Original subtitles

CHEER1 NG AND APPLAUSE

Hello! Welcome to Top Gear. We're back, everybody!

CHEER1 NG AND APPLAUSE

And, as you can see, things are a little bit different.

For starters, BBC One. We're in the big leagues now.

But we've gone bigger, we've gone roomier,

we've gone full Glastonbury. Let's be honest, jamming 60O people

int0 an aircraft hangar, not such a g00d idea at the moment.

So, we picked up 0ur studi0 and moved it 0utside.

Yes, we have.

L00k at 0ur audience, they've all come in their very 0wn cars,

and there's some absolute beauties out there.

We've got 0ur very 0wn Top Gear drive- in, everybody!

Let's hear the honkers! Honk those horns!

HORNS HONK CACOPHONOUSLY

That is loud!

Enough!

Sounds like downtown Mumbai, doesn't it?

No wonder the neighbours hate us.

Don't worry, we've still been up to 0ur usual mischief.

Doing stupid stuff in cars.

I n the case of you tw0, mostly crashing cars.

Not talking about that just yet.

Here's what we've got lined up this series.

HE YELPS

MUS1C: New Sensation by I NXS

Here we go!

1t doesn't get much better than this.

# Live, baby, live... #

Wh00!

# Now that the day is over... #

Paddy, it's electric!

We're going to get electrocuted!

You are such a wally!

Whoa!

# I n perfect moments... #

W00h00!

The thing is an absolute missile!

This is what hire cars are for. Whoa!

# Sleep, baby, sleep... #

We're supposed to be l00king after these!

1t's a tough little bugger, this.

HE LAUGHS

# And the sun comes... #

Why do they call it the wall of death?

What the...!

No, n0, n0, n0!

Come on, Honda.

I've been left for dead by a comedian and a cricketer!

I am flying!

I can't push my f00t any further!

1 'm giving it beans!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

How did they get this through health and safety?

I think it's a BBC One thing.

Bit more leeway with the 0ld health and safety.

It's a prot0type!

# New sensation... #

CHEER1 NG AND APPLAUSE

All that coming up over the next five weeks.

But, first, cast your mind back to the start of 2020, before

Covid -19, before social distancing, a time of wonder, a time of joy.

A time where you could get your hands on a toilet roll.

A different time, Pad, the good old days

before joe Wicks and all the lunges.

Nob0dy needs that in the morning.

We were trying to figure out how do we kick 0ff 0ur first

show on BBC One? I mean, it's BBC One, lads.

We could have gone anywhere, driven anything.

Supercars on the Italian Riviera,

classic muscle cars around the Wild West.

But the producer decided we should start out by tackling...

...company cars. Brilliant.

Fantastic. So, they lined up

three of the most exciting new company cars

and told us to meet them...

...in Bolton.

LAUGHTER

A thor0ugh test of three new company cars.

Yes, for 0nce,

we had a proper, grown- up bit of work to do.

And, better still...

...the producers had laid on three of the absolute best

in the business for us to get to grips with.

The all-electric Tesla Model 3 long - range...

...the hybrid - powered BMW 330e,

and the hybrid - powered Volv0 S60.

The 0nly question was...

...what were they doing in Bolton?

Welcome to Fantasy Island!

You never told me it was s0 grand.

So, this place, home to many an iconic TV show.

Give you a clue...

Crimewatch? By 0rder of the Peaky Blinders.

Peaky Blinders. I got that, Paddy.

1t was just the accent I was struggling with.

Ey up! There's a challenge here.

Shall we have a l00k?

"Welcome to Bolton! "

LAUGHTER

"Twinned with Le 'mons', famed for its..."

Stop, stop, stop. Le "mon".

There's n0 S on Le Mans.

"Welcome to Bolton, twins with..." Twins? Welcome to Bo*on?

"Twinned with Le Mans, famed for its 24- hour endurance race.

"You will now compete in your 0wn endurance test.

"24 hours without leaving your company cars."

1 n B0*0n?

24 hours in the car...

...in Bolton.

So, the immediate question is...

Did you have a p00 this morning? No. Did you? No.

I know what I want out of these. Go on, then.

This is all right, S60 V0*0. Comfort. Vo*o, it's 24 hours!

Take it.

I've already driven one of these and it's got the most

uncomfortable driver's seat of all time, s0 I'm going to have this one.

So, I'm stuck with the most important car of the decade.

Come on, let me show you the sights!

I still don't know where we p00.

CAR CH1MES

Start.

LAUGHTER

CAR CH1MES

This is going to be a long 24 hours.

It won't start!

What a weapon!

I can't start it. Oh, n0!

Oh, n0!

The Oracle!

This man was born in a tin of WD-40.

1 'm embarrassed for him.

His first toy was a clutch.

We're on. Oh, he's started it.

MUS1C: Our House by Madness

So, 0ur 24- hour challenge...

...began.

Through the famous arches and we're 0ff!

And while Harris and his Beemer were off to a rocky start...

CAR COMPUTER TALKS

Oh, don't you start.

...I had picked myse* a be*er.

Wel* it's sm00th, this.

