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CLARKSON: En el programa de hoy,
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El espléndido nuevo Bentley Continental,
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El nuevo y robusto Legacy de Subaru,
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y hago humo en un Saab caliente.
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Buenas noches y bienvenidos al nuevo Bentley Continental GT.
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Ahora bien, GT, como seguramente ya sabes, significa Gran Tourer.
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Así que lo llevé a un gran recorrido por la sala de espera de Dios,
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La Riviera Inglesa.
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Mi destino real, como puedes ver
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En el sistema de navegación por satélite aquí,
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es Budleigh Salterton.
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Y es que antiguamente, ellos eran los que habrían comprado uno.
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"Hola, mi nombre es Budleigh Salterton.
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"y tengo un Bentley Continental GT."
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CLARKSON: Bueno, esa es la imagen antigua de Bentley.
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Pero hoy las cosas han cambiado.
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CLARKSON: No hay manera de que la aristocracia compre este coche.
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Quiero decir, hoy en día tienen que quemar a sus hijos.
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Sólo para mantener el calor.
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Y todos sus muebles se mantienen unidos por las polillas que se los comieron.
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En todas sus casas hace corrientes de aire y frío...
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Mira, hay una casa aristocrática clásica allí.
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Mira eso.
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CLARKSON: Porque esto cuesta £110.000,
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No es un coche para gente que insulta a sus hijos.
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Creo que es más para gente a la que le gusta burlarse de sus novias.
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Futbolistas. La gente se llamaba Gary y Wayne.
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Presumiblemente, es por eso que esta cosa tiene un doble turbocompresor.
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Motor W12 de 6,0 litros.
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Porque, verás, de esa manera podrás conseguir en las tiendas
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a tu prueba de drogas en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.
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CLARKSON: 550 CV colosales
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da una velocidad máxima de 198 mph
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y de 0 a 60 en 4,7 segundos.
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En otras palabras, esto superará en potencia a un Ferrari 575.
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Normalmente, haría cualquier cosa para evitar el A303,
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Porque siempre te quedas atrapado detrás de alguien con orejas enormes
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en un Rover 214 registrado con J.
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O, por supuesto, una caravana.
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Pero en este caso no hay ningún problema, ya que simplemente hay que poner la palanca de cambios en "S",
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para el modo de factor de curvatura de Star Trek,
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y luego active los turbos.
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¡Guau!
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-(EL MOTOR ACELERA) -(CLARKSON SE RÍE)
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Eso es muy rápido.
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Solo necesitas un pequeño espacio. ¡Y ahí está!
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(El motor ruge)
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(NEUMÁTICOS CHIRRIENDO)
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(SE RISAS) ¡No puedo explicarte lo rápido que es esto!
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Y sin embargo, a pesar de este poder feroz,
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y es feroz,
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No tiene sentido cuando estás aquí
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que estás en un corredor despojado y agazapado.
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Es tranquilo y cómodo.
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Hay madera y hay cuero.
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Es como ir a 5.000 mph.
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en la bolsa de esponja de Douglas Bader.
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CLARKSON: Te hace sentir orgulloso de ser inglés,
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Aunque el motor proviene de Volkswagen,
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y el piso, y la caja de cambios y la mayoría de los accesorios y herrajes.
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Aún así, debido a que también tiene un sistema de tracción en las cuatro ruedas Volkswagen,
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Este gran matón tiene un agarre tenaz,
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Útil en las sinuosas carreteras de Devon.
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Es extraordinario. Para un coche que pesa lo mismo que un Range Rover,
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Realmente se siente ágil y vivo.
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Incluso se detiene correctamente,
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porque tiene los frenos más grandes jamás instalados en un automóvil.
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Y además es un bruto muy guapo.
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Aunque fue diseñado por un belga,
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Se verá bien estacionado entre los pilares.
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de la mansión de un futbolista en Cheshire.
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Sin embargo, detrás de la apariencia del siglo XVIII,
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El interior está menos logrado.
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En primer lugar, está esta puerta.
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Tienes que ser una máquina de carne para cerrarla correctamente.
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Eso es todo.
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Y luego, si eres una máquina de carne,
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Lo encontrarás un poco apretado aquí,
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Principalmente por estos apoyabrazos.
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Te obligan a conducir como si tuvieras algún tipo de lesión deportiva.
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Y si los bajas, escucha...
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(CRUJIENTE)
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-Continúa conduciendo... -(CONTINÚA EL crujido)
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¿Cuánto tiempo pasará antes de que eso te vuelva loco?
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Son completamente inútiles.
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Hablando de eso,
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Este botón aquí le permite ajustar la dureza de la suspensión.
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Así es.
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¿Por qué necesitas eso?
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¿Por qué querrías que tu Bentley fuera más incómodo?
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Realmente es tan útil como el botón de repetición de alarma de un detector de humo.
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CLARKSON: Pero una ligera sensación de claustrofobia
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Y algún que otro botón tonto no es nada.
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En comparación con el mayor problema del Continental:
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Su hermano mayor.
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El viejo Arnage de cuatro puertas es una sinfonía de pompa y solemnidad,
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esperanza y gloria, poder absoluto corruptor, ¡absolutamente!
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Oh, no es muy bueno,
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Pero hay una sensación de ocasión cuando lo conduces.
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Esto es al revés. Brillante, sensacionalmente rápido,
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Se maneja muy bien y es casi seguro que será confiable.
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Pero te deja una sensación de frío.
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En realidad, es un poco como Budleigh Salterton.
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A primera vista, te gustaría vivir aquí.
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Suena bien, un pequeño pueblo en la costa de Devon.
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You'd like a piece
of that action.
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But actually,
there isn't any action.
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In a recent survey,
Budleigh Salterton was named
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as Britain's most over-priced,
dreary place.
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Everything is here,
except the sparkle.
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And that is what
the Bentley's missing.
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The sparkle, the X factor
that turns a really good car,
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which it is,
into a great one...
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Which it isn't.
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MAY: That's a bit harsh,
Jeremy.
-No!
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Yes, you're right,
it was harsh.
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But, the thing is,
it was cruel but fair,
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because when you drive
the Phantom, which BMW made,
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they've captured the essence
of Rolls Royce with that car.
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When you drive this,
it is brilliant,
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make no mistake,
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but it does feel like
a big Volkswagen.
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All right, but,
it isn't actually putting
anybody off.
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And here's the problem.
They can make 3500 of these
a year, that's all.
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They already have
3,500 orders for next year
just from America.
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I know, and the sort of people
who've ordered these things
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aren't the kind of people
who like to be kept waiting.
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Bentley were telling me
the other night,
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when I ran into a few
of them at a party,
and they were saying
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that they've had people
phone up saying,
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"If I don't have my car
by Easter, you're not welcome
in my restaurant,"
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or, "You're not welcome
in my football club."
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They even had one
who called up and said,
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"If I don't have mine
by Christmas, you're not
welcome in my country."
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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Right. The news.
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Now, we've heard from Nissan
this week about a recall.
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Recalls, if you don't know,
is when a manufacturer
holds up his hand and says,
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"There's a problem with one
of our cars,
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"bring it in
and we'll fix it,"
and they tell the owners.
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Usually it's a few thousand,
maybe a few hundred thousand.
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This particular recall
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is for two and a half
million Nissans!
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Two and a half million cars...
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What we were thinking was,
"Where do you get
the envelopes from?"
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I mean, if you walk into
the local envelope
supplier and go,
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"I would like two
and a half million..."
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And then you've got
the photocopying
down at Prontaprint.
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-"Er, could you copy
this for me, please?"
-Somebody's given the list!
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Write to these people,
tell them.
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But the bit that
I like to think about
particularly is,
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at some point,
there must have been a moment
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in an office when somebody
realised, "Ooh!"
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And they had that long walk
down the corridor to the big
office and sort of... (KNOCKS)
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Yes, what is it Watkins?
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-You better not have
mucked up again!
-Um...
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MAY: Not another recall,
is it?
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How many is it this time?
100,000? 200,000?
Come on, give me the worst.
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Two and a half million, sir.
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Two and a half million cars,
I mean how much is that
gonna cost in stamps?
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Just before you get the car
in to actually fix it!
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Two and a half million stamps!
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Last week we were
having a bit of a row
about sports cars,
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and you championed
the S2000 Honda,
which was...
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HAMMOND: Rubbish.
MAY: Rubbish.
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Interestingly enough,
Honda have improved it.
They've given it...
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-Impossible to improve!
-No, they've given it a clock
and a fruitier horn tone.
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Oh, that's nice.
Does it look any different?
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-Look at that.
-MAY: Look at that.
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-HAMMOND: Oh, no,
it is a sports car.
-CLARKSON: Majesty.
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MAY: You still lost,
though, didn't you?
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-Am I right about
the Honda S2000?
-No.
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Hands up if you think
I'm right.
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Hands up for the S2000.
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-That's about three people.
-That's a majority!
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-That was about three people!
-Three hundred.
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And you still lost.
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-If it had been dry,
and if your two cars...
-Hadn't turned up.
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-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-It would have won.
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Would it have won with
a new horn tone?
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No, the new horn tone
is simply because
of the speed it goes,
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you need a richer
horn tone to get the...
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I was going to use
the wrong word there,
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to get your cars
out of the way.
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It's so the deaf old buggers
driving it,
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cause it's a Honda, can hear
the horn's working at all.
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Can I talk about
something else now, please?
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The police, it seems,
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are tired of people ripping up
and destroying their
speed cameras,
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which apparently does go on.
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So they've decided
instead they're going
to use old people.
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Sounds like a very good idea.
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Well, they're going to arm...
It's a pilot scheme.
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They're going to arm
vigilantes with speed guns
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and then send them out
into their communities
to zap people.
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-To shop their neighbours.
-What...
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What kind of a person
is going to say,
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"Yes, that's the job for me,
I'll get a speed camera."
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-It's a job for Paul Burrell.
-There you go.
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-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-HAMMOND: Everybody
hates you already.
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He's done his employers,
now I'm gonna do
my neighbours and friends.
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But what kind of a country
are we living in
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where people actually
think that there will be
people who say,
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"Yes, I want to go and catch
that bloke at number 27
doing 31 miles an hour."
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And the point is,
the only people who have
the time to do this,
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and even the police
I'm sure will admit this,
are retired people.
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It's gonna be old people
in cardigans, with little...
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Yes. Actually, we're safe.
We're safe.
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Let's imagine the scene
in your little village.
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"Ooh, Doris,
I think there's a car coming.
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"Get your radar gun,
let's go out
and have a look."
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"Oh, have you turned
the kettle off?
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"Have we locked all
the windows? Have you
been to the lavatory, Bill?
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"Because you need to,
you haven't been for quite
some time.
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"Have you locked the door?
Have we got the cats
inside or out?"
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"Oh, I don't know,
here he comes,
come on be quick, get your...
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"That's not your radar gun,
love, that's your hairdryer."
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"Ooh, Bill...
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"Ooh, Bill, you've come out
in your slippers!"
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I've thought about this,
actually.
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If you want to do it
really cleverly,
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if you didn't like
your neighbour,
just ring him up at work,
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tell him the house is on fire
224
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and sit at the end
of their road with
your radar gun.
225
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HAMMOND: Gotcha!
226
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This is an unusual thing.
