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APPLAUSE | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
Hello! Hello, and welcome to Top Gear. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:28 | |
It's the last episode of the series. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
But don't worry, | 0:00:30 | 0:00:31 | |
because we are really pushing the boat out for this one. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
Literally. We made a boat and we pushed it out. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
Into the sea. Really! | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
But that's a little later in the show. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
First, a question - | 0:00:41 | 0:00:42 | |
£50,000, a two-seat sports car - what do you go for? | 0:00:42 | 0:00:47 | |
Tell 'em, Chris. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:48 | |
Well, unless you were completely mad, traditionally, you'd always | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
have gone for this - | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
the Porsche Cayman, the model sports car. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
Pretty much un-improvable. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
But now there's a new Cayman, | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
and Porsche says it's even better than before. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
Here it is. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:12 | |
It still looks like a Cayman, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:15 | |
but one that's been drawn with sharper pencils. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
It still has the engine in the middle... | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
..power at the rear... | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
and it still costs about £50,000. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
It's the same story inside, where, thankfully, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
Porsche hasn't messed with all the things we liked about the old car. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
I've still got three pedals, and this lovely, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:44 | |
wiggly, wand-like thing to change gear. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
But if you delve deeper... | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
you'll find a million teeny-tiny upgrades. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
For starters, the Cayman's big brother - the 911 - | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
has given up its steering and brakes. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
The lower rear suspension arms are from the last generation Cayman GT4. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
The anti-roll bars are larger diameter all around. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
The front springs are now variable rate. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
The rear tyres, well, they are 12mm wider. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
Much of which is not interesting. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
What is interesting is more horsepower. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
The Cayman S now has 345 of them. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
This car will do 0-60mph in a sneeze over four seconds. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
And it won't stop accelerating until you hit 177mph. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
Braking! | 0:02:43 | 0:02:44 | |
And that extra horsepower also means something else. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
If there was a fault with the old Cayman, | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
it's that it didn't have quite enough power to explore the limits | 0:02:58 | 0:03:02 | |
of that lovely, mid-engine chassis. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
This new one, however... | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
Oh, yes! | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
Yes, yes, yes! | 0:03:21 | 0:03:22 | |
I could do that all day long. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
The trouble is, I'm not enjoying this as much as I should do. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
Allow me to explain. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
That there is the old Cayman S. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
Six cylinder, normally aspirated engine, and it sounds like... | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
Well, judge for yourself. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
ENGINE ROARS | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
That is engine sound perfection. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
If you asked Daft Punk to create intake noise, it'd sound like that. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
But for this new Cayman, Porsche ditched the lovely old | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
six-cylinder engine for a new, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
And it sounds like... | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
SUBDUED ROAR | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
..an old Beetle. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:24 | |
This is a big deal. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
Because, I'm sorry, | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
but the way a sports car sounds is a huge part of its personality. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
It's the same as humans. Voices matter. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
I mean, take, say, Rod Stewart and put him on mute, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
and he's just a Scottish bloke with ladies' hair. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
And the reason for this vocal transplant? | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
The Cayman needed a smaller turbo engine | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
to pass the latest emissions exams. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
Yep. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:54 | |
Forget sound and soul. These days, apparently what's important | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
is that this car will officially emit 184g of CO2 per kilometre. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:05 | |
But let me show you how you must drive to achieve those 184 CO2s | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
using this rather elegant piece of equipment behind me | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
and some very clever men over there. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
Here we go. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:16 | |
-OVER RADIO: -'Right, so, Chris, to get the best mpg, lowest CO2, | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
'build up the speed gently.' | 0:05:21 | 0:05:22 | |
'Lovely, lovely and sedate.' | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
No, no, no. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
'Don't overdo it, that's probably a little too fast. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
'You can back it off slightly more, I'd say.' | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
BIKE BELL RINGS | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
Boring. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:40 | |
Boring, boring. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
CO2, boring. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
After a few more tedious minutes, | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
I pulled over to find out my exam results. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
OK, boss, how was that? | 0:05:51 | 0:05:52 | |
That was 184g per kilometre of CO2. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
About 35 miles per gallon. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
OK. The reality is that, in the real world, | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
if you drive like a normal person with feet, | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
no car comes close to matching its official emissions figures. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:14 | |
And turbo engines are the worst offenders. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
In fact, in the hands of any of us lot, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
I doubt this engine's any more efficient than the one it replaced. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
It is a real shame. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
The old Cayman wasn't broken, | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
but Porsche has been forced to fix it anyway. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
Now we've got this different personality. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
And I have to say, I just don't like it as much as it was before. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
So the big question now is, if you're after | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
a two-seat sports car for about 50 grand, what's the alternative? | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
The Alpha 4C. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
Look at that. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:52 | |
Carbon fibre tub, Italian styling. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
Build quality of a Glastonbury tent. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
Go away. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:57 | |
Ah, the Jaguar F-Type. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
But, of course, you want the supercharged V8 one, | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
and that's 90 grand, so, I'm afraid, disqualified. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
The Lotus Exige. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
Perfect, should you happen to live at a racing circuit. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
Which, of course, you don't. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
Ooh, the Audi TT RS. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
400 horsepower, five-cylinder turbo-charged engine. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
And lashings of understeer. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
And that really is your lot. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:22 | |
Which leaves us, well, pretty much back where we started. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:29 | |
If you've got 50 grand to spend on a new sports car, you should buy... | 0:07:31 | 0:07:36 | |
a new Cayman. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
Even a mildly ruined Cayman is still better than the rest. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
You might want a pair of these though. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
HE MOUTHS | 0:07:45 | 0:07:46 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
Great, nice job. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
Nice job. OK, so... | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
So, they made it more powerful, they made faster, | 0:08:04 | 0:08:09 | |
they made it cheaper to tax, all for the same price, and you | 0:08:09 | 0:08:13 | |
don't like it because it doesn't sound quite as good as the old car? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
