0:00:03 > 0:00:06MUSIC: Jessica by The Allman Brothers Band
0:00:12 > 0:00:15'Tonight, I get dangerous...'
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Not really dangerous but, you know, dangerous enough.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19'..Sabine tastes the local brew...'
0:00:19 > 0:00:22SHE SPITS
0:00:22 > 0:00:24'.and Matt gets a bit too into...'
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Oh! '..his latest review.'
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Oh, that's nice!
0:00:29 > 0:00:30I'm good.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Hi, welcome to Top Gear. So...
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Do you remember what happened when Honda asked Ayrton Senna
0:00:48 > 0:00:49to help them develop a sports car?
0:00:49 > 0:00:52They came up with this - the iconic NSX,
0:00:52 > 0:00:56the underdog that went head-to-head against the big dogs from Italy.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Indeed it did, so having pulled that off once, they thought,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02"What the heck? Let's have another go."
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Honda was always a pioneering car company.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16It took risks, pushed boundaries.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20In the 1960s it became the first Japanese team
0:01:20 > 0:01:22to enter, and win, in Formula 1.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27By the late '80s, their engines dominated the sport.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Then there was the revolutionary all-aluminium NSX.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Developed by Ayrton Senna himself,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38it took the fight to the likes of Ferrari.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Speed became practical.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Reliable.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46If you wanted it fast and brilliantly engineered,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48you went to Honda.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56But then, after the turn of the millennium,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58it all started to go a bit wobbly.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Honda's faster, more stimulating cars
0:02:01 > 0:02:03were replaced by a beige parade
0:02:03 > 0:02:06of stuff your gran would drive.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Like this one.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Truth is, we've not seen a proper Honda sports car in a decade.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Now, though, Honda has a new revolution...
0:02:19 > 0:02:21with a familiar name.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34The new NSX is here.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Here, but not especially Japanese.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47In fact, this new NSX was designed and built in America.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Which is why I've come stateside
0:02:49 > 0:02:52to test the first one.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And why it's wearing this funny badge.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02In America, posh Hondas are called Acuras.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06When this comes to the UK, it will be called a Honda - do not worry.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11So now that's cleared up, what exactly are we looking at?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Behind my head there's a 3.5-litre V6 turbo petrol engine,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20driving the rear wheels through a nine-speed gearbox.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22And that's not all.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26There's a battery under here that provides electricity
0:03:26 > 0:03:29to one motor at the back and two more at the front.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33So it's a four-wheel-drive hybrid powered by...four motors.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37If that isn't complicated enough,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40the brakes aren't actually connected to anything.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Much like the youth of today, they only communicate virtually.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Basically, the NSX brakes by Snapchatting
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and it does its steering via Instagram - or something.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Doesn't sound promising.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57So... ENGINE ROARS
0:03:57 > 0:03:59..have they gone and made a mess of it?
0:04:02 > 0:04:0460 - under three seconds!
0:04:04 > 0:04:06100 - three seconds later.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10120, 130, 140.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11150!
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Combined, that V6 and those electric motors
0:04:16 > 0:04:19provide 573 horsepower.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22That's not sports-car power,
0:04:22 > 0:04:23that's supercar power.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Top speed is supercar speed as well -
0:04:30 > 0:04:33191mph!
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Wow.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40The technology may be complicated but the effect is brutally simple.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43That is fast. Really fast.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47But the best part of this hybrid set-up?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50It doesn't feel disjointed and digital.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54The brakes me be e-brakes and the steering may be e-steering,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57but it gives you a real sense of what's going on.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Obviously you can't skid it about like a Ferrari 488,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05cos those electric motors are always trying to drag it straight.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07But you can skid it about.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Oh, yes, you can!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19HE LAUGHS
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Wow, it's way more fun than I thought possible
0:05:24 > 0:05:26for something that was so complicated.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Look at that!
0:05:35 > 0:05:41So, Honda's new NSX really does have genuine supercar credentials.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44But before you go and trade in the Lambo,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47there are one or two things to point out...
0:05:47 > 0:05:49like the interior.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52OK, they've made a great effort, but it's still recognisably Honda.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54If I'm being a real nit-picker,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I don't like the way these paddles move. They feel a bit cheap.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00It should feel like turning the bezel on an expensive watch -
0:06:00 > 0:06:02and it doesn't, it just feels like you're pulling a plastic paddle
0:06:02 > 0:06:06on a 40-quid gaming steering wheel.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09And as for the styling -
0:06:09 > 0:06:14well, it does look a bit like an R8 and a Maclaren have face-swapped.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15But I think it's stunning.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Here's the thing, though - the NSX feels like it's been engineered,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30been calibrated by people who care about driving.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36And that's what Honda was always about.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Some people, they're going to make the mistake
0:06:38 > 0:06:39of saying it's characterless -
0:06:39 > 0:06:41but, do you know what, they're wrong.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43I think it's dripping with character.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44There's nothing else quite like it.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49It's awesome. Really special.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Special, however, does mean expensive.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57The new NSX is ?130,000.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00But don't think of it as an expensive Honda,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04think of it as a cut-price Porsche 918 Hypercar -
0:07:04 > 0:07:05because that's what it is.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11OK, so it isn't as brain-poachingly fast as the Porsche.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14It is, however, the same technology,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16and the same trick of using that technology
0:07:16 > 0:07:19to warp your sense of what's possible in a fast car.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24It's a machine that's greater than the sum of its parts.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31The NSX is a pioneering supercar...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37..its creators once again pushing boundaries.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43If you want it fast and brilliantly engineered...
0:07:43 > 0:07:47at last, you can go back to Honda.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54CHEERING
0:08:00 > 0:08:04And here it is, the brand-new Honda NSX,
0:08:04 > 0:08:05reimagined - how very dare they?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Have they pulled it off?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Absolutely. It's been a long, long wait, but totally worth it.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13So, in your opinion is it better than the old NSX?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14It's sacrilege to say it,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17but I wasn't a fan of the way the original NSX drove.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19I ought to duck before people throw rotten fruit at me.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22So, yeah, in my opinion, that's a better, more interesting car.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Yeah, but this is a super-technological,
0:08:25 > 0:08:26super-complicated car
0:08:26 > 0:08:28with all kinds of systems on it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Does that take away from the actual driving experience?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34No, that's the genius of this car, it takes the technology
0:08:34 > 0:08:36and it fashions it into something great -
0:08:36 > 0:08:38so you've got front electric motors,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42you've got torque vectoring - all that technology, more efficiency,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45but it's better fun to drive and, crucially, it's faster still.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48All right, to find out how fast,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52we need to hand it over to our tame racing driver.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Some say his earwax is British racing green.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59LAUGHTER
0:08:59 > 0:09:02And that he has a pierced Brosnan.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04LAUGHTER
0:09:04 > 0:09:08All we know is he's called... ALL: The Stig!
