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And in today's incredibly topical show: 13 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:25,540 Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon... 14 00:01:25,580 --> 00:01:29,100 -...some angry cyclists... -(FURIOUS SHOUTING) 15 00:01:29,140 --> 00:01:31,540 ...and I throw a sandwich out of the window. 16 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:36,740 (APPLAUSE) 17 00:01:36,780 --> 00:01:38,380 All that... 18 00:01:39,620 --> 00:01:41,300 All that is to come. 19 00:01:41,340 --> 00:01:45,340 But first, Aston Martin has just launched a new car. 20 00:01:45,380 --> 00:01:48,060 And here's Richard Hammond to tell us all about it. 21 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:49,460 (LAUGHTER) 22 00:01:52,340 --> 00:01:54,260 (TECHNO-STYLE MUSIC) 23 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:21,780 (MELLOW PIANO MUSIC) 24 00:02:25,180 --> 00:02:27,900 RICHARD: This is the new V8 Vantage. 25 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:33,580 And, well, it's not an ugly car, is it? 26 00:02:37,620 --> 00:02:39,580 I mean, I'm not sure about this colour. 27 00:02:39,620 --> 00:02:42,300 You'd be on the phone to your doctor if your wee came out like this. 28 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:44,900 But the shape itself is stunning. 29 00:02:49,660 --> 00:02:52,100 This is one of those superstar cars 30 00:02:52,140 --> 00:02:55,380 that leave a wake of dropped jaws 31 00:02:55,420 --> 00:02:57,020 and phone camera flashes. 32 00:02:57,060 --> 00:02:58,420 (ENGINE REVS) 33 00:03:00,260 --> 00:03:02,260 And as the smallest, punchiest, 34 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:04,620 sportiest car in the Aston line-up, 35 00:03:04,660 --> 00:03:06,060 it's fast too. 36 00:03:08,020 --> 00:03:10,220 0-60 takes three-and-a-half seconds. 37 00:03:15,060 --> 00:03:17,860 So you're not gonna be embarrassed by 911 Carreras. 38 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,340 Top speed, 195. 39 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:26,180 But here's the thing. 40 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:29,820 Astons have always been beautiful and fast 41 00:03:29,860 --> 00:03:31,420 in a straight line, 42 00:03:31,460 --> 00:03:33,140 but when you're making a sports car, 43 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:35,180 that's the easy part. 44 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:37,900 It was when you dug deeper under the skin, 45 00:03:37,940 --> 00:03:39,940 into the areas you couldn't see, 46 00:03:39,980 --> 00:03:42,580 that in the past they often came up short. 47 00:03:44,420 --> 00:03:46,860 The trouble is, the company has never had the money 48 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:49,740 or the manpower of Porsche or Ferrari, 49 00:03:49,780 --> 00:03:52,060 and you could sense that in their cars. 50 00:03:55,420 --> 00:03:58,100 They just didn't feel as well made 51 00:03:58,140 --> 00:04:00,140 or well-engineered as some rivals. 52 00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:04,820 That means they sold mainly to people 53 00:04:04,860 --> 00:04:08,460 listening to their hearts and not their heads, 54 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:11,460 because your heart says, "I want an Aston" 55 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:13,500 even when your head says, 56 00:04:13,540 --> 00:04:15,460 "That door doesn't fit properly." 57 00:04:16,860 --> 00:04:18,860 But this is 2018. 58 00:04:18,900 --> 00:04:23,900 Good looks and speed aren't enough if bits are coming off in your hand. 59 00:04:23,940 --> 00:04:27,580 This car can't be nice to drive, "for an Aston". 60 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:30,100 It can't be well made, "for an Aston". 61 00:04:30,140 --> 00:04:32,500 It's got to be good, full stop. 62 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:36,740 So, let's start with the interior, 63 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:41,100 a place that normally tells you straightaway 64 00:04:41,140 --> 00:04:43,660 if corners have been cut. 65 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:46,660 And the news in here is good. 66 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:48,740 Everything you see is brand new, 67 00:04:48,780 --> 00:04:51,660 not warmed-up leftovers from an older model. 68 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:54,540 And it all feels properly put together... 69 00:04:54,580 --> 00:05:00,340 as it should in a car that costs £121,000. 70 00:05:00,380 --> 00:05:04,140 And if you push down on the electric height adjustor, 71 00:05:04,180 --> 00:05:06,020 it has the lowest driving position 72 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:08,260 of any car I've ever been in. 73 00:05:08,260 --> 00:05:10,820 I mean, I wouldn't claim to be a tall man, but... 74 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:13,900 ...this is low. 75 00:05:13,940 --> 00:05:15,540 I feel seven. 76 00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:18,740 Then we come to the engine. 77 00:05:18,780 --> 00:05:21,380 It's a four-litre V8. 78 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:23,500 It has twin turbos. 79 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:26,740 It makes 510 horsepower, and... 80 00:05:27,820 --> 00:05:29,580 ...it's German. 81 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:32,380 Specifically from the AMG division of Mercedes. 82 00:05:32,460 --> 00:05:37,420 Yes, this will make people of a Brexity persuasion choke on their real ale, 83 00:05:37,460 --> 00:05:39,460 but look at it this way. 84 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:41,620 Why waste money you don't have 85 00:05:41,660 --> 00:05:43,620 developing an OK engine, 86 00:05:43,660 --> 00:05:46,580 when you can buy in a brilliant one? 87 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:49,140 Besides, there's a plaque here that says, look, 88 00:05:49,180 --> 00:05:53,180 it's been inspected by somebody at Aston Martin. 89 00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:56,500 Presumably to make sure those slapdash German engineers 90 00:05:56,540 --> 00:05:58,460 have done things properly. 91 00:06:01,020 --> 00:06:05,220 But although the Vantage has Mercedes lungs, 92 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:07,180 the engineers have tried to make sure 93 00:06:07,220 --> 00:06:09,140 it sings with an Aston voice. 94 00:06:12,140 --> 00:06:14,060 (ENGINE ROARS) 95 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:16,980 Yeah, in an AMG, this engine doesn't make this noise. 96 00:06:17,020 --> 00:06:19,020 In a Merc, it's all oom-pah bass. 97 00:06:19,060 --> 00:06:20,540 Whereas Aston Martin have added 98 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:22,660 some British gravel to the mix. 99 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:24,580 (ENGINE REVS) 100 00:06:24,620 --> 00:06:27,620 (ENGINE RUMBLES) 101 00:06:27,660 --> 00:06:28,580 Rrrr! 102 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:38,060 So, it's handsome, quick, tuneful and feels well built. 103 00:06:38,100 --> 00:06:40,340 But now we come to the acid test - 104 00:06:40,380 --> 00:06:42,780 how the new Vantage handles corners. 105 00:06:44,380 --> 00:06:47,660 And, on paper at least, things seem promising. 106 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:49,340 (TYRES SCREECH) 107 00:06:49,380 --> 00:06:51,220 It's built on an all-new chassis, 108 00:06:51,260 --> 00:06:53,740 a shorter version of the one under the DB11. 109 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,820 And it's the first Aston Martin 110 00:06:55,860 --> 00:06:58,580 to be fitted with an electronic diff, 111 00:06:58,620 --> 00:07:01,140 a very expensive but very valuable weapon of war. 112 00:07:03,340 --> 00:07:05,260 So, let's see what's what. 113 00:07:09,460 --> 00:07:10,980 (ENGINE REVS, TYRES SCREECH) 114 00:07:16,660 --> 00:07:17,660 Yeah, it works. 115 00:07:23,700 --> 00:07:26,340 (TYRES SCREECH) 116 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:29,500 This is in control of its power. It really is. 117 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:34,500 It's been set up by a man who used to work 118 00:07:34,540 --> 00:07:36,620 at suspension masters Lotus. 119 00:07:38,020 --> 00:07:39,820 And you can tell. 120 00:07:42,260 --> 00:07:44,180 This just feels fabulous. 121 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:52,380 (RICHARD LAUGHS) 122 00:07:52,420 --> 00:07:53,860 This knows what it wants to be. 123 00:07:57,100 --> 00:08:00,780 There's no soft GT mode like you get in the DB11. 124 00:08:00,820 --> 00:08:03,620 Your entry level setting is Sport, 125 00:08:03,660 --> 00:08:06,140 and then it goes Sport Plus and Track. 126 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:09,620 That's what I want, it's a sports car! I don't want a soggy setting. 127 00:08:16,460 --> 00:08:18,140 Yeah, this is superb. 128 00:08:21,460 --> 00:08:25,380 Of course, it's still a car from a small British company, 129 00:08:25,420 --> 00:08:27,100 so there are a few issues. 130 00:08:28,940 --> 00:08:30,820 Visibility is not brilliant. 131 00:08:30,860 --> 00:08:32,780 For me, sitting down here, it's like trying 132 00:08:32,820 --> 00:08:34,900 to drive a car from the back of a crowded lift. 133 00:08:35,980 --> 00:08:37,980 There's no glove box. 134 00:08:38,020 --> 00:08:39,900 I don't like the sound of the indicators. 135 00:08:39,980 --> 00:08:42,180 It's like a 1980s Casio keyboard. Listen. 136 00:08:42,220 --> 00:08:45,780 (THUD OF INDICATOR CLICKING) 137 00:08:45,780 --> 00:08:48,660 And there's too much Alcantara. This will be all right when it's new, 138 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:50,460 but buy one of these second-hand, 139 00:08:50,500 --> 00:08:52,900 and it'll be like using somebody else's flannel. 140 00:08:55,260 --> 00:08:57,860 Still, in the big scheme of things, 141 00:08:57,900 --> 00:08:59,780 these are just niggles. 142 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:06,780 Because overall, the Vantage is fantastic fun. 143 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:12,180 In the past, you could buy an Aston and love it, 144 00:09:12,220 --> 00:09:15,660 but still know deep down that a 911 was a better car. 145 00:09:17,220 --> 00:09:20,100 With this new Vantage, that gap has been closed 146 00:09:20,140 --> 00:09:22,060 to a point where it doesn't matter. 147 00:09:25,220 --> 00:09:27,780 It's not just brilliant "for an Aston Martin". 