Do think that maybe, just maybe, you're being... | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
slightly oversensitive? | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
-I'm really not. Sound is so important. -Mm-hm. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
This car, six-cylinder engine, it's just musical, | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
it's the heart of the car. And the intake noise - fantastic. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
This new version, turbocharger, no intake noise, four cylinders - | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
it sounds... | 0:08:37 | 0:08:38 | |
-parpy. -LAUGHTER | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
Oh. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:42 | |
Nice. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
You don't get a lot of parpy these days. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
OK, one more thing. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:48 | |
I noticed in the film that you called this the Porsche Cayman. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
Yeah. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:53 | |
But it isn't, is it? | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
This is the Porsche 718 Cayman. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
I refuse to acknowledge that badge. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
What? | 0:09:00 | 0:09:01 | |
You can't refuse to acknowledge it. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
It's right there on the back of the car. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
And it's pedigree - the 718 was a Porsche racer from the '50s, right? | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
This is Porsche exploiting its wonderful motorsport history | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
for the sake of a badge on a modern car. It's terrible! | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
Are you done? | 0:09:16 | 0:09:17 | |
-No, we can... -Can you try to be done? | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
-Look... -Let's pretend you're done. OK. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
It's time to find out how quick the new 718 goes around our test track. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
And you know what that means. It's time for... | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
The Stig. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
Off the line. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:33 | |
Looks like a Porsche, sounds like a, | 0:09:33 | 0:09:34 | |
well, it sounds like a Subaru, doesn't it? | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
Down there to the first corner. Let's have a look at this, | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
cos the chassis is great, the Cayman's so well-balanced. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
He carries great speed in, very little understeer, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
using all the track as usual. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
And the braking stability into Chicago, just fantastic. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
And he'll hold a tight line, will he? | 0:09:49 | 0:09:50 | |
He let it run out a bit, but again | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
you can tell he's got power to play with. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
345 horsepower. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:55 | |
The amazing thing is, it's a smaller-capacity engine - | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
the turbocharger has 37 foot-pounds of torque more than the old Cayman. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
So it's now a monster. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
Braking well again. Doesn't it look stable? It's flat, crisp. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:09 | |
A tight line. Let it run out now. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
Look at that - just controlled, relaxed. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
Heading now down towards the follow-through. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
It's really fast. Again, competent. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
And doesn't it sound absolutely terrible? | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
Can you hear it? | 0:10:22 | 0:10:23 | |
Braking into second to last. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
Now, heading - ooh, using all the track there, aggressive - | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
over Gambon, and a very impressive, terrible-sounding lap. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
OK. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
And the Porsche 718 Cayman S went around | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
in 1:21.6. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:52 | |
That is seriously respectable. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
That's the exact same time as the Jaguar V8 F-Type. | 0:10:55 | 0:11:00 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
And the Jaguar V8 F-Type costs nearly twice as much. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
-Yeah, and it sounds twice as good too... -Look, you're done. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
Rory! | 0:11:10 | 0:11:11 | |
I'm just going to say it - | 0:11:11 | 0:11:12 | |
you know what other sports car you can have for £50,000? | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
Ford Mustang, the one with the V8. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
-Can't argue with the way that sounds. -No, you can't, no. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
All right, now it's time to welcome this week's guest. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
He's got a lot of platinum discs, | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
he's got a lot of cars and he's got a lot of...hats. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
Please welcome Jay Kay. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
I'm so pleased! | 0:11:43 | 0:11:44 | |
Thank you. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
All right, awesome. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
Awesome. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:50 | |
So what did you drive down in today? | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
I flew in, actually. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:54 | |
I flew in. I avoided the traffic, so I flew in a R66. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:59 | |
-Helicopter? -Yep. Get over the M25, easy. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
20 minutes. Job done. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
You're like a rock star. I love it! | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
That's what they say. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:08 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
-How many cars in your collection nowadays? -Erm, well, | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
I'm sort of trying to slim it down. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
I mean, it's too many, really. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:16 | |
-But it's over 50. -AUDIENCE GASPS | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
But the amazing thing is, | 0:12:19 | 0:12:20 | |
people know that Jay's got some top-end stuff. Enzo and other stuff. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
But what I love is that you have the same affliction as me. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
You can't help but love German tat. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:31 | |
Yeah, there's just some old M3s, E30s. There's an old Rover P6. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:35 | |
-MAN IN AUDIENCE: -Wahey! | 0:12:35 | 0:12:36 | |
It's got... I heard a wahey there. Look at that. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
See, Rover P6, 13,000 miles. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
I just love old things that, you know, when you were a kid, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
you used to see on the road, you know... How can you go wrong? | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
-We know you love your exotic, Italian stuff. -Yeah. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
You're a fan of those. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:52 | |
And your current car that you drive the most is Italian. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
But it's not exactly exotic, is it? | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Yeah, I have a Fiat Doblo as well. | 0:12:58 | 0:12:59 | |
-A Doblo. -Yeah. -We've got a picture of it. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:13:02 | 0:13:03 | |
That is it. That's my Doblo. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
Just a quick question, you could have bought a Bentley Bentayga, | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
-a Range Rover... -Well... -..and you've gone for a Doblo. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
You wouldn't catch me dead in a Bentley Bentayga. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
Yeah, but the Doblo is reliable, it always starts. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
It's light clutch, light gearbox. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
It's light steering, you can get stuff in it. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
You can get wood in it, you can get the dog in it. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:25 | |
It's great and it works. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:26 | |
And you know what the funny thing is? | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
You go to Italy and you go up the mountains in Italy, you know, | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
up the northern mountains, you'll still see Panda 4x4s. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
I could never work out what was the point of a Panda 4x4, | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
and then you suddenly realise, you're up there in the winter, | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
and that is the only thing that will go up those Alpine passes. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
-True, true. -With goats in the back, you know? | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
I want to veer off of cars for just a second. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
-Because you have a new album out, Automaton. -Yeah. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:50 | |
-How it's it doing? -Well, I hear, down the grapevine, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
that it's at number one worldwide, actually. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
Aha, that's what I hear! | 0:13:57 | 0:13:59 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:13:59 | 0:14:00 | |
Which isn't bad for an old mucker like me, you know? | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
Now, normally we wouldn't play a music video, | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
but we wanted everyone to see the new single, Cloud 9. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
Let's take a look. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:12 | |
