0:00:02 > 0:00:04'Now on Top Gear, I drive a car with wings.'
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I just flew into the sun!
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Tanner gets some air in a race against a HALO jumper...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Oh, there he is!
0:00:11 > 0:00:14..and Kid Rock soars around our track.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Welcome to Top Gear!
0:00:24 > 0:00:27On this show, nobody will save their failing restaurant.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Nobody will date Adriana, but if gasoline flows through your veins,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34you're at home right here. I'm Adam Ferrara.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37That is Tanner Foust, and this is Rutledge Wood.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Yeah, and we got an amazing show coming up.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43He gets to drive the bad-ass new Mercedes SLS AMG.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46We've got Kid Rock on our test track in the Suzuki,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50and, GI Joe, pay attention, because we're going to find a replacement for that.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55But before all of that, what would you buy if you had 40 grand to spend?
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- A Judge.- Ooh, a GTO?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- No. A real judge. - AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:01:00 > 0:01:02What vehicle would you buy?
0:01:02 > 0:01:07I would buy either a Subaru WRX STI or a Dodge Challenger SRT-8.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09AUDIENCE GASPS You could do that.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12But did you know, for just over 40 grand,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14you could buy a flying machine.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Few things have captured the imagination of mankind
0:01:21 > 0:01:25more than flight. It's commonly assumed that to achieve it,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27you need wings.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Ford's Special Vehicle Team begs to differ.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42The words "ultra-high performance"
0:01:42 > 0:01:45usually conjure a 200-mile-an-hour Lamborghini,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48or a racetrack-ready Pagani Zonda.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52The F-150-based Raptor, however, is just as radical.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55It subscribes to a totally new definition of performance -
0:01:55 > 0:01:59one paved in dirt, measured in suspension travel
0:01:59 > 0:02:02and punctuated by hang time.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05POUNDING ROCK MUSIC
0:02:11 > 0:02:15OK, so it jumps rather than flies, but this much air time
0:02:15 > 0:02:17is close enough!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Whoa! TYRES THUMP
0:02:19 > 0:02:24There's something so purely redneck about that sound...
0:02:25 > 0:02:27..but everybody can relate to it.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Yes!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35What's jaw-dropping about the Raptor
0:02:35 > 0:02:37isn't that it can do 100 miles an hour
0:02:37 > 0:02:39on surfaces scarred like the moon.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42It's not that it'll cost you just 42 grand.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46No - it's that the Raptor is just a plain old production car.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52The Raptor is available with Ford's new V8,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55a 6.2 litre with 411 horsepower
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and 434 foot-pounds of torque.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05But this isn't your ordinary Raptor.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09This is the Hennessey VelociRaptor 475.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Hand another seven grand over to the guys at Hennessey,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16and they'll transform your 6.2-litre Raptor
0:03:16 > 0:03:18from an animal into a beast.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Hennessey is a Texas tuning shop
0:03:20 > 0:03:24famous for creating Texas-size horsepower numbers,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27and for modifying supercars
0:03:27 > 0:03:29that'll steal a Bugatti Veyron's lunch money.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Hennessey managed to find another 64 horsepower
0:03:33 > 0:03:36by replacing the intake and exhaust systems
0:03:36 > 0:03:38and retuning the engine computer.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41That's like giving crack to a charging rhino.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48You look at it, and it looks like it's going to be a rough ride,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51a stiff, rugged, trucky ride. But in order to be good off-road,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54the suspension has to travel 11 inches in the front
0:03:54 > 0:03:58and 12 in the back. That 12 inches, when you turn the wheel,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00makes the truck roll over on its axis.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03It's made for off-road, and so when you get on-road,
0:04:03 > 0:04:08where it's going to be 90 percent of the time, the steering is slow, the suspension squishy.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11In a straight line it seems fine. You can hit potholes,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14small Kia Rios - basically anything at speed,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and it's just a kick. That's it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20"Hold on. We've got to run over a small car."
0:04:23 > 0:04:27It's like sitting on a marshmallow. It's just floating down the road.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29You would think you were in a Cadillac.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33The only thing that separates this from driving a Cadillac
0:04:33 > 0:04:37is that every single second you're driving in the Raptor,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40it sounds like 40 Harley Davidsons are trying to overtake you.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43ENGINE ROARS
0:04:51 > 0:04:55As if the Raptor wasn't visually disturbing enough,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Hennessey's installed a "loud" button
0:04:57 > 0:05:00which takes it to ear-threatening decibels.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02ENGINE SNARLS Anybody walking by
0:05:02 > 0:05:05can't help but just be absolutely pissed off.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08It's like hell has broken loose. It's like Armageddon.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10ENGINE SNARLS
0:05:10 > 0:05:12It's awesome!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18At Monte Carlo, you may get some action in a Lamborghini
0:05:18 > 0:05:21or a Ferrari.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27In Eloy, you're the king in the Raptor.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30SIREN WAILS 'My reign was short.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34'The Raptor was a heat magnet. I was politely told to leave town.'