148 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:31,620 It's brilliant, full stop. 149 00:09:40,060 --> 00:09:41,980 (APPLAUSE) 150 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:45,860 Good car. 151 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:47,380 It is a good car. 152 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:50,060 -I can see out. -Can you? Can you really? 153 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:51,900 Amazing, I know. I really can see out. 154 00:09:51,980 --> 00:09:54,780 I agree with you, it is a brilliant, brilliant car. 155 00:09:54,780 --> 00:09:57,020 But one thing I ought to mention - 156 00:09:57,060 --> 00:09:58,900 you know all that tech inside it? 157 00:09:58,980 --> 00:10:00,300 That is Mercedes stuff, 158 00:10:00,340 --> 00:10:03,460 but it's last-generation Mercedes stuff they're fitting. 159 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:06,100 But it's still better than all the stuff that Aston used to fit. 160 00:10:06,140 --> 00:10:08,140 That's true. No, that is true. 161 00:10:08,180 --> 00:10:11,660 And the other thing, you expressed surprise that it's got that AMG engine. 162 00:10:11,660 --> 00:10:15,060 But remember, the Aston V12, they've been using for years, that's German. 163 00:10:15,100 --> 00:10:16,860 -It's made in Germany. -Yes. 164 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:18,740 That makes it sort of German, doesn't it? 165 00:10:18,780 --> 00:10:21,900 No, no, no. It's where it's designed and developed that matters. 166 00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:24,020 -No, he has got a point. -Yeah, I mean... 167 00:10:24,060 --> 00:10:26,740 your autobiography, you could get it printed in Germany 168 00:10:26,780 --> 00:10:31,460 but it would still be dreary because you designed and conceived it. 169 00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:32,620 It's... 170 00:10:32,660 --> 00:10:34,660 Can't argue with that, May, it would be. 171 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:38,220 Let's not get bogged down with what's German, and what's not. 172 00:10:38,260 --> 00:10:41,660 The point is, OK, unlike the previous Vantage, 173 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:44,620 that is way, way more than a pretty face. 174 00:10:44,660 --> 00:10:45,900 I mean, a lot more. 175 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:48,260 But, now, let's find how fast 176 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:51,060 Abbie can get one around the Eboladrome. 177 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:54,220 (ENGINE REVS) 178 00:10:54,260 --> 00:10:55,620 JEREMY: And away it goes, 179 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:57,020 with a little bit of wheel spin 180 00:10:57,060 --> 00:10:59,220 and a wiggle of the hips under power, 181 00:10:59,260 --> 00:11:00,980 but Abbie's got it under control, 182 00:11:01,020 --> 00:11:02,540 hammering onto the Isn't. 183 00:11:05,060 --> 00:11:07,980 Working away there at that unusual and frankly stupid 184 00:11:08,020 --> 00:11:10,700 square steering wheel. 185 00:11:10,740 --> 00:11:14,420 And already we're at the drop down into Your Name Here. 186 00:11:14,460 --> 00:11:16,220 Was that a four-wheel drift? 187 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:17,940 And another one! 188 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:20,540 And now hard braking... 189 00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:22,580 Ooh, look at that, turns in well. 190 00:11:22,620 --> 00:11:24,460 And that looks quick. 191 00:11:26,860 --> 00:11:29,740 Seems a bit lively there as all that turbocharged torque 192 00:11:29,780 --> 00:11:31,300 tries to kick the tail out. 193 00:11:31,340 --> 00:11:33,460 If this run was at night, she'd be in trouble 194 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,100 because the Vantage's headlamps are woeful! 195 00:11:36,140 --> 00:11:39,580 But no complaints about the speed, that's for sure. 196 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:45,980 OK. Oh, coming in wide for Old Lady's House. 197 00:11:46,020 --> 00:11:48,780 But keeping it neat round there, 198 00:11:48,820 --> 00:11:52,020 and now the short squirt down to Substation. 199 00:11:54,740 --> 00:11:57,460 Floaty under braking. Flicks it in. 200 00:11:57,500 --> 00:12:00,500 Just Field of Sheep to go. 201 00:12:00,540 --> 00:12:04,100 Surprisingly un-slidy and across the line! 202 00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:06,140 -Oh, there we go. -Looks exciting. 203 00:12:06,180 --> 00:12:08,180 -It does. -That was lively. 204 00:12:08,220 --> 00:12:10,900 Like an old-fashioned racing car, moving around. 205 00:12:10,940 --> 00:12:13,540 -The old days. -That was a good-looking lap, that. 206 00:12:13,580 --> 00:12:17,020 Let's find out where it ended up on our lap board. 207 00:12:17,060 --> 00:12:18,460 Shall we? Here we go. 208 00:12:19,540 --> 00:12:21,540 Aye, aye...ooh. 209 00:12:21,580 --> 00:12:25,460 Exactly the same speed as a 911 GT3 RS. 210 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:27,820 When you think the Aston doesn't have a massive wing 211 00:12:27,860 --> 00:12:30,780 and scaffolding in the back, that is pretty impressive. 212 00:12:30,820 --> 00:12:32,860 -It is very impressive. -But never mind that. 213 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:35,540 It's no faster than a BMW M5. 214 00:12:35,580 --> 00:12:38,060 Yes, but I think what that says, James, 215 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:40,340 is the M5 is seriously quick. 216 00:12:40,380 --> 00:12:41,740 -Well, quite. -Yeah, yeah. 217 00:12:41,780 --> 00:12:43,740 You do forget just how fast that thing is. 218 00:12:43,780 --> 00:12:45,380 It is, it certainly is. 219 00:12:45,420 --> 00:12:49,660 But now it is time to buy a four-pack of chat... 220 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:51,420 (LAUGHTER) 221 00:12:51,460 --> 00:12:53,420 ...from the off-licence of debate. 222 00:12:53,460 --> 00:12:54,500 (GROANS) 223 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:57,100 ...on Conversation Street! 224 00:12:57,140 --> 00:12:58,980 (MELLOW JAZZ) 225 00:13:00,060 --> 00:13:02,420 (LAUGHTER) 226 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:04,740 -I remember that one. -I remember that one. 227 00:13:04,780 --> 00:13:07,100 -I enjoyed that one a lot. -(LAUGHS) 228 00:13:07,140 --> 00:13:10,460 Anyway, Volkswagen. They've come up with a new, a one-off, racing car. 229 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:13,380 All electric, uh... all-wheel drive. 230 00:13:13,420 --> 00:13:16,220 It's called the IDR, I've got a picture of it here. 231 00:13:16,260 --> 00:13:18,220 Now, what interests me about it is that 232 00:13:18,260 --> 00:13:21,620 there's a claim that it generates so much cornering force, 233 00:13:21,660 --> 00:13:24,460 it can cause the driver to black out. 234 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:26,660 Is... Is that a good idea? 235 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:29,980 A car that renders its driver unconscious? 236 00:13:30,020 --> 00:13:31,260 I just don't believe it. 237 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:33,380 I know Kimi Raikkonen goes unconscious, 238 00:13:33,420 --> 00:13:36,540 but that's normally after the race in the hotel bar. 239 00:13:36,580 --> 00:13:37,700 Yeah, that doesn't count. 240 00:13:37,740 --> 00:13:39,220 That is Kimi's problem. 241 00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:40,820 The other problem with that is, 242 00:13:40,860 --> 00:13:43,380 it's not lateral G that makes you go unconscious, is it? 243 00:13:43,420 --> 00:13:45,660 That's G from side to side, that's not really the issue. 244 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:47,540 Lateral G is what you get in a car 245 00:13:47,580 --> 00:13:49,780 and it's where the blood goes from side to side. 246 00:13:49,820 --> 00:13:52,820 It's only got that... And I'm wide, but it only goes that far. 247 00:13:52,860 --> 00:13:55,860 So in your head you've got one bit a bit drowsy and black-outy, 248 00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:58,180 but the other side of your head, when going round a corner, 249 00:13:58,220 --> 00:14:00,220 is really alert cos it's full of blood. 250 00:14:00,260 --> 00:14:03,500 No, it's more interesting - different sides of your head do different things. 251 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:06,460 Go that way, and you'd be: "I want to be really precise, and do science," 252 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:08,260 go this way, you'd be all creative: 253 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:11,700 "I just want to paint..." Algebra... "I just want to sing." 254 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:13,340 (LAUGHTER) 255 00:14:13,380 --> 00:14:15,260 When motor racing commentators talk about, 256 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:17,020 "That car's got 5G going through that corner," 257 00:14:17,060 --> 00:14:18,820 you think, "But it's five lateral G." 258 00:14:18,860 --> 00:14:21,420 -Yes, exactly. -It's not the same 5G you get in a fighter plane 259 00:14:21,460 --> 00:14:24,660 when the blood's going effectively from the top of your head 260 00:14:24,700 --> 00:14:27,220 down to the bottom of your feet, which is a very long way, 261 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:29,700 so your head empties and that's when you do black out. 262 00:14:29,740 --> 00:14:31,020 JAMES: Yes, exactly. 263 00:14:31,060 --> 00:14:33,300 And it used to be alleged that Douglas Bader 264 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:35,340 could pull tighter turns in his Hurricane 265 00:14:35,380 --> 00:14:38,020 than other pilots because he didn't have any legs 266 00:14:38,060 --> 00:14:40,540 so the blood couldn't go into them, it stayed in his body. 267 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:42,180 -I didn't know that. -Apparently so. 268 00:14:42,220 --> 00:14:44,540 Didn't that mean he'd just get a big stiffy? 269 00:14:44,580 --> 00:14:46,020 -Well... -(LAUGHTER) 270 00:14:46,060 --> 00:14:47,500 Because all his, all this... 271 00:14:47,540 --> 00:14:49,980 It's science, that is medical science! 272 00:14:50,020 --> 00:14:51,380 JAMES: He's right. 273 00:14:51,420 --> 00:14:54,380 -All his blood went there. -It did. 274 00:14:54,420 --> 00:14:57,020 He was known during the Battle of Britain as Douglas Boner. 