0:00:00 > 0:00:04Now, on the best of Top Gear, something old...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09- ..something new... - Let's scare some natives.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- ..something borrowed... - Free pony rides.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15..and something blue.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Was Smurfs the colour description?
0:00:23 > 0:00:28Welcome to Top Gear. On this show, nobody's going to get a makeover,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30nobody's going to whisper to a dog.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34This is a car show. I'm Adam Ferrara, that's Tanner Foust
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- and this is Rutledge Wood. - Over the past season on Top Gear,
0:00:37 > 0:00:43we've driven amazing cars from all over the world. If it had tyres and an engine, we were interested.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46If you missed any of the action, this is what we mean.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Go!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Let's go scare some natives.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23This isn't just quick for a sedan, this is quick period.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28I can just flow into the sun.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37There's something so purely red-neck about that sound.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53This is awesome! This is awesome!
0:01:53 > 0:01:56What's next? Bring it on!
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Five.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Four.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Three.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Two.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- Ready to get your asses kicked?- One. - Thrust mode!
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Whoa! Yeah!
0:02:25 > 0:02:26175.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Oh, my God!
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Oh, no! I have browned my pants!
0:02:45 > 0:02:46BLEEP
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Holy- BLEEP!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Holy Moley!
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- I'm going to die! - Don't be a bunch of pansies.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Knock it off!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02That was... Pwoah!
0:03:05 > 0:03:09I'd forgotten how much fun we had. What amazing cars we got to drive.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12That's why picking my favourite won't be easy.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Some cars were easier than others to get off the list. You didn't like the Mercedes SLS at all.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Not too much.- And what did you call the doors?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- History has asked me not to say - BLEEP- doors again.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- I think you just did.- Sorry!
0:03:27 > 0:03:31But if I was to pick one of my favourite cars,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I think it would be this one.
0:03:33 > 0:03:39The Gallardo Superleggera - light, powerful and explosively fast.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47The 570 is for the horsepower, the dash four means it's all-wheel drive,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50and the LP means the engine is there.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Listen to this V10 hum.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59ENGINE ROARS
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Superleggera means super-light which means it's less than 3,000 pounds,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07the lightest of all the Lamborghinis.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10It does zero to 60 in 3.4 seconds.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Lamborghini worked with scientists at Boeing
0:04:22 > 0:04:26to develop carbon fibre to use in the doors, spoilers, mirrors and trim pieces
0:04:26 > 0:04:28to keep the weight low.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32That's a polycarbonate window, so you can see the engine.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41I wish you could be inside this car to feel my heart beating.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47This car is terrifying and exciting at the same time.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49It's like being aroused at gunpoint.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53And I even like the colour!
0:04:53 > 0:04:58It's loud, it's yellow, it's that crazy uncle that shows up at a wedding
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and he's totally inappropriate.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03"Where's the bride? I want to kiss her on the mouth!"
0:05:07 > 0:05:14The price tag on this is 250,000 plus a 3,000 gas guzzler tax.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18You'd think for that kind of money, everything would be included, but no.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21If you want a cup holder, 650!
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- I don't know what the Italian word for- BLEEP- is,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27but that's where it goes.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Otherwise, I'm having a hard time finding anything wrong with it!
0:05:36 > 0:05:39It was great. I tell you, it was great.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- It sounded amazing.- It was.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45I did not know I was going to like that car as much as I did. I loved that car.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- Seems like you fell in love with it? - I did.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- That's sweet.- Thank you.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55- A car that I just about fell in love with was the Morg. I didn't expect to do that.- Really?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I looked at it and it was ridiculous,
0:05:57 > 0:06:02but the charisma of this car driving on English country roads was unbelievable.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Every time you got in the car, you couldn't wait to drive it, the Morgan Aero Supersports.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18It looks like no other car, sort of retro-futuristic,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21like something they'd have drawn for Flash Gordon in the '30s.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25If Al Capone were still alive, this is what he'd drive.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30The Morgan family started making cars in 1911
0:06:30 > 0:06:33and it's run today by the grandson of the founder.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Morgans are still made by hand
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and the car reflects the company's history.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42It's got the classic swooping fenders,
0:06:42 > 0:06:43the big grille,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45side exhaust pipes.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50The chassis is built from aluminum, or as they say here, aluminium.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53But in the frame, they actually use wood.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Laminated ash,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59a little old school, but it's light, flexible and incredibly strong.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Because they're hand-built, no two are the same.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04What we call a hood, the Brits call a bonnet.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06And this bonnet opens from the side.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11No fancy buttons here. This is the retro part of retro-futuristic.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16And what lies beneath the Morgan's plaque is a BMW 4.8-litre V8 engine.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Yeah! Let's go scare some natives.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27First thing you notice about these English country roads...
