0:00:21 > 0:00:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Hello, and welcome to Top Gear.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30On tonight's show, we go supercar hunting
0:00:30 > 0:00:32in a Volkswagen Golf
0:00:32 > 0:00:34and discover the perfect runabout
0:00:34 > 0:00:37for the fashion-conscious Bond villain.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39But first...
0:00:39 > 0:00:41let's talk about Aston Martin.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Now, Aston Martin... They've always made beautiful cars,
0:00:44 > 0:00:49but the truth is, in recent years, Aston's been a bit left behind.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51You know when we first saw this DB9?
0:00:51 > 0:00:532003.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56In car years, that's ancient, right?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59But now the DB9 has been replaced by a new car,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01promising to bring Aston right up to date.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08This is the all-new DB11.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Aston Martin says it's the most important model
0:01:11 > 0:01:13in its 100-year history.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14No pressure there, then(!)
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Thankfully, it still looks great.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23But look beneath the bodywork...
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and there are a few surprises.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Aston's given the DB11 a smaller motor than the old DB9,
0:01:32 > 0:01:33and, for the first time ever,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36accessorized it with a pair of turbochargers.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Now, this... This is controversial.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44The free-revving, naturally aspirated Aston Martin V12
0:01:44 > 0:01:47is a British institution,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49like the royal family, or...
0:01:49 > 0:01:50crumpets.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Aston Martin going turbo is big news.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59So, have they ruined it?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Well...
0:02:01 > 0:02:02no.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Not at all.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12In fact, this might just be the best all-round Aston
0:02:12 > 0:02:13in the last 20 years.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Or 40 years.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Or...
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Damn, I'm old.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25The engine might be smaller...
0:02:25 > 0:02:28but those controversial new turbochargers
0:02:28 > 0:02:31mean Aston's V12 now produces...
0:02:31 > 0:02:34600 horsepower...
0:02:34 > 0:02:37which is, you know, enough.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Enough, in fact, to make this the first DB car
0:02:40 > 0:02:41that'll do over 200mph.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48This thing goes like hell.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Sounds like hell too.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Woohoo!
0:02:55 > 0:02:57And, hey, it's still rear-wheel drive,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01the gear box is still out the back for better weight distribution,
0:03:01 > 0:03:05and now there's even proper multi-link rear suspension.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10So if you do happen to accidently end up in a massive power slide...
0:03:15 > 0:03:17..then, yeah, it'll do that too.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Whoops, there it goes again.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I'm so careless.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Now, some might complain that this British icon
0:03:33 > 0:03:39has sourced all of its electronic computery stuff from Mercedes...
0:03:39 > 0:03:40THUNDER CRACKS
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Frankly, I don't care if the stuff behind the scenes
0:03:43 > 0:03:46is programmed by German guys in wire-rimmed glasses.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Doesn't bother me at all.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Mostly because, unlike old Astons,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53it actually works.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56And besides...
0:03:56 > 0:03:59all the tactile stuff is still just as it should be.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01This leather is very...
0:04:01 > 0:04:02leathery.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And this metal...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06is very metally.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08And this wood is very...
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Ooh!
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I'm just kidding. That's nice wood.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Now, the armrest...
0:04:14 > 0:04:17You don't have to go through all that effort
0:04:17 > 0:04:18of manually sliding it back
0:04:18 > 0:04:21to get at that little bit of storage
0:04:21 > 0:04:22underneath there.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23No. There's a switch here
0:04:23 > 0:04:25that does that for you.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I cannot believe that I have been
0:04:30 > 0:04:32manually sliding armrests
0:04:32 > 0:04:34all these years, like an ape.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38That is time I cannot get back.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42So, it's great to drive,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44great to spend time in...
0:04:45 > 0:04:47..but it should be.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50The DB11 is 155 grand...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54..which does raise that old debate...
0:04:54 > 0:04:57For about half the money, you could have a Nissan GT-R,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00which...has about the same power,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02and four-wheel drive,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06and will annihilate this Aston around any circuit on Earth.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15But, come on, that's not the point of the DB11.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19This is a luxury yacht, not a speedboat.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27It's a private jet, not a jet fighter.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32It's about understated elegance.
0:05:33 > 0:05:41Sophisticated, effortless, cool... Yeah.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Which means this race track is not where the DB11 was meant to live.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56However, we've installed a useful new feature on this race track.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Narnia had its wardrobe, Bill and Ted had their phone booth.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04And Stargate had its... its Stargate.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Well, Top Gear now has its left at Hammerhead.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10That's right, left turn at Hammerhead.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14HE EXHALES OK.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17First time for everything. Let's do this.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19ENGINE REVS, TYRES SCREECH
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Oh-ho, yeah!
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Now we're talking.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Sweet!
0:06:54 > 0:07:01Yeah, just call me...Le Bond. Matt Le Bond.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08Oh. Would have be nice if it came with the pants!
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Of course, every hero needs a villain.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Introducing...
0:07:22 > 0:07:26..the Mercedes S63 AMG Coupe.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28A two-door with an evil streak.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33It's huge, it's ostentatious.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38I mean, I've got cameras that scan the road ahead for bumps and,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42for some reason, I've got Swarovski crystals in the headlights.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46I'm coming to get you, Le Bond.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Who the hell is that?
0:07:54 > 0:07:55ENGINES ROAR
0:07:58 > 0:08:00TYRES SCREECH
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Oh! Ha-ha. Hey!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Ah, I get it. Bond villain, huh?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Let me guess, uh... Dr No-Hair?
0:08:10 > 0:08:11CHRIS SNORTS
0:08:11 > 0:08:13You're loving this, aren't you?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15You've got the car, you've got the suit.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Oh, hey, listen. Hillary Clinton called. She wants her jacket back.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Oi, look! I didn't even choose this.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24ENGINES REV
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Oi!
0:08:29 > 0:08:30PHONE RINGS
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- 'That's a V8, right? - 'Well, a twin turbo V8, yes.'
0:08:35 > 0:08:38V12. Twin turbo V12.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Horsepower? - 580. You?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Only 600.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46OK, look, pretend Mercedes, real Mercedes.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49More torque and, let's face it, a better driver.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Oh, it's on. It is on!
0:08:52 > 0:08:55ENGINES ROAR
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Bulldozer, bulldozer. Oh, it's actually an articulating loader.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Get out of the way!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I've got a smug American to kill.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Ha-ha, see how you cope with this, Le Bond.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Full beam! Oh! Is there no limit to his evil?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33TYRES SCREECHING
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Where's he going?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Ooh. Decisions, decisions.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42He's lost!
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Here is good.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49SEAGULLS SQUAWK
0:09:49 > 0:09:51GENTLE COUNTRYSIDE NOISES
0:09:52 > 0:09:54ENGINES ROAR
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Such a picturesque country.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02ENGINES ROAR
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Ooh!
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Sorry.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Enjoy your lunch.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13LEISURELY WHISTLING
0:10:13 > 0:10:16ENGINES ROAR
0:10:16 > 0:10:18130...