Oh! Heated steering whee* how good is that?

Heated seats.

These 24 hours are going to f* by in this car.

I spend a lot of my life sitting in a car, s0 the thought

of spending 24 hours in a car isn't actually that horrific.

And I've got a couple of things going for me here.

I think this might be the r00miest car of the three.

I als0 have the bladder of a large camel.

I think I'm in g00d shape.

Whoa, that's lively!

Just come out of that junction, put your f00t down,

and this thing, blimey!

1 'm finding that in the V0*0 as well which I didn't expect.

It's a sign of the changing times that I'm in the BMW, the one people

assume would be the fastest, and it's comfortably the slowest.

What bhp is that BMW? 288. That is mad, isn't it?

The Tesla 3 is 50Obhp!

1 've got 40O in a hybrid V0*0.

That's crazy!

MAN ON STREET: N ice Tesla, mate! Thank you.

" Nice Tesla, mate." That's the youth talking.

PADDY CHUCKLES

Can't believe the weather. I thought it was always miserable up here.

It's beautiful! It's balmy.

God's country, Chris.

That'd be Lancashire, not Greater Manchester. This is Lancashire.

The boundary's moved. 1t was Lancashire but not any more, Paddy.

You don't just move a boundary.

It's the Red Rose county!

1t's Greater Manchester!

Go0gle it on your massive iPad in your Tesla!

I am a Boltonian and I'm a proud Lancast-arian.

Lancast-arian! Unfortunate*, you're a Manc.

Bollocks!

Sadly, Flintoff had gone t00 far

because, with plenty of time to kil* McGuinness now insisted

on showing us what a proper local he was with a guided tour.

Right, are we ready?

This pub, the Griffin, lads, my mother used to work

behind the bar in here, and it was known as the roughest pub in Bolton.

Many a man I've seen lose a t00th in there.

Happy days.

Oh, now, this is where I used to work, down here.

I was a semiskilled fitter,

and it was at a plant machinery place called Vibroplant.

Here it is!

1 've stopped to l00k at a boarded-up window, Chris.

1s this the extent of the tour?

And this place here used to be called Tilcon,

this concrete plant.

1 'm not bothered!

I swapped a Vauxhall Cavalier for a Monteg0 with a guy who was

a manager here called Ken.

He had a home- made tatt00 on his chest of Bruce Lee.

LAUGHTER

But life in Bolton wasn't all pub fights, industrial units,

and chest tatt00s.

Oh, n0. I 'd saved the best till last.

This is it, boys,

the street I grew up on, Auburn Street.

Here we go!

Whoa! Number 26 Auburn Street!

Man!

This house here with the white d00r was where

I was brought up from being a baby.

It's a council house, it was back then,

but, as the years went on, we moved out of the council house

and moved to a housing association house.

And I'm going to take you now to when we started living the dream.

And that's here. Number 30.

That's where we started living the dream.

To be honest, I can't believe they've not got a blue plaque up.

But, you know... Fred. Yes, Chris?

Do you think Pad could do this one on his 0wn?

PADDY CHEERS

My darling brother! How are you, brother? Go0d to see you, man.

How are you, man?

L00k at this. I love you, bro. We grew up together, didntt we?

We grew up together. Yeah, and his mum used to shout t' Patrick! t'

And everybody would run home as well. Go0d to see you, man.

I'm made up I've seen you. No, no...

Much as I hate to admit it, it's quite joy0us watching Paddy

come home because they love him here.

I can't believe I'm seeing you. How's the family? OK? Oh, yeah.

At least they love him somewhere.

MUS1C: Another Day 1 n Paradise by Phil Collins

With the McGuinness mystery tour concluded,

and, if nothing else, a useful chunk of the day used up,

it was time to get back to the practicalities of our challenge.

Has anyone else got one of these Shewees in the car? A what?

CAR COMPUTER: Could you repeat that, please?

Yeah, 1 'm just l00king at mine now but...

...how does that help you with a number two?

Oh, yeah, might be tricky squeezing that down a pipe.

Lads, just a thought, if we're spending 24 hours in these cars,

we're going to need supplies.

Any thoughts on where to go, Pad?

Yeah, I have got the place.

And that place is...

...Bolton Market.

Purveyors of everything you might need for 24 hours in your car.

Oh, bedding, there, I can see it.

Have you got bedding? plenty, mate!

Lovely! Right, firstly, what togs do you do?

18-and -a - ha* and 15.

Give us a 15 and tw0 pillows.

Thattll keep you warm, wontt it?

15 tog. 15 tog. Bounce- back soft pillows. Bounce- back soft!

Get them in the back.

Can I get tw0 pillows and a duvet?

Thank you.

Can you get me tw0 pillows and a duvet?

L00k at that, that's service!

The white tiger, the leopard, give Chris Harris the unicorn.

Oh, Paddy, can I have the unicorn? Fred will have the unicorn.

Paddy! Yeah?

Bog roll.

LAUGHTER

Stocked up with everything we needed...

...next, it was time for a spot of lunch...

HORN HONKS

Margaret!

...from one of Bolton's finest eateries.