Jeremy, you want to sit back
and have a nap or something,
227
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'cause you're not
gonna be very interested.
It's about a bike.
228
00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:19,333
-Oh, excellent.
-(SIGHS) God!
229
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This is the Dodge Tomahawk.
They built one of these things
and it's by Chrysler.
230
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They put the engine
out of the Viper, you know,
the great big engine.
231
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About 420 mph,
possibly, potential speed.
232
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Let's have a look
at this thing.
233
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It's absolutely astonishing.
234
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They've built one.
They're going to actually
sell them through mail order.
235
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CLARKSON: I don't think
that's a bike.
236
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It's got four wheels
and a Dodge Viper engine.
237
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-I call that a car.
-HAMMOND: I think they
may have been confused.
238
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CLARKSON: We don't do bikes
on this programme.
239
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HAMMOND: What is his problem?
240
00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:48,633
Can I just ask
you though, Jeremy...
I'm interested in this.
241
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What is it that you don't
get about bikes?
I want to try and help you.
242
00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:53,100
I just don't want to dress up
like a Power Ranger
243
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and drive to a pub
and drink orange juice
all afternoon.
244
00:12:57,433 --> 00:13:00,100
You like these cars
that you get involved with
and so do I,
245
00:13:00,133 --> 00:13:03,967
and I'd never give up
a car, but a bike,
you are much more...
246
00:13:04,067 --> 00:13:06,067
Back me up,
at one with a bike.
Your body...
247
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You're at one with the bike
until you hit the tree
248
00:13:07,867 --> 00:13:09,667
and then you're at one
with that.
249
00:13:11,067 --> 00:13:13,400
I think it's simply
that you know,
250
00:13:13,433 --> 00:13:16,467
you know deep down,
in your heart of hearts,
251
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if you were on a bike,
you would look ridiculous.
252
00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:22,267
-Yes.
-I would.
253
00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:26,233
Because everyone on a bike,
with that leather arse...
254
00:13:26,267 --> 00:13:29,833
Look at that!
Look at my bottom.
255
00:13:29,867 --> 00:13:33,333
I've got a zigzag blue thing
on the front of my suit
256
00:13:33,367 --> 00:13:35,467
and I'm wearing a hat
like a terrorist.
257
00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:38,267
-Have you ever fallen
out of a car?
-No.
258
00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:41,367
-Well, there you are.
-Actually, I have.
259
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Driving down the M40,
here's a hump... (VOCALISES)
260
00:13:43,733 --> 00:13:45,267
"I've fallen out!"
261
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That's user error,
it's not obligatory.
262
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-Can I just move it on?
-HAMMOND: Yes, please.
263
00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,367
Heard a great story this week.
You know Travelodge?
264
00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,467
The people... Little hotels
at the side of the road.
265
00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:59,100
They've decided that now
they will open up their rooms,
266
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rent them for half an hour
at a time to tired motorists.
267
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-During the day.
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
268
00:14:07,633 --> 00:14:08,567
For a fiver.
269
00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,400
So a gentleman
and a lady motorist
270
00:14:10,433 --> 00:14:12,533
decide they need a little bit
of a break...
271
00:14:12,567 --> 00:14:15,400
-I immediately thought
the same as you.
-Little nap!
272
00:14:15,433 --> 00:14:17,067
A gentleman
and a lady motorist
are driving along
273
00:14:17,067 --> 00:14:18,533
and say let's have a "nap".
274
00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:21,833
For half an hour, for a fiver,
in the Travelodge.
275
00:14:21,867 --> 00:14:25,967
But no, they're actually
saying the rooms
are only single occupancy.
276
00:14:26,067 --> 00:14:28,800
They'll only allow you
in there on your own.
277
00:14:28,833 --> 00:14:31,233
So why would you want
to have a nap?
278
00:14:31,267 --> 00:14:35,700
I've just been looking at this
picture of Pamela Anderson
and I need a nap...
279
00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:39,967
For five minutes.
280
00:14:40,067 --> 00:14:43,700
Now, imagine
you're driving along one day,
281
00:14:43,733 --> 00:14:47,067
and suddenly
you veer off into a lake.
282
00:14:47,100 --> 00:14:49,067
It does happen. Seriously.
283
00:14:50,333 --> 00:14:52,067
It does happen. Seriously.
284
00:14:52,067 --> 00:14:57,733
Every year in Britain
more people drown in cars
than on boating lakes.
285
00:14:57,767 --> 00:15:01,300
It's absolutely true.
So, I decided...
286
00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:03,633
Well, Jeremy
and James decided
287
00:15:03,667 --> 00:15:07,800
that I should investigate this
by drowning myself.
288
00:15:07,833 --> 00:15:10,467
HAMMOND: First,
stunt coordinator
Sean Rogers
289
00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:12,300
took me aside
for a quiet word.
290
00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:13,867
This is not to scare you.
291
00:15:13,900 --> 00:15:16,833
It's just to show you
how quickly this car
could fill up.
292
00:15:16,867 --> 00:15:18,067
All right?
293
00:15:24,167 --> 00:15:26,467
(MECHANISM GRINDS)
294
00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,067
HAMMOND: Okay.
295
00:15:32,067 --> 00:15:36,100
If you wait, we're talking
about the water coming in,
coming in...
296
00:15:40,067 --> 00:15:42,567
-And that's it.
-Now it's gone.
297
00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,067
-That's quick, isn't it?
-That's right.
298
00:15:45,067 --> 00:15:48,333
So you haven't got time
to muck about.
299
00:15:48,367 --> 00:15:53,200
HAMMOND: Now, obviously,
it isn't a good idea to simply
drive a car into a lake
300
00:15:53,233 --> 00:15:54,700
and see what happens.
301
00:15:54,733 --> 00:15:58,500
Instead, we've got ourselves
a tank and some safety divers.
302
00:15:58,533 --> 00:16:02,800
Now, all I need to do
is learn some basic
diving techniques,
303
00:16:02,833 --> 00:16:04,800
just in case things go wrong.
304
00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,567
Before we did
the stunt for real,
305
00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,200
I had to go underwater
to practise the emergency
hand signals,
306
00:16:16,233 --> 00:16:20,067
in case there was a problem
and the divers had
to give me air.
307
00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:25,267
Then, just to spice things
up a bit,
308
00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:28,233
they ripped my face mask off
without warning.
309
00:16:35,467 --> 00:16:39,900
And sure enough,
within seconds,
I was breathing water.
310
00:16:39,933 --> 00:16:41,567
Not a good start.
311
00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:47,067
And then to add insult
to my likely injuries,
312
00:16:47,067 --> 00:16:50,133
I got first sight
of my potential coffin.
313
00:16:50,167 --> 00:16:54,300
An F-reg Vauxhall Carlton.
Not even a GSI.
314
00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:56,500
Oh, thank you.
315
00:16:57,833 --> 00:17:00,400
As the time approached
to actually do this,
316
00:17:00,433 --> 00:17:05,700
even though I knew I had
a host of safety people around
me to make sure I was okay,
317
00:17:05,733 --> 00:17:09,067
I've got to confess,
my nerves were on edge.
318
00:17:10,433 --> 00:17:13,400
Okay, I'm swinging
above the water...
319
00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:16,100
In a car.
320
00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,067
About to have
a horrible accident.
321
00:17:28,633 --> 00:17:29,800
Real fear.
322
00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:33,133
A real sense of fear.
323
00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:36,533
Okay.
324
00:17:36,567 --> 00:17:39,200
-ROGERS: Richard,
are you okay?
-I'm okay.
325
00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:42,667
-ROGERS: Ready, Fred?
-Ready.
326
00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:44,167
ROGERS: Divers, ready?
327
00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:47,433
ROGERS: Okay, standby.
328
00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:49,567
Five, four,
329
00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,200
three, two, one, action!
330
00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,733
And we'll find out later
if I die.
331
00:18:00,767 --> 00:18:02,533
But first,
332
00:18:02,567 --> 00:18:05,700
here's yet another
Jaguar concept car.
333
00:18:06,667 --> 00:18:08,667
This one is called the R-D6.
334
00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:12,267
It's made almost entirely
of aluminium.
It's very light.
335
00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:17,167
And it's powered, remarkably,
by a turbo-charged,
V6 diesel engine.
336
00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,133
The bit I really like
is the inside.
Have a look at this.
337
00:18:20,167 --> 00:18:21,767
Now have a look at that.
Black leather,
338
00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,633
all those shiny bits
and those red lights
down the footwell.
339
00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:29,700
Now, clearly a Jaguar designer
got completely lashed
in a vodka bar
340
00:18:29,733 --> 00:18:31,833
and thought, "I'll make it
look like this then."
341
00:18:31,867 --> 00:18:34,133
So, obviously there will
be a bouncer on the door,
342
00:18:34,167 --> 00:18:37,067
telling you you can't come in
because you got trainers on.
343
00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:39,367
It's a gorgeous looking thing,
344
00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,600
but here's the thing
I don't get about
Jaguar concept cars.
345
00:18:42,633 --> 00:18:46,233
Two years ago, about then,
they showed us the XK180.
346
00:18:46,267 --> 00:18:51,367
And there it is, that was
to show us what Jaguars
of the future will look like.
347
00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,600
But then last year,
they did the R-Coupe,
348
00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:57,967
to show us what Jaguars
of the future will look like.
349
00:18:58,067 --> 00:19:00,700
Now they're back again
with this to show us
350
00:19:00,733 --> 00:19:04,433
what Jaguars of the future
will look like.
351
00:19:04,467 --> 00:19:07,233
Now look, Jaguar,
you have made your point.
352
00:19:07,867 --> 00:19:09,467
Just make the car!
353
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,300
Right, let's meet
this week's guest.
354
00:19:12,333 --> 00:19:14,333
He's an actor,
he's a comedian,
355
00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:18,533
he's responsible for Marion
and Geoff, which I just love,
terrific television programme.
356
00:19:18,567 --> 00:19:21,400
And if we look down here,
I think I'm right in saying
357
00:19:21,433 --> 00:19:23,333
he's the first Welshman
we've ever had on.
358
00:19:23,367 --> 00:19:25,867
Ladies and gentlemen,
Rob Brydon!
359
00:19:25,900 --> 00:19:27,367
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
360
00:19:29,533 --> 00:19:32,567
-Jeremy!
-All right? Take a seat.
361
00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:33,600
Hello!
362
00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:39,333
CLARKSON: So, um...
363
00:19:39,367 --> 00:19:43,167
Now, we know the Scottish have
given us really everything
that matters in the world.
364
00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,700
Yes.
365
00:19:44,733 --> 00:19:46,633
And it would be cheap to say
the Welsh have given
us nothing.
366
00:19:47,267 --> 00:19:48,333
Here we go. Yes.
367
00:19:48,367 --> 00:19:50,367
No, really, because we were
working it out
368
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,867
and really the Welsh have
given the theatre everybody.
369
00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:57,867
-Burton. Zeta-Jones. Hopkins.
-Yes, but, but, but...
370
00:19:57,900 --> 00:20:01,967
You see, you forget
the big names, the big
theatrical media names.
371
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,767
Sian Lloyd, the weather girl.
372
00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,267
Yeah, she's...
373
00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,967
-H from Steps.
-Is he Welsh as well?
