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(ENGINE REVVING)
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(TRAIN WHISTLE BLASTS)
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(CHEERING)
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*THE GRAND TOUR*
Season 03 Episode 01
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Episode Title :
"Motown Funk"
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Hello, everybody!
Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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Greetings, everybody.
Thank you so much.
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Thanks, everybody.
Thank you.
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Thank you so much.
And, yes!
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- We're back!
- (CHEERING)
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We are!
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Now, a lot of people
have been saying,
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"Why has it taken so long?
What have you been doing?"
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Well, hopefully we can answer
that with this short montage
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of what you can expect over
the next... ahem... 13 weeks.
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♪ ROXY MUSIC: Do The Strand...
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♪ There's a new sensation ♪
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♪ A fabulous creation ♪
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♪ A danceable solution ♪
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♪ To teenage revolution ♪
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Is that barrel gonna...
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♪ Do the Strand, love ♪
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♪ When you feel love ♪
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- Fire everywhere!
- ♪ It's the new way ♪
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♪ That's what we say ♪
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He's gone!
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♪ Do the Strand ♪
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Look, hang on a minute.
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♪ Tired of the Tango? ♪
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"The nearest civilisation
is a town called Moron."
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In order to reach it, you must
build the contents of these boxes.
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"You have enough food
for seven days."
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♪ Dance on moonbeams ♪
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Oh, God!
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♪ Slide on rainbows ♪
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♪ In furs or blue jeans ♪
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Were this not such
a serious situation,
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it would be a good laugh.
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♪ Do the Strand ♪
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Bear, it's a bear!
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- (GROWLS)
- Aargh!
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There must've been 30 or 40 people
in the room when the police arrived.
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- (THUDDING)
- Whoa!
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Clarkson!
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Jesus Christ,
I'm too close to the edge.
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Oh!
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JAMES: Let's sing a song.
- No.
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I am sitting
where Jim Clark sat!
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Going in hard and hot!
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(ENGINE REVS)
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- We're fleeing!
- OK, flee.
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Well, he'll be using
a pistol, won't he?
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♪ Do the Strand ♪
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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
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I think...
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I think you're gonna
like this series.
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And I particularly think you're
going to like how it begins.
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Because even over here,
on this side of the pond,
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we recognise that Detroit
is the spiritual home
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to anyone whose
communion wine is petrol
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and whose heart beats
like a big, lumpy, wet V8.
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Which is why this week,
and it's long overdue,
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The Grand Tour
is off to the Motor City...
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with an idea.
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JEREMY: Of course, the whole
world knows that Detroit
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is now a shadow
of its former self.
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But we also know
that efforts are being made
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to bring life
back to the ruins...
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with urban farms.
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Local people are being
encouraged to grow...
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kale and beans and seeds,
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in plots like this where houses
and businesses once stood.
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(SIGHS)
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It breaks your heart.
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I mean, this is Detroit.
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It shouldn't be a help-yourself,
pop-up street allotment
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for organic
vegan peace hippies,
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when it could be a pulsating
playground for the petrolhead.
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It has the roads,
it has the space,
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it was built by
the rumble of a V8
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and it should rumble
to that sound once more.
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(ENGINE STARTS)
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So that's what
we've come here to do...
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make some noise.
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(ENGINE REVVING)
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These are the toys
we'll be using.
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Three American muscle cars,
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all of which have been tuned to
a tyre-shredding DEFCON one.
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I have the Ford Mustang
RTR Spec 3.
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Mr Slowly has
what's called The Exorcist.
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And in his whining Dodge
Challenger Demon...
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(ENGINE WHINING)
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Hammond has an erection.
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Ah-ha-ha!
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To make this,
they took a Hellcat -
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I drove one before
on the show -
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and just made it "more".
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- More of everything.
- (ENGINE GROWLS)
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I have 840 horsepower,
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a massive supercharger...
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(SUPERCHARGER WHINES)
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and on the bonnet there,
or hood,
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that's the biggest hood scoop
ever fitted to a production car.
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Ever.
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(TYRES SCREECH)
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- Yeah!
- (SUPERCHARGER WHINES)
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Noise!
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Noise in the city!
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(HEAVY ROCK PLAYS)
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(ENGINE ROARING)
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Bloody hellfire!
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This car is tuned
by Hennessey.
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They've taken
a standard Camaro
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and they've given it
1,000 horsepower.
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(ENGINE REVVING)
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Jesus Christ!
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They haven't touched anything
else, only the engine.
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Wheels are standard,
brakes are standard,
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suspension is standard,
bodywork is standard.
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It's all standard.
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Except the power.
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Jeez,
I can't even steer it.
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It's-It's idiotic, honestly.
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And yea, though
I walk in the shadow
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of the valley of death,
I will fear no evil.
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Because I am The Exorcist!
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(TYRES SQUEAL)
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This may look
small and delicate
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compared to the other two,
but be in no doubt,
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it has the muscle car
credentials.
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Oh, yeah.
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(CACKLES)
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The fact is that the engine
in Hammond's car...
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is a push rod, two valve,
iron museum piece.
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And May's car, yes,
it has 1,000 horsepower,
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but it's running
on standard brakes.
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This... This is just
a little bit cleverer.
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They haven't just put a supercharger
on it and left it at that.
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They've stiffened up the
suspension and lowered it
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and stiffened
the anti-roll bars.
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So it can do this.
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Jesus H Christ!
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And it can do this.
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- (TYRES SCREECH)
- Yes!
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This, then, is the Anthony
Joshua of muscle cars.
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Big and brawny,
but it has brains as well.
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Then there's its name.
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It's the RTR,
which stands for,
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and I'm not making this up,
Ready to Rock!
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(LAUGHS)
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These three cars, then,
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they're the perfect
fairground rides
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in our perfect
petrolhead theme park.
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RICHARD: I mean, people
travel all the way to Florida
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to look at a man
in a mouse suit
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and watch an implausible train
have an unrealistic crash.
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Why not come here in your car
and do this?
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Whoo!
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(CHUCKLES) What a day!
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I just can't get over James
May is The Ex-cre-cist
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(CHUCKLES)
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I am surprised to see you two
so upbeat about this trip.
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Why do you say that?
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Well, you're always saying how
much you don't like muscle cars.
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Yeah, I just say that
to annoy you.
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Oh, right.
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Nobody intelligent admits
that they like muscle cars,
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but secretly, deep down,
everybody does.
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They're like
power rock ballads.
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I mean, if you're driving
along with friends
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and Don't Stop Believing by
Journey comes on the radio,
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you say, "This is rubbish," and you
huff and puff and turn it off.
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If you're on your own and it comes on,
you turn it up and you sing along.
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You do.
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Chaps, did you know mine only
comes with one seat as standard?
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- Really?
- What?
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As standard,
you get one seat in a Demon.
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You can opt to have
the others put back in
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and it costs you a dollar.
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Which seat do they put in
as standard?
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(LAUGHTER)
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JEREMY: Eventually, we decided to
pull over in our motoring theme park
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to see which of our
fairground muscle rides
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would be the fastest...
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in a street drag race.
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So what I'm thinking is here,
when the lights go green...
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What's a quarter of a mile,
just beyond the church?
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JAMES: Yeah, something like that.
Perfect.
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- What if the police come?
- Well, he won't. He's in Beverly Hills.
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- I've seen the movie.
- Why can't we just do this
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on a racetrack or a runway
like we usually do?
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Because we're here to prove
that this is a racetrack.
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Detroit is empty now and should just
be used for this sort of thing.
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Yes, yes, but it isn't a real
race, an actual racetrack.
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- No, it is!
- It is!
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This is where
the muscle car was born.
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- I can't do it.
- Why can't you do it?
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Because Dodge
only lent me that car
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if I promised not to do any drag
racing on the road with it.
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What? That's what it's for!
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- I know.
- That's literally what it's for.
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Yes, I know, but
that's the way it is. Sorry..
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D'you think
it's an insurance...?
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- It is, because it's him.
- No. It's not.
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- Don't want it on the roof.
- "Who's driving it?" Richard Hammond.
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You can't drive it.
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It's just what they said
and I'm really sorry.
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- So, we can't do it, I'm sorry.
- We can.
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You're not gonna do it
without that...
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Uh... let me think.
Yeah, we are.
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Just right... Just right
the way, right the way off.
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One for all and all for yourselves,
that's how it goes, isn't it?
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JEREMY: Having decided to make the doorway
of a barber shop the finishing line,
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James and I
prepared for the race.
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(ENGINE IDLING)
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I'm only doing this to annoy Hammond.
I mean, I can't possibly win.
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Yes,
I've got a supercharged V8,
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but it only produces
720 horsepower.
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That's 280 less
than The Exorcist.
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I don't wanna sound like you, but
the launch control in this car
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is so complicated there's
a YouTube video about it.
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And I have watched it,
but I've forgotten.
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Why don't we have a gentleman's
agreement to not use launch control?
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Well, that might save
my clutch, so...
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Yes, right.
We won't use launch control.
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- I've got a manual gearbox.
- RICHARD: You can both do it
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naked for all I care.
Just get on with it.
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Oo-ooh, look at Captain
Cheerful over there!
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Air con is off.
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(ENGINE REVVING)
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(TYRES SQUEALING)
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May got a good start.
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Come on, come on,
come on, come on,
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there's only
a one-car length in it!
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Easy!
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JEREMY: Bloody Nora,
that was close!
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But I got a terrible start,
so we gotta do it again, May.
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(RICHARD GROANS)
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Put it in first gear.
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(TYRES SQUEALING)
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Whoa!
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I can't do it.
It's spinning its wheels.
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Woo-hoo, hoo-hoo!
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(SIREN BLARES IN DISTANCE)
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00:15:54,215 --> 00:15:57,159
You do know you're both
too old for this, don't you?
247
00:15:57,409 --> 00:16:01,652
JEREMY: What, for driving muscle cars up
and down the public roads of Detroit?
248
00:16:01,730 --> 00:16:03,738
Because nobody else
is using them.
249
00:16:03,940 --> 00:16:05,682
Well, Richard Hammond
certainly isn't using them.
250
00:16:05,912 --> 00:16:08,853
(LAUGHS)
251
00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:13,479
Since it was one-all and we were
having enormous fun annoying Hammond,
252
00:16:13,775 --> 00:16:16,221
we decided to go again.
253
00:16:16,615 --> 00:16:18,955
RICHARD: What is this,
best of 30 now?
254
00:16:19,084 --> 00:16:21,346
What else are we gonna do?
255
00:16:21,495 --> 00:16:23,729
Keep going till
one of you wets yourselves.
256
00:16:25,855 --> 00:16:28,354
JEREMY: For the next 17 runs,
257
00:16:28,432 --> 00:16:31,120
the result was always
the same.
258
00:16:31,495 --> 00:16:33,791
Thank you very much.
259
00:16:35,492 --> 00:16:37,237
Come on! Come on!
260
00:16:38,838 --> 00:16:40,737
Give up, buddy.
261
00:16:40,932 --> 00:16:43,455
(GRUNTS)
262
00:16:43,643 --> 00:16:44,799
I'm angry.
263
00:16:45,002 --> 00:16:46,564
I'm not giving in, James.
One more.
264
00:16:46,642 --> 00:16:48,773
Oh, for God's sake!
265
00:16:49,010 --> 00:16:52,877
I gave him my word I wouldn't
use launch control.
266
00:16:53,167 --> 00:16:56,604
I'm simply going to go back
on that and not tell him.
267
00:16:57,046 --> 00:16:59,471
(TYRES SCREECH)
268
00:17:02,459 --> 00:17:04,914
That was a good gear change.
So was that.
269
00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:11,151
But there's just nothing I can do to get
up with that 1,000 horsepower monster.
270
00:17:13,588 --> 00:17:16,333
Finally,
I waved the white flag.
271
00:17:16,549 --> 00:17:18,471
And then we took
a closer look
272
00:17:18,549 --> 00:17:22,530
at the savage beating
heart of The Exorcist.
