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(ENGINE REVVING)
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(TRAIN WHISTLE BLASTS)
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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
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-Hello!
-Hello, everybody!
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-Hel-lo!
-You got tickets?
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you, everybody.
Thank you.
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RICHARD: Cut!
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JEREMY:
Thanks so much, everybody!
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Thank you, thank you,
thank you.
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And welcome. And in today's
incredibly topical show:
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Neil Armstrong
walks on the Moon...
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-...some angry cyclists...
-(FURIOUS SHOUTING)
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...and I throw a sandwich
out of the window.
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(APPLAUSE)
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All that...
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All that is to come.
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But first, Aston Martin has
just launched a new car.
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And here's Richard Hammond
to tell us all about it.
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(LAUGHTER)
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(TECHNO-STYLE MUSIC)
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(MELLOW PIANO MUSIC)
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RICHARD:
This is the new V8 Vantage.
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And, well,
it's not an ugly car, is it?
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I mean, I'm not sure
about this colour.
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You'd be on the phone
to your doctor if your wee
came out like this.
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But the shape itself
is stunning.
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This is one of those
superstar cars
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that leave a wake
of dropped jaws
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and phone camera flashes.
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(ENGINE REVS)
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And as the smallest,
punchiest,
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sportiest car in
the Aston line-up,
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it's fast too.
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0-60 takes
three-and-a-half seconds.
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So you're not gonna be
embarrassed by 911 Carreras.
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Top speed, 195.
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But here's the thing.
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Astons have always been
beautiful and fast
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in a straight line,
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but when you're
making a sports car,
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that's the easy part.
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It was when you dug
deeper under the skin,
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into the areas
you couldn't see,
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that in the past
they often came up short.
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The trouble is, the company
has never had the money
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or the manpower
of Porsche or Ferrari,
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and you could sense that
in their cars.
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They just didn't feel
as well made
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or well-engineered
as some rivals.
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That means
they sold mainly to people
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listening to their hearts
and not their heads,
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because your heart says,
"I want an Aston"
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even when your head says,
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"That door doesn't fit
properly."
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But this is 2018.
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Good looks and speed aren't
enough if bits are coming off
in your hand.
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This car can't be nice
to drive, "for an Aston".
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It can't be well made,
"for an Aston".
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It's got to be good,
full stop.
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So, let's start
with the interior,
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a place that normally
tells you straightaway
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if corners have been cut.
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And the news in here is good.
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Everything you see
is brand new,
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not warmed-up leftovers
from an older model.
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And it all feels
properly put together...
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as it should in a car
that costs £121,000.
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And if you push down on
the electric height adjustor,
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it has the lowest
driving position
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of any car I've ever been in.
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I mean, I wouldn't claim
to be a tall man, but...
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...this is low.
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I feel seven.
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Then we come to the engine.
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It's a four-litre V8.
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It has twin turbos.
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It makes 510 horsepower,
and...
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...it's German.
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Specifically from the AMG
division of Mercedes.
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Yes, this will make people
of a Brexity persuasion
choke on their real ale,
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but look at it this way.
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Why waste money
you don't have
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developing an OK engine,
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when you can buy in
a brilliant one?
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Besides, there's a plaque
here that says, look,
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it's been inspected by
somebody at Aston Martin.
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Presumably to make sure those
slapdash German engineers
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have done things properly.
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But although the Vantage
has Mercedes lungs,
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the engineers
have tried to make sure
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it sings with an Aston voice.
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(ENGINE ROARS)
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Yeah, in an AMG, this engine
doesn't make this noise.
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In a Merc,
it's all oom-pah bass.
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Whereas Aston Martin
have added
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some British gravel
to the mix.
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(ENGINE REVS)
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(ENGINE RUMBLES)
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Rrrr!
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So, it's handsome, quick,
tuneful and feels well built.
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But now we come
to the acid test -
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how the new Vantage
handles corners.
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And, on paper at least,
things seem promising.
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(TYRES SCREECH)
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It's built on
an all-new chassis,
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a shorter version of
the one under the DB11.
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And it's the first
Aston Martin
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to be fitted with
an electronic diff,
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a very expensive but very
valuable weapon of war.
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So, let's see what's what.
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(ENGINE REVS, TYRES SCREECH)
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Yeah, it works.
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(TYRES SCREECH)
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This is in control
of its power. It really is.
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It's been set up
by a man who used to work
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at suspension masters Lotus.
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And you can tell.
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This just feels fabulous.
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(RICHARD LAUGHS)
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This knows
what it wants to be.
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There's no soft GT mode
like you get in the DB11.
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Your entry level setting
is Sport,
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and then it goes
Sport Plus and Track.