0:05:34 > 0:05:39Attracting attention. That's what it's supposed to do, right?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40HE SIGHS
0:05:46 > 0:05:49When you get behind the wheel of something like this,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52suddenly the lines of the roads go grey.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56If you want to turn off the road and go into the bushes, watch this.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Yes! Wow!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02All four wheels spinning.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11But there are huge gotchas, big holes that can swallow a whole truck.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20That right there was the size of a Volkswagen.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Sure, you can spend 20 grand on a Camry or something like that...
0:06:26 > 0:06:29..but will it do this?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I don't think so.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Oh, my gosh, I cannot believe
0:06:36 > 0:06:38how hard I'm pushing this truck right now.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41HEAVENLY CHOIR SINGING
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Despite being an off-road juggernaut,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59the Raptor has an unusually plush interior.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02But it's got these weird knobby gauges,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06where it's like if you have forgotten you're in a truck,
0:07:06 > 0:07:10and they remind you by showing you big mud tyres all over the dashboard.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And the colour-coding interior...
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Frankly, it raises the hair on the back of my neck.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21The reason for that is, I think it flat-out reminds me of a PT Cruiser.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31So, the Raptor is certainly a press-release car for Ford,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36probably the most dramatic and radical machine Ford makes -
0:07:36 > 0:07:39a behemoth that is horrible on the road.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42It's made for what people don't do, which is go off-road.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45A lot of people would think it's absolutely crazy
0:07:45 > 0:07:49to spit out a gas-guzzling ginormous truck in these times.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52But it's actually pretty smart, because it's a concept car
0:07:52 > 0:07:56that you can buy and own. Not many people will drive this,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59but it will make a big impact on the image of Ford.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03You couldn't find a production vehicle
0:08:03 > 0:08:07that even comes close to matching the Raptor's outright speed
0:08:07 > 0:08:11on the desert floor. With its go-fast bits and off-road prowess,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13it hops along the desert quicker than anything.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It's really in a class of its own,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18so a comparison was virtually impossible.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21We did find one person who was willing to take on the VelociRaptor,
0:08:21 > 0:08:25but he's not starting on the ground. He's going to start up there -
0:08:25 > 0:08:2825,000 feet up there. He's a HALO jumper.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31THUNDER RUMBLES
0:08:32 > 0:08:37HALO, or high-altitude, low-opening, is a military freefall technique
0:08:37 > 0:08:40first tested by the US Air Force in 1960
0:08:40 > 0:08:45to help pilots ejecting at altitudes up to 35,000 feet.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48It was then adopted by Special Forces during Vietnam,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51who were able to fly at high altitude out of missile range,
0:08:51 > 0:08:55and then drop into enemy territory undetected by radar.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58This HALO specialist's identity is classified,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01and since he trains Navy SEALs
0:09:01 > 0:09:04how to leap from the heavens and kill people undetected,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07if I even see him, he may have to kill me.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10He kind of reminds me of Darth Vader.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15The race will be exactly five miles from start to finish.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20The Raptor will face a combination of asphalt, rough trail and open desert.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24The course is set on land designated for cattle grazing,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26so by law, they have the right of way.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30If I mess with the cows, the rancher has the legal right to shoot me.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33The HALO jumper will start 25,000 feet up,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36giving him exactly five miles of falling.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39He will freefall at speeds up to 120 miles an hour
0:09:39 > 0:09:43until he hits 2,000 feet. Then he must open his chute,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46or we'll be taking him home in a bucket.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50'To beat the HALO jumper to the finish line,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53'I've got to get there in just over four minutes,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55'which means averaging 71 miles an hour.'
0:09:55 > 0:09:59That's unbelievably fast, considering there's sand traps, jumps and cows
0:09:59 > 0:10:03between me and the finish line, and he's just falling.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07He's been breathing pure oxygen for the last 45 minutes
0:10:07 > 0:10:10to rid his bloodstream of nitrogen. If he doesn't, as he climbs,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13the nitrogen will expand in his blood vessels
0:10:13 > 0:10:16and he'll get the bends, the same way a diver can.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19At this altitude, he's also at risk of oxygen deprivation.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Have no doubt - this is very dangerous.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35I was 60 seconds from the most insane race of my life.