273
00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:25,541
And that's the standard
Corvette engine, basically.
274
00:17:25,627 --> 00:17:29,518
- Z06, yeah.
- With a supercharger plonked on the top.
275
00:17:29,596 --> 00:17:32,807
- That's there, yes?
- Yes, 2.9 litre supercharger.
276
00:17:33,010 --> 00:17:35,698
So the bit they've bolted
to your engine
277
00:17:35,776 --> 00:17:38,424
is bigger than most
European engines?
278
00:17:38,502 --> 00:17:40,956
- Yes.
- So is the one on mine. It's 2.7 litres.
279
00:17:41,034 --> 00:17:44,503
Yeah, not as big. The point is,
Hammond, this is The Exorcist.
280
00:17:44,581 --> 00:17:47,196
The job of The Exorcist
is to vanquish the Demon.
281
00:17:47,274 --> 00:17:49,735
It's like, you remember
in the '60s, I think,
282
00:17:49,817 --> 00:17:51,952
De Tomaso made a car
called the Mangusta,
283
00:17:52,034 --> 00:17:54,255
which is Italian
for mongoose.
284
00:17:54,337 --> 00:17:56,352
Yes, and a mongoose
can kill a cobra, can't it?
285
00:17:56,434 --> 00:17:57,645
That's why they did it.
286
00:17:57,723 --> 00:18:00,035
Yes, but this hasn't
vanquished the Demon.
287
00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:02,495
- It hasn't beaten it.
- Tell you what.
288
00:18:02,577 --> 00:18:05,952
Why don't you find a racetrack
or a runway somewhere, OK?
289
00:18:06,034 --> 00:18:07,552
I'll gracefully bow out.
290
00:18:07,634 --> 00:18:12,762
And we can have a race
between good... and evil.
291
00:18:19,237 --> 00:18:25,242
First, though, we decided to find out which
of our cars makes the loudest noise.
292
00:18:26,097 --> 00:18:28,832
There were, of course,
many possible locations
293
00:18:28,914 --> 00:18:31,049
for this important test.
294
00:18:31,284 --> 00:18:36,922
But eventually, we found one
that was absolutely ideal.
295
00:18:50,135 --> 00:18:52,072
RICHARD: What is this place?
296
00:18:52,154 --> 00:18:55,229
Well, it obviously
was a theatre.
297
00:18:55,338 --> 00:18:56,872
They built it on the site
298
00:18:56,954 --> 00:19:01,242
of Henry Ford's
first ever workshop.
299
00:19:01,937 --> 00:19:04,935
- And when I say theatre...
- Oh, wow!
300
00:19:05,017 --> 00:19:06,895
So it was in 1925
they built it,
301
00:19:06,977 --> 00:19:09,855
when Detroit was just about the
richest city in the world.
302
00:19:09,937 --> 00:19:12,072
- You can see that.
- They can just build that.
303
00:19:12,154 --> 00:19:15,872
And then in the '70s, it was
converted into a rock venue.
304
00:19:15,954 --> 00:19:19,192
So, I mean, look at these
tickets I've got for it.
305
00:19:19,274 --> 00:19:22,175
RICHARD: ZZ Top.
- ZZ Top and T Rex.
306
00:19:22,257 --> 00:19:24,672
- What a gig that would've been!
- It would've been fantastic.
307
00:19:24,754 --> 00:19:27,335
Sly And The Family Stone,
Spencer Davis.
308
00:19:27,417 --> 00:19:29,192
Steve Winwood
has performed in here.
309
00:19:29,274 --> 00:19:30,935
David Bowie
performed in here.
310
00:19:31,017 --> 00:19:33,392
- Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Seger.
- This was a serious venue.
311
00:19:33,474 --> 00:19:35,055
Oh, serious venue.
312
00:19:35,137 --> 00:19:37,575
And then, there were some
credit card companies
313
00:19:37,657 --> 00:19:39,632
in the offices
which are behind that wall.
314
00:19:39,714 --> 00:19:42,335
And they said,
"We need some parking."
315
00:19:42,417 --> 00:19:45,095
And just bought it and turned it
into a multi-storey car park.
316
00:19:45,177 --> 00:19:47,152
- That's amazing.
- Takes the romance out of it.
317
00:19:47,234 --> 00:19:49,032
It's sort of staggering.
318
00:19:49,114 --> 00:19:52,415
It's the birthplace of
Henry Ford's business.
319
00:19:52,497 --> 00:19:54,432
RICHARD: Yeah.
- Then a theatre.
320
00:19:54,514 --> 00:19:56,237
It's a car park.
321
00:19:56,319 --> 00:19:58,779
We can bring some theatre
back with our noise test.
322
00:19:58,857 --> 00:20:00,672
Actually, there's a kind of
poetry to it, it's beautiful.
323
00:20:00,754 --> 00:20:02,672
- Precisely.
- Not just bringing the poetry,
324
00:20:02,754 --> 00:20:04,735
also bringing
the decibel-o-meter.
325
00:20:04,817 --> 00:20:08,379
JEREMY: Oh, perfect. So you
can go and uh... go first.
326
00:20:08,651 --> 00:20:10,415
Why am I going first?
327
00:20:10,497 --> 00:20:13,955
- I just said you can go first.
- He did. I heard him say it.
328
00:20:15,034 --> 00:20:17,592
RICHARD: Since the
owners feared the noise
329
00:20:17,674 --> 00:20:20,952
from our engines would bring
down the crumbling roof,
330
00:20:21,034 --> 00:20:24,055
we were given
protective clothing.
331
00:20:24,137 --> 00:20:26,440
We have to put this on
because there may be dust.
332
00:20:26,659 --> 00:20:28,507
There will be dust.
333
00:20:30,889 --> 00:20:32,847
Traction off.
334
00:20:32,929 --> 00:20:34,847
I'll just make wheel spin.
335
00:20:35,346 --> 00:20:38,152
Wheel spin, that just makes
a huge amount of noise.
336
00:20:38,327 --> 00:20:40,895
- Are you ready?
- Yes.
337
00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:43,642
(TYRES SCREECH)
338
00:20:54,417 --> 00:20:56,922
Oh, yeah, check it out!
339
00:20:59,756 --> 00:21:03,510
I can see jack shit.
(LAUGHS)
340
00:21:04,497 --> 00:21:06,151
(THEY BOTH COUGH)
341
00:21:06,299 --> 00:21:09,242
- God, that's pretty horrible.
- How loud?
342
00:21:09,737 --> 00:21:11,872
- Well, at its peak...
- Yeah?
343
00:21:11,954 --> 00:21:15,081
125.2.
344
00:21:15,159 --> 00:21:16,876
Well, wait a minute, you
don't know, you haven't...
345
00:21:16,954 --> 00:21:19,120
- You're the first to go.
- 125?
346
00:21:19,276 --> 00:21:20,697
Yes.
347
00:21:22,026 --> 00:21:23,935
The Who.
348
00:21:24,174 --> 00:21:27,565
Widely regarded to be the
loudest rock band of all time.
349
00:21:27,643 --> 00:21:31,049
- Yes.
- 126 decibels.
350
00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:35,015
Deep Purple,
a mere 117 decibels.
351
00:21:35,097 --> 00:21:38,415
That car is louder
than Deep Purple.
352
00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:41,682
But probably a lot quieter
than my Demon.
353
00:21:49,697 --> 00:21:52,312
Any minute now, a paramedic will
be cutting his trousers off.
354
00:21:52,394 --> 00:21:54,512
He should've taken
them off before he got in.
355
00:21:54,594 --> 00:21:56,552
I don't know why
he wears trousers.
356
00:21:56,634 --> 00:21:58,592
Here we go.
Ready in three, two...
357
00:21:58,674 --> 00:22:00,177
(BLEEPING)
358
00:22:01,230 --> 00:22:02,925
Oh, wait a minute,
it hasn't done it.
359
00:22:03,234 --> 00:22:05,642
(BLEEPING CONTINUES)
360
00:22:07,417 --> 00:22:09,565
Easy mistake.
361
00:22:09,694 --> 00:22:12,036
We've all done it - forgotten the
key when you're doughnutting
362
00:22:12,114 --> 00:22:15,232
in a Detroit theatre that's been
turned into a multi-storey car park.
363
00:22:15,314 --> 00:22:17,242
Everybody's been there.
364
00:22:17,518 --> 00:22:20,784
OK. In three, two...
365
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,705
(ENGINE REVS, TYRES SCREECH)
366
00:22:41,617 --> 00:22:44,042
(JEREMY CHUCKLES)
367
00:22:44,432 --> 00:22:46,857
- 125.2 to beat.
- Yeah.
368
00:22:48,588 --> 00:22:50,123
Doesn't make a lot of noise.
369
00:22:50,354 --> 00:22:52,295
118.8, tiptoe boy.
370
00:22:52,377 --> 00:22:56,174
It's got a 2.7 litre capacity
supercharger on it!
371
00:22:56,252 --> 00:22:57,596
Yeah, but,
it doesn't make any noise.
372
00:22:57,674 --> 00:22:59,612
They didn't build it for this,
they built it for drag racing.
373
00:22:59,690 --> 00:23:01,916
- And they wouldn't let me do that, so...
- Oh, did they?
374
00:23:01,994 --> 00:23:05,175
- How do we know?
- Well, they did.
375
00:23:05,257 --> 00:23:08,592
RICHARD: Before this sore
point became even sorer,
376
00:23:08,674 --> 00:23:11,082
I sent James off
to have a go.
377
00:23:12,531 --> 00:23:14,586
JEREMY: Don't think
he's ever done a doughnut.
378
00:23:14,664 --> 00:23:16,605
- No. No.
- In his life.
379
00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:21,035
We are about to witness James
D May losing his virginity.
380
00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:23,632
Popping his doughnut cherry.
381
00:23:23,714 --> 00:23:25,882
(ENGINE ROARS)
382
00:23:27,285 --> 00:23:29,260
JEREMY: James May,
are you ready?
383
00:23:29,756 --> 00:23:32,164
Fire it up in three...
384
00:23:34,137 --> 00:23:36,562
(ENGINE REVS)
385
00:23:38,217 --> 00:23:40,862
- (ENGINE STOPS)
- Cock.
386
00:23:41,249 --> 00:23:43,657
(RESTARTS ENGINE)
387
00:23:47,721 --> 00:23:49,472
- (ENGINE STOPS)
- Bollocks.
388
00:23:49,554 --> 00:23:52,975
(LAUGHTER)
389
00:23:53,057 --> 00:23:57,690
JEREMY: It took him a little while,
but eventually he got the hang of it.
390
00:24:11,217 --> 00:24:13,175
What's my score?
391
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,424
Why don't we just go?
392
00:24:15,577 --> 00:24:17,952
- Come on, James, gotta go.
- Yep, moving on.
393
00:24:18,034 --> 00:24:19,737
- What was it?
- Oh, I've wiped it.
394
00:24:19,815 --> 00:24:21,996
- No, you haven't.
- It was 12.
395
00:24:22,274 --> 00:24:24,689
Come on... Why've I got this on my face?
What was it?
396
00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:27,713
It was 128,
so just 2.8 more than me.
397
00:24:27,791 --> 00:24:29,424
- So more?
- Yes.
398
00:24:29,577 --> 00:24:30,815
- Hold that.
- Why?
399
00:24:30,897 --> 00:24:32,112
Please just hold that.
400
00:24:32,190 --> 00:24:34,667
Oh, I hate the victory dance!
401
00:24:34,745 --> 00:24:36,752
- I hate the victory dance.
- Good, right, let's move on.
402
00:24:36,854 --> 00:24:38,495
How much is your car?
How much?
403
00:24:38,573 --> 00:24:40,924
- 98, something like that?
- £98,000.
404
00:24:41,002 --> 00:24:42,459
- Yes.
- £40,000.