0:09:08 > 0:09:10The NSX and The Stig.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Complicated supercar, simple racing driver.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15No wheel spin at the start there.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Not a lot of noise, apart from the tyre squeal, and plenty of lean.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24The NSX tilting like a sailboat in a storm.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Secretive, brooding - brooding, secretive. That's The Stig.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30You can run the NSX in electric-only mode,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34but Stig, of course, has petrol and battery power
0:09:34 > 0:09:35set to maximum attack.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41No dramas through Hammerhead.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Time to rev that V6 out now to 7,500rpm.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49And...Stig. Brooding, secretive - secretive, brooding.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Wow, look at that - big wobble before the tyre wall.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57You don't often see cars get out of shape then.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Into the second last.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01The NSX harvesting battery power now from the brakes,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03just like an F1 car - clever.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Pushing hard round the final corner and across the line!
0:10:07 > 0:10:09CHEERING
0:10:15 > 0:10:17All right, the Honda NSX. What a lap!
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Load of fun there, and The Stig almost out of shape,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23especially on the last corner - but not quite, of course.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27So how's he done? We know that Honda targeted this rebirth of a legend
0:10:27 > 0:10:30somewhere towards the Ferrari 458.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32That's now been supplanted by the 488,
0:10:32 > 0:10:37so it would have to be quicker than 1.19.1. Is it?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Yes, it is. The Honda NSX -
0:10:39 > 0:10:421.17.6! There you go.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44CHEERING
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Very good job. Very beautiful car.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52OK, let's talk great American inventions.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I don't want to boast, but US innovations have changed the world -
0:10:55 > 0:10:59the swivel chair, spandex, dental floss,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01the spork. LAUGHTER
0:11:01 > 0:11:04And, most importantly, there's this - the muscle car,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07the symbol of '60s optimism,
0:11:07 > 0:11:08cruising the highways,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10the freedom of the open road.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14But how does Uncle Sam's finest fare away from Route 66
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and on the A835 just north of Ullapool, Scotland?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38This...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40This is as good as it gets, right here.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Open roads, blue skies.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Oh, and one of history's most iconic muscle cars -
0:11:47 > 0:11:50the original Ford Mustang.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Of course, if you want to live the American dream
0:11:55 > 0:11:57you've got to be prepared for some pain.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08This thing corners with all the precision of a greased hippopotamus.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12And the brakes... Well, I wouldn't go so far as calling them brakes,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16they're more like novelty items - they are that bad.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19But that's what Mustangs are about - getting the blood flowing,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21the adrenaline pumping.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25But the big problem with old Mustangs...
0:12:25 > 0:12:28is this - the steering wheel which, as you can see,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30is in the traditional muscle-car position...
0:12:30 > 0:12:32the wrong side.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Which makes overtaking a complete nightmare.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I'm too young to die, I'm too young to die.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40HE SHRIEKS, HORN BLARES
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Oh, ho-ho-ho!
0:12:42 > 0:12:47But now maybe there's a way to have your main course of muscle car
0:12:47 > 0:12:50without the side order of terror.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Because for the first time in five decades
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Ford has given us a Mustang fit for Britain.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05The brand-new Mustang GT.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27As you can see, the steering wheel is in the right place -
0:13:27 > 0:13:28on the right.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34This is big. The Mustang, the American patriot,
0:13:34 > 0:13:35it's a British citizen now.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Under this big bonnet is a proper Mustang engine,
0:13:42 > 0:13:46a five-litre, 412-horsepower V8.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54And to deal with that whole "can't go around corners" issue
0:13:54 > 0:13:57this car boasts another Mustang first -
0:13:57 > 0:14:00independent rear suspension.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03In technical terms, that means the back wheels
0:14:03 > 0:14:05are no longer holding hands.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Each one can do exactly what it wants.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10In non-technical terms,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13you now have a Mustang that can do this.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Look - you can go around corners...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24without all that inconvenient dying stuff.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27And, I'm glad to report...
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Sheep!
0:14:31 > 0:14:33..the brakes are good, too.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35SHEEP BLEATS
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Now, since we've stopped, I might as well demonstrate
0:14:38 > 0:14:41one of the Mustang's more childish features.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43It's called line lock.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51While I'm here, it gives me an opportunity
0:14:51 > 0:14:54to maybe talk about the interior.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59It's kind of reminiscent of the old '67 Mustang,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02but a lot more futuristic.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Some of the materials are a little bit on the plastic side,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08but on the whole...I like this.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Oh, and if you're wondering whether line lock
0:15:13 > 0:15:14has any purpose whatsoever?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16No.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21So it's playful, sounds like a Mustang should,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24and comes with a steering wheel on the correct side.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27It's affordable, too.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29This car, massive V8 and all,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32is under ?35,000.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36That's less than half the price of a V8 Jaguar F-Type.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43So, is this, at last, the muscle car to conquer Europe?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Well, there are a couple of things.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50It just doesn't actually feel that fast.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55And currently averaging 13 miles to the gallon,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58it's not exactly economical, either.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00This car makes Volkswagen look green.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Ford, though, know this is a problem,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07so they've come up with a solution.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the low-fat, dairy-free,
0:16:12 > 0:16:17gluten-free, no-added-sugar Ford Mustang EcoBoost.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Yes, they've gelded the Mustang
0:16:22 > 0:16:23and binned the V8.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28This Envirostang is powered by - are you ready for this? -
0:16:28 > 0:16:33a 2.3-litre turbo-charged four-cylinder engine.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42But hold on, Billy Bob, it's not as bad as you think.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46It has the same engine as the Ford Focus RS,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48over 300 horsepower,
0:16:48 > 0:16:53which also means 0-60 in five-and-a-bit seconds.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Because it's modern and clever,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59it will also do 30 miles to the gallon.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02And it's four grand cheaper than the V8.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07So you get pretty much all the fastness, all the Mustang-ness,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09but with a clear conscience.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12This is it, then - the perfect Mustang for Britain.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Well, maybe not.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18The engine, it kind of grumbles,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21it tries its best to give you an aggressive sound,
0:17:21 > 0:17:22but it doesn't quite work.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25And, at the end of the day,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29can you really see yourself walking into a dealership and saying,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33"Hm, yeah, I'll have the EcoBoost, please"?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36When your friends get in for the first time,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39they're going to look at you like, "You bought the wrong car."
