0:00:02 > 0:00:04Now on Top Gear...
0:00:04 > 0:00:07There are 256 million cars on American roads,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10but which one is the worst?
0:00:12 > 0:00:14We're about to find out.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Oh, he almost flipped it!
0:00:35 > 0:00:37What you drive says a lot about you.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Some cars are undeniably cool...
0:00:42 > 0:00:47while others less so. But which is the least cool car in the country?
0:00:47 > 0:00:53To find out, we each spent 1,500 and bought the worst car we could find for each other,
0:00:53 > 0:00:58then we'd compete over which one of us could make the most out of the crap car we'd been given.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04This is easily the worst car ever made.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07It is disgusting.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09It is cheap.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12This is the ugliest vehicle ever made
0:01:12 > 0:01:18and what makes it sweeter is I know the person I bought this for hates this vehicle. Hates it!
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Adam's going to love this car.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26No, he is going to absolutely hate this car, but it's perfect for him.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28It is so uncool.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33It's one of those cars that just doesn't even realise how uncool it really is.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37TYRES SCREECH
0:01:37 > 0:01:43If you're over 60, you've already guessed the car that I've chosen for Adam.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46It's a 1977 Mustang II
0:01:46 > 0:01:49and it is the most uncool car ever made.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55It's a Mustang. It's supposed to be a muscle car and this is everything a muscle car shouldn't be.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00It's slow, it's ugly, it's four cylinders, four-speed. It takes over 14 seconds to get to 60mph.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04What were they thinking? Adam's going to hate it.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06HORN BEEPS
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- LAUGHTER - Nice(!)
0:02:14 > 0:02:182001 Pontiac Aztek, the uncoolest car ever.
0:02:18 > 0:02:24- Wow!- This personifies everything that was wrong with GM in the late '90s - designed by committee.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29- The committee that designed this wasn't fired. They were executed. - It's terrible.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34The interior, the knobs are this big, so you can turn them with gloves, but they look like cartoon knobs.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- And it comes with a tent. - A tent?- Yes.
0:02:38 > 0:02:44- Cos you're embarrassed to park this in your driveway, so you have to live in a tent.- OK, the Aztek is uncool.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- Yes.- But it is not as uncool as the Mustang II, your new ride.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55- You're an evil man.- I thought you'd like this. It's a muscle car. - It's an atrophied muscle car.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- What have I ever done to you? - You picked me on an Aztek. - That's for Rutledge.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02That means Rutledge picked my car.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- ADAM LAUGHS - I don't even want to look at it.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Don't turn around. HORN BEEPS
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- It does have a horn. That says something.- It is justice!
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Yes!- No-o-o!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17LAUGHTER
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Feast your eyes on a 1988 Yugo GV.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25This is the lowest of the low of the models.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31- Is it a real Yugo?- Yeah, I left the state to punish you with this. Look at those 13s.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- I've got bicycle tyres bigger than these.- Look at the style on that!
0:03:35 > 0:03:42- If the reputation of this car isn't uncool enough, you in it just... - WHISTLES
0:03:42 > 0:03:46The bad news for me is that I see two awful cars over there.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50All I can think is, "Please, God, don't make me drive an Aztek!"
0:03:50 > 0:03:53OK, look, I could have got you a Neon.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59- That would have been better than... - Really?- I looked. I couldn't find one.- The Aztek is way less cool.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04OK, undeniably, we've amassed in one place three of the most uncool cars ever built.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09- What are we doing with them?- Please tell us.- Right, let's see here.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16"So your first challenge will be a hot lap at Willow Springs Raceway 60 miles from here.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18"Fastest lap wins."
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Wait. We have to drive 60 miles?
0:04:20 > 0:04:26In these cars and be seen publicly on the way!
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- A Yugo on the racetrack.- Yeah... - Could be a first.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Let's hit the road.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35This is... This is so shameful.
0:04:51 > 0:04:57An 89-horsepower, turd-brown, creepy gym teacher Mustang II!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- BLEEP- ..you, Tanner Foust!
0:05:00 > 0:05:03How do you make a Yugo go 60 miles an hour?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Push it off a cliff.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Honestly, I am ashamed to drive this thing.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I just hate it so much.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Pontiac made the Aztek from 2001 to 2005
0:05:20 > 0:05:24and they needed to sell 150,000 of them to break even.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26And they failed.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30In 2007, there were still some new '05s on the lot.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33This car may not be that cool,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35but it's way cooler than the Yugo.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39That car is super-dangerous. It has no power.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45There is no way you could ever look cool in the Yugo. It's just an impossibility.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49'Not only would we have to drive these cars, but we were also going to an auction
0:05:49 > 0:05:55'to find out how much each was worth, so somehow we had to make these crappy cars cool.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59'That would be a struggle with my Yugo, but I'm a glass half-full guy,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02'so I was going to concentrate on the positives.'
