0:00:02 > 0:00:08- Now on Top Gear - Rutledge thinks he's James Bond...- This is a car you want to save the world in.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13- Dominic Monaghan thinks he's lost on our track. - This car is a hunk of junk.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19- And Tanner thinks he's going to throw up.- I get car-sick.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Welcome to Top Gear.
0:00:28 > 0:00:34On this show, there will be no cooking, no-one will be taking an emotional journey,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37but if it has an engine and tyres, it will be right here.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41I'm Adam Ferrara, that's Tanner Foust and this is Rutledge Wood.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46We've got an amazing show. I get to drive the Aston Martin V12 Vantage.
0:00:46 > 0:00:52We challenge Tanner to a drifting competition and Dominic Monaghan is our big star in a small car.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56But first, we start with a question. What do you want from a car?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- Horsepower. - Enough room for the kids.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04Yes, both of those things would be nice. I would like everything in one car -
0:01:04 > 0:01:10something that's good on the freeway and great on the racetrack, with five seats, a real trunk
0:01:10 > 0:01:14- and it wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.- You're very selfish.- Good luck.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It may sound impossible, but I'm not so sure.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25The Sierra Nevada mountains, California.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30In winter, this frozen wilderness is entombed in ice.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33But when spring brings a thaw,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37deep in the forest, a beast stirs.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39ENGINE REVS
0:01:53 > 0:01:57This...is the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05It's what happens when you take engineers and say,
0:02:05 > 0:02:10"Here's your coffee, there's your pencils. Don't be a bunch of pansies!"
0:02:11 > 0:02:13And did they man up!
0:02:15 > 0:02:21That's no surprise because Mitsubishi's engineers are good at building stuff. Lots of stuff.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Cars is just a very small part of their business.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30They make ships, electronics. You may have a Mitsubishi TV in your living room.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33And they make airplanes.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37In fact, Mitsubishi manufactured the wildly successful Zero,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40one of the best business models on the planet -
0:02:40 > 0:02:44build it, jump in and crash it into a ship.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49When you buy a car, you want more than a one-way trip
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and the Evo delivers.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57The Evo packs 291 horsepower into just four cylinders and two litres.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02That's more horsepower per litre than a Ferrari F430.
0:03:04 > 0:03:060 to 60? 4.9 seconds.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17While the interior is nothing to write home about, it's what you can't see that is so incredible.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24A dizzying array of computers and sensors do lots of crazy things,
0:03:24 > 0:03:30but ultimately, somehow it puts the power to the exact tyre that needs it when it needs it.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35With this cool all-wheel control button, you can choose between different surfaces.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39You can select "tarmac", which is "pavement" to us,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43or "gravel" or "snow" which basically changes the strategy
0:03:43 > 0:03:49and how the car uses its power to maximise performance on that surface.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52That all sounds great, but does it work?
0:03:54 > 0:03:58To find out, I've come to Mammoth Mountain.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02With an 11,000-foot summit, it's one of the highest ski areas in America,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05not the normal place you'd test a car,
0:04:05 > 0:04:11but since Mitsubishi claims that this is no ordinary car, we needed an extraordinary test.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13OK, here's the plan.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18I'm going to race this Evo against these skiers, disguised as walking skittles.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24'The skittles might dress loud, but these guys are extreme skiing pros -
0:04:24 > 0:04:28'big mountain-skiing, extreme daredevils who do not know fear.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31'They will race to the summit by gondola,
0:04:31 > 0:04:37'then take a three-minute banzai run down 3,000 feet to the finish line at Little Eagle Lodge.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40'I will take the twisting seven-mile route to the finish
0:04:40 > 0:04:47'that will be a supreme test of the Evo's ability on pavement, gravel and snow.'
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Good to meet you, guys. I need a bit of critical information.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- How long are you sitting on the gondola?- About 14 minutes.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- I could get pretty far down the road by that point.- Yeah.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- How quick are you getting up to? - Between 60 and 70mph.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07- What?!- Yeah.- Are you guys ready to give it a shot?- Absolutely.- Yeah.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09All right, see you at the lodge.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Hey, Tanner!
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Son of a...