0:17:42 > 0:17:44And that's the problem.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Maybe the new Mustang - either of them -
0:17:47 > 0:17:49is just too nice.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Yeah, it's fit for Britain, it's easy to live with,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55but if you want a Mustang that's easy to live with,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57do you want a Mustang at all?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Ford's changed the recipe.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01They've taken an American institution
0:18:01 > 0:18:03and added British flavour,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05like pouring gravy on apple pie.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09So, which one would I have?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Easy.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14It's the one that's a complete nightmare,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18yet still somehow the stuff of dreams.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41CHEERING
0:18:43 > 0:18:47OK, you went for the old car, and that's great,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49but time for some consumer advice.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Which of these would you have, the V8 or the EcoBoost?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54V8 all day long, man.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57The EcoBoost, it's just a cheap marketing exercise.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I agree, V8 for sure.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03But over 400 horsepower for under ?35,000?
0:19:03 > 0:19:08Yeah. Sounds good on paper, but it's just not a great Mustang.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10It's too simple, too accessible, too easy.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Part of the joy of owning a Mustang in Britain
0:19:13 > 0:19:16was having the pain of owning a Mustang.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18You had to make sacrifices, be part of a club.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Nowadays it's becoming more like a BMW or an Audi, man.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Look, I don't want to live in a world
0:19:24 > 0:19:27where my mum would consider buying a Mustang -
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and that is that Mustang.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Yeah, but on the plus side, there's your next Mother's Day gift sorted.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34LAUGHTER
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Let's give it up for Mrs Reid's new car.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39CHEERING
0:19:42 > 0:19:47It's time now for tonight's Stars In A Rallycross Car.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Please welcome Greg Davies and Patrick Dempsey!
0:19:50 > 0:19:53CHEERING
0:19:58 > 0:20:02SPEECH DROWNED OUT BY CROWD
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Nice, right? Very nice.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14So you're both actors,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16and one of you is a racing driver.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17What?!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I'm sorry - he's genuinely a racing driver? Yeah, he is.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23You kept that quiet backstage. Well, we just met.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25He's driven at Le Mans. Came second.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Great(!)
0:20:27 > 0:20:31I mean, essentially I've been asked on this show to be humiliated.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35What car we driving? "A Mini. Good luck, tall boy."
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Did you see me sitting in the car?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39They had to get me in with a giant shoehorn.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42My face hasn't been that close to my genitals since I was 13.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46OK, so, do me a favour, Greg,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49tell us why Patrick's here, please.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Patrick Dempsey stars in the latest instalment
0:20:52 > 0:20:53of the Bridget Jones saga,
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Bridget Jones's Baby...
0:20:54 > 0:20:58CHEERING
0:20:58 > 0:21:01They love him, they love Bridget Jones. Oh.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Just seemed a strange place for the applause.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07LAUGHTER
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Here he is in a worldwide exclusive being irritatingly handsome.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Let's take a look.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Ooh!
0:21:17 > 0:21:19OK, I'm here.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22OK, I can... I can take it from here.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23I'm here.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27I got this. Thank you! I got this.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Ooh! OK. Oh!
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Jesus! Oh! Jesus! Ooh!
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Jesus, this is a two-man job.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39OK. Take her, take her! OK, got her.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46So she has the baby? She has the baby.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49And it's either yours or Colin Firth's, yeah?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Yes. There's, I think, two or three different endings.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53And you don't know yet either.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I didn't know when I was making it, who the baby was.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58But we get told this all the time from actors that come in
0:21:58 > 0:22:01and there's a cliffhanger, and they say they filmed a million endings
0:22:01 > 0:22:02and we honestly don't know.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Do you honestly not know? No, I honestly don't.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06What do you think?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I don't want to spoil it, but... But you know. I'm the father.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13LAUGHTER AND CHEERING
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Well, thanks for the interjection.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22It's out in September. We're all so excited about this.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I had a good time making it, it was fun to be in England shooting it.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Were you a fan of Bridget Jones?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Uh...yes, of course I was.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31LAUGHTER
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Do you want to try that again?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35For your sake, let's do it again.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Were you a fan of Bridget Jones? I was a HUGE fan!
0:22:38 > 0:22:42I could tell that. I watched it 12 times before starting production.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Excellent. OK, why is our friend Greg here?
0:22:45 > 0:22:50Greg Davies is here because he's written and stars in Man Down -
0:22:50 > 0:22:52third season, I believe. That's right.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55And there's a nice clip here where you wreak havoc on a bus.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Do you mind?
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Sorry?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Oh. No, this is my chair.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You have to give up your seat for pensioners. You're not listening,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09the chair belongs to me - it's my chair.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Give the lady the seat.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15You don't understand, it's not a bus seat, it's my little chair.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Show a bit of respect.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19PASSENGERS ALL AGREE
0:23:19 > 0:23:21What's wrong with his eyebrows?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I hate him! He's got a rash!
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
0:23:25 > 0:23:29To be clear, if it's a bus seat I have to give it up.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32But it's not! It's my little chair. In fact, it's all I own.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34So, with the greatest of respect,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I'll be BLEEP if I'm going to give up my legacy
0:23:36 > 0:23:39so some old lady can have a lazy cruise to the bingo!
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I'll give you a bloody legacy, mate!
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Ow!
0:23:44 > 0:23:46LAUGHTER AND CHEERING
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Are you still persisting with the fact that Dan isn't based on you?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56HE LAUGHS: Yeah!
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Come on!
0:23:57 > 0:24:01He was based on the 20-, 30-something me, for sure.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04So what kind of fates befall him in this series?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06It's more what he does to other people in this series.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10He accidentally ruins the career of a gay vicar,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12he sets fire to an American flag
0:24:12 > 0:24:14in front of an American embassy.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17No offence, Patrick. No, no, none taken.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20He accidentally watches a middle-aged lady have a poo.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22LAUGHTER
0:24:22 > 0:24:24OK. It's good family fun, Chris.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Not based on your life whatsoever.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Actually, that bit is!
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Shall I say that? I should say that.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35I was up in my parents' loft when I was a kid
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and they were having a party
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and I realised there was a hole through into the toilet,
0:24:40 > 0:24:41and I thought...