405
00:24:42,537 --> 00:24:44,392
Yeah, but mine's better,
so it's more expensive.
406
00:24:44,474 --> 00:24:46,432
- £40,000.
- It's faster and louder.
407
00:24:46,514 --> 00:24:49,838
720 horsepower, £40,000.
408
00:24:50,127 --> 00:24:53,242
Am I the only person here
who understands muscle cars?
409
00:24:54,947 --> 00:24:57,372
That's a ridiculous thing
to say!
410
00:25:00,737 --> 00:25:02,870
JEREMY: Having had
a very busy morning,
411
00:25:02,948 --> 00:25:04,855
we were now hungry.
412
00:25:04,937 --> 00:25:08,362
Which, in this part of town,
was a problem.
413
00:25:09,577 --> 00:25:12,642
Not an abundance of restaurants
around here, is there?
414
00:25:13,339 --> 00:25:16,217
RICHARD:
I haven't seen any.
415
00:25:16,295 --> 00:25:17,990
JAMES: I just noticed
a Coney Island Restaurant
416
00:25:18,068 --> 00:25:21,588
but I'm afraid it's
been shut for 30 years.
417
00:25:22,626 --> 00:25:25,174
JEREMY: Having failed
to find even a takeout,
418
00:25:25,252 --> 00:25:28,375
we started to look
for a hotel.
419
00:25:28,553 --> 00:25:30,791
But there wasn't
one of those either.
420
00:25:31,114 --> 00:25:34,307
So we decided to buy a house.
421
00:25:38,177 --> 00:25:39,912
Let me show you
what we've got.
422
00:25:39,994 --> 00:25:43,375
Handsome vestibule, feature
tiled floor, front room here,
423
00:25:43,457 --> 00:25:46,272
feature fireplace, loads of
light from all these windows.
424
00:25:46,354 --> 00:25:50,272
This, I would say, use as a dining room
because it's adjacent to the kitchen.
425
00:25:50,354 --> 00:25:52,752
Needs the appliances
refitting, not a big job.
426
00:25:52,834 --> 00:25:56,455
In there, I would say that's
a really handy games room,
427
00:25:56,537 --> 00:25:58,992
TV room, overlooking the
garden and the double garage.
428
00:25:59,074 --> 00:26:02,415
Here, perfect for a home
office, maybe a snug.
429
00:26:02,497 --> 00:26:05,712
Upstairs four bedrooms,
and here's the kicker.
430
00:26:05,794 --> 00:26:09,455
An independent granny flat
with its own kitchen,
431
00:26:09,537 --> 00:26:13,352
so Jeremy can live up there semi-independently
for as long as he can manage.
432
00:26:13,434 --> 00:26:16,442
And the price?
$2,200.
433
00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:21,495
Is that really only...
What was it, $2,200?
434
00:26:21,577 --> 00:26:22,895
- Yeah.
- 1800 quid.
435
00:26:22,977 --> 00:26:24,095
Amazing, isn't it?
436
00:26:24,177 --> 00:26:26,072
Shall I show you
something else amazing?
437
00:26:26,154 --> 00:26:31,175
Captain Slow has fallen for
this eco-allotment claptrap.
438
00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:34,752
I haven't fallen for it, and it's not
claptrap, it's just a vegetable plot.
439
00:26:34,834 --> 00:26:36,952
- It's only a bit.
- Buy food, don't grow it.
440
00:26:37,034 --> 00:26:39,255
- Why not?
- That's a farmer's job.
441
00:26:39,337 --> 00:26:42,695
Turning a city into a vegetable
garden is ridiculous.
442
00:26:42,777 --> 00:26:44,975
No, who's turned a city
into a vegetable garden?
443
00:26:45,057 --> 00:26:46,952
That's what they want to do
and you're encouraging them.
444
00:26:47,034 --> 00:26:48,992
Detroit should be
for petrolheads.
445
00:26:49,074 --> 00:26:51,615
It should be for massive V8s
like our cars.
446
00:26:51,697 --> 00:26:54,335
JAMES: It's a great idea by a
city that's having a bad time
447
00:26:54,417 --> 00:26:56,615
and trying to use its initiative.
What's wrong with it?
448
00:26:56,697 --> 00:26:58,232
It's not as if there's any
vegetables in the shops.
449
00:26:58,314 --> 00:27:00,952
- New is better.
- I am not listening to any more of this.
450
00:27:01,034 --> 00:27:03,055
I am going to go off.
I'm gonna find a shop.
451
00:27:03,137 --> 00:27:04,632
I'm gonna come back
with burgers.
452
00:27:04,714 --> 00:27:06,832
Well, you can have
some curly kale in them.
453
00:27:06,914 --> 00:27:08,352
Bloody allotment!
454
00:27:08,434 --> 00:27:10,295
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
455
00:27:10,377 --> 00:27:12,392
Just because
he's become a vegetarian
456
00:27:12,474 --> 00:27:15,775
doesn't mean that absolutely
everybody has to be one.
457
00:27:15,857 --> 00:27:18,912
- Don't be a moron!
- Well, I can't get out, he's parked in the way.
458
00:27:18,994 --> 00:27:21,402
(ENGINE REVVING)
459
00:27:27,897 --> 00:27:30,832
Well, on that terrible
disappointment, back to the tent.
460
00:27:30,914 --> 00:27:33,322
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
461
00:27:34,377 --> 00:27:36,615
You asked for it.
You asked for it.
462
00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:38,192
We never got
the burgers either.
463
00:27:38,274 --> 00:27:39,512
No, we didn't.
464
00:27:39,594 --> 00:27:41,137
We uh...
465
00:27:44,257 --> 00:27:46,392
We shall pick that up
later on.
466
00:27:46,474 --> 00:27:50,152
But now it is time to drop
the car keys of chat
467
00:27:50,234 --> 00:27:53,255
down the drain of debate...
468
00:27:53,337 --> 00:27:55,592
on Conversation Street.
469
00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:58,082
(MELLOW JAZZ)
470
00:27:58,897 --> 00:28:00,897
(LAUGHTER)
471
00:28:02,697 --> 00:28:04,095
That's a little weird.
472
00:28:04,177 --> 00:28:06,752
- How'd you do that?
- Don't know. Can't remember.
473
00:28:06,834 --> 00:28:11,552
Can I just begin by saying that I
think the very concept of incongruity
474
00:28:11,634 --> 00:28:15,112
was defined in that film
in Detroit by James May,
475
00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:17,575
the slowest moving man
in history,
476
00:28:17,657 --> 00:28:20,455
driving around in
a car called The Exorcist.
477
00:28:20,537 --> 00:28:23,312
Yeah, it just doesn't work.
"James May is The Exorcist."
478
00:28:23,394 --> 00:28:26,952
No, I mean, if he's gonna have a car,
it should be called The Florist.
479
00:28:27,034 --> 00:28:29,442
- (LAUGHTER)
- Or The Organist.
480
00:28:30,897 --> 00:28:32,792
- Simple change to that, The Onanist.
- Nice.
481
00:28:32,874 --> 00:28:35,574
- I think The Onanist would work well.
- Have you quite finished?
482
00:28:35,652 --> 00:28:36,504
Uh... yeah.
483
00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:38,918
Good, actually I'd like
to talk about Motor City.
484
00:28:38,996 --> 00:28:40,899
More specifically,
what's happening to it.
485
00:28:40,977 --> 00:28:42,432
I'll tell you
what's happening to it.
486
00:28:42,514 --> 00:28:44,592
It is being slowly ruined
by vegetable-ists.
487
00:28:44,674 --> 00:28:47,175
- Oh, God.
- It is!
488
00:28:47,257 --> 00:28:50,175
There are two million acres
of land in Detroit, OK?
489
00:28:50,257 --> 00:28:54,042
Would anybody like to guess how many acres
have been given over to allotments?
490
00:28:54,977 --> 00:28:57,512
MAN: Six.
- (RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER)
491
00:28:57,594 --> 00:28:59,712
- 1,000.
- No, it's three.
492
00:28:59,794 --> 00:29:01,255
Three acres.
493
00:29:01,337 --> 00:29:03,512
- And he's driven over two of them.
- Exactly.
494
00:29:03,594 --> 00:29:05,975
Yes, and rightly so.
It's like cancer.
495
00:29:06,057 --> 00:29:08,015
- It's not like cancer!
- It is!
496
00:29:08,097 --> 00:29:11,135
If you said, "I've got
two billion cells in my body"
497
00:29:11,217 --> 00:29:12,912
and only three are cancerous
so I shall do nothing..."
498
00:29:12,994 --> 00:29:14,655
You don't, you cut them out.
499
00:29:14,737 --> 00:29:17,272
Yeah, but cancer is a serious
threat to your health.
500
00:29:17,354 --> 00:29:19,312
Well, so are vegetables.
They are.
501
00:29:19,394 --> 00:29:21,440
You do know you're mad?
502
00:29:21,604 --> 00:29:23,232
No, I'll tell you
what I'm mad about.
503
00:29:23,314 --> 00:29:25,112
I'm mad as hell
about Detroit.
504
00:29:25,194 --> 00:29:29,752
Because in 1960, that was
the richest city in America.
505
00:29:29,834 --> 00:29:33,295
The richest.
And now it is the poorest.
506
00:29:33,377 --> 00:29:37,312
And no other city anywhere in the
world has collapsed that quickly.
507
00:29:37,394 --> 00:29:39,752
What about Hiroshima?
508
00:29:39,834 --> 00:29:41,255
(LAUGHTER)
509
00:29:41,337 --> 00:29:42,672
Apart from Hiroshima.
510
00:29:42,754 --> 00:29:44,455
Pompeii.
511
00:29:44,537 --> 00:29:47,535
Yes, apart from
Hiroshima and Pompeii,
512
00:29:47,617 --> 00:29:49,695
no city has collapsed
as fast as Detroit has.
513
00:29:49,777 --> 00:29:51,752
- It's unbelievable.
- Incredible the scale of it.
514
00:29:51,834 --> 00:29:55,487
There used to be
43 car factories in Detroit.
515
00:29:55,565 --> 00:29:56,735
43.
516
00:29:56,817 --> 00:29:59,276
Now two. Just two.
517
00:29:59,385 --> 00:30:02,712
I actually think it's because
America won the war, weirdly.
518
00:30:02,794 --> 00:30:04,615
- Vietnam.
- Really?
519
00:30:04,697 --> 00:30:06,935
No, I was lying.
They lost that one.
520
00:30:07,017 --> 00:30:08,612
Not in all the films,
they didn't.
521
00:30:08,698 --> 00:30:11,472
They won in the films but when you
add up all the battles they won,
522
00:30:11,554 --> 00:30:13,784
- weirdly they lost the war.
- Did they?
523
00:30:13,862 --> 00:30:15,632
No, I'm actually talking
about World War II.
524
00:30:15,714 --> 00:30:19,512
At the end of that, Japan had lost its
empire, so it lost all its resources.
525
00:30:19,594 --> 00:30:23,192
So they were forced to make compact,
economical, efficient cars.
526
00:30:23,274 --> 00:30:25,415
And then the oil crisis
hit in 1973,
527
00:30:25,497 --> 00:30:27,192
and the Americans,
with their big V8s,
528
00:30:27,274 --> 00:30:30,192
were forced to buy small, compact,
economical cars from Japan.
529
00:30:30,274 --> 00:30:32,512
And then realised
they were better.
530
00:30:32,594 --> 00:30:36,765
No, I think it's because
American cars are too cheap.
531
00:30:36,843 --> 00:30:37,757
Too cheap?
532
00:30:37,835 --> 00:30:39,523
It's a business thing.
That's the problem.
533
00:30:39,601 --> 00:30:43,593
Sorry, everyone, I fear we are about
to get an economic lecture from...
534
00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:46,345
- Chancellor Hammond here.
- (LAUGHTER)
535
00:30:46,423 --> 00:30:48,944
- Well, no.
- The other Chancellor Hammond.