# Only a fool could walk away from me this time | 0:14:15 | 0:14:21 | |
# I look up to heaven and the starry sea is mine | 0:14:23 | 0:14:29 | |
# Only a fool could walk away from me this time | 0:14:31 | 0:14:37 | |
# I'm walking on air and every cloud is cloud nine... # | 0:14:40 | 0:14:45 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
Right, right, right - wait there. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
Oh, dear. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:56 | |
There is a template here, isn't there? | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
There's a template for the Jamiroquai video... | 0:14:59 | 0:15:01 | |
People of my generation. So, basically, there's two, | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
at least two, super-sexy cars. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
There's an attractive lady | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
and then there's bit of jigging goes on. Is that...? | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
Yeah, I tell you what, because we thought about this, | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
and we thought, you know, everybody said, "Oh, cars, video..." | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
I mean, and then we thought, well, Cosmic Girl was 1997, | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
so it's 20 years ago, you know? | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
But it was quite nice, because we went back to Cabo de Gata, | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
where we'd filmed the original. So that was the kind of thing. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
So people who'd seen the first one, to go back there... | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
You talked about Cosmic Girl, | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
and that was a benchmark video, I think, for a generation. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
Because it showed super-sexy cars, dynamic driving... | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
Look at this. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
There is a story behind that. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:45 | |
It wasn't quite as straightforward... | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
No, it wasn't. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
They made three of those special edition 30th-anniversary Diablos. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:55 | |
And one was a Jota, so it was a 600-brake car | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
that was not really road legal, so there were only two. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
So I had mine in storage, | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
and the guy went to stick it on the car transporter. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
And then I got word that he'd just totalled this car. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
-AUDIENCE GROANS -There it is. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:11 | |
And we kind of had to have a purple one, because it was the purple, | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
-the cosmic, you know, it's just one of those things. -Sure, yeah. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
So we got the other one. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:19 | |
And I said, "Look, wait till I get there, I'm flying in, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
"just nobody drive it till I get there, please? | 0:16:22 | 0:16:24 | |
"We can't afford to smash it." | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
So I came off the plane, and everybody looked really downtrodden, | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
was looking at the floor... | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
And I went, "Why are you looking so sad?" | 0:16:32 | 0:16:37 | |
And they said, "Unfortunately, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:39 | |
"one of the precision drivers has knocked the camera off the cliff | 0:16:39 | 0:16:44 | |
"and taken out the front windscreen. So there's no windscreen. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:48 | |
"Lamborghini can't send one for another day or so." | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
So, for most of the video, it had to be done with no windscreen. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
So that's why you see me squinting. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
And actually trying to sing the song as well | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
while driving the mountain road. Yeah. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
-We've got a clip now of Cosmic Girl. Bring back some memories. -Yeah. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:06 | |
# She's just a cosmic girl... # | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
So now I understand why your hair is flopping about! | 0:17:10 | 0:17:15 | |
You've quite clearly got no windscreen! | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
Yep, there is no windscreen there. Yeah. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
I loved that car as well. I really loved that car. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
It was a real meaty, you know, proper, old Lamborghini. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
They're quite different to what they are now. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
Now that Audi have taken them over, it's a different ballgame. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
That was quite a handful, but it made a great noise. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
That's why we stuck it on the front of Travelling Without Moving. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
-OK, let's get down to business. -Yeah. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
Now, you're a veteran down here. You've been around... | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
I've been coming down here since William Woollard was running it. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
You've been around in the Liana, you've been around in the Lacetti... | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
That was a beautiful car, the Liana. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
You were fastest in the Lacetti, I think, right? | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
Yeah, that's right, yeah. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:52 | |
OK, so now you're going to go around in the GT86. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
How'd the training go with Chris? | 0:17:55 | 0:17:56 | |
Yeah, I mean, you know, Chris's masterclass... | 0:17:56 | 0:18:00 | |
So, it was... | 0:18:00 | 0:18:01 | |
The car's obviously a lot better than before. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:06 | |
It pleases me to actually come on with something | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
that's at least two litre, that you can get something out of. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
And quite a nippy little thing, you know. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
-All right, let's take a look. -Yeah, OK. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
-Jay? -Yes. -Last show of the series. -Got it. -You've got form here. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:19 | |
Yes, I have got form. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
We've got a target. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
Sir Chris Hoy, 1:35.4. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
-Sir Chris Hoy. Pedal to the metal. -Yeah. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
-Let's go. -Are we ready? -Yeah. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:29 | |
I like it, I like it. Power now, power, power, power. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
Good work - we're not that far off Mr Hoy at the moment now. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
Sorry, Sir Hoy. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
Sir Chris! | 0:18:44 | 0:18:45 | |
Right, third gear. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:46 | |
Come on, I need you to push a bit harder, Jay, | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
we're bit behind Chris here. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:51 | |
-LUVVIE VOICE: -Okey dokey, pushing hard, darling, pushing hard. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
Push it hard. Third gear. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:55 | |
Oh-ho-ho! | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
Right on the edge. Fourth gear. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
I'm not going to look at this bit, | 0:19:03 | 0:19:05 | |
because you're going so quick through here it scares me. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
-BLEEP -hell, Jay! | 0:19:08 | 0:19:09 | |
From the 100, brake and turn. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
-Brake, turn, now. -Turn, turn. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:14 | |
Oh, we could be off here, we could be off here. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
And back on! Oh, nearly back on. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
I nearly got it back on. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
Nice day for it. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:36 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:19:36 | 0:19:38 | |
Hey-hey! | 0:19:40 | 0:19:41 | |
Whoo! | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
Nice, nice. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:45 | |
-Nice one, nice one. -I mean, I wasn't trying. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
-LAUGHTER -I wasn't trying. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
Definitely, definitely. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:51 | |
We thought we'd actually come out the right way, just carry on. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
Nothing happened, you didn't see that. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
A definite change of underwear, definitely. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
-Around once, around twice... -Yeah, lovely, yeah. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
What do you think, Chris? Do you think he's got a shot at the title? | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
Yeah, committed. You only have offs like that | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
if you're really, really trying round here. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
People don't know how unforgiving the circuit is. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
If you get it half a foot wrong there, you're straight off. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
So he's going to be quick. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
-We'll see how you did just a little bit later in the show. -OK, cool. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
Right now, I want to talk about 4x4s. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
See, if you want an upmarket, family SUV, | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
right now, you've got a lot of options. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
You could have a Range Rover, you could have an Audi Q7, | 0:20:23 | 0:20:27 | |
you could have a Merc GLS. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:28 | |
But they're all so...mainstream. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
Thankfully, there is another option, | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
and it comes...from Russia. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