374
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,167
I think H actually,
he's got a mini Graceland
now up in North Wales,
375
00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,567
where he comes from.
376
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,533
And they get up to six
or seven visitors a year.
377
00:20:17,567 --> 00:20:18,967
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
378
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,600
It is an astonishing thing,
when you think about
the great performances,
379
00:20:21,633 --> 00:20:23,100
it is Hopkins at the National,
380
00:20:23,133 --> 00:20:26,100
and it is Burton
at the Old Vic, whatever.
381
00:20:26,133 --> 00:20:29,733
You, not really been there,
have you?
382
00:20:29,767 --> 00:20:33,367
You're more famous
for your car advertisement
voice-overs.
383
00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,567
He is!
384
00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,600
Every time you hear a car
advert on the television,
385
00:20:38,633 --> 00:20:42,267
I can pretty much guarantee
he is the voice.
386
00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:45,800
How many have you done?
There's the Ford Mondeo
Tom and Jerry, that was you.
387
00:20:45,833 --> 00:20:47,900
-I think that's still running,
yeah. Yeah.
-That's still running.
388
00:20:47,933 --> 00:20:51,900
-What were the other ones?
-I think the Renault Scenic,
at the moment.
389
00:20:51,933 --> 00:20:53,533
How does that one go?
390
00:20:53,567 --> 00:20:54,733
(LAUGHS)
391
00:20:54,767 --> 00:20:55,800
I've forgotten it.
392
00:20:55,833 --> 00:20:56,900
Okay, you have to quiet
for it, ready?
393
00:20:56,933 --> 00:20:58,700
(CLEARS THROAT)
394
00:20:58,733 --> 00:21:00,800
In the recent NCAP Euro
crash tests,
395
00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:04,800
only one car in its class
got five stars for safety...
396
00:21:04,833 --> 00:21:06,800
The new Renault Scenic.
397
00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:08,767
It's him!
398
00:21:15,167 --> 00:21:18,300
-Now, Marion and Geoff .
-Hmm.
399
00:21:18,333 --> 00:21:21,633
-I can't tell you
how much I love it.
-Thank you.
400
00:21:21,667 --> 00:21:23,133
I'm not just being nice
401
00:21:23,167 --> 00:21:25,933
because it's you, and you know
you're visiting England
and everything,
402
00:21:25,967 --> 00:21:27,233
I really genuinely...
403
00:21:28,633 --> 00:21:30,633
I can't, I just can't miss it.
404
00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:34,500
A chap was telling me here
he's just the same.
He just can't miss this thing.
405
00:21:34,533 --> 00:21:36,267
What gave you the idea...
Have you seen it?
406
00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:39,233
It's basically...
You're a sort
of minicab driver,
407
00:21:39,267 --> 00:21:42,767
graduated now to be
a chauffeur and sit talking
about your miserable life.
408
00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,867
Well, Keith Barrett
is his name,
409
00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:47,400
and his wife, Marion,
has left him for a man
called Geoff.
410
00:21:47,433 --> 00:21:49,733
So in the first series,
he was a minicab driver.
411
00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:53,633
In the second series,
he's graduated to become
a chauffeur.
412
00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:56,267
And he just sits there
telling you about his life,
413
00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:59,067
but he always sees
the sort of silver lining.
414
00:21:59,067 --> 00:22:00,800
Somebody once said
in a newspaper thing,
415
00:22:00,833 --> 00:22:03,733
he'd see the silver lining
in a mushroom cloud.
416
00:22:03,767 --> 00:22:06,433
He would. And the thing is,
it's not comedy, is it?
417
00:22:06,467 --> 00:22:10,967
I mean, I wanna show a clip
of Marion and Geoff ,
because I love it. Okay?
418
00:22:11,067 --> 00:22:14,167
And it's the bit where
he's explaining, um...
419
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,800
What he would do
if he were attacked
by a terrorist.
420
00:22:17,833 --> 00:22:20,767
So what I'd do,
as a middle ground...
421
00:22:21,733 --> 00:22:23,933
Uh, I keep it under the seat.
422
00:22:23,967 --> 00:22:25,600
It belonged to my dad.
423
00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:27,700
It's a machete.
424
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,833
And that's there as needs be.
425
00:22:35,867 --> 00:22:37,667
That's there
as needs be, so...
426
00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:40,333
Like that.
427
00:22:40,367 --> 00:22:43,067
So I spot trouble...
I do keep an eye
in the mirror.
428
00:22:43,067 --> 00:22:44,600
I look in the mirror.
429
00:22:44,633 --> 00:22:47,167
So here he comes,
here comes the terrorist...
430
00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:50,300
And I'm down and I'm there.
431
00:22:50,333 --> 00:22:54,967
The fear is that
I knock myself out
on the steering wheel.
432
00:22:55,067 --> 00:22:57,533
Or that I inadvertently
set off the airbag.
433
00:22:57,567 --> 00:22:59,300
Let's just do that
one more time.
434
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:01,400
Relaxed.
435
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,067
Mirror. Mirror.
Terrorist. Down!
436
00:23:06,933 --> 00:23:08,300
Out! Up!
437
00:23:12,667 --> 00:23:13,800
It's not foolproof.
438
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:17,733
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
439
00:23:19,267 --> 00:23:20,700
CLARKSON: Oh, I love it.
440
00:23:25,933 --> 00:23:27,467
-Now...
-(APPLAUSE CONTINUES)
441
00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:30,767
(LAUGHS) That's my mum.
442
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:35,400
For a man who has made
his name in a car and
by advertising them,
443
00:23:35,433 --> 00:23:38,067
I have to say...
No, I'm not gonna
let you off this.
444
00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:41,833
You have had the most
wretched car history
445
00:23:41,867 --> 00:23:45,167
of anyone I've ever, ever met.
446
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,867
It starts off, where were we,
radio DJ...
447
00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:49,667
BBC Radio Wales.
Good morning!
448
00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:52,933
-You bought yourself
a Volkswagen Polo.
-Brand new.
449
00:23:52,967 --> 00:23:55,300
Brand new. Things going well.
450
00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:57,967
Your next car
451
00:23:58,067 --> 00:24:01,400
is a third-hand
Vauxhall Carlton.
452
00:24:02,833 --> 00:24:05,467
What in God's name possessed
you to do that?
453
00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:09,067
My dad came across it.
You know, it was
reasonably priced.
454
00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:12,067
-It was a big,
brown Vauxhall...
-Brown?
455
00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:15,067
Wait! Let me finish!
456
00:24:15,067 --> 00:24:16,933
It was a big,
brown Vauxhall Carlton
457
00:24:16,967 --> 00:24:20,933
and the inside was
a kind of creamy,
sort of biscuit colour.
458
00:24:20,967 --> 00:24:22,967
It was velour, the seats.
459
00:24:23,067 --> 00:24:25,100
It was a nice car.
It got me from A to B.
460
00:24:25,133 --> 00:24:27,100
That was not the worst
of my cars.
461
00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:30,400
-What, you're trying
to say the green Sierra...
-Yeah. That was the worst.
462
00:24:32,067 --> 00:24:33,567
What possessed you to do that?
463
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,367
My dad came across it.
You know, it was a good price.
464
00:24:38,733 --> 00:24:42,333
Did you branch out on your own
for the 1992 Ford Escort?
465
00:24:42,367 --> 00:24:45,100
Now, the 1992 Ford Escort,
I thought,
466
00:24:45,133 --> 00:24:46,900
and I don't know anything
about cars...
467
00:24:46,933 --> 00:24:50,067
-That's obvious.
-Was quite a sexy little car.
I quite liked it actually.
468
00:24:51,333 --> 00:24:52,833
Have you ever actually
watched Top Gear?
469
00:24:52,867 --> 00:24:54,333
Because you might...
(STAMMERS)
470
00:24:54,367 --> 00:24:56,400
I've never seen
a whole one, no.
471
00:24:57,933 --> 00:24:59,100
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
472
00:25:02,933 --> 00:25:05,867
-It clashes with Heartbeat,
okay? Which goes against you.
-I know.
473
00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:08,867
But I do make a special effort
to watch Marion and Geoff.
474
00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:13,800
You should try and watch one
all the way through,
because after the Escort...
475
00:25:13,833 --> 00:25:15,667
You're not going
to believe this,
ladies and gentlemen.
476
00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:17,067
Oh, I know what you're going
to say now. Okay.
477
00:25:17,067 --> 00:25:19,533
A Mitsubishi Carisma.
478
00:25:19,567 --> 00:25:21,100
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
479
00:25:21,133 --> 00:25:23,367
Why on earth did you buy
one of those?
480
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,267
Well, my dad came across it...
481
00:25:26,967 --> 00:25:29,133
By this time my dad was,
and is,
482
00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:30,867
working for Mitsubishi.
483
00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:34,733
What did you do to upset
your dad so much, though,
over the years?
484
00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:39,167
"It's that Rob, he's come
around, I've got another
magnificent car for him!"
485
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,733
(STAMMERS) No, you're a snob.
486
00:25:41,767 --> 00:25:43,567
(STUTTERS)
487
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:48,233
I make no bones about it.
I want to rescue people
from bad cars.
488
00:25:48,267 --> 00:25:51,800
I've already been rescued.
I've got an Audi A4
convertible.
489
00:25:51,833 --> 00:25:53,067
What more do you want?
490
00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:55,200
Well. What's happened
to the Carisma?
491
00:25:55,233 --> 00:25:58,300
I've given it
to my girlfriend.
492
00:25:58,333 --> 00:26:01,300
-You bought a petrol-engined,
Audi A4 convertible.
-Yeah.
493
00:26:01,333 --> 00:26:04,500
You see, it's a nice car.
I mean, don't let anyone
sit in the back.
494
00:26:04,533 --> 00:26:06,267
Why?
495
00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:09,600
Anyone who sits in the back
of a four-seater convertible
looks like Hitler.
496
00:26:09,633 --> 00:26:11,400
(ALL LAUGHING)
497
00:26:11,433 --> 00:26:13,533
He was the only man...
Or maybe Mussolini...
498
00:26:13,567 --> 00:26:16,367
He was the only man
who looked good in the back
of a four-seater convertible.
499
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,400
He was... If somebody says,
"I'll go in the back,"
advise against it.
500
00:26:20,433 --> 00:26:22,733
-Advise they go on the bus
or something.
-Okay.
501
00:26:22,767 --> 00:26:24,500
Now, it is time,
502
00:26:24,533 --> 00:26:28,167
I think, to start looking
at your performance today.
503
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,800
You're probably, actually,
come to think of it,
504
00:26:29,833 --> 00:26:32,667
the first person ever
to drive that thinking,
"This is a nice car."
505
00:26:35,067 --> 00:26:37,967
-Yes, yes, yes!
-Shall we see how you got on?
506
00:26:38,067 --> 00:26:40,667
-Yeah.
-Now, we should explain
before we start,
507
00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:43,900
we did put the camera today
in the Marion and Geoff
position for you...
508
00:26:43,933 --> 00:26:45,300
Yeah, on the other side.
509
00:26:45,333 --> 00:26:47,233
...so that you were able to,
if you felt the need,
510
00:26:47,267 --> 00:26:51,067
because we knew
you'd be out there some time,
getting around the lap,
511
00:26:51,067 --> 00:26:53,533
to do a little bit
of Marion and Geoff for us.