0:10:18 > 0:10:19140...
0:10:19 > 0:10:22150! Wow, this car's quick.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Live with this, Le Bond!
0:10:27 > 0:10:28HE LAUGHS
0:10:29 > 0:10:34See, the thing about that Merc is, slipping into 155.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38This DB11 isn't.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Later, Harris.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Whoa.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Ah, that was a New Holland TN90F. Classic.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS
0:10:54 > 0:10:56RADIO INSTRUCTIONS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE
0:11:00 > 0:11:02ENGINE ROARS
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Did you see the police? SIRENS WAIL
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Of course I saw the police, and I think they saw us.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13SIRENS WAIL, TYRES SCREECH
0:11:26 > 0:11:28SIRENS WAILING
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Ooh.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34What kind of police cars are those, Dr No-Hair?
0:11:34 > 0:11:39They are Vauxhall Astras, Le Bond.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40We can outrun those, right?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Absolutely!
0:11:44 > 0:11:45ENGINES ROAR SUDDENLY
0:11:55 > 0:11:56SIRENS WAIL
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Oh, this is cool. - Oh, yes.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21MUSIC: James Bond Theme
0:12:31 > 0:12:33SIRENS CONTINUE
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Police!
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Police everywhere.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50We're surrounded, Le Bond, we are surrounded.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Oh, it's very bad. It's very, very bad.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Where are your trousers?
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Don't draw attention to it.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:13:33 > 0:13:37That was fun, that was really fun.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Yeah. Thanks, thank you.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42So, left at Hammerhead?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Yeah. I think it opens up a whole new world of opportunities, right?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48You just have to pack an extra pair of pants!
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Matt, that would be wise.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52OK. Let's talk about the cars.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55You love this Mercedes, right?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58It is fantastic. It's 20 grand cheaper than the Aston Martin.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01It's the best GT car I've ever driven.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I arrived at places feeling more relaxed than when I started.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Double glazing, best hi-fi I've ever heard.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Best GT car you've ever driven?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11It's wonderful. It's just a great car to be in.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- And it's very subtle too, I like that.- Yeah, it's not overstated.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17And you say you really like it. But it does miss one thing.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20This one important thing it doesn't have.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23It doesn't have this.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26This badge right here. LAUGHTER
0:14:26 > 0:14:29You're so vain, Matthew. This badge here, this badge
0:14:29 > 0:14:33- was founded by Karl Benz in 1885.- Uh-huh.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35He invented the motorcar. This thing has provenance.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Right, right.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38But it doesn't have this badge.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40This one right here. This badge. LAUGHTER
0:14:40 > 0:14:43And do you want to know why that's relevant? I'll show you.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Who here would take the Mercedes?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- AUDIENCE:- Yay!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49That woman over there! LAUGHTER
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- OK.- A woman with taste. - OK, let me finish.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55And who here would have the Aston?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57LOUD CHEERING
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Ouch.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I'm disappointed in each and every one of you.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03You've let yourselves down.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05It's a great car, great car,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- but it's not an Aston Martin. - Fair enough.- Right, right?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10OK. Now, there is one thing to do.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Find out how fast a DB11 went around our test track.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14And you know what that means?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16It's time for...The Stig!
0:15:16 > 0:15:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:19 > 0:15:21'Here he is, then, on the line in the DB11.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23'600 horsepower, twin turbo, V12.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25'Pretty good traction off the line.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27'Howling up now, past that heli shot.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29'Braking's on, it looks heavy, doesn't it?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31'Look at the roll on the car straight away.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34'Stig, very relaxed in there, all leathery and woody.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35'Look, a bit of tyre smoke coming out.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37'This thing's got so much power, braking hard.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39'Look at the pitch, at the weight moving around.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41'Hammerhead. Managed to hold his line
0:15:41 > 0:15:43'but watch the oversteer on the exit.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45'Managing it all the way. Oh, that was sexy driving!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48'All the way over to the right-hand side now.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50'Braking hard into Hammerhead.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52'Again, it stops well but it does look heavy.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54'Look at the lean, a bit of understeer to start.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56'Then Stig gets on the throttle, neutralises it.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57'What happens on the exit? Here we go.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01'Oh, that's just showboating. Super-slick oversteer
0:16:01 > 0:16:03'Look at that smoke there, the diff opening up a bit.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05'So maybe the diff's not that tight.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- 'Through the follow-through. - TYRES SCREECH
0:16:07 > 0:16:10'Looks really fast and skilful through there.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12'Bang. That was aggressive.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16'Braking hard into second to last.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18'What's it like here? It looks very, very stable to me,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20'but doesn't look that grippy.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25'Oh! That was using all the track. And now left into Gambon.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26'And over the line.'
0:16:27 > 0:16:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:16:30 > 0:16:34That looked fast. That looked fast. OK.
0:16:35 > 0:16:42The new Aston Martin DB11 went around the track in one minute 21.5.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Right there.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48That's ahead of the M3. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50But, before you ask, before you even ask,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53we had The Stig take the S63 around as well.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56What do you think?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- It's perfect. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, right, absolutely.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03So the Mercedes AMG S63 did it in one minute 24 seconds flat.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04AUDIENCE GASPS
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Ooh!
0:17:06 > 0:17:09That goes...there.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Well, it's totally irrelevant.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12LAUGHTER
0:17:12 > 0:17:14What?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Hold on, hold on. You, Chris Harris, pro racing driver, car guru,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22is going to tell me that, in the context of comparing two cars,
0:17:22 > 0:17:26that the lap time between those two cars is totally irrelevant?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29It's totally irrelevant.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30LAUGHTER
0:17:30 > 0:17:32This is a comfort game.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35This is a comfortable car. I can sometimes be, you know, rational.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38You can also sometimes be a sore loser.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Rory!
0:17:40 > 0:17:42And a bit later on in the show, I'll be proving
0:17:42 > 0:17:46you don't need to spend supercar money to keep up with supercars.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48You just need the right machinery.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- And the right driver. - Yeah. Not you!
0:17:50 > 0:17:52LAUGHTER
0:17:52 > 0:17:56All right. Now, it is time to meet this week's guest.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Stare of Green Wing, Friday Night Dinner, and Episodes... Great show!
0:18:01 > 0:18:03LAUGHTER
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Please welcome Tamsin Greig.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:18:09 > 0:18:11WHISTLING FROM AUDIENCE
0:18:11 > 0:18:12- Wow! - TAMSIN LAUGHS
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Oh!
0:18:16 > 0:18:18How are you going?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- All right? - You're welcome.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25How are you? Oh, so glad to see you.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26So glad you're here.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Now, Tamsin and I have been friends for a long time.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30We do the other show together, obviously.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33And, um, we have kissed on camera.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34- On camera.- On camera.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- Uh, I vomited on you on camera. - Yeah. You did.
0:18:38 > 0:18:45- And you kicked and punched me repeatedly on and off camera.- Yeah.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Yep. But we never have had...