275 00:14:57,060 --> 00:15:00,460 (LAUGHTER) 276 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:02,700 "My joystick's broke! Oh, I've got the wrong one." 277 00:15:02,740 --> 00:15:04,980 "Ooh, I love a dogfight, a nice..." 278 00:15:06,060 --> 00:15:07,860 We... We can move on. 279 00:15:07,900 --> 00:15:10,380 Now, you might be wondering why we haven't featured 280 00:15:10,420 --> 00:15:14,460 the Rolls-Royce Cullinan, their new sort of super luxury SUV, on this series. 281 00:15:14,500 --> 00:15:16,420 And that's because Rolls-Royce did express 282 00:15:16,460 --> 00:15:18,740 some reservations about lending us one 283 00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:23,900 because they said they were worried we might say it was ugly. 284 00:15:23,940 --> 00:15:27,060 -Why would they think that? -Because they've seen it? 285 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:28,700 (LAUGHTER) 286 00:15:28,740 --> 00:15:32,340 We've actually got a picture of the Cullinan here. There it is. 287 00:15:32,380 --> 00:15:34,820 JAMES: Yeah. RICHARD: (GAGS) Oh, sorry. 288 00:15:34,860 --> 00:15:36,540 JEREMY: It's a very interesting car. 289 00:15:36,580 --> 00:15:39,820 And I don't doubt that it's exquisite to drive and to sit in. 290 00:15:39,860 --> 00:15:41,860 But it is disgusting to look at, isn't it? 291 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:45,140 -That's the main thing. -I've been thinking about this, OK? 292 00:15:45,180 --> 00:15:46,940 You might want to drive one, or own one. 293 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:48,500 But you're gonna have to come out of your house 294 00:15:48,540 --> 00:15:50,260 and walk up to it and see it. 295 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:53,700 So I was wondering, could you dig a tunnel, if you had one, 296 00:15:53,740 --> 00:15:56,820 from your cellar, and then that emerges underneath it? 297 00:15:56,860 --> 00:15:59,260 -Then you wouldn't have to look at it. -Exactly. 298 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:02,060 You'd have to cut a hole in the bottom of your Rolls-Royce to get in 299 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:03,300 and nobody's gonna do that. 300 00:16:03,340 --> 00:16:05,540 What if you fitted the Cullinan with... 301 00:16:05,580 --> 00:16:09,460 you know that magic glass that is clear when you look through it at right angles, 302 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,420 but if you look through it at any other angle, 303 00:16:11,460 --> 00:16:13,260 it's sort of frosted so you can't... 304 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:14,980 -That won't work. -How do you know? 305 00:16:15,020 --> 00:16:17,820 Because I've got that - and I genuinely have got that - 306 00:16:17,860 --> 00:16:19,820 in the bathroom in my flat in London. 307 00:16:19,860 --> 00:16:23,740 -Right. -Now, for six years I've been taking showers by the window. 308 00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:26,540 (LAUGHTER) 309 00:16:26,580 --> 00:16:29,540 Cleaning my gentleman's area very thoroughly, 310 00:16:30,620 --> 00:16:32,420 and sometimes quite quickly. 311 00:16:34,580 --> 00:16:35,620 And... 312 00:16:39,060 --> 00:16:41,220 I'm actually not making this up. 313 00:16:41,260 --> 00:16:43,260 The floor is six storeys down, the pavement. 314 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:45,060 You go, "Well, I can't see that, 315 00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:47,300 so nobody down there can see me." 316 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:48,780 But a friend, the other day, said 317 00:16:48,820 --> 00:16:50,860 "You know you can be seen from the street?" 318 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:52,780 -Oh, my God! -Seriously. 319 00:16:52,820 --> 00:16:55,220 -But you can't see out when you're in the shower? -No, I said. 320 00:16:55,260 --> 00:16:58,260 -Well, the builder put the glass in the wrong way round. -Must have done. 321 00:16:58,300 --> 00:17:00,420 I think that builder saw you coming. 322 00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:02,940 (LAUGHS) 323 00:17:02,980 --> 00:17:04,620 (APPLAUSE) 324 00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:12,300 -I think the only answer for Rolls-Royce... -Hold on. 325 00:17:12,340 --> 00:17:14,340 I just heard... Is there a phone in there? 326 00:17:14,340 --> 00:17:16,100 No, you had a stroke. Again. 327 00:17:16,180 --> 00:17:19,100 I'm sure I heard a phone. Wait a minute, wait a minute. 328 00:17:19,180 --> 00:17:21,220 WOMAN: My school alarm, I'm sorry. -Was it you? 329 00:17:21,260 --> 00:17:23,420 -My school alarm, I'm sorry. -Your what alarm? 330 00:17:23,460 --> 00:17:25,820 My school alarm to pick my kids up from school. 331 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:28,540 Oh, well, that... Now you're a terrible parent! 332 00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:32,300 (LAUGHTER) 333 00:17:32,340 --> 00:17:36,220 Oh, ladies and gentlemen, the art of great parenting, right there! 334 00:17:36,260 --> 00:17:37,980 I'm gonna call the NSPCC on you. 335 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:42,540 How old are your children? 336 00:17:42,580 --> 00:17:45,340 -Oh, 11... -Oh, for God's sake! 337 00:17:45,420 --> 00:17:47,340 She still hasn't moved. 338 00:17:47,420 --> 00:17:50,100 -Oh, they'll be fine. -11, nine, eight and three. 339 00:17:50,180 --> 00:17:53,460 -I wasn't that interested. -(LAUGHTER) 340 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:57,580 We've established they're not in their 30s, is what I was trying to say. 341 00:17:57,580 --> 00:17:59,060 -Meanwhile... -Yes. 342 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:01,180 I don't think that that one-way glass 343 00:18:01,220 --> 00:18:02,980 that isn't one-way is gonna work. 344 00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:05,940 I think really Rolls-Royce's only hope with that new car 345 00:18:05,980 --> 00:18:08,060 is they're gonna have to hope they can find 346 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:11,420 a lot of very rich people with absolutely no taste. 347 00:18:11,460 --> 00:18:15,340 -That's their only chance. -Where are they gonna find people like that, I wonder? 348 00:18:15,420 --> 00:18:16,980 -Well, there's Cheshire. -Yeah. 349 00:18:17,020 --> 00:18:20,020 -Dubai. -Solihull, Monaco, Moscow. 350 00:18:20,060 --> 00:18:22,100 Beverly Hills. They're gonna sell millions of the things. 351 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:23,940 Yeah, they are. 352 00:18:23,980 --> 00:18:25,100 Massive hit. 353 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:27,100 Now, there's a man in Nottingham. 354 00:18:27,180 --> 00:18:29,660 He's building a house and he's told the planners that outside, 355 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:31,900 the big empty area, is actually 356 00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:35,660 a landing pad for a self-driving electric flying car. 357 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:39,340 Hm, yeah, that sounds like what he's built is a helicopter landing pad. 358 00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:41,940 Yes, it does, it does sound very like that. 359 00:18:41,980 --> 00:18:43,780 Unless he's planning to land there in this, 360 00:18:43,820 --> 00:18:45,340 the new Aston Martin flying car. 361 00:18:45,420 --> 00:18:46,820 Looks very cool. 362 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:49,500 No, Hammond, that's not a flying car, that's just a drawing 363 00:18:49,540 --> 00:18:52,660 of something that'll never happen. It won't. 364 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:55,580 But somebody has actually made a real flying car and I've got a picture. 365 00:18:55,580 --> 00:18:58,900 JEREMY: That's practical! JAMES: Pretty dreary actually, isn't it? 366 00:18:58,940 --> 00:19:00,780 JEREMY: You can't drive that on the road. 367 00:19:00,820 --> 00:19:03,580 If you took it into town and someone dinged the folded-away wing, 368 00:19:03,580 --> 00:19:05,340 you couldn't fly it then. 369 00:19:05,420 --> 00:19:08,060 -Nobody flies in a bent aeroplane. -No, exactly. 370 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:12,100 And when are people gonna get it into their heads that a flying car is an aeroplane? 371 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:16,900 Because, if your car flies, why the bloody hell would you drive anywhere? 372 00:19:16,940 --> 00:19:18,580 I mean, it just doesn't make sense. 373 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:20,300 Or worse, you're driving that, 374 00:19:20,340 --> 00:19:23,180 not feeling at all self-conscious around the M25, 375 00:19:23,220 --> 00:19:25,660 you hear there's a bit of a traffic jam ahead, 376 00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:28,580 so you think, "I'll lower the wings, build up to a take-off speed 377 00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:30,100 of, what, 120, 150." 378 00:19:30,180 --> 00:19:32,580 The police will go, "What the bloody hell are you doing?" 379 00:19:32,660 --> 00:19:36,340 They're gonna have a word. You'd need to get a pilot's licence to operate that. 380 00:19:36,340 --> 00:19:39,940 -That takes months. -And then you'd have to learn that gobbledegook you two... 381 00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:42,500 No, you'd have to learn to communicate in the air-- 382 00:19:42,540 --> 00:19:45,780 Yes, but you two don't talk English when you get up in there. 383 00:19:45,820 --> 00:19:48,780 There's a language so you can pass information quickly and clearly. 384 00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:51,020 Yes, but why do you got your own alphabet for? 385 00:19:51,060 --> 00:19:53,260 "Did you come through the alpha vector 386 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:55,100 on the three approach to four LH? 387 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:57,420 Oh, I had to get on the tower and say I was--" 388 00:19:57,460 --> 00:19:59,580 It's about controlled airspace! 389 00:19:59,660 --> 00:20:02,020 "I was Mug Paper Picture Oscar." 390 00:20:03,940 --> 00:20:06,420 Why do you have to have a word for a letter? 391 00:20:06,460 --> 00:20:10,940 So that you know what the letter is - a P and a B on a crackly radio sound the same. 392 00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:13,060 Is that why you call him a bunt all the time? 393 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:14,780 JAMES AND RICHARD: Yes. 394 00:20:14,820 --> 00:20:17,260 That's exactly why, so that it's clear. 