0:07:27 > 0:07:32is that they drive on the wrong BLEEP side of the road! That was so close!
0:07:38 > 0:07:42This car is extravagant and simple both at the same time.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47The interior is pure function.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52It's minimalistic. You have a speedometer and tachometer, temperature and fuel.
0:07:52 > 0:07:58You have beautiful leather everywhere designed to be worn in like a baseball glove.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04But to really get to know the Morgan, I had to get away from the 30mph speed limits.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Once you put your foot to the floor, it's a beast.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22This thunders through the forest like a bugling elk looking for a mate.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26It's awesome.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Forget the ancient towns.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Buzzing through the labyrinth of country lanes,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I'd found the Morgan's spiritual home.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40That's a sheep right there.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45Empty roads twisting through fields of green.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48This is what this timeless car was designed for.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58The countryside. The car fitted into the countryside.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01There's nothing like driving a car in its native land.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- That was truly an amazing car. - It looked like a great ass.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Do you mean that because the acronym for Aero Supersports would be ASS?
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Correct.- Nice.- So you're an ASS man?
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- It's not on the resume, but... - You know, I like where you're going with the British cars.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25We all like one of those once in a while.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30But if I had to choose my favourite, I would choose one from another one of England's finest.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39This is a car maker that defines itself in three words.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Power.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Beauty.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Soul.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54A British company with nearly 100 years of history.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57A rich racing heritage.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02And a tradition of creating instantly recognisable iconic sports cars.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05It can only be...
0:10:06 > 0:10:07..Aston Martin.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20This particular Aston Martin is the V12 Vantage.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32When I'm driving an Aston Martin, I feel like 007.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36This is the kind of car you want to save the world in. Wood.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Rutledge Wood.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Just as Q modified James Bond's personal cars,
0:10:46 > 0:10:52Aston's goons somehow wedged a six-litre V12 from the larger DB9
0:10:52 > 0:10:55into the comparatively tiny Vantage.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57This was no small amount of work.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Take a look. It's clear to see a big difference.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03In the V8, you've got tons of room round the engine.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06With the V12, you can barely fit your hand in there.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09For engineers to fit this motor, they had to change tons of things,
0:11:09 > 0:11:14cant the radiator, shave the oil pan and run a smaller alternator.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16But that's what hot-rodding is.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20You take the smallest car you have and cram the biggest motor in that you can.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Finally, the Brits took a page from the Americans.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Oh, that power is incredible!
0:11:37 > 0:11:40The V12 is only available with a manual transmission
0:11:40 > 0:11:42so you know it's a pure-bred driver's car.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47What fun would a car like this be if you couldn't take traction control off?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Oh, it's just a beast.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Oh, sideways!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Oh, that's pretty.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04The V12 will do 190 miles per hour.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08But on this surface there was no chance of getting there.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11175 was the best I could get.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19It has the performance, the price tag, and with only 300 being made,
0:12:19 > 0:12:23the exclusivity needed to achieve the coveted tag of supercar.
0:12:26 > 0:12:32I really think that Aston is something all Americans can get behind.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It was a true hot-rod. Who doesn't like that?
0:12:34 > 0:12:40The Lambo is everything you want in a supercar. It's loud, over the top, blisteringly fast,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42dramatic. That's it in the whole package.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47But almost ordinary. The Morgan was a unique driving experience. There's only one in the US.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50How's your prostate? Really?
0:12:50 > 0:12:55- Who has the Morgan?- Simon Cowell. - He's not even American!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57He's kind of American.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- Can we just agree they were all awesome cars?- OK.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08In the past season, we've got to test a lot of incredible new cars.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12We also drove some great old beaters like this.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Amazingly, we really liked most of the old cars, didn't we?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Yeah.- It made choosing the best one difficult.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22But not for me. There was one old car that really stood out.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Don't tell me that's what I think it is.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Holy crap, it's a Coupe De Ville!