Here we go.
512
00:26:53,567 --> 00:26:55,100
(TYRES SCREECHING)
513
00:26:55,133 --> 00:26:58,233
-Well, wheel spin start.
First time with wheel spin?
-Yeah.
514
00:26:58,267 --> 00:27:01,333
I have to say, all around,
515
00:27:02,067 --> 00:27:03,800
a very nice ride.
516
00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:05,267
(ALL LAUGHING)
517
00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:09,200
CLARKSON: That's very smooth.
518
00:27:09,233 --> 00:27:11,233
And I wouldn't be
at all surprised
519
00:27:11,267 --> 00:27:14,667
to hear that Geoff
has got himself
one of these as well.
520
00:27:16,133 --> 00:27:17,667
(TYRES SQUEALING)
521
00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:19,633
Having a bit of fun,
522
00:27:19,667 --> 00:27:22,333
taking the kids out with him.
My little smashers.
523
00:27:22,367 --> 00:27:25,067
I think they'd have
a lovely time together.
524
00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:28,367
All of them chanting
in the back.
Singing songs.
525
00:27:28,733 --> 00:27:29,767
Oh!
526
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,333
Now, this is where
you'll be caught out.
527
00:27:34,367 --> 00:27:37,267
CLARKSON: No, you
stayed on line.
528
00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:40,367
Sugar babies.
Here we go.
529
00:27:41,300 --> 00:27:45,300
Right, I'm doing 75mph.
Bloody hell!
530
00:27:47,133 --> 00:27:49,400
CLARKSON: Final corner.
Michael Gambon.
531
00:27:49,433 --> 00:27:51,800
Ladies and gentleman,
he's across the line there.
532
00:27:55,867 --> 00:27:58,967
You know, before I
came on, in my little heart
I've been going,
533
00:27:59,067 --> 00:28:00,733
"Ooh, maybe I was quite fast."
534
00:28:00,767 --> 00:28:04,067
-I wasn't, was I? I just...
-Where would you like to be?
535
00:28:04,067 --> 00:28:06,333
-I'd like to beat Steve,
obviously.
-What, Coogan?
536
00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:09,833
-Yeah.
-Steve Coogan who produces
your show.
537
00:28:09,867 --> 00:28:13,233
-Mmm-hmm.
-And you are mates.
I am aware of this.
538
00:28:13,267 --> 00:28:16,800
Well, he did it in 1.54...
Soaking wet day.
I remember that.
539
00:28:16,833 --> 00:28:17,900
Absolutely pouring with rain.
540
00:28:17,933 --> 00:28:21,067
But we do say that
541
00:28:21,067 --> 00:28:23,367
if it were dry you go
four seconds faster,
542
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:27,767
so he's at 1.50.
You'd like to beat him.
543
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,867
Let me tell you something.
Realistically, that was never
gonna happen, was it?
544
00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:32,800
Oh, don't say that!
545
00:28:32,833 --> 00:28:34,767
-But it did!
-Seriously?
546
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,600
You went faster than that.
547
00:28:36,633 --> 00:28:39,500
You wanna know something
more amazing?
548
00:28:39,533 --> 00:28:42,433
You did it in 1.48.
549
00:28:42,467 --> 00:28:44,267
-(LAUGHING)
-(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
550
00:28:45,867 --> 00:28:48,300
-Seriously? Seriously?
-Seriously.
551
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,067
Bloody hell!
552
00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:51,933
-Seriously?
-Yes, 1.48.6.
553
00:28:51,967 --> 00:28:53,133
Yes!
554
00:28:54,267 --> 00:28:55,400
Now...
555
00:28:57,633 --> 00:28:59,600
It's astonishing but true.
556
00:29:00,967 --> 00:29:05,333
It's okay. Jodie or Jay,
if you're watching, he was .6,
557
00:29:05,367 --> 00:29:08,433
so actually fits in
just there...
558
00:29:08,867 --> 00:29:10,433
In third place.
559
00:29:10,467 --> 00:29:11,833
I'm speechless!
560
00:29:11,867 --> 00:29:15,767
Are you really expecting
to get a Christmas card
from Coogan this year?
561
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,233
I think not.
562
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,300
I'm almost crying!
563
00:29:21,633 --> 00:29:24,800
That is, honestly,
for the worst car buyer
we've ever had,
564
00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:26,233
one of the greatest drivers.
565
00:29:26,267 --> 00:29:28,100
Ladies and gentlemen,
Rob Brydon!
566
00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:29,533
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
567
00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:33,100
-That was great.
Thank you. Thank you.
-It's true.
568
00:29:39,467 --> 00:29:44,533
Now, earlier we saw
Jeremy driving this
Bentley Continental GT.
569
00:29:44,567 --> 00:29:47,500
And he pointed out,
quite rightly, that it's
as new money
570
00:29:47,533 --> 00:29:49,567
as an onyx mug tree.
571
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:54,467
That had me wondering.
What's the old money
being spent on these days?
572
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,367
MAY:
The British toff.
Though rare and endangered,
573
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,467
they are easy to identify.
574
00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:05,867
-(GUNSHOTS)
-Well done, Rupert.
575
00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,767
They are most readily spotted
in the countryside,
576
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,533
because they own it.
577
00:30:10,567 --> 00:30:12,867
Distinguishing features
include their clothing,
578
00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:14,533
which used to belong
to their parents,
579
00:30:14,567 --> 00:30:18,133
and their characteristic
mating call of "harrumph".
580
00:30:19,967 --> 00:30:23,833
Everything they have,
like their families,
their titles and their houses,
581
00:30:23,867 --> 00:30:27,767
is very old,
because toffs
don't buy things.
582
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,067
They only inherit them.
583
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:31,767
And this includes their cars,
584
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,767
which are oily
old bags of bolts
and smell of dogs.
585
00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:40,200
In fact, the aristocracy
just doesn't care
586
00:30:40,233 --> 00:30:42,700
for spending money
on transport.
587
00:30:46,767 --> 00:30:49,800
Let's imagine
you're master of all
you survey.
588
00:30:49,833 --> 00:30:51,667
And it's most
of Buckinghamshire!
589
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:56,000
And let's imagine the time
has come to replace
the ancestral transport.
590
00:30:56,033 --> 00:30:57,767
Now, this means
you're going to have
to do something
591
00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,867
very un-aristocratic:
592
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:01,667
buy a brand new car.
593
00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:03,467
Well, here it is.
594
00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:06,200
It's the new
Subaru Legacy Outback.
595
00:31:09,533 --> 00:31:13,633
MAY: So, why this?
Why not something
German and obvious?
596
00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:17,700
Well, for a start,
it's very discreet
597
00:31:17,733 --> 00:31:21,433
and Your Lord and Ladyship
don't want anything too showy.
598
00:31:21,467 --> 00:31:23,100
Bad form.
599
00:31:23,133 --> 00:31:25,567
Its radiator grill
has no real presence.
600
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,200
In fact, it has
the look of a car
601
00:31:27,233 --> 00:31:29,700
you could lose
in a station car park.
602
00:31:29,733 --> 00:31:31,733
And that's just perfect.
603
00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:38,833
Secondly, the Outback
is tough and well-built,
604
00:31:38,867 --> 00:31:42,367
so it can be handed on
from generation to generation.
605
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,267
It has an excellent
four-wheel drive system
and good ground clearance,
606
00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,500
which is useful,
because the drive
up to the house
607
00:31:48,533 --> 00:31:50,533
was built by
William the Conqueror,
608
00:31:50,567 --> 00:31:52,400
and it's a bit rough.
609
00:31:54,267 --> 00:31:56,167
And just look
at these materials.
610
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,700
Look at this gear knob.
611
00:31:57,733 --> 00:32:01,500
It's gonna take years
for the dog to chew its way
through that lot.
612
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,067
I heard a story recently
about a landed lady
613
00:32:06,067 --> 00:32:08,067
who bought one of these
for her farm manager.
614
00:32:08,067 --> 00:32:12,700
But when she tried it,
she decided,
"It's far too good for him."
615
00:32:12,733 --> 00:32:14,733
So, she kept it.
616
00:32:14,767 --> 00:32:16,933
Charlie! Come on!
617
00:32:16,967 --> 00:32:19,267
MAY: And frankly,
that's as it should be,
618
00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:21,667
because the nobs
have always liked Subaru.
619
00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:24,233
And there's a good
reason for that.
620
00:32:24,267 --> 00:32:27,467
When the first ones
came to Britain in 1977,
621
00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:29,300
there were no dealers.
622
00:32:29,333 --> 00:32:33,600
So they were sold alongside
muck spreaders and tractors
at farm equipment showrooms.
623
00:32:33,633 --> 00:32:38,500
Just the sort of place
where the landed
gentry hangs out.
624
00:32:38,533 --> 00:32:42,667
This also meant they didn't
have to go into town
and visit a car dealership,
625
00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:46,367
where they might
have had to mingle
with the proletariat.
626
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,533
Now, to be honest,
previous Legacys
were a bit agricultural.
627
00:32:56,567 --> 00:33:00,167
They had harsh interiors
and rather lumpen engines.
628
00:33:01,633 --> 00:33:04,633
And this new one
is much, much
more sophisticated.
629
00:33:04,667 --> 00:33:06,600
Now, that's probably not
of much concern
630
00:33:06,633 --> 00:33:08,833
to the posh people
up in the big manor house,
631
00:33:08,867 --> 00:33:10,933
but it makes it
much more appealing
632
00:33:10,967 --> 00:33:14,267
to those of us
in the grasping lower orders.
633
00:33:18,633 --> 00:33:21,533
Now, Lord Bufton,
he doesn't really care
that the engine
634
00:33:21,567 --> 00:33:24,233
is a brand new
three-litre flat-6,
635
00:33:24,267 --> 00:33:27,467
but, of course, we do
because it's smoother
and more powerful
636
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:31,067
than the old four-cylindered
donkey engine you used to get.
637
00:33:31,067 --> 00:33:32,933
He probably also won't notice
638
00:33:32,967 --> 00:33:35,700
that the interior
is now much smarter,
639
00:33:35,733 --> 00:33:39,633
because what's the point
when it will all be eaten
by the dog anyway?
640
00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:41,633
But the rest of us
are actually chuffed to bits,
641
00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:44,967
in our small-minded and
aspirational sort of way,
642
00:33:45,067 --> 00:33:46,167
because the interior
of this car
643
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,833
used to be very basic
and hosed down,
644
00:33:47,867 --> 00:33:51,100
but now look at it.
It's like a Honda.
And look at these gadgets.
645
00:33:51,133 --> 00:33:56,467
This is one of the finest
satellite navigation systems
I've ever used.
646
00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,867
Mind you, it's a bit
pointless if you really are
an aristocrat,
647
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:00,967
because then you'd
own a whole county
648
00:34:01,067 --> 00:34:02,700
and you can't fit that
on the screen.
649
00:34:10,367 --> 00:34:12,933
I almost forgot to tell you
what it's like to drive.
650
00:34:12,967 --> 00:34:14,067
Well, I quite
like it, actually.
651
00:34:14,067 --> 00:34:16,800
It's relaxing
and it's un-stressful.
652
00:34:18,433 --> 00:34:20,900
MAY: "Agreeable" is probably
the right word.