Go0d to see you!

Can we have a lightly battered and mushy peas for Fred,

and a couple of pickled eggs for Chris?

Right.

This is g00d.

I tell you, I'm enjoying not getting out of the car.

I am, but 1 've got a bit of an issue now, Paddy.

I might have to try the Shewee at an opportune moment.

And you see, that is the beauty of Bolton.

Whatever you need, she's got you covered.

I ncluding a tranquil spot on the 0utskirts of town,

should you need a bit of privacy.

Where are we going now? Lovers' Lane.

Is that its 0fficial title or something you gave it?

You don't want to know its 0fficial title, not on the BBC.

Tell you what, Fred... Yeah?

This Greater Manchester place is lovely.

You can see its capital right over there in the distance to the right.

Actual Manchester.

You've got Greater Manchester and now if you turn around

and l00k the 0ther way, you'll see God's Country, Preston.

This is Lancashire.

And this...

...is Lovers' Lane.

Here we go, boys. Teenage dreams were made up here.

The mind boggles.

I am going in, lads, 1 'm going in!

L1QU1 D TR1CKLES

1 'm doing it, 1 'm doing it!

How is it? Oh...heaven.

Oh...

Oh... 1 've missed it!

LAUGHTER

No!

1 've done it all over my pants.

No, n0, don't.

Oh, n0, n0, you dirty...

You can't touch the fl00r.

1 'm not touching t'fl00r, I want to get some sun on me pants.

How bad is it? For Christ's sake!

Wh0 did this? 1t started leaking.

I'm not a doctor... My windscreen wipers are on!

Fred ! No!

LAUGHTER

Now, at this point... I don't know what to do!

...the producers decided that 0ur company car review

had started to wander 0ff-course.

PADDY SHOUTS

Get 0ff, you dirty git!

So, they told us to head straight to a nearby racetrack

for a proper test.

And insisted that, on the way, we - to use their words -

grow up and talk about the cars.

OK, this thing doesn't feel like a BMW to me. I am a huge BMW fan.

When I get in them,

I feel the BMW DNA because they feel like drivers' cars.

But, in going hybrid,

it feels like this 3 series has slightly lost its way.

The steering's very light, the cabin's unfamiliar.

And, I have to say, after the Tesla, does l00k complicated and dated.

And there's nothing really special about it.

As tested, this is a nick under *50,000.

And for about the same money, you could have the S60.

Not 0n* are its heated seats great for drying out the odd spillage...

...it's a*0 quicker and more powerful than Harris' Beemer.

But, because it's a V0*0, it doesn't shout about it.

There's n0 big spoilers, there's n0 big whee* and flared arches.

V0*0 tend to do their 0wn relaxed, Scandinavian thing.

1t's comfortable, it's safe. It's solid.

Which is all well and g00d.

But if you're l00king for something to really surprise you,

the Model 3...

...is the one you want.

I've been in the car a g00d few hours now,

and I've got to tell you...

...I really like it.

It's SO quick,

lovely to drive, comfortable,

the range has held up well - 322 miles on a full charge.

If I was a salesperson travelling up and down the mot0rways

of the U K, this car would be a n0- brainer for me.

With the producers appeased by some proper road testing

and already well over seven hours int0 0ur challenge,

s00n we arrived at the Three Sisters go- kart track,

ready to take on a serious company car test.

Thank you.

Challenge, boys.

"Time for a team- building exercise.

"To see how your company cars handle company,

"you will see who can do the fastest lap of the track...

"..with your colleagues on board." Oh, we're in together. That's nice.

Not really because the rules of 0ur 24- hour challenge stated

we couldn't set f00t 0utside of our cars.

It meant for this test, first, we'd have to clamber between them.

There's wee on those!

Fred ! No!

1 'm in! Have you got your helmet?

1 've got my helmet.

HE LAUGHS

Oh, God.

Oh, tell you what, it's g00d to have a stretch.

HE GROANS W1TH SAT1SFACT10N

Oi, 0i, 0i! don't do that! You'll go through it!

I'm just going to put my f00t on your car. Do not move.

Move 0ff, go on. Wait, wait, wait.

Now, go on.

THEY LAUGH

That's it...

You've got the central...

Open the d00r, you clown!

I'm in. Hello, Paddy. Nice of you to join.

So, tw0 laps each of Three Sisters' tight, challenging circuit,

and first to lay down the company car benchmark was the 330e.

Get 0ff!

FRED LAUGHS

1t's team bonding, this.

1 've not done anything!

Stop being jumpy. Right, just...

What? Right, stop that!

Are you ready? Yes. Three...

...tw0, one, go! Go, go, go!

FRED LAUGHS

Oh, he's having a go!

We will crash! We will... We will crash!

TYRES SCREECH

Trying to get you comfy! We will crash!

Somewhere to put your head!

Lads, we will crash if you do that.

What are you doing?

I'm going to have to make him safe. Get that, lad.

I am going to trump, mate, what BLEEP are you doing?

Oh, you pressed the stopwatch as wel* Paddy.

The stopwatch has stopped.

Start again, Chris.

Right, stop it.