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I worry about Adam sometimes!
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Ha-ha!
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Wow!
0:13:39 > 0:13:431976 Cadillac Coupe De Ville.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46This is a sign of prestige and class, as you can see!
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Probably got what, 400 on it? - Five, my friend.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51You'd better start buying gas cans now!
0:13:51 > 0:13:55There are a few things that don't work. The air conditioning doesn't work.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59That window doesn't go down. The glove box won't close.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01And there's a small exhaust leak.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- Go big or go home. Ready? - 30 points coming up.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Go!
0:14:07 > 0:14:09He is so dead right now.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20He had it going.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Step back.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26He smoked ya!
0:14:26 > 0:14:27He smoked ya!
0:14:27 > 0:14:30But Adam's reckless driving cost him!
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Looks like you've got 50 or 60 broken.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Let me investigate.- Step back.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Oh, it's right there!
0:14:37 > 0:14:43I'm off-roading in a battleship with two guys I can't trust!
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Two, one...
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Go!
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Oh, my God! He's going away!
0:15:01 > 0:15:03It's impossible he's still going!
0:15:03 > 0:15:07This is very good stuff. He goes over the water!
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Come on, Adam. Throttle. - He's going to be so bad.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Hey, Adam! The car is bent. Look at it!
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Oh, was that fun. That's my baby!
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Mwa!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Was I right?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I was right, man. I loved that car.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- You loved that Caddy so much, you killed it.- I didn't kill it. It gave its life for me!
0:15:43 > 0:15:49You definitely gave that Caddy a beating, but it has nothing on my favourite used-car of the season.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52That's right. The Stepside.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Is this yours, Taylor? Oh, it's adorable.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Was Smurfs the colour description?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02My choice was a 1983 Chevy CK Stepside.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Lightweight, diesel, 165 horses.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08The perfect bush truck.
0:16:08 > 0:16:14Take a look under the hood. This is the best part. While you guys are choking, trying to find gasoline,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- I have a torque monster with my diesel.- You got a diesel?
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- You got a diesel with a carburettor. - That's a 350.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- You got it wrong. - That is not a diesel.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Getting her up to speed for the first time.
0:16:28 > 0:16:35Getting a little shake through the steering wheel. A good 25 degrees of actual play in the wheel.
0:16:35 > 0:16:42Fan belt is squealing away and we're going 46 miles an hour.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46The Chevy may have had its faults, but when confronted by the Alaskan wilderness,
0:16:46 > 0:16:52it fought hard and refused to die on its quest to reach a glacier.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Now we're having fun!
0:17:08 > 0:17:09I'm stuck.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Wow, you've led us into some nasty stuff.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- What? I got no other way out of here.- No!
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Let's get to the ice.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Any part of the truck, right?- Yep.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47You can do it.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53You touched it. That counts!
0:17:55 > 0:17:59You won. That is America's toughest truck.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07It was truly mind-boggling. That Chevy just would not die.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12OK, it fought a good fight, but you're going to compare this truckapillar to a Cadillac?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Well, that's actually where my favourite car comes in.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20It was tough, it was comfortable, and it was made by GM.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Oh, my God! "Mom's here!"
0:18:25 > 0:18:31- You're kidding!- Allow me to introduce the Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Tell me the inside doesn't smell like Virginia Slims cigarettes?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38It fits eight people. With the seats down, you can fit a 4 by 8 sheet of ply.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41And it'll tow 5,000 lbs.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45And with this luxury of the vinyl fake wood panelling,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47it lets everybody know I'm classy.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- Can you do a brake-stand in this thing?- You bet I can.- Let's see it.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55It's a Buick, all right! Look at that!
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Wow.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01The reason my beer was the best is it won every challenge thrown its way.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Hill climb? No problem.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Oh, I've got this.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Go!
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Go!
0:19:13 > 0:19:14I almost had it!
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- 'Storage and handling?'- Go!
0:19:17 > 0:19:20'Easy.' Oh, no! Oh, that's so cold!
0:19:20 > 0:19:25Hold on with me. Oh, just let it stop. Let it stop!
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Oh!
0:19:26 > 0:19:29In build quality, second to none.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33That is a lot of water.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- Look at the back tyre.- Oh, my gosh.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Dear Lord, I don't want to die in a Buick!