0:18:48 > 0:18:50the chat.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- What? - GENTLE LAUGHTER
0:18:52 > 0:18:55The chat. You know.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- What, what?- The chat. - What chat?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Tamsin Greig.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00SHE GIGGLES
0:19:00 > 0:19:03We want to know about your first one?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Oh.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Because this is a car show, right? - Yeah, your first car,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- what did you think I was talking about?- OK, OK.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10SHE WHISTLES WITH RELIEF
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- First car, come on.- My first car. - Your first car.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Um. Fiat Uno.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17AUDIENCE GASPS
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Yeah, guys. Right.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23And it gave me this kind of exultant feeling of liberty.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- And I was very, very happy in that car.- An exultant feeling of liberty?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- Feeling of liberty. - You don't get a lot of that.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32The first poetry ever induced by a Fiat Uno.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34LAUGHTER
0:19:34 > 0:19:38But the Fiat Uno became a kind of like gangster car after that.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- Did it? - It did. No, no!
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Where? In Chipping Norton! - LAUGHTER
0:19:42 > 0:19:45No, like in Kilburn where I grew up!
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Yeah, it became kind of, like, the souped-up version.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Oh, the Turbo ie.- Thank you.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- Is that the one you had?- No.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I had the basic one that sounded like a fridge.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56LAUGHTER
0:19:56 > 0:19:58The door made that really satisfying noise.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00And did things move up after that car?
0:20:00 > 0:20:04After that car, then I got a Citroen AX which...
0:20:04 > 0:20:09- Yeah, guys!- Nice.- Aren't you glad you've got me on your show!
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- I have a Citroen AX now. - What, still?- I still have one.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- How old is it?- It is 1988.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18They were famously unreliable, though.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- So, did you ever break down in it? - Yeah, I did.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- SHE LAUGHS - I did break down once.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26There's a tiny little road that goes over the Lake District
0:20:26 > 0:20:28called Wrynose Pass.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30And I was on my own and with a dog.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33And I thought to myself, this would be a really bad place to break down.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36At which point, my gear stick came off in my hand,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38and this was before mobile phones.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41And so I got out of the car with the dog, at sundown.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44So, I'm walking down the mountain on this little road.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47And managed to find a little house. There was a house there
0:20:47 > 0:20:49and there was a couple there and I used their phone
0:20:49 > 0:20:52and phoned the breakdown services and they found me.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57And I said to the AA guy, are we allowed to say AA?
0:20:57 > 0:20:58- Is that advertising?- Yeah, you can.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Yeah, the man from Alcoholics Anonymous came...
0:21:00 > 0:21:02LAUGHTER
0:21:02 > 0:21:04And I said, "It's just so brilliant to see you,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06"I was really, really worried.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10"You know, I'm here on my own, I'm female." I'm female!
0:21:10 > 0:21:11"And it could have been a nightmare."
0:21:11 > 0:21:14And the guy, without blinking, said to me,
0:21:14 > 0:21:15"It's not a nightmare.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18"It would have been a nightmare if I'd had a knife.""
0:21:18 > 0:21:20LAUGHTER
0:21:21 > 0:21:24That's horrid.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26That's what the recovering alcoholic said.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29The recovery alcoholic said, hiding his weapons.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Now, can we stop the horror stories because that's, frankly, harrowing,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- and talk about Episodes because I'm a big fan.- Are you?
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Now, you've just filmed the last season. Why does it have to end?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Uh, Tamsin didn't want to do any more.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Well, boo to you.- Ah.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I'm glad we're leaving you on a high.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- I think it's really good to know when to end stories.- Yep.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Don't you? It's great to just go, "We're done, we're done."
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Yeah, it did kind of feel like we've told our story.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Leave them wanting more.- Yeah.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58OK, we've been trying to get a clip of this.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01It was quite difficult to get a pre-watershed-friendly clip
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- but here we go.- Oh, yeah.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05You want to loosen up. Don't hunch your shoulders.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Still hunching.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Still hunching.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Still hunching. - Those are my shoulders!- Really?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Now, you want to have both hands tight on the grip.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- GUNSHOT EXPLODES - It's loud!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- LOUD GUNSHOTS - It's loud, it's loud!
0:22:21 > 0:22:23It's loud! It's loud! It's loud!
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Oh...whoa! - SHE GIBBERS
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- Holy crap. - Well done, darling.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29That was no bloody car door.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31All right. Just give me the weapon.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I am never doing this again because it was loud!
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- All right, my turn. - What!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38APPLAUSE
0:22:40 > 0:22:42TAMSIN LAUGHS
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Well done.- Thank you.- Well done.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- Great wrist action. - Thanks. Did that look like...?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52What was that, like, a 357?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- No, no.- No, no!
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- That was a Smith & Wesson 44. That was a big cannon.- Yes.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I mean, I'd stood there for a long time.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03That's why my arms looked so toned.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Because it was a whole day I stood there like that.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- OK, I want to show you something very special now.- OK.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11A couple of years ago, Renault
0:23:11 > 0:23:12thought they'd spotted a gap in the market place,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15and they've just created this. Have a look at this.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- This is delicious. - WHISTLING FROM AUDIENCE
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- The Alpine 110. - That's nice.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- "Al-peen?".- "Al-peen." It's a fast Renault.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Not "Al-pine"?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It's an "Al-peen". OK.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Now, the Porsche Cayman is £40,000 and up.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30So Renault thought, we can offer a cheaper car.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35So it's about 250 horsepower, 1,200 kilograms, it's mid-engined.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38It's sexy as hell. Look at that, it's just perfect.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40And it's developed by the guys at Renault Sport.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43And they know a thing or two about making great fast cars.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Except there's one problem.- Mm.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50It's not cheaper than a Porsche Cayman, is it?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- It's about £60,000 that thing. - That is the slight issue.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55They identified the gap in the market,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57then they totally missed the gap in the market!
0:23:57 > 0:23:58LAUGHTER
0:23:58 > 0:24:02And it's actually more expensive than a Porsche Cayman.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Yeah.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05And it's also named after a toilet cleaner.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07LAUGHTER
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Alpine?
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- "Al-peen".- "Al-peen"?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Alpine. It's Alpine Fresh.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Does he look like a man who buys his own toilet cleaner?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Yeah, he doesn't know!
0:24:18 > 0:24:20LAUGHTER
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Why can't I buy my own toilet cleaner?
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Do you buy your own toilet cleaner?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Do you go to the shops and buy toilet cleaner?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Whoa, why's everyone asking me!
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Ask him, Rory. Do it from that side as well.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Name one brand of toilet cleaner. - "Al-peen".- Um...
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Fairy Liquid! Fairy Liquid!
0:24:34 > 0:24:35LAUGHTER
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- The toilet! You wash the... - With Fairy Liquid.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- You wash your toilet with Fairy Liquid.- After you do the dishes.- OK.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- 409. That's in the States. - That's a car!