Why are you doing that to me? This is team bonding!

1t's not me, it's him in the back.

You put a duvet in front of my face!

THEY ALL SHOUT AT ONCE

Once the board meeting...wrapped up...it was time for another go.

Have a minute, Chris, you're a racing driver. Three, tw0, one...

Go.

Put your window up, Paddy! Put your window up!

Why have you got your window down? Put your...!

Me blanket's gone!

Oi, that's my duvet for tonight!

Your pillow's been sucked out the back!

Oh, n0!

Oh, n0!

Oh, my word! We've lost the duvet!

Come on, Chris!

You tw0 are a pair... You are... Go on, Harris!

Now be carefu* there might be a duvet on the track!

THEY LAUGH

Hold on, there's another pillow! That's my pillow!

That is my pillow!

Give it a go, this is the turn!

Oh, God ! TYRES SCREECH

Geez! I mean, quite frankly, how are

we supposed to do a business meeting...

This is team bonding. ..when you're driving like that?

Why are you driving like a berk?

What was the time? ':4'. Dead.

Lovely time, Christopher.

I'm speechless at your behaviour, you tw0.

PADDY BURPS What?

With the benchmark set, despite my imbecile colleagues,

next to take the wheel was Flintoff.

What's going on? He's going out the r00f, isn't he? Oh...

Yeah, and n0 bagging.

So you're really going out the r00f, are you, Fred? No, not now!

Oh, that's not nice! I can't get out!

That's not nice!

THEY LAUGH

And with another important board meeting concluded...

I can't handle this! Oh, I'm crying here!

...we eventually clambered aboard the Volv0.

Where it was time to see what Flintoff could do with 40O horsepower.

Hold out, Paddy, the rug's coming off. Oh, n0!

Oh, n0, n0, n0! No-one needs that.

Flintoff, don't crash, all right? Three, tw0, one...

Go. Here we go.

Ooh, right, don't 0verc00k it here because the next one,

you've got to... Right. Ooh...

It's got some dough, hasn't it?

That's t00 fast, be carefu* be careful. Easy, Chris.

This is quicker than mine, this is fast!

TYRES SCREECH

Don't 0verc00k this one. What's wrong?

L00k at the brakes. He's not even hit 'em!

Oh, God ! Oh, God ! We're over.

Use the track! Use the track!

Hold on, Fred...!

Chris, stop it, you're...

Chris, you're making me... I'm going to have to have a drink.

Oh, my God ! What are you doing? I'm covered in piss 'n' Coke now!

Piss 'n' Coke, it's like being in the '90s again.

I want this to end ! I want this to end!

The Coke's running down my back!

Slow down, Fred, that's way t00 quick!

Oh, n0!

Oh, n0, here we go!

Oh, my God ! He's caught it.

Fred. What? That is massive damage.

And over the line.

I don't think we're buying a Volv0.

1t's all right. It's right, that. That's fine.

It definitely wasn't.

Not 0nly had Flintoff finished a full five seconds slower

than my much less powerful BMW...

I can't get in. I'm stuck.

...he'd spent the extra time

completely trashing a whole side of his S60.

That's push out, that.

All of which meant the boardr00m d00r was now

well and truly 0pen for McGuinness and his Tesla.

Three, tw0, one, go!

Easy, Paddy.

Paddy, t00 fast, t00 fast, too fast! Shut up.

I don't like this at all. Me neither.

Has he got any idea...? It's too fast, this car, for you.

He's t00 fast!

You're going to be going s0 fast at the end.

You've got to brake. Shut up!

Brake, brake, brake, brake! Not yet.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

TYRES SCREECH There we go.

Bl00dy hell fire, Paddy. This is a g00d lap. This is quick.

Oh, you're 0ff here.

Don't worry. I am worried, Paddy. Don't tell me not to worry!

1 'm very worried!

And brake hard, brake hard!

All right, lads! Lads, it's all right!

This is fast. I reckon this is going to be the winning one.

There we are.

What was that, Fred? Oh, it was horrible.

Geez, that's a fast car. But it handles as wel* doesn't it?

It comes out the corners incredibly well. What did you get, Chris? 1:41.

':4' dead. You got ':4'.'9.

Tw0 tenths 0ff, Paddy! So close!

Not bad for a stand - up comedian, I'll give you that.

Oh, my God, get 0ff.

We're going to a business meeting now.

And we're not going in the Volv0.

Wh0's going to hire us if we turn up in a crashed car?

Will you stop it, please?

The man from V0*0's just over there.

So, 0ur first proper company car test was over,

and while Harris and his Beemer had just beaten my Tesla to the win,

it's fair to say team Volv0 had had a bumpy ride.

I feel bad about that.

I feel bad for that. It's too good a car for that.

On the plus side, though, Flintoff's trousers had dried out...

Oh, that's better.

...and after his success on the track,

Harris was just starting to warm to his car.

Kind of. CAR: What can I help you with?

What you can do is just be quiet for ever.

We were closing in on the ha*way mark of our 24- hour challenge.