0:10:35 > 0:10:4025,000 feet above me was my opponent, a HALO jumper.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Both of us were about to hurtle five miles to the finish line.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48It was time to prepare the Raptor.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51"Push the traction control. Hold it for five seconds,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54then it flashes", alerting you of the potential danger.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03"Then push the off-road mode."
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Off-road mode enabled. Then pull this little knob to lock the differential.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Shifting is in progress, and it's done.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Five.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18"Four."
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Four...- Three.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21- Three...- "Two."
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Two...- One.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25One.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31We're off!
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I think I got a bad start there.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Whoa!
0:11:54 > 0:11:56All right. Hammer down now.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04As HALO Man hurtled earthwards, he shaped his body
0:12:04 > 0:12:08to create the least resistance to the rushing air around him.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12'I had my foot to the floor,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15'and all 475 horses were galloping hard.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18'I was hitting 80 miles an hour. The Raptor's giant shocks
0:12:18 > 0:12:21'just soaked it up.'
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Darth had reached terminal velocity - 120 miles an hour.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Then he used the Force to go even faster.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Oh!
0:12:38 > 0:12:41The off-road technique, when you go over the bumps,
0:12:41 > 0:12:45is actually to lift off the pedals. If you hit the gas over the bump,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48it sinks the back end and takes away the travel...
0:12:50 > 0:12:54..and you bottom out. It's called G-ing out. It's not a good thing.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Oh! That was about the limit, I think, right there.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02The Arizona desert was witnessing two unstoppable missiles
0:13:02 > 0:13:05heading for each other at 120 miles an hour.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08'VelociRaptor and Darth Vader - it was like Star Wars VII,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10'The Jurassic Menace.' HE LAUGHS
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Two minutes down, and I had to be behind,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21but ahead was a mile and a half of pavement. Time to floor it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Little bit of asphalt to make up a little time here.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I think the top speed's about 120 miles an hour.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36There's 115! He's falling like a bat out of hell.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42And I'm doing 120 miles an hour.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Up ahead was my turn into the open desert.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52The asphalt blast had me back in the game.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54But no-one told the cows. TYRES SQUEAL
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Uh-oh! Oh, that's a heavy beast.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Ahead, two miles of track and open desert to the finish line.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Every twist and turn, I tried to get a glimpse of the tiny black dot above me.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I don't see him yet.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22But how could I? He was using gravity as his jet pack.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24HEAVENLY CHOIR SINGING
0:14:50 > 0:14:53He was ahead, but now the advantage was mine.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57The HALO jumper had to pull his chute or become Dark Pancake.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02As the canopy opened, he decelerated violently to 60 miles an hour.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07This was my chance. No more twisting and turning.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10'The Raptor and I were headed to the finish line as the crow flies,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13'whatever lay ahead.'
0:15:13 > 0:15:15This is what makes this truck bad-ass.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Yes!
0:15:18 > 0:15:21HALO Guy was just 1,000 feet above the finish line,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25and I could see the flags ahead. We were neck and neck.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30'I could see him circling above.'
0:15:30 > 0:15:33There was no way he could float down in time.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35The race was the Raptor's.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Whoa, too hard into that corner!
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Suddenly he threw his parachute into a dive,
0:15:51 > 0:15:56spiralling towards the ground at 90 miles an hour.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00No! There he is!
0:16:17 > 0:16:20No way! HE LAUGHS
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I thought I had it for sure! Oh!
0:16:25 > 0:16:27CHEERING / APPLAUSE
0:16:27 > 0:16:32- Wow! That was a close race! - It was really close.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36It was close, but you still lost.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38You know, but it was just barely a loss,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41and I can't think of another production truck on the planet
0:16:41 > 0:16:44that would have been within a mile of that HALO guy.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- What did you say it costs? - The regular Raptor's 42 grand,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50then it's another seven grand to Hennessey
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- if you want the VelociRaptor. - So that's 49 grand
0:16:53 > 0:16:58for a truck that looks like this, that went over terrain like that
0:16:58 > 0:17:01at speeds like that. It makes me want to trade my Tundra right in.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- That is the deal of the century. - It is. What makes it so good
0:17:04 > 0:17:08is not just that it has a foot of suspension travel,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11but the shocks themselves, the oil inside,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13is an aerospace-grade formula
0:17:13 > 0:17:15that costs more than most entire shocks do.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- They've really thought this out. It's the real deal.- I love it.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I have to have one in my life. Can I hug it?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- Yes, you can hug it.- Great.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Hi. Hey.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28That's a little scary and creepy.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32APPLAUSE
0:17:37 > 0:17:43This is the iconic 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46one of the most desirable sports cars on the planet,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49and when it was new, the fastest car in the world.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51And now, just 55 years later,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Mercedes thinks they have come up with a successor
0:17:54 > 0:17:56to this instant icon.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03The 300 SL's DNA is everywhere -
0:18:03 > 0:18:07the sculpted all-aluminum body, fender vents like shark gills.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10And the signature doors are pure SL.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15But under the six-foot-long hood lies a beastly space-age power plant
0:18:15 > 0:18:19making almost three times the horsepower of the original.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26This is the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Let's get its exhaust out.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43That's downright nasty!