0:19:42 > 0:19:44It's coming out the door handle!
0:19:45 > 0:19:48The back seats are completely...
0:19:48 > 0:19:50HORN BLARES
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- I can't see anything!- Oh, my gosh!
0:19:57 > 0:20:02That's £25,000 driven by a blind man!
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Come on, baby!
0:20:08 > 0:20:13And that's why my Buick Roadmaster was the king of the beaters!
0:20:16 > 0:20:22I think it's plain to see a Corvette powered eight-passenger wagon
0:20:22 > 0:20:25is exactly what makes a great car.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- That's why that was the best old car we had.- Really?- Without a doubt.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Come on!- We had our choice of old cars. Not just GM cars.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36If you look at this, if you remember the best day of your life
0:20:36 > 0:20:40for those of you that don't have children or are not married?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43You got your driver's licence. That is right.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Then the world was further away than what you could walk to or ride your bike.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51But when you get a truck like this, now the world opens up again.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55The space between the roads is your playground.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00- That's your rationale.- It's freedom to drive a truck like this. You can go anywhere!
0:21:00 > 0:21:03You can take one other person. I can take seven others!
0:21:03 > 0:21:08But you guys have great cars. I have a great car, but it's a Cadillac.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12It's a unit of measure. That's how great my car is.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15An example. The Fender Stratocaster. The Gibson Les Pauls.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Those are the Cadillacs of guitars.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22Tanner Foust. Rutledge Wood. These are the Cadillacs of idiots!
0:21:26 > 0:21:31In this season, we've been all over this country to pit cars against man and machine.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36But if you missed any of that action, here are some of Top Gear's most incredible races.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40I'm going to race this Evo against these skiers.
0:21:40 > 0:21:47They will race to the summit by gondola, then take a three-minute run down 3,000 feet to the finish line
0:21:47 > 0:21:48at Little Eagle Lodge.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I will take the twisting seven-mile route to the finish
0:21:52 > 0:21:57that will be a supreme test of the Evo's ability on pavement, gravel and snow.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59See you at the Lodge.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09My fate hung on the Evo's ability to adapt to changing road surfaces.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12The first two miles were pavement.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16The road was now a loose surface, but in gravel mode,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20the Evo got its claws out and clung on.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24A good thing, too, because coming off here would be permanent.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31Somewhere above the snow clouds, the luminous hell-hounds were on my trail.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46With the weather closing in fast, the Evo was about to face its ultimate test.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Eight-foot-deep snow.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54This was it. I'd either be sledding like Sean White
0:22:54 > 0:22:56or sinking up to my windows.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Not only could this car drive on snow, it mastered it. It owned it!
0:23:19 > 0:23:23And then they were on me, like fluorescent devils.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26The orange one was in my sights.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31How did those guys get down here so quick?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34We were neck and neck with just a mile to go.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Now the skiers had the advantage. They could go off-trail, through the woods.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41The Evo was good, but not that good.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Son of a BLEEP!
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Oh, God, this is going to be so close.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Come on!
0:24:08 > 0:24:12As we burst out of the storm into the sunlight, it was too close to call.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Aghh!
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Yes!
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Another incredible race took place in the Arizona desert.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37It was truck versus gravity.
0:24:37 > 0:24:43We couldn't find a production vehicle that came close to matching the Raptor's speed on the desert floor.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45It's really in a class of its own.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47So a comparison was virtually impossible.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52We did, however, find one person willing to take on the VelociRaptor.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53He's a halo jumper.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56The halo jumper will start 25,000 feet up,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59giving him exactly five miles of falling.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03He will freefall at speeds of up to 120 miles an hour.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Until he hits 2,000 feet. Then he must open his 'chute or we'll be taking him home in a bucket.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15To beat the halo jumper to the finish line, I have to get there in just over four minutes,
0:25:15 > 0:25:21which means averaging 71 miles an hour. Have no doubt, this is very dangerous.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Five, four, three, two, one.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Hammer down, now. Hammer down.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50As halo man hurtled earthwards,
0:25:50 > 0:25:55he shaped his body to create the least resistance to the rushing air around him.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02I had my foot to the floor. All 475 horses were galloping hard.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06I was hitting 80mph, but the Raptor's giant shocks just soaked it up.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Darth had reached terminal velocity, 120 miles an hour.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Then he used that force to go even faster.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Two minutes down, and I had to be behind.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27But ahead was 1.5 miles of pavement, time to floor it.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34I'm doing 120 miles an hour.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Up ahead was my turn into the open desert,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39the asphalt blast had me back in the game.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Ahead, two miles of track and open desert to the finish line.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54Every twist and turn, I tried to get a glimpse of the tiny black dot above me.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I don't see him yet.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59But how could I? He was using gravity as his jet pack.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14He was ahead, but the advantage was mine.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Because now the halo jumper had to pull his 'chute
0:27:17 > 0:27:19or become Darth mincemeat.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24As the canopy opened, he decelerated violently to 60 miles an hour.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26This was my chance.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28No more twisting and turning.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Halo guy was just 1,000 feet above the finish line.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36I could see the flags ahead. We were neck and neck.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42No - too hard into that corner!