0:06:02 > 0:06:07OK, sure, the Yugo's been written up in basically any automotive publication
0:06:07 > 0:06:10as being one of the top worst cars ever built.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14That's undeniable. There are only about 10,000 of them roaming the streets of the US.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17It's almost like a collector's item.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21The fact that Rutledge had to go across the country to buy this car
0:06:21 > 0:06:27means that they just aren't running any more or nobody wants to sell theirs. I think it's the latter.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33'But could Adam come up with anything positive for his turd-brown Mustang II?'
0:06:33 > 0:06:35At least this is a Mustang.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38It's not a cool Mustang, but a Mustang.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40It's like Khloe Kardashian.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45She ain't the best Kardashian, but at least she's a Kardashian.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Rut, who did you buy that Yugo from?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52A very peculiar man in Las Vegas.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Did he have an accent, wear black socks with sandals?
0:06:55 > 0:07:00I think the socks with sandals might be more of an Aztek owner.
0:07:00 > 0:07:06I think the Aztek owner is going to be wearing sandals with white socks under them,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09pulled up to just below the knees,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12short shorts with 12 pockets
0:07:12 > 0:07:14and a tank top.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Who would own a Mustang II then?
0:07:16 > 0:07:22He's retired from the insurance industry. He lives with his mom and she lives with her mom.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27He keeps a locked door in the basement that no-one's going to see until he dies,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31then the mom's going to deny knowing anything that went on down there.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44'We arrived at our first challenge...'
0:07:44 > 0:07:49- You've got to be kidding me! - '..to find that we wouldn't just be racing each other.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55'The track was hosting an exotic car day.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59'There were 300,000 Lamborghinis,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02'250,000 Ferraris,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04'tuned-up BMWs, Lotuses,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06'high-end Mercedes
0:08:06 > 0:08:08'and us.'
0:08:10 > 0:08:15This will be one of the most dangerous things probably that any of us have done
0:08:15 > 0:08:20because there will be cars with 100-mph closing speeds on the straightaway.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I'll probably be on fire and not able to tell.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28Oil is leaking under the back left tyre and gasoline under the back right tyre where the exhaust is.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31There's a lot that can go wrong.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- You don't have the fear that I do which is rolling this piece of...- BLEEP- ..over.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- You'll be fine. - ADAM LAUGHS
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- You wouldn't...- That was genuine hate.- Yeah, I mean, look at it!
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- The only way to make this thing more attractive would be to roll it. - I'm gonna get on the track.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53'Either way, we had a challenge to complete.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57'We had to brave danger and shame to set the fastest time we could.
0:08:57 > 0:09:03'And we'd try not to ruin the day for the owners of the cool cars who paid thousands of dollars to be there.'
0:09:07 > 0:09:10It's going to be lucky if I don't die in this!
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I think I've done a 1.21 around this track.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I don't think the Yugo will go quite that quick.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24This is going to be embarrassing.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29There it is. Let's go. OK, Aztek.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- You can do this. - We're driving it hard here.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39All right, downshifting. Not too bad when you have to downshift up the hill.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43'Driving an Aztek on the track was like Jello-wrestling with a bear.'
0:09:43 > 0:09:48It just has so much body roll and it's got on-road, off-road tyres.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52'And over in the turd-mobile, Adam was having sand kicked in his face.'
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Yeah, yeah, show-off!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Oh, you went with the green, huh? Lovely!
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I've got about 30 cars behind me.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Oh, I hope that's a different Lotus, otherwise I've been lapped.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15I've been lapped.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Oh, there's a Ferrari on my ass!
0:10:18 > 0:10:21ENGINES ROAR, TYRES SCREECH
0:10:22 > 0:10:24OK...
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And I'm off the course!
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Whoopsie!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Black flag, black flag.
0:10:31 > 0:10:38'Rutledge got black-flagged which meant he was disqualified, so it was down to Adam and me.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43'I wasn't about to let the Yugo get outcooled by a faux Mustang.'
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Go on, get out of here!
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Here they come. I wouldn't brake-check in front of a Yugo, though.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52TYRES SCREECH
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Whoa! That guy almost just crashed into me!