0:18:43 > 0:18:47This dirty-torquing siren's going to lead you right into the rocks.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52This is the first car Mercedes-Benz's tuning arm, AMG,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56has built from scratch, and they started by conjuring up
0:18:56 > 0:18:59the most powerful production naturally aspirated V8
0:18:59 > 0:19:04on the planet, making 563 horsepower.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08That's why one technician's responsible for its assembly
0:19:08 > 0:19:10from start to finish.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13And when he's done, he signs his name right there.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Guido Nordheim.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Sounds like a German underboss!
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Thanks to cars like the Bugatti Veyron,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27resurrecting the SL's status as the fastest car in the world
0:19:27 > 0:19:29is pretty pointless.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33But this comfortable grand tourer will destroy plenty of supercars
0:19:33 > 0:19:36on its way to its top speed of 197.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42All right. Let's begin.
0:19:45 > 0:19:4860 miles an hour! I just thrusted the Porsche GT3.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53100! There goes the Corvette Z06.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58140! V10 Audi R8, done!
0:20:00 > 0:20:03160! I just flew into the sun!
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Comfort wasn't the primary consideration
0:20:14 > 0:20:16of the original 300 SL.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19It wasn't built to go to the country clubs.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22It was built to win championships - and it did,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24taking the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28and the Carrera Panamericana in the same year.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The SLS, however, is pure luxury in motion.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36So, Mercedes went with this aircraft-themed interior,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38and you can really tell. Look at this!
0:20:38 > 0:20:41This AC vent looks like the business end of a jet engine.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45They really have the retro airplane feel in these gauges as well.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49And look at the gear lever! Reminds me of a throttle of a 747.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51HE IMITATES PLANE-ENGINE NOISE
0:20:51 > 0:20:54All this leather and prettiness, it adds weight,
0:20:54 > 0:20:59so the engineers had to Jenny Craig any part of this car they could.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04It has a carbon-fibre driveshaft. It even has magnesium seat frames,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07the lightest structural metal on Earth, all to save weight.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10But the car still weighs 3,600lbs.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17This car really feels balanced. What they did was, they took the big V8
0:21:17 > 0:21:20and they stuffed it down low behind the front wheels,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23and the steering is really responsive.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25It's not so much turning as it is diving.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Dual-clutch seven-speed gearbox cracks off shifts
0:21:32 > 0:21:34at 100 milliseconds.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51When this thing hits triple digits...
0:21:51 > 0:21:54it becomes an adrenaline spigot!
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Round town, however,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16the adrenaline's been replaced with novocaine. The car just feels numb.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20The suspension's more at home on the track, so it's a stiffer ride.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26The most obvious link to the iconic 300 SL of the '50s
0:22:26 > 0:22:28is the trademark Gullwing doors.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37The way I see it, this is a two-step process.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Step one is getting in the car. Step two is closing the door.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43So what if we start by...
0:22:43 > 0:22:47sitting down like this, bringing your legs in...
0:22:51 > 0:22:53That's not cool.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57What if we go one leg in...
0:22:57 > 0:23:00butt down...
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Sharon Stone...
0:23:02 > 0:23:05OK, I'm in. Now we close the door.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Of course.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13You'd think Mercedes would have put an electric motor here
0:23:13 > 0:23:15to open and close the door. They didn't,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18because it would have added 61 pounds of weight.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21How much do you think a subway strap weighs?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I got it!
0:23:24 > 0:23:26So it's closed. But is it safe?
0:23:26 > 0:23:29If you find yourself upside down in an SLS,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Mercedes has devised a pyrotectic system
0:23:31 > 0:23:34that blasts the doors off so you can get the hell out,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38thus making the SLS the only car that can blow its own doors off.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43The SLS is a Super GT -
0:23:43 > 0:23:48part supercar, part luxury grand tourer.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Now, Mercedes is not going to be pumping out a lot of these,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55so it will almost be as rare as the iconic SL it resembles.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02But for me, the looks are not a complete success.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I mean, look at these lines. It's great, right up until...
0:24:06 > 0:24:08here. What happened? It's like they ran out of ass.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11They just stopped. They didn't know how to end it.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15It's like someone ran into the design room and said, "Stop what you're doing!"