This is the Avtoros Shaman, | 0:20:38 | 0:20:40 | |
and it is big. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
Really big. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:45 | |
HE WHISTLES | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
Straight away, you can see it has eight wheels, | 0:20:48 | 0:20:50 | |
which is the same as two Range Rovers. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
But it costs £88,000, about the same as just one Range Rover. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:58 | |
So, on a pound-per-axle basis, the Shaman is a steal. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
And back here, you get seating for... | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
everyone you've ever met. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
And there's an escape hatch, in case of an emergency. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
Like if Uncle Phil had the egg salad for lunch. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
HE BREATHES IN Oh! | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
And there's a central driving position. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
Just like the McLaren F1. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
And the similarities to the F1 don't end there. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
Like the F1, the Shaman also has... | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
a... | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
erm... | 0:21:37 | 0:21:38 | |
steering wheel! | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
OK. Here we go. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
Now, like all the best modern SUVs, | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
the Shaman is right at home in the centre of town. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
Whether it's the school run or popping out for groceries | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
or nipping to the pub for a quick game of darts, | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
the Shaman will do it all. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
Oh boy, this is tight. | 0:21:58 | 0:21:59 | |
But like all the best modern SUVs | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
it's even better suited to the open road. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
OK, it's not exactly supersonic. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
The Shaman will do 0-60 in... | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
..never. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
With its sensible three-litre diesel, | 0:22:22 | 0:22:24 | |
it has a whopping top speed of 44mph. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
And that's a good thing. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
It encourages you to relax. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
To... | 0:22:34 | 0:22:35 | |
watch the world go by. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
And it's just as sensible on the inside. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
You've got a sat nav from the '90s. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
Some temperature controls from the '80s. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
You've got a speedometer and a rev counter | 0:22:46 | 0:22:48 | |
which are basically irrelevant. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
And that's pretty much it. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
Elegant simplicity. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
Oh, what's that guy doing? | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
That doesn't look good. | 0:22:58 | 0:22:59 | |
Oh, looks like you're in a jam. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
HE CACKLES | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
Should be able to get you out of there. Let me pull up a little. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
He smells like whisky. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:09 | |
OK, not what I had in mind, but let's talk towing. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
Now, according to the Caravan Club, | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
the choice SUV is the BMW X5. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
But that only pulls 3.5 tonnes. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
The Shaman will tow 12. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
So if you've got a local moon that's out of alignment, | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
the Shaman will set it straight. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
Sweet! | 0:23:30 | 0:23:31 | |
Thank you! | 0:23:31 | 0:23:32 | |
Right, back to business. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
Next up, fuel economy. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
I know what you're thinking - that thing looks thirsty. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
Well, it is. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
It gets about 11 miles to the gallon. And it makes you wonder, | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
am I going to have to refuel it every single day? | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
Well, no, you're not, because the Shaman holds 260 litres of diesel. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:53 | |
It's a supertanker. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
So realistically, | 0:23:55 | 0:23:56 | |
you're only going to have to refuel it about every other day. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
Oh, wait - is that a flare? | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
Anyone else around to help them? | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
Just me then, huh? | 0:24:17 | 0:24:18 | |
Ah, OK. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
Right, well, this is a waste of time. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
Modern SUV drivers don't even go off-road. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
But since I'm apparently the only one who can help, | 0:24:29 | 0:24:31 | |
we might as well cover all-terrain ability. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
Ground clearance, half a metre. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
Half a metre! | 0:24:37 | 0:24:38 | |
And these giant tyres may look destructive, | 0:24:40 | 0:24:42 | |
but their huge surface area means they tread lightly over the terrain. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:46 | |
Snowshoes, not stilettos. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
And if you factor in its eight-wheel drive with independent steering, | 0:24:49 | 0:24:53 | |
you can approach any off-road excursion with confidence. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
I can't wait to see the looks on their faces | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
when they see this thing coming. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
Hi. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
You're, erm... | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
You're naked. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:18 | |
We're naked ramblers. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:19 | |
We're lost! | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
-Well, do you need a ride? -Oh, yes. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
OK, come on. Let's... | 0:25:26 | 0:25:27 | |
Let's go. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
Up you go. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:37 | |
Ooh. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:41 | |
OK. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:42 | |
All... OK. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
All righty. Wow. That's a lot for the eyes. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
Sure hope we don't crash. This would be a tricky one to explain. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
No need for hugs or anything. We're OK. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
Well, there's an image that'll be stuck in my mind forever. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
OK, where were we? | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
Ah, yes, let's talk refinement. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
Some might complain that, on the move, | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
the Shaman isn't the quietest of SUVs on the market. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
ENGINE ROARS | 0:26:27 | 0:26:28 | |
True. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
When you're up and running there is some engine noise | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
and some road noise. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
But that's a good thing. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
Because, too often, the driving experience is interrupted by... | 0:26:37 | 0:26:41 | |
Whoa, whoa, whoa! | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
Looks like Lassie. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:45 | |
BARKS | 0:26:45 | 0:26:46 | |
Seriously? | 0:26:46 | 0:26:47 | |
Lassie now? | 0:26:47 | 0:26:48 | |
What's wrong? | 0:26:51 | 0:26:52 | |
What's wrong? | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
DOG WHINES | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
What, little Timmy's stuck down a well? | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
Again? WHINES | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
OK. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:02 | |
All right, show me the way, I'll follow you. Geez. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
OK, so, apparently, | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
owning a Shaman does come with a few unwanted responsibilities. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
Where the hell is this dog taking me? | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
And what kind of shampoo does she use? | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
She's so shiny. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:20 | |
Good girl, good girl. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
OK, we're going to get you outta here. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
Put that rope around you. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
No, not around your neck, no. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:34 | |
Yeah, around your waist, good. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
OK. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:37 | |
This winch is capable of lifting 5.6 metric tonnes. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:43 | |
That's the equivalent of about 200 little Timmys. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
Kids today. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
Doesn't he have an iPad? | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
DOG BARKS | 0:27:52 | 0:27:53 | |
Whoa, whoa! | 0:27:53 | 0:27:55 | |
Lassie, language! | 0:27:55 | 0:27:56 | |
WHINES | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
We're all tired. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
All in all, though, | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
having to take on the odd rescue mission is | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
a small price to pay for a car that is just so rewarding. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:12 | |
It's an SUV for the driver who cares about driving. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
