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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!
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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!
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♪ 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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Aargh!
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There must've been 30 or 40 people
in the room when the police arrived.
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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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- 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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- 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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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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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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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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So that's what
we've come here to do...
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make some noise.
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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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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.
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I have 840 horsepower,
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a massive supercharger...
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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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Yeah!
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Noise!
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Noise in the city!
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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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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 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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This may look small and delicate
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compared to the other two,
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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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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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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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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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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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What a day!
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I just can't get over James
May is The Ex-cre-cist
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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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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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- 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.
- 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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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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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. You
can both do it naked for all I care.
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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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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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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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Put it in first gear.
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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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You do know you're both
too old for this, don't you?
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What, for driving muscle cars up and
down the public roads of Detroit?
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Because nobody else
is using them.
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Well, Richard Hammond
certainly isn't using them.
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Since it was one-all and we were
having enormous fun annoying Hammond,
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we decided to go again.
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What is this, best of 30 now?
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What else are we gonna do?
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Keep going till
one of you wets yourselves.
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For the next 17 runs,
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the result was always the same.
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Thank you very much.
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Come on! Come on!
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Give up, buddy.
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I'm angry.
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I'm not giving in, James.
One more.
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Oh, for God's sake!
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I gave him my word I wouldn't
use launch control.
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I'm simply going to go back
on that and not tell him.
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That was a good gear change.
So was that.
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But there's just nothing I can do to get
up with that 1,000 horsepower monster.
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Finally, I waved the white flag.
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And then we took a closer look
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at the savage beating
heart of The Exorcist.
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And that's the standard
Corvette engine, basically.
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- Z06, yeah.
- With a supercharger plonked on the top.
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- That's there, yes?
- Yes, 2.9 litre supercharger.
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So the bit they've bolted
to your engine
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is bigger than most
European engines?
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- Yes.
- So is the one on mine. It's 2.7 litres.
250
00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,560
Yeah, not as big. The point is,
Hammond, this is The Exorcist.
251
00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,319
The job of The Exorcist
is to vanquish the Demon.
252
00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,800
It's like, you remember
in the '60s, I think,
253
00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,079
De Tomaso made a car
called the Mangusta,
254
00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,320
which is Italian for mongoose.
255
00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,440
Yes, and a mongoose
can kill a cobra, can't it?
256
00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,920
- That's why they did it.
- Yes, but this hasn't vanquished the Demon.
257
00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:02,560
- It hasn't beaten it.
- Tell you what.
258
00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,040
Why don't you find a racetrack
or a runway somewhere, OK?
259
00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,640
I'll gracefully bow out.
260
00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:12,400
And we can have a race
between good... and evil.
261
00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:24,880
First, though, we decided to find out
which of our cars makes the loudest noise.
262
00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,920
There were, of course,
many possible locations
263
00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,520
for this important test.
264
00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:36,560
But eventually, we found one
that was absolutely ideal.
265
00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,160
What is this place?
266
00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,160
Well, it obviously
was a theatre.
267
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,960
They built it on the site
268
00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,880
of Henry Ford's
first ever workshop.
269
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,040
- And when I say theatre...
- Oh, wow!
270
00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,000
So it was in 1925 they built it,
271
00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,960
when Detroit was just about
the richest city in the world.
272
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,160
- You can see that.
- They can just build that.
273
00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,960
And then in the '70s, it was
converted into a rock venue.
274
00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,319
So, I mean, look at these
tickets I've got for it.
275
00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,319
- ZZ Top.
- ZZ Top and T Rex.
276
00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,760
- What a gig that would've been!
- It would've been fantastic.
277
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,440
Sly And The Family Stone,
Spencer Davis.
278
00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,280
Steve Winwood
has performed in here.
279
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,040
David Bowie performed in here.
280
00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,480
- Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Seger.
- This was a serious venue.
281
00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,160
Oh, serious venue.
282
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,680
And then, there were some
credit card companies
283
00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,720
in the offices
which are behind that wall.
284
00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,440
And they said,
"We need some parking."
285
00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,200
And just bought it and turned
it into a multi-storey car park.
286
00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,240
- That's amazing.
- Takes the romance out of it.
287
00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,080
It's sort of staggering.
288
00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,520
It's the birthplace of
Henry Ford's business.
289
00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,559
- Yeah.
- Then a theatre.
290
00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,560
It's a car park.
291
00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,880
We can bring some theatre
back with our noise test.
292
00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:00,776
Actually, there's a kind of
poetry to it, it's beautiful.
293
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,799
- Precisely.
- Not just bringing the poetry,
294
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,800
also bringing
the decibel-o-meter.
295
00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,520
- Oh, perfect.
- So you can go and uh... go first.
296
00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,520
Why am I going first?
297
00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,800
- I just said you can go first.
- He did. I heard him say it.
298
00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,680
Since the owners
feared the noise
299
00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,040
from our engines would bring
down the crumbling roof,
300
00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,160
we were given
protective clothing.
301
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,400
We have to put this on
because there may be dust.
302
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:27,880
There will be dust.
303
00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,280
Traction off.
304
00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,319
I'll just make wheel spin.
305
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,240
Wheel spin, that just makes
a huge amount of noise.
306
00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,440
- Are you ready?
- Yes.
307
00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,560
Oh, yeah, check it out!
308
00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,200
I can see jack shit.
309
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,880
- God, that's pretty horrible.
- How loud?
310
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,960
- Well, at its peak...
- Yeah?
311
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,760
125.2.
312
00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,960
Well, wait a minute, you
don't know, you haven't...
313
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000
- You're the first to go.
- 125?
314
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,760
Yes.
315
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,079
The Who.
316
00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,320
Widely regarded to be the
loudest rock band of all time.
317
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,320
- Yes.
- 126 decibels.
318
00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:35,080
Deep Purple,
a mere 117 decibels.
319
00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:38,520
That car is louder
than Deep Purple.
320
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,320
But probably a lot quieter
than my Demon.
321
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,400
Any minute now, a paramedic will
be cutting his trousers off.
322
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,560
He should've taken
them off before he got in.
323
00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,640
I don't know why
he wears trousers.
324
00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,680
Here we go.
Ready in three, two...
325
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,240
Oh, wait a minute,
it hasn't done it.
326
00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,960
Easy mistake.
327
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,136
We've all done it - forgotten
the key when you're doughnutting
328
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,320
in a Detroit theatre that's been
turned into a multi-storey car park.
329
00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:16,880
Everybody's been there.
330
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,080
OK. In three, two...
331
00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,800
- 125.2 to beat.
- Yeah.
332
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,360
Doesn't make a lot of noise.
333
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,400
118.8, tiptoe boy.
