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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
Hello and welcome to Top Gear. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
Tonight, we've got Porsche vs Lamborghini. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
And Chris Harris vs a large wall. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
But we begin with Alfa Romeo. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
Back in the '60s, Alfa created cars like this, the GTA, | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
that were genuine world-beaters - fast, cutting edge and brilliant. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:43 | |
The trouble is since those heady times, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
the Alfa story has been one of disappointment, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
false dawn and disappointment. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
But now there's a new Alfa that finally promises | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
to bring back the good old days. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
This is the Alfa Romeo Giulia and, like any good Alfa, it's a looker. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:07 | |
But, like no Alfa four-door in a very long time, | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
the Giulia is rear-wheel drive and under the bonnet | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
of this £59,000 Quadrifoglio version | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
is a twin turbo V6, making over 500hp. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:23 | |
Exciting headlines, but, come on, this is Alfa. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:31 | |
It can't possibly live up to the promise...can it? | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
Oh, yes, it can! | 0:01:42 | 0:01:43 | |
This thing is mighty... | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
..in just about every area. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
But I've got to start with that engine. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
It's effectively a Ferrari V8 with two cylinders lopped off the front. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:03 | |
So, what you have is an Alfa Romeo saloon powered by a Ferrari engine. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:08 | |
How cool is that? | 0:02:10 | 0:02:11 | |
And then there's the way it works. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
It does an incredible impression of a normally aspirated engine. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:22 | |
At the top where most turbo engines kind of run out of puff, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
this one keeps going. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:26 | |
That V6 is a fraud in the most perfect way. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
It's so fast! | 0:02:36 | 0:02:37 | |
But there's no point having all that power | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
and torque if the chassis can't cope. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
And that's the genius of this car - the chassis can cope. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
There's so much grip on these roads, | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
you can just fire it into turns at unbelievable speed. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:04 | |
And the whole thing just feels so composed. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
That's the word - composed. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:10 | |
They've even done serious things, like weight saving. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
Large areas of the bodywork are made from carbon fibre. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:24 | |
Most of the interior is covered in the stuff. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
And what isn't carbon fibre is aluminium. It's all very convincing. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:34 | |
And then there's where you sit. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
Italy has spent decades perfecting the art | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
of the awful driving position. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:43 | |
It's a matter of national pride, but somehow they've managed | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
to forget it all with this car because these seats are perfect. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
This steering wheel is in just the right place. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
I can only assume that, at some point in the early '70s, | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
all the Alfa engineers that knew about making a car fun to drive | 0:04:00 | 0:04:05 | |
got accidentally locked in a store cupboard | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
and that at some point last year, Alfa found the key. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
All those years spent reworking flabby front-wheel drive Fiats, | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
all those disappointments we've endured - | 0:04:27 | 0:04:31 | |
at last, this Giulia is the real deal. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
I can't believe this is happening. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
This is one of the best moments of my year so far. Ha-ha! | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
And I know this is the bit where I'm supposed to reveal the big "but" - | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
to conclude that, yes, the Giulia is interesting, | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
but still basically rubbish. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
But it isn't. | 0:04:58 | 0:04:59 | |
It isn't rubbish at all. It's magnificent! | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
And that, ironically, is the problem. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
Now Alfa's finally created a car capable of mixing it | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
with the best in the world, it's going to have to... | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Well, you can see where this is going. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
-HE CHUCKLES -That is the BMW M3. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
The sort of car unlikely to be amused | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
by some pretty-faced Italian muscling in on its patch. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
Oh, no, you don't, Wolfgang! | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
The M3 really is the defining super saloon of our era. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:01 | |
It's a spectacular car and I adore it, I really do. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
This thing really can live with it. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
I've got more power, I've got more torque, I've got less weight. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
What's not to love? | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
This Alfa is all over this BMW, whether he likes it or not! | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
Ooh-ah! Thug! | 0:06:28 | 0:06:29 | |
He may have a bit more lowdown punch | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
and his interior plastics may be a bit better. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
Look, this arm rest, that could come off at any point, | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
but I know which car I'd rather be in right now and it's not the M3. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
I can't believe I'm saying that, but it's not the M3. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
I'm going sideways in a 500hp Alfa Romeo! | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
And that's a beautiful thing! | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
You can slide this car anywhere you want. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
Wow! | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
And just look what happens when you get it onto the straight. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
0-100mph in 8.2 seconds | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
and 190mph flat out. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
God, this thing is fast! | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
So, and I almost can't believe I'm finally saying this, | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
Alfa's done it - built a super saloon to beat the very best. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:33 | |
It's like England finally winning the World Cup - | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
a day many had hoped for, but, in their heart of hearts, | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
never believed could really happen. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
-Rory, what are you doing? -Well, I couldn't help but hear you saying... | 0:07:43 | 0:07:47 | |
Stop there! That you could slide this car anywhere you want. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:52 | |
Well, I thought you might want to prove it. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
So, you want me to skid sideways through that? | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
Exactly. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
-What's it made of? -It's a frangible material. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
-What, so it's made of almonds? -No, it's frangible. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
What does that mean? | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
I don't actually know. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:08 | |
Right, my comprehensive review being a little high-brow for some, | 0:08:13 | 0:08:18 | |
my childish colleague would now have me put the Alfa sideways | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
through a hole in a wall. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
OK, come on, Giulia. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
We've made a boast. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:29 | |
I know you weren't involved, but I've made a boast to Mr Reid. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
You've got to help me out now. Don't let me down. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
And frangible, it turns out, has nothing to do with almonds. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
It means fragile. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:40 | |
Apparently. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
This feels very, very wrong. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
Rory, why are you in an umpire's chair | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
Please don't question the umpire, Chris. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
-You're so childish. -Bring on the wall! | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
There is no way on earth he's going to do this. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