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Suddenly, he threw his parachute into a dive,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53spiralling straight towards the ground at 90 miles an hour.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58No - there he is!
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Today we're going over some of the best moments from the past season.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Including one of the great American traditions, the road trip.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34I speak for all of us in saying Top Gear is proud to continue that tradition.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37One of our favourites was a quick and very hot trip across Michigan
0:28:37 > 0:28:40in out-of-production GM cars.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I'm so excited we're doing a road trip.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46This really is one of the best road trip cars you could have.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50When this was new, this was a car you'd pack the family into
0:28:50 > 0:28:52and head across country to Wally World.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56"Sorry, folks, park's closed!"
0:29:02 > 0:29:07Even though we were in separate cars, I felt like we were one big family taking a road trip.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Oh, man, this thing is comfy.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Like a La-z-boy with a steering wheel in front of it!
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Adam was already complaining.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20It's hot!
0:29:20 > 0:29:23And Tanner was enjoying his toy.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25I'm impressed. For a 24-year-old car,
0:29:25 > 0:29:29it runs nice. It's not on fire or anything.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35If you brought back this car,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39you could not only save GM, you could also make some cool cars.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43You make the wagon off that, you build a Caprice, a hotrod Impala SS
0:29:43 > 0:29:47then cut off the back of the wagon, and what have you got? Da-da-da!
0:29:47 > 0:29:52Your new El Camino. GM is saved. Thank you, Rutledge Wood!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Wow.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01If I was going to upgrade this car, I'd lighten it up a bit.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Maybe a fibre-glass hood, or carbon-fibre, depending on my cost.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09I'd turbo-charge and direct inject the Rocket 350
0:30:09 > 0:30:11and I'd fix the frigging air conditioning!
0:30:11 > 0:30:13It's hot!
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Tanner are you going to put another tiny, hard-to-work-on V6 back there?
0:30:19 > 0:30:25- Negatory, my friend. LS7. - Are you going to change that in your redesign?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29The redesign is going to be epic. It's going to start with a race car
0:30:29 > 0:30:32and it'll triple the technology into the road.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37It's going to establish GM as a world racing power and change the brand altogether.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42The majority of y'all's target market was conceived in the back of a Roadmaster wagon.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43I know that much.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Granted. You got that one.
0:30:48 > 0:30:5175 miles into our journey across Michigan
0:30:51 > 0:30:54our family dynamic began to break down.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Poppa bear was getting annoyed because the cubs were wandering.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Taylor, you might want to just slow down a hair.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Hi, Dad. I'm going to the speed limit.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06- Slow down!- BLEEP.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- BLEEP.- Don't make me separate you two.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- You guys can't keep up?- If you slow down and get in the right hand lane
0:31:13 > 0:31:18- and the three of us get together, then no-one will sound like a- BLEEP. Too late!
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Like eight-year-olds with licences.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27That's what a road trip is like with these two.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Honestly.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Honestly, driving with you two is like herding cats!
0:31:35 > 0:31:40Driving those GM beasts across Michigan wasn't the only road trip we did.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44We also took a trip across the south in cars that cost less than 1,000
0:31:44 > 0:31:46in which we became modern-day bootleggers.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50- Adam, I'll help with your hood. It looks funny.- No, don't!
0:31:50 > 0:31:52No, what are you talking about?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- Go. Go!- Give me that!
0:31:55 > 0:31:58I don't have it, man!