0:24:15 > 0:24:18"You're done. That's it. We're finished."
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Most cars have that "X" factor.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28This car actually has a "Y" factor.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31"Y" don't I just love it?
0:24:31 > 0:24:35I just... Why don't I just love this thing?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Don't get me wrong. There's parts of it I really love.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42That motor, the sound of this engine...
0:24:42 > 0:24:44ENGINE PURRS AND ROARS
0:24:47 > 0:24:50An iconic car should feel special all the time,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54not just when you're doing 160 or climbing through a Gullwing door.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Don't get me wrong - this is a world-class automobile,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59and it's bound to be a collectable,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03but, like Icarus, it should learn to respect its limits.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06The SLS is supercar fast.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10It's exclusive, and it has an exhaust note like Thor,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14the god of thunder. But is it an instant classic like the 300 SL?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I'm going to have to say no.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It was fun.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25It looked fun, but you obviously didn't love it.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28No, I didn't love it. I love THAT. I didn't love that.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Did you like it? - I liked parts of that.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Motor was great. Had plenty of power. Love the way it sounded.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36It felt good once you got it up to speed,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39but the look bothers me. I do not like the back end,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41and the doors are fun for about 20 minutes.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I got in and made believe I was a spy. I liked that.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48After a while, you drive around with doors like that, you're a dick.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Ouch! You know, there still is one test left to do with the SLS,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and thankfully for the Mercedes, it does not involve Adam.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00It involves our silent racing driver, The Stig.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03The Stig, of course, is the fourth member of our team,
0:26:03 > 0:26:07whose sole purpose is to shake down each new car we review.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11He should feel right at home in this race-car inspired SLS AMG.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17And he's off the line there. Little bit of wheel spin
0:26:17 > 0:26:21but really not much. A seven-speed gearbox in this SLS.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Really incredible 562 horsepower.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28The car has some big shoes to fill with that Gullwing,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31but through the Southern Chicane looking very, very composed.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36One thing we did hear is, as The Stig is grabbing at paddles through there,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38is it's difficult to put the power down.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Did you see him sliding into the Teardrop?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44This is the slowest part of the track. He's almost drifting,
0:26:44 > 0:26:48trying to put all of that horsepower to the ground in a 3,600lb machine.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Onto the Back Straight, the fastest part of the track,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54hitting speeds upwards of 130 miles an hour.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Really working this vehicle very hard
0:27:01 > 0:27:05as he comes into the second-fastest section, the Esses.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Sawing at the wheel. Fighting it!
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Braking into the very last corner, kicking up some dust.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Little bit of cross-walk there, and across the line.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20You got to wonder where it's going to sit.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25We got a tough line-up here, with the Balboni, the Murcielago,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28the V12 Vantage at 1:28.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Somehow the SLS manages...
0:27:30 > 0:27:36to scrape in a 1:27.6.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- AUDIENCE CHEERS - Wow!
0:27:41 > 0:27:44It's very quick. Does that make you like it more?
0:27:44 > 0:27:46It's fun. It's just... It's not that,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- and I wanted it to be that. - Have to agree with you on that.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53We still have a bit of business. You remember the VelociRaptor?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Well, we had another version of that truck.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58This one's actually the VelociRaptor 600,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01which has a supercharged engine in it.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Unfortunately somebody left the keys in it.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06The Stig had never seen a pickup truck before.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Did a lap. Anybody want to see it?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- AUDIENCE SHOUTS "YEAH!" - I do.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12All right. Roll the tape.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14And he's off.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17He's got that four-wheel drive kicking in there,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19so obviously no wheel-spin.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Now, this is a truck that weighs almost three tons.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Massive vehicle being hurtled around the track.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Just looks scary. This must be one of the riskiest things
0:28:30 > 0:28:33that The Stig does. He really does take a lot of risks for us.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37And there you can see it in his face. He's getting a little motion-sick.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Diving into the Teardrop. Tightest section.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Nice little drift. Who would have thought you'd see that
0:28:43 > 0:28:45out of a ginormous pickup truck like that?
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Over the Yump. Those Fox shocks just absorb every bit of it,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52as he works his way up to 100 miles an hour.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Really concentrating. He knows what's at stake here,
0:28:56 > 0:28:58as he pitches it in sideways!
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Unbelievable! That's Cameraman's Corner,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03and we almost deserved its name there.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06He comes into the Esses, fighting his way to the end of the track.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09It looks like he's off-road, but no, he's not.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11He's still on our track. Into the last corner.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Swinging wide there. It's not looking good!
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Almost takes out the flag, and he's across the line.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- AUDIENCE CHEERS - He hit the flag.- Whoo!