Everything in my brain is saying, "Don't drive at the big grey wall." | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
That wasn't good. Big damage to the car, big damage to the car. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:31 | |
So, not that frangible. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
I thought you said you could drift this anywhere. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
You seen the windscreen? | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
-RORY CHUCKLES -That went really well! | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
(God!) | 0:09:42 | 0:09:43 | |
What do you think went wrong, mate? | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
What a mess! | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
Disaster! | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
-I want to do it again. -You want to do it again? -Yeah. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
Set it up. I'm not giving up. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
'Honestly, I was feeling about as wounded as the poor Giulia.' | 0:10:01 | 0:10:06 | |
I've got to get this right. I can do this. We can do this! | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
'So, with the wall rebuilt, Chris lined up for another attempt.' | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
Come on! Come on, Giulia! | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
Bring on the wall! | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
Already, stop saying that. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
This is going to go so horribly wrong. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
'And this time, he would try a slightly different line.' | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
No, that's not worked, either. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
-CHRIS LAUGHS -Yeah. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
Mate, you went through the wall, | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
just not quite in the shape of the Giulia. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
-Do you understand the concept we're working towards here? -Set it up. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:01 | |
-I'm not giving up. -I think the car can do it. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
'OK, Harris was running out of time, | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
'but somehow still confident he could do it before the day was out.' | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
-Bring on the wall! -Shut up, Rory! | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
'My tenacious colleague set off to make it third time lucky.' | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
Drift the car through the wall. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
'Then again...' | 0:11:22 | 0:11:23 | |
I accept, as Chris Harris, that my statement | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
that I could drift it through anything was, on reflection, unwise. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
RORY LAUGHS | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
I want to do one more. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
As much as I want to see him fail, | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
there's a small part of me that wants him to succeed. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
'And so day became night and with supplies of frangible wall | 0:11:49 | 0:11:56 | |
'now critically low, Chris settled himself for one final attempt.' | 0:11:56 | 0:12:02 | |
I just want to get this done. I want to succeed. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
'Oh, just one more thing.' | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
-Bring on the wall! -CHRIS GROANS | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
Here we go, then. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
Come on, Chris. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:18 | |
Come on! | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
Is this really going to work? I can't even see what I'm doing here. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
I think you can do this. Come on, mate. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
-Whoa-hoa-hoa! -YES! | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
Whoa-hoa-hoa-hoa! YEAH! | 0:12:35 | 0:12:40 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
Yes, baby! | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
Oh, my God! I can't believe we did it! | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
I always knew you could do it. I always knew you could do it. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
Oh, yes! Celebratory doughnuts! | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
CHEERING | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
-Nailed it! Shame about the windscreen, though. -Yeah, I know. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
Look, no-one felt worse about damaging the Alfa than me. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
-But, look, I fixed it. -You did, yeah, I see that. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
I also see that you moved the steering wheel | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
to the other side of the car. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:30 | |
Oh, yeah, you noticed that. I'm sorry. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
And, Rory, didn't you just steal that wall idea | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
from that BMW ad a few years ago? | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
You know that that was all CGI in that ad, right? | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
No. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:41 | |
You could have killed Chris! | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
You can't just jump to the front of the queue like that. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
-Oi! -Hey, I'm kidding. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:48 | |
Now it's time to put the Giulia around our test track... | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
and you know what that means. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
It's The Stig! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
Here we go, then, off the line, a bit of launch control. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
This is so powerful, this car - over 500hp, carbon fibre bodywork. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:03 | |
Stig getting very lively into the first turn, there. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
The little straight down to Chicago really is... | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
Look, he's managing the throttle there, oversteer everywhere, | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
using the systems. They'd have been on in race mode here now. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
Through Chicago, bit of understeer. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
Gets on the gas, neutralises it. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
Look at the back end now. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
Well controlled by our white-suited friend. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
Into the braking zone, into Hammerhead. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
Again, look at those brake rotors glowing red hot, carbon ceramics. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
Round Hammerhead again. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:32 | |
He starts with understeer then he neutralises it with the gas. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
It starts to suggest oversteer. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
Now, the long straight back down towards the Follow Through. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
That's quick through there. Follow Through... Oh, that was fast. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:44 | |
All the way down, now, to Second-to-Last. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
Look at the front brake rotor glowing. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
There it is. Look at that, red hot, even on a nice sunny day. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
Now through Second-to-Last... Oh, oversteer, that's just showboating. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:56 | |
And Gambon...and over the line. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
CHEERING | 0:14:59 | 0:15:00 | |
So, the fastest four-door ever to lap our track I believe | 0:15:01 | 0:15:06 | |
was the Mitsubishi Evo VIII, at 1:24.8. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
-So... -We have a new fastest saloon car. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:14 | |
-Ooh. -Cos the Alfa did it in... | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
1:21.4. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
-AUDIENCE: -Ooh. -Nice, very nice. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
Not only that, same day, same conditions, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
we lapped the new M3... | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
and it was slower, two tenths slower. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
So the Alfa is officially faster than an M3! | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
-That's great news for them. -That is... | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
CHEERING | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
-Well done, Alfa. -That's the benchmark, right? | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
Wow. There you have it. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
Great stuff. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
The European exotica doesn't end there, because we are now | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
a week closer to me driving the new Renault Twingo! | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
-IRONIC CHEERING -Yeah. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
Can't wait for that(!) | 0:15:56 | 0:15:57 | |
But now, it's time to welcome this week's guest. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
He stars in Broadchurch | 0:16:01 | 0:16:02 | |
and was once voted the planet's greenest celebrity - | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
this should be interesting. LAUGHTER | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
Please welcome - David Tennant! | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
-AUDIENCE: -Woo! | 0:16:09 | 0:16:10 | |
-Hello! -Hey! | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
-Welcome, welcome. -Nice to be here. -Have a seat. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
All right. David, thanks for joining us. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
-Pleasure, nice place you got here. -Thanks. Thank you. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
Now, how did you become the planet's greenest celebrity? | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
Tell us about that. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:39 | |