0:10:55 > 0:11:00'All I had to do was complete this lap to win,
0:11:00 > 0:11:06'but I hadn't counted on the Yugo's legendary design qualities which didn't extend to a gas cap.'
0:11:06 > 0:11:09This is awful. I'm spewing gas all over the place.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13'So they black-flagged me, giving Adam the win by default.'
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- Woo-hoo!- Yeah, Mustang!
0:11:18 > 0:11:20BEEPS HORN
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You and I, we should be ashamed of ourselves,
0:11:23 > 0:11:29letting what is undoubtedly the worst pretend muscle car ever built win anything.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Hey, you bought it for me! At least my car wasn't spewing gas all over the track.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39- Yeah, it's still not as bad as the Yugo.- First of all, the Yugo is very rare and very exotic.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42So was typhoid. LAUGHTER
0:11:42 > 0:11:47Whatever. I got to drive another very rare and exotic car in Britain recently.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53- I assume it was faster than the Yugo.- Yes, the American manufacturer hasn't found the top speed yet,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56so I went over to England to see if I could help them out.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01This is England, a place where you can still legally marry a sheep
0:12:01 > 0:12:05and home to the world's oldest reigning queen - Sir Elton John.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09But not too far from the bustling streets of London...
0:12:13 > 0:12:17..there's a car maker that claims to have crafted a vehicle capable
0:12:17 > 0:12:21of giving you one of the purest driving experiences imaginable
0:12:21 > 0:12:27and by pure, I mean it doesn't have the technology to help you be a better driver.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35It can do zero to 60 in 3.7 seconds.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41It weighs the same as a Mini Cooper, but has 520 more horsepower.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47But what it doesn't have is a confirmed top speed.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50That was reason enough for me to hop on a plane.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54This is the Noble M600.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59If you like super-cars and you've got the means,
0:12:59 > 0:13:05you can run down to the Ferrari dealer and get a 458 or maybe the latest Lamborghini, the Aventador.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08But if your taste runs on the extra exotic,
0:13:08 > 0:13:14what if you want something that will leave those somewhat common Italian super-cars in the dust,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18something that only 15 people will be able to buy this year
0:13:18 > 0:13:21and that claims to be the best driver car ever built?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Well, then, you're going to need one of these.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30If you've never heard of Noble, you're not alone.
0:13:30 > 0:13:36It's a small company in a little town outside London and only a dozen or so people work there.
0:13:36 > 0:13:42Even though it's based in England, it's owned by an American - Peter Dyson,
0:13:42 > 0:13:46who crossed the Atlantic to build his dream.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Its chassis is made of stainless steel and aluminum
0:13:53 > 0:13:55and its body is pure carbon fibre.
0:13:55 > 0:14:02It has an incredible 650-horsepower, mid-mounted V8 engine developed by Yamaha,
0:14:02 > 0:14:07but what it hasn't got is ABS, stability control, paddle shifters, power brakes,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10and it only has a wisp of traction control.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15So, basically, it is one of the fastest cars around with almost no safety features.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18But all that nothing adds up to something.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23TYRES SCREECH
0:14:23 > 0:14:27It's got a stronger power-to-weight ratio than a Bugatti Veyron...
0:14:29 > 0:14:32..which is better than most motorcycles.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38The Noble does this insane speed so effortlessly,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42you don't realise how fast you're going.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44And that...
0:14:44 > 0:14:46TYRES SCREECH
0:14:47 > 0:14:50..can be flat-out dangerous.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54This is not a car for the timid.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59It's not much heavier than Lindsay Lohan, but it's ten times as volatile.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Noble has stripped the M600 down to the bare essentials
0:15:03 > 0:15:08and it feels like a car that's only a five-point safety harness away from going racing,
0:15:08 > 0:15:13but they didn't get so focused with speed and performance that they ignored the interior.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Although minimal, you can tell that they paid attention to the details.
0:15:21 > 0:15:28So, basically, the 330,000 you pay for a Noble gets you one of the purest driving experiences around.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32TYRES SCREECH
0:15:37 > 0:15:43To compare, a Ferrari 458, pretty much the pinnacle of super-car engineering,
0:15:43 > 0:15:49has Formula One technology that can basically make you ten times the driver that you really are,
0:15:49 > 0:15:54whereas this has the Formula One technology of about 1973.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01But the great thing about that is that it allows you
0:16:01 > 0:16:05to be 100% of the driver you really are.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07TYRES SCREECH
0:16:10 > 0:16:13If you really want to test the limits of your inner driver,
0:16:13 > 0:16:17you can take what little control the Noble has completely away.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Maybe we should turn the traction control off.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28The traction control switch is a missile launch button from a British fighter jet,
0:16:28 > 0:16:33a not so subtle reminder of what kind of hell is about to be unleashed.