0:05:21 > 0:05:27If I can't take advantage of these first 14 minutes or so, then I am absolutely screwed.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30OK, going through the hordes of people here.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36'Mammoth gets nearly 1.5 million visitors each year and they all seem to be here now.'
0:05:36 > 0:05:41I'll try not to run over anybody as everybody comes out of a nice day of skiing.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48'My fate hung on the Evo's ability to adapt to changing road surfaces.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50'The first two miles were pavement.'
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Oh, no!
0:05:52 > 0:05:54'And a big, stupid, slow bus!'
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I am absolutely screwed.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Just people enjoying their afternoon. But this is a race.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11ENGINE REVS
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Thank you, buddy.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28TYRES SCREECH
0:06:39 > 0:06:45'The road was now a loose surface, but in "gravel" mode, the Evo got its claws out and clung on.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50'A good thing too because coming off here would be permanent.'
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Yes!
0:06:51 > 0:06:56'Up above, the skittles were climbing relentlessly to the summit.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04'But I was making great time until the inevitable happened.'
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- TYRES SCREECH - Holy crap!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09'A propane truck.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13'Highly explosive. I was doomed.'
0:07:13 > 0:07:18It's a beautiful road too. It's really nice. I could be flying right now.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23They're probably changing gondola now, getting on to the second one.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Go, go, go, go, go!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Come on, Bessie. Come on, girl!
0:07:31 > 0:07:36'It was becoming clear that what we had here was a road hog.'
0:07:36 > 0:07:40This is crazy. 'Probably over-compensating for something.'
0:07:40 > 0:07:44He was super-short growing up, always got picked on,
0:07:44 > 0:07:50so he got a job driving the biggest, slowest truck he could find and put "flammable" stickers all over it,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53so nobody would pass him. He's laughing in there!
0:07:53 > 0:07:57'12 minutes down. The skiers were a few hundred feet from the top
0:07:57 > 0:08:00'and I might as well have been going backwards.'
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- Ready, dude?- Yeah, let's do this. - Come on, truck!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Go, go, go, go, go!
0:08:11 > 0:08:14'Somewhere above the snow clouds,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16'they were coming for me.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20'The luminous hellhounds were on my trail.'
0:08:34 > 0:08:38'A minute later, I finally lost the angry little guy in the big truck
0:08:38 > 0:08:44'and with the weather closing in fast, the Evo was about to face its ultimate test -
0:08:44 > 0:08:46'eight-foot-deep snow.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50'I kicked it into "snow" mode. This was it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55'I'd either be shredding like Shaun White or sinking up to my windows.'
0:09:04 > 0:09:07LAUGHTER
0:09:07 > 0:09:10This is awesome!
0:09:10 > 0:09:15I would rather be in this Evo than a Jeep going through this snow right now.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20'Not only could this car drive on snow, it mastered it, it owned it.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24'It was a glorious, beautiful thing and I was in love.'
0:09:24 > 0:09:26This is heaven!
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Oh, my gosh!
0:09:38 > 0:09:44Even when the Evo's almost stuck, it just doesn't give up, sending that power where you need it.
0:09:44 > 0:09:50For all you Subaru owners who think the Evo is just a pavement queen, think again. This is the real deal.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10'And then they were on me like fluorescent devils.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12'And the orange one was in my sights.'
0:10:12 > 0:10:15HE LAUGHS
0:10:15 > 0:10:19How did those guys get down here so quick?
0:10:19 > 0:10:24'We were neck and neck with just a mile to go and now the skiers had the advantage.
0:10:24 > 0:10:30'They could go off trail through the woods. The Evo was good, but not that good.'
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Whoa!
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Son of a bitch!
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Oh, my God, this is going to be so close!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Come on!
0:10:55 > 0:11:01'As we burst out of the storm and into the sunlight, it was too close to call.'
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Aaaaagh!
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Yes!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16APPLAUSE
0:11:19 > 0:11:24You know what? I'm getting the feeling you really like this car.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28That was some of the most fun I've ever had behind the wheel.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32A world-class sports car disguised as a family car for 34 grand.