I have absolutely no idea. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:41 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
The only reason I can fathom is that I drive a Prius. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
That seems to be it. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
But now, because I have too many children, | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
we had to get, like, a big, old van as well. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:52 | |
So I now have a Mercedes Viano to get everyone in the back, | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
and that's a big diesel-guzzling monster, | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
so I think I've lost any prizes that I ever won. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
But you got rid of the Prius? | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
-We've still got the Prius as well. -MATT SIGHS | 0:17:03 | 0:17:05 | |
What's wrong with a Prius?! | 0:17:05 | 0:17:06 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:17:06 | 0:17:07 | |
Look, I'm on David's side. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
Everybody is always saying the Prius is this horrible car, | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
it's disgusting to drive, but I think it deserves | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
a little bit of respect, OK? | 0:17:14 | 0:17:15 | |
Because it represents the biggest evolutionary step in the history | 0:17:15 | 0:17:20 | |
of the automotive industry, OK? | 0:17:20 | 0:17:21 | |
-What?! -Without the Prius we wouldn't have the LaFerrari, | 0:17:21 | 0:17:26 | |
-the P1... -Oh, come on. -..or the Porsche 918. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
It's time to show the Prius respect. Who likes the Prius? | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
SILENCE | 0:17:32 | 0:17:33 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
-Thank you(!) OK, great... -The silence is deafening. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
The single greatest step in automotive technology? | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
The disc brake? The seat belt? | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
Enough of that. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:44 | |
And in honour of the world's greenest celebrity... | 0:17:44 | 0:17:49 | |
-Thanks! -FORMER greenest celebrity. -Yeah. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
..we've filled the studio with a selection of sustainable stuff. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
Take a look at this. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:55 | |
It's the Jaguar I-Pace. Look at this. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
It's an SUV, but it's Jaguar's answer to the Tesla Model X. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
It wasn't so long ago that the Jag brand image | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
was a little bit Prescott, shall we say, | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
but this thing is more Silicon Valley. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:09 | |
Forget the Prius, David, | 0:18:09 | 0:18:10 | |
this is the electric family car that you want. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
Are you going to give me one? Is that my prize? | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:18:15 | 0:18:16 | |
There's one problem, though, Rory, isn't there? | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
-It's not real. -Of course it's real. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
OK, it's not real YET, but it will be ready for production | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
by the end of the year and it will probably cost about 60 grand. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:27 | |
Guaranteed hit. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:28 | |
Why are you so resistant to the idea of electric cars? | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
Well, I'm not resistant. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:31 | |
-LADDISH VOICE: -"Because it's all about putting a nozzle in a hole | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
-"and filling it up!" -LAUGHTER | 0:18:34 | 0:18:35 | |
Matt, I've got something amazing for you. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
It comes from Mercedes, it's called the Maybach G650 Landaulet. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
And here it is, check this thing out. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
-AUDIENCE: -Ooh... | 0:18:43 | 0:18:45 | |
-Ooh. -Nice, huh? -That is revolting. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
It's not revolting, it's decadent! According to Mercedes... | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
Decadent? For Lego. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
They say it demonstrates... | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
"That the definition of unique luxury can be taken to a new level." | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
Yeah, they're not wrong, Rory(!) | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
It's got a massive V12 engine, massive ground clearance, | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
two thrones in the back. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
It's an off-roader that's also a limo that's also a convertible - | 0:19:13 | 0:19:18 | |
what box is that not ticking? | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
The one that reads "The buyer is of sound mind". | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
It looks like a Suzuki Vitara slammed into... | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
Mr T's jewellery box. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
You're saying that like it's a bad thing. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
-Now, you've been around our track before back in the days... -Yes. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
-..of the humble Lacetti. -Yes. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
But this time you're taking on | 0:19:43 | 0:19:45 | |
-the fearsome, fire-breathing Toyota GT 86. -Yeah. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
You had some fun training with Chris Harris, what was he like? | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
-I mean, to be fair... -LAUGHTER | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
I think driving lessons do bring out | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
the worst in people. It's a strangely stress-making time. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
-Didn't you once play a driving instructor? -I did, yes. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
I assume you researched the part. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
What did you learn about your average driving instructor? | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
I think it's quite a miserable life. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:10 | |
They do a very difficult job for relatively low remuneration. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
-So they're miserable? -Yeah. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:16 | |
That's like our guy, here! | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
-All right, let's see how you did. -Yeah. -Let's take a look. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
As a Doctor Who fan, I'm looking for a bit more | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
Tom Baker than Peter Davison here, OK? | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
Don't diss the Davison. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:20:30 | 0:20:31 | |
First gear, please. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
-OK. -Go. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:34 | |
-Third gear, third gear! -Third gear! -Brake, brake! | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
TYRES SCREECH | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
-Woohoo! -Left, we're going to make it! | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
THEY LAUGH JOYOUSLY | 0:20:45 | 0:20:46 | |
Waaa! | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
Flat out, flat out, come on! | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
It's flat out, what do you want? | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
-Second gear. -Second gear? Oh, now you tell me. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
Put your hands on the wheel, what are you doing? | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
-Through here. I don't like this at all. -It's nippy! | 0:21:01 | 0:21:04 | |
-TYRES SCREECH -That was nearly death. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHS | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
Having fun yet? | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
Over there... No. Over here. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:17 | |
Now, we've got to find our route between the grass | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
and the white thing. I'm just going to close my eyes. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
Woo-hoo-hoo! | 0:21:23 | 0:21:24 | |
OK, up to the right-hand side. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
Good, good, good. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
Brake at the hundred, brake at the hundred. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
-Brake hard, brake hard! -Braking, braking. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:36 | |
-Braking, sir, braking. -Brake, brake, brake - or we're off! | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
Brake or we're off. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
-Beautiful. -SO nearly. -Come on, that was wonderful, wasn't it? | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
-Second gear, second gear. -Oh, -BLEEP. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
You nearly-killing-me horrible person, you. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
Hoo-hoo! | 0:21:48 | 0:21:50 | |
God, stop, stop. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
Did you enjoy that? | 0:21:53 | 0:21:54 | |
I had a great time. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:57 | |
-How was it? -Loved it. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
I think you have got to start being nicer to the guests. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
I'll try, as long as they don't scare me so much. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
-You've got to chill out a bit, I had a great time. -I'm sure you did. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
-He didn't look scared. -No. -He looked fine. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
Why were you so scared? | 0:22:17 | 0:22:18 | |
Because it felt like he was trying to hurt me and the car. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
OK, I would like to tell you about a new performance hybrid from Japan. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
-The NSX? -No, way better than the Honda NSX. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
It's this. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:31 | |
The Komatsu HB365LC-3. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:37 | |