0:24:47 > 0:24:50The stuff with the funny neck on it so you can get under the rim,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- I know. - Duck.- Duck.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55SHE LAUGHS
0:24:56 > 0:24:59All right. Time to see how your training session went
0:24:59 > 0:25:06with the loving, caring, kind, tender, gentle Chris Harris.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Let's take a look.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11What's the fastest you've been in a car?
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Hm, I think about 19mph.- 19 or 90?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- 90!- 90, OK.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19This could be interesting. Let's go.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Just be nice, all right? - AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:25:22 > 0:25:27- No, nothing gets done if you're not nice.- OK. I'll try.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31OK, full power.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- You've got 7,000 revs, use them! - Talk louder!
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Second, third gear now.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36- GEARS CRUNCH - Whoo!
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- Ooh, it's in there somewhere. - Yeah, sorry.- Fourth gear.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41You know the bit on the show where you have to set the fast lap?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- That's this bit. You're aware of that, aren't you?- Is this it?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Fourth gear.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Keep going.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- We need a sundial to time this, not a stopwatch.- Be clear.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Keep going down here. Down here, straight.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Braking hard now. Right, right.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- No! Left... - You said right!
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Just say every bit.- Oh... Round there, round there, to the right.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00This is the famous Hammerhead, don't get it wrong.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Left, left, left, left.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Right. Right!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Well, that's no bloody good, is it? What are you...
0:26:08 > 0:26:10What are you doing?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Um.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I'm really glad you're here, you've been very helpful in many ways, um.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19But, er, I'm feeling a kind of, um, a wave of anger coming from you.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22And I'm just interested in what that's all about?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25I'm angry because we're trying to go fast
0:26:25 > 0:26:27and you're not going fast yet. I just want to go fast.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28I am going fast.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Faster than I was. - You think you're going fast.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33You're a teacher.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37If you get angry when I can't quite do what you're asking me to do,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41that's going to reflect badly on you, not on me.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43So I think you just need to calm down.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Maybe we can just start by saying "please"?
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- Or...and "thank you".- Oh, but...
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- If I use those pleasantries, will you go faster?- Yes.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57- Are you sure? - Yes, I will.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Right, are we ready?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Yep.- Teach me. Don't point.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Can we, can we go... Can we please...- Thank you.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07..move the steering wheel in a rightwards direction.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- Now? Before I'm driving? - Now, please, before we go. Let's go.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12And now accelerate.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13And use the throttle.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15And to second gear, please.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Thank you.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19And to third gear, please, if you feel like it, thank you.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22And now fourth. Thank you.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25And over to the left but avoid the cameraman because that would be bad.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Now, down the end here.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Come on! Get on...
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Please hurry up.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- Where am I going?- Left. Left, that's good. Over there.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- Maybe just also say where I'm supposed to go.- OK, OK. OK!
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Come on, Tamsin!
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I know you've got it in you, come on!
0:27:42 > 0:27:45And, can you please, please brake between the 100 and the 50.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Now?- Brake, brake, brake! Brake. - Don't shout.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Third, third gear, please. Left. Left.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I feel like we've been through something there.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- How do you feel? - I feel a bit...
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- You have improved as a driver.- Yeah?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00And that I have improved as a human being.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- SHE SIGHS - Win, win, win.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- Now, get out of the- BLEEP- car
0:28:04 > 0:28:07and just think about how you've been behaving.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:11 > 0:28:14That was great. You see what you get? You see what you get?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I can't help it.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- No, she was very, very good. She really was.- Yeah.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21It looked pretty slippery out there too.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25It's the worst conditions that have ever been experienced on Top Gear.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26In three episodes!
0:28:26 > 0:28:28LAUGHTER
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- No, ever.- Ever?- Wasn't it?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34I'm not sure I agree with that but... Sure, what ever you say!
0:28:34 > 0:28:36LAUGHTER
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I can't wait to see your time, but we'll do that little bit later.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Now, I want to talk about ancient history.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44The 1970s.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46See, 40 years ago, if you lived in Britain
0:28:46 > 0:28:49and wanted a fast car that wasn't a pain to live with,
0:28:49 > 0:28:54you were stuck with something like this, the Triumph Dolomite Sprint.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Yeah, the '70s kind of sucked.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01But one humble hatchback was about to change all of that forever.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07'1977.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11'The original Volkswagen Golf GTI lands in the UK.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13'It's mission?
0:29:13 > 0:29:18'To prove you can have practicality and proper performance.'
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Mission successful.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22The GTI was quicker than most sports cars.
0:29:22 > 0:29:250 to 60 took barely eight seconds.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29By '70s standards, that was warp speed.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33'The GTI was a game-changer and, in the mid-1980s,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36'with the rest of the world running to catch up,
0:29:36 > 0:29:38'VW dropped this.'
0:29:38 > 0:29:41The second-generation Golf GTI.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Big bumpers and big attitude.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Damn, this thing's good!
0:29:46 > 0:29:49'But then came the 1990s.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52'And the GTI became heavier and uglier.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54'The Mk4 was so porky
0:29:54 > 0:29:58'it was actually slower to 60 than the '70s original.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01'But VW wasn't done yet.'
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Arrrgh!
0:30:03 > 0:30:05HE LAUGHS
0:30:05 > 0:30:06That is more like it.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Yes. The Mk5.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Loads more power, way more nimble,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15this was a hot hatch for the noughties.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19And by 2009, with the Mk6,
0:30:19 > 0:30:23VW had officially rediscovered its mojo.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27The GTI was back.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33And that brings us 40 years after the original GTI
0:30:33 > 0:30:35landed in the UK, to this,
0:30:35 > 0:30:39the Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45The most powerful production Golf ever.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51306 horses,
0:30:51 > 0:30:56nearly three times as many as that original GTI from the '70s.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00And that's the kind of inflation I think we can all get behind.
0:31:02 > 0:31:08And because it's a proper old school Golf, all the power heads that way.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14By rights, front wheel drive cars like this should understeer.
0:31:14 > 0:31:19But the Clubsport S doesn't, it just grips and grips and grips.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22How is it doing this?!
0:31:23 > 0:31:25That just makes no sense.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29This is a fast, fast car.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30HE SIGHS AND LAUGHS
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Yes, yes, yes!
0:31:38 > 0:31:41You can almost smell the engineering quality.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47It feels like 40 years of perfecting the hot hatch formula.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49It feel sophisticated.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50It feels expensive.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Which, I'm afraid, it is.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00In fact, this Clubsport S model costs £34,000.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04That's nearly three grand more than a Ford Focus RS,
0:32:04 > 0:32:08which has more power, four-wheel-drive and rear seats.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Did I not mention that?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Well, yeah, as part of their weight-saving measures,
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Volkswagen has chopped out the rear bench and replaced it with...
0:32:17 > 0:32:20a pole and some garden netting.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23The rear parcel shelf has also gone.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Along with most of the insulation.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27They've even ditched the floor mats.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29And there's no armrest!