0:29:20 > 0:29:24That was sketchy. Difficult to say where this is going to land.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26We've never had a pickup truck on the test track before.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29But it came in with a time
0:29:29 > 0:29:31of 1:39.0.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- Wow!- Truck.- Wow!
0:29:34 > 0:29:36That's amazing, for that big of a truck.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39I thought it was going to roll over. I want one.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I want one so bad I would lick it.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44LAUGHTER
0:29:45 > 0:29:48CHEERING / APPLAUSE
0:29:50 > 0:29:54And now it's time to put a star in our small car.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Our guest today is a true American bad-ass.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01He's sold over 22 million albums just in this country alone,
0:30:01 > 0:30:04and he is proud to call Detroit Motor City his home.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the one-and-only Mr Kid Rock!
0:30:08 > 0:30:10THEY CHEER
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- What's up?- How you doing, mate? - Good to see you.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Have a seat. - HE GRUNTS
0:30:17 > 0:30:21It is good to have you on the show, man. Thank you for being here.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Ah, this is one of those fun ones, a show you look forward to doing.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29What's it like growing up in Michigan, being in Detroit,
0:30:29 > 0:30:33being around there? I mean, you've got American-car blood
0:30:33 > 0:30:36- just pumping through you. - Yeah. Everywhere you look,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39every friend, every relative works for one of the Big Three
0:30:39 > 0:30:43or one of the parts plants. That's what we've been known for,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46and hopefully we'll continue to be known for -
0:30:46 > 0:30:48putting out some of the greatest cars in the world.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51It's been trying times, but we're on the right path.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Design something with style, that's what I hope for out of Detroit.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Are you a fan of the big retro movement?
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Yes. I love the retro stuff. I love the Challenger,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03the Camaros, the Mustangs. I think they're great,
0:31:03 > 0:31:07even the Ford GT. But I'd also like to see them do something new
0:31:07 > 0:31:10that kind of defines our generation, our era.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Sure.- Something that's new and moving in the right way,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16that's not a small box that runs off whatever, leaves and stuff.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Which is great. I'm... - LAUGHTER
0:31:19 > 0:31:21So, you're saying you don't own a Prius, then?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23HE SNORTS
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Gosh!
0:31:28 > 0:31:33Er, if there's anything that says "un-awesome", "un-cool",
0:31:33 > 0:31:35just...it's a Prius.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37LAUGHTER
0:31:37 > 0:31:40I have a 1930 Cadillac, V16, one of 27.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44I can sit around, drink beer and look at that car all day long.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- Yeah.- It just blows your mind - the ingenuity
0:31:47 > 0:31:50and the time and the craftsmanship that was put into it.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54I know there's been better engines, and technology's come near and far,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56but pound for pound, if you just took that car
0:31:56 > 0:32:00and put it in these times somehow, upgrade it with those engines
0:32:00 > 0:32:04and torque-free this and everything, but just the craftsmanship of that!
0:32:04 > 0:32:07The guy that built that, that thing coming off the line,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10must go home and say, "You should have seen what we built today."
0:32:10 > 0:32:13"What did YOU do today?" "We cranked out 78 Priuses."
0:32:13 > 0:32:16He's, like, "Give me a beer! I'm going to drink away the pain."
0:32:18 > 0:32:21What's your favourite car that you own right now?
0:32:21 > 0:32:26Um... God, I just got this really fun '64 Bonneville
0:32:26 > 0:32:30that this designer Nudie did, this old Western designer.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32He did all the Hank Williams clothes.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35All the early Western guys, all the flashy Western...
0:32:35 > 0:32:37He did... I think it was 15 to 20 cars.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Elvis had one, and Roy Rogers, of course,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Webb Pierce, a lot of country stars,
0:32:42 > 0:32:46and this was Hank Junior's 15th birthday present. It came up for auction.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51It had been in the Smoky Mountain Top Museum since '68, and a collector passed away.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54It's on the cover of my new record. It's bullhorns on the front,
0:32:54 > 0:32:58.22 pistols that open the doors, turn-of-the-century silver dollars
0:32:58 > 0:33:01lining the car, and hand-tooled leather.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04It just screams American fun. In the fun department, I've won.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08You look so right in the back seat of a car,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11and you see the two pistols that are holding the back seat.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- Everything about that is you. It's awesome.- It is. It's fun.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- You've driven some fun cars, then. - Yeah, I'd say so.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20How would you say the Suzuki compared?