Yeah, Matt, that's a digger. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
No, no, no, that is not a digger, OK? | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
That's a tracked excavator. Diggers do this, yeah? | 0:22:45 | 0:22:50 | |
Excavators do this. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
And dozers do this. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
Anyway, look, this thing is awesome. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
36 tonnes, 340 horsepower, it's got a diesel electric hybrid | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
for a power plant and it is just... | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
You really, genuinely care about this stuff, don't you? | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
Of course I do, don't you? | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
David, back me up, you look like a tracked excavator fan? | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
-I'm not entirely sure... -LAUGHTER | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
..what this is telling us... about your fascinations, Matt. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:26 | |
I can be a little grabby. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
Another treat for the world's greenest celebrity. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
A new all-electric supercar. Comes from Croatia, the Rimac. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:37 | |
It's in our studio. It looks brilliant, and it's fast. 221 mph. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:42 | |
There's a motor in each of the wheels so it's four-wheel drive. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
It will do 200 miles per charge AND | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
beat a Bugatti Veyron in a drag race. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
-How cool is that? -What is this big fascination with electric cars? | 0:23:51 | 0:23:55 | |
Did you lick batteries as a kid? | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
-Did you? -The little nine volt ones, yeah. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
-Yeah, a little tingle. -Get a little tingle. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
-You're not supposed to do that. -No? -No! | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
-That explains a lot. -It does! | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
Have you noticed, Rory, every week | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
there's a new electric super hyper car, | 0:24:11 | 0:24:13 | |
and one that promises it will beat a Bugatti Veyron | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
-in a straight line? -That's because they CAN beat Veyrons. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
That's the whole point of electric cars. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
-What did you say it was called again? -Rimac. -Rimac? | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
Sounds like something you use to remove hair. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
From where? | 0:24:27 | 0:24:29 | |
From your...rim. I don't know. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:31 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:24:31 | 0:24:33 | |
I think it's time to move on at that point. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
Fair enough. Come on, Chris. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
Your classic convertible supercar - | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
theatrical, flamboyant, | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
and according to our producers, pointless. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
Great for the two days of the summer when it's warm and dry, | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
utterly useless for the rest of the icy, wet, cold year. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
We said, "Get with the times." | 0:24:54 | 0:24:56 | |
Yes, roofless supercars were once like that, | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
but the modern breed, you can really use them all year round. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
So the producers said, "Prove it." | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
Matt and I were each told to pick a four-wheel drive | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
convertible supercar and to report bright and early Monday morning | 0:25:06 | 0:25:10 | |
for a series of tests in... | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
Las Vegas. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:13 | |
KNOCK ON DOOR | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
KNOCKING CONTINUES | 0:25:24 | 0:25:25 | |
SNORING | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
KNOCKING CONTINUES | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
THUMPING ON DOOR | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
All right, all right, I'm coming. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
That's... That wasn't me. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
TIGER GROWLS | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
Hey. Ooh, breakfast, nice. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
Oh, not breakfast. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Can I...order breakfast? No? | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
"Welcome to the Four Seasons Supercar Challenge. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
"You will now drive from Las Vegas to the snowy Sierra Nevada mountains | 0:26:08 | 0:26:13 | |
"encountering spring, summer, autumn and winter on your way. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
"PS - you're late, get a move on." Ooh. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
Yo, Harris, get up, we've got to go! | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
Our four season cars were waiting downstairs, and my ace card? | 0:26:25 | 0:26:30 | |
The Lamborghini Huracan Spyder - 5.2 litre V10, 610 horsepower, | 0:26:30 | 0:26:36 | |
all lurking under a body of pure Italian flamboyance. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
I put my chips on the Porsche 911 Turbo S. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:45 | |
It might only have a 3.8 litre flat-6, | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
but trust me, in the real world, this is the fastest car you can buy. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:52 | |
Ooh. Whoa, hang on. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
This is the supercar challenge, did you not hear the rules? | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
Bring a supercar. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:03 | |
0-60 in under three seconds, top speed over 200mph - | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
what's not super about that? | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
Yeah, but it's a 911. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
It's got rear seats, it's a sports car. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
Don't get me wrong, I love 911s, it's a super car... | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
but it's not a SUPERCAR. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
Coming from the man that's chosen the lifestyle Lamborghini? | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
What'd you mean? "Lifestyle", what does that mean? | 0:27:23 | 0:27:26 | |
In other words, that's the car for the driver | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
that doesn't like driving, it's all about image. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
No. No, no, no, no, no. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
Look at it. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
They said don't bring a blue car and don't wear a blue shirt. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:38 | |
So let's go drive them. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
Cheater. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:41 | |
What do you mean, "cheater"? It's a supercar. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:43 | |
It's not a supercar, Chris. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:45 | |
Well, this wasn't going to be settled in the car park. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
Time to hit the road. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
CHRIS CHUCKLES | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
Yeah. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:10 | |
I chose this car because this is a proper supercar. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:16 | |
It's low, it's pointy, it's noisy, it's impractical. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
But that's what you want in a supercar, | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
you want that over-the-top styling, | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
you want that larger-than-life superhero feel. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
Inside that Lamborghini, Matthew will be giving a detailed, | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
impassioned explanation as to why he's driving a supercar. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
I don't need to bother with that. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
I can just tell you the following. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:43 | |
This is faster to 60, it uses less fuel, | 0:28:43 | 0:28:45 | |
it's bigger, more practical, | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
it costs less money, it's all-round better. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
AND, best of all, I don't look like a part-time pornographer | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
when I drive it. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:54 | |
ENGINE ROARS | 0:28:54 | 0:28:56 | |
Out of the city limits, we began our epic journey. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
From the intense heat | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
of California's vast desert plains | 0:29:09 | 0:29:11 | |
to the brutal sub-zero snow and ice | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
of the Sierra Nevada mountains. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
Four seasons, 400 miles. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:22 | |
And for this challenge, the Lamborghini really is | 0:29:22 | 0:29:25 | |
in a class of its own. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:26 | |
The Huracan is the last of the naturally aspirated supercars. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:31 | |
The McLaren 650S - turbo-charged. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:34 | |
Ferrari 488 - turbo-charged. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
The 911 Turbo, um...turbo-charged. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:42 | |
This is a dying breed. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:45 | |
And that's because, these days, Turbo is the way to go. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:50 | |
The 911 has a higher top speed than the Lambo. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:55 | |