653
00:34:20,933 --> 00:34:25,600
Nothing more than that,
but that will be plenty.
654
00:34:25,633 --> 00:34:28,933
Finally, we come
to the vulgar
business of money.
655
00:34:28,967 --> 00:34:33,600
This car will cost £28,000,
which seems a lot,
656
00:34:33,633 --> 00:34:38,267
but then again
it's expected to last
for several hundred years.
657
00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:43,467
One day, it will be very old
and battered and probably
a bit whiffy,
658
00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:47,067
but it will be around
long after socialism
and the fox hunting ban
659
00:34:47,067 --> 00:34:49,067
have been
completely forgotten.
660
00:34:50,733 --> 00:34:54,100
MAY: Maybe the aristocrats
aren't quite as daft
as they look.
661
00:34:54,133 --> 00:34:55,633
They don't spend
money very often,
662
00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:59,100
but when they do,
they spend it very carefully.
663
00:34:59,133 --> 00:35:02,200
Once every few generations,
they might get a new coat
664
00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:05,567
or have the roof done,
or buy a car.
665
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,433
This should be all the car
they'll ever need.
666
00:35:09,467 --> 00:35:13,067
And I knows me place,
so it will do for me as well.
667
00:35:14,533 --> 00:35:15,767
Right, what I have here
668
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:22,100
are the results of the 2003
BBC Top Gear Motoring Survey.
669
00:35:22,133 --> 00:35:24,833
This is the biggest survey
ever undertaken
670
00:35:24,867 --> 00:35:28,267
into how satisfied
you are with your car.
671
00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:31,567
How reliable it is,
how good the dealer is to you,
the lot.
672
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,800
-I think we had, what,
43,000 responses to this?
-Mmm-hmm.
673
00:35:35,833 --> 00:35:39,600
And there are 137 cars in it.
And I'd just like to point out
674
00:35:39,633 --> 00:35:43,633
that the Subaru Legacy,
the old one, admittedly,
came 10th.
675
00:35:43,667 --> 00:35:45,233
-Which is very good.
-Well that's...
It's very good.
676
00:35:45,267 --> 00:35:47,367
But it's not surprising.
677
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:52,533
What is surprising is the car
that came first
out of all 137.
678
00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:55,500
-Not a Lexus?
Lexus always wins.
-No. Not a Lexus.
679
00:35:55,533 --> 00:35:59,400
Not this time,
because it is the Jaguar XJ.
680
00:35:59,433 --> 00:36:01,267
There's one over there.
That's incredible.
681
00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:03,700
And it didn't just do well,
it did astonishingly well.
682
00:36:03,733 --> 00:36:08,167
It got the maximum five points
in nearly everything apart
from practicality, I think.
683
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,733
And it got four
in that anyway,
so that's brilliant.
684
00:36:10,767 --> 00:36:13,700
One thing even more amazing
than that though. Okay?
685
00:36:13,733 --> 00:36:17,733
Anyone want to hazard a guess
at what came last?
686
00:36:17,767 --> 00:36:20,567
The least reliable,
nastiest car,
687
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,800
where the dealers
really hate you.
Wanna hazard a guess?
688
00:36:23,833 --> 00:36:24,900
MAN: Vauxhall.
689
00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:26,333
Vauxhall, no,
completely wrong.
690
00:36:26,367 --> 00:36:29,567
It is the Volkswagen Sharan.
691
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:30,867
The horrible people carrier.
692
00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:33,333
If only everything in life
was as reliable
as a Volkswagen,
693
00:36:33,367 --> 00:36:35,633
you'd never get
on another plane
as long as you live!
694
00:36:35,667 --> 00:36:38,500
Your dog would die
every 15 minutes!
695
00:36:38,533 --> 00:36:41,200
And this whole survey
throws up some
fascinating stuff,
696
00:36:41,233 --> 00:36:43,067
like the Porsche 911,
697
00:36:43,067 --> 00:36:48,333
a favourite car of mine,
known for its somewhat
scary handling sometimes.
698
00:36:48,367 --> 00:36:51,700
96% of 911 owners
in this survey
699
00:36:51,733 --> 00:36:55,633
claim to be
absolutely satisfied
with their car's handling.
700
00:36:55,667 --> 00:36:56,800
Which is very good.
701
00:36:56,833 --> 00:37:00,233
It leaves 4%,
and they probably
were entirely satisfied
702
00:37:00,267 --> 00:37:02,067
with the handling of their 911
703
00:37:02,067 --> 00:37:03,200
right up until
they hit the tree.
704
00:37:03,233 --> 00:37:04,700
Then they changed their minds.
705
00:37:04,733 --> 00:37:06,133
Yeah, but think
of it this way,
706
00:37:06,167 --> 00:37:08,700
the people who got
their bone marrow
and their eyes
707
00:37:08,733 --> 00:37:12,833
-are very satisfied
with the handling of a 911.
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
708
00:37:12,867 --> 00:37:16,333
Let's just run this one
around the room.
Let's just find out.
709
00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:17,900
What...
What do you drive, sir?
710
00:37:17,933 --> 00:37:19,167
A 355.
711
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:20,800
-A Ferrari.
-Yeah.
712
00:37:20,833 --> 00:37:23,733
There's an interesting
statistic on Ferrari.
What is it, James?
713
00:37:23,767 --> 00:37:27,633
"90% of people,
who said they had
a Ferrari were lying."
714
00:37:27,667 --> 00:37:29,400
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
715
00:37:35,767 --> 00:37:36,767
CLARKSON:
It's...
716
00:37:37,667 --> 00:37:39,700
It's true! Honest, it's true!
717
00:37:39,733 --> 00:37:42,533
People were actually
filling in the form and then
we checked everything,
718
00:37:42,567 --> 00:37:45,067
or the company that did it
checked everything
with the DVLA.
719
00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:47,900
90% hadn't got a Ferrari.
720
00:37:47,933 --> 00:37:50,667
And you think,
"Why did you do that?"
721
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:53,300
What did you think,
some really
beautiful girl is gonna,
722
00:37:53,333 --> 00:37:55,133
"Wow, there's a bloke here
with a Ferrari! I'll..."
723
00:37:55,167 --> 00:37:57,200
It's a computer!
724
00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:59,500
What have you got?
725
00:37:59,533 --> 00:38:00,767
A Golf Mark IV.
726
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,233
A Mark IV Golf.
727
00:38:02,267 --> 00:38:03,933
Now, there's an interesting
one on Golf, isn't there?
728
00:38:03,967 --> 00:38:06,367
Yeah, now, there's a lot
of cars based around
the Golf, you know.
729
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,467
All the SEATs, the Beetle,
the Audi A3, the Audi TT.
730
00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:13,800
They're all Golfs
with different bodies
and different badges, okay?
731
00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:18,533
Yeah. Now, which do you think
is the worst of all
the Golf-based cars?
732
00:38:19,467 --> 00:38:20,800
-(AUDIENCE MURMURS)
-It's the Golf.
733
00:38:20,833 --> 00:38:22,333
You're right.
734
00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:24,600
The worst Golf is a Golf!
735
00:38:24,633 --> 00:38:26,567
If you want to buy a Golf,
don't get a Golf.
736
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,200
That's basically
what we've learned
from this survey.
737
00:38:30,233 --> 00:38:32,433
-That's a beard!
-(LAUGHS) Subaru Impreza.
738
00:38:32,467 --> 00:38:35,533
-MAY: Uh-oh.
-There's always one,
isn't there?
739
00:38:35,567 --> 00:38:39,100
Every single week,
we come down here and
there's a fleet of Subarus.
740
00:38:39,133 --> 00:38:40,267
Do you wanna know
where it came?
741
00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:41,867
-Yeah, go on then.
-Fifteenth.
742
00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:43,767
Fifteenth most reliable car,
743
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,433
-so not as good
as the Outback.
-I don't believe it.
744
00:38:45,467 --> 00:38:46,967
You don't, but why?
Is it not reliable?
745
00:38:47,067 --> 00:38:49,133
-No, I keep mucking it up.
-You keep mucking it up?
746
00:38:49,167 --> 00:38:51,067
I'm part of your group of...
747
00:38:51,067 --> 00:38:54,067
I've messed up my car
with a stupidly big exhaust
as well.
748
00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:55,900
Oh, really?
How big are we talking?
749
00:38:55,933 --> 00:38:56,967
Four inches.
750
00:38:57,067 --> 00:38:58,467
Do girls come
running up to you?
751
00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:00,800
-No.
-Not with that beard,
actually.
752
00:39:00,833 --> 00:39:02,067
Um...
753
00:39:02,067 --> 00:39:03,800
Silly question, sorry.
What have you got?
754
00:39:03,833 --> 00:39:06,533
-A Passat.
-A Volkswagen Passat.
755
00:39:06,567 --> 00:39:09,367
-WOMAN: Whoa!
-"Whoa," exactly.
756
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,500
What a man!
Where's it come?
757
00:39:11,533 --> 00:39:12,967
-78th.
-78th. Yeah.
758
00:39:13,067 --> 00:39:15,500
78th most reliable car!
759
00:39:15,533 --> 00:39:17,833
And, actually,
while we're on the subject
of this German business,
760
00:39:17,867 --> 00:39:21,067
there's a chap over here
I was talking to earlier.
Okay?
761
00:39:21,067 --> 00:39:23,233
-You've got a...
-SL.
762
00:39:23,267 --> 00:39:24,500
-A Mercedes?
-Mmm-hmm.
763
00:39:24,533 --> 00:39:25,767
Mercedes. Okay?
764
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:30,867
Now, they are a byword
for durability. Where's yours?
765
00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:32,500
Well, it's gone
to have its MOT today,
766
00:39:32,533 --> 00:39:34,067
but unfortunately they did
a pick-up this morning
767
00:39:34,067 --> 00:39:37,067
and it broke down on the way
to Tony Purslow in Guildford.
768
00:39:37,067 --> 00:39:39,100
So, it broke down on the way
to the dealer!
769
00:39:39,133 --> 00:39:41,600
This is not
the first time Mercedes...
770
00:39:41,633 --> 00:39:44,733
Do you want to know
where the best Mercedes came?
771
00:39:44,767 --> 00:39:47,300
The highest placed
Mercedes was...
772
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:49,667
57th!
773
00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:54,067
And if you look at the bottom
10 or 11 places, okay?
The bottom 10 or 11.
774
00:39:54,067 --> 00:39:57,633
That's where you normally find
the Alfas, and the Renaults
and the Citroens...
775
00:39:57,667 --> 00:40:03,233
You find the M-Class,
the A-Class and the C-Class,
all sitting in there.
776
00:40:03,267 --> 00:40:06,300
If you want to find out
how your car did,
777
00:40:06,333 --> 00:40:09,500
all of these results
are on our website,
778
00:40:09,533 --> 00:40:12,267
which you can find
on a computer, I suppose,
779
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:14,733
at, um, at work tomorrow.
780
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,567
Now, earlier on
we left me dangling
above a tank of water
781
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:21,867
in a large Vauxhall,
782
00:40:21,900 --> 00:40:25,000
which interestingly came
in 74th in the survey.
783
00:40:25,033 --> 00:40:27,500
I can testify, anyway,
that it lets water in.