The noise, the lack of unnecessary technology. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:21 | |
It all connects you with what's really important. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
The mechanical experience. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:26 | |
Really, I'm struggling to see a downside | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
to this magnificent machine. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
So there you have it - Russia's answer to the modern SUV. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:37 | |
And, honestly, I would definitely recommend it. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
Sure, a Mercedes GLS is a little quicker, | 0:28:39 | 0:28:43 | |
and an Audi Q7 is slightly more refined, | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
but the Shaman is practical, | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
it's spacious... | 0:28:48 | 0:28:50 | |
and... | 0:28:50 | 0:28:52 | |
Oh, did I not mention? | 0:28:52 | 0:28:53 | |
It swims. | 0:28:56 | 0:28:57 | |
With all this saving people, maybe I could join the Avengers. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:04 | |
I could be... | 0:29:06 | 0:29:07 | |
The Shamanator. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
Yeah, I like it. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
Be there in a couple minutes. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:16 | |
Maybe 15. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
Maybe 20. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:21 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
Now you're talking! This thing's massive! | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
This... | 0:29:31 | 0:29:32 | |
This is my kind of family SUV. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
Exactly. Why would you want a Range Rover | 0:29:34 | 0:29:35 | |
when you could have one of these? | 0:29:35 | 0:29:37 | |
I'm telling you, I can see literally no downsides to this car. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:41 | |
No. Also, 88 grand. I mean, that is a lot of wheels for the money. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:45 | |
Yeah, and way cheaper than a helicopter. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
I'm sorry, what, a helicopter? | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
Yeah, that's how the Shaman is marketed - | 0:29:49 | 0:29:51 | |
as a helicopter alternative. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
Think about it, OK? | 0:29:54 | 0:29:55 | |
If you needed to get somewhere in the middle of nowhere, | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
hundreds of miles from the nearest road - deepest, darkest Russia - | 0:29:58 | 0:30:03 | |
it's basically this or a helicopter. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
You know how many naked ramblers you can fit in a helicopter? | 0:30:06 | 0:30:09 | |
-No. -Yeah, neither do I. And I do not want to find out. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:13 | |
Imagine the turbulence and the downdraught. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
All that naked skin flopping around. I don't... No, no. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
Chris! | 0:30:18 | 0:30:19 | |
So what do you think? Trade in the helicopter, get one of those? | 0:30:19 | 0:30:22 | |
I doubt it. I could do without the naked people in there. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:26 | |
You know, it's funny, because the best Russian vehicle is the | 0:30:26 | 0:30:29 | |
really old Kamaz with the really thin wheels? | 0:30:29 | 0:30:31 | |
Almost looks like a loaf of bread? | 0:30:31 | 0:30:33 | |
And everyone in Russia uses those. They go anywhere. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
And then they use the old eight-wheelers as well. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
Eight-wheel steering things. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:40 | |
-It was fun to drive. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
OK, I'd like to show you a new family car from America. OK? | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
It's made by Dodge and it's called the Demon. Let's take a look. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:50 | |
Nice. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
Look at that, that's a nice-looking car, right? | 0:30:52 | 0:30:54 | |
Four seats, nice big trunk, or boot. | 0:30:54 | 0:30:57 | |
Would you like to know how fast that car goes from 0-60mph? | 0:30:57 | 0:31:01 | |
-You tell me, Matt. -2.3 seconds. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
That is the fastest-accelerating car ever made. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
Faster than a 918 Spyder, faster than a LaFerrari... | 0:31:08 | 0:31:13 | |
Faster than...everything. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:14 | |
Until it gets to the first corner! | 0:31:14 | 0:31:16 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
Exactly. OK, look, here's another picture. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:21 | |
That is an official Dodge photograph. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:24 | |
"I'm having trouble laying my power down." | 0:31:24 | 0:31:26 | |
-Yeah, that is how you sell a car. Huh? -Look at that! | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
OK, how much power does that thing have? | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
OK, you're going to love this - it has 840 horsepower. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:35 | |
-That's ridiculous. And that's a tuner car, surely? -No, no. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:39 | |
No, no, no. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:40 | |
In America, you can go into your local Dodge dealer | 0:31:40 | 0:31:42 | |
and buy one of those bad boys. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:44 | |
And you know the best part about the whole thing? | 0:31:44 | 0:31:46 | |
If you put your foot all the way down and really stand on it, | 0:31:46 | 0:31:49 | |
the front wheels will come off the ground. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
-The car does wheelies. -It's a funny car! | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
How cool is that? Yeah, no, take a look. We have a clip. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:56 | |
-GRUFF VOICEOVER: -'You don't want the truth. | 0:31:56 | 0:32:00 | |
'You can't handle the truth!' | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
Come on! | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
That's nuts! | 0:32:04 | 0:32:05 | |
-Huh? -See the way the sidewall just creased on the tyre? | 0:32:05 | 0:32:08 | |
That's unbelievable. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:09 | |
OK, so just to recap, you've got McLaren pushing the boundaries of | 0:32:09 | 0:32:13 | |
technology, using carbon fibre, aerodynamics - new language. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:18 | |
And you've got Dodge saying, screw that, screw technology, we're | 0:32:18 | 0:32:22 | |
just going to insert a big V8 engine and make it as sophisticated as... | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
an anvil. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:27 | |
That's right. What's your point? | 0:32:27 | 0:32:28 | |
It's absolutely brilliant. All of it's brilliant! I love it. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
I know. We are totally driving that next series. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:34 | |
OK, now, the Formula 1 season is back under way. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:38 | |
But for the first time in over 30 years, | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
F1 doesn't have a certain man running it - Bernie Ecclestone. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
See, at the start of this year, | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
a company called Liberty Media took control of Formula 1. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:49 | |
Since then, Bernie has stayed very quiet about the whole affair | 0:32:49 | 0:32:53 | |
and the honorary title Liberty gave him. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:55 | |
But a couple of weeks ago, Bernie got in touch, | 0:32:55 | 0:32:58 | |
asking if we'd like to have a little chat. | 0:32:58 | 0:33:00 | |
And you don't say no to Bernie, so we didn't. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
And he also said that he'd only talk to one guy - | 0:33:02 | 0:33:05 | |
Eddie Jordan. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
You all right, Bernie? | 0:33:07 | 0:33:08 | |
-Yeah, I'm fine. -Let's have fun, man. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
Now, Liberty. | 0:33:12 | 0:33:14 | |
They've given you this great title, I'm kind of confused - | 0:33:14 | 0:33:17 | |
what does that title mean? Is it a gagging order? | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
I don't know, really. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:21 | |
It's a little bit like giving a hitman a gun and no bullets. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:27 | |
That's not very clever. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:28 | |
Oh, but I've got enough money to buy the bullets. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:32 | |
Bernie, they said, or you said about them, | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
that they should have killed you, not wound you. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
What did you mean by that? | 0:33:36 | 0:33:37 | |
No, I didn't actually say me at all. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:40 | |
-That isn't what I said. -OK, well, tell us what you said, then. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
I said the trouble with all sort of animals, | 0:33:42 | 0:33:45 | |
if you want to kill them, you have to kill them, don't wound them. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:49 | |
Ah, but it's the same meaning, isn't it, Bernie? | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
You were giving a little message to them. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:53 | |
-It depends how people... -Be careful. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
-..want to take meanings, doesn't it? -OK. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:57 | |
Formula 1 is in good hands, Bernie? | 0:33:57 | 0:33:59 | |
Now? I hope so. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:01 | |
Can it improve without you? | 0:34:01 | 0:34:02 | |
I'm sure it will. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:04 | |
The problem over the last two or three years has simply been | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
no competition. And now it looks like we've got some. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:11 | |
Ferrari, can they win the championship this year? | 0:34:11 | 0:34:14 | |
Honestly, I shouldn't say this, but I hope they do. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
But I don't think they will. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:18 | |
It's good for business? | 0:34:18 | 0:34:20 | |
If we lost Ferrari, over the years, we'd had have been in trouble. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
Formula 1 is Ferrari and Ferrari is Formula 1. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:27 | |
For many years, I've been intrigued about the way you were able | 0:34:28 | 0:34:32 | |
to bring the championship right to the last race. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