And according to Porsche, it's 2.8 second 0-60 is | 0:29:55 | 0:29:59 | |
half a second quicker, too. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
But the best bit... | 0:30:01 | 0:30:03 | |
Every time you actually do it - it's faster. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
I've done it in 2.6 in this car. It's outrageous! | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
Sounds so nice. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
ENGINE GROWLS | 0:30:15 | 0:30:16 | |
Supercars are about presence. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:18 | |
They're about that image. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:19 | |
That feeling, you know? | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
They're about posters on a bedroom wall. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
The 911 just doesn't give you that. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
The Lamborghini Huracan Spyder, | 0:30:31 | 0:30:34 | |
like walking into a room and shouting, | 0:30:34 | 0:30:36 | |
"HELLO, I'M HERE!" | 0:30:36 | 0:30:37 | |
We were told to report to a local race track | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
for our first four seasons challenge, | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
but before we got going, we went out for a few | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
sighting laps, to really get to know our cars. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:50 | |
Huh, it would have been rude not to. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
TYRES SQUEAL | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
It cheats physics, this thing. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:01 | |
It shouldn't be able to do what it does. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
Cos the engine is in the wrong place, | 0:31:04 | 0:31:06 | |
so it should understeer horribly, but it doesn't. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
It has got mega-traction. The engine is an animal, | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
it just pulls and pulls and pulls from no revs whatsoever. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:14 | |
It's just a fantastic motor vehicle. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:18 | |
Harris calls this "The lifestyle Lambo". | 0:31:22 | 0:31:26 | |
It's not a bad lifestyle, if you ask me! | 0:31:26 | 0:31:28 | |
It does understeer a little bit. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:33 | |
But that's OK. Let's you find the limit without crashing... | 0:31:33 | 0:31:37 | |
and this car is all about the drive train. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
The double-clutch gearbox is super-fast. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:44 | |
The motor is just fantastic! | 0:31:44 | 0:31:45 | |
It's a bit faster in a straight line than I expected, Matthew. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
Soon though, we were told to pull over. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:53 | |
It was time for our challenge. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:55 | |
"Welcome to Spring Mountain Raceway." See what they did there? | 0:31:57 | 0:32:02 | |
-I do, yes. -Four seasons. -Very clever! Clever! | 0:32:02 | 0:32:06 | |
-"Spring is a season of unpredictable weather..." -Yeah. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
I can tell, | 0:32:09 | 0:32:10 | |
-it looks like it's going to rain any minute. -Mm. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
"..When a fast-action roof is essential. Time for a one-lap race. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:19 | |
"You must start with your roof down | 0:32:19 | 0:32:20 | |
"and finish with your roof up. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:23 | |
"First to cross the line wins." | 0:32:23 | 0:32:25 | |
OK. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
Two supercars. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
Well, one supercar. One lap of the track. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:35 | |
First one past the chequered flag with their roof up - wins. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:39 | |
ENGINES GROWL | 0:32:39 | 0:32:40 | |
OK! Thrust mode possible. I'm ready. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
Are you ready? I'm ready! | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
This car is violent off the line. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:49 | |
ENGINE ROARS | 0:32:49 | 0:32:50 | |
Going to get my roof down towards the end of the race. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:54 | |
I bet that's what he'll do. OK, here we go! | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
Three, two, one... Go! | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
-There he goes! -Oh! | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
She comes out of the hole good! | 0:33:06 | 0:33:09 | |
An impressive start, but I had a different plan. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
Launch control... Go! | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
That's outrageous! I'm done. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:22 | |
I don't have to worry about this any more. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:25 | |
OK...he's got a different strategy. He's putting | 0:33:25 | 0:33:27 | |
his top up there. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:29 | |
The Lamborghini roof goes up in 17 seconds. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
Annoyingly, Harris's Porsche does it in just 13. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:38 | |
I've got to get a little bit of an advantage here, because | 0:33:38 | 0:33:42 | |
he's got a four-second-quicker roof mechanism. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:45 | |
But just as I was building my lead... | 0:33:47 | 0:33:49 | |
..spring sprung! | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
Oh, what is that? | 0:33:56 | 0:33:57 | |
I can see him. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
Roof down, peacocking around! | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
Oh, there he is. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:10 | |
-Come on, Lambo! -They've wet the track! | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
That's so slippery! | 0:34:19 | 0:34:20 | |
There he is! He's still got to put his roof up. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:25 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:34:25 | 0:34:27 | |
And to do that, Matt had to slow down to | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
a steady 31. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
Come on, baby! Where is it? Where is it? | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
Not so super now! | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
MATT GROANS | 0:34:37 | 0:34:38 | |
Hello, sweetheart! | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
-Yes! -He got me! | 0:34:45 | 0:34:47 | |
So, what do we think, then? | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
Does you being beaten make me a supercar? | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
Or am I not a supercar? | 0:34:53 | 0:34:55 | |
Well, this is a test of practicality. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:57 | |
So your sports car has a very practical four-seconds-quicker | 0:34:57 | 0:35:01 | |
roof mechanism. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
A supercar, which this is, and that is not, is not supposed | 0:35:03 | 0:35:06 | |
to be practical at all. Which this isn't. At all! | 0:35:06 | 0:35:10 | |
This was going to be a long trip! | 0:35:14 | 0:35:16 | |
And as we moved on to the next challenge... | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
Fantastic out here. This is America, baby! | 0:35:25 | 0:35:28 | |
-Cowboy country! -It is absolutely stunning! | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
Even the incredible scenery was bringing out | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
our competitive streak. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
-Big. -Big and vertiginous! | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
-Now, there's a word! -Yes. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:45 | |
You are quite the sesquipedalian! | 0:35:45 | 0:35:48 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:35:48 | 0:35:50 | |
One hour later, we arrived at our | 0:35:50 | 0:35:51 | |
next challenge location and the signs didn't look good! | 0:35:51 | 0:35:54 | |
Death Valley is one of the hottest places on Earth. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
And before we went any further, | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
Harris insisted on taking supplies. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:04 | |
I'm taking no chances with this Death Valley thing. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
I've got water, snacks, a shovel | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
-and spare radio batteries, should they run out. -Ah-ha. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
For me, to survive this potentially deadly crossing, | 0:36:16 | 0:36:20 | |
I'm teaming a cinnamon latte with a poppy seed blueberry muffin. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
HE SNIFFS | 0:36:24 | 0:36:26 | |
Oh, smells so nice! | 0:36:26 | 0:36:27 | |
It's just embarrassing! | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
Are you sure you don't want a muffin? | 0:36:29 | 0:36:31 | |
I don't need a muffin. I need water and practicality. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:34 | |
What are you going to do with that shovel? | 0:36:34 | 0:36:36 | |
Hey! | 0:36:36 | 0:36:38 | |
Thank you! | 0:36:41 | 0:36:43 | |
Happy trails. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:46 | |
-I'll take that. -That's a cowboy! | 0:36:46 | 0:36:49 | |
"Welcome to summer. The holiday season. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
"Time to take a vacation from your car. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:55 | |
"You will now switch vehicles." | 0:36:55 | 0:36:57 | |
-Did you organise this? -No. -"Then drive across Death Valley." | 0:36:57 | 0:37:01 | |
-This is a stitch-up, isn't it? -OK, yeah. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
-I'll take the muffin. -I'll keep the muffin. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
Thanks for stocking my car up with goodies! | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
MUSIC: Green Onions by Booker T and The MGs | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
-Hey, Chris... -Yes. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:13 | |
These chips that you bought, | 0:37:14 | 0:37:16 | |
they are delicious! Thank you. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:18 | |
Leave those alone! | 0:37:18 | 0:37:20 | |
Tasty snacks aside, though, | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
life in Harris's Porsche was definitely not as special. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:28 | |
Quite a bit different than the Lambo. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:31 | |
It feels, really, a lot taller. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:33 | |