0:32:29 > 0:32:33And guess how much that crash diet saves?
0:32:33 > 0:32:3830 kg. I mean, you can put that back on after a big kebab.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43The Clubsport has all the performance,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45but almost none of the practicality.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48It's like it's forgotten what hot hatches stand for.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52I'd argue this isn't really a hot hatch at all.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57So, if it's not a hot hatch, what is it?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Well, ask Volkswagen and they'll tell you
0:33:00 > 0:33:05it's a two-seater sports car with an appetite for racetracks.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07One racetrack in particular.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09The Nurburgring.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13The scariest circuit on the planet.
0:33:14 > 0:33:2013 miles and 73 corners of twisting, terrifying tarmac.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23And the spiritual home of the Clubsport S.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29This is officially the fastest front-wheel drive car ever
0:33:29 > 0:33:30to lap this track.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33It was developed here, tested here.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Every detail has been tweaked
0:33:35 > 0:33:38to make this go as fast as possible out there.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42It even has sticky tyres,
0:33:42 > 0:33:46fade resistant brakes and proper functional spoilers.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51So, what's this track-ready Golf really like?
0:33:51 > 0:33:55To find out, I've turned up to a typical German track day
0:33:55 > 0:33:59to see if the Clubsport S can keep up with the locals.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Who, let's face it, seem to take things pretty seriously.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Yes, getting the very best out of the Golf in this field
0:34:07 > 0:34:10was going to take some real driving talent.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Right.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Let's do this.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Hi, Rory. Welcome to The Green Hell!
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Yeah, why don't you show me around?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21For you, I got a special present.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24A map of the Nordschliefe, then you know where we are exactly.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- You think we can keep up? - Ach, no problem.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33With Sabine in confident mood,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36we headed out to see what the Golf was made of.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39It's like a little go-kart.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41A front-wheel-driven go-kart.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42So much power!
0:34:42 > 0:34:44OK. OK...
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- Ahh, I love the Carousel. - OK, now I'm scared.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I love it!
0:34:51 > 0:34:53THEY BOTH SCREAM
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Your name is Rory Reid or Rory Worried?!
0:34:58 > 0:35:01I'm very worried right now! Oh, my...
0:35:01 > 0:35:04'Now, I was keen to really drill down into the merits
0:35:04 > 0:35:06'of the Golf's chassis dynamics...'
0:35:06 > 0:35:08- HE WAILS - Oh, sorry.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10'But then Sabine spotted some prey.'
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Oh, there are our enemies!
0:35:13 > 0:35:16OK. We have some cars up ahead.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17So we went hunting.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Come on, little Golf!
0:35:19 > 0:35:24- What is it? - That's a 3 Series BMW. Later!
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I wonder how he feels being overtaken by a Golf?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30THEY LAUGH
0:35:30 > 0:35:32I think we need another victim.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- I can see a Porsche.- Porsche!
0:35:36 > 0:35:39That looks like... It's a Cayman R.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- A Cayman R?- Yeah. The quick one.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Nyeeerrrr! Bye-bye, baby.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46It's a Cayman GT4!
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Whoo!
0:35:47 > 0:35:50We're just giant-killing right now.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- I'm going to start writing these down.- Oh, yeah.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55'In the hands of Sabine,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57'the Golf wasn't just keeping up with the locals...'
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Loser, loser!
0:35:59 > 0:36:01THEY LAUGH
0:36:01 > 0:36:02'..it was owning them.'
0:36:02 > 0:36:06- Come on, little Golf. - Coming closer.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Look at this!
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- Yeah! Whoo! - That was a Carrera 4 GTS.- Yeah?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- That is a £90,000 car.- Oh, cool!
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Which made me wonder, while we were out here,
0:36:19 > 0:36:22could the Golf actually overtake a million quid's worth?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24OK.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Only one way to find out.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Whoohoo! Go, go, go, go!
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Come on, come on, come on.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- What's that?- That is a Corvette, oh, my God.- A Corvette?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38- That's the CL6.- Seriously?
0:36:38 > 0:36:39That's 90 grand.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43There's a Golf GTI on your tail!
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Bye!
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Sabine, I'm trying to write here.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52'But Sabine was in the zone.'
0:36:52 > 0:36:53SHE LAUGHS
0:36:53 > 0:36:55'She was braking later...
0:36:57 > 0:36:58'..on the power earlier.'
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Whoo!
0:37:00 > 0:37:02That's a GT3. They're 100 grand!
0:37:02 > 0:37:05The Golf was astonishing.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- Nissan GT-R.- 80 grand.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- 'Now past the half million pound mark...'- We need more.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18'..Sabine wasn't done yet.'
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- Come on, come on, come on. - What is it?
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- That looks like a Porsche 911 Turbo. - I'll catch you, my friend.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28Oh, you are on it, you are on it.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30No brakes.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- Yay!- We're catching him, we're catching him!
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Get out of my way!
0:37:38 > 0:37:40911 Turbo...
0:37:40 > 0:37:41Destroyed!
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- How much is it?- That's 130k.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Whoo! Whoohoo!
0:37:48 > 0:37:53With 700 grands' worth of overtakes now in the bag,
0:37:53 > 0:37:56nothing was safe from our little hatchback.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- What is that? - That's a Lamborghini.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- A Lamborghini!- That's a Lamborghini, that's a 570 SuperLeggera!
0:38:03 > 0:38:04And I mean nothing.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10- Yay, we're coming!- Oh, my God!
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Oh, my God.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14'Then, around the next corner...'
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- One more, one more.- Yeah.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19It's a 911 GT3 RS!
0:38:19 > 0:38:23If you get this, you've done it. Get him, get him!
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Come on, little Golf.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Are we going to get the GT3, are we going to get him?
0:38:29 > 0:38:30Can we overtake him?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- We got him!- Yeah! We got him! - We got him!
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Have some of that! Have some of that!
0:38:41 > 0:38:44You are not human, you are not human.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46This car...
0:38:48 > 0:38:49I love my job.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:38:59 > 0:39:00Very nice.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Great driving, Sabine, great driving. You crushed everything!
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Yeah. Even him.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- No, the car was really great.- Yeah?
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Good handling, like a little go-kart, so I had so much fun.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I think you had a little bit of fun as well, Rory.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20I was having fun up to a point and then, you know,
0:39:20 > 0:39:23my stomach was churning around a little bit but we got there.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25- Not too bad?- It was touch and go. - Touch and go?- Touch and go.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28All right. Not that we don't trust Rory's math,
0:39:28 > 0:39:30but we added it all up back at the office,
0:39:30 > 0:39:33and you passed £1.1 million worth of cars out there.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Way to go!
0:39:35 > 0:39:37APPLAUSE
0:39:38 > 0:39:39- But...- Huh?
0:39:39 > 0:39:41I must say...
0:39:42 > 0:39:44I could have done 2 million,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47but I had that heavy, fat oaf in my passenger seat.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Whoa!- I thought we were friends!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Downhill, yes, but uphill... Nyeh!