0:11:32 > 0:11:38It looks like it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
0:11:38 > 0:11:44It's not about looks. If you need to express your virility, get a yellow Lamborghini. This is for drivers.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50If you like the way cars feel from behind the steering wheel, this is it.
0:11:52 > 0:11:58It is now time to take a look at a legendary luxury British sports car favoured by James Bond.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02For this, we needed a host that was handsome, debonair,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05charming, fearless,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07and unfortunately, I was busy.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- LAUGHTER - So we sent the guy with the beard.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20This is a car maker that defines itself in three words -
0:12:20 > 0:12:22power,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24beauty,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26soul.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38A British company with nearly 100 years of history...
0:12:39 > 0:12:42..a rich racing heritage
0:12:42 > 0:12:48and a tradition of creating instantly recognisable, iconic sports cars.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It can only be...
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Aston Martin.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05This particular Aston Martin is the V8 Vantage.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08It's Aston's smallest and least expensive car
0:13:08 > 0:13:12with the base model setting you right about 120,000 dollars.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17Now, that's pretty big money for an entry level to the brand,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20but it is beautiful and it is an Aston.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Now, this has a 4.7-litre V8 that puts out 420 horsepower,
0:13:29 > 0:13:34which sounds great, but it's pulling 3,600 pounds along with it,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38which is a huge amount of weight for a car this small.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41In comparison, the Porsche 911 weighs 500 pounds less.
0:13:43 > 0:13:49The worst part about this car is the power doesn't come on till high in the RPMs,
0:13:49 > 0:13:54so you've really got to flog it to feel like you're getting anywhere.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It doesn't feel as fast as it should be.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00When a car looks this fast and costs this much,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02you expect it to deliver.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07If you think about all the cars you could buy for 120,000 dollars,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11a Porsche 911, an Audi R8, the Mercedes CL 63,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14or even for less money, the Nissan GT-R,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I'd rather have any one of those over this.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21So the car will do 180 miles an hour,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24but the speedometer goes up to 220.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Is that a British thing?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Lying?
0:14:33 > 0:14:39So what do you do if your 120-grand car has beauty and soul,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41but no power?
0:14:42 > 0:14:48Well, the engineers at Aston Martin decided the best answer was a heart transplant.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I'm driving an Aston Martin. I feel like 007.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17This is the kind of car you want to save the world in.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Wood. Rutledge Wood.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Just as Q Branch modified James Bond's personal cars,
0:15:27 > 0:15:33Aston's goons somehow wedged a 6-litre V12 from the larger DB9
0:15:33 > 0:15:36into the comparatively tiny Vantage.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41This was no small amount of work. It's clear to see there's a big difference.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47In the V8, you've got tons of room around the engine. In the V12, you can barely fit your hand in there.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53For the engineers to fit this motor, they had to cant the radiator, shave the oil pan
0:15:53 > 0:15:57and even run a smaller alternator, but that's what hot-rodding is.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02You take the smallest car you have and cram the biggest motor in there you can.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Finally, the Brits took a page from the Americans.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14This car has a 6-litre V12 that puts out 510 horsepower,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16190 miles an hour top speed.
0:16:16 > 0:16:190 to 60 is 4.1 seconds.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22'The cost for all this wonderfulness?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24'180 grand.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28'And for that, you get a car that's even sexier than the V8.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31'If the V8 is Angelina Jolie...
0:16:31 > 0:16:35'the V12 is Angelina Jolie in knee-high boots...
0:16:35 > 0:16:37'with a riding crop.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43'Added aggressive touches give it the look of a cage fighter.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49'From the race-derived side sills and rear spoiler to the carbon details on the hood,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51'the V12 is muscular and menacing.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02'So the V12 was showing some promise after the disappointment of the V8.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05'It had the beauty and it had the soul.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11'The question was - did it really have the power?
0:17:13 > 0:17:16'On the edges of the Mojave Desert in California
0:17:16 > 0:17:19'is a six-mile-long dry lake bed.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25'This hot-rodder's playground has no speed limits
0:17:25 > 0:17:28'and is known simply as El Mirage.'
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Oh, that power is incredible!
0:17:44 > 0:17:50I see what was wrong with the V8 Vantage. It just didn't have enough motor for the car.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52But this...this is it.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57'The V12 is only available with a manual transmission,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00'so you know it's a pure-bred driver's car.'