It feels definitely more practical. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
What's it like being in the peacock? | 0:37:36 | 0:37:39 | |
The engine is a masterpiece. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:41 | |
8,500 RPM with a lovely step at about 4.5. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:46 | |
Buffeting, not very good. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:49 | |
I'm a very, very short man, as my co-host is very keen to point out, | 0:37:49 | 0:37:54 | |
and I'm pretty much in the airflow here. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:57 | |
If you were the size of a normal human being, | 0:37:57 | 0:38:00 | |
this wouldn't work! | 0:38:00 | 0:38:01 | |
Now, come on! Tell me the truth... | 0:38:03 | 0:38:07 | |
-You like that car! -I mean, the sense of theatre, if you | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
wanted to feel that you'd bought something special | 0:38:11 | 0:38:14 | |
with your money, I have to say, it's more special | 0:38:14 | 0:38:18 | |
than the Porsche. But it's just lacking | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
ANY kind of sense. | 0:38:20 | 0:38:22 | |
But that's the whole point. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:24 | |
It's not supposed to make sense! It's a supercar. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:28 | |
Here we go again! | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
Summer was getting us nowhere. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:34 | |
So, for the rest of the challenge, | 0:38:34 | 0:38:36 | |
we agreed to just enjoy the cars and the view. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
Look at this! This is special. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
That is some epic scenery right there. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
And reaching the foot of the Sierra Nevada, it was time | 0:38:47 | 0:38:50 | |
to deliver our verdicts. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:52 | |
So, what do you think? Huh? | 0:38:54 | 0:38:57 | |
-Well, I think... -This is your last bottle of water, by the way. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:00 | |
What? Look, if you are a dental hygienist from Florida, | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
or you keep a Chihuahua, | 0:39:03 | 0:39:05 | |
-or you take selfies, I think it is a great car. Great, Matt. -OK. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
What about my car? Come on, tell me about my car? | 0:39:08 | 0:39:12 | |
Well, that is a nice car. I mean, if you are in the market | 0:39:12 | 0:39:15 | |
for a supercar that is the most bland supercar | 0:39:15 | 0:39:19 | |
you can find - that is it. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:20 | |
I'm telling you, that is a bland supercar. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:23 | |
That's a meaningful 50-year marriage. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:26 | |
That's a one-night stand! | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
We called summer a no-score draw. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:38 | |
And after a long day, the producers had kindly laid on | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
accommodation in a quaint local village. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:43 | |
Wow, look at this place! | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
HE HUMS A WESTERN TUNE | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
Ever had the feeling you were being watched? | 0:40:04 | 0:40:07 | |
To help us blend in... | 0:40:09 | 0:40:10 | |
..I had a plan! | 0:40:12 | 0:40:13 | |
OK, follow my lead! | 0:40:13 | 0:40:15 | |
Oh, yeah, that should do it, | 0:40:18 | 0:40:19 | |
erecting the roof will cover all bases in this situation. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
Just put your roof up! | 0:40:23 | 0:40:25 | |
I just erected four seconds faster than you! | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
'Stop saying erect!' | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
This is the last place you want to get caught with an erection! | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
OK, now, what you need | 0:40:49 | 0:40:51 | |
to know about that film - is that when I got my Lambo | 0:40:51 | 0:40:53 | |
back from Harris, it was disgusting! | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:40:56 | 0:40:57 | |
OK! Crumbs on the seats. Chocolate on the wheel. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:00 | |
I am pretty sure you got hummus on the rev needle. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:03 | |
I don't even know how you did that. OK, | 0:41:03 | 0:41:06 | |
-you, my friend, are a pig! -I'd rather be fast than clean. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
You know, you can be both, right? I think it says something about the | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
-kind of person you are. -Work with me, are you a car slob, like me? | 0:41:12 | 0:41:16 | |
Personally, I am not. But I have four kids. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
So, my car has a thin layer of raisins and snot at all times. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:24 | |
It's sort of impossible to...manage with anything else. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:27 | |
But you, yourself, are quite clean within the car? | 0:41:27 | 0:41:29 | |
I would like to be, but I have given up | 0:41:29 | 0:41:31 | |
until my children reach, you know, 46, I'm just going to accept | 0:41:31 | 0:41:35 | |
that that is how we're going to live. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:38 | |
I can be dirty, as well, in the car. But unlike you, | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
I keep the outside of the car pristine. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:42 | |
You have a different attitude towards that, I gather. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
Well, I just... You know... | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
Especially driving around in London, | 0:41:47 | 0:41:49 | |
the odd scrape, the odd scratch - | 0:41:49 | 0:41:51 | |
anything that doesn't disable the vehicle... | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:41:54 | 0:41:55 | |
..I don't think is worth worrying about. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:57 | |
What constitutes a scrape or a scrunch? | 0:41:57 | 0:42:00 | |
Well, there's certainly | 0:42:00 | 0:42:02 | |
a panel, that if you drive too fast, | 0:42:02 | 0:42:04 | |
flaps out the black. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:06 | |
But you can kick it back in | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
and it does for about a week each time. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:10 | |
Are you the kind of person, that when you parallel park | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
you kind of nudge the car in front a little? | 0:42:12 | 0:42:14 | |
I don't nudge... I am very beady about other | 0:42:14 | 0:42:17 | |
people's cars. But if you are in a multi-storey and... | 0:42:17 | 0:42:21 | |
you rub against a wall to sneak into that little tight space, | 0:42:21 | 0:42:24 | |
-what's the harm? -There's a voice inside him now... | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
-Just a bit of paint... -..that's crying and screaming about this, he simply can't... | 0:42:26 | 0:42:30 | |
-I can't take it. -The thought of damaging something! | 0:42:30 | 0:42:33 | |
All right, moving on, now you are back on our screens | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
for a new series of Broadchurch. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:36 | |
The final. This is it. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
I think we should do three and then leave them | 0:42:38 | 0:42:41 | |
wanting more. It's a small town, if there was revolving door | 0:42:41 | 0:42:44 | |
of horrendous crimes happening, it would start to get a bit preposterous, so... | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
The writers, I hear they are super, super secretive | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
about the storylines. Is that true? | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
Yeah. It's always been...the way. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:54 | |
Anything that is a thriller that has... | 0:42:54 | 0:42:57 | |
elements of plot that you want to hold back, | 0:42:57 | 0:42:58 | |
I think everyone gets it, particularly | 0:42:58 | 0:43:00 | |
in this modern era, the idea that someone | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
could misplace an e-mail, or that the Kremlin | 0:43:03 | 0:43:06 | |
could hack into your account.... You know... | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
It means being on the show gets really tiresome. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:14 | |
Because everything gets sent out with a password. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:16 | |
One script has one password, another has a different password. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:19 | |
And then the script amendments, that come through the night before | 0:43:19 | 0:43:22 | |
and they are not passwords you choose. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:23 | |
They give you a password and that is in a different e-mail, that has a | 0:43:23 | 0:43:27 | |
different password that you have to remember from | 0:43:27 | 0:43:29 | |
last week...when they sent out... I just can't keep up. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:31 | |
-It is just impossible. -If you don't know your lines, you can | 0:43:31 | 0:43:34 | |
-just say, "I didn't get the e-mail..." -Exactly. -Beautiful! | 0:43:34 | 0:43:37 | |
I end up being a terrible grumpy old man about it - | 0:43:37 | 0:43:39 | |
and phoning up - "Just send me some paper. | 0:43:39 | 0:43:41 | |
"I can't deal with this!" | 0:43:41 | 0:43:43 | |
All right, are we ready? Because the time has come... | 0:43:43 | 0:43:45 | |
-Is this it? -..to see how you did around the track, | 0:43:45 | 0:43:49 | |
on your own, in the GT86. | 0:43:49 | 0:43:50 | |
I'm very optimistic. I fear crashing disappointment. | 0:43:50 | 0:43:54 | |
-Before we do, there is something we need to discuss, I think. -Yeah. | 0:43:54 | 0:43:57 | |
-After I left you at the end of our coaching session... -Yeah. | 0:43:57 | 0:43:59 | |
..you agreed you'd then go off and do | 0:43:59 | 0:44:03 | |
your timed laps. But between those two events, I gather you went for | 0:44:03 | 0:44:05 | |
a little bit of extra training on your own. | 0:44:05 | 0:44:07 | |
-A bit of a sneaky extra training lap...? -Well...! | 0:44:07 | 0:44:10 | |
-LAUGHTER -What happened? | 0:44:10 | 0:44:13 | |
I... I just... I kind of think you've got to go for it. | 0:44:13 | 0:44:17 | |
You've got to learn what the car can take. | 0:44:17 | 0:44:19 | |
You've got to push your boundaries. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:21 | |
And sometimes you slightly overstep your boundaries. | 0:44:21 | 0:44:24 | |
Can we see the image, please? | 0:44:24 | 0:44:26 | |
Oh, no! | 0:44:26 | 0:44:29 | |
Anything that doesn't disable the vehicle... | 0:44:29 | 0:44:31 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:44:31 | 0:44:33 | |