0:39:53 > 0:39:54OK, all right,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57can we just take a minute to appreciate the Clubsport S?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00All right? 34 grand is a lot for a hot hatch
0:40:00 > 0:40:02but that's cheap for something
0:40:02 > 0:40:05that can annihilate six-figure supercars, OK?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Yeah, if you have a Sabine driving it.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- This is true. - If it's you or me driving it,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12it's just an expensive Golf with no back seat.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14All right, I take your point.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Sabine, we're going to talk more about that lap over on Extra Gear later on, OK?
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Yeah, that's right, check it out.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Ladies and gentlemen, Sabine Schmitz.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22CHEERING
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Thanks.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28So, no pressure, then.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Yeah, what, so, I have to follow that?
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- Is that deliberate?- Well, yes.
0:40:34 > 0:40:35All right, how cool was that?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37That was really, really brilliant.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42All right, now, it's dream garage, OK?
0:40:42 > 0:40:43You have £100,000 to spend,
0:40:43 > 0:40:47you want something exciting but just a little bit scary.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Something that will get the blood pumping but not too much, you know?
0:40:51 > 0:40:52What do you get?
0:40:52 > 0:40:57OK, I could go BAC Mono, the car that looks like an F1 car.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Superb engine. Chevy Corvette maybe, Stingray.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02What is it with you and Corvette Stingrays?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- They're amazing.- Cayman GT4 with shaved down rear tyres
0:41:04 > 0:41:06for a bit of slidy-slidy.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Perfect.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Mm-hmm. OK, both good answers.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Both wrong answers.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Because if you want to spend £100,000 on something exciting
0:41:15 > 0:41:18but a bit scary, you want one of these.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Huh? LAUGHTER
0:41:20 > 0:41:26That is the Bunning Lowlander Widebody 380 HD.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- That's what you want. - What the hell is that?
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Well, that's a rear-end muck spreader, obviously.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34HD stands for high definition.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- How do you know that? - Everybody knows that.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39I don't know that.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41These people all know that. You know that?
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- ALL:- Yeah. - Yeah, thanks, cheers.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48So that thing just spreads...poo?
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Well, yeah, it spreads poo, but that's not all it spreads.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53- Oh, no.- Want to know what else it spreads?
0:41:53 > 0:41:54What else does it spread?
0:41:54 > 0:41:55HE CHUCKLES
0:41:55 > 0:41:58A melon, a shed and a Volvo. Check this out.
0:42:00 > 0:42:05This is the Bunning Lowlander Widebody 380 HD.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08And it spreads muck. Really well.
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Check this out.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16OK. I got my trusty assistant with me today, she's super-confident.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- It's Tamsin Greig. - Let's rock and roll.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Mind my melons.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26I think this is going to be fun, Tam.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Oh, it's an melon storm. Wow!
0:42:34 > 0:42:36SHE LAUGHS
0:42:36 > 0:42:37What a mess.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Next is the shed.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47OK, Tam, he's all loaded, that is a shed in the chute.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48Let's make some matchsticks.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Oooh!
0:42:53 > 0:42:56HE LAUGHS
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Are you having fun?
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Whoo!
0:43:01 > 0:43:04There's still one side of it left, being a bit stubborn.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06OK, Tam, I got the perfect thing
0:43:06 > 0:43:08to get rid of that last piece of wood.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Our scrapped Volvo.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16OK, this is the big one, Tam, we're going to need full power, I think.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23HE CHUCKLES
0:43:26 > 0:43:27There goes the bonnet.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Oh, the poor Volvo!
0:43:33 > 0:43:35I've never seen you so excited!
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Oh, there goes the wheel!
0:43:40 > 0:43:42HE LAUGHS
0:43:46 > 0:43:48There's a lot of legroom in that car now.
0:43:58 > 0:44:04So, there you have it. That is the Bunning Lowlander Widebody 380 HD.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07It spreads stuff. All over the place!
0:44:09 > 0:44:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:44:14 > 0:44:16Hold up.
0:44:16 > 0:44:17That's a poo spreader.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20What kind of animal produces the kind of poo
0:44:20 > 0:44:22that needs a machine like that?
0:44:22 > 0:44:24It doesn't matter. Any animal.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27It'll spread anything, anywhere, any time.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30- I have never seen you look so happy. - Yeah, yeah.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32I think you enjoyed yourself too in the big tractor.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36That was it, because I was the one making the things and the things...
0:44:36 > 0:44:39But I knew you'd know about this stuff because you play
0:44:39 > 0:44:42a farmer in The Archers, don't you?
0:44:42 > 0:44:45I play a farmer on Radio 4's...
0:44:45 > 0:44:48You don't know about this because you never ask me any questions.
0:44:48 > 0:44:53- On a programme called The Archers. - The Archers?- The Archers.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Is that an archery show, what is that?
0:44:57 > 0:44:58Oh, tell him.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01The Archers is a long-running radio show on Radio 4,
0:45:01 > 0:45:03started in 1951, I think?
0:45:03 > 0:45:05And it's about a made up place called Ambridge.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08You've been on a radio show since 1951?
0:45:08 > 0:45:09LAUGHTER
0:45:09 > 0:45:11- Not that long. '91, yeah. - That long?
0:45:11 > 0:45:14I let them kind of warm it up for 30 years before I joined it.
0:45:14 > 0:45:15How did I not know this?
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Because you don't ask me any questions.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19That's right.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22So, yeah, I've done a lot of stuff with muck spreading and, erm,
0:45:22 > 0:45:25my character drives a huge combine harvester
0:45:25 > 0:45:27which is kind of the size of a bungalow.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30- Ooh, what kind of combine harvester? - A big one.
0:45:30 > 0:45:31Size of a bungalow.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33Is it like an International Harvester?
0:45:33 > 0:45:36Is it a John Deere? You know what I mean, what is it?
0:45:36 > 0:45:38LAUGHTER
0:45:38 > 0:45:41It's like a chair in a radio studio.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47But I stand on the chair to get a height differential.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49- Why?- Because then you can hear the difference in height
0:45:49 > 0:45:51when I'm up there and someone's shouting to me...
0:45:51 > 0:45:53- So it sounds a tall machine. - You really do?
0:45:53 > 0:45:56- So you record your pieces standing on a chair?- Yeah.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00And shouting down to the person who's not in the combine harvester.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02You should see me when I'm riding a horse.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05All right, now...
0:46:05 > 0:46:08it is time to see how you went around our test track.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10- Are you ready? The big moment. - Yeah, yeah.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13- How do you think you did? - Er, well...
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- I was really afraid.- Great.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19- Really afraid. And...- Great.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22And I was most afraid of the weather.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24And being in the car on my own.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27- But was it fun? Did you enjoy it?- I...
0:46:27 > 0:46:30It was kind of like, you know when you've had just too much coffee?