395 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:20,340 Now, there is a new report which says the Scottish 396 00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:22,940 are the best drivers in the world. 397 00:20:22,980 --> 00:20:25,660 If you think about it, they've got Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, 398 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:29,580 David Coulthard, Franchitti, Allan McNish... What? 399 00:20:29,660 --> 00:20:33,260 No, not best in that way, they mean the safest drivers in the world. 400 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:35,820 -That's what they mean. -The safest drivers aren't the best drivers. 401 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:38,060 -Well, they sort of are. -No, they aren't. 402 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:39,940 If that were true, if you think about it, 403 00:20:39,980 --> 00:20:42,100 I would be a better driver than Jackie Stewart 404 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,020 because I've had fewer crashes. 405 00:20:44,060 --> 00:20:46,940 -But I'm not better, am I? -No, you're emphatically not. 406 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:48,820 -Exactly. -What they're saying is... 407 00:20:48,820 --> 00:20:51,540 Actually, 51 per cent of Scottish drivers 408 00:20:51,580 --> 00:20:53,500 have never been in an accident. 409 00:20:53,540 --> 00:20:55,580 -51 per cent. -That's not that good though. 410 00:20:55,580 --> 00:20:57,900 That means 49 per cent of Scottish people have been 411 00:20:57,940 --> 00:20:59,820 in an accident. That's nearly half of them. 412 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:03,260 -Well-- -No, but it's "never" is the big word, though, isn't it? 413 00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:06,100 I mean, never... Who here's never had an accident? 414 00:21:07,660 --> 00:21:10,500 Never? But how long have you been driving? 415 00:21:10,540 --> 00:21:12,540 Um...one month. 416 00:21:12,580 --> 00:21:14,580 -(LAUGHTER) RICHARD: Well done! 417 00:21:14,660 --> 00:21:16,980 -She's doing well. -Well, there you go. 418 00:21:17,020 --> 00:21:18,340 RICHARD: Keep it up. 419 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:21,020 Keep going. 420 00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:25,260 -That's better than you did. -That's quite a record. 421 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:26,700 (LAUGHTER) 422 00:21:26,740 --> 00:21:28,580 I did 36 hours before 423 00:21:28,580 --> 00:21:30,700 I was off the road with no wheels on my car. 424 00:21:30,740 --> 00:21:32,700 Er...we'll drop that. 425 00:21:32,740 --> 00:21:35,740 That hasn't worked out quite as well as I'd hoped. 426 00:21:35,780 --> 00:21:38,060 That is the end of Conversation Street. 427 00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:40,420 RICHARD: Yes -Thank you very much. 428 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:43,500 Lovely, lovely. 429 00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:50,580 Now, this year marks the 50th anniversary 430 00:21:50,580 --> 00:21:52,820 of the first landings on the Moon, 431 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:55,740 and I thought I should take a little celebratory look back 432 00:21:55,780 --> 00:21:58,220 at that truly historic mission. 433 00:21:58,260 --> 00:22:01,660 James, this isn't a grand tour of whatever is in your head. 434 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:03,820 -You do know that? -No, but I promise 435 00:22:03,860 --> 00:22:06,460 there will be some cars in this film. 436 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:07,900 Eventually. 437 00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:13,700 I believe that this nation should commit itself 438 00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:17,580 to achieving the goal before this decade is out 439 00:22:17,620 --> 00:22:19,620 of landing a man on the Moon 440 00:22:19,660 --> 00:22:22,180 and returning him safely to the Earth. 441 00:22:22,220 --> 00:22:25,820 JAMES: When President Kennedy made that speech to Congress 442 00:22:25,860 --> 00:22:27,740 in 1961, 443 00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:32,700 he gave the scientists at NASA a planet-sized headache. 444 00:22:32,740 --> 00:22:36,180 Let me try and put the size of that headache into some sort of perspective. 445 00:22:36,220 --> 00:22:37,820 When Kennedy said those words, 446 00:22:37,860 --> 00:22:40,860 America's total experience in space amounted to 447 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:44,020 just one 15-minute suborbital flight 448 00:22:44,060 --> 00:22:49,500 that reached an altitude of just 116 miles above the Earth. 449 00:22:49,540 --> 00:22:55,100 By contrast, a journey to the Moon was 238,000 miles, 450 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:59,020 and no rocket existed that was powerful enough to get the astronauts there. 451 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:03,500 And even if they did reach their destination, 452 00:23:03,540 --> 00:23:07,100 there was then the immense challenge of getting them home again. 453 00:23:07,140 --> 00:23:10,860 Let's imagine this basketball I'm holding is the Earth, 454 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:14,620 in which case the Moon can be represented by a baseball 23 feet away. 455 00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:16,100 There it is over there. 456 00:23:16,140 --> 00:23:19,420 All the space exploration that had taken part so far, 457 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:22,340 so all the Mercury capsules, all the Soviet stuff, 458 00:23:22,380 --> 00:23:24,660 that happened about there. 459 00:23:26,460 --> 00:23:29,100 Now, the thickness of this piece of paper 460 00:23:29,140 --> 00:23:32,820 represents the corridor that the astronauts would have to fly along 461 00:23:32,860 --> 00:23:35,380 to get home safely. 462 00:23:35,420 --> 00:23:39,820 Now, to do that, obviously you'd want some sort of guidance computer on board. 463 00:23:39,860 --> 00:23:43,740 Problem is, the computers of the time were so huge and so primitive, 464 00:23:43,780 --> 00:23:46,100 they lived in their own buildings. 465 00:23:46,140 --> 00:23:49,220 And the President wanted all this done within the decade. 466 00:23:49,260 --> 00:23:50,740 People thought he was mad. 467 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:55,740 Nevertheless, the brains at NASA knuckled down, 468 00:23:55,780 --> 00:23:58,460 and throughout the 1960s set about developing 469 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,700 and testing the rockets and the technology that would be 470 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:04,860 needed to crack this monumental nut. 471 00:24:06,540 --> 00:24:09,820 However, machinery on its own was not enough. 472 00:24:09,860 --> 00:24:13,060 Equally important to the success of the space programme 473 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:15,700 were the astronauts. 474 00:24:15,740 --> 00:24:17,980 Now, these men were generally of a type. 475 00:24:18,020 --> 00:24:20,060 They were fighter jocks and test pilots, 476 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:23,540 and they were very familiar with moving around at very high speed. 477 00:24:23,580 --> 00:24:26,380 So, and I did promise we'd get some cars into this, 478 00:24:26,420 --> 00:24:29,420 when it came to moving around on the face of the Earth, 479 00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:32,180 there was one car they favoured above all others. 480 00:24:33,260 --> 00:24:34,500 (ROCK MUSIC) 481 00:24:43,860 --> 00:24:45,580 The Corvette - 482 00:24:45,620 --> 00:24:47,940 America's "premier" sports car. 483 00:24:51,340 --> 00:24:54,340 The big love-in between the American astronauts and the Corvette 484 00:24:54,380 --> 00:24:56,100 started with Alan Shepard... 485 00:24:57,540 --> 00:25:00,300 ...the first American in space in 1961. 486 00:25:00,340 --> 00:25:02,340 And on his safe return to Earth, 487 00:25:02,380 --> 00:25:05,740 he was given a free Corvette by General Motors, 488 00:25:05,780 --> 00:25:09,220 a sort of medal for services to the country. 489 00:25:09,260 --> 00:25:10,780 (MILITARY MARCH PLAYS) 490 00:25:10,820 --> 00:25:13,700 However, even though Shepard was deemed worthy 491 00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:17,460 of a tickertape hero's welcome by the American public, 492 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:21,540 NASA saw astronauts like him as government employees, 493 00:25:21,580 --> 00:25:25,860 and as such, unable to accept free gifts. 494 00:25:30,140 --> 00:25:35,380 So, an enterprising Corvette dealer near the Cape Kennedy Space Center in Florida 495 00:25:35,420 --> 00:25:37,340 came up with a cunning idea. 496 00:25:39,660 --> 00:25:41,660 He offered the astronauts a special deal 497 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:46,900 whereby they could lease a Corvette for the enormous sum of...one dollar. 498 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:50,660 Now, NASA couldn't complain about that. 499 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:54,220 Technically the cars weren't free, they were being paid for. 500 00:25:54,260 --> 00:25:57,380 So all the astronauts bit his hand off. 501 00:25:57,420 --> 00:26:02,260 Gus Grissom, the second American in space, had one. 502 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:05,060 So did Gordon Cooper, a man so cool 503 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,260 he actually fell asleep on the launch pad 504 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:09,300 while waiting for lift-off. 505 00:26:09,340 --> 00:26:11,820 Jim Lovell, the hero of the ill-fated 506 00:26:11,860 --> 00:26:15,140 "Houston, we've had a problem" Apollo 13 mission - 507 00:26:15,180 --> 00:26:17,460 he too was a Corvette man. 508 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:19,740 Basically, in the '60s and '70s, 509 00:26:19,780 --> 00:26:22,100 Cape Kennedy and the surrounding roads 510 00:26:22,140 --> 00:26:25,780 were awash with spacemen driving one-dollar Corvettes. 511 00:26:29,340 --> 00:26:32,340 But it was the holy trinity of Shepard, Cooper and Grissom 512 00:26:32,380 --> 00:26:35,500 who were the real petrolheads. 513 00:26:35,540 --> 00:26:39,020 The good news for them was that the Space Center here at Kennedy 514 00:26:39,060 --> 00:26:42,340 was criss-crossed with lovely wide, straight roads 515 00:26:42,380 --> 00:26:45,060 which NASA engineers used to move stuff about - 516 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:48,060 i.e. rockets. 