0:18:00 > 0:18:06What fun would a car like this be if you couldn't take traction control off?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10That is just a beast!
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Oh, sideways!
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Oh, that's pretty!
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Oh, yeah, I'll hang it out there.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28'The V12 has almost perfect weight balance between the front and rear wheels
0:18:28 > 0:18:32'and it only weighs 110 pounds more than the V8, despite the extra cylinders.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37'That all sounds good, but what does it mean in real world performance?
0:18:37 > 0:18:41'0 to 60 is 0.6 seconds quicker than the V8.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45'That doesn't seem like much return for an extra 60 grand,
0:18:45 > 0:18:50'so it was time to put the British hot rod to the test... the American way.'
0:19:11 > 0:19:15'Within seconds, the V12 had established an unbeatable lead.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17'The V8 was eating my dust.'
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Oh, man, let's see how fast we can get it. 120...
0:19:26 > 0:19:28130...
0:19:32 > 0:19:34140...
0:19:37 > 0:19:39150! Look at that!
0:19:43 > 0:19:44160!
0:19:48 > 0:19:54'The V12 will do 190 miles per hour, but on this surface, there was no chance of getting there.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59'175 was the best I could get,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01'and the V8, it was totally dusted.'
0:20:01 > 0:20:06You know the one thing that doesn't make sense about this car?
0:20:06 > 0:20:10The speedometer in this one only goes up to 200.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Liars!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15All of these Brits are liars!
0:20:18 > 0:20:20'You can't fault Aston Martin here.
0:20:20 > 0:20:26'They tackled the issue with the lack of power in the V8 head-on and created the V12.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31'But they did such a great job that the Vantage has been propelled towards a higher level.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36'It has the performance, the price tag and with only 300 being made,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40'the exclusivity needed to achieve the coveted tag of "supercar".'
0:20:41 > 0:20:43APPLAUSE
0:20:44 > 0:20:50Clearly, the V12 is better than the V8, but is it really worth 60 grand more?
0:20:50 > 0:20:55I think it is. The V8 just didn't have the power it needed for the car.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- The V12 solves that entirely. - Yeah, but it costs 180,000 dollars.
0:20:59 > 0:21:06You can get a Mercedes SLS AMG for that or a Porsche Turbo S and still have a huge pile of money left over.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09You could get 1.8 million pairs of tube socks.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Yeah, but here's the thing.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17When you spend that much money, what do you tell people you drive? A Mercedes? A Porsche?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- That won't get you laid. - Or an Aston Martin.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Aston - it just makes you feel important.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27It may be classy, but how fast does it go around the Top Gear test track
0:21:27 > 0:21:31at the hands of our silent racing driver? Take it away, Stig.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35The Stig, of course, is the fourth member of our team,
0:21:35 > 0:21:41whose sole purpose is to shake down each new car we review. Let's see how the V12 Vantage performs.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47A lot of wheelspin off the line. 510 horsepower - can't argue that,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49but she is a heavy beast.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Braking into the first corner, it's 3,700lbs.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Still looking pretty composed as he comes through the chicane.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Now he comes into the teardrop, the slowest part of the track.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09With rear-wheel-drive cars, it's tough to get the power down. Can he do it without sliding?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13He's working hard today. Catches a little bit of air.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Onto the straight at over 120 miles an hour.
0:22:17 > 0:22:23And into the trickiest braking spot. This is the most dangerous spot.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Aston Martin, no problem. Really looking pretty good.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35A little wheelspin coming into the last S.
0:22:35 > 0:22:42Coming into the final corner now. This is going to be a pretty quick time for such a big machine.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44And...across the line.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47There he goes.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53I'm not the hugest fan, but that looked pretty clean.
0:22:53 > 0:23:00You've got the Viper at the top, some Lamborghinis. The Aston Martin with an extra 1,000lbs
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- comes in at 1:28.2.- Wow!
0:23:03 > 0:23:051:28.2.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10Earlier, we had the Evo. The Stig took this around the track.