0:24:41 > 0:24:44LAUGHTER I thought hijinks.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I'll have a look, and a lady came in and had a poo.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49To this day she doesn't know.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51LAUGHTER
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Now she does. Really sorry, Karen.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55LAUGHTER
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Now...
0:24:57 > 0:24:58..Jenkins.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:25:07 > 0:25:10All right. Cars, boys. Cars.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Oh, yeah.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13First cars.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17OK, Greg, I've got to warn you, Patrick's very much into his cars.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Patrick, your first car, please.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22It was a 1963 356 Porsche Convertible.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Look at this!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:25:30 > 0:25:31If that is your first car,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33don't tell me your first pet was a unicorn
0:25:33 > 0:25:35and your first girlfriend was a supermodel. No.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I did a movie called Can't Buy Me Love,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40and my entire pay cheque went to purchase that car.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43It was the dream car to have. That was your first pay cheque?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46My first pay cheque, and that was it. My first job was stacking peat.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48I got ?5 an hour.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51So that's how I bought my first car. Sorry, carry on.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54I still have the car today.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Well, that's the thing. He still has the car today!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Look at that. That's one of the coolest photographs I've ever seen.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03I don't have a gay bone in my body, but...
0:26:03 > 0:26:05I'm just saying. What do you think?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Oh, I'm in.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08LAUGHTER
0:26:08 > 0:26:11And I'm sure Patrick...
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Patrick will be delighted(!) Yes!
0:26:14 > 0:26:17But, seriously, the coolest first car ever.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20The fact you've still got it is brilliant. Yeah, I love the car.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22It's fun to drive and just incredibly reliable.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24So, Greg.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27LAUGHTER
0:26:27 > 0:26:29It's awful!
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Greg, your first car, please.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34It was, um...lovely.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I'd been working digging peat.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41I'd earned ?15 and I thought I'll treat myself to a lovely Renault 18.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Perfect! Let's have a look.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Look at that.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53A Renault 18, baby.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I can't remember how much I paid for it,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58but I know that I bought it, I drove it to a garage
0:26:58 > 0:27:01cos I think it needed a tyre change or something.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04And I left it with him and, when I went back, the guy went...
0:27:04 > 0:27:07He put his hand on me and went,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09"Don't drive this back to London.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11"You can't! It's dangerous!"
0:27:11 > 0:27:13LAUGHTER
0:27:13 > 0:27:15That was the first day I owned it.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18OK, so...best first car.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Let's hear it for - please - Greg Davies' Renault 181.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Come on! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Or Patrick Dempsey's 1963 Porsche 356 -
0:27:32 > 0:27:34which he still owns!
0:27:34 > 0:27:37GREATER CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:40 > 0:27:41Sorry.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44100% fair fight.
0:27:44 > 0:27:50But I fear it's only going to get worse. So, Patrick, best car ever?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I think the RSR is probably the best one. OK.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56So the Porsche 911 RSR. Here we go.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Greg!
0:27:57 > 0:27:59LAUGHTER
0:27:59 > 0:28:02This is the car that you race, the competition car.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04This is the car that we won in Japan in the WEC,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06which is the World Endurance Championship,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09and were on the podium at Le Mans last year.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12That's worth a round of applause.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Second on the podium at Le Mans.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22OK. Greg.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Congratulations(!)
0:28:24 > 0:28:29So...best car ever against the 911 RSR?
0:28:29 > 0:28:33My best ever car - and I'm so sorry about this, Patrick -
0:28:33 > 0:28:36was a 1972 VW Camper van.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40CHEERING
0:28:40 > 0:28:44SPEECH DROWNED OUT BY APPLAUSE
0:28:48 > 0:28:50So, come on - where, why, when, how?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I think it was sort of in the early '90s I had it,
0:28:53 > 0:28:57and it's by far the most fun I've ever had in a vehicle.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59PATRICK LAUGHS
0:28:59 > 0:29:01LAUGHTER
0:29:01 > 0:29:04I mean, we're all better than that, mate.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06LAUGHTER No, no, we're not.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09There's a lot of people smiling here - you've got them glowing.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12This is great. I stand by it.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14OK, so let's hear it. Best car ever.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Let's hear it, first of all,
0:29:17 > 0:29:19for Patrick Dempsey's 911 RSR.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:29:24 > 0:29:26I think you might have this...
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Let's hear it for Greg Davies' 1972 VW Camper!
0:29:30 > 0:29:33GREATER CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:29:37 > 0:29:40So let's talk about driving, shall we?
0:29:40 > 0:29:44I see no reason why I won't win this lap(!)
0:29:44 > 0:29:47It was tough, though. Patrick, how was it out there?
0:29:47 > 0:29:51It was wet and muddy and a lot of fun. It was great to be here.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54OK, how was it for you, Greg? I mean, it was horrific.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I was a fat giraffe forced into a tiny car
0:29:57 > 0:29:59and I drove as fast as I could,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01but I suspect that was incredibly slow.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Would you like to see the laps? AUDIENCE: Yes!
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Greg's first, I think. Here we go.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10On the line.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Greg Davies, a big man in our not-so-very-big Rallycross car.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16I mean, I'm extra weight.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19The others should be given a handicap.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23Stop whingeing. Doesn't work like that, Greg, I'm afraid.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25At least the tarmac's dry.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28But we're going off-road for the first time and...
0:30:28 > 0:30:30The mud is the best bit.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35OK, this should be a water splash
0:30:35 > 0:30:36but it's just a river today, isn't it?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Get your foot off the accelerator, you fat BLEEP!
0:30:43 > 0:30:45LAUGHTER
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Taking it wide around Hammerhead. Was that a tactic?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51I don't know what I'm doing.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I will not stop!
0:30:53 > 0:30:55You will not beat me!
0:30:55 > 0:30:57OK, let's have a look at the hairpin.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Nice bit of opposite lock there.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Very wide.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Clean the tyres.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06Will he get any air?
0:31:08 > 0:31:10No air whatsoever! Zero air.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Back onto terra firma. I saw Jesse Eisenberg and thought,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17"Yeah, I could do that. I could beat that."
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Tyre wall.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Apparently not.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Through Gambon. Final corner, here we go.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Windscreen wipers going faster than the car.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34And...across the line!