I mean, you're fixing that, aren't you? | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
Not at all. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
The teams may have, but I don't. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
Maybe the teams get together and decide to split the money secretly | 0:34:42 | 0:34:46 | |
or something to make sure this happens, I don't know. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:49 | |
You are joking, we know that. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
But it is remarkable, isn't it? | 0:34:51 | 0:34:54 | |
I'm just lucky. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:55 | |
Where would you see the possible improvements? | 0:34:55 | 0:35:00 | |
Well, I think we ought to get rid of a lot of the silly regulations | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
that restrict so many things | 0:35:03 | 0:35:05 | |
for the drivers and the people building cars. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:09 | |
It's become an engineers' championship, | 0:35:09 | 0:35:11 | |
not a drivers' championship. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:12 | |
It's the drivers that should be driving the cars. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
They are the ones that should win the races and get all the credit | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
for doing what they've done. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
Who was the best one, in your view? | 0:35:20 | 0:35:23 | |
Best driver... | 0:35:23 | 0:35:25 | |
Nobody ever agrees with me. I think it was Alain Prost. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:28 | |
Because he always had competition in the team, | 0:35:28 | 0:35:33 | |
he lost two World Championships | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
by a small margin, through bad luck on his part. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:39 | |
So, he should be credited as being the best. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
I want to talk about your cars. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
I've got to ask you, you don't suppose that you might have | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
the getaway car from the Great Train Robbery there, by any chance? | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
No, I wish I could find it. I don't know which one I used at the time. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
-Ah, OK! -HE CHUCKLES | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
Bernie, because, you know, we laugh and joke about it, | 0:35:55 | 0:35:58 | |
but there are still a body of people who associate you with | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
-the Great Train Robbery. Why do you think that is? -No idea, no idea. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:05 | |
Wasn't enough money on that train, actually. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
Bernie, before we wrap up, | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
I've just got a couple of little names that I'd perhaps like | 0:36:09 | 0:36:13 | |
maybe for you to tell us, in your own words, what they mean. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:19 | |
Ferrari. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
Special. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:22 | |
McLaren. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
Trying hard. Trying hard. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
Max Verstappen. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
He's really, really super. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:31 | |
He's going to be a world champion, for sure. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
Finally, Bernie - Lewis Hamilton. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:36 | |
Best thing that happened for Formula One for a long, long time. | 0:36:36 | 0:36:40 | |
Good ambassador. Super... | 0:36:40 | 0:36:43 | |
Certainly the best driver of this... | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
-You know, the last ten years. -Of his era. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
Bernie Ecclestone. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:49 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:36:51 | 0:36:54 | |
Nobody's heard from Eddie since that interview... | 0:37:02 | 0:37:05 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:37:05 | 0:37:06 | |
Where is he? Don't mess with Bernie! | 0:37:06 | 0:37:08 | |
OK. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
The time has come. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
The time has come, as it always does. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
-The time has come to see your lap. How do you think you did? -Um... | 0:37:14 | 0:37:18 | |
Well, you know, you can never tell, can you? I mean, um... | 0:37:18 | 0:37:23 | |
-I hate this bit! -LAUGHTER | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
I got up this morning thinking, "Why do I put myself through it?" | 0:37:25 | 0:37:29 | |
You know he takes it seriously, though. Look at his shoes - | 0:37:29 | 0:37:32 | |
racing driver's shoes. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:33 | |
-Yeah, yeah. -It matters. -Put him out of his misery, Matt. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
-All right, let's take a look, come on. -OK. Thank you. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:39 | |
Off the line, that's a good, clean start. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:42 | |
Come on, then, young lady - the Toyota GT86, | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
from the Land of the Rising Sun! | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
OK, the line was good coming into first... | 0:37:50 | 0:37:53 | |
A little bit wide there. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:55 | |
And you turned a bit wide, but you were on the power early. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
And using all the circuit. That's good, that's really good there. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
Feels a bit smoother to me. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
Good, and you've stopped the car. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:06 | |
Some people barrel in there too fast. I reckon your speed was right. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:10 | |
Line good coming out. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:12 | |
Don't miss the gear! | 0:38:12 | 0:38:14 | |
You didn't miss the gear, you see? | 0:38:14 | 0:38:15 | |
You blithering idiot! | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
OK, down the back straight. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
Ah, now, you're a bit wide there. A little bit wide. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:29 | |
Get it in. GET IT IN! | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
And you're self-flagellating, which is a good sign. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:35 | |
-Using all the circuit there. -Come on! | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
I've never looked too good in a helmet, have I, really? | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
No guts, no glory! | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
It feels like the one. It feels like the one. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
This is aggressive. This is aggressive! | 0:38:49 | 0:38:51 | |
The trial brake was good. That was your new line through there. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
And you failed to do a 720 there, which is good. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
And now, over the line... | 0:38:57 | 0:38:59 | |
-OK, right. -APPLAUSE | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
Well done. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
All right. Come on, what do you think? You feeling confident? | 0:39:11 | 0:39:13 | |
Oh, I don't know. I don't know! | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
You know, um, it's, um, it's tricky. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:19 | |
You know, it's a tricky little... That Hammerhead is tricky. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:21 | |
You just feel where you're losing bits and bobs and feel where | 0:39:21 | 0:39:25 | |
you're losing time, and there's a lot of different lines to take, | 0:39:25 | 0:39:29 | |
-so, um, who knows? But just... Just get on with it! -Now, we know... | 0:39:29 | 0:39:33 | |
-We know you now. -Yeah. -You're fairly competitive. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:37 | |
We know you're not looking down in this section here. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:39 | |
You're looking up there, with the Hoy and the Noble and the Whitlock. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:43 | |
-Right? -Yeah, I kind of am up there, yeah. I'm looking up there, yeah. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:46 | |
That's where you want to be. OK. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:48 | |
Jay Kay... | 0:39:48 | 0:39:50 | |
You did it... | 0:39:50 | 0:39:52 | |
JAY CHUCKLES | 0:39:52 | 0:39:54 | |
This is my favourite part. I love it! | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
Oh, yeah, milk it! | 0:39:58 | 0:39:59 | |
-Milk it, milk it! -You did it in one minute... | 0:39:59 | 0:40:03 | |
-..30... -Yes? | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
6... GROANS | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
..point 1. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:11 | |
Seven tenths off a bloke who's done Le Mans! | 0:40:12 | 0:40:16 | |
-Happy? -Yeah, yeah, good. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:18 | |
-Come on, come on! -Second fastest. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:21 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, Jay Kay! | 0:40:22 | 0:40:24 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
Now, I want to talk about the ugliest car ever made, | 0:40:34 | 0:40:39 | |
because there is one that stands head and hideous shoulders | 0:40:39 | 0:40:43 | |
-above all others. Feast your eyes on this. -This is the SsangYong Rodius, | 0:40:43 | 0:40:49 | |
-and it is truly revolting! -Yeah, but, here's the thing. | 0:40:49 | 0:40:53 | |
Sure, the Rodius might be horrible to look at, | 0:40:53 | 0:40:55 | |
but it has a beautiful secret. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:58 | |
And to reveal that secret, Rory took me and this | 0:40:58 | 0:41:01 | |
Korean masterpiece on a little road trip to Southampton. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:06 | |
Well, I've got to say, I'm impressed. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:12 | |
-Yeah? -Yeah. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:13 | |
It's as gross on the inside as it is on the outside. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:16 | |
This thing is disgusting! | 0:41:16 | 0:41:18 | |
-Better be good, whatever we're doing in Southampton. -Just you wait. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:23 | |
'Well, at least I didn't have to wait long.' | 0:41:24 | 0:41:27 | |
Pull in here. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:28 | |
It's a boat yard, Rory. Why are we going to a boat yard? | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
Are we going to drive into the ocean? That's a good call. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:33 | |
OK, this is perfect. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:34 | |
'In fact...' | 0:41:34 | 0:41:35 | |
Come here. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:37 | |