0:32:08 > 0:32:10TOOTS HORN
0:32:11 > 0:32:14I knew a guy that could get us some grain alcohol.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Along the way, I learned that when it comes to 1,000 cars,
0:32:18 > 0:32:22you get what you pay for. Now, when the turbo kicks in,
0:32:22 > 0:32:23it sounds fine.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30It's just...cos the speedometer's not working, I can't tell how fast I'm going.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34In '87, the Thunderbird set the fastest lap in NASCAR history.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39212.8 miles per hour with Bill Elliott at the wheel.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41My coupe has heritage.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45I love this car. It reminds me of when I was a kid.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48My father always had a Cadillac.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51I could sleep on the back deck right below the rear window.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56So for 1,000 I got a Cadillac.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00I knew it was going to be comfortable and the ride would be smooth.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02And I knew that it was built like a tank.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09My air conditioning does work.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12That is a huge bonus cos it is hot and humid out there.
0:33:14 > 0:33:15But she feels pretty good.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20The radio's on eternal seat, as it should be. The light is eternally on.
0:33:20 > 0:33:21Maybe...
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Bit of a vibration up front. Transmission...
0:33:29 > 0:33:31..not so good.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Rutledge led us to a shady barn in the middle of nowhere.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- How many do we have to pack in? - 25 gallons.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Adam, will you be able to get out of here? That boat is laying anchor!
0:34:01 > 0:34:07Thanks to Rutledge's kinfolk, each of our cars was loaded with 100 quarts of White Lightning.
0:34:07 > 0:34:13And at over 50% alcohol, it was the highest-octane fuel these cars had ever carried.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20We've all owned crappy cars.
0:34:20 > 0:34:25They may have been stinky, filthy, dangerous rust buckets
0:34:25 > 0:34:29but when called to perform, our cars rose to the challenge.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32And we grew to appreciate them.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36These cars may have only cost 1,000,
0:34:36 > 0:34:40but they gave us everything they had.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48One of the shortest road trips we took
0:34:48 > 0:34:53was when we decided to become car salesmen and picked up some cars at a police auction.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58The auction rules dictated that we couldn't drive our cars before we bought them.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03So the 15-mile drive to the lot was the first chance we had
0:35:03 > 0:35:05to get to know our investments better.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09The air conditioning works. The shift is pretty smooth.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10Rides pretty nice.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12It's comfortable.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13I'm going to make a fortune.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17At 870, my car seemed a steal.
0:35:17 > 0:35:23Over in Alexis, the extra 1,500 Rutledge spent on his granddad car
0:35:23 > 0:35:26made the drive a little less eventful.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30It feels great. They put a lot of effort into this car.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35They started working on the idea of the LS in 1983.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39The project took five years and they think it cost just over a billion dollars.
0:35:39 > 0:35:45That's a lot of engineering just to make sure the car did well on the American market.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Come on, baby.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Up to speed we go.
0:35:53 > 0:35:59This is so dangerous. A giant freaking gas rig almost running over me.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02You never realise how big the other cars are out on the road
0:36:02 > 0:36:04till you're driving a small one.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Good Lord. We are going to die.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12In this episode, we're taking a look back
0:36:12 > 0:36:15at some of the best new and old cars we've driven all season.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20We've also remembered some of the incredible races and amazing road trips we've had.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Now, though, it's time to look back at some of the more unusual experiences.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29Our producers had us doing things they didn't tell us about when they hired us.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33We'd like to show you something they like to call "Making Mom proud".
0:36:35 > 0:36:39We've decided to level the playing field on you, my friend.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- Yeah.- You're not going to be driving. - You are the driving instructor
0:36:43 > 0:36:45and we have got you a great team mate.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- I get car sick.- That's a real manly statement.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- Do you want to meet your team-mate? - Yeah. Who is it?- Hey, Brian!
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Come on out!
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- He's pretending to be blind, right? - This way, Brian.
0:36:57 > 0:37:03- It's a long time since I've sat behind the wheel.- OK. Let's keep those comments to a minimum!
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- Can you drive a manual? - I've never driven a stick.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- The clutch is this thing on the right?- Ha, ha.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15They didn't tell you that? They wanted to make it more complicated.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Apparently. Yeah. That's awesome.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- It's the one on the left, actually. - Is it really?