0:31:34 > 0:31:38CHEERING
0:31:38 > 0:31:39What do you think?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42I thought I was flying round that track,
0:31:42 > 0:31:44and then you just see a man,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47a fat man's tits wobbling,
0:31:47 > 0:31:51as he drives through mud moderately quickly.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Well, it was touch and go, could be close.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58Would you like to see Patrick's lap? AUDIENCE: Yes!
0:31:58 > 0:31:59Patrick on the line now.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03The conditions are officially abysmal for both these laps.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Patrick off the line there. Hollywood heart-throb.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Here we go. Rain's picking up a little bit, which is always nice.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Facing the worst conditions in the history of our Rallycross course.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Honestly.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Look how wet it is there.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21It's like driving in the swamps of Florida here.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Once again through the river
0:32:23 > 0:32:25that should be just one solitary water splash.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26That is the splash there.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29I can smell something funny. I don't know what that is.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32I might have just BLEEP myself, I'm not sure.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Nice and tight round Hammerhead.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Come on, that is cool. Look at that line, that's very good.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41This is much easier over here.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Don't speak too soon, Patrick, because we have the hairpin and...
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Oh, very nice. Very, very nice! CHEERING
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Far too good. And almost some air!
0:32:53 > 0:32:56No lift, no lift, no lift, no lift, no lift, no lift.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Gone. Through the tyre wall. Here we go. First time.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Tight to the apex, very nice, very neat, very tidy and...
0:33:04 > 0:33:07let's have a look at Gambon.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Sliding into the grass!
0:33:09 > 0:33:10And over the line!
0:33:10 > 0:33:14CHEERING
0:33:16 > 0:33:18So, how was that, watching that back?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21It was tough. Front-wheel-drive cars are a lot...
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I'm used to rear-wheel drive, it's a completely different sensation.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28But it was tough. As soon as you hit the water everything slowed down.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30I think you did really well.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Once again, honestly, the worst conditions, officially.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Not just saying this to make you feel better, Greg.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Yeah, which doesn't bode well for the time, does it?
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Paul Hollywood, last week, very wet, 2.16.4.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Jennifer Saunders, appalling, 2.21.6.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Honestly, your conditions were worse.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47We thought they couldn't get any worse, but they did.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51OK, so under three minutes - I would be happy with that, Greg.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56I would be happy with that! However...
0:33:56 > 0:33:57No, don't...
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Greg Davies, abysmal conditions...
0:34:00 > 0:34:022.27.1!
0:34:02 > 0:34:05CHEERING
0:34:08 > 0:34:13OK, so, Patrick, in monsoon conditions...
0:34:13 > 0:34:14This is incredible.
0:34:14 > 0:34:162...
0:34:16 > 0:34:1812, dead. Unbelievable!
0:34:18 > 0:34:21CHEERING
0:34:21 > 0:34:24You're still there, but you're more up there than down there.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Happy?
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Yeah, I want to come back again!
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Let's hear it for Patrick Dempsey and Greg Davies!
0:34:34 > 0:34:37CHEERING
0:34:42 > 0:34:45OK, so, I'm six weeks into my Top Gear job
0:34:45 > 0:34:47and I've done some memorable stuff.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50I got hypothermia on a Gold Wing over the Alps,
0:34:50 > 0:34:53I got frostbite in a Rialto on the way to Blackpool,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56and I got sandblasted in Morocco.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Good times(!)
0:34:57 > 0:34:58LAUGHTER
0:34:58 > 0:35:00But the one thing I haven't got
0:35:00 > 0:35:02is time on that test track out there in something fast.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05So I sent a polite note pointing this out to the producers
0:35:05 > 0:35:07and they sent me one back saying,
0:35:07 > 0:35:09"Shut your face, LeBlanc."
0:35:09 > 0:35:12So I sent a slightly less polite note to the producers,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14and this happened.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16I love those guys! LAUGHTER
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Ask me to picture my ultimate road car...
0:35:21 > 0:35:23and it might look something like this.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27The Porsche 911 R.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32It's a greatest-hits album of the greatest 911s ever made.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37It has a 500-horsepower naturally aspirated engine
0:35:37 > 0:35:39developed by Porsche Motorsport.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42It has a proper manual gearbox
0:35:42 > 0:35:45and it has rear-wheel drive.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Ooh, yeah!
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Hello!
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Oh, yeah!
0:35:58 > 0:36:00But, you see, I don't think I can drive this.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Because in my head this...
0:36:03 > 0:36:05is perfection.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07However great this car is,
0:36:07 > 0:36:10it's got to be a disappointment, right?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12I mean, it's got to be.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Yeah, I think I'll just...leave it.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Yeah, I'll just leave it.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
0:36:35 > 0:36:38I'm so... I'm not sorry at all!
0:36:40 > 0:36:42I have no willpower whatsoever.
0:36:42 > 0:36:43None.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48This thing is great.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51The whole car is just sparkling with energy.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54It's so mechanical, so oily, so good.
0:36:56 > 0:36:57Whoo!
0:36:57 > 0:37:00With no turbos to dull its progress,
0:37:00 > 0:37:02the 911 R's four-litre flat-six
0:37:02 > 0:37:06spins up to a mighty 8,800rpm.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11This is a full-fat, 500-horsepower sports car.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Deploy it on public roads with extreme caution.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24Second gear will take you past UK motorway speeds.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Drive this thing hard and you are going to jail.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Which is bad news,
0:37:30 > 0:37:35because the soundtrack that comes with burying your right foot -
0:37:35 > 0:37:36well, it's addictive.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39Oh!
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Just listen to that. ENGINE ROARS
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Oh, that's nice!
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Really has that character of the older Porsches.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57It has that raw, visceral feel to it.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00You couldn't be more involved or engaged with this car
0:38:00 > 0:38:03if you were strapped under the motor.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Some people will tell you that,
0:38:09 > 0:38:11because the engine in this car is way out back,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13like it is in all 911s,
0:38:13 > 0:38:16that it's inherently unbalanced and butt-heavy.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I'm here to tell you they're wrong.
0:38:20 > 0:38:25Sure, you have to adapt to the unique way 911s go around corners,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28but that makes them all the more absorbing to drive.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32And by "absorbing" I mean engaging,
0:38:32 > 0:38:36inviting, exciting, awesome...ing.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Yeah! Whoa!
0:38:43 > 0:38:46When you get it right it's so rewarding.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Whoo!
0:38:52 > 0:38:54My hand's shaking a little bit.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59I'm good.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03So, you've probably guessed by now - I like this car.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09But it does have a few problems.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Firstly, and ridiculously,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Porsche hasn't developed an infinite gas tank yet.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Come on, Porsche, let's sort this out.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18And while we're here,
0:39:18 > 0:39:21there's another little problem with this 911 R.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26It costs ?137,000. That's...