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- It didn't interest me at all. - You guys want to see his lap?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- AUDIENCE SHOUTS "YEAH!" - Let's take a look.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30TYRES SQUEAL
0:33:30 > 0:33:33This thing doesn't get off the line at all.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Well, it is wet.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Very wet. Look at the windscreen wipers cranking.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Coming into turn one here. Smooth so far.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- Ooh! - HE LAUGHS
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Tried to take out the tyres there. That's nice, though. Here we go.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Coming down into the Teardrop. This was a hard part of the course.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Come on!
0:33:55 > 0:33:58You look like we might be related, when I see you in the car.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02- Wow, that was impressive!- Suzuki? They should call this a Su-pukey.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04This thing's garbage.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08So, not planning to replace any of your cars with the Suzuki.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15Haulin' ass!
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- By "hauling ass" you mean 75 or 80. - I was up to at least 80.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Wow, coming in fast there to Cameraman's Curve.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Burn, baby, burn!
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Look at that fierce determination!
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- Pretty smooth! - Yeah, that's impressive right there.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Come on, baby.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36THEY LAUGH
0:34:36 > 0:34:40I'm not going to ask about that. Here we go, coming into the...
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Wow, look at that lean! And across the line!
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- CHEERING / APPLAUSE - Oh, wait!
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Oh, you're coming back!
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- Wow, you... That was nice! - That was fun.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58You were the first one to do a victory lap there.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01That's impressive. Now, if we look up at our board,
0:35:01 > 0:35:04you got a Hobbit, a funny man and an astronaut.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- How do you think you compared? - I'm going to be really upset
0:35:07 > 0:35:11- if I didn't beat 'em.- Really? - I know this is about having fun,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13but I want to win.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Kid Rock, you did it in...
0:35:16 > 0:35:18One minute...
0:35:18 > 0:35:2040...
0:35:20 > 0:35:233.9!
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- CHEERING / APPLAUSE - Yay!
0:35:29 > 0:35:32And with the W.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34- CHEERING - Phew!
0:35:34 > 0:35:38To put up that kind of time, in the rain, and to beat other guys -
0:35:38 > 0:35:41nice work. Let's give it up one more time for Kid Rock!
0:35:41 > 0:35:44At the top!
0:35:46 > 0:35:49AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Now, this, as you may have noticed, is the H1 Hummer.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger, it became the vehicle of choice
0:35:57 > 0:35:59for ballplayers and adult-entertainment stars,
0:35:59 > 0:36:02even though it started as a piece of military hardware.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Trouble is, the Hummer's become socially unacceptable,
0:36:05 > 0:36:09and now the Army is turning its back on the faithful Humvee as well.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11And since the economy's in the tank,
0:36:11 > 0:36:15the Army has to cut down on spending, and that got us thinking.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19What would be the perfect cost- effective, less aggressive vehicle
0:36:19 > 0:36:21for the Army of tomorrow?
0:36:28 > 0:36:32We decided to meet at Kill Hill, a paintball park
0:36:32 > 0:36:35just outside of Los Angeles, where accountants and meter maids go
0:36:35 > 0:36:41for the weekend, to blow off steam and transform themselves into paintball mercenaries.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44PAINTBALL GUNS RATTLING
0:36:46 > 0:36:49I arrive first.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57This is a 1977 Chevy El Camino SS.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00This was the fourth-generation El Camino,
0:37:00 > 0:37:05and this thing had plenty of grunt from its 254-barrel V8.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08That's a lot of power to deliver to a light rear end,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11and it's light because... it's not here.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16It's a truck, but it's also a car. This is the original crossover.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19This is the perfect platform to build my battle wagon.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22It's durable, it's strong, it's overpowering.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25It is shock-and-awe.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Look at the armaments on this car. Two dedicated rear guns,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31two front guns, all controlled by this instrument panel,
0:37:31 > 0:37:36except for this string that I pull for the rear guns,
0:37:36 > 0:37:38but it works. This is the best part, though.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Look at this!
0:37:41 > 0:37:46360 degrees of fiery paint raining down on Foghorn!
0:37:46 > 0:37:49I am going to paint him like a subway car!
0:37:49 > 0:37:52'My military machine was built to dominate this battle
0:37:52 > 0:37:56'with brute force. But knowing Rutledge, I began to worry
0:37:56 > 0:38:00'he might show up with paintball cannons strapped to a monster truck.'
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Oh, you're kidding!
0:38:03 > 0:38:06'Clearly I was wrong.'
0:38:07 > 0:38:10You're fighting a war on a budget. A del Sol?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13A 1997 Honda del Sol!