334
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,000
It's got a 2.7 litre capacity
supercharger on it!
335
00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:57,680
Yeah, but,
it doesn't make any noise.
336
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,896
They didn't build it for this,
they built it for drag racing.
337
00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:02,016
- And they wouldn't let me do that, so...
- Oh, did they?
338
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,280
- How do we know?
- Well, they did.
339
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,680
Before this sore
point became even sorer,
340
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,720
I sent James off to have a go.
341
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,800
Don't think
he's ever done a doughnut.
342
00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,840
- No. No.
- In his life.
343
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:21,240
We are about to witness James
D May losing his virginity.
344
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,720
Popping his doughnut cherry.
345
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,520
James May, are you ready?
346
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,560
Fire it up in three...
347
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,600
Cock.
348
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,560
Bollocks.
349
00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:56,920
It took him a little while, but
eventually he got the hang of it.
350
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,280
What's my score?
351
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,600
Why don't we just go?
352
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,040
- Come on, James, gotta go.
- Yep, moving on.
353
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,080
- What was it?
- Oh, I've wiped it.
354
00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,360
- No, you haven't.
- It was 12.
355
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,840
Come on... Why've I got this on my face?
What was it?
356
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,680
It was 128,
so just 2.8 more than me.
357
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,600
- So more?
- Yes.
358
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:30,920
- Hold that.
- Why?
359
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,440
Please just hold that.
360
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,400
Oh, I hate the victory dance!
361
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,840
- I hate the victory dance.
- Good, right, let's move on.
362
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,800
How much is your car?
How much?
363
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,840
- 98, something like that?
- £98,000.
364
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,560
- Yes.
- £40,000.
365
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,480
Yeah, but mine's better,
so it's more expensive.
366
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,520
- £40,000.
- It's faster and louder.
367
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,680
720 horsepower, £40,000.
368
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,880
Am I the only person here
who understands muscle cars?
369
00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:57,120
That's a ridiculous thing
to say!
370
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,320
Having had a very busy morning,
371
00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:04,960
we were now hungry.
372
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,000
Which, in this part of town,
was a problem.
373
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,280
Not an abundance of restaurants
around here, is there?
374
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,400
I haven't seen any.
375
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,160
I just noticed
a Coney Island Restaurant
376
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,880
but I'm afraid it's
been shut for 30 years.
377
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,080
Having failed
to find even a takeout,
378
00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:28,480
we started to look for a hotel.
379
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,120
But there wasn't
one of those either.
380
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,760
So we decided to buy a house.
381
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,000
Let me show you what we've got.
382
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,480
Handsome vestibule, feature
tiled floor, front room here,
383
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,360
feature fireplace, loads of
light from all these windows.
384
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,360
This, I would say, use as a dining room
because it's adjacent to the kitchen.
385
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,840
Needs the appliances
refitting, not a big job.
386
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,560
In there, I would say that's
a really handy games room,
387
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,080
TV room, overlooking the
garden and the double garage.
388
00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:02,520
Here, perfect for a home
office, maybe a snug.
389
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,800
Upstairs four bedrooms,
and here's the kicker.
390
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,560
An independent granny flat
with its own kitchen,
391
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,440
so Jeremy can live up there semi-independently
for as long as he can manage.
392
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,080
And the price?
$2,200.
393
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,600
Is that really only...
What was it, $2,200?
394
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,000
- Yeah.
- 1800 quid.
395
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,200
Amazing, isn't it?
396
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,160
Shall I show you
something else amazing?
397
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:31,280
Captain Slow has fallen for
this eco-allotment claptrap.
398
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,840
I haven't fallen for it, and it's not
claptrap, it's just a vegetable plot.
399
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,040
- It's only a bit.
- Buy food, don't grow it.
400
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,360
- Why not?
- That's a farmer's job.
401
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,800
Turning a city into a
vegetable garden is ridiculous.
402
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,080
No, who's turned a city
into a vegetable garden?
403
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,056
That's what they want to do
and you're encouraging them.
404
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,080
Detroit should be
for petrolheads.
405
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:51,720
It should be for massive V8s
like our cars.
406
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,440
It's a great idea by a city
that's having a bad time
407
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,720
and trying to use its initiative.
What's wrong with it?
408
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,336
It's not as if there's any
vegetables in the shops.
409
00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:01,040
- New is better.
- I am not listening to any more of this.
410
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,160
I am going to go off.
I'm gonna find a shop.
411
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,720
I'm gonna come back
with burgers.
412
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,920
Well, you can have
some curly kale in them.
413
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,440
Bloody allotment!
414
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,480
Just because
he's become a vegetarian
415
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,880
doesn't mean that absolutely
everybody has to be one.
416
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,000
- Don't be a moron!
- Well, I can't get out, he's parked in the way.
417
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,920
Well, on that terrible
disappointment, back to the tent.
418
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,720
You asked for it.
You asked for it.
419
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,280
We never got the burgers either.
420
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:39,600
No, we didn't.
421
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,200
We uh...
422
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,480
We shall pick that up later on.
423
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,240
But now it is time to drop
the car keys of chat
424
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,360
down the drain of debate...
425
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,680
on Conversation Street.
426
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,200
That's a little weird.
427
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,840
- How'd you do that?
- Don't know. Can't remember.
428
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:11,640
Can I just begin by saying that I
think the very concept of incongruity
429
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,200
was defined in that film
in Detroit by James May,
430
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,680
the slowest moving man
in history,
431
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,560
driving around in
a car called The Exorcist.
432
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,400
Yeah, it just doesn't work.
"James May is The Exorcist."
433
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,040
No, I mean, if he's gonna have a
car, it should be called The Florist.
434
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,080
Or The Organist.
435
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,880
- Simple change to that, The Onanist.
- Nice.
436
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,760
- I think The Onanist would work well.
- Have you quite finished?
437
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,840
- Uh... yeah.
- Good, actually I'd like to talk about Motor City.
438
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,000
More specifically,
what's happening to it.
439
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,520
I'll tell you
what's happening to it.
440
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,680
It is being slowly ruined
by vegetable-ists.
441
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,280
- Oh, God.
- It is!
442
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,280
There are two million acres
of land in Detroit, OK?
443
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,680
Would anybody like to guess how many
acres have been given over to allotments?
444
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,600
- Six.
445
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,800
- 1,000.
- No, it's three.
446
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,360
Three acres.
447
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,600
- And he's driven over two of them.
- Exactly.
448
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,080
Yes, and rightly so.
It's like cancer.
449
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,120
- It's not like cancer!
- It is!
450
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,240
If you said, "I've got
two billion cells in my body
451
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,016
and only three are cancerous
so I shall do nothing..."