0:46:30 > 0:46:33- Yeah.- And you remember each coffee
0:46:33 > 0:46:35but then you're left with this feeling
0:46:35 > 0:46:36- that you don't know what to do with.- Yeah.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39So, if that's enjoyment, then yes.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42What do you think? Do you think she had a good time?
0:46:42 > 0:46:44- Definitely not.- All right.
0:46:44 > 0:46:45Well, yeah, shall we take a look?
0:46:45 > 0:46:47Yeah, I think before we watch the lap though,
0:46:47 > 0:46:50it needs to be said that it was really, really slippery.
0:46:50 > 0:46:51Almost flooding conditions, so...
0:46:51 > 0:46:53Yeah, it was horrendous out there.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55- Really bad.- Just shy of ice.
0:46:57 > 0:46:58All right, let's take a look.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02OK, here we go. Tamsin Greig, GT86.
0:47:02 > 0:47:03Pretty good off the line.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07Slick gear change, up into third.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09Don't know if I should change gear. Should I change gear?
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Oh, it's telling me to change gear. Well, it's too late.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15Now, look at this. Good speed and look how wet it is.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18Puddles everywhere. Third gear.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20- Not quite on the line. - GRASS!
0:47:20 > 0:47:23That's the grass, there, Tamsin. You must have...
0:47:23 > 0:47:27Yeah, you were a bit scared there, weren't you? You went on the grass.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Here we go, third gear. Or are you in second?
0:47:29 > 0:47:31I think you're in second there.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34I think you're being cautious is the word, there. Cautious.
0:47:34 > 0:47:35- GEARS CRUNCH - Oh! Sorry.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37I will pay for that. No, Matt will pay for that.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Was that the gearbox again? Was that the gearbox again?
0:47:39 > 0:47:42Third gear down the straight. Braking hard.
0:47:42 > 0:47:46Look how wet it is. I do feel sorry for you, it was properly wet.
0:47:46 > 0:47:47OK.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Come on, get on the power.
0:47:49 > 0:47:50Get on the power.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53- GEARS CRUNCH - Sorry.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55OK, I'll pay for that one. Matt will pay for the first.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57So, down the back straight.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01Oh... Breathe, come on, breathe.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04You weren't breathing in training, weren't you? No, you weren't.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06There's the follow-through. Safely navigated.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09Oh, it's really brilliant when you go fast round corners!
0:48:11 > 0:48:12Through the tyres.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16You can actually accelerate round corners!
0:48:16 > 0:48:19I've never been able to do that in north-west London.
0:48:19 > 0:48:20Look at your line.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Your line was always really good into that corner, wasn't it?
0:48:22 > 0:48:25- Was it? Was it?- That's the most unsighted corner on the circuit,
0:48:25 > 0:48:27but you always nailed it.
0:48:29 > 0:48:30OK. Gambon.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32I mean...
0:48:32 > 0:48:33- It's not... - SHE LAUGHS
0:48:33 > 0:48:37- It's what I'd call...- Yeah! APPLAUSE
0:48:37 > 0:48:38..controlled driving.
0:48:39 > 0:48:40Yeah!
0:48:44 > 0:48:48- OK, now, considering it was a swimming pool out there...- Yes.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50..are you happy with that?
0:48:50 > 0:48:53It looks a lot slower than it felt.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55It was like an old lady going to the shops.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00- Chris, how do you think she did? - I'm confident.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03I think we've got a good, solid time and we've got someone that's alive.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Yeah. Yeah, yeah. OK, are you ready?
0:49:06 > 0:49:10Now, the time to beat is still 1:39.5
0:49:10 > 0:49:13set by Max Whitlock, the Olympic demigod.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Have you ever seen his scissor work on the pommel horse?
0:49:16 > 0:49:18- Fantastic. Really, really... - Calm down!
0:49:18 > 0:49:19OK, never mind.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22Tamsin Greig...
0:49:22 > 0:49:24you went around our track...
0:49:24 > 0:49:27- Here we go.- ..in one minute... - Yes!
0:49:27 > 0:49:29- ..50...- Yes.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31- ..eight...- Yes.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34- ..point seven.- Yes. - But, but...- That's a wet time!
0:49:34 > 0:49:37- That's a wet time.- That is a wet time.- That's a wet time.
0:49:37 > 0:49:38That's a wet time.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40You're OK. You're OK.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43- Look at that.- Right there.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45APPLAUSE
0:49:45 > 0:49:47You're all right, you're OK. You're OK.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50That's the second fastest wet time.
0:49:50 > 0:49:51Yeah!
0:49:51 > 0:49:55And the last wet time we had was not nearly that wet, I don't think.
0:49:55 > 0:49:56- No, it wasn't.- It wasn't.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58- That's a fantastic job. - OK, thank you.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Well, listen, we're yeah, you know, we're alive and, erm,
0:50:01 > 0:50:03I haven't brought too much shame on the family.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- No!- No shame on the family. - We all win.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08I did really, really secretly really enjoy it.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10You should be proud of yourself. That was great.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12Ladies and gentlemen, Tamsin Greig. Come on!
0:50:12 > 0:50:14APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:50:16 > 0:50:17You did great.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19- Fantastic.- Thanks.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Couldn't have done it without you.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23Thank you, well done.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27- And you're still alive, so... - Yeah, I am.- Good.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28Whoo!
0:50:31 > 0:50:33OK.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Now I want to talk sports cars.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39Not big, intimidating, fire breathing supercar monsters,
0:50:39 > 0:50:42but affordable, adorable, attainable cars.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45Cars with romance, you know?
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Now, you think about sports cars like that and there's only
0:50:47 > 0:50:50one place that springs to mind, right?
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Italy.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04There's just something about it, isn't there?
0:51:04 > 0:51:09Especially if you're in a classic Italian sports car like this.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12The Fiat 124 Spider.
0:51:13 > 0:51:14Bella, huh?
0:51:21 > 0:51:27Born in 1966, the 124 Spider was designed by Pininfarina.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30It had a sparkly twin cam engine,
0:51:30 > 0:51:33a cutting edge five-speed manual gearbox
0:51:33 > 0:51:36and it weighed about as much as an actual spider.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41And it was bellissima to drive.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43Still is.
0:51:43 > 0:51:44Still is...
0:51:53 > 0:51:57The 124 Spider was so good, so timeless,
0:51:57 > 0:52:00that Fiat kept building it for nearly two decades.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05But that was 30 years ago.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08And ever since, fans of simple,
0:52:08 > 0:52:13sensibly priced Italian two-seaters have been left kind of hungry.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17But now, Fiat has a new dish on the menu.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25This is the Fiat 124 Spider Abarth.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30Classic name, classic recipe.
0:52:31 > 0:52:36Small, lightweight, brilliantly back to basics.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43It's stick shift, rear-wheel drive
0:52:43 > 0:52:47and the roof is not some complicated Transformer robot
0:52:47 > 0:52:49of metal and motors.
0:52:49 > 0:52:53It's just a little scrap of fabric that you operate using one of these.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Just pop it up...
0:52:56 > 0:52:58..and pop it down.