784
00:40:27,533 --> 00:40:30,467
Now, this theory runs
that you're supposed
to sit in the car
785
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:33,100
and let it fill up with water
until the pressure equalises
786
00:40:33,133 --> 00:40:36,100
and you can open the door
and get out.
787
00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:38,000
Well, let's see
what really happened.
788
00:40:38,033 --> 00:40:43,167
ROGERS: Five, four, three,
two, one. Action!
789
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,633
We're now on the water.
790
00:40:49,667 --> 00:40:51,567
Now, surprisingly,
it's sinking fast
from the back.
791
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:52,833
-I didn't expect that.
-(WATER GURGLING)
792
00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:55,600
I can hear
the water coming in.
793
00:40:55,633 --> 00:40:57,567
It's around my feet.
794
00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,500
It's a very strange feeling.
795
00:40:59,533 --> 00:41:02,967
I feel the panic rising
with the water.
You can hear it in my voice.
796
00:41:03,067 --> 00:41:04,167
It's around my ankles.
797
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:08,467
I think... The central locking
is going crazy.
798
00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:10,867
Now I can see
the water at the glass
and that is scary.
799
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:12,967
It's coming up to my stomach.
800
00:41:13,067 --> 00:41:15,433
Let's control this panic.
801
00:41:15,467 --> 00:41:17,233
I'm starting to get
my breaths ready.
802
00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:19,200
We're leaning a lot as well.
803
00:41:19,233 --> 00:41:22,967
I'm gonna save
the last bit of air.
804
00:41:23,067 --> 00:41:25,500
Because it's no good thinking
you could sit in here
for ages.
805
00:41:25,533 --> 00:41:28,467
I'm gonna have to take
my last breath.
We're going very sideways.
806
00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:31,333
(EXHALES)
This is very frightening.
807
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:44,933
HAMMOND: Now, remember,
the theory goes that as soon
as the car fills with water,
808
00:41:44,967 --> 00:41:49,067
the pressure should be
equalised and the doors
should open easily.
809
00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:54,367
But as the car sank,
no matter how hard I tried,
I couldn't open the door.
810
00:41:58,667 --> 00:42:01,933
It was 30 seconds
since I'd taken
my last breath,
811
00:42:01,967 --> 00:42:06,067
30 seconds since
I should have been
able to open that door.
812
00:42:06,067 --> 00:42:08,200
But still it wouldn't budge.
813
00:42:08,233 --> 00:42:10,933
I realised I wasn't
gonna get out.
814
00:42:10,967 --> 00:42:12,433
(INHALES)
815
00:42:17,467 --> 00:42:20,567
Eventually, the car hit
the bottom of the tank,
816
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,500
but it still took more
precious seconds
817
00:42:22,533 --> 00:42:24,567
for the water pressure
to equalise.
818
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,433
Only then could I
open the door
and escape.
819
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,267
If it was for real,
I'm pretty sure
I would have drowned.
820
00:42:40,967 --> 00:42:42,533
(ALL APPLAUDING)
821
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:47,900
So, did you die
in the making of that film?
822
00:42:47,933 --> 00:42:50,600
Oh, yeah.
If it was real, yes, I did.
823
00:42:50,633 --> 00:42:52,900
And if it is,
it was very lucky
you were in the GL model,
824
00:42:52,933 --> 00:42:55,233
because that was one
that did come with the diver
in the backseat
825
00:42:55,267 --> 00:42:56,867
-with the aqua-lung.
-Yeah. Yeah.
826
00:42:56,900 --> 00:42:59,167
If it had been an L,
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
that would have been curtains.
827
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,867
I think... I've just got
to get it straight in my head.
828
00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:04,167
If the thing's sinking,
829
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:05,767
you have wait for it
to get to the bottom?
830
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,300
Yes, because as it sinks,
831
00:43:07,333 --> 00:43:08,800
there's always
greater pressure
on the outside, basically.
832
00:43:08,833 --> 00:43:10,467
It doesn't catch up
until it stays
833
00:43:10,500 --> 00:43:11,933
-at the same point.
-So, you have to wait
834
00:43:11,967 --> 00:43:13,967
for it to get to the bottom
and then you can get out.
835
00:43:14,067 --> 00:43:15,533
And then the pressure
slowly equalises and you can
get out and swim.
836
00:43:15,567 --> 00:43:17,600
Which is all right
if it's, what,
five, ten feet deep.
837
00:43:17,633 --> 00:43:19,400
Yeah, but I mean,
it could be 150 feet.
838
00:43:19,433 --> 00:43:21,900
So, that advice goes out
the window, basically.
839
00:43:21,933 --> 00:43:23,500
And RoSPA now say,
840
00:43:23,533 --> 00:43:27,633
"If you do drive
into the water,
get out as fast as you can.
841
00:43:27,667 --> 00:43:29,767
"Don't mess about."
So, I gave that a go as well.
842
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:30,900
Did you die that time?
843
00:43:30,933 --> 00:43:33,067
Well, let's find out.
844
00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:35,400
ROGERS: Five, four, three...
845
00:43:35,433 --> 00:43:37,167
-HAMMOND: Here we go.
-ROGERS: ...two, one.
846
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:38,333
-ROGERS: Action!
-HAMMOND: Okay, I'm going in.
847
00:43:38,367 --> 00:43:40,533
From a big drop this time.
Straight in the water.
848
00:43:40,567 --> 00:43:42,667
And I will try
the windows. Nothing.
849
00:43:42,700 --> 00:43:44,800
I'm gonna try the door.
It's very difficult.
850
00:43:49,867 --> 00:43:52,433
Wow! (GRUNTS)
851
00:43:52,467 --> 00:43:56,267
I went for the windows.
As the advice says,
nothing doing.
852
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:58,133
And it sank quickly that time.
853
00:43:58,167 --> 00:44:01,733
HAMMOND: But I went for
the door straightaway
and as I tried it...
854
00:44:01,767 --> 00:44:04,067
I feel like
I've wrenched my arm.
It started okay.
855
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:06,067
As soon as the car
started to descend,
856
00:44:06,067 --> 00:44:08,700
you could just feel it.
It was just getting
harder to do.
857
00:44:08,733 --> 00:44:10,600
So, there you go.
If you do drive
into the drink,
858
00:44:10,633 --> 00:44:12,900
according to my experience
and what RoSPA says,
859
00:44:12,933 --> 00:44:14,533
just get out as
fast as you can.
860
00:44:14,567 --> 00:44:16,200
-Now, can we do
something important?
-Yes.
861
00:44:16,233 --> 00:44:17,700
-The Cool Wall.
-Oh, yes!
862
00:44:17,733 --> 00:44:20,400
-Lot of cars. We've done
a lot of cars...
-It's good to be back!
863
00:44:20,433 --> 00:44:22,267
...in the last few weeks.
We haven't put them up.
864
00:44:22,300 --> 00:44:27,067
We're gonna start with
the Bentley Continental GT.
Where do we think?
865
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:28,400
(AUDIENCE SHOUTING)
866
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:30,600
CLARKSON: Cool?
867
00:44:31,133 --> 00:44:33,400
No! It's cool.
868
00:44:33,433 --> 00:44:36,533
-Okay. Well, thank you all
for your opinion.
-(HAMMOND CHUCKLES)
869
00:44:36,567 --> 00:44:38,533
-It's cool.
-HAMMOND:
It is cool.
870
00:44:38,567 --> 00:44:39,933
-It is!
-Aha! However,
871
00:44:39,967 --> 00:44:41,367
with a proviso.
872
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,367
As soon as you open
your copy of the Sun newspaper
873
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:48,100
and you see that Mr Beckham
has taken delivery of his,
874
00:44:48,133 --> 00:44:49,833
it's on its way down.
875
00:44:49,867 --> 00:44:53,367
But, for now,
since he doesn't have one,
it's a cool car.
876
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,867
The BMW M3 CSL.
You drove it.
877
00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:58,233
It is a fantastic car!
878
00:44:58,267 --> 00:45:00,267
-MAN: Subzero.
-Subzero?
879
00:45:00,300 --> 00:45:01,467
What do we think?
Anyone else?
880
00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:03,133
WOMAN 1: Subzero.
WOMAN 2: Subzero.
881
00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:04,567
-So wrong!
-All of them,
882
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:05,533
totally wrong!
883
00:45:05,567 --> 00:45:07,967
How can it be cool
if you have to explain,
884
00:45:08,067 --> 00:45:10,767
"That's my carbon roof,
that is."
That is not cool.
885
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,433
That is going to be
bought by the sort of man
886
00:45:13,467 --> 00:45:17,300
who lies awake at night
thinking of his gear shift
aggression strategy
887
00:45:17,333 --> 00:45:19,900
for the drive
to work the next day.
888
00:45:19,933 --> 00:45:23,667
This is not just
uncool like an M3.
889
00:45:23,700 --> 00:45:25,600
That is in there.
890
00:45:25,633 --> 00:45:27,067
(AUDIENCE CHEERS)
891
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:30,467
That is true. It's true.
892
00:45:30,500 --> 00:45:33,300
Now then,
Ford GT, the new one.
893
00:45:33,333 --> 00:45:34,967
HAMMOND:
That's a tricky one.
894
00:45:35,067 --> 00:45:38,100
Well, let me hear. Let me hear
some opinions on this.
What do you think?
895
00:45:38,133 --> 00:45:39,767
-Subzero.
-Subzero?
896
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:41,100
-Subzero.
-Subzero.
897
00:45:41,133 --> 00:45:43,067
-Now, we've got one over here.
-Seriously uncool.
898
00:45:43,067 --> 00:45:44,700
Needs to be in light blue
and orange.
899
00:45:44,733 --> 00:45:46,233
-Yeah, but...
-I mean, subzero.
900
00:45:46,267 --> 00:45:47,600
Okay, if it were
light blue and orange...
901
00:45:47,633 --> 00:45:49,100
You're referring to
the Golf colours.
902
00:45:49,133 --> 00:45:50,167
-Absolutely.
-I can match your
903
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,133
-anorak levels here easily.
- Okay.
904
00:45:52,167 --> 00:45:53,200
Then it would be okay?
905
00:45:53,233 --> 00:45:54,633
It would be subzero.
906
00:45:54,667 --> 00:45:56,600
Subzero, if you get
the colours right.
Good point.
907
00:45:56,633 --> 00:46:00,067
Anyone over here
got opinions
on the Ford GT?
908
00:46:00,067 --> 00:46:01,067
It's a very cool car.
909
00:46:01,067 --> 00:46:02,300
-Very cool.
-Very cool.
910
00:46:02,333 --> 00:46:03,633
-Very cool.
-Pretty cool.
911
00:46:03,667 --> 00:46:04,833
Not a democracy here.
912
00:46:04,867 --> 00:46:06,100
No! You're wrong!
913
00:46:06,133 --> 00:46:08,067
Now, now that's wrong!
Now, look.
914
00:46:08,100 --> 00:46:09,700
If this were a Ferrari,
915
00:46:09,733 --> 00:46:12,267
I think we'd...
I'd be with you,
they might disagree,
916
00:46:12,300 --> 00:46:13,967
but it's not a Ferrari.
917
00:46:14,067 --> 00:46:16,633
It's got a kind
of retro something...
It's like those '70s shades
918
00:46:16,667 --> 00:46:19,100
with the holes
down the side and the big...