452
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,760
You don't, you cut them out.
453
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,360
Yeah, but cancer is a serious
threat to your health.
454
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,400
Well, so are vegetables.
They are.
455
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,440
You do know you're mad?
456
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,320
No, I'll tell you
what I'm mad about.
457
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,200
I'm mad as hell about Detroit.
458
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:29,840
Because in 1960, that was
the richest city in America.
459
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,400
The richest.
And now it is the poorest.
460
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,400
And no other city anywhere in the
world has collapsed that quickly.
461
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,840
What about Hiroshima?
462
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,760
Apart from Hiroshima.
463
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,560
Pompeii.
464
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,640
Yes, apart from
Hiroshima and Pompeii,
465
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,800
no city has collapsed
as fast as Detroit has.
466
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,840
- It's unbelievable.
- Incredible the scale of it.
467
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,160
There used to be
43 car factories in Detroit.
468
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,840
43.
469
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,880
Now two. Just two.
470
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,800
I actually think it's because
America won the war, weirdly.
471
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:04,720
- Vietnam.
- Really?
472
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,040
No, I was lying.
They lost that one.
473
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,960
Not in all the films,
they didn't.
474
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,576
They won in the films but when you
add up all the battles they won,
475
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,600
- weirdly they lost the war.
- Did they?
476
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,720
No, I'm actually talking
about World War II.
477
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,600
At the end of that, Japan had lost its
empire, so it lost all its resources.
478
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,280
So they were forced to make
compact, economical, efficient cars.
479
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,520
And then the oil crisis
hit in 1973,
480
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,280
and the Americans,
with their big V8s,
481
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,280
were forced to buy small, compact,
economical cars from Japan.
482
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,600
And then realised
they were better.
483
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,960
No, I think it's because
American cars are too cheap.
484
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,216
- Too cheap?
- It's a business thing. That's the problem.
485
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,000
Sorry, everyone, I fear we are about
to get an economic lecture from...
486
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,480
Chancellor Hammond here.
487
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,320
- Well, no.
- The other Chancellor Hammond.
488
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,680
No, you are... Now concentrate, let
me put this into context for you.
489
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,280
A lot of supercars have
arrived on the scene recently.
490
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,280
I've got pictures of them.
This is the McLaren Speedtail,
491
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,320
that's 1,000 horsepower.
492
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,160
Costs £2.1 million.
493
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:03,976
- And its wheels are odd.
- They are. They don't match.
494
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,240
This is the Aston Martin Valkyrie,
that's 1,000 horsepower again.
495
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,000
£2.5 million.
496
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,640
This one, that's
the Ferrari FXX-K Evo,
497
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,720
1,000 horsepower,
£3.5 million.
498
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,760
Best looking Ferrari
of all time, that.
499
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,640
- It does look amazing, yeah,
- It is absolutely staggering.
500
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,080
However, they've all got
1,000 horsepower,
501
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,480
which means
they will all be undriveable.
502
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,120
Yeah, whereas my Exorcist
has 1,000 horsepower
503
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,360
and is undriveable
for under £100,000.
504
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,120
Yes, and that's... that's
exactly my economic point.
505
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:38,760
They're selling them too cheap.
506
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,560
They're just giving it away.
507
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,080
If American carmakers doubled the
price of the cars that they sell,
508
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,920
bear with me, they would double
the money that they make.
509
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,896
It's not that complicated
when you think about it.
510
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,600
If you follow the logic.
511
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,560
I've said before, the wrong
Hammond is in charge of Britain's...
512
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,600
Yeah. It is incredible.
513
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,200
You've got a supply
and demand graph.
514
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,000
If you take away
the demand axis,
515
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,680
life becomes much easier
when it's all just supply.
516
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,240
Precisely. The Hellcat
that I was driving
517
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,200
was priced at £67,000.
518
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,400
- Yeah.
- People are now selling them,
519
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,440
that same car,
second-hand for £120,000.
520
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,640
And one bloke has advertised
one for half a million.
521
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,840
So that means they were
too cheap and I'm right.
522
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,040
- It is hard to argue with that.
- Unassailable.
523
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,160
And we don't have time,
so let's move it on.
524
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,840
Because you may remember
in the very first show
525
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,680
of The Grand Tour
in the first season...
526
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,840
I was blown
away by a McLaren P1.
527
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,320
Yeah, I do remember.
You said it would be faster
528
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,880
than the Porsche 918
and the Ferrari LaFerrari.
529
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,800
- Mm-hm.
- And, no, wait a minute, it wasn't, was it?
530
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,080
And as a result, the only thing
that got blown away was your house.
531
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,600
- That's undoubtedly true.
- Yeah.
532
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,520
But the thing is, it remains
to this day the most exciting,
533
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,360
most brutal, most visceral
car I've ever driven.
534
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,680
And I didn't think
it could ever be topped,
535
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,480
but McLaren
have given it a bash.
536
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:02,240
And I thought, "Well, if they've
built a car that can out-P1 a P1,
537
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,200
I'd better test it
somewhere a bit less...
538
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,680
narrow and a bit less tree-lined
539
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,600
and a bit less covered in deers
and badgers than the Eboladrome.
540
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:15,080
So I took it to the fastest
racetrack in Europe,
541
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,240
which is... Actually, anyone
wanna guess which it is?
542
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,160
- Monza?
- No, not Monza.
543
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,720
- Spa.
- Not Spa.
544
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:22,920
- Do you know?
- What?
545
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,960
Do you know?
546
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,160
Of course I know!
547
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,680
- You know? That's unusual.
- Why is it unusual?
548
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,560
You didn't know any of the answers on
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, did you?
549
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,480
I mean...
550
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,520
I'm just saying.
551
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,680
You didn't.
552
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,240
No. But, no.
553
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,760
No.
554
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,840
They didn't ask me any of the
questions I knew the answers to.
555
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,080
- That's what it was.
- No, but it's not called
556
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,680
Who Wants To Know Things
Jeremy Happens To Know, is it?
557
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,840
- It's Thruxton.
- What is?
558
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,880
Thruxton is the fastest
racetrack in Europe.
559
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,600
So that's where I took
the new McLaren.
560
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,000
Engine's beginning
throttling down now.
561
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,520
And lift-off.
562
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:07,840
..clear of the tower.
563
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,320
Go with throttle up.
564
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,120
This is the car in question.
565
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,960
And let's begin by giving
you some of the headlines.
566
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:29,640
There's no hybrid drive,
like there was in the P1.
567
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:34,080
But even so, the 4 litre,
twin turbocharged V8...
568
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,920
produces 789 horsepower.
569
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:45,160
And that means
it's still pretty fast.
570
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:48,920
OK, right.