0:37:21 > 0:37:25That's not the brake? So do you drive with two feet or one?
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Good question. Two feet.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Slowly bring up the clutch until you feel it bite.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Now you can take your foot off the clutch. You're in gear.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39- I take it off the clutch?- Yeah. A little to the right. To the right! And to the left. Sorry, right!
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Right. Left, left, left. Brake! Brake! Brake!
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Hard left. Clutch. Clutch.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52We broke out the good stuff.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Drink.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Oh, my G..
0:37:58 > 0:37:59WHEEZES
0:38:00 > 0:38:03That is so smooth!
0:38:08 > 0:38:09That is awesome!
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Take a big old...
0:38:14 > 0:38:16It does sting a little bit.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Do you think it's flammable?- Yes.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Are you going to spit on it? Hell, yes!
0:38:29 > 0:38:33Take it! Oh, it burns my whole face!
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I think my beard's fallen out!
0:38:35 > 0:38:37This is fun!
0:38:39 > 0:38:41I am the god of hell fire!
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Why don't you spit on the fire already, tough guy?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48You know the scariest thing, though.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- Sasquatch.- Cannibal coming at you.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Why don't you say that to my face?
0:39:01 > 0:39:039.00am. You know what that means?
0:39:03 > 0:39:07- Car time, baby.- The doors are open. - Time to sell.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Time to put our marketing plans into action.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Stress-free motors is supposed to be effortless. Spin the sign effortlessly.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Big smile. That's it!
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Free pony rides!
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Test drive a car and you get a free pony ride!
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Does that say, "Buy a car, punch a clown!"?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Yes. It's brilliant, isn't it?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32People will read it and go, "What's that all about?"
0:39:32 > 0:39:35My marketing plan was a bit more obvious.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38But it got results!
0:39:41 > 0:39:44It got me my first customer of the day.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- I'm Tanner, by the way.- Patrick. This is it?- The keys are in it.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- Let me grab something out of the showroom.- Sure.- Climb on in.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Do you know Alaska is one of the few states where you can see all three types of bears?
0:40:02 > 0:40:07- That's great(!)- There's over 45,000 of them in these woods.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11It's not the bears you've got to be worried about. It's the moose.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- Did you hear that? - Moose?- What was that?
0:40:13 > 0:40:17There's three times as many people killed by moose as there is bears.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- What are you wearing?- This is for the bears. This is bear spray.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24This will knock a grizzly down. Like bear pepper spray.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26These are bear bells.
0:40:26 > 0:40:33- Bear bells?- They hate this.- Salsa? - No, bear bells. Like Christmas. Bears hate Christmas.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Bells are Kryptonite for bears? - Worse. You see any bears?
0:40:45 > 0:40:50It might not have been a superbike, but the little Honda had a top speed of 22 miles an hour.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Now we're cooking! Now we're cooking.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09And that, my friends, is 91 miles an hour on the water.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13In this part of the world, the sea plane reigns supreme.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Down here in Key West, there used to be a navy base
0:41:16 > 0:41:20where sea planes would go out into the ocean looking for German submarines.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23If they found any, they dropped grenades on them.
0:41:23 > 0:41:29Inspired by history, we went hunting. But we had a much larger target in mind than a submarine.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Rutledge's bobbing head.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36- Holy- BLEEP!
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Taylor just gave me a haircut with a plane!
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Wow! Oh!
0:41:47 > 0:41:48- Oh!- Get him, Adam!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Aw, come on!
0:41:56 > 0:42:01This is a 1977 Chevy El Camino SN.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Look at the armaments on this car. Two dedicated rear guns.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Two front guns. All controlled by this instrument panel.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Look at this!
0:42:10 > 0:42:15360 degrees of fiery paint raining down on Fog horn.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19I am going to paint him like a subway car.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25Rutledge Wood, what in the Sam Hill are you thinking?
0:42:25 > 0:42:29It's a log cabin. I wanted to bring a piece of home with me to be comfortable.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33This is my porch. I can hang out here.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38I've got a mini-bar, a stove, complete with a stove exhaust.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Are you ready?
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Voila!
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Oh, Rutledge!
0:42:47 > 0:42:52The fact is, we really did do some strange things on this show.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56We've had an amazing time, and we hope you enjoyed watching.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Until next time, thank you and goodbye!
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