It's cool.
919
00:46:19,133 --> 00:46:20,633
That is a cool car.
920
00:46:20,667 --> 00:46:23,467
If you were to turn up
to someone's house
in a red American car
921
00:46:23,500 --> 00:46:26,333
with white stripes
down the side,
they'd pretend to be out.
922
00:46:26,367 --> 00:46:28,300
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
-It goes there.
923
00:46:28,333 --> 00:46:31,133
You're talking about
the Starsky and Hutch car.
924
00:46:31,167 --> 00:46:34,633
This is a retro supercar.
It's essentially cool!
925
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:37,367
Right.
926
00:46:43,267 --> 00:46:45,533
There is just
one proviso on that.
927
00:46:45,567 --> 00:46:48,300
If I buy one,
it'll be moving up a bit.
928
00:46:48,333 --> 00:46:50,300
-Funny, that.
Funny, that.
-All right?
929
00:46:50,333 --> 00:46:51,500
Right, here's one
that I drove.
930
00:46:51,533 --> 00:46:54,200
And this is a truly
awesome car.
931
00:46:54,233 --> 00:46:56,767
The Porsche 911 GT3.
932
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,167
-Fabulous!
-Uncool.
933
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,733
-Again...
-Whoa, whoa!
Why is this uncool?
934
00:47:00,767 --> 00:47:03,200
-It's just a 911.
-All 911s are uncool.
935
00:47:03,233 --> 00:47:04,833
-Oh, now, you're just daft.
-And you think...
936
00:47:04,867 --> 00:47:06,367
I think 911 suck.
937
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,300
I like some of what
this audience is saying.
938
00:47:08,333 --> 00:47:09,600
No, They're...
They're in...
939
00:47:09,633 --> 00:47:12,300
-Go somewhere else, Jeremy.
-Super cool.
940
00:47:12,333 --> 00:47:16,100
-Thank you, sir.
-He's come in an
all-black rugby shirt.
941
00:47:16,633 --> 00:47:18,300
Get to the back.
942
00:47:19,833 --> 00:47:21,267
What do you think, girls?
943
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:22,533
-Seriously cool.
-Seriously...
944
00:47:22,567 --> 00:47:24,300
-Seriously cool.
-Seriously cool.
Seriously cool.
945
00:47:24,333 --> 00:47:26,500
How interesting
that the girls are wrong
946
00:47:26,533 --> 00:47:27,767
and the blokes
have got it right.
947
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,067
Yeah, I mean,
it is a brilliant car!
948
00:47:30,067 --> 00:47:31,900
But it's got no backseat.
949
00:47:31,933 --> 00:47:34,533
It's just got a load
of scaffolding
and roll bars here.
950
00:47:34,567 --> 00:47:36,767
-HAMMOND:
You don't have to explain it.
-Let me put it to this way.
951
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,600
I come to take you out in one
of these one night. Okay?
You say to me,
952
00:47:39,633 --> 00:47:42,267
"Why has it got all that
scaffolding in the backseat
and the ironmongery?"
953
00:47:42,300 --> 00:47:44,133
I'd have to explain
that to you,
954
00:47:44,167 --> 00:47:45,833
how interesting do you think
that'd be?
955
00:47:45,867 --> 00:47:47,067
-Very.
-Oh dear!
956
00:47:47,067 --> 00:47:49,900
I'd go out with you again.
957
00:47:49,933 --> 00:47:51,800
Fine. You see
the thing is...
958
00:47:51,833 --> 00:47:53,700
You'd make
the second date.
959
00:47:53,733 --> 00:47:55,433
HAMMOND: Blimey!
960
00:47:57,967 --> 00:47:59,333
I agree.
961
00:48:01,300 --> 00:48:02,400
Whoo!
962
00:48:04,167 --> 00:48:06,833
Can we, um,
can we now...
963
00:48:06,867 --> 00:48:09,367
-(STAMMERING) Can we move on?
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
964
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,200
Can we just talk about
people carriers
for a while?
965
00:48:12,233 --> 00:48:13,700
-Obviously...
-Oh, my word!
966
00:48:13,733 --> 00:48:16,467
All of them are uncool.
If you buy a people...
Anyone got one?
967
00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:19,133
You have. Basically,
what you're saying
about yourself, sir, is
968
00:48:19,167 --> 00:48:21,567
you've had your children
and now you're just
waiting to die.
969
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:23,267
HAMMOND: Yeah.
970
00:48:23,300 --> 00:48:27,133
However, the Renault
Espace, here,
971
00:48:27,167 --> 00:48:28,267
-is cool.
-HAMMOND: It is.
972
00:48:28,300 --> 00:48:30,167
It just... It's what?
973
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:31,233
Very, very ugly.
974
00:48:31,267 --> 00:48:33,067
Are you a policewoman?
975
00:48:33,067 --> 00:48:34,433
-Yes.
-Ah.
976
00:48:34,467 --> 00:48:36,400
So, as I was saying,
it's very, very cool.
977
00:48:37,367 --> 00:48:39,867
'Cause I can do that in here.
978
00:48:39,900 --> 00:48:45,200
However, the moment
you've all been waiting for.
It's the new 5 Series.
979
00:48:45,833 --> 00:48:47,167
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
980
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,167
Right. Let's just see,
run round the room on it.
981
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:50,433
What do you reckon?
982
00:48:50,467 --> 00:48:52,267
-MAN: Seriously uncool.
-Seriously uncool.
983
00:48:52,300 --> 00:48:54,167
-Quite uncool.
-Quite uncool.
984
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,233
-MAN: Cool.
-Cool.
985
00:48:56,267 --> 00:48:58,267
-Do you play golf?
-Yes.
986
00:48:58,300 --> 00:48:59,667
-Do you play golf?
-Yes.
987
00:48:59,700 --> 00:49:01,733
Yeah. That's the problem.
988
00:49:03,533 --> 00:49:07,267
This car will be
bought almost entirely
by people who play golf.
989
00:49:07,300 --> 00:49:09,167
Ergo...
990
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,400
-Sorry. Sorry.
-(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
991
00:49:13,567 --> 00:49:14,600
Oh.
992
00:49:16,633 --> 00:49:19,500
However, this car
has given the world
a problem.
993
00:49:19,533 --> 00:49:20,967
Because, you see,
994
00:49:21,067 --> 00:49:24,067
for years, I know loads
of people who've always
had 5 Series BMWs.
995
00:49:24,067 --> 00:49:25,667
They've all looked at this
and went,
996
00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:28,300
"That is so ugly!
There's no way I'm going
to have one."
997
00:49:28,333 --> 00:49:30,933
So it leaves them a problem.
What do they buy?
998
00:49:30,967 --> 00:49:32,533
Well, eventually
they're gonna have to have
999
00:49:32,567 --> 00:49:34,133
something done
with their teeth.
1000
00:49:34,167 --> 00:49:38,067
And while the dentist
has got his bit
in their mouths,
1001
00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:39,633
he's going to say,
1002
00:49:39,667 --> 00:49:43,100
"I've got a Saab."
All dentists have Saab.
Okay? All.
1003
00:49:43,133 --> 00:49:44,767
And graphic designers
all have them,
1004
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:47,633
and all architects have them
and all Stephen Frys
have them.
1005
00:49:47,667 --> 00:49:50,567
And when you ask someone
who's got a Saab, "Why?",
1006
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:53,733
you always get
the same patronising smile.
1007
00:49:53,767 --> 00:49:57,367
Like they know
something we don't. Okay?
1008
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:00,000
And I think
I've worked out
what it is. Okay?
1009
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:00,067
And I think
I've worked out
what it is. Okay?
I think
it's because they spend
all day doing root canals,
1010
00:50:00,067 --> 00:50:04,100
I think
it's because they spend
all day doing root canals,
1011
00:50:04,133 --> 00:50:06,467
then when they drive home,
they think,
1012
00:50:06,500 --> 00:50:08,167
"I'm not a dentist.
1013
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:09,633
"I'm Chuck Yeager."
1014
00:50:14,467 --> 00:50:16,433
CLARKSON:
Saab has been
telling us for years
1015
00:50:16,467 --> 00:50:20,133
that their cars are jets
with number plates.
1016
00:50:21,667 --> 00:50:23,133
The message is clear.
1017
00:50:23,167 --> 00:50:26,733
Buy a 9-5 and you'll be
able to blast a hole
in the sound barrier
1018
00:50:26,767 --> 00:50:29,500
and manoeuvre up
your own tailpipe.
1019
00:50:31,267 --> 00:50:32,600
Really?
1020
00:50:32,633 --> 00:50:35,967
I mean, do jet fighters
have handbrakes,
for instance,
1021
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:40,100
or ignition keys down here,
or electric windows
or a cup holder?
1022
00:50:40,133 --> 00:50:42,100
I actually asked a bloke
from Saab the other day
1023
00:50:42,133 --> 00:50:46,767
what elements
of this come from
the aeronautical industry.
1024
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:51,200
And all he could come up with
was this night panel button
on the dashboard,
1025
00:50:51,233 --> 00:50:56,833
which turns all the lights
and most of the dials off
at night. That's it.
1026
00:50:56,867 --> 00:50:58,633
(TYRES SCREECHING)
1027
00:50:58,667 --> 00:51:01,233
CLARKSON: That's handy
if you want to line up
for a bombing run
1028
00:51:01,267 --> 00:51:03,933
on a Soviet nuclear
submarine base,
1029
00:51:03,967 --> 00:51:08,333
but of limited use
on the A38 just outside
Burton-on-Trent.
1030
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,633
There are other
differences, too.
1031
00:51:12,667 --> 00:51:16,500
The plane takes off
at 137 mph.
1032
00:51:16,533 --> 00:51:18,333
The car doesn't.
1033
00:51:18,367 --> 00:51:20,933
The plane is made by Saab.
1034
00:51:20,967 --> 00:51:24,533
The car is made
by General Motors.
1035
00:51:24,567 --> 00:51:29,067
And, finally, the plane
uses a Volvo engine.
1036
00:51:29,067 --> 00:51:30,700
Now, what I'd like
to do at this point,
1037
00:51:30,733 --> 00:51:34,567
to demonstrate
the difference between car
and plane even more,
1038
00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:37,533
is bolt The Stig
into the Saab here
1039
00:51:37,567 --> 00:51:41,067
and have him race
a fighter jet round our track.
1040
00:51:41,067 --> 00:51:44,933
The only trouble is,
can you imagine ringing up
the Royal Navy and saying,
1041
00:51:44,967 --> 00:51:47,967
"Hello, I'm from
that poky motoring programme
on BBC Two.
1042
00:51:48,067 --> 00:51:51,367
"Would it be possible
to borrow one of
your Sea Harriers?"
1043
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:55,067
You can imagine
what the response would be.
1044
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:57,533
-CLARKSON: Yes! They were
there in a jiffy!
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
1045
00:51:57,567 --> 00:52:00,700
So, top-of-the-range
Saab 9-5 Hot Aero
1046
00:52:00,733 --> 00:52:03,300
versus Sea Harrier FA2.
1047
00:52:03,333 --> 00:52:05,167
MAN: (OVER RADIO)
Go!
1048
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:08,500
CLARKSON: And they're off.
2.3-litre, 250 hp turbo
1049
00:52:08,533 --> 00:52:12,067
against 21,500 pounds
of jet thrust.