571
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,600
Left foot on brake.
572
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:56,560
Push launch.
573
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,280
Full throttle.
574
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,640
Boost building, boost ready,
we're gone.
575
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,760
0-60 in 2.7 seconds.
576
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,520
That's 120... 150.
577
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:17,880
Jesus H Christ!
578
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,880
It'll actually do 186
in 18 seconds,
579
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,960
and flat out is 208.
580
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,280
And that's really alarming.
581
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,480
I'm gonna be sick. Ohh!
582
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,000
Whoa!
583
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:43,760
The thing is, though, that lots of supercars
are as fast as the McLaren these days.
584
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,360
Some are even more powerful,
585
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,160
and even more dramatic
to behold.
586
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,000
But this is called the Senna.
587
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,760
It's named after Ayrton Senna,
588
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,400
and Ayrton was not a man
who spent his evenings
589
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:04,160
cruising around Harrods
at nine miles an hour.
590
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,320
And nor was he a man who spent
much time at drag strips,
591
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,360
doing the standing quarter.
592
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:10,680
No.
593
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,440
Ayrton was a man who made
his name at places like this.
594
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:17,640
Racetracks.
595
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,600
This is what
the Senna was built to do:
596
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,159
get round any track, anywhere,
597
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:33,360
faster than any other
road car ever made.
598
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,440
To do this,
they had to make it light.
599
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,400
And they have.
The doors, for example.
600
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,880
Even though they have
windows in them here,
601
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:50,000
so passers-by can see
the driver's trousers,
602
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,160
they only weigh nine kilograms
603
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,159
and that's less than
one of Kate Moss's arms.
604
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,840
And then there's the seats.
605
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,880
They only weigh eight kilograms.
606
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:01,920
I've eaten puddings
that weigh more than that!
607
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,760
Go with throttle up.
608
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,440
Having got the weight out,
609
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,760
the Senna's nearly a quarter
of a ton lighter than the P1.
610
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,840
They had to think about grip.
611
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,320
They started with
a new type of Pirelli tyre
612
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:22,560
that clings on like a panicky
child on a fairground ride.
613
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,280
And then there's
this moving rear wing,
614
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,640
which is somehow road legal.
615
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,840
It actually hangs
from these pylons,
616
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,880
rather than sits on top of them,
617
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,360
because that improves downforce.
618
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,280
I asked James May
to explain why,
619
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:43,040
but I'm afraid, after three
hours, I went into a deep sleep.
620
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,520
The next most import thing
when it comes to lap times
621
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,080
is how well it slows down.
622
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,840
I was once in a 24-hour race
at Silverstone,
623
00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:00,560
driving a terrible
old diesel BMW
624
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:05,640
and yet I could keep up with
a supercharged Jaguar XKR
625
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:09,440
because I had better brakes.
626
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,960
I'd look at him getting to the
end of the Hangar Straight,
627
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,200
thinking, "Why are you braking
now, you idiot? You don't need to."
628
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:21,160
And that is
this car's party piece.
629
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,360
To show you
how well this car stops,
630
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,400
I've organised a little test.
631
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:32,760
Right, I'm currently driving
alongside a Jaguar F Type...
632
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,440
at 100 miles an hour.
633
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,080
When we get to that
cone down there...
634
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,160
we're both going to brake.
635
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,600
Ready?
636
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,880
How can you stop from 100 miles an
hour to nothing in that distance?
637
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:14,040
So, it stops like
it's run into a wall...
638
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,040
it's pressed into
the road by witchcraft...
639
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,880
it weighs the same
as a bag of whippets...
640
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:26,880
and it has nearly
800 horsepower on tap.
641
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:30,440
Put all that together
and... um, well...
642
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,760
Oh, my giddy aunt!
643
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:49,440
It doesn't have
the savagery of the P1.
644
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,000
The P1 was so scary,
645
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:57,160
it took me two months
to get used to it,
646
00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,159
to discover its little foibles.
647
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,920
This, though, even though
I'm now in hunkered-down,
648
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,080
tightened-up, vicious race mode,
649
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,120
with the traction control
wound right back,
650
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,360
I'm not frightened at all.
651
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,480
I'm starting to push the
envelope after 20 minutes.
652
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,760
But you see, through there,
the P1 would have understeered.
653
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,159
This just doesn't because
654
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,480
there's no weight
to push it out of line.
655
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:37,480
It's like you're driving
using nothing but telepathy.
656
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:48,760
And I'm loving it!
657
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,120
In the past, I've
described various Ferraris
658
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,800
as feeling beautifully delicate.
659
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,320
But compared to this,
they're like elephants!
660
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:07,880
Criticisms?
661
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:11,200
Not many, I mean,
the usual McLaren stuff.
662
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,600
When you try to change it from
comfort to track to sport to race,
663
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,120
it's all far too complicated.
664
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:22,120
And I know they saved 15 kilograms
not fitting air conditioning,
665
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,960
but on a hot day like today,
it's quite sweaty.
666
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000
But who cares?
667
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:44,480
Honestly, this thing is rewriting
the supercar rule book, in my mind.
668
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:04,200
Unbelievable car, that.
669
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,480
I'm actually proud
to be British with that.
670
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:07,880
What?
671
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,280
- Yes, definitely.
- What?
672
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:15,440
Well, just... while the film was on
we've just been online and checked.
673
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,200
Thruxton is not
the fastest track in Europe.
674
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,120
- What?
- It's not.
675
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,000
- Why isn't it?
- Well, it isn't the fastest track.
676
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,840
Well, it's the fastest
racetrack in Wiltshire.
677
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,880
- It's in Hampshire.
- You don't even know...
678
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,536
- It's in Hampshire. You don't know where it is.
- You don't even know that!
679
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,920
They described themselves as the
fastest track in the South of England.
680
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:37,160
- Not Europe.
- After Brexit it'll be the fastest in Europe.
681
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,200
Anyway, whatever,
back to your film.
682
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,680
You said "rewriting
the supercar rule book".
683
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,600
Those are big words.
684
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,040
Yeah, and they're correct.
685
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,760
- Are they?
- No, they are. No, for once, I am actually...
686
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:49,760
First time this show I'm right.
687
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,320
Because that car... You remember
the Lamborghini Huracán Performante?
688
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,880
- I loved that car.
- OK, that blitzed our track.
689
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,640
Absolutely blitzed it, fastest
road car ever round there.
690
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:02,880
I can guarantee
the Senna will be quicker.
691
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,440
- Guaran...
- Here we go again. Good.
692
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,159
I promise it will be.
693
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,400
I promise.
694
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,600
If it isn't, can we blow up
your house?
695
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,800
I haven't finished
building it yet.