0:39:26 > 0:39:27That's a lot of pounds.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34OK, have a look at this.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39All that cash doesn't buy you a radio or air conditioning.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43It does, however, get you a place to keep your sandwich.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Mm!
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Now, to be fair,
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Porsche will fit the air con and the radio
0:39:52 > 0:39:54at no extra charge if you want,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57but I'd skip the radio and definitely go for the air con
0:39:57 > 0:40:01cos it's hot enough to roast a chicken in here.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02BELL DINGS
0:40:02 > 0:40:03It's done.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08But there is another, more pressing, problem facing the 911 R.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12And it comes from Porsche.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14HE SHUDDERS
0:40:14 > 0:40:18That is the 911 GT3 RS.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20This car's evil twin.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23It has exactly the same engine as this car
0:40:23 > 0:40:27but it also has a giant wing, super-fast double-clutch gearbox,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30fatter tyres and a sharper suspension.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34And how much more do you pay for all that extra track-bred performance?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Well, that's the thing -
0:40:36 > 0:40:40the GT3 RS is about six grand CHEAPER than this car.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I know, it doesn't make sense, does it?
0:40:44 > 0:40:49So, what happens when you put them head-to-head in a drag race?
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Don't be stupid, I'm not racing him.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12That car does 0-60 in 3.3 seconds,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15a full half-second quicker than this car.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21It's faster round any racetrack you care to mention.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23This car IS slower.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25That's the whole point.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Manufacturers are so preoccupied with lap times these days
0:41:34 > 0:41:38they've forgotten about the most important thing - us.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40The ones behind the wheel.
0:41:41 > 0:41:47Cars like the GT3 RS have become so fast, so capable,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51that you'd have to be a Stig to access the performance of the car.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Aw, look at him go.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00They're too clever.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03The driver has been dealt out of the equation,
0:42:03 > 0:42:05less of a cog and more of a weakest link.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12He's not going to stop till he runs out of tyres.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22TYRE EXPLODES
0:42:23 > 0:42:25He's run out of tyres.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Wonder how he's getting home. I wonder if he has a home.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33HE CHUCKLES
0:42:40 > 0:42:45The 911 R is all about giving driving back to the driver.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48This car relies on me to make the downshift,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51it relies on me to quickly up-shift so the revs don't drop too far,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54it relies on me to keep the butt in line.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01You and the car work together as a team.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Missed the shift there, but that's OK.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09The car needs me to be a good driver.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11There's nowhere to hide.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14It says, "OK, what you got?"
0:43:15 > 0:43:16I like that.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25They say you shouldn't meet your heroes.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30But they're wrong, you should totally meet your heroes.
0:43:30 > 0:43:31I highly recommend it.
0:43:36 > 0:43:41For years, fast cars have been getting faster and faster.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45But they haven't necessarily been getting more exciting to drive.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52The 911 R takes things back to basics,
0:43:52 > 0:43:55reminds us that sports cars aren't all about the stopwatch,
0:43:55 > 0:43:59but the sensation, the experience, the moment.
0:43:59 > 0:44:04They're about making us feel connected, making us feel alive.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06And maybe, just maybe,
0:44:06 > 0:44:09the 911 R is perfection.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16You better not eat my sandwich!
0:44:21 > 0:44:24CHEERING
0:44:24 > 0:44:27Happy? Yeah? How happy? I am very happy.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29I'm in my happy place. You're in your happy place?
0:44:29 > 0:44:32I can tell! Right, good for him. So Matt's had his Porsche fix,
0:44:32 > 0:44:35time now for my classic Brit fix -
0:44:35 > 0:44:38cars that have always looked gorgeous
0:44:38 > 0:44:41but never been so gorgeous to actually drive.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43Until now.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51In the past, cars were designed with the free-flowing hand
0:44:51 > 0:44:54of an actual human being.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56Curves were king,
0:44:56 > 0:45:00creations brimming with fantasy and escapism,
0:45:00 > 0:45:02genius and artistry.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08The only problem was they broke down - a lot.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12They leaked a lot - all over your drive.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14They were noisy, they were cold
0:45:14 > 0:45:17and they were uncomfortable.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21Nowadays, though, more and more companies
0:45:21 > 0:45:26are specialising in remaking old stuff better than when it was new.
0:45:33 > 0:45:39Cars like this DB5 from Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell.
0:45:40 > 0:45:46This exquisite being has enjoyed a full nut-and-bolt rebuild
0:45:46 > 0:45:48to bring it bang up to date.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Now, the engine in this spectacular specimen
0:45:54 > 0:45:56has been what they call "blueprinted" -
0:45:56 > 0:45:59rebuilt from the bare bones of the original
0:45:59 > 0:46:02with loads and loads of clever tweaks and twists and tricks
0:46:02 > 0:46:04to massively improve performance.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10But, most importantly - in a classic car -
0:46:10 > 0:46:11reliability.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15You can even spec your 1960s Aston with power steering,
0:46:15 > 0:46:18air conditioning and satnav.
0:46:22 > 0:46:27Unfortunately, all this heritage restoration business
0:46:27 > 0:46:28doesn't come cheap.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32The cost on the road...
0:46:32 > 0:46:34?1 million.
0:46:38 > 0:46:42So how a about a less expensive alternative from Eagle,
0:46:42 > 0:46:45who provide a similar bespoke service for fans of the Jag?
0:46:45 > 0:46:48This E-Type was in intensive care for over a year
0:46:48 > 0:46:52for what they call a zero-mile restoration.
0:46:53 > 0:46:59The result - a car now superior to when it first left the factory.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02But, again,
0:47:02 > 0:47:06the cost is ?435,000.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15And, yes, I know we've featured Eagle before on Top Gear
0:47:15 > 0:47:18but, frankly, I just wanted a go in one,
0:47:18 > 0:47:20because these cars are just awesome.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22Whoo-hoo!
0:47:26 > 0:47:29There's no doubt that these are extraordinary cars,
0:47:29 > 0:47:32with equally extraordinary price tags.
0:47:32 > 0:47:37However, you can get into this world for quite a lot less.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41This is an MGB Roadster,
0:47:41 > 0:47:42a true style icon,
0:47:42 > 0:47:47reimagined and re-engineered by a company called Frontline,
0:47:47 > 0:47:51who are based in MG's original birth place.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52Hence the name -
0:47:52 > 0:47:55the MG Abingdon Edition.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00But craftsmanship comes at a cost.