0:16:33 > 0:16:39Good God, this thing takes so much concentration, but that's what you want in a super-car.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42You want it to push your limits as a driver.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Yeah!
0:16:48 > 0:16:50That was a 110 mile-an-hour drift!
0:16:52 > 0:16:56That's the problem with a car like this. The speeds are just so insane.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Whoa!
0:16:58 > 0:17:01TYRES SCREECH
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Let's put that traction control button...back on.
0:17:23 > 0:17:29I was quickly getting a feel for how unforgiving the M600 could be.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35One thing was clear. If I was going to push this car to its top speed, I'd keep the traction control on.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43But how does all this function compare to other super-cars?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Like the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, packed with 570 horses
0:17:49 > 0:17:54and capable of zero to 60 in a blistering 3.4 seconds.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Then there's the Audi R8 V10 with 525 horsepower
0:17:57 > 0:18:02and a top speed of almost 200 miles an hour.
0:18:02 > 0:18:08To find out how the Noble stacked up, I put it against them in a half-mile drag race.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Here's the challenge. I've got two all-wheel-drive cars.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15The V10 Audi is ridiculously fast
0:18:15 > 0:18:20and the Superleggera is one of the fastest 0 to 60 cars I have ever driven.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Both of these cars will probably take me on the launch.
0:18:24 > 0:18:30I'm going to have to focus on not getting too much wheel spin in first, second or even in third gear,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33but once we get to fourth gear, the hammer is down.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35ENGINES REV
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Three, two, one, go!
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Go!
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Come on!
0:18:52 > 0:18:57The Superleggera is so fast, but I think I've got it now.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Yes!
0:19:02 > 0:19:04See ya!
0:19:04 > 0:19:08That is power-to-weight ratio right there.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Unbelievable!
0:19:10 > 0:19:17That Superleggera has won just about every drag-racing competition that we have entered it in.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20But it wasn't fast enough to beat the Noble.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27The M600 had proven itself to be a member of the super-car elite.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32It's rare, it has an exotic look.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35It has insane performance capabilities,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39but there is one thing that the M600 still doesn't have -
0:19:39 > 0:19:41a confirmed top speed.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46My goal was to see how fast I could get the Noble to go.
0:19:46 > 0:19:52To do this, I was going to need a lot of space, so I went to a retired US Air Force base.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02The perfect location for an American-owned super-car built in England.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09Noble estimates the M600 will do 225 miles an hour, but they've only tested it to 205.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12We're going to see how close to that 225 number we can get.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15We've got 1.7 miles of track.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19The most important part for me is the braking point.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22With no ABS, traction control or stability control,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25if I lock up the brakes at over 200 miles an hour, I'm done.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Having had some time behind the wheel of the M600,
0:20:29 > 0:20:33I knew that if I was going to be trying to hit speeds of over 200mph,
0:20:33 > 0:20:37I would need to make one minor safety adjustment.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Don't wear skater shoes. I've had to go barefoot just to fit.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45ENGINE REVS
0:20:53 > 0:20:58All right, this corner is critical for maximum speed on the straight here.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I barely made it through that turn.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11That's 160 miles an hour right there!
0:21:11 > 0:21:16I have to admit my little pinkie toe is getting stuck in the pedal.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20170!
0:21:21 > 0:21:23180 and starting to get loud. Whoa!
0:21:23 > 0:21:26190 and starting to get blown around a bit.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30200. A lot of vibration.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35205! It's moving all over the place. Oh, my God! This is scary.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39215. That's all she's got. Slow it down.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Slow it down.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Survived! Survived.
0:21:53 > 0:21:59Very impressive, my friend, but I was more impressed by the fact that you were barefoot!
0:21:59 > 0:22:05- What was that like? - That was flat-out scary. Like strapping a rocket onto a race car.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Those aren't even street legal in the US yet because they haven't passed the safety regulations.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13They're too dangerous for America.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18- So it's just like the Yugo, then. - No, it's nothing like the Yugo, actually.- It's just like it.
0:22:18 > 0:22:25That's a car that shouldn't be allowed in this country. The Yugo is easily America's worst car.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- The Yugo is way better than the Mustang II and the Aztek. That's all that matters.- Really? OK.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Well, let's find out.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38'After Adam's victory on the track, it was time to put the Mustang II back in its place.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43'What better way to prove its crappiness than to challenge him to another race?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46'Only this time I'd be on foot.'