..doesn't count as an accident! | 0:44:33 | 0:44:35 | |
We've only had that car two weeks. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:40 | |
And now it's got character! | 0:44:40 | 0:44:42 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:44:42 | 0:44:43 | |
What did you hit? There is NOTHING out there! | 0:44:43 | 0:44:45 | |
It was one of those sort of foam signs | 0:44:45 | 0:44:47 | |
-that tell you when to turn left. -LAUGHTER | 0:44:47 | 0:44:49 | |
Oh, now I can talk to you about foam that damages cars. | 0:44:49 | 0:44:52 | |
-It really can. I can sympathise there. -Yeah, you see? You see? | 0:44:52 | 0:44:55 | |
-I can sympathise. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:44:55 | 0:44:56 | |
-OK, but you did manage to record a timed lap, yeah? -Yeah. | 0:44:56 | 0:44:59 | |
-Oh, yeah, that was in training. -OK. | 0:44:59 | 0:45:02 | |
-Well, let's take a look at that then. -Let's have a look. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:04 | |
-Here we go, off the line. -Oh, poor. -Average at best. -Ugh! | 0:45:04 | 0:45:08 | |
Look at the massive dent! | 0:45:08 | 0:45:09 | |
Come on! Come on! Oh, that was nasty. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:11 | |
Oh, you look very serious. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:14 | |
We're flying, we're flying. | 0:45:14 | 0:45:16 | |
A really good view of the damage caused to the panel again. | 0:45:16 | 0:45:19 | |
Lovely, isn't it? Looking good. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:20 | |
The line's not too bad. | 0:45:20 | 0:45:22 | |
We're on FIRE! | 0:45:22 | 0:45:24 | |
OK, braking hard into Chicago. | 0:45:24 | 0:45:26 | |
Braked a bit early, I think. What's it like through here? | 0:45:26 | 0:45:28 | |
Bit of understeer, and then a massive clog of throttle | 0:45:28 | 0:45:31 | |
-which triggered the ESP and slowed you down. -Oh, shut up! | 0:45:31 | 0:45:34 | |
And the trick is to use the whole circuit, not half the circuit, OK? | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
Over to the right-hand side. Here are your braking boards. | 0:45:37 | 0:45:39 | |
-Oh, look, there's one you didn't hit! -Yeah. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:41 | |
Now we go left, right round Hammerhead. | 0:45:41 | 0:45:43 | |
Let's see your line through Hammerhead. | 0:45:43 | 0:45:45 | |
Not... Ooh, again, triggered the ESP. | 0:45:45 | 0:45:47 | |
Oh, yes! | 0:45:47 | 0:45:48 | |
Here we go. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:49 | |
COME ON! GO FASTER! | 0:45:49 | 0:45:52 | |
TYRES SQUEAL | 0:45:53 | 0:45:55 | |
Nice! Nice! | 0:45:55 | 0:45:58 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:45:58 | 0:45:59 | |
And now flat-out through the Follow Through. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:01 | |
-AUDIENCE GASPS -WOOHOOO! | 0:46:01 | 0:46:02 | |
If you hadn't had ESP there, you would have died. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:05 | |
Well, I did - it's fine. | 0:46:05 | 0:46:06 | |
Braking hard, braking hard into second to last. | 0:46:06 | 0:46:09 | |
Very good line through there. | 0:46:09 | 0:46:10 | |
Ooh, we did it, we did it, we did it. | 0:46:10 | 0:46:12 | |
Second gear, come on. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:13 | |
Through Gambon... | 0:46:13 | 0:46:14 | |
..and over the line. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:17 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:46:17 | 0:46:19 | |
All right. That was pretty good. How do you feel? What do you think? | 0:46:19 | 0:46:22 | |
Yeah. You know. | 0:46:22 | 0:46:24 | |
-I think you did all right. -Thank you. -I do. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:26 | |
I was feeling quietly confident | 0:46:26 | 0:46:27 | |
-until I heard your barrage of criticism. -Well, no... I was just... | 0:46:27 | 0:46:30 | |
-You set yourself high standards, I want to help you to get there. -OK. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:33 | |
And I'm just glad that you didn't apply any more damage to our car. | 0:46:33 | 0:46:36 | |
-One little dent. -What do you think? How do you think he did? | 0:46:36 | 0:46:39 | |
I think that was quite quick. I think it was daring in places. | 0:46:39 | 0:46:42 | |
He scrubbed off some speed. But I'm-I'm confident. | 0:46:42 | 0:46:44 | |
-I think he's done me proud. -OK! | 0:46:44 | 0:46:46 | |
Well, the best time on our board is still Max Whitlock, | 0:46:46 | 0:46:50 | |
the Olympic gold medallist, with 1:39.5. | 0:46:50 | 0:46:54 | |
You ever see his flic-flacs? LAUGHTER | 0:46:54 | 0:46:56 | |
-So graceful, the extension that guy... Anyway. -You haven't seen... | 0:46:56 | 0:46:59 | |
-You haven't seen my flic-flacs. -I have your time right here. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:02 | |
-Yeah? -David Tennant, you did it... | 0:47:02 | 0:47:05 | |
-Yeah? -..in one minute... | 0:47:05 | 0:47:06 | |
Forty... | 0:47:06 | 0:47:08 | |
four, flat. | 0:47:08 | 0:47:10 | |
-Yes! -Come on! -CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:47:10 | 0:47:13 | |
Huh? | 0:47:13 | 0:47:14 | |
Well done. Really well done. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:17 | |
Second place, I'll take that. I'll take that. Yeah. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:23 | |
-Second quickest. -Yeah, that's OK. | 0:47:23 | 0:47:25 | |
So I think that's congratulations to both of you. | 0:47:26 | 0:47:28 | |
You had a little help from him. | 0:47:28 | 0:47:29 | |
I couldn't have done it without my teacher. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:31 | |
I think you'd have been first without Chris. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:33 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:47:33 | 0:47:35 | |
-No, I'm kidding. -I-I... Yeah, I'll take second place. That's all right. | 0:47:35 | 0:47:38 | |
-That's good, that's good. -I think that's really good. | 0:47:38 | 0:47:40 | |
-Ladies and gentlemen, David Tennant! -Thank you! | 0:47:40 | 0:47:43 | |
-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE -Nice to see you again. | 0:47:43 | 0:47:45 | |
Thanks for coming. | 0:47:45 | 0:47:47 | |
-Thank you for everything. -Thank you. | 0:47:47 | 0:47:49 | |
Now, earlier on, Matt and I had finished the first day | 0:47:50 | 0:47:53 | |
of our big convertible supercar trip in the charming town of Darwin. | 0:47:53 | 0:47:58 | |
And because what happens in Darwin stays in Darwin - | 0:47:58 | 0:48:01 | |
really, that's their motto - | 0:48:01 | 0:48:03 | |
we pick up the story the following morning. | 0:48:03 | 0:48:05 | |
'We got up early, as it was time to leave California's desert plains...' | 0:48:12 | 0:48:16 | |
Ooh, I think we might be about to | 0:48:16 | 0:48:18 | |
enter into a bit of twisty, windy road, Mr Harris. | 0:48:18 | 0:48:21 | |
'..and start our climb into the Sierra Nevada Mountains.' | 0:48:23 | 0:48:26 | |
There is no guard rail. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:30 | |
Look at that, that's a sheer face right there. | 0:48:30 | 0:48:32 | |
You go off there, that's bad. | 0:48:32 | 0:48:34 | |
'We wondered what our next challenge might be.' | 0:48:36 | 0:48:39 | |
Ooh, Smokey the Bear up ahead. Smokey the Bear up ahead. | 0:48:39 | 0:48:42 | |
'And with no idea what Matt was on about, | 0:48:43 | 0:48:45 | |
'we came across a policeman waiting with the answer.' | 0:48:45 | 0:48:49 | |
Hello, officer. | 0:48:49 | 0:48:51 | |
Oh. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:52 | |
Well, thank you. | 0:48:52 | 0:48:53 | |
"Welcome to fall, a season of tricky road conditions. | 0:48:55 | 0:48:58 | |
"You and your cars will now FALL down this slippery mountain road | 0:48:58 | 0:49:02 | |
"under the power of gravity alone - | 0:49:02 | 0:49:04 | |
"no touching the accelerator. | 0:49:04 | 0:49:06 | |
"Quickest to the bottom wins." | 0:49:06 | 0:49:08 | |
That sounds like a completely relevant real-world test. | 0:49:08 | 0:49:11 | |
This will be fun. I do this with my buddies on the motorcycles. | 0:49:11 | 0:49:13 | |
Neutral all the way down the mountain. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:16 | |
But I've got to say, it doesn't feel like fall. | 0:49:16 | 0:49:18 | |
WIND WHISTLES | 0:49:18 | 0:49:19 | |
Ah, there we go. It does now. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:24 | |
Very funny(!) | 0:49:24 | 0:49:25 | |
Anyway, it's not fall, it's autumn. | 0:49:25 | 0:49:27 | |
No, it's fall. | 0:49:27 | 0:49:28 | |
English car show - autumn. | 0:49:29 | 0:49:32 | |
We're in America, so it's fall. | 0:49:32 | 0:49:34 | |
We invented the language. It's autumn. | 0:49:34 | 0:49:36 | |
It's fall. | 0:49:36 | 0:49:37 | |
We're not going to "autumn" down the hill. | 0:49:37 | 0:49:39 | |
That's just a bad pun. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:40 | |
Look, whoever wins the challenge gets to name the season. Deal? | 0:49:40 | 0:49:43 | |
Deal. That's fair enough. Yeah, deal. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:45 | |
Fall. | 0:49:45 | 0:49:46 | |
'We would now take turns freewheeling our cars | 0:49:46 | 0:49:49 | |
'to the bottom of the mountain, 1,000 feet below. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:53 | |
'With the quickest down the winner... | 0:49:53 | 0:49:55 | |
'it was time to let the blue bull run free.' | 0:49:55 | 0:49:58 | |
Three, two, one! | 0:50:00 | 0:50:02 | |
BIRDSONG | 0:50:03 | 0:50:05 | |
OK. | 0:50:08 | 0:50:10 | |
Here we go. Come on. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:11 | |
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, | 0:50:11 | 0:50:14 | |
12, 13, 14, 15... | 0:50:14 | 0:50:18 | |
OK, stay off the brake. | 0:50:18 | 0:50:19 | |
Stay off the brake. | 0:50:21 | 0:50:23 | |
Piece of cake. | 0:50:23 | 0:50:24 | |
Let it run, let it run. | 0:50:25 | 0:50:27 | |
'But as this 1½-tonne, 200 grand rock gathered momentum...' | 0:50:27 | 0:50:31 | |
Oh, this is weird. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:33 | |
Such a weird feeling. | 0:50:33 | 0:50:35 | |
'..this was becoming a test of not only skill... | 0:50:35 | 0:50:37 | |
Oh, this is a tight one, here's a tight one. | 0:50:37 | 0:50:40 | |
'..but bravery.' | 0:50:40 | 0:50:41 | |
Oh, I got to brake, I got to brake. BRAKES SCREECH | 0:50:41 | 0:50:45 | |
Ah, scrubbed too much speed right there! | 0:50:45 | 0:50:47 | |
Come one, don't be a chicken. Stay off the brake. | 0:50:47 | 0:50:50 | |
'Although the further I went...' | 0:50:50 | 0:50:51 | |
Come on. | 0:50:51 | 0:50:53 | |
'..the easier it became.' | 0:50:53 | 0:50:54 | |
Be brave, the brave. | 0:50:54 | 0:50:56 | |
All right, here comes the hairpin. | 0:50:57 | 0:50:59 | |
Set up way out here. | 0:50:59 | 0:51:01 | |
BRAKES SCREECH Brake. | 0:51:01 | 0:51:03 | |
Do not go off the cliff. | 0:51:03 | 0:51:05 | |
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:08 | |
Jesus. | 0:51:08 | 0:51:10 | |
Right. Whoo. | 0:51:10 | 0:51:13 | |
'And with the little blue bull really starting to run...' | 0:51:13 | 0:51:16 | |
Whoo! | 0:51:16 | 0:51:17 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:51:17 | 0:51:19 | |
'..nearing the bottom, we were flying.' | 0:51:19 | 0:51:22 | |
76, 78, 79, 80, 81, | 0:51:22 | 0:51:26 | |
82, 83, 84, 85, 86! | 0:51:26 | 0:51:29 | |
Across the line. | 0:51:30 | 0:51:32 | |
Whoo. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:33 | |
'Felt fast, | 0:51:33 | 0:51:34 | |