And, keen to keep up the serious company car testing,

at a nearby petrol station, the producers told us to fill up

to see what 0ur busy day on the road had cost us.

Oh!

This would be a lot easier if I could touch the fl00r.

We're in. It's a waiting game now.

Have you finished? Yeah.

17 quid. '7?

1 've put in... *'9.28.

Can't argue with it.

Of course, this is the point where normally the electric car

comes a cropper. How long is this going to take?

Probably about 25 minutes. Are you pulling my leg?

It's always going to be the cheapest to fill up.

It's just that waiting for it to charge has always been

unbelievably dull.

I'm getting thor0ughly bored now.

Having said that, this is a Tesla.

Hang on, lads. I've found something.

I've found a karaoke machine in my car.

Hey, Paddy. 1 'm a*ays up for karaoke. Climb through, get in.

All right.

Here we go.

MUS1C: Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds

ALL: # Hey, hey, hey, hey!

# O00h...

# Whoa!

# Don't you

# Forget about me

# Don't, don't, don't, don't... #

Now we're living!

Paddy, 1 'm just going to say one thing.

1 'm going to buy one of these cars on the strength of that!

Do you want a singsong? Do you want to sing along to the karaoke?

Come and get yourse* around the car!

ALL: # Reaching out... #

Everybody get ready!

# Touching me

# Touching you... #

Everybody!

# Sweet Caroline

# Do, do, do

# G00d times never seemed s0 g00d

# So g00d! So g00d! So g00d!

# 1 've been inclined... #

APPLAUSE

# To believe they never would, no, no... #

Oh, dear, Paddy, what are we doing?

A karaoke machine in a car.

All that's missing is a fruit machine in the b00t

and I'm going nowhere.

And als0, as wel* how weird was that having people

s0 close to you in the car.

That was literally the start of this year, that.

Some things never change, though.

Ha*way through the first show of a new series, Flintoff's had a crash.

1 blame you tw0 putting me 0ff. I'm trying to drive, and you're,

"Oh, mind the tyres, mind the tyres! " just let me drive!

The trouble is, you didn't mind the tyres, you hit 'em.

No, 1 kissed them.

Why would you put them there if you're not meant to use them?

Just nip back on. All right, I admit it, it's not a good start.

Ha* hour in on BBC One, 1 've dented a car, I've wet my pants...

LAUGHTER

At this rate, they're going to send us back to BBC Two, aren't they?

Geez!

Now, there's a new top-of-the- range Ferrari out,

and frankly, there was Only one person for the job.

Someone who just loves driving.

Someone who will stop at nothing to get behind the wheel.

Sadly, Dominic Cummings wasn't available.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

Too s00n. Too s00n.

So we sent Chris Harris instead. How's your eyesight?

Is it all right?

OPERA S1 NG1 NG

This is the Ferrari SF90.

At *40O,000, it isn't the most expensive Ferrari ever made,

but it is definitely the most complicated.

Because as well as the four- litre, twin-turb0 V8 you'd expect,

it als0 has n0 fewer than three electric mot0rs

and four-wheel drive.

They've put it all to g00d use, though,

because the SF 90 packs a frankly staggering...

...1,000 horsepower.

1,000 horsepower. Think about that for a minute.

1,000.

I never thought I 'd see the day.

What we have here is nothing less than the fastest,

most powerful Ferrari road car ever made.

The thing is an absolute missile.

The gear changes are just whip, snap, gone.

0-60 in 2.5 seconds.

From a standing start, seven seconds later it's doing 130mph.

Top speed, a totally irrelevant 211mph.

Dear me. Get your head round that lot.

And while you're at it, get your head around this lot.

The braking system is the most advanced

and complicated of any road car.

It's fly- by-wire, s0 there's n0 physical connection between

the pedal and what's happening, and that in your brain is disconcerting.

The steering... It's electric as well.

But the systems are s0 clever on this car that it brings it

together int0 a believable, enjoyable driving experience.

But perhaps the most remarkable thing about this very clever

Ferrari is that it can als0 do this.

QU1 ET HUM

This is the first Ferrari you can drive on electric power alone.

It's bizarre. All I can hear is a bit of tyre noise,

and the fans going 0ff to keep me c00l.

Now, to be absolutely clear, in this mode,

the SF 90 won't be worrying any Teslas.

70, 80...

Yeah. That's flat out.

Especially as its pure electric range is just 15 miles.

And 0nce you've used them up, you've either got to start the engine

again to recharge the battery, or stop and plug it int0 a wall.

It's a nice party trick, but apart from making you feel a bit

smug, in reality, 15 miles of range is a bit useless.

And, speaking of useless...

No.

No.

No.

No.

That's your 0nly luggage space.

Everything you need for a weekend away has to go in there.

It's less than ideal.

Forget b00t space and gimmicky electric drive, though.

This is a Ferrari.

And what really matters is whether, through all its technol0gy

and clever driving modes, the SF90 still ultimately

feels like a Ferrari should when you start to push it.

OK. So I'm starting in CT 0ff.

So now I've got traction control that allows

a bit of slip at the rear. Let's see what happens.

L00k at that!

That's not me.