0:23:10 > 0:23:1534,000 car, basically a fifth the price of the Aston Martin,
0:23:15 > 0:23:21did it in 1:29.2. Only a second slower than the Aston Martin.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24It's unbelievable.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34All right. Now it's time for our Big Star in a Small Car.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38He's been trapped on a desert island after an aeroplane accident in Lost,
0:23:38 > 0:23:44he's been on an amazing journey in Lord of the Rings and he had visions in Flash Forward,
0:23:44 > 0:23:50but I bet he didn't see himself in a 17,000 hatchback riding on an old runway.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Ladies and gentlemen, Dominic Monaghan.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01How you doing, man? Nice to see you! Have a seat.
0:24:01 > 0:24:08So I have to ask, first off you drive what has been described as a tinted and dented Prius.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12That's true, yeah. I drive a pretty awful Prius.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18- Yours is an '05. Do you have that funny sticker on the bumper?- I do.
0:24:18 > 0:24:24So in LA and California, they put this little yellow sticker on the bumper to drive in the HOV lane.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30- All of a sudden, nobody's giving out the sticker any more.- It's gold dust. I had to put it on and razor it,
0:24:30 > 0:24:36so people can't pull it off. For a while, you could park on a meter in California for free.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41You can't do that now. I have so many parking tickets!
0:24:41 > 0:24:46On Lost, a lot of you guys were getting pulled over like it was the Lost curse.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- Out of the main cast, they probably got 9 out of 14 of us.- Wow!
0:24:50 > 0:24:56On my driving licence - I have two now - both have goofy faces.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00The first is a big Joker grin and the second is like this.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- Do cops like that? Is it a good ice breaker?- No, they don't like it.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Cops like you if you're a sexy girl. Apart from that, no chance.
0:25:08 > 0:25:15I know you like to go fast, but you're on the waiting list for a Tesla Model S.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- That's their new four-door. - I made a decision
0:25:19 > 0:25:25that I can buy any car I want so long as it's electric or hybrid. Hopefully, electric.
0:25:25 > 0:25:31For me, cars are not quite yet at the point where I need them to be for my imagination.
0:25:31 > 0:25:38I don't like that noise that the indicator makes. Click-click, click-click.
0:25:38 > 0:25:45I want a different noise. And I don't like it when the windscreen wiper goes...uuurgh!
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I want it to go across like this.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54I want it to go from four-seater to two-seater when I ask and the paint to change colour
0:25:54 > 0:25:59and I want the speakers playing inside to flip and play outside when I'm hanging outside.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04I want my car to drive me to where I want to go, then go find parking.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- And I want it to talk to me.- Sure! - To ask me how my day was
0:26:08 > 0:26:15- and to talk to a car thief and say, "You just stole Dom's car." - "Not cool. Take it back."
0:26:15 > 0:26:19"Pull over or you're in trouble." And then knock the guy out!
0:26:19 > 0:26:25- You want to drive a mood ring! Every day a different colour. - My mood changes so much.
0:26:25 > 0:26:32- It should reflect in my car. - Well, since you like fast cars, you were at home in our Suzuki.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Kinda!- Do you want to see his lap?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Let's take a look.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Nice little start there.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- Having a little...- Oh! Couldn't put it into second!
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Look how small I am - like a little leprechaun!
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Is it as racy as your Prius, dare I say?
0:26:56 > 0:27:00You know, the Prius takes a long time to respond.
0:27:00 > 0:27:06- You don't say(!) - This is stick shift so... - This is the most technical part.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10It looks like I'm going so slow!
0:27:10 > 0:27:14No braking. Just tapped the brake there. Very naughty.
0:27:14 > 0:27:20- You have to remind yourself. - 'Yeah, yeah.' This car is a hunk of junk!
0:27:20 > 0:27:25Cameraman's Curve. It's like Dead Man's Curve except we'll lose a cameraman.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Yeah, I spin out a little bit here. Definitely.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32You look good in a helmet.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37God, it looks like 20mph!
0:27:37 > 0:27:42Oh, that's beautiful. And across the line! APPLAUSE
0:27:43 > 0:27:48- So, be honest... - What did the spaceman do? 1:55?
0:27:48 > 0:27:54- Yeah, Buzz Aldrin. How do you think you did?- Oh, man, I think I did like one forty...