696
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,096
Well, when you've finished
building it, can we blow it up?
697
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,040
Yes.
698
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,600
No, I am so confident
the Senna will be faster,
699
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,520
that if it isn't, when I've finished
building my house, you can blow it up again.
700
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:27,960
You do know that we will?
We will do that.
701
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,160
- We will do that.
- We will.
702
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:30,920
We'll wait till you're in.
703
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,159
Let's play the tape, come on.
Let's have a look.
704
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,600
There's Abby, and she's off,
705
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,280
flying away from the line
like a stabbed rat.
706
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,320
And coming onto
the Isn't Straight.
707
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:47,720
Already carrying
some serious speed.
708
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,600
Looking busy at the wheel on
the bumpy surface of our track,
709
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,680
but those hydraulically interconnected
dampers are doing their job
710
00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:55,320
of keeping it all tied down.
711
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,080
Oh, that is flying!
712
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:01,840
She's already dropping down
into Your Name Here.
713
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,840
Some squeal from
the Pirelli P Zero Trofeos
714
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,480
as she carves round there
and then it's back on the gas
715
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:11,640
to unleash
that mighty twin turbo V8
716
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,560
for the return run
down to the Isn't.
717
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,040
I am feeling confident here!
718
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,840
Right, now hard on those
incredible carbon ceramic brakes
719
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:24,320
for the tight, and technical,
Old Lady's House.
720
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:28,320
No excess weight
to drag the nose wide.
721
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,200
And now, on the fast run
to Substation,
722
00:44:31,240 --> 00:44:33,680
riding the ruts
and lumps with ease.
723
00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:35,720
Two corners left.
724
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,080
More tyre squeal through there,
725
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,120
rear wing doing its thing.
726
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:42,880
And now a bit of oversteer
and across the line.
727
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,320
Looks good, it does look good.
728
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:48,480
But...
729
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:52,336
Got everything we need
to blow it up?
730
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,120
There it is, there's the
Huracán Performante.
731
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,040
1.16.8.
732
00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:58,160
And I have guaranteed
it'll be faster
733
00:44:58,200 --> 00:44:59,560
or you'll blow my house up.
734
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,200
And you're doing well on facts
this week, so far, aren't you?
735
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:04,040
How are you feeling?
736
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,840
- Totally relaxed.
- Are you really?
737
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:11,160
Thing is, we haven't got far
to go to blow it up, have we?
738
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:12,440
It's just gonna be over there.
739
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,360
Come on, let's see
how fast it was.
740
00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:17,720
Oh, oh...
741
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,280
- Damn!
- 1:12!
742
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:24,640
That is serious.
743
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,880
That's four seconds quicker.
744
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,640
That's quicker than the Vulcan, and
the Vulcan isn't even road legal.
745
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:34,920
That's absolutely amazing.
746
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,000
That is astonishing and we can add it
to the list of things that you know.
747
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:43,960
- Anyway, we must now get back to our film.
- Yes.
748
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,080
Earlier on, we decided
that Detroit should be
749
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,840
a big sort of
petrolhead theme park,
750
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:53,280
so we went over there with
three tuned muscle cars.
751
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:57,240
So far we've staged a drag
race, done some doughnuts
752
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,760
and Jeremy has driven over
some vegetables.
753
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:04,960
And then the next day, we decided that
what Detroit really needs is a racetrack.
754
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,360
Yeah, even though
it already has two.
755
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,400
Yes, but we wanted
something more earthy.
756
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,920
So we headed
for the city centre.
757
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,360
As we headed
for the downtown area,
758
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,680
I decided to do a bit of
muscle car housekeeping.
759
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,680
Can I just ask everybody what
your average fuel consumption
760
00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:45,680
has been
since we got to Detroit?
761
00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:49,600
Overall, over the whole trip,
eight mpg.
762
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:53,280
Yeah, mine is a healthy
3.9 miles per gallon.
763
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,640
You're joking? 3.9?
764
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:58,200
Yes, siree Bob.
765
00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:02,800
13 mpg from the Mustang.
766
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:05,240
Is it a hybrid?
767
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,480
If it had been a hybrid, it
would have fitted in very well
768
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:15,160
with what the centre of
Detroit has become these days.
769
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,440
Florist... cafés...
770
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:25,040
Oh, for heaven's sake,
Urban Ramen!
771
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:27,080
No, no, no, no!
772
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:33,720
In 1997, in downtown Detroit,
773
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,920
someone put a gun
against my head.
774
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:42,640
Now it's just all hipsters
with dogs and bicycles.
775
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:45,800
If you want to start a tech business,
bugger off to San Francisco.
776
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:51,800
Oh, for God's sake, have you
seen this little urban garden?
777
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,360
Oh, no.
778
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,840
Why has he got such
a problem with gardens?
779
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:59,080
Look down there,
it's just all greenhouses
780
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,840
full of little
artisan... soaps.
781
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,320
There's a Tesla!
782
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:06,760
There's a bloody Tesla
in Detroit!
783
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,440
If only the world were full of
people like Jeremy Clarkson.
784
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,240
Then we could have
slavery and witch burning.
785
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,600
Right, well, we've
established one thing.
786
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,880
The centre of Detroit...
that ain't a racetrack,
787
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:19,920
that's a wholefood market.
788
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,600
We need to get out of here,
this is the enemy.
789
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,400
Having returned to
the rundown suburbs,
790
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:33,520
we eventually found the perfect
place to build a racetrack:
791
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,880
Cadillac's old
Conner Avenue Factory.
792
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:46,480
For over 60 years, they stamped
out the body panels here
793
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:50,600
for icons, like
the Eldorado, the Fleetwood,
794
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:52,640
and the Coupe de Ville.
795
00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:59,240
If it were up to James,
this creaking monument
796
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:03,440
to the Motor City's decline
would be turned into a shrubbery.
797
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:08,080
But it wasn't up to James.
798
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:11,840
So it would become a Monte
Carlo-style tunnel feature
799
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,560
on our Detroit-themed racetrack.
800
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:19,760
Right, so what I
thought we'd do is
801
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,440
we'd name all of the corners
and all of the straights
802
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:25,840
after various musicians
who are from Detroit.
803
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:30,960
So, for example, put that there, and
then this would be Alice Cooper Corner.
804
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,160
- Yeah, nice touch.
- And I've got all the faces.
805
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:36,240
I've got Glenn Frey from the
Eagles, Jack White, Madonna,
806
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,040
Aretha Franklin, Bob Seger,
Ted Nugent.
807
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:39,560
What's that stick for?
808
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,720
Oh, that's um...
that's Iggy pop.
809
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,040
- Oh, yeah, it's like he's here.