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- When you cross this...- OK. - ..that's the winner.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56STARTS ENGINE
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Lift 'em up!- Let's go!
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- Breakdown!- Come on, Tanner. Rev your engine. Go vroom vroom.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Vroom vroom.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Arch your back a little bit. Keep it up. Up a little more.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Right, here we go. 60 feet.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14In five,
0:23:16 > 0:23:17four,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20three, two,
0:23:21 > 0:23:22one, go!
0:23:26 > 0:23:28RUTLEDGE LAUGHS
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Yeah!- You did it!
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- Wow!- That car is so uncool that I beat it.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38That is pitiful, Adam.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- I don't run very often. - This is terrible.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49- And I blame you cos you picked this car.- I did. It is the epitome of uncool. I am so happy.
0:23:49 > 0:23:55No, it's not. THAT is. You're a stunt driver. Do a stunt in that car. I dare you.
0:23:55 > 0:24:02I mean, stunts are cool. If you could do a stunt, that would make your car slightly less uncool.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- Stunt driving has roll cages and stuff.- What can you do in that?
0:24:06 > 0:24:11I could do like a reverse 180, maybe, without it flipping over.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Could you do it blindfolded?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Sure.
0:24:15 > 0:24:21'With Adam's Mustang II shamed, it was time to do the same to Tanner's Yugo.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25'I knew he wouldn't be able to turn down the chance to show off.'
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- OK, you ready?- Ready!- Let's go.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Here he goes.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Three miles an hour(!) Topped out in reverse.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40He almost flips it!
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Wow!
0:24:45 > 0:24:50- What do you think?- Is that a blindfold or did you join a gang?
0:24:50 > 0:24:55- This thing is as nimble as can be. - Yeah.- In any other car, it would be cool, but in the Yugo...
0:24:55 > 0:25:02- It was just awful.- You said do a stunt. You lost your race. You haven't done anything.- That's true.
0:25:02 > 0:25:08- If it has off road capability, climb that mountain.- With your tent up.- With your tent up.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- The goofy back tent?- Yeah.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13That's fine, that's fine.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Really. I love watching him fail.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19'I headed off to prepare my tent.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27'I didn't think it was possible for the Aztek to look any worse.' How will this work?!
0:25:27 > 0:25:29'But I was wrong.'
0:25:29 > 0:25:34- It looked different in the brochures.- There you go. - This is an alternate version.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Thanks a lot.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43All right. I'll see you guys at the top. It's supposed to be versatile.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47I think this is going to prove it. It may be kind of cool after all.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52- Don't let me die in an Aztek. OK! - Three, two, one, go!
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Kiss my Aztek! Come on, come on!
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- Put that 185 horsepower to good use. - Hold on, baby! Oh, come on!
0:26:03 > 0:26:07- He's either brave or an idiot! - Get a little speed up.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- There it is. A little speed. - This failure is so epic!
0:26:11 > 0:26:17- He's going for it!- Is he going to make it?- Oh, come on! Come on!
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Come on!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22That looks like a good spot to camp.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26I think I might be stuck. Let me check.
0:26:27 > 0:26:33- Yeah, I'm stuck. - Right, pack up your tent and meet us back at the track!
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Come on.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Not cool!
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I think I killed it.
0:26:43 > 0:26:49'We were finally on our way to the auction to find out which car would get the most cash.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53'So far, Rutledge's Aztek looked like the worst car in America
0:26:53 > 0:26:59'after being disqualified on the track and failing to show any of its off-road capability,
0:26:59 > 0:27:05'but it would all come down to this. Who could get the most cash for their car?'
0:27:05 > 0:27:09People must just think it's like a comedy of errors here.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13They're seeing three of the ugliest cars they've ever seen all at once.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17This is like the ugly parade through this neighbourhood.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20It's visual overload, for sure.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25"Oh, my God! There's a Yugo! Oh, my God! What is that Ford?! Oh, jeez! And an Aztek!"
0:27:26 > 0:27:31'On the way, we agreed we could each spend 1,000 on our cars overnight,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33'using our failures as inspiration.'
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Huh?
0:27:48 > 0:27:52You know you love this thing. It's now an official stunt car.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57Pocket rocket, as it were. Completely gutted the interior. Racing seat, roll cage.
0:27:57 > 0:28:03- And the five-point harness. - It's nice you had time to knock off the loose rust.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09- I just gave it a quick buff. - Do anything to the motor?- Put in a high-flow exhaust.- You cut it off!