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That's what I want,
it's a sports car!
I don't want a soggy setting.
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Yeah, this is superb.
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Of course, it's still a car
from a small British company,
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so there are a few issues.
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Visibility is not brilliant.
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For me, sitting down here,
it's like trying
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to drive a car from
the back of a crowded lift.
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There's no glove box.
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I don't like the sound
of the indicators.
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It's like a 1980s
Casio keyboard. Listen.
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(THUD OF INDICATOR CLICKING)
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And there's too much
Alcantara. This will be
all right when it's new,
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but buy one of these
second-hand,
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and it'll be like using
somebody else's flannel.
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Still, in the big scheme
of things,
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these are just niggles.
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Because overall,
the Vantage is fantastic fun.
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In the past, you could buy
an Aston and love it,
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but still know deep down
that a 911 was a better car.
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With this new Vantage,
that gap has been closed
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to a point where
it doesn't matter.
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It's not just brilliant
"for an Aston Martin".
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It's brilliant, full stop.
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(APPLAUSE)
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Good car.
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It is a good car.
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-I can see out.
-Can you? Can you really?
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Amazing, I know.
I really can see out.
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I agree with you, it is
a brilliant, brilliant car.
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But one thing
I ought to mention -
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you know all that tech
inside it?
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That is Mercedes stuff,
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but it's last-generation
Mercedes stuff
they're fitting.
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But it's still better
than all the stuff
that Aston used to fit.
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That's true.
No, that is true.
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And the other thing, you
expressed surprise that
it's got that AMG engine.
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But remember, the Aston V12,
they've been using for years,
that's German.
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-It's made in Germany.
-Yes.
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That makes it sort of German,
doesn't it?
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No, no, no. It's where it's
designed and developed
that matters.
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-No, he has got a point.
-Yeah, I mean...
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your autobiography, you could
get it printed in Germany
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but it would still be dreary
because you designed
and conceived it.
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It's...
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Can't argue with that, May,
it would be.
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Let's not get bogged down
with what's German,
and what's not.
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The point is, OK,
unlike the previous Vantage,
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that is way, way more
than a pretty face.
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I mean, a lot more.
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But, now, let's find how fast
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Abbie can get one
around the Eboladrome.
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(ENGINE REVS)
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JEREMY: And away it goes,
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with a little bit
of wheel spin
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and a wiggle of the hips
under power,
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but Abbie's got it
under control,
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hammering onto the Isn't.
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Working away there at that
unusual and frankly stupid
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square steering wheel.
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And already we're at the drop
down into Your Name Here.
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Was that a four-wheel drift?
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And another one!
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And now hard braking...
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Ooh, look at that,
turns in well.
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And that looks quick.
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Seems a bit lively there as
all that turbocharged torque
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tries to kick the tail out.
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If this run was at night,
she'd be in trouble
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because the Vantage's
headlamps are woeful!
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But no complaints about
the speed, that's for sure.
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OK. Oh, coming in wide
for Old Lady's House.
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But keeping it neat
round there,
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and now the short squirt
down to Substation.
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Floaty under braking.
Flicks it in.
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Just Field of Sheep to go.
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Surprisingly un-slidy
and across the line!
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-Oh, there we go.
-Looks exciting.
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-It does.
-That was lively.
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Like an old-fashioned
racing car, moving around.
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-The old days.
-That was a good-looking lap,
that.
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Let's find out where
it ended up on our lap board.
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Shall we? Here we go.
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Aye, aye...ooh.
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Exactly the same speed
as a 911 GT3 RS.
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When you think the Aston
doesn't have a massive wing
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and scaffolding in the back,
that is pretty impressive.
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-It is very impressive.
-But never mind that.
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It's no faster
than a BMW M5.
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Yes, but I think
what that says, James,
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is the M5 is
seriously quick.
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-Well, quite.
-Yeah, yeah.
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You do forget
just how fast that thing is.
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It is, it certainly is.
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But now it is time to buy
a four-pack of chat...
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(LAUGHTER)
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...from the off-licence
of debate.
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(GROANS)
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...on Conversation Street!
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(MELLOW JAZZ)
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(LAUGHTER)
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-I remember that one.
-I remember that one.
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-I enjoyed that one a lot.
-(LAUGHS)
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Anyway, Volkswagen.
They've come up with a new,
a one-off, racing car.
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All electric, uh...
all-wheel drive.
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It's called the IDR, I've
got a picture of it here.
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Now, what interests me
about it is that
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there's a claim
that it generates
so much cornering force,
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it can cause the driver
to black out.
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Is... Is that a good idea?
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A car that renders
its driver unconscious?