- Yeah, exactly.
810
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:48,080
Then as we go into
the back section over there,
811
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:51,600
you've got Marvin Gaye, Stevie
Wonder, Eminem, Diana Ross,
812
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:54,320
Sonny Bono, Martha Reeves,
813
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:56,720
Anthony Kiedis, Smokey Robinson.
814
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,520
You look in the book
and you just go...
815
00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:00,680
"They can't all be
from Detroit!"
816
00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:02,600
Did you know Madonna
was from Detroit?
817
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:04,160
No.
818
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,160
Because building the track
involved heavy machinery
819
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:12,040
and manual labour,
820
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:15,560
Hammond insisted on
doing everything himself.
821
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:21,600
That is gonna be a fast corner.
822
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:27,040
Despite this, though,
he soon had everything ready.
823
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:39,880
Sadly, though, he had got
a bit confused about
824
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,360
naming the corners
after local musicians.
825
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,680
- What?
- Why have you... Why have you got The Edge?
826
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:51,040
Well, you said there was
Sonny Bono.
827
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:53,080
Yes, Hammond, Sonny Bono
828
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:56,400
and The Edge from the famous
Detroit rock band U2.
829
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:58,080
Exactly.
830
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:05,000
Because the track had been built by
the world's most accident-prone driver,
831
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:08,840
we thought it best that
the God-fearing Exorcist
832
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:10,520
should christen it.
833
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:21,040
So bumpy!
834
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:25,640
What the hell is this?
835
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,560
What's that, some sort of
chicane he's put in there?
836
00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:42,600
Whoa, slippery,
that's slippery as hell!
837
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:46,560
What? That...
That's unbelievably narrow!
838
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,600
What's he thinking of?
839
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:55,040
Oh, hello.
840
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,320
Here he comes.
841
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:06,640
After his run, James couldn't wait to
give Hammond some constructive feedback.
842
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:10,040
I just wanna say, Hammond,
you witless dishcloth!
843
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,600
That is the worst racetrack
I've ever been round.
844
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:16,320
It's slippery, it's full of holes, it's
full of obstacles for you to crash into.
845
00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:18,376
- It's narrow.
- It's challenging, isn't it? Technical.
846
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:21,280
It's not challenging. It's only
about that much bigger than the car
847
00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:22,840
and it's made of butter.
848
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:26,640
And... it appears to be
full of asbestos waste.
849
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:28,360
Oh, it is full of asbestos.
850
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:30,200
- Sorry about that.
- Well, thank you!
851
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:31,680
Close your window.
852
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,680
All of us then
set about our practice laps,
853
00:52:40,720 --> 00:52:43,560
on Hammond's death trap.
854
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,440
Thin bit! Oh, God!
855
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:49,080
I can't see a bloody thing.
856
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:55,360
My own car doesn't fit
round my own racetrack!
857
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:57,680
What have I done?
858
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:01,360
Despite the peril, though,
859
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:02,840
we gave it everything.
860
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:08,680
And by the end of the session,
861
00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:12,880
there was nothing in it between
The Demon and the Exorcist.
862
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:18,240
The Mustang, though, that
was in a league of its own.
863
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:27,960
♪ I'm not gonna take it
any more ♪
864
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:32,400
56.4.
865
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:36,840
Yes, you're fastest.
866
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:37,976
Well, of course
it's the fastest,
867
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:39,760
it's a muscle car that handles.
868
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:45,880
However, these were just
unofficial practice laps.
869
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:48,240
Now it was time
for the one-shot,
870
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,760
winner-takes-all real thing.
871
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:55,400
In three, two, one...
872
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:57,680
Begin!
873
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,280
Brakes for that bit.
Bit of downshift.
874
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:20,960
Massive bump.
875
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:22,680
Oh, God!
876
00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:28,920
Hammond.
877
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:32,760
Slippery.
878
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:38,640
And here he is.
Here he comes.
879
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,200
- I've pooed myself.
- Funny noise.
880
00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:50,720
However, the trouser accident
had clearly been worth it.
881
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:54,000
You've just broken
your own record.
882
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:57,080
- That's remarkable cos...
- 59.66.
883
00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:58,680
- Really?
- Yeah.
884
00:54:58,720 --> 00:55:00,736
I'm happy with that and I
haven't hit any famous musicians
885
00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:02,600
or bits of old car factory.
886
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,640
Next it was
the turn of Corporal Crash.
887
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:11,800
Where's the fire engine gone?
888
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:14,120
Fire engine's over there,
ambulance is...
889
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:16,080
Oh, we're all comedians today.
890
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:19,760
Remember,
if you lose to James May...
891
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,160
It's more humiliating,
It's worse than death.
892
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,760
In three, two, one, go.
893
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:32,360
Looking for grip.
894
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:34,320
Turn in neat, crisp
by The Edge. Whoa!
895
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:38,040
Oh, he's gone over The Edge!
896
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:40,360
Again.
897
00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:44,720
Oh-oh.
898
00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:46,800
- Hammond's lap's going well.
- Yeah, isn't it?
899
00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:50,320
So which corner is that
he's gone off on?
900
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:53,520
I mean, obviously it is him.
901
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:56,400
Amazingly, it wasn't.
902
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:06,600
Is that Madonna?
That's Madonna. I dunno.
903
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:09,400
Now we're in the open.
904
00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:13,320
Oh, Christ!
905
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:17,920
Yes, no, Beelzebub's got
a bit of understeer there.
906
00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:24,480
That felt good.
It felt like a quick one.
907
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:29,480
Ah, I don't know
how to put this to you but...
908
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:36,440
- No, no, no, no, no.
- Yeah, yeah.
909
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:40,400
Point four of a second
slower than James May!
910
00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:42,960
This is what death feels like.
911
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:44,560
OK, get out of the Demon,
912
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:46,320
we've done the Demon
and The Exorcist.
913
00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:48,360
It's time for the Blue Nun.
914
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:50,880
- Blue Nun?
- Yeah.
915
00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:57,200
Totally pointless
waste of time this.
916
00:56:57,240 --> 00:57:03,200
We've established the Mustang is
the fastest by an enormous margin.
917
00:57:03,240 --> 00:57:06,400
Um... I'd better go and do it,
I suppose.
918
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:12,280
Jeremy smug in My
Little Pony. Are you ready?
919
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:15,800
In three, two, one, begin!
920
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:24,080
Ohh, yes!
921
00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:27,200
This is a properly
sorted track car.
922
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:29,560
That's what
we're looking at here.
923
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:32,560
Properly sorted it may be.
924
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:36,080
But I had a plan that
would spoil its afternoon.
925
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:39,600
- You're running!
- I know, but you'll see.