I've just got my f00t buried on the throttle,

and it's holding it there for me.

It's clever.

It's clever.

Is it enjoyable? I'm not quite sure.

I'm more in awe of it than dining out on how it feels at the moment.

The way that it'll hold a drift, the button should be called drift mode.

It's doing it all for me.

So, we know it'll make you feel like a driving god with

the electronic assistance switched on.

The question now is...

...what's a 1,000 horsepower hybrid like to handle

with it all switched 0ff?

Right, here we go, then.

We're going to go through to you're on your 0wn mode. ESC 0ff.

Whoa!

OK.

Oh, there's a lot going on here.

What's happening is, I'm having to try and predict the way

the computers are going to split the power front to rear.

Too much steering angle and it robs power,

t00 little steering angle and it goes straight on.

Oh, g00d Lord, yeah.

You've got to be on your A-game in this thing.

There we go. There we go!

Oh, that felt g00d!

Yes, baby!

W00h00!

Whoa!

You know what?

Normally in a Ferrari, I get in it and I just turn everything 0ff,

because then it's just me and the machine and my input.

But for the first time ever...

...I'm coming back one.

I want the computer helping me in this bad boy,

because I think I need it.

Ferrari calls the SF90 its flagship.

Its mission statement for the next decade.

But if the blueprint for what Ferraris of the future should be

is a car that puts technol0gy before the driver,

then I'm not sure that's the future I want.

It seems that they got s0 hung up on making the SF90 the fastest,

the cleverest, the newest, that they forgot what was really important.

Yes, it's a stunning technical achievement.

But I'm not sure it's a great driver's car.

I'm not sure it's a great Ferrari.

APPLAUSE

OK? Very.

Paddy, 1 never thought I 'd see the day.

The great Chris Harris, racing driver, supercar tamer,

having to dial it back a bit, eh?

That Ferrari SF90 a little bit too spicy for you, Chris?

Ah... You tasted the vindal00 and went for a korma. Shocking.

L00k, it wasn't t00 fast and scary,

just the calibration was a bit inconsistent. How about this, then?

We finish filming, and Ferrari produces another car and goes,

"Try this."

And it fixes all the problems. But you can't buy it.

You can't buy that car? What's even the point of having it? I dunn0.

That's Ferrari. It's just Ferrari being Ferrari.

Wel* never mind that, because what I want to know is how fast

would the SF90 go round 0ur track?

Wel* earlier today, we sent the Stig out to set a lap time.

Have a l00k at this.

1,000 horsepower of Ferrari SF90.

This is the Assett0 Fioran0 kit.

That's 40 grand more, already over the 40O grand list price.

That l00ked speeded up to me. That l00ked ridiculous.

It does 0-10Omph in 4.5 seconds. Get your head round that.

OK, it's already l00king very fast.

It's on the Michelin Cup R tyre, really, really fast, sticky tyre.

You're l00king for great things.

A little bit of 0versteer going int0 Chicag0 there.

Beautifully held by the Stig.

I mean, the speed out of Chicag0, this thing is all about numbers,

about just breaking your body down with sheer force.

Braking stability very g00d int0 Hammerhead, l00k at this.

Takes the left one, what's the right change like?

Oh, it's just flat, isn't it? Absolutely flat.

Flatter than Paddy McGuinness' stand - up crowd.

L00k at the exit there.

Again, it's putting power down, four-wheel drive,

electric mot0rs at the front, single electric mot0r at the back.

This is one of the few cars that the Stig's had to brake through

the Follow-Through.

Normally it's flat out, but he had to brake there.

L00k at the speed he's carried.

It's 0utrageous. The thing's a rocket sled.

Second -to- last, the most difficult corner on the circuit.

Oh, he's really nailed that. Fantastic line.

Nibble of grass there through Gambon and over the line.

I didn't have long to speak, it was s0 fast. Wow.

APPLAUSE

That was quick. It actually l00ked faster on the tape. What do you reckon?

L00k up there, we've got the Porsche 9" GT2 RS up there.

I think you can forget anything down here.

It's the GT2 RS and north we're l00king at. It was s0 quick.

All right, wel* 1 've got the time here, Chris. And I can tell you...

...the Ferrari SF90...

...l00king at the board...

...went round in...

...one minute ".3... What?! ..which is the fastest ever!

Oh!

For a car to go that much faster by that margin is unheard -of.

The thing is a monster.

And this is the start of the next ten years for them,

s0 just watch out.

That is an absolute rocket.

Right.

Next on the boardr00m agenda is part tw0 of our company car

adventure where, as you'll remember,

we were ha*way through spending 24 hours in 0ur cars.

Back to the north!

With the prospect of a long night in 0ur company cars stretching

ahead of us, the producers had kindly lined up another test.

This time, telling us to head to the top of a specially closed -0ff

and tantalisingly empty multistorey car park.

The plot thickens.

What is af00t here?

I've always wanted to behave badly in a car park.

I hope it just involves that.

We've got a challenge on this cone here.

"You will now test the performance of your company cars with

"the Top Gear Mu*istorey Car Park Hill Climb.