'..Rory had something else in mind.' | 0:41:37 | 0:41:39 | |
Look, here's what you need to know about the Rodius, OK? | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
-It was designed by a guy called Ken Greenley... -Who was blind? | 0:41:41 | 0:41:45 | |
Who was head of vehicle design at London's Royal College of Arts, | 0:41:45 | 0:41:49 | |
and he knew what he was talking about. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:50 | |
And the Rodius was inspired by the design of luxury yachts. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:55 | |
No, it wasn't! | 0:41:55 | 0:41:57 | |
Come here, check this out, look. | 0:41:57 | 0:41:59 | |
How about now? | 0:42:00 | 0:42:02 | |
No, I don't see it. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
Dude, look. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:08 | |
Look at the lines, OK, look at the S-shape, the way it flows. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:11 | |
That's nautical. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
The Rodius might be a hideous car, | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
but it was never supposed to be a car, | 0:42:16 | 0:42:18 | |
it was supposed to be a yacht. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:20 | |
We are going to turn the SsangYong into a yacht. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
Hey, does this mean we get to cut it up? | 0:42:24 | 0:42:27 | |
-Yeah. -Excellent, I am in! | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
We're going to do this for Ken Greenley. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:33 | |
Who? | 0:42:33 | 0:42:34 | |
-The blind guy. -Yeah. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:36 | |
Yeah... | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
Psshww! | 0:42:38 | 0:42:40 | |
'To see if Rory's idea would float, | 0:42:40 | 0:42:42 | |
'we enlisted the help of one of Southampton's leading boatbuilders. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:46 | |
'A man called Digby.' | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
What are the problems, do you think, | 0:42:48 | 0:42:50 | |
by trying to turn this thing into a boat? | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
-What's the biggest hurdle? -Capsizing. Very worst - death. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:56 | |
-Death? -Death. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
Huh. | 0:42:58 | 0:42:59 | |
It's a very big car to make into a boat. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
But it already looks like a yacht. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:05 | |
Well, that's... | 0:43:05 | 0:43:06 | |
open for interpretation. We don't need to get into that so much. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:10 | |
Can we make it happen? | 0:43:10 | 0:43:12 | |
Um, if you look at basics of stability, | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 | |
you're putting tonnes of weight up there. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:18 | |
If you start moving through the water at any sort of speed, | 0:43:18 | 0:43:21 | |
as soon as you hit a wave, you're going to end up down here, | 0:43:21 | 0:43:24 | |
and risking happy people becoming very much dead people. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:28 | |
It's going to be difficult. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:30 | |
-Do you think this is a bad idea? -Oh, yes, it's a terrible idea. | 0:43:30 | 0:43:33 | |
-But it's doable? -Vaguely doable. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:35 | |
-But doable? -There's a chance. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:37 | |
OK! That's all we need to hear. | 0:43:37 | 0:43:39 | |
-Then we're doing it! -Welcome on board. | 0:43:39 | 0:43:40 | |
-Hey, let's hope that we live through this. -Yeah, we'll be fine. | 0:43:40 | 0:43:44 | |
'So, we set to work, | 0:43:46 | 0:43:48 | |
'carefully extracting weight, | 0:43:48 | 0:43:51 | |
'remodelling the stern and bow, | 0:43:51 | 0:43:54 | |
'and delicately finessing the hull.' | 0:43:54 | 0:43:56 | |
Oh, hot, hot, hot! | 0:43:56 | 0:43:58 | |
Well, what do you think? | 0:43:58 | 0:44:00 | |
Probably need another day. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:02 | |
-Two days. -Max. -Yeah. | 0:44:02 | 0:44:05 | |
SEAGULLS CRY | 0:44:09 | 0:44:11 | |
At last... | 0:44:13 | 0:44:14 | |
..she was ready for testing. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:18 | |
And to do that, | 0:44:19 | 0:44:21 | |
there was only one place to go. | 0:44:21 | 0:44:23 | |
Monaco. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:25 | |
What the hell am I doing here? | 0:44:25 | 0:44:27 | |
This is genius, OK? | 0:44:27 | 0:44:29 | |
We have unleashed the Rodius's inner beauty. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:33 | |
It was inspired by yachts, and now it has become a yacht! | 0:44:33 | 0:44:38 | |
You're going to love this, I'm telling you. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:40 | |
Rory, bring her round! | 0:44:40 | 0:44:42 | |
MUSIC: Power by Kanye West | 0:44:42 | 0:44:45 | |
Woohoo! | 0:44:48 | 0:44:49 | |
Come on! We did it! | 0:44:49 | 0:44:51 | |
# No one man should have all that power | 0:44:51 | 0:44:54 | |
# The clock's tickin' I just count the hours... # | 0:44:54 | 0:44:57 | |
This is going to blow his mind! | 0:44:57 | 0:45:00 | |
-Oh, my God. -Look at that! | 0:45:00 | 0:45:03 | |
That's right! That's right! | 0:45:04 | 0:45:06 | |
MATT LAUGHS | 0:45:06 | 0:45:08 | |
Rear Admiral Reid...at your service! | 0:45:08 | 0:45:12 | |
Nice! | 0:45:12 | 0:45:13 | |
There's a car in there! | 0:45:13 | 0:45:15 | |
There's a car... There's... | 0:45:15 | 0:45:17 | |
-It's really weird, now I can't un-see it! -Yeah! | 0:45:17 | 0:45:20 | |
-Because I can sort of see a boat. -It makes perfect sense! | 0:45:20 | 0:45:24 | |
-It works, right? -This is what it was born for! | 0:45:24 | 0:45:27 | |
It's actually disturbing. | 0:45:27 | 0:45:29 | |
Rory's dressed as Captain Birdseye... | 0:45:29 | 0:45:31 | |
-Admiral! -..and he's... | 0:45:31 | 0:45:33 | |
Admiral Birdseye. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:35 | |
This is a luxury yacht, and when you're the admiral of | 0:45:35 | 0:45:38 | |
a luxury yacht, you have to look the part. Hence the outfit. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:42 | |
He does look good. You've got to admit, he looks good. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:44 | |
No, the boat looks good. | 0:45:44 | 0:45:45 | |
It's a super-yacht. Enough with the boat talk! | 0:45:45 | 0:45:48 | |
How did you create it? Did you buy the hull of a speedboat | 0:45:48 | 0:45:52 | |
and then just drive the Rodius | 0:45:52 | 0:45:54 | |
as fast as you could into the back of it? | 0:45:54 | 0:45:56 | |
Wait till you see the inside, it's killer. Back it in here. | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
-I'll bring her round. -Yeah, swing it around. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:01 | |
He's still getting the hang of driving it. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:04 | |
Give me a minute! | 0:46:04 | 0:46:05 | |
Right in there somewhere... | 0:46:05 | 0:46:07 | |
THUD! Beautiful. | 0:46:09 | 0:46:11 | |
-So... -Huh? -..you're impressed, right? | 0:46:11 | 0:46:14 | |
Did you do this on your own? | 0:46:14 | 0:46:16 | |
We... We had a bit of help. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:18 | |
Yeah, we had a little help from a guy called Digby, | 0:46:18 | 0:46:21 | |
who uses the word "death" a lot, | 0:46:21 | 0:46:23 | |
but that's not what's important. | 0:46:23 | 0:46:25 | |
No, what's important is, climb aboard the SsangYacht, | 0:46:25 | 0:46:29 | |
and all of your land-based worries will simply wash away. | 0:46:29 | 0:46:33 | |
You can swim, right? | 0:46:33 | 0:46:34 | |
-What? -MATT AND RORY LAUGH | 0:46:34 | 0:46:36 | |
This is absurd. | 0:46:36 | 0:46:38 | |
So, the seats have stayed, | 0:46:38 | 0:46:40 | |
the dashboard has stayed. | 0:46:40 | 0:46:42 | |
This material here, this sort of fake marble, faux marble - | 0:46:42 | 0:46:46 | |
what is it? | 0:46:46 | 0:46:48 | |
That's real, genuine...fake marble. | 0:46:48 | 0:46:51 | |
-What's that whirring sound? -It's a bilge pump, | 0:46:51 | 0:46:54 | |
comes on automatically if water gets in the hull. | 0:46:54 | 0:46:57 | |
-I'm sorry? -What? | 0:46:57 | 0:46:59 | |
'While Chris came to terms with the awesomeness of our creation, | 0:47:01 | 0:47:05 | |
'we broke out the big guns.' | 0:47:05 | 0:47:07 | |
Ready? | 0:47:07 | 0:47:09 | |
-Whoa! -Flatscreen TV! | 0:47:09 | 0:47:12 | |
As if out of nowhere, it magically appears! | 0:47:12 | 0:47:15 | |
-And disappears. -If you want it to. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:18 | |
-Boom! -You are a pair of court jesters, aren't you? | 0:47:19 | 0:47:21 | |
What are you talking about? This thing is fantastic. | 0:47:21 | 0:47:24 | |
So, you've been gone for weeks, | 0:47:24 | 0:47:26 | |
and the sum total of your endeavours is a 12-inch TV screen | 0:47:26 | 0:47:29 | |
that will only stay upright if you're holding a rope. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:32 | |
It's 15-inch. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:34 | |
-You like music, right? -Yeah. | 0:47:34 | 0:47:37 | |
Sit right here, please. | 0:47:37 | 0:47:39 | |
Right there. | 0:47:39 | 0:47:40 | |
Now, snap your fingers. | 0:47:40 | 0:47:42 | |
-Oh, look at that! -Boom! | 0:47:44 | 0:47:46 | |
-Huh? -Grand piano! | 0:47:46 | 0:47:48 | |
Check this out! | 0:47:48 | 0:47:49 | |
HE PLAYS THE EASTENDERS THEME BADLY | 0:47:49 | 0:47:54 | |
Do we have to go and make it move at some point? | 0:47:56 | 0:47:59 | |
'Hell, yes, we did. | 0:47:59 | 0:48:02 | |
'And to get Chris on board once and for all, | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
'we gave him the first go.' | 0:48:04 | 0:48:06 | |
Yeah, baby! | 0:48:08 | 0:48:09 | |
-Whoa! -The SsangYacht lives! | 0:48:09 | 0:48:12 | |
This thing rocks, man! | 0:48:17 | 0:48:18 | |
This is insane! | 0:48:19 | 0:48:21 | |
What I will say is, it's got good power. | 0:48:24 | 0:48:26 | |
But I thought the Rodius had a ropey old Merc diesel. | 0:48:26 | 0:48:29 | |
No, no, no, now it's got two Volvo V-6 engines. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:32 | |
So that gives us a total of 400 horsepower. | 0:48:32 | 0:48:35 | |
How fast will it go? | 0:48:35 | 0:48:36 | |
-I don't know. -I have no idea. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:38 | |
-There's only one way to find out, isn't there? -Nail it! | 0:48:38 | 0:48:41 | |
Whoo! | 0:48:43 | 0:48:44 | |
That's 25 knots, right there! | 0:48:47 | 0:48:49 | |
In a minivan, on the sea! | 0:48:51 | 0:48:53 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:48:53 | 0:48:55 | |
I have to say | 0:48:58 | 0:49:00 | |
that it is much better than I expected, | 0:49:00 | 0:49:04 | |
and it is better to drive than the road-going SsangYong Rodius. | 0:49:04 | 0:49:08 | |
And I will begrudgingly concede that it's not utter crap. | 0:49:08 | 0:49:13 | |
-Excellent! -Thank you. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:15 | |
It's a winner! Well done, Rory! Yeah! | 0:49:15 | 0:49:18 | |
So, I took the liberty of contacting leading luxury boat magazine | 0:49:19 | 0:49:24 | |
Boat International, right, and asked them if they'd like to review it, | 0:49:24 | 0:49:29 | |
and they said they're sending over their best reviewer. | 0:49:29 | 0:49:32 | |
-Yeah! -OK! -OK. | 0:49:32 | 0:49:35 | |
'So, we went to meet up with him. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:37 | |
'And inevitably...' | 0:49:37 | 0:49:39 | |
-No! -'Yup.' | 0:49:39 | 0:49:41 | |
-EDDIE: -Ahoy! Afternoon, boys. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:43 | |