0:48:01 > 0:48:06This MG is ?100,000.
0:48:06 > 0:48:11But for a quarter of the price of the Eagle, you get the same recipe -
0:48:11 > 0:48:14classic face, modern pace.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19This super roadster's brand-new 2.5-litre engine
0:48:19 > 0:48:23produces 304 brake horsepower.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28That means it's packing three times more power
0:48:28 > 0:48:32than the original 1.8-litre MGB,
0:48:32 > 0:48:35which means it's quicker - much, much quicker.
0:48:39 > 0:48:44Where originally it would have done 0-60 in 11 seconds, now...
0:48:44 > 0:48:463.8.
0:48:46 > 0:48:50And a top speed of - wait for this! -
0:48:50 > 0:48:54168mph!
0:48:55 > 0:49:01Which means it also needs massively upgraded modern brakes.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09But to really experience this car properly
0:49:09 > 0:49:13we have to return to its natural habitat.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21And so you join us, the Abingdon and I,
0:49:21 > 0:49:24in the quintessential English countryside.
0:49:24 > 0:49:29And straightaway I can sense the difference, the improvement,
0:49:29 > 0:49:33that all the mods Frontline have added make to this car.
0:49:33 > 0:49:39The handling, for a start, is so unrecognisable as an MGB.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49The modern dampers and springs and aluminium uprights
0:49:49 > 0:49:52have replaced all the tractor bits from the '60s
0:49:52 > 0:49:54that were originally on this car.
0:49:54 > 0:49:55Tractor bits!
0:49:59 > 0:50:01The glorious result is an MGB
0:50:01 > 0:50:06that finally delivers the drive the looks always promised.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14I think what I like about it most is that it feels old
0:50:14 > 0:50:16even though it's basically brand-new,
0:50:16 > 0:50:19and that's such a hard trick to pull off.
0:50:19 > 0:50:24You know, no recreation or replica ever feels like that.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26It's almost impossible, it's almost not allowed -
0:50:26 > 0:50:29that's the one thing you're not allowed to achieve.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32But this does achieve it.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34It feels so authentic and dangerous.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38Not really dangerous, but dangerous enough. You know?
0:50:38 > 0:50:42You can definitely confirm that the live axle is still very much live,
0:50:42 > 0:50:46especially if you boot it a bit too much around a...
0:50:46 > 0:50:47ENGINE ROARS
0:50:50 > 0:50:53Erm...a tight corner like that.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55HE LAUGHS
0:50:56 > 0:51:01Sure, the MGB isn't as refined as the E-Type or the Aston,
0:51:01 > 0:51:02but nor should it be.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05MGs were never about refinement.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08This car remains true to its roots,
0:51:08 > 0:51:11a straightforward drop-top two-seater,
0:51:11 > 0:51:14built simply to put a smile on your face.
0:51:16 > 0:51:22Four decades later, this is now the car MG wanted you to have.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27I'm trying to find something that's wrong with this car, but...
0:51:27 > 0:51:29it's pretty much perfect.
0:51:29 > 0:51:33I mean, there's a speck of dirt on the windscreen and...
0:51:33 > 0:51:36the wing mirrors are a bit too round and...
0:51:36 > 0:51:40I think the clock might be a minute slow.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Even the heater works!
0:51:42 > 0:51:44The heaters never work in MGBs!
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Bet the demister doesn't, though.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49That's impossible. That would be a miracle.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Windy-road bit coming up.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57Oh, yes, this is what it's all about, isn't it?
0:51:57 > 0:52:01This is the pure magic of wheels and pistons and petrol
0:52:01 > 0:52:07encapsulated in one gorgeous new-old MGB.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11And I wish you were in this car with me now.
0:52:11 > 0:52:12This is superb!
0:52:15 > 0:52:18Ace is what this car is.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20Totally ace.
0:52:22 > 0:52:23What a motorcar.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32CHEERING
0:52:32 > 0:52:36That was good. Is it fun? I had a lot of fun.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Yeah? Yeah. You love it?
0:52:38 > 0:52:42I love this car. This car is not only my favourite car of the show
0:52:42 > 0:52:45but of the series, ladies and gentlemen, I have to say that,
0:52:45 > 0:52:46because it's true.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48However, bizarrely, also -
0:52:48 > 0:52:51relatively, in a way - the most expensive.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54Because, this car, this DB5, this gorgeous DB5,
0:52:54 > 0:52:56unrestored - half a million quid.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58Restored - ?1 million.
0:52:58 > 0:53:02That's double. The gorgeous Eagle E-Type, which you love...
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Yeah, I do. Unrestored - 100 grand.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06Restored - half a million quid.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08That's five times.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10This gorgeous MG,
0:53:10 > 0:53:15168mph, 0-60 in 3.8 seconds.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17Unrestored - five grand.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Restored - 100 grand. That's 20 times! Oh, OK.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23All right, so let me ask you, which one would you choose?
0:53:23 > 0:53:26To look at, this car.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29OK? To drive, this car.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32OK. To look at and to drive, if I can only have one,
0:53:32 > 0:53:35the E-Type. That sounds like a good plan. Talking of plans,
0:53:35 > 0:53:38do we have a plan for the end-of-series season finale?
0:53:38 > 0:53:41As a matter of fact we do. Perfect.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44OK, it's time for some end-of-term fun.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47All series we've watched our stars in this Rallycross car
0:53:47 > 0:53:49take on our big jump,
0:53:49 > 0:53:52but it got us wondering - which of us presenters could go the longest?
0:53:52 > 0:53:56Love a presenters' contest! Yes, it's long-jump time.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58Winner gets, Eddie?
0:53:58 > 0:54:03The keys to the Mini for one last drive through the water splash.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06While the other five get a pac-a-mac...
0:54:06 > 0:54:09and a big old soaking.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11The rules? There are no rules.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13That way Eddie can't cheat.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16Me? Cheat? Never!
0:54:16 > 0:54:18LAUGHTER
0:54:20 > 0:54:22This is the Top Gear End Of Term
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Rallycross Sports Day Long Jump Challenge.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Six will jump. Just one will triumph.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34Now, your Coxes, your Joshuas, your Ramsays -
0:54:34 > 0:54:38yep, your average celebrity - gets pretty good air off this thing,
0:54:38 > 0:54:40so the competition will be fierce.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43Harris said your Vmax is going to be higher here than over there.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45What's Vmax? I don't know.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48Did you know he was here all day yesterday practising?