0:38:13 > 0:38:16The last year they made 'em, they only made 5,600.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19This car was mostly bought by women, and because of that,
0:38:19 > 0:38:23no-one would expect a man to take a del Sol into battle.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26But as Sun Tzu said in The Art Of War,
0:38:26 > 0:38:29"speed is the essence of war",
0:38:29 > 0:38:32and this del Sol might not be able to take the same kind of abuse
0:38:32 > 0:38:35as the El Camino, but it will run circles around it.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- And this is your war wagon? - I got two mounting forward.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- What have you got? - Look. Two mounting forward.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I got four in the trunk pointed backward.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46I also have one mounted on each door.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49You really want to bring up that argument, my friend?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Where do you think you're going to hide?
0:38:52 > 0:38:56I never have to get out of my vehicle to shoot you.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58You CAN'T get out of your vehicle.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01This is front-wheel drive, four cylinder, five speed.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05- I can get wherever I want. - I will give you this, though.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07We both picked cars with Spanish names.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- We did, didn't we? - What does "del sol" mean?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12The direct translation means "of the sun",
0:39:12 > 0:39:15which makes sense for the target top.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- What about "el camino"? - It means "the road".
0:39:18 > 0:39:21When they exported it to Mexico, they changed the name to Conquistador.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- Really?- It means "to conquer".- Hmm!
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I will be conquistadoring you, my friend.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Not if "of the sun" has anything to say about it.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Diplomacy has failed. This means war.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35'To determine whose vehicle was worthy of the military,
0:39:35 > 0:39:38'the producers set up a battlefield.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40'The first to the other side would win,
0:39:40 > 0:39:43'but only if he gave the other car a new paint job
0:39:43 > 0:39:47'on the way across. But winning wasn't enough.'
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- The loser has to shoot himself with a paintball gun.- Really?
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- Yes!- Are those steel-toes, those grandpa shoes you're wearing?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- No. - Oh, you're going to wish they were.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06All right, Adam. You ready?
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Once more into the breach.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Go!
0:40:12 > 0:40:14'My plan was to set up an ambush,
0:40:14 > 0:40:19'so I could unload on Rutledge like Dick Cheney on a lawyer.'
0:40:27 > 0:40:29- Come on! Come on! - GUNS RATTLE
0:40:30 > 0:40:35'Adam had me pinned down, so I used the del Sol's front-wheel drive
0:40:35 > 0:40:38'to pull me from the dirt and line up my rear guns.'
0:40:48 > 0:40:50HE FIRES
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- Oh! - GUN RATTLES
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Ouch! That hurt!
0:41:03 > 0:41:06'Rutledge made a run for it, but he would soon find out
0:41:06 > 0:41:09'there is no escape from the Truckamino.'
0:41:16 > 0:41:18- Oh!- Oh, more, more!
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Take him, baby. Take him!
0:41:22 > 0:41:26'The El Camino was as big as a tank, but I squeezed down its flank.'
0:41:26 > 0:41:30- Come on!- 1.6 litres of fury!
0:41:32 > 0:41:35'Then it was smooth sailing to the finish line.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39'The fleet-footed del Sol crossed the line first,
0:41:39 > 0:41:41'slaughtering El Slow Camino.'
0:41:41 > 0:41:46Don't hang that head so low, friend. You give it your best shot.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49It's not the shooting myself in the foot
0:41:49 > 0:41:51- so much as it's losing to you. - Really?- Yes.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- That takes a real man.- I know.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Real man that picked an El Camino instead of a del Sol.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- Safety's off!- Can you hold on?
0:41:59 > 0:42:01I don't want to get paint in my eyes.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- You want lip balm, too? - Safety first, friend!
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Go for it. Fire away.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Oh, man, this is going to hurt! That foot right there is going to hurt.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17- You're not helping. - I heard it's like driving a nail gun through your foot.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- What a- BLEEP!
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- You don't have the guts to do it. - You're still talking.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- You don't have the guts. - You're still talking! Come on.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- Quit stalling. - Right. I'm going to do it.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Shoot it. Barrel on show.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Go.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Whoa!- Ow! Ow!
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Oh, that was awesome!
0:42:38 > 0:42:42- That was awesome!- That hurts! Oh!
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- What would you say it feels like? - It- BLEEP- hurts!- Let me see it.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- No.- Come on!- Shut up.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50CHEERING / APPLAUSE
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- Good man! - I cannot get enough of that.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- You liked that, did you? - That looked like it really did hurt.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- It did. It hurt a lot!- I can't believe you went through with it.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02I can't believe you beat me, "of the sun".
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Nor can I. That means the official Top Gear recommendation
0:43:06 > 0:43:10to the military for the future weapon of choice is...the Honda del Sol!
0:43:10 > 0:43:13THEY CHEER
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Amazing!
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Next you're going to replace the Air Force's F-22 with a box kite.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21I love kites.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24On that disturbing note, that is our show for the week.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Thank you for tuning in. Goodbye.
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