"Start at the entrance, get to the top as quick as you can."

That's right up your street, Harris. Look how happy he is!

Like the simplest recipes, it's the finest.

Paddy, the g00d news is, you're up first in your Tesla.

Get down the bottom, son, I'll see you in a minute.

Certainly will!

Yes, because any g00d company car needs to be

nimble around the car park.

We'd now see which of 0urs was best in a sprint up all ten

fl00rs of Wigan's Mitigate multistorey.

1 n three...

...tw0...

...one... Go!

Whoa!

I think that thing is almost t00 fast.

TYRES SCREECH

Whoa!

I think it'll be terrifying.

Night-time and a bit of tiredness doubles the horsepower.

Oh!

He's coming.

That left 0ff will get less grip as he comes up. Listen to that.

It's an understeer fest.

Oh, water!

A bit greasy.

Oh, my word. Chequered flag!

Bl00dy hell. That was fast.

How was that? That was quick with a capital F.

The time was one minute...

...point five. What?

I was expecting... I wanted a sub-60 seconds.

I'm a little bit disappointed.

With the Tesla laying down

what fe* like an unbeatable fast benchmark...

This is just mind - bending. It just goes, bip- b00p- bip- b00p!

Like that up against the window!

Next it was time for Harris and his Beemer

to go and put a big 0ld tick on the bucket list.

Here we go, Chris. Three, two, one, go!

Here we go. I have always wanted to do this.

Now, we'll definitely hear him skidding.

Wow! Oversteer in a car park! Yes, baby.

TYRES SCREECH

Can you hear him? Skiddy.

Come on, BMW! She's sliding.

Ha* a minute gone.

He said this is a dream of his.

Wow!

I don't think his dream was getting beat by you in it, though.

Oh! Oh!

Oh! Oh! Oh!

That was fun.

A life goal achieved. I don't really care about the time.

Oh, you don't care about the time?

Chris, Paddy went round in ':OO.5.

You went round in ':02.'3.

Very happy with that, boys. That was superb. He's not.

That was as much fun as I've had all day long, and it's been a funny day.

Right, you're up next, cooker.

As Captain Crash lined up to take his shot at the Tesla, the big

question now was, just how much of the Volv0 would reach the finish?

Are you in position, Eddie Skid?

I am, mate. I just want to get to the top.

OK. Three...

...tw0, one, go!

F00t down. Brake, brake, brake!

Anything can happen here.

You wait. When you see a fl00r collapse, he's taken a pillar out. Yeah.

I don't want to put any more dents in this car.

Go, go, go!

Wait till you hear it.

Oh, God, have you pressed go on the stopwatch? You've got the stopwatch.

I haven't got it. I've not got it.

1 'm going as hard as I can.

I said to you, I'm handing over to you to send him 0ff.

Wel* I haven't got the stopwatch.

Wel* wh0's got it, then?

Go, go, go, go on!

Do you want to tell him, or me?

Do you want to tell him?

Er, Fred? All right, lads?

Er, do you want the g00d news or the bad news?

The g00d news is 1 'm here.

Wel* the g00d news is, yeah, you're here,

and l00ked nice and tidy at the top there.

You want the bad news?

What is it?

He's not got the stopwatch.

He told me when you were up here, he said, "Wh0's got the stopwatch?"

I said, "You, you started the race."

Why did he start it, then? I said go, I thought he had the stopwatch.

But we don't have a stopwatch. Oh, I've got the stopwatch! He's got it!

58 seconds.

58 seconds.

No, but listen!

1 'm happy that 1 've got this car up in one piece.

I think sending me again would be reckless.

I just see it, there's n0 more dents in my car, it's a win.

Quite right.

And with the Volv0 spared another beating

and the Tesla taking multistorey hill climb gold...

...back on the road,

all that thor0ugh testing was catching up with us.

Lads, I think we're around at about 15 hours we've been in the car.

I'm r00ted. Can we go and find somewhere to stay, please?

Oh, yes, we could.

Because back in the majestic town of Bolton,

in Lancashire, I 'd called in a few favours and lined up just the place.

There she blows, lads.

Plenty of r00m. Nice and secure.

They've even left the lights on for us.

That's a f00tball stadium.

Correct.

The home of Bolton Wanderers.

L00k at this! Oh, h0, h0, h0!

HORNS BEEP

The real theatre of dreams.

Or nightmares.

Once we'd parked up in the world's most brightly lit lay- by...

Time to get snuggled, lads.

...all we could do was try to get comfy.

Roll it out!

This Tesla is unbelievable.

I have got a full-size double bed in the back.

And while six-f00t-four Flintoff

was somehow posting himse* int0 his 0wn b00t,

McGuinness's bedtime routine

turned to tweaking the ambience in his Tesla.

Unbelievable. The things it's got on this thing. Pad? Yeah?

I'm snuggled in, but it's basically broad daylight and it's about ha* past 12...

LOUD METAL MUS1C BLEEP

MUS1C STOPS

What has just happened?

You'll have to say that again, something just happened,

something mad in my car.

It's ha* past 12 and it's broad daylight.

Hang on. Give me a sec.