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I just don't believe it.
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I know Kimi Raikkonen
goes unconscious,
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but that's normally after
the race in the hotel bar.
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Yeah, that doesn't count.
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That is Kimi's problem.
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The other problem
with that is,
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it's not lateral G that makes
you go unconscious, is it?
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That's G from side to side,
that's not really the issue.
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Lateral G
is what you get in a car
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and it's where the blood
goes from side to side.
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It's only got that...
And I'm wide,
but it only goes that far.
247
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So in your head you've got
one bit a bit drowsy
and black-outy,
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but the other side of your head,
when going round a corner,
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is really alert
cos it's full of blood.
250
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No, it's more interesting -
different sides of your head
do different things.
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Go that way, and you'd be:
"I want to be really precise,
and do science,"
252
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go this way,
you'd be all creative:
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"I just want to paint..."
Algebra...
"I just want to sing."
254
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(LAUGHTER)
255
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When motor racing
commentators talk about,
256
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"That car's got 5G going
through that corner,"
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you think,
"But it's five lateral G."
258
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-Yes, exactly.
-It's not the same 5G
you get in a fighter plane
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when the blood's going
effectively from
the top of your head
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down to the bottom
of your feet, which is
a very long way,
261
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so your head empties and
that's when you do black out.
262
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JAMES: Yes, exactly.
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And it used to be alleged
that Douglas Bader
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could pull tighter turns
in his Hurricane
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than other pilots because
he didn't have any legs
266
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so the blood couldn't go into
them, it stayed in his body.
267
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-I didn't know that.
-Apparently so.
268
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Didn't that mean
he'd just get a big stiffy?
269
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-Well...
-(LAUGHTER)
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Because all his, all this...
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It's science,
that is medical science!
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JAMES: He's right.
273
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-All his blood went there.
-It did.
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He was known during
the Battle of Britain
as Douglas Boner.
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(LAUGHTER)
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"My joystick's broke!
Oh, I've got the wrong one."
277
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"Ooh, I love a dogfight,
a nice..."
278
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We... We can move on.
279
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Now, you might be wondering
why we haven't featured
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the Rolls-Royce Cullinan,
their new sort of super
luxury SUV, on this series.
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And that's because
Rolls-Royce did express
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some reservations
about lending us one
283
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because they said
they were worried
we might say it was ugly.
284
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-Why would they think that?
-Because they've seen it?
285
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(LAUGHTER)
286
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We've actually got a picture
of the Cullinan here.
There it is.
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JAMES: Yeah.
RICHARD: (GAGS) Oh, sorry.
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JEREMY:
It's a very interesting car.
289
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And I don't doubt
that it's exquisite
to drive and to sit in.
290
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But it is disgusting
to look at, isn't it?
291
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-That's the main thing.
-I've been thinking about
this, OK?
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You might want to drive one,
or own one.
293
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But you're gonna have to
come out of your house
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and walk up to it
and see it.
295
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So I was wondering, could you
dig a tunnel, if you had one,
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from your cellar, and then
that emerges underneath it?
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-Then you wouldn't have to
look at it.
-Exactly.
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You'd have to cut a hole
in the bottom of your
Rolls-Royce to get in
299
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and nobody's gonna do that.
300
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What if you fitted
the Cullinan with...
301
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you know that magic glass
that is clear when you look
through it at right angles,
302
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but if you look through it
at any other angle,
303
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it's sort of frosted
so you can't...
304
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-That won't work.
-How do you know?
305
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Because I've got that - and
I genuinely have got that -
306
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in the bathroom
in my flat in London.
307
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-Right.
-Now, for six years I've been
taking showers by the window.
308
00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:26,540
(LAUGHTER)
309
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Cleaning my gentleman's area
very thoroughly,
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and sometimes quite quickly.
311
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And...
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I'm actually
not making this up.
313
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The floor is six storeys
down, the pavement.
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You go,
"Well, I can't see that,
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so nobody down there
can see me."
316
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But a friend,
the other day, said
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"You know you can be
seen from the street?"
318
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-Oh, my God!
-Seriously.
319
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-But you can't see out
when you're in the shower?
-No, I said.
320
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-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
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(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
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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
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(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
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is they're gonna have
to hope they can find
346
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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
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Beverly Hills.
They're gonna sell millions
of the things.
351
00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:23,940
Yeah, they are.
352
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Massive hit.
353
00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:27,100
Now, there's a man
in Nottingham.
354
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He's building a house
and he's told the planners that
outside,
355
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the big empty area,
is actually
356
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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
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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
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JEREMY: That's practical!
JAMES: Pretty dreary
actually, isn't it?
366
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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
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