1050
00:52:12,067 --> 00:52:15,700
Harrier's off the ground
and already doing 200 mph.
1051
00:52:15,733 --> 00:52:18,233
Saab's up to 58 mph.
1052
00:52:18,267 --> 00:52:20,367
The plane's pulling 6G
in the corners.
1053
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,367
And the car's still
lumbering down
the first straight!
1054
00:52:24,733 --> 00:52:27,400
That's another
corner dispatched.
1055
00:52:27,433 --> 00:52:29,100
And the pilot, yes, I think
he's already
1056
00:52:29,133 --> 00:52:30,933
got the finish line
in his crosshairs
1057
00:52:30,967 --> 00:52:34,600
and the car, yes, well,
here it comes up to
the second corner,
1058
00:52:34,633 --> 00:52:36,567
which is Chicago.
1059
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,267
-Oh, bit of oversteer
on the way in
-(TYRES SCREECH)
1060
00:52:38,300 --> 00:52:40,967
and lots and lots of
understeer
on the way out.
1061
00:52:41,067 --> 00:52:45,800
And the plane...
Yes, there it goes
across the finishing line.
1062
00:52:45,833 --> 00:52:48,267
(RIDE OF
THE VALKYRIES PLAYING)
1063
00:52:48,300 --> 00:52:50,733
It's Ride Of The Valkyries
or, as he knows it,
1064
00:52:50,767 --> 00:52:53,900
the music from
the Pirelli advert!
1065
00:52:53,933 --> 00:52:57,300
Into Follow Through,
it is quick. It is quick!
1066
00:52:57,333 --> 00:53:00,867
Stig's not giving up.
I like to see that in a man.
1067
00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:02,100
But he's nearly
lost it though!
1068
00:53:02,133 --> 00:53:03,867
He's in Gambon
and he's just held it.
1069
00:53:03,900 --> 00:53:07,567
And across... Oh, look,
the plane's waiting for him.
That's nice.
1070
00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:09,400
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
1071
00:53:11,133 --> 00:53:13,067
What about that?
1072
00:53:15,300 --> 00:53:16,900
Well done. Brilliant.
1073
00:53:16,933 --> 00:53:20,067
The pilot did go a bit wide
in some of the corners,
didn't he?
1074
00:53:20,067 --> 00:53:22,233
He did go wide.
He did say with a Harrier
1075
00:53:22,267 --> 00:53:25,967
it would be possible
to actually follow
the confines of the track
1076
00:53:26,067 --> 00:53:28,400
and it would still be
faster than the car.
1077
00:53:28,433 --> 00:53:30,100
But we said,
"Nah, nah, nah, go for it."
1078
00:53:30,133 --> 00:53:33,133
So, he did run a bit wide.
I mean, over this corner
he was over Brighton.
1079
00:53:33,167 --> 00:53:34,567
Round here it was Oxford.
1080
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:37,067
Coming round that one,
he actually hit Edinburgh.
1081
00:53:37,100 --> 00:53:39,533
But I have the time.
Do you wanna know?
1082
00:53:39,567 --> 00:53:40,700
Go on.
1083
00:53:40,733 --> 00:53:44,867
31.2 seconds.
1084
00:53:44,900 --> 00:53:48,467
So, if you could pop that up
for us there, Richard.
1085
00:53:49,133 --> 00:53:51,200
-Go on.
-I'm not...
1086
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:54,833
Thank you very much.
1087
00:53:54,867 --> 00:53:57,533
That's the new...
1088
00:53:57,567 --> 00:54:01,667
That's the new fastest...
Thing ever to go
round our track.
1089
00:54:01,700 --> 00:54:03,567
-I think that might
last a bit, that record.
-Right,
1090
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:07,333
the car, 1.37.9.
1091
00:54:07,367 --> 00:54:11,333
That's nearly a second
and a half slower
than a Honda Civic.
1092
00:54:11,367 --> 00:54:12,967
-HAMMOND: Yeah.
-Which takes us back
1093
00:54:13,067 --> 00:54:14,800
to the original question.
1094
00:54:14,833 --> 00:54:19,433
Why do those people
who have Saabs have
that smile on their face?
1095
00:54:20,500 --> 00:54:23,433
Well, I went back
out there to find out.
1096
00:54:27,633 --> 00:54:32,700
CLARKSON: To drive, it's nice,
in a quiet, relaxing
non-jet-fighter sort of way.
1097
00:54:32,733 --> 00:54:33,933
Middle-of-the-road motoring
1098
00:54:33,967 --> 00:54:37,300
from the country that invented
middle-of-the-road pop.
1099
00:54:37,333 --> 00:54:40,067
( SUPER TROUPER PLAYING)
1100
00:54:40,067 --> 00:54:42,233
CLARKSON:
It costs £27,000.
1101
00:54:42,267 --> 00:54:45,833
Not quite as much as you'd pay
for the German alternatives,
1102
00:54:45,867 --> 00:54:48,067
but not a bargain either.
1103
00:54:49,933 --> 00:54:54,367
Inside, I can find very little
that would put that smile
1104
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,467
on the face
of the graphic designers
1105
00:54:56,500 --> 00:54:59,700
and the architects
and the dentists
who buy these things.
1106
00:54:59,733 --> 00:55:02,400
The thing I like most of all
is this satellite
navigation system.
1107
00:55:02,433 --> 00:55:06,133
You've got a touch screen
and it lets you choose
your language.
1108
00:55:06,167 --> 00:55:11,600
And you can have English UK,
and English US.
1109
00:55:11,633 --> 00:55:14,667
Sort of exactly the same
but with extra adenoids!
1110
00:55:17,567 --> 00:55:19,400
CLARKSON: I also like
the performance.
1111
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,167
Like all the fastest
Euroboxes,
1112
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,333
it gets from 0-60
in six or so seconds
1113
00:55:26,367 --> 00:55:29,533
and keeps on going to 155.
1114
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:36,633
The only trouble is that
to get that level of
performance from a big car,
1115
00:55:36,667 --> 00:55:37,667
you need a lot of power.
1116
00:55:37,700 --> 00:55:41,433
That's okay with a Mercedes
or a Jaguar or a BMW,
1117
00:55:41,467 --> 00:55:44,100
'cause they're
rear-wheel drive.
But this...
1118
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:45,600
Isn't.
1119
00:55:47,300 --> 00:55:49,433
An engineer at Saab
once told me
1120
00:55:49,467 --> 00:55:54,733
that the absolute limit for
a front-wheel drive car
is 220 bhp.
1121
00:55:55,967 --> 00:55:57,700
This has 250.
1122
00:55:57,733 --> 00:56:00,700
(TYRES SCREECHING)
1123
00:56:00,733 --> 00:56:05,367
Handling is just hysterical.
It's like driving
a fast bouncy castle.
1124
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:07,133
Whoa!
1125
00:56:07,167 --> 00:56:08,667
And if you push too hard
in a corner,
1126
00:56:08,700 --> 00:56:12,433
you just go into
a world of smoke
and brimstone.
1127
00:56:12,467 --> 00:56:14,067
(TYPES SCREECHING)
1128
00:56:20,467 --> 00:56:23,133
And then you come
out of the corner
on the other side
1129
00:56:23,167 --> 00:56:26,467
and everything's fine,
except you need
some new tyres.
1130
00:56:30,300 --> 00:56:35,100
This car has a five-star
safety rating. That's the top.
1131
00:56:35,133 --> 00:56:37,067
You know, I suspect
it has nothing to do
1132
00:56:37,067 --> 00:56:39,467
with the strength
of the passenger cell
1133
00:56:39,500 --> 00:56:41,800
or the energy absorbance
of the front
1134
00:56:41,833 --> 00:56:45,067
and everything to do
with the fact
1135
00:56:45,067 --> 00:56:47,367
it's almost impossible
to crash it!
1136
00:56:50,733 --> 00:56:53,467
CLARKSON: So, to sum up,
it has foolproof handling,
1137
00:56:53,500 --> 00:56:55,767
it's quite fast,
quite good-looking
1138
00:56:55,800 --> 00:57:00,700
and it's quite hard to think
why anyone would buy this
instead of a Merc.
1139
00:57:04,100 --> 00:57:06,400
Perhaps, though,
I'm missing something.
1140
00:57:06,433 --> 00:57:10,700
Perhaps it's at
the cutting edge
in some other unusual way.
1141
00:57:18,233 --> 00:57:20,067
Somehow I doubt it.
1142
00:57:20,100 --> 00:57:25,233
You see, this car
is part Vauxhall Vectra,
part Saab 9000.
1143
00:57:25,267 --> 00:57:26,733
And the 9000 is so old
1144
00:57:26,767 --> 00:57:30,300
that I think
I'm right in saying
Helen of Troy had one.
1145
00:57:30,333 --> 00:57:33,500
I think that was the car
that the suspension
was made out of myrrh.
1146
00:57:36,100 --> 00:57:39,667
CLARKSON: You have to dig
very deep to find
the point of this car,
1147
00:57:39,700 --> 00:57:44,200
but it's worth it,
because it's there all right!
1148
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:51,767
Firstly, it's eco-friendly.
The trees hug it
as it goes by.
1149
00:57:53,067 --> 00:57:54,800
And then
there's the mid-range clout.
1150
00:57:54,833 --> 00:58:00,133
The rate this thing goes
in second gear
from 40-70 mph is just...
1151
00:58:01,100 --> 00:58:02,833
(GUFFAWS)
1152
00:58:02,867 --> 00:58:04,533
That is sensational!
1153
00:58:06,067 --> 00:58:09,567
For overtaking a lorry,
never mind the 5 Series BMW,
1154
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:13,233
this will do it quicker
than a Porsche 911 Turbo.
1155
00:58:14,900 --> 00:58:16,300
Whoa!
1156
00:58:18,267 --> 00:58:20,633
Treading on the throttle,
in second gear
1157
00:58:20,667 --> 00:58:22,767
gives you some idea
of what it would be like
1158
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:25,100
to tread on a land mine. Whoa!
1159
00:58:27,933 --> 00:58:34,133
CLARKSON: So, there you are.
The Saab 9-5, good in parts,
better in others.
1160
00:58:36,333 --> 00:58:38,667
-What a nice programme
it was tonight.
-Mmm, yeah.
1161
00:58:38,700 --> 00:58:40,800
Really was. And a nice Saab.
1162
00:58:40,833 --> 00:58:41,933
I really like that.
1163
00:58:41,967 --> 00:58:44,500
-I drove a really nice Subaru.
-Exactly.
1164
00:58:44,533 --> 00:58:46,500
-I didn't drown,
which is nice.
-Nice.
1165
00:58:46,533 --> 00:58:48,567
-And we have
the lovely Bentley.
-That was very nice.
1166
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:51,133
Most of all, though,
we have some fantastic
people here
1167
00:58:51,167 --> 00:58:52,500
and I want you to give them
a round of applause.
1168
00:58:52,533 --> 00:58:54,233
From HMS Invincible,
who brought the Harrier.
1169
00:58:54,267 --> 00:58:56,133
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
1170
00:58:56,167 --> 00:58:58,467
That's all we've got time for,
I'm afraid.
1171
00:58:58,500 --> 00:58:59,733
See you next week. Bye.96685
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