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- He did! - Functional hood pins on a Yugo.
0:28:12 > 0:28:18- I do like the rally stripes on the headlights. - You mean the electrical tape?
0:28:18 > 0:28:22- It's a style.- You wanna know what the best modification was?
0:28:22 > 0:28:26- A gas cap.- Less is more sometimes. Like that Mustang.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31- I didn't think it could get any creepier. - This is a Shelby paint job.
0:28:31 > 0:28:37- What?!- OK, I ran out of white. - It's got some nice metallic in it.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43- It sparkles in the sun. - OK, so if it wasn't creepy enough, you put a skull...
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- Little Day of the Dead seat covers. - And I got a skull shifter.
0:28:47 > 0:28:54- Did you take the II off the back? - Yes, it's marketing.- Look. There's still a hole where it used to sit.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I'll just put my thumb on it.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02- You might confuse somebody - the stripes and the Shelby... - It's a Shelby. Ish.
0:29:02 > 0:29:08I think a serious collector would love this car and we only need one. We only need one.
0:29:08 > 0:29:15- What have you done?- I did exactly what GM should have done and make the Aztek cool.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19I cut out the fenders here, painted the plastic black.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24Some bead locker. Look at this brush guard!
0:29:24 > 0:29:30- This looks like something you'd attack a herd of zombies with.- Yes! - From Shaun of the Dead!
0:29:30 > 0:29:36No ugly turn signals and tail lights, got my spare tyre on the roof.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41- How does it drive with these tyres? OK?- Uh, pretty good.- Does it rub?
0:29:41 > 0:29:47It rubs...a touch. As long as no one drives it while they're turning. It's great in a straight line.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52Gentlemen, let's regroup. The cars are here. It is auction day.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57- Whoever sells them for the most money wins.- Let's get 'em up there, let people check 'em out.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05'With only 20 minutes before our cars were up for auction, it was time to drum up some interest.'
0:30:05 > 0:30:13- Know who owned this car?- No, who? - Jimmy Page.- Wow.- On the '77 Led Zeppelin tour, he bought this car.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16When Jon Bonham died, he couldn't look at it.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18It's barely broken in with 140...
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Mid-hundreds.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- Original paint job?- It's... Yeah.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28It was originally done... yesterday.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33- Adam told me that somebody had died in your vehicle.- What the hell?!
0:30:33 > 0:30:41You're opening the door to weekend racing. This is a career for somebody waiting to happen.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- What would you think is a deal to take this home today?- 12.- 1,200?
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- 12...- Thousand? Twelve thousand!
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Yes! I don't know why I thought you were going to say 1,200.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I thought you meant for the tyres!
0:30:56 > 0:31:02Now it's time for Big Star, Small Car. You know our big star from the Harold and Kumar movies.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- Kal Penn!- Thank you.
0:31:06 > 0:31:13- I'm glad you're here. - Thank you, guys.- All right. Have you ever been on a track before?- Never.
0:31:13 > 0:31:20- Ah. So this will be your first time. Excited?- Very.- How will you do? - I think I'm not going to do well.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- I don't drive stick.- You don't?- No. - CROWD GROANS
0:31:24 > 0:31:31That's the only ridicule I get?! That's not so bad. I thought I'd be fully ridiculed.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- Well, let's see how it goes. Mount up. Good luck.- Thank you.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40All right. The time to beat is 1.39 set by True Blood's Steven Moyer.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Let's see what Kal can do.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47He's heading into the first turn gracefully.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52- Too close! - It's not bad. This is a first - fourth gear into the chicane.
0:31:52 > 0:31:58- Shit!- The man's a trendsetter. Got to pay attention to this part. The teardrop is pretty tricky.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03All right. He's in the right gear.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Didn't sound great. - That wasn't terrible.
0:32:06 > 0:32:12- We're at the halfway point. - This is my favourite part. - Kal is middle of the board.
0:32:12 > 0:32:17- If he keeps this pace up, he will beat Adam Levine.- BLEEP! - No! Don't do that!
0:32:17 > 0:32:22- I totally jinxed that.- And by jinxed he means dropping the transmission,
0:32:22 > 0:32:28which is never a good idea at Cameraman's Corner. He's fighting it the whole way!
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Now get on it.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Aargh!
0:32:33 > 0:32:38I love the smell of burning clutch in the morning. He's across the line!
0:32:38 > 0:32:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Kal, come on up!