536
00:30:49,022 --> 00:30:52,579
No, you are... Now concentrate, let
me put this into context for you.
537
00:30:52,657 --> 00:30:55,374
A lot of supercars have arrived
on the scene recently.
538
00:30:55,476 --> 00:30:58,192
I've got pictures of them.
This is the McLaren Speedtail,
539
00:30:58,274 --> 00:31:00,232
that's 1,000 horsepower.
540
00:31:00,314 --> 00:31:02,055
Costs £2.1 million.
541
00:31:02,137 --> 00:31:03,872
- And its wheels are odd.
- They are. They don't match.
542
00:31:03,954 --> 00:31:07,319
This is the Aston Martin Valkyrie,
that's 1,000 horsepower again.
543
00:31:07,397 --> 00:31:09,647
£2.5 million.
544
00:31:09,734 --> 00:31:13,632
This one, that's
the Ferrari FXX-K Evo,
545
00:31:13,757 --> 00:31:16,615
1,000 horsepower,
£3.5 million.
546
00:31:16,697 --> 00:31:18,655
Best looking Ferrari
of all time, that.
547
00:31:18,737 --> 00:31:21,552
- It does look amazing, yeah,
- It is absolutely staggering.
548
00:31:21,634 --> 00:31:23,992
However, they've all got
1,000 horsepower,
549
00:31:24,074 --> 00:31:27,375
which means
they will all be undriveable.
550
00:31:27,457 --> 00:31:30,032
Yeah, whereas my Exorcist
has 1,000 horsepower
551
00:31:30,114 --> 00:31:33,255
and is undriveable
for under £100,000.
552
00:31:33,337 --> 00:31:37,015
Yes, and that's... that's
exactly my economic point.
553
00:31:37,179 --> 00:31:38,672
They're selling them
too cheap.
554
00:31:38,754 --> 00:31:40,140
They're just giving it away.
555
00:31:40,218 --> 00:31:43,960
If American carmakers doubled the
price of the cars that they sell,
556
00:31:44,074 --> 00:31:47,815
bear with me, they would double
the money that they make.
557
00:31:47,897 --> 00:31:49,792
It's not that complicated
when you think about it.
558
00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:51,210
If you follow the logic.
559
00:31:51,288 --> 00:31:54,183
I've said before, the wrong Hammond
is in charge of Britain's...
560
00:31:54,374 --> 00:31:56,315
Yeah. It is incredible.
561
00:31:56,393 --> 00:31:57,928
You've got a supply
and demand graph.
562
00:31:58,146 --> 00:31:59,847
If you take away
the demand axis,
563
00:31:59,977 --> 00:32:02,592
life becomes much easier
when it's all just supply.
564
00:32:02,674 --> 00:32:05,152
Precisely. The Hellcat
that I was driving
565
00:32:05,234 --> 00:32:07,095
was priced at £67,000.
566
00:32:07,177 --> 00:32:09,312
- Yeah.
- People are now selling them,
567
00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:12,335
that same car,
second-hand for £120,000.
568
00:32:12,417 --> 00:32:15,552
And one bloke has advertised
one for half a million.
569
00:32:15,634 --> 00:32:19,202
So that means they were
too cheap and I'm right.
570
00:32:20,777 --> 00:32:22,952
- It is hard to argue with that.
- Unassailable.
571
00:32:23,034 --> 00:32:25,523
And we don't have time,
so let's move it on.
572
00:32:25,601 --> 00:32:28,735
Because you may remember
in the very first show
573
00:32:28,817 --> 00:32:30,592
of The Grand Tour
in the first season...
574
00:32:30,674 --> 00:32:33,735
I was blown
away by a McLaren P1.
575
00:32:33,817 --> 00:32:36,232
Yeah, I do remember.
You said it would be faster
576
00:32:36,314 --> 00:32:38,944
than the Porsche 918
and the Ferrari LaFerrari.
577
00:32:39,022 --> 00:32:39,579
Mm-hm.
578
00:32:39,657 --> 00:32:41,695
And, no, wait a minute,
it wasn't, was it?
579
00:32:41,777 --> 00:32:44,992
And as a result, the only thing
that got blown away was your house.
580
00:32:45,074 --> 00:32:47,495
- That's undoubtedly true.
- Yeah.
581
00:32:47,577 --> 00:32:50,432
But the thing is, it remains
to this day the most exciting,
582
00:32:50,514 --> 00:32:53,255
most brutal, most visceral
car I've ever driven.
583
00:32:53,337 --> 00:32:55,592
And I didn't think
it could ever be topped,
584
00:32:55,674 --> 00:32:57,392
but McLaren
have given it a bash.
585
00:32:57,474 --> 00:33:02,671
And I thought, "Well, if they've
built a car that can out-P1 a P1",
586
00:33:02,749 --> 00:33:05,304
I'd better test it
somewhere a bit less...
587
00:33:05,382 --> 00:33:07,575
narrow
and a bit less tree-lined
588
00:33:07,657 --> 00:33:10,512
and a bit less covered in deers
and badgers than the Eboladrome.
589
00:33:10,594 --> 00:33:11,695
(LAUGHTER)
590
00:33:11,777 --> 00:33:14,975
So I took it to the fastest
racetrack in Europe,
591
00:33:15,057 --> 00:33:17,602
which is... Actually, anyone
wanna guess which it is?
592
00:33:18,217 --> 00:33:20,072
MAN: Monza?
- No, not Monza.
593
00:33:20,154 --> 00:33:21,615
- Spa.
- Not Spa.
594
00:33:21,697 --> 00:33:22,832
- Do you know?
- What?
595
00:33:22,914 --> 00:33:24,855
- Do you know?
- (LAUGHTER)
596
00:33:24,937 --> 00:33:26,072
Of course I know!
597
00:33:26,154 --> 00:33:29,575
- You know? That's unusual.
- Why is it unusual?
598
00:33:29,657 --> 00:33:33,472
You didn't know any of the answers on
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, did you?
599
00:33:33,554 --> 00:33:35,375
I mean...
600
00:33:35,457 --> 00:33:37,432
I'm just saying.
601
00:33:37,514 --> 00:33:39,575
You didn't.
602
00:33:39,657 --> 00:33:41,152
No. But, no.
603
00:33:41,234 --> 00:33:42,655
No.
604
00:33:42,737 --> 00:33:45,735
They didn't ask me any of the
questions I knew the answers to.
605
00:33:45,817 --> 00:33:47,992
- That's what it was.
- No, but it's not called.
606
00:33:48,074 --> 00:33:50,592
Who Wants To Know Things
Jeremy Happens To Know, is it?
607
00:33:50,674 --> 00:33:52,735
- It's Thruxton.
- What is?
608
00:33:52,817 --> 00:33:55,085
Thruxton is the fastest
racetrack in Europe.
609
00:33:55,163 --> 00:33:58,030
So that's where I took
the new McLaren.
610
00:33:59,137 --> 00:34:00,912
NASA ARCHIVE: Engine's
beginning throttling down now.
611
00:34:00,994 --> 00:34:02,392
(indistinct radio chatter)
612
00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:04,882
And lift-off.
613
00:34:06,417 --> 00:34:07,752
Clear of the tower.
614
00:34:07,834 --> 00:34:09,682
Go with throttle up.
615
00:34:16,777 --> 00:34:19,482
JEREMY:
This is the car in question.
616
00:34:21,017 --> 00:34:24,872
And let's begin by giving
you some of the headlines.
617
00:34:24,954 --> 00:34:29,552
There's no hybrid drive,
like there was in the P1.
618
00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:34,442
But even so, the 4 litre,
twin turbocharged V8...
619
00:34:35,297 --> 00:34:39,282
produces 789 horsepower.
620
00:34:41,617 --> 00:34:45,522
And that means
it's still pretty fast.
621
00:34:47,297 --> 00:34:48,857
OK, right.
622
00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:51,962
Left foot on brake.
623
00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:55,192
(ENGINE REVVING)
624
00:34:55,274 --> 00:34:56,922
Push launch.
625
00:34:58,857 --> 00:35:00,175
Full throttle.
626
00:35:00,257 --> 00:35:03,002
Boost building, boost ready,
we're gone.
627
00:35:07,857 --> 00:35:11,122
0-60 in 2.7 seconds.
628
00:35:13,017 --> 00:35:15,882
That's 120... 150.
629
00:35:16,497 --> 00:35:18,242
Jesus H Christ!
630
00:35:22,257 --> 00:35:25,792
It'll actually do 186
in 18 seconds,
631
00:35:25,874 --> 00:35:28,855
and flat out is 208.
632
00:35:28,937 --> 00:35:31,642
And that's really
alarming.
633
00:35:32,417 --> 00:35:34,392
I'm gonna be sick. Ohh!
634
00:35:34,474 --> 00:35:35,937
Whoa!
635
00:35:39,057 --> 00:35:44,122
The thing is, though, that lots of supercars
are as fast as the McLaren these days.
636
00:35:45,737 --> 00:35:48,272
Some are even more powerful,
637
00:35:48,354 --> 00:35:51,522
and even more dramatic
to behold.
638
00:35:52,937 --> 00:35:55,362
But this is called the Senna.
639
00:35:55,937 --> 00:35:57,655
It's named after
Ayrton Senna,
640
00:35:57,737 --> 00:36:00,312
and Ayrton was not a man
who spent his evenings
641
00:36:00,394 --> 00:36:04,055
cruising around Harrods
at nine miles an hour.
642
00:36:04,137 --> 00:36:07,232
And nor was he a man who spent
much time at drag strips,
643
00:36:07,314 --> 00:36:09,272
doing the standing quarter.
644
00:36:09,354 --> 00:36:10,615
No.
645
00:36:10,697 --> 00:36:14,802
Ayrton was a man who made
his name at places like this.
646
00:36:16,217 --> 00:36:18,002
Racetracks.
647
00:36:22,697 --> 00:36:25,962
This is what
the Senna was built to do:
648
00:36:27,097 --> 00:36:29,032
get round any track,
anywhere,
649
00:36:29,114 --> 00:36:33,722
faster than any other
road car ever made.
650
00:36:37,217 --> 00:36:39,352
To do this,
they had to make it light.
651
00:36:39,434 --> 00:36:42,295
And they have.
The doors, for example.
652
00:36:42,377 --> 00:36:44,792
Even though they have
windows in them here,
653
00:36:44,874 --> 00:36:49,895
so passers-by can see
the driver's trousers,
654
00:36:49,977 --> 00:36:52,055
they only weigh
nine kilograms
655
00:36:52,137 --> 00:36:55,015
and that's less than
one of Kate Moss's arms.
656
00:36:55,097 --> 00:36:56,752
And then there's the seats.
657
00:36:56,834 --> 00:36:59,775
They only weigh
eight kilograms.
658
00:36:59,857 --> 00:37:02,282
I've eaten puddings
that weigh more than that!
659
00:37:02,977 --> 00:37:04,672
NASA: Go with throttle up.
660
00:37:04,754 --> 00:37:07,335
JEREMY:
Having got the weight out,
661
00:37:07,417 --> 00:37:11,122
the Senna's nearly a quarter
of a ton lighter than the P1.
662
00:37:11,777 --> 00:37:14,202
They had to think about grip.
663
00:37:15,697 --> 00:37:18,232
They started with
a new type of Pirelli tyre
664
00:37:18,314 --> 00:37:22,472
that clings on like a panicky
child on a fairground ride.
665
00:37:22,554 --> 00:37:26,175
And then there's
this moving rear wing,
666
00:37:26,257 --> 00:37:28,552
which is somehow road legal.
667
00:37:28,634 --> 00:37:31,735
It actually hangs
from these pylons,
668
00:37:31,817 --> 00:37:33,792
rather than sits
on top of them,
669
00:37:33,874 --> 00:37:36,272
because that
improves downforce.
670
00:37:36,354 --> 00:37:39,175
I asked James May
to explain why,
671
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:43,402
but I'm afraid, after three
hours, I went into a deep sleep.