926
00:57:39,640 --> 00:57:41,640
Gotta get down to this corner
before he gets back.
927
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:44,160
Help me tip this over.
928
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:46,200
- What is it?
- It's organic palm oil.
929
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:47,720
Very slippery.
930
00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:49,640
It's the revenge
of the urban farmer.
931
00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:56,280
Into the blind bend.
There is Stevie Wonder.
932
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,376
You do know it's palm oil that's
ruining life for the world's orangutans?
933
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:03,160
Only this one.
934
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:05,720
Come on, come on.
935
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:07,280
Short shifting into third.
936
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:13,720
Ohhh!
937
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,600
And on that terrible
disappointment...
938
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:18,640
- For him.
- It's back to the tent.
939
00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:26,760
- You!
- What?
940
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:29,800
- I thought it had been you.
- Oh, no.
941
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:31,520
You ruined my lap.
942
00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:34,720
You said Detroit
had to be a playground
943
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:36,520
and that's what I was doing,
I was playing.
944
00:58:36,560 --> 00:58:39,200
Listen,
can my practice time stand?
945
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:40,880
Cos that was still the quickest.
946
00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:43,040
That's not how it works.
947
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:45,336
You can't just say that because you
were the quickest in qualifying,
948
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:47,600
you would have won the race
if you hadn't crashed.
949
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:49,760
- Well, I can say it.
- You can say it.
950
00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:51,176
I could say I'm the captain
of the English cricket team.
951
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:53,480
I wouldn't be any good at it.
952
00:58:56,880 --> 00:58:58,840
Ah, well, moving on.
953
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:00,920
I know where
he was going with that.
954
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:03,960
Anyway, look,
in part one of that film,
955
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,880
we said that we would have a race
between the Demon and The Exorcist,
956
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:09,480
a drag race, yeah?
957
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:11,520
And then it never happened.
958
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:13,440
Except it did.
959
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:18,080
Yeah. You see, Dodge said we
couldn't drag race it on the street.
960
00:59:18,120 --> 00:59:20,840
But they didn't say
anything about airfields.
961
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:24,680
So after we'd finished at our
track, we found one of those.
962
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:26,960
I bowed out of this,
like I said, cos the Mustang
963
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:29,560
in a drag racing environment's
never gonna win.
964
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:33,280
It became a two-horse race between
Sir Crashalot and the Onanist, OK?
965
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:36,240
But we have a problem.
966
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:39,640
See, we only have time left in the
show, realistically, for one more thing.
967
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:42,520
We've got the guest segment.
This week I should tell you,
968
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:45,880
it's between Howard
from the Halifax adverts...
969
00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:50,120
and Adrian Chiles,
970
00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:53,880
to find the fastest person you don't
really hear from much any more.
971
00:59:57,000 --> 00:59:59,000
We'll have a vote, I think.
972
00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:02,240
Who here would like to see
the celebrity segment?
973
01:00:06,640 --> 01:00:08,640
There's one over there.
974
01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:10,320
And who'd like to see
the drag race?
975
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:15,800
- Does that mean they're not coming on?
- Very much so, James.
976
01:00:15,840 --> 01:00:19,160
So here it is, then, the race
between good and evil.
977
01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:35,400
Right, here we go, viewers.
978
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:39,520
It's either salvation or a world
plunged into eternal darkness.
979
01:00:45,720 --> 01:00:49,680
OK, this is it: the race
between good and evil.
980
01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:51,440
Are we ready, gentlemen?
981
01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:53,480
- We ready?
- No.
982
01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:57,440
What's happening?
983
01:00:57,480 --> 01:00:59,600
I've got a couple of things
to do before we start.
984
01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:02,480
Are you saying you can't
just drag race this now?
985
01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:05,720
Well, you've gotta do it properly,
this is a proper drag racing car!
986
01:01:06,760 --> 01:01:08,280
What is he doing?
987
01:01:08,320 --> 01:01:10,400
This is what you get
when you buy a Demon.
988
01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:13,000
Costs you an extra dollar
and you get this crate.
989
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:16,200
Oh-ho-ho!
990
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:17,880
It's like a picnic hamper
for men.
991
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:20,920
Then, underneath,
and to either side,
992
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:23,600
I've got boxes with the new
EC - I've everything I need.
993
01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:25,280
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
994
01:01:25,320 --> 01:01:27,320
Look at that!
995
01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:36,880
He's got this enormous crate
and some bags
996
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:40,320
and tins... full of tools,
997
01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:43,000
with two space savers and...
998
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:44,480
Space saver wheels?
999
01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:45,920
Hang on.
1000
01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:48,400
Why are you putting
space savers on it?
1001
01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:50,440
They're drag racing
tyres, they're lighter.
1002
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:53,760
I don't need grip at
the front, just got to steer.
1003
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:56,360
What else does he have to do,
apart from change the wheels?
1004
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:59,120
Um... he's got
a new ECU to fit.
1005
01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:01,480
- Are you serious?
- Yes.
1006
01:02:01,520 --> 01:02:03,920
So it's not really
a drag racing car at all?
1007
01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:07,360
It will be once he's
completely rebuilt it.
1008
01:02:12,800 --> 01:02:15,696
This is an old-fashioned view of television
but I think we've lost the moment.
1009
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:19,080
I think I agree with you. This was
gonna be the big end of the show,
1010
01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:20,480
good versus evil.
1011
01:02:20,520 --> 01:02:23,480
I could have walked
to the end by now.
1012
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:27,440
I've gotta take back tyre
pressures down to 20 psi.
1013
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:30,920
Nice fat, squishy contact patch.
1014
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:40,640
Exactly 25 minutes so far it's taken
him to do his quarter-mile run.
1015
01:02:42,080 --> 01:02:44,480
Oh, so, this is where it
breathes through its eye.
1016
01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:47,080
Look at that! That goes
at the back of its eye.
1017
01:02:48,840 --> 01:02:50,720
So...
1018
01:02:50,760 --> 01:02:52,920
Hammond, that is a significant component.
What is it?
1019
01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:55,920
- Air filter.
- Does it not have an air filter?
1020
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:59,080
Yeah, but this is a performance one.
It's gonna gulp through air.
1021
01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:07,640
- Right, so that's it, good.
- Now I've gotta do the ECU.
1022
01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:11,240
Which goes in here, I believe.
I'll have to take that out.
1023
01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:15,600
So he's now got a different ECU just
telling the engine to be powerful.
1024
01:03:15,640 --> 01:03:18,280
Right, why didn't they just
put that in from the start?
1025
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:21,440
That's good to go.
1026
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:24,760
Sadly, though, it wasn't.