0:27:54 > 0:27:56one?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58LAUGHTER
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Wow, you're ambitious. I like that about you.
0:28:02 > 0:28:09- We're talking about Buzz Aldrin. He's been 25,000 miles an hour. - Cool.- You had trouble breaking 90.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- But what is he now? 80? - Maybe!
0:28:12 > 0:28:18- I can't beat an 80-year-old man? - Well, I guess we'll find out. You did it...
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- Oh, no.- In one minute,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23fff...
0:28:24 > 0:28:26..forty...
0:28:26 > 0:28:29..five three.
0:28:29 > 0:28:3110 seconds!
0:28:34 > 0:28:40- So I was just over 10 seconds... - Barely. But like you said, he's 80. - Yeah.- He won't notice.
0:28:40 > 0:28:46LAUGHTER Let's hear it again for Dominic Monaghan.
0:28:49 > 0:28:56When he's not stunt-doubling for Marty McFly, Tanner competes in a motorsport called drifting.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02- He says it's an art form that requires supreme car control and immense mental focus.- Yeah.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06We say it's a bunch of guys sliding around like morons.
0:29:06 > 0:29:11- He is the two-time drifting champion. - The champion moron.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13So we organised a test of his skill.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27If you're going drifting, you're going to want one of these - a Nissan 370Z.
0:29:27 > 0:29:34Rear-wheel drive, manual transmission, light weight and 332 horsepower.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36How could Tanner resist?
0:29:41 > 0:29:46- In the south we call that a power slide.- In New York, we call it grand theft auto.
0:29:52 > 0:29:58- Gentlemen!- Very impressive, young fella.- Welcome to my backyard. Ready to get your asses kicked?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- What was that? - That was drifting.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Originated in the hills of Japan.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08'Tanner felt it necessary to give us the entire history of drifting,
0:30:08 > 0:30:14'like how it was started in the '70s by a Japanese racer with wild style, and how it's still popular today.'
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- Drifting is a style thing. - Oh, it's like figure skating!
0:30:18 > 0:30:22- You're the Brian Boitano of drifting!- That's it.
0:30:22 > 0:30:29'These guys can make fun of me all they want, but drifting takes years to perfect.
0:30:29 > 0:30:35'It may look like just a bunch of smoking tyres, but it requires extreme precision
0:30:35 > 0:30:39'and the ability to make the rear tyres lose traction at will,
0:30:41 > 0:30:47'which allows the back of the vehicle to slide - or drift.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53'I could beat Adam and Rutledge at any drifting challenge with my eyes closed.'
0:30:53 > 0:30:59- Ready to get this show on the road? - We've levelled the playing field, my fast and furious friend.
0:30:59 > 0:31:07- Yeah. You're not going to drive. You're the driving instructor for a great team-mate.- I get car sick.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11That's a real manly statement. "I get car sick."
0:31:11 > 0:31:16- Want to meet your team-mate? - Yeah. Who is it?- Hey, Brian!
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Come on out!
0:31:21 > 0:31:24He's pretending to be blind, right?
0:31:24 > 0:31:26This way, Brian!
0:31:26 > 0:31:32'I thought my buddy Brian Fischler and his seeing-eye dog Nash would be the perfect partner.
0:31:33 > 0:31:39'Brian's a fellow stand-up comic who agreed to help me out.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43'Rutledge and I had Tanner right where we wanted him,
0:31:43 > 0:31:50'but we thought it was only fair to at least give Tanner a chance to teach Brian how to drive.'
0:31:50 > 0:31:55- It's been a long time since I sat behind the wheel.- OK, let's keep those comments to a minimum.
0:31:55 > 0:32:02- Can you drive a manual? - I've never driven a stick. The clutch is this thing on the right?
0:32:04 > 0:32:10- They didn't tell you that. They wanted to make it more complicated. - Apparently.- Yeah.- Awesome(!)
0:32:10 > 0:32:17- It's the one on the left, actually. - Is it? That's not the brake? Do you drive with two feet or one?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Good question. Two feet.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Bring the clutch in until you feel it bite. Good. Take your foot away.