517 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:50,660 But that meant, as far as those three were concerned, 518 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:53,220 that they were in heaven. 519 00:26:53,260 --> 00:26:55,700 They'd come to places like this after work 520 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:58,140 and just drag race the hell out of their cars, 521 00:26:58,180 --> 00:26:59,740 and then they'd have them modified, 522 00:26:59,780 --> 00:27:02,100 and then they'd drag race them a bit more. 523 00:27:02,140 --> 00:27:06,580 Gordo Cooper allegedly had his car modified up to 180 miles an hour, 524 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:09,980 and he and Gus Grissom even used to go and pit crew 525 00:27:10,020 --> 00:27:12,420 for a racing team if they had a weekend off. 526 00:27:12,460 --> 00:27:14,380 They liked cars. 527 00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:19,300 Then there was astronaut John Glenn, 528 00:27:19,340 --> 00:27:21,900 the first American to orbit the Earth, 529 00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:24,180 and as a test pilot, the first man 530 00:27:24,220 --> 00:27:28,940 to cross the American continent at supersonic speeds. 531 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:32,180 Clearly, this was a man comfortable with putting his foot down. 532 00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:35,140 However, the car he drove 533 00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:38,980 was not quite as sporty as a Corvette. 534 00:27:39,020 --> 00:27:43,140 Yes, John Glenn, holder of supersonic flight records 535 00:27:43,180 --> 00:27:46,620 and the first American to orbit the Earth, drove this. 536 00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:51,940 It's called a Prinz. 537 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:55,420 It's made by the long-dead German car maker NSU, 538 00:27:55,460 --> 00:27:58,740 and it's a microscopic economy car. 539 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:04,420 It has an engine of just under 600cc, two cylinders. 540 00:28:04,460 --> 00:28:06,220 (ENGINE JUDDERS) 541 00:28:06,260 --> 00:28:07,980 0-60? 542 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:09,500 35 seconds. 543 00:28:15,420 --> 00:28:18,140 But Glenn wasn't worried about the sedate pace. 544 00:28:18,180 --> 00:28:20,140 He lived out in the sticks, 545 00:28:20,180 --> 00:28:22,220 he had a long commute to Cape Kennedy, 546 00:28:22,260 --> 00:28:26,740 and he wanted a car that gave him good gas mileage. 547 00:28:26,780 --> 00:28:29,780 Right, let's give it some beans and see what it'll do. 548 00:28:29,820 --> 00:28:31,660 (ENGINE HUMS) 549 00:28:32,780 --> 00:28:34,180 That's what it'll do. 550 00:28:35,420 --> 00:28:37,500 -(CAR SQUEAKS) -Oh, man! 551 00:28:37,540 --> 00:28:39,460 (ENGINE REVS) 552 00:28:42,180 --> 00:28:46,540 I've read accounts by the astronauts of what the rocket launches were actually like - 553 00:28:46,580 --> 00:28:49,740 a lot of noise, a lot of clattering, a lot of banging. 554 00:28:51,180 --> 00:28:53,020 Well, John Glenn was ready. 555 00:28:56,460 --> 00:29:00,100 By 1969, just inside Kennedy's deadline, 556 00:29:00,140 --> 00:29:03,540 NASA was ready to try landing some men on the Moon. 557 00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:08,340 The astronauts chosen were Buzz Aldrin, 558 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,980 who drove a Corvette, 559 00:29:10,020 --> 00:29:13,340 Neil Armstrong, who drove a Corvette, 560 00:29:13,380 --> 00:29:16,060 and Mike Collins, who drove a Beetle. 561 00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:19,300 Presumably that's why they left him in the command module 562 00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:21,780 and didn't let him walk on the lunar surface. 563 00:29:24,860 --> 00:29:27,980 The rocket that would take them there, the Saturn V, 564 00:29:28,020 --> 00:29:31,820 was, and remains, the most complex machine ever built. 565 00:29:36,380 --> 00:29:39,540 It was constructed of three million components, 566 00:29:39,580 --> 00:29:42,100 all of them provided, as the astronauts, used to joke, 567 00:29:42,140 --> 00:29:43,780 by the lowest bidder. 568 00:29:43,820 --> 00:29:46,580 And it stood as tall as a 30-storey building. 569 00:29:46,620 --> 00:29:49,700 NASA ANNOUNCER: Ignition sequence starts. 570 00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:52,100 Six, five, four, 571 00:29:52,140 --> 00:29:56,100 three, two, one, zero. 572 00:29:56,140 --> 00:29:58,700 All engines running. Lift-off. 573 00:29:58,740 --> 00:30:01,580 We have a lift-off, 32 minutes past the hour. 574 00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:04,780 Lift-off on Apollo 11. 575 00:30:04,820 --> 00:30:07,300 At blast-off, these five engines produced 576 00:30:07,340 --> 00:30:10,180 seven-and-a-half million pounds of thrust. 577 00:30:13,380 --> 00:30:16,180 During the first-stage burn, the rocket produced 578 00:30:16,220 --> 00:30:19,060 enough power to light the whole of New York 579 00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:21,020 for 75 minutes. 580 00:30:22,940 --> 00:30:27,100 It burnt its fuel at a rate of 20 tonnes per second 581 00:30:27,140 --> 00:30:29,740 and just two-and-a-half minutes after launch, 582 00:30:29,780 --> 00:30:32,460 nearly all of it was gone... 583 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:36,180 ...leaving just enough to take the three astronauts to the Moon 584 00:30:36,220 --> 00:30:39,340 and return them safely to Earth. 585 00:30:39,380 --> 00:30:43,500 And even though 411,000 of America's brightest minds 586 00:30:43,540 --> 00:30:45,540 were fully engaged in this perilous endeavour, 587 00:30:45,580 --> 00:30:47,140 sending three men to the Moon, 588 00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:49,700 bringing them home safely again, they were still 589 00:30:49,740 --> 00:30:52,620 very much constrained by the technology of the day. 590 00:30:52,660 --> 00:30:56,100 If you have a Ford Fiesta, the engine management system 591 00:30:56,140 --> 00:31:00,260 in your car has 10,000 times the computer processing power 592 00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:02,740 that they had. 593 00:31:02,780 --> 00:31:05,740 -Eagle to Houston, we have you now. Do you read? Over. -Loud and clear. 594 00:31:05,780 --> 00:31:08,500 JAMES: When the astronauts finally approached 595 00:31:08,540 --> 00:31:10,140 the surface of the Moon, 596 00:31:10,180 --> 00:31:13,180 the landing was not without drama. 597 00:31:13,220 --> 00:31:15,900 CONTROL: OK, all flight controllers, gonna go for landing. 598 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:18,820 JAMES: The designated spot was full of craters... 599 00:31:18,860 --> 00:31:21,100 CONTROL: Houston, you are go for landing. 600 00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:24,060 JAMES: ...forcing Armstrong to fly manually 601 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:27,020 and look for another place to set down. 602 00:31:27,060 --> 00:31:29,700 CONTROL: Four forward, drift in to the right a little. 603 00:31:29,740 --> 00:31:32,140 OK, engine stop. Mode control, both auto. 604 00:31:32,180 --> 00:31:34,100 Descent engine command override off. 605 00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:36,260 We copy you down, Eagle. 606 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:39,300 Houston, uh... Tranquillity Base here. 607 00:31:39,340 --> 00:31:42,380 The Eagle has landed. 608 00:31:42,420 --> 00:31:46,420 When they finally landed, they had just 20 seconds of fuel remaining. 609 00:31:46,460 --> 00:31:51,780 But no matter, they were down on the Moon. 610 00:31:51,820 --> 00:31:53,980 That's one small step for man... 611 00:31:56,940 --> 00:31:59,540 ...one giant leap for mankind. 612 00:32:03,060 --> 00:32:04,620 (MILITARY BAND PLAYS) 613 00:32:04,660 --> 00:32:08,660 JAMES: Back on Earth, a heroes' welcome awaited. 614 00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:12,700 And once he got home, Armstrong, like so many astronauts, 615 00:32:12,740 --> 00:32:15,300 would swap the seat in his spacecraft 616 00:32:15,340 --> 00:32:17,260 for a seat in a Corvette. 617 00:32:30,180 --> 00:32:36,420 And when I say Corvette, I mean this actual Corvette. 618 00:32:36,460 --> 00:32:38,220 This one. 619 00:32:38,260 --> 00:32:39,940 This was his. 620 00:32:45,260 --> 00:32:47,180 Oh, my word. 621 00:32:50,980 --> 00:32:54,420 I'm turning onto the space shuttle runway. 622 00:32:54,460 --> 00:32:56,380 It's three miles long. 623 00:33:00,220 --> 00:33:03,820 Here are some enormous skid marks left by the wheels of the space shuttle. 624 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:09,100 But this is Neil Armstrong's Corvette! 625 00:33:15,140 --> 00:33:17,060 Ohh! (CHUCKLES) 626 00:33:19,820 --> 00:33:23,300 His hands were here. He looked at the instruments like that. 627 00:33:23,340 --> 00:33:25,940 He... He touched that. 628 00:33:25,980 --> 00:33:27,860 Neil Armstrong! 629 00:33:28,980 --> 00:33:30,820 The first person to set foot 630 00:33:30,860 --> 00:33:32,780 somewhere other than the Earth. 631 00:33:32,820 --> 00:33:36,220 I mean, almost a quarter of the world's population watched him live. 632 00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:44,980 The owner of this car, when he realised what it was he'd found, 633 00:33:45,020 --> 00:33:47,020 decided not to restore it. 634 00:33:47,060 --> 00:33:49,980 He would leave it exactly as it was. 635 00:33:50,020 --> 00:33:52,340 He would just do enough to make it run. 636 00:33:52,380 --> 00:33:55,540 So he hasn't done the paint, he hasn't replaced bits in here. 637 00:33:55,580 --> 00:33:57,980 This is all exactly as he found it. 638 00:33:58,020 --> 00:34:00,100 There's patina on the bonnet there. 639 00:34:00,140 --> 00:34:02,580 There's a scuffed bit on the door. It's real! 640 00:34:04,420 --> 00:34:06,260 Hello, rev counter. 641 00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:08,460 Neil Armstrong's looked at you, hasn't he? 642 00:34:11,660 --> 00:34:13,460 Oh, I think a Huey is coming. 643 00:34:15,540 --> 00:34:18,420 There's Mr Huey, there's the evocative one. 644 00:34:18,460 --> 00:34:19,500 (HELICOPTER WHIRS) 645 00:34:21,140 --> 00:34:23,380 Those are the two sounds of the '60s, aren't they, 646 00:34:23,420 --> 00:34:27,020 that one and the sound of Neil Armstrong speaking from the Moon. 647 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:32,500 Neil Armstrong's Chevrolet Corvette. 