1027
01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:28,440
He's now refuelling his car with
a special... How many octane?
1028
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:31,840
It's ethanol and gasoline
mixture... um... 104.
1029
01:03:33,360 --> 01:03:35,520
After the refuelling,
we hoped he was done.
1030
01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:38,480
But, no.
1031
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:39,936
Right, hang on a minute.
I've got to put it
1032
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:41,920
in neutral to get
that in the middle.
1033
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:44,000
Hammond, you're taking
the whole dashboard off.
1034
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:47,360
This has to come out because I'm
gonna put in a new control panel here.
1035
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:48,920
I get a new button on it.
1036
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:52,360
He's taking the whole centre
console out, the whole of that.
1037
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:55,280
He's had to put it in
neutral to lift it all off.
1038
01:03:55,320 --> 01:03:56,680
What for?
1039
01:03:56,720 --> 01:03:58,960
Because you can then fit
a button, that enables him
1040
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:02,680
to select what sort of fuel
he's running on.
1041
01:04:02,720 --> 01:04:05,360
Why don't they just put
that in from the start?
1042
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:09,960
This all goes back in here,
with my new switch gear in.
1043
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:12,120
It's an hour and seven minutes.
1044
01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:14,560
Actually, you're right,
it is. It's over an hour now.
1045
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:16,240
God!
1046
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:18,280
There we go.
1047
01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:25,400
Finally, the rebuild
of the Demon was complete.
1048
01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:28,520
It was time for the drivers
to warm their tyres.
1049
01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:32,920
In three, two, one, burn out!
1050
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:50,320
Right, your tyres are warm.
Are you now ready?
1051
01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:53,480
- What?
- Are you ready to come to the start line?
1052
01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:55,520
- No!
- What do you mean, no?
1053
01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:58,280
- No, that was just a celebratory burnout.
- Oh, jeez, he's got out.
1054
01:04:58,320 --> 01:05:00,880
I've done all the building work,
now I've gotta set the car up.
1055
01:05:00,920 --> 01:05:03,440
I've gotta get in the right
modes, there's stuff to do, mate.
1056
01:05:03,480 --> 01:05:05,136
Oh, I've had enough.
I'm sorry, I've had enough.
1057
01:05:05,160 --> 01:05:06,960
Bye.
1058
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:08,960
We're never gonna do this.
1059
01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:13,880
So, I need to go into Drag.
Drag Mode Activating.
1060
01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:16,240
Excellent. Drag Transmission,
Drag Traction, Power.
1061
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:20,400
So Power needs to go up to 840.
1062
01:05:20,440 --> 01:05:22,240
We are now in High Octane.
1063
01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:23,720
Ho-ho!
1064
01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:25,600
I've never known
anything like it.
1065
01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:27,920
With our starter
on his way back to London,
1066
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:29,400
the traffic lights
were brought in,
1067
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:32,520
and finally we were ready to go.
1068
01:05:36,600 --> 01:05:38,640
I'm gonna bust your ass,
evil boy!
1069
01:05:39,640 --> 01:05:41,040
Oh, yes.
1070
01:05:41,080 --> 01:05:42,600
What are you gonna
do with it now?
1071
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:44,480
Cos I've seen the film
and I wouldn't do it.
1072
01:06:05,520 --> 01:06:07,920
I'm getting ahead!
I think I'm getting ahead!
1073
01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:09,640
Come on, Demon!
1074
01:06:17,080 --> 01:06:19,080
Argh, so annoying!
1075
01:06:23,120 --> 01:06:24,280
Urghh!
1076
01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:27,200
Aha! Evil wins!
1077
01:06:27,240 --> 01:06:29,120
Evil wins! Woo-hoo!
1078
01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:37,240
Ye-e-e-s!
1079
01:06:37,280 --> 01:06:38,880
Yes!
1080
01:06:38,920 --> 01:06:40,920
Victory for the Demon.
1081
01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:42,640
Thank you. Ha-ha!
1082
01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:44,680
- Cos I won.
- Yes, you won.
1083
01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:47,040
- You did win. Well done.
- You noticed, then?
1084
01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:48,376
- Yes, I noticed it.
- That I won?
1085
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:49,920
At the end of the race, my car
1086
01:06:49,960 --> 01:06:52,200
was in front of your car,
which means I won.
1087
01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:54,760
Can I just point out, first
you had to spend half a day
1088
01:06:54,800 --> 01:06:57,920
rebuilding half your car, and
then you had to run it on fuel
1089
01:06:57,960 --> 01:07:00,760
that you can't buy from
a normal petrol station.
1090
01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:06,600
Wait a minute, your Excrement runs
on that clever fuel all the time.
1091
01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:08,720
I was sort of banking on
you not knowing that.
1092
01:07:08,760 --> 01:07:10,880
- Yes, well, I do know.
- Gentlemen, gentlemen.
1093
01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:14,960
I think we have to agree,
the Mustang is the only car
1094
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,560
here that ticks
all the muscle car boxes.
1095
01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:20,840
It's cheap, it's powerful,
it runs on fuel you can buy,
1096
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:23,840
and you can have it with the
steering wheel on the correct side.
1097
01:07:23,880 --> 01:07:26,440
You don't get it, do you?
You just don't get it.
1098
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:28,800
A muscle car is supposed to
have 1,000 horsepower,
1099
01:07:28,840 --> 01:07:31,440
be undriveable
and have a stupid name.
1100
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:33,880
It's called Ready To Rock!
That is a stupid name!
1101
01:07:33,920 --> 01:07:36,616
Listen, Hammond, not only are you
the fiscal brain of this operation...
1102
01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:38,280
I am.
1103
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:41,120
You're also the resident
muscle car enthusiast, yes?
1104
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:45,320
So, and I know the answer to this, cos
you told me on the plane on the way home.
1105
01:07:45,360 --> 01:07:47,136
Of the three cars, which
would you actually buy?
1106
01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:48,440
- Buy?
- Buy.
1107
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:49,720
- With my own money?
- Yes.
1108
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:51,760
- Buy? Myself?
- Yes. Yes.
1109
01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:54,480
- It's the Mustang.
- There you go, the Mustang.
1110
01:07:54,520 --> 01:07:57,400
And so on that terrible
disappointment for you...
1111
01:07:57,440 --> 01:08:00,600
- Snowflakes.
- It's time... it's time to end.
1112
01:08:00,640 --> 01:08:03,920
Now, next week it
is a Grand Tour Special,
1113
01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:08,280
where we attempt to become
the first ever television show
1114
01:08:08,320 --> 01:08:09,920
in the history of television
1115
01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:13,240
to go to Colombia
and not use the C-word.
1116
01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:15,280
See you then. Goodbye.
87522
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