672
00:37:45,417 --> 00:37:48,432
The next most import thing
when it comes to lap times
673
00:37:48,514 --> 00:37:51,442
is how well it slows down.
674
00:37:52,737 --> 00:37:56,752
I was once in a 24-hour race
at Silverstone,
675
00:37:56,834 --> 00:38:00,455
driving a terrible
old diesel BMW
676
00:38:00,537 --> 00:38:05,552
and yet I could keep up with
a supercharged Jaguar XKR
677
00:38:05,634 --> 00:38:09,335
because I had better brakes.
678
00:38:09,417 --> 00:38:11,872
I'd look at him getting to the
end of the Hangar Straight,
679
00:38:11,954 --> 00:38:15,562
thinking, "Why are you braking now,
you idiot? You don't need to."
680
00:38:16,897 --> 00:38:21,055
And that is
this car's party piece.
681
00:38:21,137 --> 00:38:23,272
To show you
how well this car stops,
682
00:38:23,354 --> 00:38:25,762
I've organised a little test.
683
00:38:28,537 --> 00:38:33,122
Right, I'm currently driving
alongside a Jaguar F Type...
684
00:38:34,017 --> 00:38:35,352
at 100 miles an hour.
685
00:38:35,434 --> 00:38:38,442
When we get to that
cone down there...
686
00:38:40,297 --> 00:38:42,522
we're both going to brake.
687
00:38:44,617 --> 00:38:46,537
Ready?
688
00:38:50,457 --> 00:38:52,882
(TYRES SCREECHING)
689
00:38:59,377 --> 00:39:02,375
(CHUCKLES)
690
00:39:02,457 --> 00:39:06,242
How can you stop from 100 miles an
hour to nothing in that distance?
691
00:39:09,737 --> 00:39:13,935
So, it stops like
it's run into a wall...
692
00:39:14,017 --> 00:39:17,402
it's pressed into
the road by witchcraft...
693
00:39:18,457 --> 00:39:21,242
it weighs the same
as a bag of whippets...
694
00:39:22,377 --> 00:39:26,775
and it has nearly
800 horsepower on tap.
695
00:39:26,857 --> 00:39:30,802
Put all that together
and... um, well...
696
00:39:35,697 --> 00:39:38,122
Oh, my giddy aunt! (LAUGHS)
697
00:39:45,257 --> 00:39:49,802
It doesn't have
the savagery of the P1.
698
00:39:50,377 --> 00:39:52,895
The P1 was so scary,
699
00:39:52,977 --> 00:39:57,055
it took me two months
to get used to it,
700
00:39:57,137 --> 00:40:00,015
to discover
its little foibles.
701
00:40:00,097 --> 00:40:04,815
This, though, even though
I'm now in hunkered-down,
702
00:40:04,897 --> 00:40:06,992
tightened-up,
vicious race mode,
703
00:40:07,074 --> 00:40:10,482
with the traction control
wound right back,
704
00:40:11,297 --> 00:40:13,255
I'm not frightened at all.
705
00:40:13,337 --> 00:40:16,392
I'm starting to push the
envelope after 20 minutes.
706
00:40:16,474 --> 00:40:18,882
(ENGINE REVVING)
707
00:40:23,477 --> 00:40:27,589
But you see, through there, the
P1 would have understeered.
708
00:40:27,671 --> 00:40:29,915
This just doesn't because
709
00:40:29,997 --> 00:40:33,309
there's no weight
to push it out of line.
710
00:40:33,391 --> 00:40:38,067
It's like you're driving
using nothing but telepathy.
711
00:40:41,957 --> 00:40:44,707
(TYRES SCREECH)
712
00:40:46,597 --> 00:40:49,347
And I'm loving it! (LAUGHS)
713
00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:54,949
In the past, I've
described various Ferraris
714
00:40:55,039 --> 00:40:58,096
as feeling
beautifully delicate.
715
00:40:58,245 --> 00:41:02,266
But compared to this,
they're like elephants!
716
00:41:06,862 --> 00:41:07,940
Criticisms?
717
00:41:08,073 --> 00:41:11,241
Not many, I mean,
the usual McLaren stuff.
718
00:41:11,319 --> 00:41:14,631
When you try to change it from
comfort to track to sport to race,
719
00:41:14,713 --> 00:41:17,117
it's all far too complicated.
720
00:41:17,199 --> 00:41:22,151
And I know they saved 15 kilograms
not fitting air conditioning,
721
00:41:22,233 --> 00:41:26,749
but on a hot day like today,
it's quite sweaty.
722
00:41:29,039 --> 00:41:31,789
But who cares?
723
00:41:39,439 --> 00:41:45,269
Honestly, this thing is rewriting
the supercar rule book, in my mind.
724
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:04,237
- (CHEERING)
- Unbelievable car, that.
725
00:42:04,319 --> 00:42:06,511
I'm actually proud
to be British with that.
726
00:42:06,593 --> 00:42:07,919
What?
727
00:42:09,319 --> 00:42:11,277
- Yes, definitely.
- What?
728
00:42:11,359 --> 00:42:15,471
Well, just... while the film was on
we've just been online and checked.
729
00:42:15,553 --> 00:42:18,271
Thruxton is not
the fastest track in Europe.
730
00:42:18,353 --> 00:42:20,117
- What?
- It's not.
731
00:42:20,199 --> 00:42:22,997
- Why isn't it?
- Well, it isn't the fastest track.
732
00:42:23,079 --> 00:42:24,871
Well, it's the fastest
racetrack in Wiltshire.
733
00:42:24,953 --> 00:42:25,661
It's in Hampshire.
734
00:42:25,739 --> 00:42:27,279
- You don't even know...
- It's in Hampshire.
735
00:42:27,357 --> 00:42:29,433
- You don't know where it is.
- You don't even know that!
736
00:42:29,511 --> 00:42:33,921
They described themselves as the
fastest track in the South of England.
737
00:42:33,999 --> 00:42:35,412
- Not Europe.
- After Brexit
738
00:42:35,490 --> 00:42:37,272
- it'll be the fastest in Europe.
- Right.
739
00:42:37,397 --> 00:42:39,237
Anyway, whatever,
back to your film.
740
00:42:39,319 --> 00:42:41,751
You said "rewriting
the supercar rule book".
741
00:42:41,833 --> 00:42:43,597
Those are big words.
742
00:42:43,679 --> 00:42:45,037
Yeah, and they're correct.
743
00:42:45,119 --> 00:42:46,376
- Are they?
- No, they are.
744
00:42:46,454 --> 00:42:47,985
No, for once,
I am actually...
745
00:42:48,063 --> 00:42:49,791
First time this show
I'm right.
746
00:42:49,877 --> 00:42:54,321
Because that car... You remember the
Lamborghini Huracán Performante?
747
00:42:54,399 --> 00:42:56,877
- I loved that car.
- OK, that blitzed our track.
748
00:42:56,959 --> 00:42:59,671
Absolutely blitzed it, fastest
road car ever round there.
749
00:42:59,753 --> 00:43:02,877
I can guarantee
the Senna will be quicker.
750
00:43:02,959 --> 00:43:05,471
- Guaran...
- Here we go again. Good.
751
00:43:05,553 --> 00:43:07,151
I promise it will be.
752
00:43:07,233 --> 00:43:08,397
I promise.
753
00:43:08,479 --> 00:43:10,631
If it isn't, can we blow up
your house?
754
00:43:10,713 --> 00:43:11,997
(LAUGHTER)
755
00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:13,797
I haven't finished
building it yet.
756
00:43:13,879 --> 00:43:16,111
Well, when you've finished
building it, can we blow it up?
757
00:43:16,193 --> 00:43:18,037
Yes.
758
00:43:18,119 --> 00:43:21,733
No, I am so confident
the Senna will be faster,
759
00:43:21,912 --> 00:43:23,858
that if it isn't,
when I've finished
760
00:43:23,936 --> 00:43:25,295
building my house, you
can blow it up again.
761
00:43:25,373 --> 00:43:27,957
You do know that we will?
We will do that.
762
00:43:28,039 --> 00:43:29,191
- We will do that.
- We will.
763
00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:31,709
We'll wait till you're in.
764
00:43:33,319 --> 00:43:36,151
Let's play the tape, come on.
Let's have a look.
765
00:43:36,233 --> 00:43:38,597
There's Abby, and she's off,
766
00:43:38,679 --> 00:43:41,277
flying away from the line
like a stabbed rat.
767
00:43:41,359 --> 00:43:43,351
And coming onto
the Isn't Straight.
768
00:43:43,433 --> 00:43:47,717
Already carrying
some serious speed.
769
00:43:47,799 --> 00:43:50,597
Looking busy at the wheel on the
bumpy surface of our track,
770
00:43:50,679 --> 00:43:53,711
but those hydraulically interconnected
dampers are doing their job
771
00:43:53,793 --> 00:43:56,109
of keeping it all tied down.
772
00:43:57,519 --> 00:43:59,077
Oh, that is flying!
773
00:43:59,159 --> 00:44:01,871
She's already dropping down
into Your Name Here.
774
00:44:01,953 --> 00:44:02,997
(TYRES SQUEAL)
775
00:44:03,079 --> 00:44:05,837
Some squeal from
the Pirelli P Zero Trofeos
776
00:44:05,919 --> 00:44:08,511
as she carves round there
and then it's back on the gas
777
00:44:08,593 --> 00:44:11,637
to unleash
that mighty twin turbo V8
778
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:13,591
for the return run
down to the Isn't.
779
00:44:13,673 --> 00:44:17,037
I am feeling confident here!
780
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:19,871
Right, now hard on those
incredible carbon ceramic brakes
781
00:44:19,953 --> 00:44:24,351
for the tight, and technical,
Old Lady's House.
782
00:44:24,433 --> 00:44:28,317
No excess weight
to drag the nose wide.
783
00:44:28,399 --> 00:44:31,197
And now, on the fast run
to Substation,
784
00:44:31,279 --> 00:44:33,711
riding the ruts
and lumps with ease.
785
00:44:33,793 --> 00:44:35,717
Two corners left.
786
00:44:35,799 --> 00:44:38,111
More tyre squeal
through there,
787
00:44:38,193 --> 00:44:40,117
rear wing
doing its thing.
788
00:44:40,199 --> 00:44:42,911
And now a bit of oversteer
and across the line.
789
00:44:42,993 --> 00:44:44,631
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
790
00:44:44,713 --> 00:44:47,351
Looks good,
it does look good.
791
00:44:47,433 --> 00:44:48,519
But...
792
00:44:50,959 --> 00:44:52,334
Got everything we need
to blow it up?
793
00:44:52,416 --> 00:44:54,151
There it is, there's the
Huracán Performante.
794
00:44:54,233 --> 00:44:56,037
1.16.8.
795
00:44:56,119 --> 00:44:58,157
And I have guaranteed
it'll be faster
796
00:44:58,239 --> 00:44:59,557
or you'll blow
my house up.
797
00:44:59,639 --> 00:45:02,231
And you're doing well on facts
this week, so far, aren't you?
798
00:45:02,313 --> 00:45:04,037
How are you feeling?
799
00:45:04,119 --> 00:45:06,837
- Totally relaxed.
- Are you really?
800
00:45:06,919 --> 00:45:08,477
- (MOUTHS)
- (LAUGHTER)
801
00:45:08,559 --> 00:45:11,157
Thing is, we haven't got far
to go to blow it up, have we?
802
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:12,471
It's just gonna be
over there.
803
00:45:12,553 --> 00:45:15,149
Come on, let's see
how fast it was.
804
00:45:15,759 --> 00:45:17,751
RICHARD: Oh, oh...
805
00:45:17,833 --> 00:45:19,791
(AUDIENCE CHEERS)
806
00:45:19,873 --> 00:45:23,069
- Damn!
- 1:12!
807
00:45:23,519 --> 00:45:25,429
JAMES: That is serious.