'but Harris's Porsche was heavier and potentially quicker.' | 0:51:34 | 0:51:38 | |
Three, two, one. | 0:51:38 | 0:51:40 | |
BIRDSONG | 0:51:41 | 0:51:44 | |
Come on! | 0:51:44 | 0:51:46 | |
'OK, it's fair to say...' | 0:51:46 | 0:51:48 | |
Eight, nine, ten. | 0:51:48 | 0:51:50 | |
'..this isn't the sort of challenge I'm used to.' | 0:51:50 | 0:51:52 | |
Oh, this is bloody awful. | 0:51:52 | 0:51:55 | |
Now, if you're speeding with the car in neutral, | 0:51:55 | 0:51:58 | |
is it still speeding on the road? Can you get a ticket for that? | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
-Yeah, it's still speeding. -Just curious. OK. | 0:52:01 | 0:52:03 | |
'And I admit, I did find the whole "lack of engine" thing a bit... | 0:52:05 | 0:52:09 | |
'tricky.' | 0:52:09 | 0:52:10 | |
Oh, I shouldn't have braked! | 0:52:10 | 0:52:12 | |
Oh, I've really wiped a load speed off there. | 0:52:12 | 0:52:14 | |
BRAKES SCREECH | 0:52:14 | 0:52:17 | |
Come on, here we go. Here we go. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:19 | |
Oh, I don't know what's round the corner. I keep wanting to brake! | 0:52:21 | 0:52:25 | |
Oh! Now I'm nervous! | 0:52:27 | 0:52:29 | |
74, 75... | 0:52:31 | 0:52:33 | |
Yeah-heh-heh-heh-heh! | 0:52:34 | 0:52:38 | |
Could I have gone quicker? Yes. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:40 | |
Would I want to? No. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:41 | |
-OK, so you did it... -Yeah? | 0:52:44 | 0:52:46 | |
..in two minutes and 46 seconds. | 0:52:46 | 0:52:48 | |
-Sounds reasonable. -That's pretty good. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:50 | |
-And I did it... -Yeah? | 0:52:50 | 0:52:52 | |
..in two minutes and three seconds. | 0:52:52 | 0:52:54 | |
-That's a typo. -I don't... | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
-How can you be 43 seconds quicker?! -That is, er... | 0:53:00 | 0:53:02 | |
-You're a third quicker, basically, than me. -Yeah, I... | 0:53:02 | 0:53:05 | |
One third?! | 0:53:05 | 0:53:06 | |
-Yeah, I... -Sorry, I'm just looking... | 0:53:08 | 0:53:10 | |
-Is there a parachute behind my...? -I don't know. Let me see that. | 0:53:10 | 0:53:12 | |
Cos the way this is written, | 0:53:12 | 0:53:14 | |
it sounds like I just kicked your ass here. | 0:53:14 | 0:53:16 | |
CHRIS LAUGHS | 0:53:16 | 0:53:17 | |
'Stupid challenge anyway.' | 0:53:18 | 0:53:20 | |
'Now, as the winner of FALL...' | 0:53:20 | 0:53:22 | |
43 seconds?! | 0:53:22 | 0:53:24 | |
'..I had made it one apiece, with just one challenge remaining. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:28 | |
'And as we climbed higher into the mountains...' | 0:53:30 | 0:53:33 | |
Everything's getting whiter. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:34 | |
And this is slightly concerning. | 0:53:35 | 0:53:38 | |
'..winter was definitely coming. | 0:53:39 | 0:53:41 | |
'And, arriving at Mammoth Mountain, our Four Seasons decider | 0:53:42 | 0:53:46 | |
'looked like it would be the toughest challenge of them all.' | 0:53:46 | 0:53:49 | |
WIND WHISTLES | 0:53:49 | 0:53:50 | |
Wow! | 0:53:50 | 0:53:52 | |
So this is winter. | 0:53:52 | 0:53:54 | |
Er... | 0:53:54 | 0:53:55 | |
When does heavy snowfall become a blizzard? | 0:53:55 | 0:53:58 | |
I don't know, but this feels pretty blizzardy. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:00 | |
Ooh! | 0:54:00 | 0:54:02 | |
-Oh, look. There's something in there. What is that? -Hm. | 0:54:02 | 0:54:05 | |
"Time for your final challenge - winter, a season of ice and snow. | 0:54:08 | 0:54:13 | |
"You claimed your supercars could handle any weather. | 0:54:13 | 0:54:16 | |
"You will now prove it by racing across Mammoth Mountain." | 0:54:16 | 0:54:20 | |
We have to race across Mammoth Mountain?! That's a big mountain! | 0:54:20 | 0:54:23 | |
Now, look here. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:24 | |
After the last challenge, I fully intend to win this one. | 0:54:24 | 0:54:27 | |
-OK. -OK? -Well, good luck to you. | 0:54:27 | 0:54:29 | |
Mammoth Mountain sits at the heart of the Sierra Nevada range. | 0:54:30 | 0:54:34 | |
To cross it, our challenge would start over 9,000 feet up, | 0:54:34 | 0:54:38 | |
at the top of an icy ski slope. | 0:54:38 | 0:54:40 | |
Plunging to the bottom, a two-mile drive through deep-drift snow | 0:54:40 | 0:54:43 | |
would bring us to the final stage - a climb through dense forest, | 0:54:43 | 0:54:48 | |
and a race to the finish on the other side of the mountain. | 0:54:48 | 0:54:51 | |
It's 1-1. This is the decider. Winner takes all. | 0:54:52 | 0:54:56 | |
All-wheel drive, 600 horsepower, £200,000 car. | 0:54:56 | 0:55:00 | |
What could possibly go wrong? | 0:55:00 | 0:55:02 | |
Three! Two! One! | 0:55:02 | 0:55:05 | |
-Go! -ENGINES ROAR | 0:55:05 | 0:55:08 | |
Yes, baby! | 0:55:08 | 0:55:10 | |
Oh, he got the jump on me. | 0:55:11 | 0:55:13 | |
-I can't see -BLEEP. | 0:55:16 | 0:55:17 | |
Ugh. I'm doing about 80 in a snowdrift! | 0:55:20 | 0:55:24 | |
So I've got to get to the other side of the mountain, | 0:55:24 | 0:55:26 | |
where apparently it's not snowy. | 0:55:26 | 0:55:28 | |
You know, when manufacturers talk about 0-60 times, | 0:55:30 | 0:55:33 | |
they assume you're going to be on a road. But if you're on, say... | 0:55:33 | 0:55:36 | |
Oh, I don't know, a ski slope, those times may vary slightly. | 0:55:36 | 0:55:41 | |
Consumer advice right there. | 0:55:41 | 0:55:43 | |
'Harris's all-weather Porsche had started well. | 0:55:44 | 0:55:48 | |
'But then...' | 0:55:48 | 0:55:49 | |
-TYRES SKID -Whoa! | 0:55:49 | 0:55:50 | |
Oh, I'm stuck. | 0:55:52 | 0:55:53 | |
There's the pass. There's the pass. | 0:55:55 | 0:55:58 | |
SNOW SPATTERS | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
That is immature. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:01 | |
Is this a blue run? | 0:56:03 | 0:56:04 | |
It is now. HE CHUCKLES | 0:56:04 | 0:56:06 | |
REVERSING BEEPS | 0:56:08 | 0:56:09 | |
'To stay in the race, Harris had been forced to call in some backup.' | 0:56:09 | 0:56:14 | |
BIRDSONG | 0:56:14 | 0:56:16 | |
'And, on the other side of the mountain, the weather had cleared... | 0:56:16 | 0:56:19 | |
'..and I was ploughing ahead.' | 0:56:20 | 0:56:22 | |
Yeah, Lambo! Come on, baby! Come on! | 0:56:22 | 0:56:24 | |
'But I was now out of the deep stuff and gaining fast.' | 0:56:25 | 0:56:29 | |
'Going into the second stage, it was uphill all the way.' | 0:56:31 | 0:56:35 | |
Flat pinned in third gear, going up a ski slope! | 0:56:35 | 0:56:38 | |
'And the low-riding Lambo started to struggle.' | 0:56:40 | 0:56:43 | |
Oh, I'm stuck, I'm stuck. | 0:56:43 | 0:56:45 | |
Supercar coming through! | 0:56:47 | 0:56:48 | |
Yeah-heh-heh-heh! | 0:56:49 | 0:56:51 | |
Oh! It was going so good. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
'Pushing to open up a lead...' | 0:56:58 | 0:57:00 | |
Whoa! | 0:57:00 | 0:57:01 | |
'..keeping the hammer down was becoming more and more treacherous.' | 0:57:01 | 0:57:04 | |
This is a rally stage! | 0:57:04 | 0:57:07 | |
Whoa! | 0:57:07 | 0:57:08 | |
'Now, since Chris had already bent the rules, | 0:57:11 | 0:57:13 | |
'it seemed only fair to break out my secret weapon.' | 0:57:13 | 0:57:16 | |
All right, back in the game. | 0:57:18 | 0:57:20 | |
At least I have a fighting chance. | 0:57:22 | 0:57:24 | |
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo! | 0:57:27 | 0:57:28 | |
'And, with the snow chains on, I soon had the Porsche in my sights.' | 0:57:28 | 0:57:32 | |
Woohoo! | 0:57:34 | 0:57:35 | |
You ain't getting away now, Harris. I got your number! | 0:57:35 | 0:57:38 | |
There he is! Come on, Porsche! | 0:57:39 | 0:57:43 | |
'At the final stage, we were neck-and-neck. | 0:57:43 | 0:57:45 | |
'But with no way past...' | 0:57:45 | 0:57:47 | |
Here we go, here we go. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:48 | |
'..to stand any chance of winning, | 0:57:48 | 0:57:50 | |
'I decided to take a different line through the forest | 0:57:50 | 0:57:53 | |
'in a sprint to the finish.' | 0:57:53 | 0:57:55 | |
Harris wants this one bad. | 0:57:55 | 0:57:57 | |
That 43 seconds? | 0:57:57 | 0:57:59 | |
That's driving him crazy, I can tell. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:01 | |
Where is he?! Come on, Porsche! | 0:58:02 | 0:58:05 | |
'Two truly incredible supercars. | 0:58:05 | 0:58:08 | |
'But only one winner.' | 0:58:10 | 0:58:12 | |
Yes, yes, yes, yes! | 0:58:14 | 0:58:15 | |
-Yeah! -HE LAUGHS | 0:58:15 | 0:58:18 | |
I've won! | 0:58:18 | 0:58:19 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:58:19 | 0:58:21 | |
Oh! There's Harris! | 0:58:22 | 0:58:24 | |
MATT LAUGHS | 0:58:28 | 0:58:31 | |
Oh, you got me. | 0:58:31 | 0:58:33 | |
You got me. | 0:58:33 | 0:58:35 | |
Congratulations. | 0:58:35 | 0:58:36 | |
-How fun was that?! -Amazing! -Huh? | 0:58:36 | 0:58:39 | |
We just all the way up a mountain in two supercars! | 0:58:39 | 0:58:44 | |
Two sup... | 0:58:44 | 0:58:45 | |
Well, in one supercar and one SUPER car. | 0:58:45 | 0:58:49 | |
I mean, super competent. | 0:58:49 | 0:58:51 | |
-It's a supercar! -It's a great car. -Come on. | 0:58:51 | 0:58:54 | |
We can go round and round on this, I'm not going to stop. | 0:58:54 | 0:58:56 | |
Cos you know it's not. It is a SUPER car, but it's not a supercar. | 0:58:56 | 0:59:00 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:59:00 | 0:59:02 | |
Now, was that great? How great was that? | 0:59:02 | 0:59:05 | |
That was mega. | 0:59:05 | 0:59:07 | |
So jealous. So jealous. | 0:59:07 | 0:59:09 | |
You drove up a ski slope. | 0:59:09 | 0:59:11 | |
Yeah. Yeah. | 0:59:11 | 0:59:13 | |
It's ridiculous that these cars managed to do that. | 0:59:13 | 0:59:15 | |
I knew they were good, I didn't know they were that good. | 0:59:15 | 0:59:17 | |
Yeah, neither did I. That was so much fun. | 0:59:17 | 0:59:19 | |
That might be the most fun I have ever had in a car. | 0:59:19 | 0:59:22 | |
And you know how Lamborghini's | 0:59:22 | 0:59:24 | |
-building that new four-wheel-drive thing? -Yeah, the Urus. | 0:59:24 | 0:59:26 | |
Yeah, well, they don't need to build an off-roader, | 0:59:26 | 0:59:28 | |
cos they have a great one right here. | 0:59:28 | 0:59:30 | |
All right, Chris, we know if you had to pick one, | 0:59:30 | 0:59:32 | |
you'd take the Porsche, right? | 0:59:32 | 0:59:34 | |
-It's motoring perfection. It does EVERYTHING. -OK. | 0:59:34 | 0:59:36 | |
Matt, hand on heart time, between the three of us - | 0:59:36 | 0:59:39 | |
if you had to go for the Porsche or the Huracan, | 0:59:39 | 0:59:42 | |
what's it going to be? | 0:59:42 | 0:59:43 | |
Oh, well, the Huracan, | 0:59:43 | 0:59:44 | |
it's so theatrical and it has a spectacular motor. It is just... | 0:59:44 | 0:59:49 | |
the Porsche for me, too, I think. LAUGHTER | 0:59:49 | 0:59:51 | |
Yeah, I would say. It does everything. | 0:59:51 | 0:59:54 | |
And you can... It has back seats, I can put the kids in it. | 0:59:54 | 0:59:56 | |
You can do whatever you want with it. | 0:59:56 | 0:59:58 | |
-It IS an all-season supercar. -Yes! | 0:59:58 | 1:00:00 | |
-OK? Supercar. -Yes! -Happy? -Yes. | 1:00:00 | 1:00:03 | |
All right, on next week's show, the Aston Martin DB11. | 1:00:03 | 1:00:07 | |
And motorsport, Caribbean-style. | 1:00:07 | 1:00:10 | |
No, no, no, that's Caribbean-STYLEY. | 1:00:10 | 1:00:12 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:00:12 | 1:00:14 | |
-See you then. -Goodnight! -Goodnight! | 1:00:14 | 1:00:17 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 1:00:17 | 1:00:21 |