0:52:58 > 0:52:59Simple as that.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08And when you get it out on the road,
0:53:08 > 0:53:11you can really start to appreciate that beautiful simplicity.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Hello, parmigiana panna cotta.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23HE CHUCKLES
0:53:23 > 0:53:24Oh, right, the car.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30See, this 124 is a throwback to a less complicated age.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Sure, sometimes you want a state-of-the-art sports car
0:53:37 > 0:53:42with your torque vectoring and your magnetic adaptive damping
0:53:42 > 0:53:45and a double clutch gearbox and...
0:53:45 > 0:53:47a Wi-Fi enabled milk frother.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53But sometimes, you just want to keep it simple. Right?
0:53:57 > 0:54:00So, after a 30-year absence,
0:54:00 > 0:54:04is this finally the genuine Italian sports car we've been waiting for?
0:54:17 > 0:54:18Buongiorno.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Un caffe espresso, si prega?
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Well, here's the problem.
0:54:28 > 0:54:29I'm not really in Italy.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31- Hi, Matt!- Hey, Matt!
0:54:31 > 0:54:32Hiya.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38I'm in Los Angeles and this is a film set.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42And this waiter, he's not called Alessandro or Giuseppe.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44- His name is Hunter.- Hey.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47Can you read my film script?
0:54:47 > 0:54:48Oh, sure.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54And this 124 is not an Italian car.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56Sure, it's got a Fiat badge on it and
0:54:56 > 0:55:00a few bits of it come from Italy, but underneath, this is Japanese.
0:55:05 > 0:55:06Specifically, it's one of these.
0:55:08 > 0:55:12A Mazda Miata, or MX-5 as you guys call it.
0:55:12 > 0:55:16And while pretty much every car in the world shares something
0:55:16 > 0:55:17with another car...
0:55:18 > 0:55:21..these two share pretty much everything.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Check out the Mazda's cabin.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32And now check out the Fiat's cabin.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36Mazda.
0:55:36 > 0:55:37Fiat.
0:55:37 > 0:55:38Mazda.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Fiat.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Wait, hang on. Which is which?
0:55:44 > 0:55:47The 124 is even built in Japan
0:55:47 > 0:55:50on the same production line as the MX-5.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02Now, if you're going to borrow from a little sports car,
0:56:02 > 0:56:05the MX-5 is definitely where you want to start.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12However, the stuff the Italians have added...
0:56:13 > 0:56:16..seems to have made it...worse.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20You see, where the Mazda uses a naturally aspirated motor,
0:56:20 > 0:56:23this 124 uses a turboed motor.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29And, yeah, you get a bit of extra power.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32168 horsepower, to be exact.
0:56:32 > 0:56:36And this 124 will do 0-60 in 6.8 seconds
0:56:36 > 0:56:39and has a top speed of 144mph.
0:56:39 > 0:56:43That's quick enough to leave that Mazda in its dust.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46But, and this may sound picky, but that's kind of my job...
0:56:48 > 0:56:51..these kind of cars are meant to be all about instant throttle response
0:56:51 > 0:56:56and high revs and keeping you connected to the chassis.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58But here, when you put your foot down,
0:56:58 > 0:57:00there's just that little bit of turbo lag.
0:57:00 > 0:57:04That slight hesitation before things get going.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06It's just enough to break the connection.
0:57:06 > 0:57:11It's like trying to tie your shoelaces with boxing gloves on.
0:57:11 > 0:57:12It's a pain in the ass.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18So, the Mazda has the Fiat beaten on feel.
0:57:18 > 0:57:22But at least the 124 is cheap, right?
0:57:22 > 0:57:23Well, no.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25This one costs nearly 30 grand,
0:57:25 > 0:57:28which is almost nine grand more than the fastest MX-5.
0:57:30 > 0:57:31Mamma Mia!
0:57:39 > 0:57:41Now, don't get me wrong, this isn't an awful car.
0:57:43 > 0:57:48But this was Fiat's chance to summon the ghosts of all those
0:57:48 > 0:57:52classic Italian sports cars, to revive that '60s spirit.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57And, yeah, it's a fun car to flick around
0:57:57 > 0:58:02on a windy canyon road, but to call it the 124...
0:58:03 > 0:58:04I don't know.
0:58:04 > 0:58:08That name feels like it should have that '60s spirit and this car,
0:58:08 > 0:58:09it just doesn't.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17It's like, the way it looks...
0:58:17 > 0:58:19All 21st-century retro.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23It's just a bit fake.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27So, if you want a two-seat Italian sports car that takes you back
0:58:27 > 0:58:30to the golden age, and, come on, who doesn't?
0:58:31 > 0:58:35I'm afraid I can't recommend the Fiat 124.
0:58:35 > 0:58:40I can, however, recommend the Fiat 124.
0:58:40 > 0:58:41Seriously.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44If you want to live out all those '60s Italy fantasies,
0:58:44 > 0:58:46and I really don't blame you if you do,
0:58:46 > 0:58:50then why not do it in a car from '60s Italy?
0:58:50 > 0:58:51Molto bene.
0:58:53 > 0:58:55Buona sera.
0:58:55 > 0:58:57Pappida poopida.
0:58:59 > 0:59:03# On days like these
0:59:03 > 0:59:07# I wonder what became of you
0:59:09 > 0:59:12# Maybe today
0:59:12 > 0:59:16# You're singing songs with someone new... #
0:59:18 > 0:59:20APPLAUSE
0:59:22 > 0:59:24I tried!
0:59:24 > 0:59:27I wanted to like it, I really did. I really wanted to like it.
0:59:27 > 0:59:29Yeah, you're right, you're right. It's a let-down.
0:59:29 > 0:59:31I mean, I just can't get on board with the styling.
0:59:31 > 0:59:34To me, it's kind of... I don't know, droopy.
0:59:34 > 0:59:35It's such a disappointment.
0:59:35 > 0:59:37And the worst thing is, it doesn't even feel rear-wheel drive
0:59:37 > 0:59:39because it's got so much grip.
0:59:39 > 0:59:40Yeah.
0:59:40 > 0:59:42This is a beautiful moment.
0:59:42 > 0:59:44What? Why?
0:59:44 > 0:59:47We agree! CHEERING
0:59:47 > 0:59:50- Right? We all hate it. - We do.
0:59:52 > 0:59:54OK, on next week's show...
0:59:54 > 0:59:59I'm the first person ever to review the Bugatti Chiron.
0:59:59 > 1:00:01- AUDIENCE:- Ooh! - Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
1:00:01 > 1:00:03And I'm the first person ever to review the new
1:00:03 > 1:00:05Ducati 1299 Superleggera.
1:00:05 > 1:00:07- AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
1:00:07 > 1:00:09And they gave me a Renault Twingo.
1:00:09 > 1:00:11CHEERING
1:00:13 > 1:00:15It's a big, big show. We'll see you then.
1:00:15 > 1:00:17- Good night.- Good night.- Good night.