808
00:45:26,079 --> 00:45:29,877
That's four
seconds quicker.
809
00:45:29,959 --> 00:45:32,671
That's quicker than the Vulcan, and
the Vulcan isn't even road legal.
810
00:45:32,753 --> 00:45:34,917
That's absolutely amazing.
811
00:45:34,999 --> 00:45:38,031
That is astonishing and we can add it
to the list of things that you know.
812
00:45:38,113 --> 00:45:40,237
(LAUGHTER)
813
00:45:40,319 --> 00:45:43,957
- Anyway, we must now get back to our film.
- Yes.
814
00:45:44,039 --> 00:45:47,111
Earlier on, we decided
that Detroit should be
815
00:45:47,193 --> 00:45:49,837
a big sort of
petrolhead theme park,
816
00:45:49,919 --> 00:45:53,311
so we went over there with
three tuned muscle cars.
817
00:45:53,393 --> 00:45:57,237
So far we've staged a drag
race, done some doughnuts
818
00:45:57,319 --> 00:45:59,791
and Jeremy has driven over
some vegetables.
819
00:45:59,873 --> 00:46:04,974
And then the next day, we decided that
what Detroit really needs is a racetrack.
820
00:46:05,056 --> 00:46:07,357
Yeah, even though
it already has two.
821
00:46:07,439 --> 00:46:09,431
Yes, but we wanted
something more earthy.
822
00:46:09,513 --> 00:46:12,709
So we headed
for the city centre.
823
00:46:19,199 --> 00:46:21,949
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
824
00:46:31,399 --> 00:46:34,357
As we headed
for the downtown area,
825
00:46:34,439 --> 00:46:38,469
I decided to do a bit of
muscle car housekeeping.
826
00:46:39,519 --> 00:46:42,711
Can I just ask everybody what
your average fuel consumption
827
00:46:42,793 --> 00:46:45,711
has been
since we got to Detroit?
828
00:46:45,793 --> 00:46:49,614
Overall, over the whole trip,
eight mpg.
829
00:46:49,696 --> 00:46:54,069
Yeah, mine is a healthy
3.9 miles per gallon.
830
00:46:54,639 --> 00:46:56,671
You're joking? 3.9?
831
00:46:56,753 --> 00:46:58,989
Yes, siree Bob.
832
00:46:59,279 --> 00:47:02,831
13 mpg from the Mustang.
833
00:47:02,913 --> 00:47:05,271
Is it a hybrid?
834
00:47:05,353 --> 00:47:08,477
(LAUGHS)
835
00:47:08,559 --> 00:47:11,511
If it had been a hybrid, it
would have fitted in very well
836
00:47:11,593 --> 00:47:15,949
with what the centre of Detroit
has become these days.
837
00:47:18,599 --> 00:47:21,437
Florist... cafés...
838
00:47:21,519 --> 00:47:25,071
Oh, for heaven's sake,
Urban Ramen!
839
00:47:25,153 --> 00:47:27,869
No, no, no, no!
840
00:47:29,319 --> 00:47:33,717
In 1997,
in downtown Detroit,
841
00:47:33,799 --> 00:47:36,951
someone put a gun
against my head.
842
00:47:37,033 --> 00:47:42,637
Now it's just all hipsters
with dogs and bicycles.
843
00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:46,589
If you want to start a tech business,
bugger off to San Francisco.
844
00:47:48,279 --> 00:47:51,831
Oh, for God's sake, have you
seen this little urban garden?
845
00:47:51,913 --> 00:47:54,357
Oh, no.
846
00:47:54,439 --> 00:47:56,837
Why has he got such
a problem with gardens?
847
00:47:56,919 --> 00:47:59,111
Look down there,
it's just all greenhouses
848
00:47:59,193 --> 00:48:02,629
full of little
artisan... soaps.
849
00:48:02,707 --> 00:48:04,025
There's a Tesla!
850
00:48:04,103 --> 00:48:07,000
There's a bloody Tesla
in Detroit!
851
00:48:07,117 --> 00:48:09,471
If only the world were full of
people like Jeremy Clarkson.
852
00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:12,237
Then we could have
slavery and witch burning.
853
00:48:12,319 --> 00:48:14,631
JEREMY: Right, well, we've
established one thing.
854
00:48:14,713 --> 00:48:17,911
The centre of Detroit...
that ain't a racetrack,
855
00:48:17,993 --> 00:48:19,934
that's a wholefood market.
856
00:48:20,016 --> 00:48:23,389
We need to get out of here,
this is the enemy.
857
00:48:26,879 --> 00:48:29,431
Having returned to
the rundown suburbs,
858
00:48:29,513 --> 00:48:34,309
we eventually found the perfect
place to build a racetrack:
859
00:48:36,919 --> 00:48:40,669
Cadillac's old
Conner Avenue Factory.
860
00:48:42,639 --> 00:48:46,511
For over 60 years, they stamped
out the body panels here
861
00:48:46,593 --> 00:48:50,631
for icons, like
the Eldorado, the Fleetwood,
862
00:48:50,713 --> 00:48:53,429
and the Coupe de Ville.
863
00:48:56,359 --> 00:48:59,271
If it were up to James,
this creaking monument
864
00:48:59,353 --> 00:49:04,229
to the Motor City's decline would
be turned into a shrubbery.
865
00:49:06,119 --> 00:49:08,077
But it wasn't up to James.
866
00:49:08,159 --> 00:49:11,871
So it would become a Monte
Carlo-style tunnel feature
867
00:49:11,953 --> 00:49:15,349
on our Detroit-themed
racetrack.
868
00:49:18,119 --> 00:49:19,791
Right, so what I
thought we'd do is
869
00:49:19,873 --> 00:49:22,471
we'd name all of the corners
and all of the straights
870
00:49:22,553 --> 00:49:25,837
after various musicians
who are from Detroit.
871
00:49:25,919 --> 00:49:30,957
So, for example, put that there, and
then this would be Alice Cooper Corner.
872
00:49:31,039 --> 00:49:33,191
- Yeah, nice touch.
- And I've got all the faces.
873
00:49:33,273 --> 00:49:36,237
I've got Glenn Frey from the
Eagles, Jack White, Madonna,
874
00:49:36,319 --> 00:49:38,071
Aretha Franklin, Bob Seger,
Ted Nugent.
875
00:49:38,153 --> 00:49:39,591
What's that stick for?
876
00:49:39,673 --> 00:49:42,717
Oh, that's um...
that's Iggy pop.
877
00:49:42,799 --> 00:49:45,071
- Oh, yeah, it's like he's here.
- Yeah, exactly.
878
00:49:45,153 --> 00:49:48,077
Then as we go into
the back section over there,
879
00:49:48,159 --> 00:49:51,631
you've got Marvin Gaye, Stevie
Wonder, Eminem, Diana Ross,
880
00:49:51,713 --> 00:49:54,317
Sonny Bono, Martha Reeves,
881
00:49:54,399 --> 00:49:56,485
Anthony Kiedis,
Smokey Robinson.
882
00:49:56,586 --> 00:49:58,297
You look in the book
and you just go...
883
00:49:58,375 --> 00:50:00,578
"They can't all be
from Detroit!"
884
00:50:01,102 --> 00:50:03,094
Did you know Madonna
was from Detroit?
885
00:50:03,172 --> 00:50:04,658
No.
886
00:50:07,371 --> 00:50:10,524
Because building the track
involved heavy machinery
887
00:50:10,602 --> 00:50:12,078
and manual labour,
888
00:50:12,227 --> 00:50:16,349
Hammond insisted on
doing everything himself.
889
00:50:18,329 --> 00:50:21,521
That is gonna be
a fast corner.
890
00:50:21,713 --> 00:50:23,637
(BLEEPING)
891
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:27,829
Despite this, though,
he soon had everything ready.
892
00:50:37,079 --> 00:50:39,911
Sadly, though, he had got
a bit confused about
893
00:50:39,993 --> 00:50:43,149
naming the corners
after local musicians.
894
00:50:46,045 --> 00:50:47,490
- What?
- Why have you...
895
00:50:47,568 --> 00:50:48,601
Why have you got The Edge?
896
00:50:48,679 --> 00:50:50,880
Well, you said there was
Sonny Bono.
897
00:50:50,980 --> 00:50:52,904
Yes, Hammond, Sonny Bono
898
00:50:52,982 --> 00:50:56,383
and The Edge from the famous
Detroit rock band U2.
899
00:50:56,513 --> 00:50:58,119
Exactly.
900
00:51:00,465 --> 00:51:05,094
Because the track had been built by the
world's most accident-prone driver,
901
00:51:05,375 --> 00:51:08,871
we thought it best that
the God-fearing Exorcist
902
00:51:08,953 --> 00:51:10,551
should christen it.
903
00:51:10,633 --> 00:51:12,909
(ENGINE REVVING)
904
00:51:19,999 --> 00:51:21,399
So bumpy!
905
00:51:24,563 --> 00:51:26,873
What the hell is this?
906
00:51:33,994 --> 00:51:37,184
What's that, some sort of
chicane he's put in there?
907
00:51:38,959 --> 00:51:42,631
Whoa, slippery,
that's slippery as hell!
908
00:51:42,713 --> 00:51:46,591
What? That...
That's unbelievably narrow!
909
00:51:46,673 --> 00:51:49,389
What's he thinking of?
910
00:51:53,799 --> 00:51:55,110
Oh, hello.
911
00:51:56,359 --> 00:51:59,109
Here he comes.
912
00:52:01,215 --> 00:52:06,613
After his run, James couldn't wait to
give Hammond some constructive feedback.
913
00:52:06,784 --> 00:52:10,037
I just wanna say, Hammond,
you witless dishcloth!
914
00:52:10,119 --> 00:52:12,597
That is the worst racetrack
I've ever been round.
915
00:52:12,679 --> 00:52:16,628
It's slippery, it's full of holes, it's
full of obstacles for you to crash into.
916
00:52:16,753 --> 00:52:18,651
- It's narrow.
- It's challenging, isn't it? Technical.
917
00:52:18,729 --> 00:52:21,311
It's not challenging. It's only
about that much bigger than the car
918
00:52:21,393 --> 00:52:22,871
and it's made of butter.
919
00:52:22,953 --> 00:52:26,637
And... it appears to be
full of asbestos waste.
920
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:28,357
Oh, it is full
of asbestos.
921
00:52:28,439 --> 00:52:30,231
- Sorry about that.
- Well, thank you!
922
00:52:30,313 --> 00:52:32,469
Close your window.
923
00:52:38,319 --> 00:52:40,711
JEREMY: All of us then
set about our practice laps,
924
00:52:40,793 --> 00:52:43,557
on Hammond's death trap.
925
00:52:43,639 --> 00:52:45,471
Thin bit! Oh, God!
926
00:52:45,553 --> 00:52:47,477
(TYRES SCREECH)
927
00:52:47,559 --> 00:52:49,869
I can't see a bloody thing.
928
00:52:52,919 --> 00:52:55,391
My own car doesn't fit
round my own racetrack!
929
00:52:55,473 --> 00:52:58,469
What have I done?
930
00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:01,391
JEREMY:
Despite the peril, though,
931
00:53:01,473 --> 00:53:03,629
we gave it everything.
932
00:53:06,959 --> 00:53:08,711
And by the end
of the session,
933
00:53:08,793 --> 00:53:13,669
there was nothing in it between
The Demon and the Exorcist.
934
00:53:14,919 --> 00:53:19,029
The Mustang, though, that
was in a league of its own.
935
00:53:21,759 --> 00:53:24,509
(TYRES SCREECH)
936
00:53:25,839 --> 00:53:28,749
♪ I'm not gonna take it
any more ♪
937
00:53:30,865 --> 00:53:32,305
56.4.
938
00:53:35,449 --> 00:53:36,727
Yes, you're fastest.
939
00:53:36,919 --> 00:53:37,991
Well, of course
it's the fastest,
940
00:53:38,073 --> 00:53:40,549
it's a muscle car
that handles.