Dougie!

Dougie!

No light y!

There they go. Lovely stuff.

Oh...

Get in the back now.

Oh, wonderful stuff.

SNOR1 NG

Now, the Tesla is perfectly fine for a night away.

But I 'd be doing a disservice to Bolton if I didn't als0

mention that the Wanderers Stadium has a very nicely equipped hotel.

Stroke of genius.

SNOR1 NG

1t's not the comfiest, this, but it's all right.

1t's ha* tw0 in the morning.

OK.

Fred?

Yeah? How did you sleep?

Yeah... Yeah.

Is McGuinness up?

Yes, I am here. Um...

I've got to say, the Tesla surprised me all day,

and all night it surprised me. Toasty and warm, loads of r00m.

It's the way forward, this car.

How long we got left?

Just over ha* an hour, boys.

I have to say,

this trip has confounded all my expectations about the north.

I love it. The people have been lovely,

and the weather appears to be the same as St Tropez.

Which is it next, Bristol or Preston?

I think it's 0n* right we should go to Lancashire next. Preston.

B00m!

Bolton is Lancashire.

So, the end of our 24- hour challenge was in sight, and it's fair to

say, as company cars go, all three had proven remarkably g00d company.

But, as the final few minutes ticked away,

the producers had one more surprise in store.

Challenge. Bit early.

"Congratulations, nearly made it. Just one more race.

" I n your briefcases you will find a high- protein Swedish breakfast

"suitable for the on-the-go businessman.

" First to eat some wins."

Some?

Yep. Just one tiny mouthful.

Oh, n0!

What d01 tell you, lads? I've tried these things before.

These are the most hideous things you've ever...

When you 0pen this tin, just get ready.

It's called Surstromming, or, to put it simply, fermented Baltic herring.

CAN H1SSES

HE COUGHS

Whoa!

CAN H1SSES

Oh!

Oh!

1 've literal* pierced it, and the smell... I'm out.

Tin of sardines, lads. I loved sardines when I were a kid.

Sardines on toast, or pilchards in tomat0 sauce, lovely. I'm going in.

Oh...

Oh, that's potent.

Bleugh!

CAN H1SSES

The BLEEP!

Gee...!

Aargh!

Get that out...

of this car!

Argh...

HE RETCHES

I can't stay in here.

Stick your challenge!

Argh!

Oh...

I can still smell it! I can't get away from it! I'm going up there.

I've stopped retching...

HE RETCHES

Here, now, where I am...just about getting away from the smell

and I'm not exaggerating.

HE S1GHS

Oh, it's set me back, that.

I'm not giving up.

It's my one chance to beat Flintoff at one of these things.

Oh...

That is horrendous.

Arrgh!

I tell you what, the pitch l00ks absolutely fantastic from up here.

The pitch l00ks wonderfu* lads!

HE RETCHES

I nviting. I can't do it!

HE COUGHS

Oh, hang on, I think Chris Harris is being a little bit sick.

D1STANT RETCH1 NG

HE GROANS

I didn't even eat it and l00k at the effect it's had on me.

Wonderful stuff.

And with the magnificent Wanderers stadium now pretty much unusable...

CAR HORN

...we reach the end of a very thor0ugh 24- hour company car test.

I just need to go somewhere.

Can you bags y me the trap next to you?

1'll leave you some paper.

There we go. That's that.

Oh...

That were evil.

CHEER1 NG

Horrible stuff. The worst thing ever.

Ever!

How the hell you stayed in that car with that, I will never know.

It is horrendous. I can still smell it. It was horrible.

But now they've all been fumigated, we need to decide

which of these company cars was the best, because,

if you think about it, they've all got their g00d bits and their bad bits.

The BMW was the fastest around the track,

the Tesla was the fastest up the multistorey car park,

the Volv0 was the best after it crashed...

LAUGHTER Hang on a minute, hang on a minute.

You cheated. Prove it. There's a vide0 of you!

LAUGHTER

You got out of your car in the middle of the night

and stayed in a hote* Pad.

And 1 reckon that's not the first time you've been caught

on CCTV creeping around B0*0n! Hey?

You've got a greatest hits on there, Paddy!

APPLAUSE

Go0d point, g00d point.

No, the point is, you're a bit of a cheat, Pad.

Wel* I was a cheat with a flushing toilet and a choc0late on my pillow.

So, this is the way it works.

You're disqualified for getting out of your car.

You're disqualified for crashing your car. So the BMW is the winner!

CHEER1 NG No, n0, n0, n0!

So... 1s that the one you'd have?

No, I 'd have the Model 3, it's fantastic!

Same here, just for the karaoke machine!

So what we're saying is, if you want a company car,

ch00se the Tesla Model 3.

And if you want to spend 24 hours stuck in one place, ch00se a hotel.

Quality consumer advice. And just for the record, Paddy,

B0*0n, Greater Manchester.

Lancashire! Nope!

Right, that's all until next week, when the big lad

does 20Omph in a car, and we attempt the Top Gear Wall of Death.

Welcome to BBC One, everybody!

See you then, g00dnight!

CHEER1 NG