648 00:34:37,300 --> 00:34:39,180 Love it. Love it. 649 00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:45,580 What an honour. 650 00:34:58,460 --> 00:34:59,820 (APPLAUSE) 651 00:34:59,860 --> 00:35:02,540 ...can take off and land six times on that runway. 652 00:35:02,580 --> 00:35:03,860 -Easily. -Well done. 653 00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:06,140 Thank you. 654 00:35:07,180 --> 00:35:09,580 Hold on. 655 00:35:09,620 --> 00:35:11,540 What's gone wrong with astronauts? 656 00:35:11,580 --> 00:35:13,340 They don't go to the Moon any more. 657 00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:15,660 No, no, no, no, they used to be rock gods. 658 00:35:15,660 --> 00:35:17,460 I mean, if you think about it, 659 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:21,300 they would drive their Corvette into town, 660 00:35:21,340 --> 00:35:22,660 get hammered, 661 00:35:22,660 --> 00:35:24,460 get Chlamydia, and the next morning, 662 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:26,860 they'd be upside down in a star fighter. 663 00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:29,220 Whereas I met one not that long ago, 664 00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:31,980 he was the first astronaut ever to dock the space shuttle 665 00:35:32,020 --> 00:35:33,980 to the space station in space, 666 00:35:34,020 --> 00:35:37,900 and he turned up for the interview in a maroon Toyota Camry. 667 00:35:37,940 --> 00:35:39,300 And... 668 00:35:39,340 --> 00:35:43,540 And he had his polo shirt tucked into his chinos. 669 00:35:43,580 --> 00:35:45,980 Your point about the polo shirt is? 670 00:35:46,020 --> 00:35:47,860 My point is very simple, OK? 671 00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:49,980 You look at pictures from the space station. 672 00:35:50,020 --> 00:35:52,780 I follow it on Instagram. Look at this. 673 00:35:52,820 --> 00:35:58,180 I mean, I'm sorry, they look like people who run a port-a-loo rental company. 674 00:35:58,220 --> 00:36:00,380 If you go for an audition with NASA, yeah, 675 00:36:00,420 --> 00:36:03,140 and you don't arrive in the car park in your Corvette 676 00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:05,860 on full opposite lock, you don't get the job. 677 00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:08,060 They should get the maths out of the space programme 678 00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:09,940 and replace it with some flamboyance. 679 00:36:09,980 --> 00:36:12,140 You probably need a little bit of maths. 680 00:36:12,180 --> 00:36:14,420 No, you don't, you just want them to be funny. 681 00:36:14,460 --> 00:36:17,580 No, that's children's entertainers you're thinking of, Jeremy. 682 00:36:17,620 --> 00:36:19,900 - Not astronauts. - Buzz Aldrin, 683 00:36:19,940 --> 00:36:21,780 a flamboyant man, used to wear shirts like that. 684 00:36:21,820 --> 00:36:23,660 I met him, he had an excellent shirt on. 685 00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:26,180 Very funny. One of my favourite stories about Buzz Aldrin, 686 00:36:26,220 --> 00:36:28,980 second man on the Moon, you mentioned him in your film. 687 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:31,980 He was being interviewed many years after the Moon landing. 688 00:36:32,020 --> 00:36:35,980 Very nervous young reporter standing there. Live interview, this was. 689 00:36:36,020 --> 00:36:37,900 "We're going over live now," 690 00:36:37,940 --> 00:36:40,180 and the director's going, "In five, four..." 691 00:36:40,220 --> 00:36:42,980 And on three, Buzz Aldrin leant to the reporter and went, 692 00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:46,620 -"Nothing about the Moon, OK?" -(LAUGHTER) 693 00:36:46,660 --> 00:36:50,020 -"That's all I've got!" -"I've got no questions! I've got literally nothing!" 694 00:36:50,060 --> 00:36:53,140 Anyway, that's enough about space. I wanna move it on. 695 00:36:53,180 --> 00:36:56,060 Because I came into the office um...the other day 696 00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:59,660 and told these two that the Citroen C3 Aircross 697 00:36:59,660 --> 00:37:01,620 that I'd been driving was very good. 698 00:37:01,660 --> 00:37:03,460 And they said it wasn't. 699 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:05,500 -Because it isn't. -Yes, it is. 700 00:37:05,540 --> 00:37:07,980 And I decided to prove that it is 701 00:37:08,020 --> 00:37:10,660 by doing one of those very thorough tests 702 00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:12,900 where we cover all the things that matter 703 00:37:12,940 --> 00:37:15,140 in a car of this type. 704 00:37:15,180 --> 00:37:17,420 Wait a minute, is this gonna be one of those stupid films 705 00:37:17,460 --> 00:37:19,420 where you do ridiculous tests to discover 706 00:37:19,460 --> 00:37:22,460 if a car can, I dunno, drive faster than itself? 707 00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:23,460 No. 708 00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:27,060 JEREMY: This is the car in question. 709 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:30,380 It's a five-seater, front-wheel drive hatchback. 710 00:37:31,860 --> 00:37:35,460 Prices start at £14,720 711 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:37,180 and it looks rather funky, 712 00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:40,540 with those splashes of orange paint here and there. 713 00:37:45,660 --> 00:37:47,660 It's also easy to see out of 714 00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:51,660 because the windows are made from glass. 715 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:54,660 And all the controls fall easily to hand, 716 00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:57,060 because they're on the dashboard or the steering wheel, 717 00:37:57,100 --> 00:38:00,180 rather than under the carpet in the boot. 718 00:38:02,860 --> 00:38:06,140 But you may be wondering what makes it so special. 719 00:38:06,180 --> 00:38:09,420 Well, to find out, I've decided to break the test 720 00:38:09,460 --> 00:38:11,140 down into segments, 721 00:38:11,180 --> 00:38:14,100 so that all the important questions can be answered. 722 00:38:20,060 --> 00:38:22,220 To find out, we've come here 723 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:25,460 to the banked Millbrook Bowl in Bedfordshire. 724 00:38:29,980 --> 00:38:32,660 Citroen say that because the quite small, 725 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:35,380 1.2 litre, three-cylinder engine 726 00:38:35,420 --> 00:38:38,820 in this particular version of the Aircross is turbocharged, 727 00:38:38,860 --> 00:38:43,900 it produces 128 horsepower. 728 00:38:43,940 --> 00:38:46,820 And now it's time to see what that means 729 00:38:46,860 --> 00:38:48,580 in terms of top speed. 730 00:38:49,940 --> 00:38:51,220 And here we go. 731 00:38:54,860 --> 00:38:57,660 Obviously you can't go as fast on a banked track 732 00:38:57,660 --> 00:39:00,500 as you can on the straight and level. 733 00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:03,540 I was going to ask James May why this is so, 734 00:39:03,580 --> 00:39:07,380 but um...I was frightened he might tell me so I... 735 00:39:07,420 --> 00:39:08,940 so I didn't. 736 00:39:10,940 --> 00:39:13,780 That's 100, moving up into the fifth lane, 737 00:39:13,820 --> 00:39:15,620 the lane of terror. 738 00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:19,900 114, there it is. 739 00:39:19,940 --> 00:39:21,860 And I think that's it. 740 00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:23,900 Top speed is... 741 00:39:23,940 --> 00:39:25,220 Oh, 115. No. 742 00:39:25,300 --> 00:39:27,300 The little car has more to give. 743 00:39:31,420 --> 00:39:34,060 Right, I think we've established there 744 00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:37,180 that this car's top speed here on the Millbrook Bowl 745 00:39:37,180 --> 00:39:39,180 is 115 miles an hour. 746 00:39:39,220 --> 00:39:43,660 And that, for a practical, high-riding, family SUV, 747 00:39:43,660 --> 00:39:46,940 which can do 50 miles to the gallon in ordinary driving, 748 00:39:46,980 --> 00:39:48,580 is not bad. 749 00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:53,620 But can it do better? 750 00:39:53,660 --> 00:39:57,700 OK, what I've done now is hooked up to the back end of a Bentley Bentayga. 751 00:39:57,780 --> 00:39:59,900 Now, this is a car with a top speed 752 00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:01,900 of 180 miles an hour. 753 00:40:08,060 --> 00:40:12,060 What it's doing is, it's punching a hole in the air for me 754 00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:14,220 and I'm driving along in a vacuum. 755 00:40:15,940 --> 00:40:18,700 So that should mean I go faster. Let's find out. 756 00:40:21,420 --> 00:40:23,420 That's 115 easily. 757 00:40:23,460 --> 00:40:25,140 116... 758 00:40:26,620 --> 00:40:27,940 117... 759 00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:32,340 I'm also using less fuel, 760 00:40:32,380 --> 00:40:35,540 so this is good for the environment as well. 761 00:40:35,580 --> 00:40:37,660 119, 120 miles an hour now. 762 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:42,020 121...this is flying! 763 00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:46,620 122 miles an hour, 123! 764 00:40:46,660 --> 00:40:48,420 What we're doing now is proving 765 00:40:48,460 --> 00:40:54,500 that the Citroen C3 Aircross can go faster than itself. 766 00:40:54,540 --> 00:40:56,580 124! 767 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:59,940 God's truth, it's like being in Bluebird! 768 00:40:59,980 --> 00:41:03,580 My only worry is that I just saw a single magpie 769 00:41:03,620 --> 00:41:06,620 and it is Friday the 13th as I do this. 770 00:41:06,660 --> 00:41:10,540 So now I'm gonna ease out of this dangerous situation. 771 00:41:18,820 --> 00:41:21,540 Well, if the space is smaller than the Aircross, 772 00:41:21,580 --> 00:41:23,500 then the answer is no. 773 00:41:27,060 --> 00:41:30,660 But if the space is bigger, then the answer is yes. 774 00:41:32,580 --> 00:41:34,100 And with that sorted out, 775 00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:36,940 it's time for one of the most important tests 776 00:41:36,980 --> 00:41:38,700 a little car can face. 777 00:41:45,940 --> 00:41:48,460 To find out, I've come to Southampton docks, 778 00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:51,900 where obviously I've been forced to wear a hard hat 779 00:41:51,940 --> 00:41:55,140 in case a ship... lands on my head. 780 00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:59,100 Anyway, as you can see, the little car has been attached 781 00:41:59,140 --> 00:42:02,980 by rope to the enormous car transporter. 