941
00:53:41,507 --> 00:53:45,665
However, these were just
unofficial practice laps.
942
00:53:45,743 --> 00:53:48,055
Now it was time
for the one-shot,
943
00:53:48,133 --> 00:53:51,329
winner-takes-all real thing.
944
00:53:52,393 --> 00:53:55,397
In three, two, one...
945
00:53:55,479 --> 00:53:58,469
- Begin!
- (ENGINE REVS)
946
00:54:03,359 --> 00:54:07,069
Brakes for that bit.
Bit of downshift.
947
00:54:19,839 --> 00:54:20,991
Massive bump.
948
00:54:21,073 --> 00:54:22,719
Oh, God!
949
00:54:27,679 --> 00:54:28,959
Hammond.
950
00:54:31,319 --> 00:54:32,799
Slippery.
951
00:54:35,919 --> 00:54:39,429
JEREMY: And here he is.
Here he comes.
952
00:54:43,239 --> 00:54:45,989
- I've pooed myself.
- Funny noise.
953
00:54:47,359 --> 00:54:51,509
JAMES: However, the trouser
accident had clearly been worth it.
954
00:54:52,199 --> 00:54:54,031
You've just broken
your own record.
955
00:54:54,113 --> 00:54:57,111
- That's remarkable cos...
- 59.66.
956
00:54:57,193 --> 00:54:58,677
- Really?
- Yeah.
957
00:54:58,759 --> 00:55:00,751
I'm happy with that and I haven't
hit any famous musicians
958
00:55:00,833 --> 00:55:03,389
or bits of old car factory.
959
00:55:05,079 --> 00:55:08,429
JEREMY: Next it was
the turn of Corporal Crash.
960
00:55:10,399 --> 00:55:11,831
Where's the
fire engine gone?
961
00:55:11,913 --> 00:55:14,151
Fire engine's over there,
ambulance is...
962
00:55:14,233 --> 00:55:16,111
Oh, we're all comedians
today.
963
00:55:16,193 --> 00:55:19,757
Remember,
if you lose to James May...
964
00:55:19,839 --> 00:55:22,949
It's more humiliating,
It's worse than death.
965
00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:26,549
In three, two, one, go.
966
00:55:30,399 --> 00:55:32,357
Looking for grip.
967
00:55:32,439 --> 00:55:34,351
Turn in neat, crisp
by The Edge. Whoa!
968
00:55:34,433 --> 00:55:36,357
(TYRES SCREECH)
969
00:55:36,439 --> 00:55:38,071
Oh, he's gone
over The Edge!
970
00:55:38,153 --> 00:55:41,149
- Again.
- (LAUGHTER)
971
00:55:42,119 --> 00:55:44,717
Oh-oh.
972
00:55:44,799 --> 00:55:46,831
- Hammond's lap's going well.
- Yeah, isn't it?
973
00:55:46,913 --> 00:55:48,231
(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)
974
00:55:48,313 --> 00:55:51,109
So which corner is that
he's gone off on?
975
00:55:51,479 --> 00:55:54,309
I mean, obviously it is him.
976
00:55:54,599 --> 00:55:57,189
Amazingly, it wasn't.
977
00:56:03,879 --> 00:56:07,389
Is that Madonna?
That's Madonna. I dunno.
978
00:56:08,039 --> 00:56:10,189
Now we're in the open.
979
00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:14,109
Oh, Christ!
980
00:56:15,799 --> 00:56:18,709
Yes, no, Beelzebub's got
a bit of understeer there.
981
00:56:21,639 --> 00:56:25,269
That felt good.
It felt like a quick one.
982
00:56:26,879 --> 00:56:29,511
Ah, I don't know
how to put this to you but...
983
00:56:29,593 --> 00:56:31,559
(GUFFAWS)
984
00:56:33,119 --> 00:56:36,471
- No, no, no, no, no.
- Yeah, yeah.
985
00:56:36,553 --> 00:56:41,189
Point four of a second
slower than James May!
986
00:56:41,559 --> 00:56:42,991
This is what death
feels like.
987
00:56:43,073 --> 00:56:44,557
OK, get out of the Demon,
988
00:56:44,639 --> 00:56:46,351
we've done the Demon
and The Exorcist.
989
00:56:46,433 --> 00:56:49,149
It's time for the Blue Nun.
990
00:56:49,399 --> 00:56:50,911
- Blue Nun?
- Yeah.
991
00:56:50,993 --> 00:56:53,709
(ANGELIC SINGING)
992
00:56:54,959 --> 00:56:57,231
JEREMY: Totally pointless
waste of time this.
993
00:56:57,313 --> 00:57:03,214
We've established the Mustang is
the fastest by an enormous margin.
994
00:57:03,296 --> 00:57:07,189
Um... I'd better go and do it,
I suppose.
995
00:57:09,119 --> 00:57:12,311
RICHARD: Jeremy smug in My
Little Pony. Are you ready?
996
00:57:12,393 --> 00:57:16,589
In three, two, one, begin!
997
00:57:22,999 --> 00:57:24,119
Ohh, yes!
998
00:57:25,279 --> 00:57:27,231
This is a properly
sorted track car.
999
00:57:27,313 --> 00:57:30,349
That's what
we're looking at here.
1000
00:57:31,039 --> 00:57:32,591
JAMES:
Properly sorted it may be.
1001
00:57:32,673 --> 00:57:36,869
But I had a plan that
would spoil its afternoon.
1002
00:57:37,639 --> 00:57:39,631
- You're running!
- I know, but you'll see.
1003
00:57:39,713 --> 00:57:42,429
Gotta get down to this corner
before he gets back.
1004
00:57:42,679 --> 00:57:44,157
Help me tip this over.
1005
00:57:44,239 --> 00:57:46,231
- What is it?
- It's organic palm oil.
1006
00:57:46,313 --> 00:57:47,717
Very slippery.
1007
00:57:47,799 --> 00:57:50,429
It's the revenge
of the urban farmer.
1008
00:57:53,199 --> 00:57:57,069
Into the blind bend.
There is Stevie Wonder.
1009
00:57:58,599 --> 00:58:01,391
You do know it's palm oil that's ruining
life for the world's orangutans?
1010
00:58:01,473 --> 00:58:03,157
Only this one.
1011
00:58:03,239 --> 00:58:05,717
JEREMY: Come on, come on.
1012
00:58:05,799 --> 00:58:08,069
Short shifting into third.
1013
00:58:11,759 --> 00:58:14,509
- Ohhh!
- (JAMES LAUGHS)
1014
00:58:14,919 --> 00:58:16,631
And on that terrible
disappointment...
1015
00:58:16,713 --> 00:58:19,429
- For him.
- It's back to the tent.
1016
00:58:19,879 --> 00:58:22,629
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
1017
00:58:25,079 --> 00:58:26,757
- You!
- What?
1018
00:58:26,839 --> 00:58:29,831
- I thought it had been you.
- Oh, no.
1019
00:58:29,913 --> 00:58:31,517
You ruined my lap.
1020
00:58:31,599 --> 00:58:34,717
You said Detroit
had to be a playground
1021
00:58:34,799 --> 00:58:36,551
and that's what I was doing,
I was playing.
1022
00:58:36,633 --> 00:58:39,197
Listen,
can my practice time stand?
1023
00:58:39,279 --> 00:58:40,911
Cos that was still
the quickest.
1024
00:58:40,993 --> 00:58:43,037
That's not how it works.
1025
00:58:43,119 --> 00:58:45,351
You can't just say that because you
were the quickest in qualifying,
1026
00:58:45,433 --> 00:58:47,631
you would have won the race
if you hadn't crashed.
1027
00:58:47,713 --> 00:58:49,757
- Well, I can say it.
- You can say it.
1028
00:58:49,839 --> 00:58:51,191
I could say I'm the captain
of the English cricket team.
1029
00:58:51,273 --> 00:58:53,511
I wouldn't be any good at it.
1030
00:58:53,593 --> 00:58:55,399
(LAUGHTER)
1031
00:58:56,919 --> 00:58:58,837
Ah, well, moving on.
1032
00:58:58,919 --> 00:59:00,951
I know where
he was going with that.
1033
00:59:01,033 --> 00:59:03,957
Anyway, look,
in part one of that film,
1034
00:59:04,039 --> 00:59:07,911
we said that we would have a race
between the Demon and The Exorcist,
1035
00:59:07,993 --> 00:59:09,477
a drag race, yeah?
1036
00:59:09,559 --> 00:59:11,551
And then it never happened.
1037
00:59:11,633 --> 00:59:13,437
Except it did.
1038
00:59:13,519 --> 00:59:18,077
Yeah. You see, Dodge said we
couldn't drag race it on the street.
1039
00:59:18,159 --> 00:59:20,871
But they didn't say
anything about airfields.
1040
00:59:20,953 --> 00:59:24,677
So after we'd finished at our
track, we found one of those.
1041
00:59:24,759 --> 00:59:26,991
I bowed out of this,
like I said, cos the Mustang
1042
00:59:27,073 --> 00:59:29,557
in a drag racing environment's
never gonna win.
1043
00:59:29,639 --> 00:59:33,311
It became a two-horse race between
Sir Crashalot and the Onanist, OK?
1044
00:59:33,393 --> 00:59:36,237
- (RICHARD LAUGHS)
- But we have a problem.
1045
00:59:36,319 --> 00:59:39,671
See, we only have time left in the show,
realistically, for one more thing.
1046
00:59:39,753 --> 00:59:42,551
We've got the guest segment.
This week I should tell you,
1047
00:59:42,633 --> 00:59:46,669
it's between Howard
from the Halifax adverts...
1048
00:59:48,079 --> 00:59:50,117
and Adrian Chiles,
1049
00:59:50,199 --> 00:59:54,669
to find the fastest person you don't
really hear from much any more.
1050
00:59:57,039 --> 00:59:59,031
We'll have a vote, I think.
1051
00:59:59,113 --> 01:00:03,029
Who here would like to see
the celebrity segment?
1052
01:00:03,719 --> 01:00:05,559
(LAUGHTER)
1053
01:00:06,679 --> 01:00:08,637
There's one over there.
1054
01:00:08,719 --> 01:00:10,351
And who'd like to see
the drag race?
1055
01:00:10,433 --> 01:00:12,117
(CHEERING)
1056
01:00:12,199 --> 01:00:15,831
- Does that mean they're not coming on?
- Very much so, James.
1057
01:00:15,913 --> 01:00:19,949
So here it is, then, the race
between good and evil.
1058
01:00:33,519 --> 01:00:35,431
Right, here we go, viewers.
1059
01:00:35,513 --> 01:00:40,309
It's either salvation or a world
plunged into eternal darkness.
1060
01:00:45,759 --> 01:00:49,677
OK, this is it: the race
between good and evil.
1061
01:00:49,759 --> 01:00:51,471
Are we ready, gentlemen?
1062
01:00:51,553 --> 01:00:54,269
- We ready?
- No.
1063
01:00:55,879 --> 01:00:57,437
What's happening?
1064
01:00:57,519 --> 01:00:59,631
I've got a couple of things
to do before we start.
1065
01:00:59,713 --> 01:01:02,494
Are you saying you can't
just drag race this now?
1066
01:01:02,576 --> 01:01:06,509
Well, you've gotta do it properly,
this is a proper drag racing car!
1067
01:01:06,799 --> 01:01:08,277
What is he doing?
1068
01:01:08,359 --> 01:01:10,431
This is what you get
when you buy a Demon.
1069
01:01:10,513 --> 01:01:13,789
Costs you an extra dollar
and you get this crate.
1070
01:01:14,799 --> 01:01:16,197
Oh-ho-ho!
1071
01:01:16,279 --> 01:01:17,911
It's like a picnic hamper
for men.
1072
01:01:17,993 --> 01:01:20,917
Then, underneath,
and to either side,
1073
01:01:20,999 --> 01:01:23,631
I've got boxes with the new
EC - I've everything I need.