0:54:48 > 0:54:51No. It's in his contract. It's written in. No...
0:54:51 > 0:54:54I was here TWO days ago. THEY LAUGH
0:54:54 > 0:54:57Luckily, to keep us all in check...
0:54:57 > 0:54:59GLADIATORS THEME TUNE
0:55:01 > 0:55:04Presenters, ready?
0:55:04 > 0:55:07Hey, look who's back.
0:55:07 > 0:55:09First up, Rory.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13Driver, ready? Ready...
0:55:13 > 0:55:15man from Gladiators.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19Three, two, one!
0:55:19 > 0:55:21WHISTLE
0:55:21 > 0:55:24Wow! OK, enthusiastic start.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27Great determination from Reid. Cut the corner.
0:55:27 > 0:55:28Way to go. This should be big.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30Come on, baby!
0:55:30 > 0:55:31Yeah!
0:55:31 > 0:55:33Oh.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34Come on!
0:55:34 > 0:55:35That felt good.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37HE LAUGHS
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Well, he liked it.
0:55:39 > 0:55:40What was the distance?
0:55:40 > 0:55:42# Flash! #
0:55:42 > 0:55:44D'oh! Oh, he's not going to like that.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46That doesn't register as a jump.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48Was it that bad?
0:55:48 > 0:55:49Well, it's a start.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52Sabine up next.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56And it looks like she has a strategy.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59Little Mini, time to go on a diet.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Ah, yes - less fuel, less weight.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03Did she drink some?!
0:56:03 > 0:56:05SHE SPITS
0:56:05 > 0:56:07No, she's good.
0:56:07 > 0:56:08WHISTLE
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Now, as a professional racing driver,
0:56:13 > 0:56:16this should be something really special.
0:56:16 > 0:56:17Whoo! Oh.
0:56:21 > 0:56:22Oh, even shorter than yours?
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Oh, not even two metres?
0:56:26 > 0:56:29It wasn't a great jump. I don't think it was a jump.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31Oh, BLEEP!
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Apparently this is harder than it looks.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36So I employed a two-stage plan.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38Stage one - even less weight.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40OK, I think what you've got to do
0:56:40 > 0:56:46is you've just go to take the hairpin out of the equation.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48He's actually stopped. He's stopped.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50Since there are no rules...
0:56:50 > 0:56:52What is he doing?
0:56:52 > 0:56:55..stage two - a massive run up.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57He's got more speed.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Yeah-he-he-he!
0:57:01 > 0:57:03It's huge!
0:57:07 > 0:57:08That's Rory taken care of.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11Chris Evans is a dirty great big cheat.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Come join me up here, LeBlanc.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15No problem.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Matt, you will go on my first whistle!
0:57:18 > 0:57:22Three, two, one!
0:57:22 > 0:57:23WHISTLE
0:57:25 > 0:57:26I've given this some thought,
0:57:26 > 0:57:28and you know what this competition needs?
0:57:28 > 0:57:30A bit of science.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33I'm waiting on a nice tailwind.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Almost there.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42Yeah, now we're talking.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44Conditions optimal.
0:57:45 > 0:57:46Here we go.
0:57:56 > 0:57:58Oh, look at that!
0:57:59 > 0:58:018.9 to beat.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05That's not far.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Yeah, Chris beat him.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09Rory, do you think he went further than you? Shut up!
0:58:11 > 0:58:16Less than you? I think a little bit less. Not bad for a fat American.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19LAUGHTER
0:58:21 > 0:58:23Well, so much for science.
0:58:23 > 0:58:25Evans' lead is looking pretty unassailable.
0:58:25 > 0:58:28Come on, Harris, what you got in the locker?
0:58:28 > 0:58:31You've seen your racing on the telly and it's all about aerodynamics,
0:58:31 > 0:58:34so I'm going to make some modifications to the Mini
0:58:34 > 0:58:35by getting rid of some of these panel gaps.
0:58:35 > 0:58:39It could prove crucial between 20mph and 50mph.
0:58:39 > 0:58:43Look at that. Oh, and one other flourish - wing mirrors in.
0:58:43 > 0:58:44Sure, that'll help(!)
0:58:45 > 0:58:46WHISTLE
0:58:49 > 0:58:51Oh, now that is a big run up.
0:58:54 > 0:58:57And it's looking fast.
0:58:57 > 0:58:58ALL: Whoa!
0:58:58 > 0:59:00Oh, yes!
0:59:00 > 0:59:02Let's see that again.
0:59:06 > 0:59:0714 metres!
0:59:07 > 0:59:09There goes my win.
0:59:09 > 0:59:13Frankly, beating that's going to take a cunning plan...
0:59:17 > 0:59:22..the plan of a man whose entire career was built around strategy.
0:59:22 > 0:59:26A plan honed in the cut-throat world of Formula 1.
0:59:26 > 0:59:28Come on, Jordan, what is that plan?
0:59:28 > 0:59:30It's simple.
0:59:30 > 0:59:31Start last.
0:59:33 > 0:59:36Right. Well, at least the driving should be good.
0:59:36 > 0:59:38Three, two...
0:59:38 > 0:59:40ENGINE STALLS
0:59:40 > 0:59:41LAUGHTER
0:59:41 > 0:59:43OK.
0:59:43 > 0:59:44The jump, then?
0:59:46 > 0:59:49Come on, Eddie, let's go!
0:59:52 > 0:59:54Wow!
0:59:54 > 0:59:55Look at him fly!
0:59:59 > 1:00:03But in the end, the nine-metre jump from Eddie hands him second place...
1:00:05 > 1:00:08..making our long-jump champion Chris Harris!
1:00:10 > 1:00:12Sorry, Eddie.
1:00:15 > 1:00:18I went too far into the grass.
1:00:18 > 1:00:21Give me a hug. Come on.
1:00:21 > 1:00:24CHEERING
1:00:26 > 1:00:31OK, so the undisputed king of the Top Gear Long Jump - Chris Harris!
1:00:31 > 1:00:34CHEERING
1:00:39 > 1:00:42OK, come on, everyone outside - I want to get you wet,
1:00:42 > 1:00:45and I'm not going to enjoy this too much. OK. Come on. All right.
1:00:45 > 1:00:48Have a great summer. Bye. Thank you, everyone.
1:00:48 > 1:00:50CHEERING