Are you reviewing our boat? | 0:49:43 | 0:49:45 | |
Boat International correspondent at your service. | 0:49:45 | 0:49:50 | |
Yeah, no, it says right here, Eddie Jordan. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:54 | |
'Nevertheless, keen to make a big first impression, | 0:49:54 | 0:49:56 | |
'we suggested the first test be performance.' | 0:49:56 | 0:50:00 | |
Eddie, what do you say, let's run | 0:50:00 | 0:50:02 | |
a quarter-of-a-nautical-mile drag race? | 0:50:02 | 0:50:04 | |
-Down to that "booey" out there and back. -Oh, OK. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:08 | |
-What's a booey? -Shut it! | 0:50:08 | 0:50:10 | |
Three, two, one, go! | 0:50:12 | 0:50:15 | |
Stand on it! | 0:50:15 | 0:50:16 | |
Hold on! | 0:50:18 | 0:50:19 | |
Oh, we've got the jump on him! | 0:50:21 | 0:50:24 | |
Come on, baby, come on! | 0:50:24 | 0:50:26 | |
Bloody hell, Rory, slow down! Whoa, whoa, whoa! | 0:50:27 | 0:50:31 | |
I don't want to die! | 0:50:31 | 0:50:34 | |
Come on! | 0:50:34 | 0:50:36 | |
How many times have you driven a boat this fast? | 0:50:36 | 0:50:38 | |
None! | 0:50:38 | 0:50:39 | |
I ain't backing out. Just hold on! | 0:50:40 | 0:50:43 | |
-Whoo! -Aah! | 0:50:43 | 0:50:45 | |
God, this is slow. Look at that crappy boat there! | 0:50:45 | 0:50:48 | |
Nice and easy round the booey. | 0:50:48 | 0:50:50 | |
-Left! -Go, go, go! | 0:50:50 | 0:50:51 | |
-Here we go, steady, baby! -He's catching us, he's catching us! | 0:50:53 | 0:50:57 | |
Now we're smokin'! | 0:50:57 | 0:50:59 | |
Quick! | 0:50:59 | 0:51:01 | |
Oh, when we get up speed, we're going to... | 0:51:01 | 0:51:04 | |
Ohh! | 0:51:04 | 0:51:05 | |
THEY WHOOP AND CHEER | 0:51:05 | 0:51:07 | |
Way to go, Rory, way to go! | 0:51:07 | 0:51:08 | |
Now, stop the boat and never, ever drive that fast again with me in it! | 0:51:08 | 0:51:13 | |
Ever! | 0:51:13 | 0:51:15 | |
I hate that boat! | 0:51:15 | 0:51:17 | |
'The review was off to a rocky start. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:20 | |
'And once we'd slightly reduced the risk of being buried at sea...' | 0:51:20 | 0:51:25 | |
There we go. | 0:51:25 | 0:51:26 | |
'..our expert set us straight.' | 0:51:26 | 0:51:28 | |
Guys, you're completely missing the point. | 0:51:28 | 0:51:31 | |
'Apparently, luxury yachts aren't about speed, | 0:51:31 | 0:51:34 | |
'they're about showing off your toys...' | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
Where's he gone? Where'd he go? | 0:51:37 | 0:51:38 | |
'..as he then demonstrated.' | 0:51:38 | 0:51:40 | |
Ha-ha! This is what I'm talking about! | 0:51:43 | 0:51:46 | |
Look at him go! | 0:51:48 | 0:51:49 | |
Wow! | 0:51:51 | 0:51:52 | |
He's quick for an old guy, isn't he? | 0:51:54 | 0:51:56 | |
All right, so he's got toys on his boat. | 0:52:02 | 0:52:05 | |
We've got toys. Do we have toys? | 0:52:05 | 0:52:08 | |
'Hell, yes, we did.' | 0:52:08 | 0:52:10 | |
Whoo! Nice work, Harris! | 0:52:12 | 0:52:14 | |
-Nice work! -Yeah, Eddie, take that, baby! | 0:52:14 | 0:52:18 | |
-# I'll be ready -I'll be ready... # | 0:52:19 | 0:52:23 | |
-This guy is a master of all forms of transport! -He's great! | 0:52:23 | 0:52:28 | |
# ..I'll be ready... # | 0:52:28 | 0:52:30 | |
No! | 0:52:30 | 0:52:31 | |
You know, I'm looking through Boat International, | 0:52:32 | 0:52:35 | |
and I don't see any other super-yacht | 0:52:35 | 0:52:37 | |
towing people off the back. | 0:52:37 | 0:52:39 | |
We are blazing a trail! | 0:52:41 | 0:52:43 | |
How is he looking? | 0:52:43 | 0:52:44 | |
He's down! | 0:52:47 | 0:52:48 | |
He's down, he's down. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:50 | |
'Well, we'd proven our point, | 0:52:53 | 0:52:55 | |
'and once we'd found Chris, | 0:52:55 | 0:52:57 | |
'he was loving the SsangYacht as much as we were.' | 0:52:57 | 0:52:59 | |
We have just proved you can ski behind a Korean MPV! | 0:52:59 | 0:53:03 | |
Eddie Jordan, stuff you! | 0:53:03 | 0:53:07 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:53:07 | 0:53:08 | |
Ooh! | 0:53:08 | 0:53:09 | |
-Careful of the paint job, man! -Sorry, sorry, sorry. | 0:53:09 | 0:53:12 | |
Do you think that will go down as a good review? | 0:53:12 | 0:53:14 | |
-Well done, buddy, well done. -He's going to love it. | 0:53:14 | 0:53:16 | |
'But he didn't.' | 0:53:16 | 0:53:18 | |
For heaven's sake! | 0:53:18 | 0:53:20 | |
Being able to water-ski behind it doesn't make it a luxury yacht. | 0:53:20 | 0:53:24 | |
By the time we are finished with you, you will be convinced | 0:53:24 | 0:53:27 | |
that this thing is the future of luxury yachting. | 0:53:27 | 0:53:32 | |
'We decided to bring Eddie aboard | 0:53:32 | 0:53:33 | |
'and show him the SsangYacht's hidden depths, | 0:53:33 | 0:53:36 | |
'so we headed for Monaco's legendary marina where, frankly, | 0:53:36 | 0:53:40 | |
'we blended right in.' | 0:53:40 | 0:53:42 | |
Ooh, ooh, ooh! | 0:53:42 | 0:53:44 | |
I think we could squeeze in right behind him, we won't have to pay. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:48 | |
Mr Jordan! | 0:53:48 | 0:53:49 | |
Admiral Reid. Welcome aboard the SsangYacht. | 0:53:49 | 0:53:54 | |
Mr Jordan! Welcome aboard, sir. | 0:53:54 | 0:53:58 | |
Can I offer you a drink? | 0:53:58 | 0:54:00 | |
-Gin and tonic, I think. -Gin and tonic? | 0:54:00 | 0:54:02 | |
-Gin and tonic it is. -I'm very sceptical about all this. | 0:54:02 | 0:54:05 | |
You're sceptical? How sceptical? | 0:54:05 | 0:54:07 | |
-Very sceptical. -Very sceptical? OK! | 0:54:07 | 0:54:09 | |
There you go. | 0:54:09 | 0:54:11 | |
Now, Eddie, you look like a guy that takes good care of himself. | 0:54:11 | 0:54:14 | |
-You go to the spa sometimes? -Sometimes. -Check this out. | 0:54:14 | 0:54:18 | |
Are you ready? | 0:54:18 | 0:54:19 | |
What we have here is special goldfish that we are trying | 0:54:19 | 0:54:22 | |
to train to eat the dead skin off your feet. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:25 | |
So, drop your tootsies right in there and feel the love happening. | 0:54:25 | 0:54:28 | |
You feel them? | 0:54:28 | 0:54:29 | |
-Are you guys for real? -Yeah. | 0:54:29 | 0:54:31 | |
'Sensing the onboard spa wasn't doing the trick, | 0:54:31 | 0:54:34 | |
'Rory made a panic move.' | 0:54:34 | 0:54:37 | |
HE PLAYS THE EASTENDERS THEME BADLY | 0:54:37 | 0:54:42 | |
'And with that not working either...' | 0:54:42 | 0:54:43 | |
Really? | 0:54:43 | 0:54:45 | |
'..I quickly moved on to the as yet unexplored...' | 0:54:45 | 0:54:47 | |
Keep crawling, keep crawling, keep crawling. | 0:54:47 | 0:54:49 | |
'..master suite.' | 0:54:49 | 0:54:51 | |
Look at this! | 0:54:51 | 0:54:52 | |
Is this spacious, or what? Huh? | 0:54:52 | 0:54:55 | |
I think it's going really well. I think he really likes it. | 0:54:55 | 0:54:58 | |
-You really think he likes it? -He loves it. | 0:54:58 | 0:55:00 | |
He just had his feet chewed by a recalcitrant goldfish! | 0:55:00 | 0:55:05 | |
There's your toilet. Right there. | 0:55:07 | 0:55:09 | |
Is that nice, or what? | 0:55:09 | 0:55:10 | |
I am confused. | 0:55:12 | 0:55:13 | |
And then, this red button, do you see this? | 0:55:13 | 0:55:15 | |
-Yeah. -This red button... -Yeah? | 0:55:15 | 0:55:18 | |
..ejects the waste, the sewage, away from the boat, | 0:55:18 | 0:55:23 | |
so you're not snorkelling through it. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:25 | |
There's no cigar fish in your life. | 0:55:25 | 0:55:28 | |
-Give it a try. -What, hit that? -Yeah, hit the button. | 0:55:28 | 0:55:31 | |
It's like a cannon - a torpoodo! | 0:55:31 | 0:55:34 | |
HATCH WHIRS | 0:55:34 | 0:55:36 | |
GURGLING | 0:55:42 | 0:55:43 | |
Oh! Must have been one in the chamber. | 0:55:43 | 0:55:45 | |
Rory, where are your manners? | 0:55:45 | 0:55:46 | |
Sorry! | 0:55:46 | 0:55:47 | |
I mean, lads, please... | 0:55:47 | 0:55:49 | |
You are having a laugh. | 0:55:49 | 0:55:51 | |
What do you mean? | 0:55:51 | 0:55:53 | |
I mean, you can't possibly say that that's correct or proper. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:56 | |
Are you proud of it? | 0:55:57 | 0:55:59 | |
Very. Are you proud of me? | 0:55:59 | 0:56:02 | |
No. | 0:56:02 | 0:56:03 | |
-Come on. -How could I be? -We took a minivan... -It's crap! | 0:56:03 | 0:56:06 | |
But we took a minivan and turned it into a yacht! | 0:56:06 | 0:56:09 | |
But only a lunatic would do such a thing. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:12 | |
'Eddie had seen enough, | 0:56:13 | 0:56:15 | |
'and with our first review complete, all that was left to do was | 0:56:15 | 0:56:18 | |
'to christen our ground-breaking vessel...' | 0:56:18 | 0:56:21 | |
GLASS SMASHES | 0:56:21 | 0:56:23 | |
EDDIE AND CHRIS LAUGH | 0:56:23 | 0:56:25 | |
'..and set sail once again.' | 0:56:25 | 0:56:28 | |
So, where to next, boys? | 0:56:28 | 0:56:31 | |
Portofino? Capri? | 0:56:31 | 0:56:33 | |
-Miami. -Oh, nice! | 0:56:33 | 0:56:35 | |
-Yeah! -Can you just drop me off over there before you do that? | 0:56:35 | 0:56:39 | |
Oh, come on. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:40 | |
I don't want to go any further. | 0:56:40 | 0:56:42 | |
Come on! | 0:56:42 | 0:56:44 | |
Come on. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:45 | |
CHEERING | 0:56:53 | 0:56:56 | |
How amazing is that? How amazing is that? | 0:56:58 | 0:57:00 | |
There it is! | 0:57:00 | 0:57:02 | |
We built... | 0:57:03 | 0:57:05 | |
-We built a beautiful boat... -Yeah. | 0:57:05 | 0:57:08 | |
-Nobody drowned. -Nobody drowned. | 0:57:08 | 0:57:10 | |
-And we've removed a Rodius from the road. -Yup. | 0:57:10 | 0:57:12 | |
And...and the torpoodo stopped doing that thing where it backfired. | 0:57:12 | 0:57:17 | |
That...was very...upsetting. | 0:57:17 | 0:57:20 | |
OK, OK, time for the big moment, because I have here the very first | 0:57:20 | 0:57:25 | |
SsangYacht review by Mr Eddie Jordan in Boat International magazine. | 0:57:25 | 0:57:31 | |
Honestly, this is completely genuine, | 0:57:31 | 0:57:33 | |
you can buy this right now from any good...boat newsagent. | 0:57:33 | 0:57:37 | |
-Come on, come on, what does it say? Show me, show, me. -OK, OK, OK. | 0:57:37 | 0:57:40 | |
Right here, let's see... | 0:57:40 | 0:57:43 | |
All right, what have we got, what have we got? Um... | 0:57:43 | 0:57:46 | |
"Top-heavy... | 0:57:46 | 0:57:48 | |
"Awkward... | 0:57:48 | 0:57:49 | |
"Minefield of pointy corners..." | 0:57:49 | 0:57:53 | |
No, no, no... | 0:57:53 | 0:57:55 | |
"The worst thing to happen to boating since that iceberg." | 0:57:55 | 0:57:59 | |
OK, OK, here we go. In conclusion... | 0:58:02 | 0:58:04 | |
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT | 0:58:04 | 0:58:05 | |
Uh, "It is quite simply the worst boat I have ever been on." | 0:58:05 | 0:58:11 | |
How great is that? | 0:58:14 | 0:58:16 | |
What... What are you talking about? It's a terrible review! | 0:58:16 | 0:58:19 | |
Yeah, but it's a review. | 0:58:19 | 0:58:21 | |
Boat International magazine deemed our little boat worthy of a review. | 0:58:21 | 0:58:27 | |
I mean, yeah, sure, they kicked us, | 0:58:27 | 0:58:29 | |
but they kicked us over six very glossy pages. | 0:58:29 | 0:58:33 | |
I mean, feel that. That is good stuff! Feel that. | 0:58:33 | 0:58:37 | |
Yeah, that is good. | 0:58:37 | 0:58:38 | |
And it's not every day you get the chance to be utterly trashed | 0:58:38 | 0:58:41 | |
-right next to an advert for statue repair services. -Yes, exactly! | 0:58:41 | 0:58:47 | |
-We have arrived. Well done, Captain Reid. -Admiral. -Admiral Reid. | 0:58:47 | 0:58:52 | |
-Well done, Seaman Harris. -Thank you. | 0:58:52 | 0:58:55 | |
RORY SNIGGERS | 0:58:55 | 0:58:57 | |
And that is the end of the series. | 0:58:57 | 0:59:00 | |
Thank you all so much for watching. | 0:59:00 | 0:59:01 | |
Have a great summer and we'll see you soon. | 0:59:01 | 0:59:04 | |
-ALL: -Good night! | 0:59:04 | 0:59:05 |