782 00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:10,420 Which I've just noticed has a face. 783 00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:13,420 It's Boaty McBoatface! 784 00:42:14,940 --> 00:42:16,580 The challenge I'd come up with 785 00:42:16,620 --> 00:42:19,500 was to see if the one-tonne C3 786 00:42:19,540 --> 00:42:22,780 could pull the 13,000-tonne ship 787 00:42:22,820 --> 00:42:24,820 a distance of 25 metres. 788 00:42:27,940 --> 00:42:29,380 Right, now, I should explain 789 00:42:29,420 --> 00:42:31,060 that my colleagues May and Hammond 790 00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:33,300 think this is a stupid test. 791 00:42:33,340 --> 00:42:38,020 They say the Aircross only develops 151 torques 792 00:42:38,060 --> 00:42:42,020 and that that isn't enough to pull a medium-sized child. 793 00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:44,780 I, however, disagree. 794 00:42:46,940 --> 00:42:48,060 Let's do this! 795 00:42:54,540 --> 00:42:55,780 (ENGINE CRUNCHES) 796 00:42:55,820 --> 00:42:59,780 Oh, Christ, there's some elasticity in that rope! 797 00:42:59,820 --> 00:43:02,660 Oh, hello? Why's it going backwards? 798 00:43:03,860 --> 00:43:05,780 This is a bit of a worry. 799 00:43:08,140 --> 00:43:10,500 Is that ship... The ship's going back! 800 00:43:11,580 --> 00:43:12,940 Look. 801 00:43:12,980 --> 00:43:14,980 The ship is going back. 802 00:43:15,020 --> 00:43:17,540 What... The situation's bad. 803 00:43:20,340 --> 00:43:22,420 As we reattached the tow rope, 804 00:43:22,460 --> 00:43:25,420 I wondered what had gone wrong. 805 00:43:25,460 --> 00:43:29,060 Why did... Did he put his engines in reverse as a sort of amusing joke? 806 00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:30,660 I mean, he is Greek, the captain. 807 00:43:30,700 --> 00:43:32,140 We're not German! It's... 808 00:43:32,180 --> 00:43:35,580 We didn't mess your economy up. 809 00:43:35,620 --> 00:43:39,420 With the rope reattached, we began the test again. 810 00:43:39,460 --> 00:43:40,780 Here we go. 811 00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:45,820 (ENGINE STRAINING) 812 00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:50,100 That's just clutch spin. 813 00:43:50,140 --> 00:43:52,180 Now it's just clutch. That's clutch. 814 00:43:53,940 --> 00:43:56,740 Traction control off, that's the only solution. 815 00:43:56,780 --> 00:43:58,260 (ENGINE REVVING) 816 00:44:03,340 --> 00:44:04,980 (ENGINE GRINDS AND CRUNCHES) 817 00:44:05,020 --> 00:44:06,140 Hang on. 818 00:44:06,180 --> 00:44:08,100 I think that ship is moving. 819 00:44:09,620 --> 00:44:11,380 (TYRES SQUEAL) 820 00:44:11,420 --> 00:44:14,820 I think we're getting further and further with each pull. 821 00:44:33,340 --> 00:44:36,460 Come on, Boaty! Move, you vicious boat! 822 00:44:44,060 --> 00:44:45,980 Give it a bit of left and right. 823 00:44:56,580 --> 00:44:58,300 What a machine this is! 824 00:45:03,980 --> 00:45:05,900 (STRAINS) 825 00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:14,620 The power and strength of the Citroen. 826 00:45:21,540 --> 00:45:23,860 -That... -(SHIP'S HORN BLARES) 827 00:45:27,780 --> 00:45:30,220 That is Boaty McBoatface admitting defeat. 828 00:45:31,380 --> 00:45:33,420 And with that sorted out, 829 00:45:33,460 --> 00:45:36,300 it was time to address the C3's practicality. 830 00:45:46,260 --> 00:45:47,900 (PHONE BLEEPS) 831 00:45:47,940 --> 00:45:51,340 I should explain, these are not actually Angelina's children, 832 00:45:51,380 --> 00:45:53,180 they're much um... cheaper. 833 00:45:53,220 --> 00:45:55,620 Let's just get your names, first of all. You're? 834 00:45:55,660 --> 00:45:57,940 -Cardboard. -Cardboard. 835 00:45:57,980 --> 00:46:00,300 -Satisfied customer. -Satisfied customer. 836 00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:02,020 -Goat. -Goat? 837 00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:04,380 -Dislocated elbow. -Dislocated elbow. 838 00:46:04,420 --> 00:46:06,420 -(CLICKS TONGUE) -I'm sorry? 839 00:46:06,460 --> 00:46:08,940 -(CLICKS TONGUE) -(CLICKS TONGUE) Is that right? 840 00:46:08,980 --> 00:46:10,860 Don't wanna mispronounce it. And you're? 841 00:46:10,900 --> 00:46:12,620 -Vauxhall. -Vauxhall. 842 00:46:12,660 --> 00:46:13,900 Right, come on. 843 00:46:13,940 --> 00:46:17,020 Let's see how many of you can get into the Citroen. 844 00:46:24,060 --> 00:46:25,620 VAUXHALL: Where's my seat belt? 845 00:46:25,660 --> 00:46:28,900 Hang on, Vauxhall's got a problem. What is it, Vauxhall? 846 00:46:28,940 --> 00:46:30,180 -No seat belt. -There is a seat belt. 847 00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:31,660 No, there isn't! 848 00:46:31,700 --> 00:46:32,900 Vauxhall, no, no, 849 00:46:32,940 --> 00:46:34,420 there must be a seat belt. There we are. 850 00:46:34,460 --> 00:46:36,700 It's somewhere in here. You just have to find it. 851 00:46:36,740 --> 00:46:38,580 Who's gonna be driving the car, though? 852 00:46:38,620 --> 00:46:39,980 Probably your mum. 853 00:46:40,020 --> 00:46:42,340 Your dad's left home to be with a French woman. 854 00:46:42,380 --> 00:46:45,340 -My dad is in America. -Your dad's Brad Pitt. 855 00:46:45,380 --> 00:46:48,020 Not your real dad, you were bought from a market somewhere. 856 00:46:48,060 --> 00:46:49,900 Oh, I found it, look. 857 00:46:49,940 --> 00:46:51,340 -Ta-dah! -That's just weird. 858 00:46:51,380 --> 00:46:53,380 Now, come on, Vauxhall, sit properly. 859 00:46:53,420 --> 00:46:56,500 Hah. They're all in. 860 00:46:56,540 --> 00:46:58,780 No space, I'm afraid, for either of you. 861 00:46:58,820 --> 00:47:00,820 -Y-You've had it. -Oh. 862 00:47:00,860 --> 00:47:03,180 -Can I sit in the boot? -In the boot? 863 00:47:03,220 --> 00:47:06,100 Well, no, because you see, if your mum goes into town, 864 00:47:06,140 --> 00:47:08,420 or to Africa, and buys a disabled child, 865 00:47:08,460 --> 00:47:10,380 where would its wheelchair go? 866 00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:24,540 Must say, I am surprised. 867 00:47:24,580 --> 00:47:26,540 I thought horses were bigger than this. 868 00:47:26,580 --> 00:47:30,460 Anyway, come on, let's see if we can uh...get you in. 869 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:33,380 Come on, up you come, up you come, there you go. 870 00:47:33,420 --> 00:47:34,580 Up you go. 871 00:47:35,740 --> 00:47:37,420 Oh, yep. 872 00:47:37,460 --> 00:47:40,220 Citroen say that this has... 873 00:47:40,260 --> 00:47:42,180 the biggest boot in its class. 874 00:47:49,740 --> 00:47:51,740 (CHURCH BELL CHIMES) 875 00:47:51,780 --> 00:47:55,380 To answer this, we've come to France... 876 00:47:55,420 --> 00:47:58,260 ...where an armed robbery is in progress. 877 00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:00,620 (ENGINE IDLING) 878 00:48:10,660 --> 00:48:12,580 (ENGINE REVS) 879 00:48:22,700 --> 00:48:24,300 (CRUNCHES) 880 00:48:24,340 --> 00:48:27,140 RADIO: Burglars anglais avec visages horribles 881 00:48:27,180 --> 00:48:30,300 are maintenant making their escape 882 00:48:30,340 --> 00:48:32,820 in a red nineteen-seventy-deux 883 00:48:32,860 --> 00:48:36,340 De Tomaso Pantera GTS. 884 00:48:39,340 --> 00:48:40,700 Mmm. 885 00:48:42,780 --> 00:48:45,340 Oui, je les ai vus, cinq par cinq. 886 00:48:45,380 --> 00:48:47,380 Oui. 887 00:48:47,420 --> 00:48:49,340 Au dessus et sortir. 888 00:48:53,380 --> 00:48:54,620 Right. 889 00:48:54,660 --> 00:48:56,580 (SIREN BLARES) 890 00:49:01,780 --> 00:49:03,260 Let's do this! 891 00:49:11,220 --> 00:49:12,740 (SIREN BLARING) 892 00:49:15,780 --> 00:49:17,460 All around the world, 893 00:49:17,500 --> 00:49:20,100 police forces normally have pretty good cars. 894 00:49:21,180 --> 00:49:23,180 The Americans have Crown Vics, 895 00:49:23,220 --> 00:49:26,420 Germans have BMs, Italians have Alfas. 896 00:49:26,460 --> 00:49:29,740 But France has always been a bit of a burgling free-for-all, 897 00:49:29,780 --> 00:49:32,980 because you knew that you were only ever gonna be chased 898 00:49:33,020 --> 00:49:36,780 by Inspector Clouseau in a diesel Renault Mégane. 899 00:49:36,820 --> 00:49:38,780 Well, not today. 900 00:49:38,820 --> 00:49:41,980 Because I'm in an Aircross and I've got a moustache. 901 00:49:45,060 --> 00:49:47,060 To make my life a bit tricky, 902 00:49:47,100 --> 00:49:49,300 the robbers' Pantera wasn't standard. 903 00:49:52,620 --> 00:49:56,620 It had an all-aluminium, seven-litre V8, 904 00:49:56,660 --> 00:49:59,820 producing 550 horsepower - 905 00:49:59,860 --> 00:50:01,780 four times more than I had. 906 00:50:04,420 --> 00:50:06,340 (TYRES SCREECHING, ENGINE REVS) 907 00:50:09,460 --> 00:50:11,380 Soon I caught up with them. 908 00:50:14,180 --> 00:50:17,500 But to get ahead, I decided to take a shortcut. 909 00:50:25,180 --> 00:50:26,540 -Digger. -(HORN BLARES) 910 00:50:26,580 --> 00:50:28,580 -Deploy skill. -(TYRES SCREECH) 911 00:50:32,340 --> 00:50:33,940 Skill used. 912 00:50:40,020 --> 00:50:43,300 No need to slow down because of my raised suspension. 913 00:50:44,900 --> 00:50:46,780 Come on, dogged little Citroen! 914 00:50:50,740 --> 00:50:54,060 Argh! You couldn't have done that in a De Tomaso. 915 00:51:00,660 --> 00:51:02,220 Where is he? Where is he? 916 00:51:02,260 --> 00:51:04,180 (ENGINE REVVING) 917 00:51:06,140 --> 00:51:07,340 I can hear him. 918 00:51:07,380 --> 00:51:08,780 He's like an Australian. 919 00:51:08,820 --> 00:51:10,860 You can hear him before you see him. 920 00:51:10,900 --> 00:51:12,900 Right, I'm gonna cut him off. 921 00:51:12,940 --> 00:51:14,860 (TYRES SQUEALING) 922 00:51:15,980 --> 00:51:18,180 Ha-ha! 923 00:51:18,220 --> 00:51:19,780 Got him! 924 00:51:24,580 --> 00:51:25,940 (HORN BLARES) 925 00:51:29,180 --> 00:51:32,820 Les anglais avec les visages horribles s'enfuient. 926 00:51:40,540 --> 00:51:42,500 (SIREN BLARES) 927 00:51:42,540 --> 00:51:45,100 I know where he's going and I know I'm gonna get there first. 928 00:51:54,700 --> 00:51:56,140 Ooh, heavens! 929 00:51:57,660 --> 00:51:59,020 Ooh, damn it! 930 00:52:10,700 --> 00:52:13,140 (SIREN WAILS, TYRES SCREECH) 931 00:52:13,180 --> 00:52:14,820 There he is! 932 00:52:21,260 --> 00:52:23,780 Were this not such a serious situation, 933 00:52:23,820 --> 00:52:25,060 it would be a good laugh. 934 00:52:40,020 --> 00:52:43,340 Ultimate baddy's car, of course, the De Tomaso Pantera. 935 00:52:43,380 --> 00:52:46,820 It even has an Argentinian flag on its badge. 936 00:52:55,580 --> 00:52:57,020 (HORNS BLARE) 937 00:52:57,060 --> 00:52:58,980 Agh! Deploying skill! 