1074
01:01:23,713 --> 01:01:25,311
- ECU?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1075
01:01:25,393 --> 01:01:28,109
- (GRUNTS)
- Look at that!
1076
01:01:31,039 --> 01:01:33,031
(ELECTRIC MOTOR WHIRS)
1077
01:01:33,113 --> 01:01:36,911
He's got this enormous crate
and some bags
1078
01:01:36,993 --> 01:01:40,317
and tins... full of tools,
1079
01:01:40,399 --> 01:01:42,997
with two space savers and...
1080
01:01:43,079 --> 01:01:44,511
Space saver wheels?
1081
01:01:44,593 --> 01:01:45,917
Hang on.
1082
01:01:45,999 --> 01:01:48,397
Why are you putting
space savers on it?
1083
01:01:48,479 --> 01:01:50,471
They're drag racing
tyres, they're lighter.
1084
01:01:50,553 --> 01:01:53,757
I don't need grip at
the front, just got to steer.
1085
01:01:53,839 --> 01:01:56,391
JAMES: What else does he have to
do, apart from change the wheels?
1086
01:01:56,473 --> 01:01:59,909
Um... he's got
a new ECU to fit.
1087
01:02:00,239 --> 01:02:01,511
- Are you serious?
- Yes.
1088
01:02:01,593 --> 01:02:03,951
So it's not really
a drag racing car at all?
1089
01:02:04,033 --> 01:02:08,149
It will be once he's
completely rebuilt it.
1090
01:02:08,879 --> 01:02:11,629
(DRILL WHIRS)
1091
01:02:12,839 --> 01:02:15,711
This is an old-fashioned view of television
but I think we've lost the moment.
1092
01:02:15,793 --> 01:02:19,111
I think I agree with you. This was
gonna be the big end of the show,
1093
01:02:19,193 --> 01:02:20,511
good versus evil.
1094
01:02:20,593 --> 01:02:23,477
I could have walked
to the end by now.
1095
01:02:23,559 --> 01:02:27,471
I've gotta take back tyre
pressures down to 20 psi.
1096
01:02:27,553 --> 01:02:30,951
Nice fat,
squishy contact patch.
1097
01:02:31,033 --> 01:02:33,749
(AIR PUMP HISSING)
1098
01:02:36,759 --> 01:02:41,429
Exactly 25 minutes so far it's taken
him to do his quarter-mile run.
1099
01:02:42,119 --> 01:02:44,511
Oh, so, this is where it
breathes through its eye.
1100
01:02:44,593 --> 01:02:47,869
Look at that! That goes
at the back of its eye.
1101
01:02:48,879 --> 01:02:50,717
So...
1102
01:02:50,799 --> 01:02:52,951
Hammond, that is a significant component.
What is it?
1103
01:02:53,033 --> 01:02:55,917
- Air filter.
- Does it not have an air filter?
1104
01:02:55,999 --> 01:02:59,869
Yeah, but this is a performance one.
It's gonna gulp through air.
1105
01:03:05,279 --> 01:03:07,671
- Right, so that's it, good.
- Now I've gotta do the ECU.
1106
01:03:07,753 --> 01:03:11,237
Which goes in here, I believe.
I'll have to take that out.
1107
01:03:11,319 --> 01:03:15,614
So he's now got a different ECU just
telling the engine to be powerful.
1108
01:03:15,696 --> 01:03:19,069
Right, why didn't they just
put that in from the start?
1109
01:03:19,959 --> 01:03:21,471
That's good to go.
1110
01:03:21,553 --> 01:03:24,757
JEREMY:
Sadly, though, it wasn't.
1111
01:03:24,839 --> 01:03:28,471
He's now refuelling his car with
a special... How many octane?
1112
01:03:28,553 --> 01:03:32,629
It's ethanol and gasoline
mixture... um... 104.
1113
01:03:33,399 --> 01:03:36,309
JEREMY: After the refuelling,
we hoped he was done.
1114
01:03:37,279 --> 01:03:38,477
But, no.
1115
01:03:38,559 --> 01:03:39,951
Right, hang on a minute.
I've got to put it
1116
01:03:40,033 --> 01:03:41,917
in neutral to get
that in the middle.
1117
01:03:41,999 --> 01:03:44,031
Hammond, you're taking
the whole dashboard off.
1118
01:03:44,113 --> 01:03:47,391
This has to come out because I'm gonna
put in a new control panel here.
1119
01:03:47,473 --> 01:03:48,917
I get a new button on it.
1120
01:03:48,999 --> 01:03:52,391
He's taking the whole centre
console out, the whole of that.
1121
01:03:52,473 --> 01:03:55,311
He's had to put it in
neutral to lift it all off.
1122
01:03:55,393 --> 01:03:56,677
What for?
1123
01:03:56,759 --> 01:03:58,991
Because you can then fit
a button, that enables him
1124
01:03:59,073 --> 01:04:02,677
to select what sort of fuel
he's running on.
1125
01:04:02,759 --> 01:04:05,391
Why don't they just put
that in from the start?
1126
01:04:05,473 --> 01:04:09,957
This all goes back in here,
with my new switch gear in.
1127
01:04:10,039 --> 01:04:12,117
It's an hour
and seven minutes.
1128
01:04:12,199 --> 01:04:14,591
Actually, you're right,
it is. It's over an hour now.
1129
01:04:14,673 --> 01:04:16,237
God!
1130
01:04:16,319 --> 01:04:19,069
- There we go.
- (BLEEPING)
1131
01:04:21,359 --> 01:04:25,414
JEREMY: Finally, the rebuild
of the Demon was complete.
1132
01:04:25,496 --> 01:04:29,309
It was time for the drivers
to warm their tyres.
1133
01:04:29,599 --> 01:04:32,951
In three, two, one, burn out!
1134
01:04:33,033 --> 01:04:35,709
(ENGINES REVVING)
1135
01:04:47,279 --> 01:04:50,317
Right, your tyres are warm.
Are you now ready?
1136
01:04:50,399 --> 01:04:53,511
- What?
- Are you ready to come to the start line?
1137
01:04:53,593 --> 01:04:55,517
- No!
- What do you mean, no?
1138
01:04:55,599 --> 01:04:58,311
- No, that was just a celebratory burnout.
- Oh, jeez, he's got out.
1139
01:04:58,393 --> 01:05:00,911
I've done all the building work,
now I've gotta set the car up.
1140
01:05:00,993 --> 01:05:03,437
I've gotta get in the right
modes, there's stuff to do, mate.
1141
01:05:03,519 --> 01:05:05,151
Oh, I've had enough.
I'm sorry, I've had enough.
1142
01:05:05,233 --> 01:05:06,957
Bye.
1143
01:05:07,039 --> 01:05:09,749
(SIGHS)
We're never gonna do this.
1144
01:05:10,639 --> 01:05:13,877
So, I need to go into Drag.
Drag Mode Activating.
1145
01:05:13,959 --> 01:05:16,271
Excellent. Drag Transmission,
Drag Traction, Power.
1146
01:05:16,353 --> 01:05:20,397
So Power
needs to go up to 840.
1147
01:05:20,479 --> 01:05:22,271
We are now in High Octane.
1148
01:05:22,353 --> 01:05:23,717
Ho-ho!
1149
01:05:23,799 --> 01:05:25,597
I've never known
anything like it.
1150
01:05:25,679 --> 01:05:27,917
JAMES: With our starter
on his way back to London,
1151
01:05:27,999 --> 01:05:29,431
the traffic lights
were brought in,
1152
01:05:29,513 --> 01:05:33,309
and finally
we were ready to go.
1153
01:05:36,639 --> 01:05:39,429
I'm gonna bust your ass,
evil boy!
1154
01:05:39,679 --> 01:05:41,037
Oh, yes.
1155
01:05:41,119 --> 01:05:42,631
What are you gonna
do with it now?
1156
01:05:42,713 --> 01:05:45,269
Cos I've seen the film
and I wouldn't do it.
1157
01:05:51,559 --> 01:05:54,309
(ENGINES REVVING)
1158
01:06:05,559 --> 01:06:07,951
I'm getting ahead!
I think I'm getting ahead!
1159
01:06:08,033 --> 01:06:10,429
Come on, Demon!
1160
01:06:17,119 --> 01:06:19,869
Argh, so annoying!
1161
01:06:23,159 --> 01:06:24,277
Urghh!
1162
01:06:24,359 --> 01:06:27,197
Aha! Evil wins!
1163
01:06:27,279 --> 01:06:29,909
Evil wins! Woo-hoo!
1164
01:06:34,799 --> 01:06:37,271
- (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
- Ye-e-e-s!
1165
01:06:37,353 --> 01:06:38,877
Yes!
1166
01:06:38,959 --> 01:06:40,743
Victory for the Demon.
1167
01:06:40,821 --> 01:06:42,501
Thank you. Ha-ha!
1168
01:06:42,719 --> 01:06:44,759
- Cos I won.
- Yes, you won.
1169
01:06:44,884 --> 01:06:47,037
- You did win. Well done.
- You noticed, then?
1170
01:06:47,119 --> 01:06:48,142
- Yes, I noticed it.
- That I won?
1171
01:06:48,220 --> 01:06:49,902
At the end of
the race, my car
1172
01:06:50,033 --> 01:06:52,197
was in front of your car,
which means I won.
1173
01:06:52,279 --> 01:06:54,791
Can I just point out, first
you had to spend half a day
1174
01:06:54,873 --> 01:06:57,951
rebuilding half your car, and
then you had to run it on fuel
1175
01:06:58,033 --> 01:07:00,791
that you can't buy from
a normal petrol station.
1176
01:07:00,873 --> 01:07:06,160
Wait a minute, your Excrement runs
on that clever fuel all the time.
1177
01:07:06,871 --> 01:07:08,734
I was sort of banking on
you not knowing that.
1178
01:07:08,816 --> 01:07:11,324
- Yes, well, I do know.
- Gentlemen, gentlemen.
1179
01:07:11,410 --> 01:07:14,957
I think we have to agree,
the Mustang is the only car
1180
01:07:15,039 --> 01:07:17,557
here that ticks
all the muscle car boxes.
1181
01:07:17,639 --> 01:07:20,837
It's cheap, it's powerful,
it runs on fuel you can buy,
1182
01:07:20,919 --> 01:07:23,871
and you can have it with the
steering wheel on the correct side.
1183
01:07:23,953 --> 01:07:26,355
You don't get it, do you?
You just don't get it.
1184
01:07:26,433 --> 01:07:28,715
A muscle car is supposed to
have 1,000 horsepower,
1185
01:07:28,913 --> 01:07:31,437
be undriveable
and have a stupid name.
1186
01:07:31,519 --> 01:07:33,877
It's called Ready To Rock!
That is a stupid name!
1187
01:07:33,959 --> 01:07:37,074
Listen, Hammond, not only are you the
fiscal brain of this operation...
1188
01:07:37,152 --> 01:07:38,168
I am.
1189
01:07:38,246 --> 01:07:41,606
- You're also the resident
muscle car enthusiast. - yes?
1190
01:07:41,684 --> 01:07:45,098
So, and I know the answer to this, cos you
told me on the plane on the way home.
1191
01:07:45,176 --> 01:07:46,928
Of the three cars, which
would you actually buy?
1192
01:07:47,108 --> 01:07:48,312
- Buy?
- Buy.
1193
01:07:48,390 --> 01:07:49,622
- With my own money?
- Yes.
1194
01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:51,624
- Buy? Myself?
- Yes. Yes.
1195
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- It's the Mustang.
- There you go, the Mustang.
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And so on that terrible
disappointment for you...
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Snowflakes. -...it's time...
it's time to end.
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Now, next week it
is a Grand Tour Special,
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where we attempt to become the
first ever television show
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in the history of television
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to go to Colombia
and not use the C-word.
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See you then. Goodbye.
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