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- You OK? Have a seat, man. - Thank you, guys.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Man!- Yeah?- Oh, man!
0:32:57 > 0:32:59That was amazing.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03Now were you scared, were you excited?
0:33:03 > 0:33:09- I wouldn't say scared. More nervous. - Right.- I don't drive stick. I don't know how to drive stick.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- You know now. - I definitely know now. Absolutely.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15And I drive a Prius in real life, so this was awesome.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Hey! Hey! Hey!
0:33:18 > 0:33:22- BOOING - Oh, really? You like dependence on foreign oil?
0:33:22 > 0:33:23LAUGHTER
0:33:23 > 0:33:28- Who hurt you that you're punishing yourself?- I like it, actually.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33- I live five miles from where I work. - Uh-huh.- And it takes about an hour to get to work.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39So, you know, why buy something that goes fast?!
0:33:39 > 0:33:45- I was amazed to find out that you're a NASCAR fan.- Yeah. - And you drive a Prius.- I do.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49It's crazy, right? I just got into it the last year.
0:33:49 > 0:33:56A lot of folks I know in DC were into it. I started watching and learning about the...
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- How you actually put 42 cars on a track.- Yeah.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- I thought about that today. - You were alone.- I could barely hold it together.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- Was the Stig helpful?- Very helpful. Yeah, I sat down in the car.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14I looked at him and went, "Hey, man. I don't know how to drive stick."
0:34:14 > 0:34:20- LAUGHTER - And you can't see his face, but you just see the helmet move.
0:34:22 > 0:34:28- That's when I knew there was a problem.- You heard his eyes roll. - I heard it, yes.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- If indeed he has eyes. - We don't know.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Harold and Kumar movies were great. How do you...prepare for your role?
0:34:38 > 0:34:45You know, the same way you prepare for anything else. Both in the first and third one,
0:34:45 > 0:34:51Kumar performs gunshot surgery. And so I spent two days at UCLA medical library
0:34:51 > 0:34:57- going over gunshot wounds.- Yes, but I meant the weed. I didn't...
0:34:57 > 0:35:04- Here's the deal. This always disappoints people. I don't smoke weed in real life.- You don't?
0:35:04 > 0:35:07AUDIENCE SIGH Hey! That's twice. That's twice.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- Your dependence on foreign weed? - LAUGHTER
0:35:10 > 0:35:16- Let me ask, do you eat White Castle? - I don't! This is... Look! I don't...
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- I bet you're not even Indian! - It's true.
0:35:21 > 0:35:28I tend not to share that. John Cho and I noticed with the first movie and it accentuated with each one
0:35:28 > 0:35:33that you never know what people like about it. We thought the first one was a buddy comedy at best.
0:35:33 > 0:35:39Maybe a movie about burgers. Then stoners and the Asian-American community got behind it.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43He was somewhere and this woman about 40, an Asian-American, said,
0:35:43 > 0:35:48"Thank you so much." He thought she'd say for representing Asian-Americans.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53She goes, "For representing stoners in a positive light."
0:35:53 > 0:35:57And that's what we love. You never know who watches, who likes them.
0:35:57 > 0:36:04- And so we love that people think they're stoner movies, buddy comedies, whatever.- Cast a wide net.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08So what has more power - the Prius or the Suzuki?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10What kind of power?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Were you in that Suzuki just going, "Whee!"?
0:36:15 > 0:36:20- Here's the deal. I think the Suzuki could accelerate faster. I think that's fair.- OK.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23But my baby can go longer.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32That was so creepy!
0:36:32 > 0:36:37- You loved it!- That was great. "My baby can go longer!"
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- You're defending your woman. I like that.- Always.- All right.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- Where do you think you ended up? In what area?- Oh, man.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51No, no, not up there. Not in the 1:30s.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Or in the... Somewhere in the 1:40 range. I'm gonna say...
0:36:55 > 0:37:01- Probably between Dominic and Ed Burns.- Wow! You're narrowing it down. You've got a laser sight.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07- Right around the Ty Burrell mark. - In this area.- I think so.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10You want to see his time? AUDIENCE: "Yeah!"
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Go on.
0:37:13 > 0:37:20- Kal Penn, who learned to drive a stick this morning...- Correct.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22..did it in one...
0:37:22 > 0:37:24..forty...
0:37:27 > 0:37:28..nine...
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- ..point nine!- Awww!
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Close.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Kal Penn!
0:37:41 > 0:37:43That's not bad.
0:37:47 > 0:37:52'It was auction time and we'd finally find out which one of our cars sold for the most cash.'
