:42,440
alloy wheels, Ricaro seats, tonnes of
racing pedigree, even a wing - wow!

701
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,160


702
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:50,000
If all that sounds a bit limp next
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703
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:54,240
let me put it into context for you.

704
00:52:54,240 --> 00:52:59,920
The RS 1800 is Ford's
most successful rally car ever.

705
00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:05,160
It's still used today in club and
international rallies and still wins.

706
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:08,560


707
00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:13,080


708
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:19,120
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709
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:24,040
This had proper credibility -
it didn't earn its stripes joyriding

710
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:28,960
and it didn't judge its success by
the size of the insurance claims.

711
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:34,360
I always, always wanted to drive one
and I'm going to drive this one.

712
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:36,640
Ha ha!

713
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:43,680
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by David Bowie

714
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:48,400
This is every bit as delicious
as I thought it would be.

715
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:53,400
It's a proper machine, it's got
moving parts and it's not ashamed.

716
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:58,960
It may only boast 115bhp now - you
can get scooters with that much -

717
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:06,080
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an 1800CC double overhead cam, 16
valve, alloy blocked Cosworth engine.

718
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:11,160
And in 1975, that was the equivalent
of cruise missile technology.

719
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:14,640
This was clever, hi-tech stuff -
really!

720
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:20,040


721
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:26,280
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aware you've got old car springs!

722
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:29,240
Body control wasn't what it is today.

723
00:54:29,240 --> 00:54:31,880


724
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:39,080
4.9 million Escorts
were sold in the UK,

725
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:42,000
of which 109 were RS 1800s -

726
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:47,840
that tells you something about the
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727
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:52,880
Interestingly, two of the 109 made
were red, of which one survives.

728
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:59,200
So if you find a red one, look after
it - it's worth a couple of quid.

729
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,240


730
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,840


731
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:09,240
Mark my words,
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732
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:14,000
for 1970s cars because
people like us grew up with them.

733
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:21,040
Couldn't afford 'em then, couldn't
drive 'em! Now, if we're lucky,
we can afford to buy them.

734
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:23,880


735
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,440


736
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:33,480
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737
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:37,160


738
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:42,200
It's getting to feel like an antique
and I don't mean because of the age.

739
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:45,120
I think it's to do with the controls.

740
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:52,160
They're more delicate to operate,
they don't have the chunkiness
of modern car controls.

741
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:55,080
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742
00:55:55,080 --> 00:56:00,120
In its day that was a potent force.
That, if you ask me, is a proper RS.

743
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:02,520


744
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:09,360
See, I like RSs too. Can I explain
something? I wasn't going very fast.

745
00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:13,240
No. You were a bit
light in your loafers.

746
00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:20,480
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and he's really big and scary, so I
drove like Sister Wendy, I'm sorry.

747
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:25,240
Action, serious action now.
Buses jumping over motorbikes.

748
00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:30,040
There's no good reason why
we did this, you don't need one.

749
00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:34,840
Here's what happens when you
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750
00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:41,160
MUSIC: "Ride Of The Valkyries"
by Wagner

751
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:21,560
Ah! Why are you laughing?
It's your licence fee!

752
00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:26,480
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

753
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:31,400
Almost too much fun! Do you want
to know how many bikes it cleared?

754
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:36,160
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It did actually clear three.

755
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:42,520
Who said three? Did anybody say
that? You said three, Werther's!

756
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:47,960
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

757
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:52,720
Destroyed 14 others.

758
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:52,720
I hate motorbikes, I loathe them.

759
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:57,760
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up, "That's got those three, too!"

760
00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:00,600
That's all we've got time for.

761
00:58:00,600 --> 00:58:05,440
Next week, I'll drive
the best looking car in the world.

762
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:10,480
Some children will decide on

763
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:10,480
a supercar for their bedroom walls.

764
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:16,640
Last week we asked
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who could do a doughnut.

765
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:21,320
Thousands replied, saying
they'd like to try. So we let them.

766
00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:25,360
TYRES SCREECH

767
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:32,480
That is going to be on next week.
See you then!

768
00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:55,280
Subtitles by BBC Broadcast, 2002

769
00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:58,160
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