0:32:23 > 0:32:30- You're in gear and rolling. - I take it off the clutch?- Yep. Wanna try a burnout?- Yeah.
0:32:30 > 0:32:36- Handbrake. That's how you stop. - That wasn't a burnout?- No. Shall we let Nash out?- Yeah.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41- We might wanna let Nash out.- 'While Nash was busy walking Tanner,
0:32:41 > 0:32:46'we tried to figure out what he sees in the so-called sport of drifting.'
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- Look at you!- Ha-ha!
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- That's fun! - Maybe that's why Tanner likes it.
0:32:57 > 0:33:03- All right, start turning the steering wheel left.- Left.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07To the right, to the right. And to the left. Sorry, right!
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Right. Left, left! brake, brake, brake. Clutch!
0:33:15 > 0:33:19So let's go straight ahead. Sorry, sorry, straight.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Stop! Stop, hard!
0:33:23 > 0:33:28'Tanner definitely had his work cut out. No way could he win!
0:33:28 > 0:33:34- 'We were so confident, we decided to take a break.' - Rest rooms and wifi. All we need.
0:33:34 > 0:33:40'I updated my Facebook status saying I was going to whup Tanner in a drifting competition.
0:33:40 > 0:33:46'And, for some reason, Rutledge thought I'd be interested in fishing called noodling.'
0:33:46 > 0:33:53- You pull it up for a second...- 'A way to catch catfish with your bare hands.'- Are you paying attention?
0:33:53 > 0:33:54No.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Hard left, hard left! Left! Left!
0:33:59 > 0:34:05- Left! OK, Brian, you were on the clutch? - No. I was on the brake.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Jump the clutch.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Push it to the floor. Full throttle.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14Whoa.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Hold it, hold it.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21That's Brian driving a six-speed. Are you kidding me?!
0:34:21 > 0:34:23OK, that's enough.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- What did we hit?- Nothing. We're fine.
0:34:27 > 0:34:33- He's so much better than you are! - He's better than you, too! - The blind can drift.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37'We needed to start the competition before Brian got any better.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40'There were three events.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42'Handbrake parking.
0:34:42 > 0:34:50Doughnuts. And the first event - the burnout. Burning rubber for the longest distance wins.'
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Why don't I start?- Do it, Rutledge.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Get full-on redneck on us.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Yee-ha, baby!
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- That was impressive.- I liked it.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Y'all are gonna need a long measuring tape!
0:35:15 > 0:35:21- 'Clearly, rednecks and burnouts go together like whisky and hunting.' No way!- Wow!
0:35:21 > 0:35:25That looks like 98 feet if I stop at the nose of the cone.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- What do you think, Brian?- Not bad, but it's definitely beatable.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33- Nobody likes blind AND cocky! - Man, he is gonna beat you.
0:35:35 > 0:35:43- Just hold your steering wheel straight until we hit something or I say stop.- Gotcha.- Full throttle.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Jump the clutch!
0:35:48 > 0:35:51And stop.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- Oh, man! That looks close!- Uh-oh.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01- Good. Let's measure it. - I said he would beat you. I didn't know he'd beat me also.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05- Call it out. - 98, 99, 100...and...
0:36:05 > 0:36:10- five. 105. - Well done, my friend.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Thank you.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17You realise that Top Gear's reputation rests on your shoulders?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Thank you.- 'The pressure was on,
0:36:19 > 0:36:25'but I knew Adam would be clutch in this situation.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28'Apparently, he's all clutch.'
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- Ladies and gentlemen...- Clutch! - Exhibit A!
0:36:32 > 0:36:35There's not a skid mark on the road.
0:36:35 > 0:36:41It's kind of hard to see. You have to look in the distance. That's kinda hard.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- Walk straight.- What happened?
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- Did you do something to the tyres? - I'll measure it for you.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Right to the... That's 11 inches.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Pretty good.- Nice work.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59You got totally smoked by your blind friend.
0:36:59 > 0:37:05'Adam and Rutledge didn't know what hit them. We gave them a beat down in the burnout competition
0:37:05 > 0:37:11'and we were ready to beat them again in the art of the controlled spinout, known as the doughnut.