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Number 1015. 6,000.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01'My super-cool, rally-ready Yugo was up first.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07'We'd each spent a total of 2,500 bucks. I was looking to make a big profit to beat the Aztek and 'tang.'
0:38:07 > 0:38:11I've never sold a Yugo in my life!
0:38:11 > 0:38:16It's an '88 Yugo Zastava. It's been professionally raced.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21SPEAKS RAPIDLY '88 Yugo. Who'll give 100? 200?
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Now five. 500. I got 600. Now seven?
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Six half? 650, all through? 650. Last call.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33The wheels are worth more than that! It's a Yugo!
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Yugo, I go, we all go. 600.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40600 last call. Here we go. Last call?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Sold. 600. You bought her. 600.
0:38:43 > 0:38:50- How much did you get?- I don't wanna talk about it!- 'Tanner lost 1,900 on his Communist getaway car.
0:38:50 > 0:38:56- 'The Yugo was looking certain to be crowned the worst car.' - Come on! 600?!
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Really? It has a roll cage in it!
0:38:59 > 0:39:04'It was time for some bona fide American muscle.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09'Kind of.' A 1977 Ford Mustang. And it's kind of Shelby-ish.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13What is Shelby-ish? It's a race car! How's that?
0:39:13 > 0:39:18- It may have been a celebrity-owned classic, but we're not sure... - Eric Clapton!
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Eric Clapton owned this car!
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Here we go. Help me out.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28And we've got 500 bucks here. 600? 500. 600 here.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31600, last call. Here we go. Seven.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33And 800. Now nine. Now ten.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36And eleven. 1,100?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Eleven. All through? 1,000, last call.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42At 1,000. Hot rod!
0:39:42 > 0:39:431,050.
0:39:43 > 0:39:48- At 1,050.- Somebody died in it! I hear somebody died in it.
0:39:48 > 0:39:511,050. All done? Anybody else? Sold!
0:39:51 > 0:39:561,000. A thousand bucks. Number 502.
0:39:56 > 0:40:02'I might have lost 1,500 bucks, but I was in the lead. Now all I needed was Rut to fail.'
0:40:02 > 0:40:07- This is the off-road vehicle. Look at this.- That looks tough!
0:40:07 > 0:40:12It's a tough one, guys. And the tent is included. It's got a tent in the back.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16It's a neat deal. It's really cool and that is green.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20The colour of money. SPEAKS RAPIDLY
0:40:20 > 0:40:24I've got 2,000. And one, two, three, four. 25, 26, 27...
0:40:24 > 0:40:2631, 32, 3, 4, 5, 36, 37.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Now 38 and 9. Now 4.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Now 41. 42.
0:40:31 > 0:40:3542. Last call. The wheel's are worth that. 4,200, last call.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38TALKS RAPIDLY All done?
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Anybody else? Sold! 4,100. Number 1056.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46'I had done the impossible and made my Aztek cool.'
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Congratulations, my friend.
0:40:51 > 0:40:57- 'Tanner and his Yugo came in last as he got 400 bucks less than Adam.' - What is wrong with you?
0:40:57 > 0:41:04- 'But Tanner doesn't like losing.' - Hey, we've got a question.- Yeah? - There's a guy named Tammer?
0:41:04 > 0:41:11- Tanner.- Is that his name? He came up to me and was saying Eric Clapton didn't own this car
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- that I bought.- You can't listen to him. He's selling a Yugo.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19On the auction block they announced that. I assumed that was true.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24- I bid based upon that.- That's not cool. Can you prove he owned it?
0:41:24 > 0:41:30- Can you prove he didn't? Eric Clapton owned it. - Can you get me a signature?
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- I'm with you, man. That's bull. - Go pitch your tent.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38- I've been doing this many years. - Eric Clapton, my ass! - Go pitch your tent.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42- I can't. I sold it.- Let me make a phone call. I'll be right back.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Get that or I want 500.
0:41:47 > 0:41:55So let me get this straight. You sold your car under false pretences. Illegal in California.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Doesn't count. I'm not from California.
0:41:58 > 0:42:05- And I didn't exactly lie. - You did! Eric Clapton? I bet he's never even seen a Mustang II.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Did you give him his money back?
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- We came to an arrangement. - For less than the Yugo.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17True or false? I made 1,600 bucks, so clearly I'm the winner.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21- Did you sell it for less than the Yugo?- Not the first time.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27Aww, that's it! The Mustang II is the worst car in America! That's all we've got time for!
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