938 00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:03,060 (HORN BLARES) 939 00:53:03,100 --> 00:53:06,460 Skill s... Ooh, skill not successful. Sorry, my bad. 940 00:53:10,380 --> 00:53:12,380 Oh, no, he's going right! 941 00:53:12,420 --> 00:53:14,340 (TYRES SCREECH) 942 00:53:15,860 --> 00:53:17,820 (ANGRY SHOUTING) 943 00:53:17,860 --> 00:53:19,140 I think I hit one. 944 00:53:19,180 --> 00:53:21,180 Did I? Oh, no. 945 00:53:21,220 --> 00:53:23,300 (ANGRY SHOUTING) 946 00:53:23,340 --> 00:53:25,260 It's OK, I've got 'em all now. 947 00:53:26,580 --> 00:53:29,100 Come on, get back in the chase here, man! 948 00:53:29,140 --> 00:53:30,900 Payback! 949 00:53:36,900 --> 00:53:38,260 Little bit bumpy. 950 00:53:39,820 --> 00:53:42,940 There's the car! 951 00:53:42,980 --> 00:53:46,500 It was beginning to seem that despite my best efforts, 952 00:53:46,540 --> 00:53:48,740 I wouldn't be able to catch the Pantera. 953 00:53:50,500 --> 00:53:52,380 But then, when all seemed lost, 954 00:53:52,420 --> 00:53:54,460 the Citroen played its trump card... 955 00:53:56,140 --> 00:53:58,140 ...and didn't break down. 956 00:53:58,180 --> 00:54:01,500 Whereas the Pantera reverted to type and did. 957 00:54:07,260 --> 00:54:09,180 There you go, son. 958 00:54:10,260 --> 00:54:12,260 Oh, God! 959 00:54:12,300 --> 00:54:15,260 He's using hair dye! 960 00:54:15,300 --> 00:54:18,460 Anyway, it's now time for the final test, 961 00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:19,900 the big one - 962 00:54:19,940 --> 00:54:21,900 the answer to the question I'm asked 963 00:54:21,940 --> 00:54:24,220 five or six times a day. 964 00:54:28,980 --> 00:54:31,260 Italy is a difficult country to invade, 965 00:54:31,300 --> 00:54:34,500 because it's surrounded on three sides by sea 966 00:54:34,540 --> 00:54:37,540 and on the fourth by mountains. 967 00:54:39,020 --> 00:54:40,660 These mountains. 968 00:54:42,180 --> 00:54:43,820 The Alps. 969 00:54:43,860 --> 00:54:46,540 But back in 218 BC, 970 00:54:46,580 --> 00:54:48,900 a Tunisian general called Hannibal 971 00:54:48,940 --> 00:54:50,740 did cross those mountains, 972 00:54:50,780 --> 00:54:53,740 using elephants to carry his gear. 973 00:54:53,780 --> 00:54:55,340 And what I want to know is: 974 00:54:55,380 --> 00:54:57,780 could he have used an Aircross instead? 975 00:54:57,820 --> 00:55:00,060 I mean, obviously, the Aircross wasn't invented 976 00:55:00,100 --> 00:55:01,820 200 years before the Baby Jesus, 977 00:55:01,860 --> 00:55:04,620 but if it had been, could he have used it? 978 00:55:13,980 --> 00:55:17,220 We know that the Citroen is powerful and torquey. 979 00:55:17,260 --> 00:55:21,900 But what really matters on a job like this is traction. 980 00:55:24,620 --> 00:55:28,180 And that's where this knob down here comes in. 981 00:55:28,220 --> 00:55:31,300 It engages something called the grip control system. 982 00:55:31,340 --> 00:55:33,340 And that sounds like a gimmick. 983 00:55:33,380 --> 00:55:35,140 But it isn't. 984 00:55:37,620 --> 00:55:40,300 Last winter, Britain was hit with a weather bomb 985 00:55:40,340 --> 00:55:43,500 which became known as the Beast from the East. 986 00:55:43,540 --> 00:55:47,060 Everything stopped and nothing was moving, 987 00:55:47,100 --> 00:55:50,460 apart from me in an Aircross. 988 00:55:52,140 --> 00:55:53,700 I genuinely couldn't believe it. 989 00:55:53,740 --> 00:55:56,340 I put it in snow mode and it was going through drifts 990 00:55:56,380 --> 00:55:58,300 up to its door handles. 991 00:56:00,220 --> 00:56:03,380 So let's see if it can pull off the same trick here, 992 00:56:03,420 --> 00:56:06,780 when the track runs out and the going gets tougher. 993 00:56:11,580 --> 00:56:15,700 Yes, look at the little Citroen, clawing away. 994 00:56:19,860 --> 00:56:22,100 No elephant could do this. 995 00:56:22,140 --> 00:56:24,060 I am zooming up here. 996 00:56:30,860 --> 00:56:34,220 God knows what sorcery the computers are using 997 00:56:34,260 --> 00:56:36,180 to keep me going here, but they are. 998 00:56:38,580 --> 00:56:40,100 (CHUCKLING) 999 00:56:42,260 --> 00:56:43,740 Downhill stretch here, 1000 00:56:43,780 --> 00:56:46,620 so engaging the hill descent control. 1001 00:56:46,660 --> 00:56:51,260 Take your foot off the clutch and off the brake. 1002 00:56:51,300 --> 00:56:53,540 You can hear the anti-lock brake system working, 1003 00:56:53,580 --> 00:56:56,260 keeping me in check, 1004 00:56:56,300 --> 00:56:59,820 stopping the back sliding round, stopping me accelerating. 1005 00:56:59,860 --> 00:57:02,180 That's so clever in a little car like this! 1006 00:57:04,780 --> 00:57:08,860 But as the climb resumed, the going got really rough. 1007 00:57:10,820 --> 00:57:12,020 No, no. 1008 00:57:14,460 --> 00:57:16,540 Let's just pop it into... 1009 00:57:16,580 --> 00:57:17,860 mud mode. 1010 00:57:22,260 --> 00:57:25,020 There we go. There you have it. 1011 00:57:25,060 --> 00:57:28,420 Come on, little car, come on, little car. 1012 00:57:28,460 --> 00:57:31,660 That's the engine mountings you can hear wobbling away, 1013 00:57:31,700 --> 00:57:35,140 but the good news is, the engine is still in. 1014 00:57:38,140 --> 00:57:43,940 With the satnav telling me Italy was just two miles away, I found another path. 1015 00:57:45,580 --> 00:57:47,500 I've passed 2,000 metres here. 1016 00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:52,420 Christ, if I go over the edge now... 1017 00:57:53,740 --> 00:57:54,860 Agh. 1018 00:57:58,740 --> 00:58:03,140 Finally, the border moved into view. 1019 00:58:13,900 --> 00:58:15,140 Come on, little Aircross! 1020 00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:19,620 There you are, clever car! 1021 00:58:28,980 --> 00:58:30,620 So there we are. 1022 00:58:30,660 --> 00:58:33,140 Faster than itself at the test track. 1023 00:58:33,180 --> 00:58:35,180 Strong enough to pull a ship. 1024 00:58:35,220 --> 00:58:38,460 Big enough for the entire Jolie family and a horse. 1025 00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:41,900 And better at invading Italy than an elephant. 1026 00:58:44,180 --> 00:58:46,180 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 1027 00:58:46,220 --> 00:58:48,140 -What a car. -Really? 1028 00:58:50,220 --> 00:58:53,300 What a machine. Pumpy little car. Amazing. 1029 00:58:57,180 --> 00:58:58,940 Are you all right? 1030 00:58:58,980 --> 00:59:01,780 -In the head, I mean. -What do you mean? 1031 00:59:01,820 --> 00:59:03,580 We learned nothing. 1032 00:59:03,620 --> 00:59:06,060 You learned it could get to the top of that mountain, 1033 00:59:06,100 --> 00:59:07,860 even though it doesn't have four-wheel drive. 1034 00:59:07,900 --> 00:59:10,780 But what about things that matter to people who buy that sort of car? 1035 00:59:10,820 --> 00:59:13,340 What about, you know, boot, interior space? 1036 00:59:13,380 --> 00:59:17,700 -I did boot! -OK, safety, insurance group, all that. 1037 00:59:17,740 --> 00:59:20,620 -That's a bit boring. -And are you seriously expecting us to believe 1038 00:59:20,660 --> 00:59:22,180 that a little French hatchback 1039 00:59:22,220 --> 00:59:26,100 can catch a tuned De Tomaso Pantera on a mountain road? 1040 00:59:26,140 --> 00:59:28,940 Well, you say that - James Bond, Goldeneye, you may remember. 1041 00:59:28,980 --> 00:59:31,820 He is in his Aston DB5, he's chasing the Ferrari 355, 1042 00:59:31,860 --> 00:59:33,380 he caught up with it. 1043 00:59:33,420 --> 00:59:35,220 Then there was the other Bond film called... 1044 00:59:35,260 --> 00:59:37,780 Quantity of Porridge, something like that. 1045 00:59:38,860 --> 00:59:40,860 He is in his Aston DBS, 1046 00:59:40,900 --> 00:59:43,580 Italian police, diesel-powered Alfa 159, 1047 00:59:43,620 --> 00:59:45,300 keep up with him no problem at all. 1048 00:59:45,340 --> 00:59:48,140 You do know they're not documentaries, don't you? 1049 00:59:48,180 --> 00:59:51,300 It was The Rock, The Rock was a Hummer and a Ferrari again. 1050 00:59:51,340 --> 00:59:55,940 Look, can we try and salvage some useful information out of this? 1051 00:59:55,980 --> 00:59:57,340 There's no need. 1052 00:59:57,380 --> 00:59:58,980 No, there is, I mean, OK... 1053 00:59:59,020 --> 01:00:01,660 lsn't that Citroen basically, tell me if I'm right, 1054 01:00:01,700 --> 01:00:03,700 the same car as the Vauxhall Crossland? 1055 01:00:03,740 --> 01:00:05,420 -It is. -Yes, it is, good point. 1056 01:00:05,460 --> 01:00:08,140 So, for instance, would you buy one of those instead? 1057 01:00:08,180 --> 01:00:12,300 Well, you can't have the Vauxhall with the grip control system, 1058 01:00:12,340 --> 01:00:13,980 so it's no good as an elephant. 1059 01:00:14,020 --> 01:00:17,260 No, the elephant test isn't actually relevant. 1060 01:00:17,300 --> 01:00:20,700 Is there not something um... OK, the Vauxhall, is it... 1061 01:00:20,740 --> 01:00:24,020 How easy is it to vacuum out the interior? There you go. 1062 01:00:24,060 --> 01:00:25,820 I knew you were gonna mention that. 1063 01:00:25,860 --> 01:00:28,540 So what I did was I took the Vauxhall down to a man 1064 01:00:28,580 --> 01:00:30,660 who knows a thing or two about vacuuming, 1065 01:00:30,700 --> 01:00:33,740 none other than Sir Dyson. 1066 01:00:33,780 --> 01:00:35,700 (VACUUM CLEANER WHIRS) 1067 01:00:37,180 --> 01:00:39,100 Can you get that bit in there? 1068 01:00:51,780 --> 01:00:53,300 (VACUUM CLEANER OFF) 1069 01:00:53,340 --> 01:00:54,900 -Any good? -Brilliant. 1070 01:00:54,940 --> 01:00:56,500 -Is it? -Very easy. Brilliant. 1071 01:00:57,660 --> 01:01:00,540 Sir James Dyson. 1072 01:01:00,580 --> 01:01:04,340 Doing a test, an important test for us there. 1073 01:01:04,380 --> 01:01:07,300 -Actually was James Dyson. JAMES: Just a minute. 1074 01:01:07,340 --> 01:01:09,340 -What? -Sir James Dyson 1075 01:01:09,380 --> 01:01:11,820 is developing a new solid state battery. 1076 01:01:11,860 --> 01:01:15,260 He is working on the future of global personal transport. 1077 01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:19,540 -Yeah. -And you've wasted his whole afternoon... 1078 01:01:19,580 --> 01:01:23,260 -...vacuuming out the interior of a Vauxhall. -Yes. 1079 01:01:23,300 --> 01:01:26,740 -You have literally speeded up the end of the world. -Yes. 1080 01:01:26,780 --> 01:01:29,260 And on that terrible disappointment, it's time to end. 1081 01:01:29,300 --> 01:01:31,580 Thank you so much for watching. See you next time. 1082 01:01:31,620 --> 01:01:33,540 -Goodbye. -(APPLAUSE) 1083 01:01:33,564 --> 01:01:43,564 {\c&HFFFEFC&\3c&H978C5A&\4c&H26241B&\blur5\shad0}The Subtitle Created By{\fnScript MT Bold} MJBN 84857

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