0:37:13 > 0:37:19'A doughnut is accomplished by spinning the rear tyres while you steer the car in a circle,
0:37:19 > 0:37:21'the bigger, the better.
0:37:21 > 0:37:29'The rules were simple. Do as many circles as you could within the cones. Hit any, you're disqualified.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- 'Mr Clutch was up first.' - On our toes.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37If I scream, "Run!", take off.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Oh! He's not in the circle, but...
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- He's going back for another cone. - Did he hit another one?- Yeah.
0:37:49 > 0:37:55- He can't even see inside the car! - He's blind now, too? - It's smoking.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01Yes, that would have been nice if it had been in the circle.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- Yeah.- Who's up next? I'd like to see you do better.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- Brian's up next. - I'm sorry I said "see", but go.
0:38:09 > 0:38:16'None of Adam's doughnuts counted. I knew that Brian could do better and he was blind.'
0:38:16 > 0:38:20We'll drive around in a circle, then I'll say, "Full throttle."
0:38:20 > 0:38:25- And that's all the way down? - He's never driven a manual before.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- And he's blind. - And he's headed right for us.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40Ease it back. Don't put pressure on him. One step back...
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- And full throttle! - OK, come on, Nash!- That's enough!
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Come on, Nash.
0:38:56 > 0:39:03'Neither Brian nor Adam were able to stay within the circle. It was my time to shine.'
0:39:11 > 0:39:14SOUTHERN COUNTRY MUSIC
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- Oh, my God, the smoke! - He's consistent!
0:39:32 > 0:39:35How much more of that can we take?!
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- I don't know about that. - Well done.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41You don't know about that?!
0:39:41 > 0:39:47That was like a pirouette. I thought drifting was like figure skating? I just wowed the crowd.
0:39:49 > 0:39:55'Rutledge won the doughnut event. If were were to win the entire competition,
0:39:55 > 0:39:59'we'd need to win the final challenge - handbrake parking.
0:39:59 > 0:40:06'Each driver would have to do a 180-degree drift into a parking place and get all four tyres in.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11'I've practised doing this for years, but this wasn't about me.'
0:40:11 > 0:40:17Can you do it better than Brian, who has never seen these boxes or the colour of this car?
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Because if he wins this, in the ultimate drifting competition,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24you two got smoked by a blind dude.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28'Tanner was right. Our plan was beginning to backfire.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36'I couldn't let that happen, so I took matters into my own hands.'
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- Rutledge is coming right now. - Looks good.
0:40:44 > 0:40:51- That was amazing. Are you unloading something? - Is this the white zone?
0:40:51 > 0:40:55'I didn't have much faith that Mr Clutch would do any better.'
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- Good speed.- Yes!
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- Oh, that's...- With the roll!
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Wow!
0:41:06 > 0:41:12So once he flicked it over, he held the clutch in so it rolled backwards.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17- But that...that would certainly work. - 'It had all come down to this.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20'Brian had come too far to lose now.'
0:41:20 > 0:41:25A little faster, a little faster...and now! Yes.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33- They're pointed in the right direction.- A little faster... Now!
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- YEAH!- Oh!
0:41:39 > 0:41:41We are so in there!
0:41:44 > 0:41:46I've seen it all.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- Closer than I thought it'd be. - Maybe next time.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53You didn't win it. Brian won it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:59- Absolutely.- You can't take credit. - Fair is fair, you guys won. So, ladies and gentlemen,
0:41:59 > 0:42:06- let's welcome the first ever Top Gear blind drift champion, Brian Fischler, and his dog, Nash!- Yeah!
0:42:10 > 0:42:15- Good to see you. - How you doing?
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Thank you!
0:42:22 > 0:42:28- That was some awesome driving. - Well, now that I am the Top Gear drifting champ,
0:42:28 > 0:42:34- applying for a New York cabbie's licence will be easy.- I think Nash will check out if you do that.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38When you first went into first gear and stalled it...
0:42:38 > 0:42:41LAUGHTER
0:42:50 > 0:42:56- Beautiful! - Nash doesn't like that idea. - To the victor go the spoils!
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Well, that's it for this episode of Top Gear!
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Thanks for watching. Good night.