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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,633 --> 00:00:05,633 CLARKSON: En el programa de hoy, 2 00:00:05,667 --> 00:00:08,500 El espléndido nuevo Bentley Continental, 3 00:00:09,367 --> 00:00:12,000 El nuevo y robusto Legacy de Subaru, 4 00:00:13,433 --> 00:00:16,467 y hago humo en un Saab caliente. 5 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:25,833 Buenas noches y bienvenidos al nuevo Bentley Continental GT. 6 00:00:25,867 --> 00:00:29,867 Ahora bien, GT, como seguramente ya sabes, significa Gran Tourer. 7 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:33,600 Así que lo llevé a un gran recorrido por la sala de espera de Dios, 8 00:00:34,667 --> 00:00:36,233 La Riviera Inglesa. 9 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,800 Mi destino real, como puedes ver 10 00:00:53,833 --> 00:00:55,633 En el sistema de navegación por satélite aquí, 11 00:00:55,667 --> 00:00:57,433 es Budleigh Salterton. 12 00:00:57,467 --> 00:01:00,600 Y es que antiguamente, ellos eran los que habrían comprado uno. 13 00:01:02,267 --> 00:01:05,167 "Hola, mi nombre es Budleigh Salterton. 14 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:10,400 "y tengo un Bentley Continental GT." 15 00:01:10,433 --> 00:01:13,233 CLARKSON: Bueno, esa es la imagen antigua de Bentley. 16 00:01:13,267 --> 00:01:16,933 Pero hoy las cosas han cambiado. 17 00:01:16,967 --> 00:01:20,133 CLARKSON: No hay manera de que la aristocracia compre este coche. 18 00:01:20,167 --> 00:01:22,833 Quiero decir, hoy en día tienen que quemar a sus hijos. 19 00:01:22,867 --> 00:01:24,367 Sólo para mantener el calor. 20 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,133 Y todos sus muebles se mantienen unidos por las polillas que se los comieron. 21 00:01:28,167 --> 00:01:30,300 En todas sus casas hace corrientes de aire y frío... 22 00:01:30,333 --> 00:01:32,667 Mira, hay una casa aristocrática clásica allí. 23 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:35,800 Mira eso. 24 00:01:38,733 --> 00:01:41,833 CLARKSON: Porque esto cuesta £110.000, 25 00:01:41,867 --> 00:01:45,067 No es un coche para gente que insulta a sus hijos. 26 00:01:45,067 --> 00:01:48,567 Creo que es más para gente a la que le gusta burlarse de sus novias. 27 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,633 Futbolistas. La gente se llamaba Gary y Wayne. 28 00:01:52,667 --> 00:01:56,767 Presumiblemente, es por eso que esta cosa tiene un doble turbocompresor. 29 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,067 Motor W12 de 6,0 litros. 30 00:02:01,067 --> 00:02:04,967 Porque, verás, de esa manera podrás conseguir en las tiendas 31 00:02:05,067 --> 00:02:07,800 a tu prueba de drogas en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. 32 00:02:10,767 --> 00:02:14,200 CLARKSON: 550 CV colosales 33 00:02:14,233 --> 00:02:17,267 da una velocidad máxima de 198 mph 34 00:02:18,133 --> 00:02:21,433 y de 0 a 60 en 4,7 segundos. 35 00:02:21,467 --> 00:02:26,133 En otras palabras, esto superará en potencia a un Ferrari 575. 36 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:32,067 Normalmente, haría cualquier cosa para evitar el A303, 37 00:02:32,067 --> 00:02:35,633 Porque siempre te quedas atrapado detrás de alguien con orejas enormes 38 00:02:35,667 --> 00:02:38,967 en un Rover 214 registrado con J. 39 00:02:39,067 --> 00:02:42,133 O, por supuesto, una caravana. 40 00:02:42,167 --> 00:02:46,600 Pero en este caso no hay ningún problema, ya que simplemente hay que poner la palanca de cambios en "S", 41 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:50,233 para el modo de factor de curvatura de Star Trek, 42 00:02:50,267 --> 00:02:53,100 y luego active los turbos. 43 00:02:54,067 --> 00:02:56,200 ¡Guau! 44 00:02:56,233 --> 00:02:58,833 -(EL MOTOR ACELERA) -(CLARKSON SE RÍE) 45 00:02:58,867 --> 00:03:01,733 Eso es muy rápido. 46 00:03:01,767 --> 00:03:05,633 Solo necesitas un pequeño espacio. ¡Y ahí está! 47 00:03:05,667 --> 00:03:06,800 (El motor ruge) 48 00:03:06,833 --> 00:03:08,233 (NEUMÁTICOS CHIRRIENDO) 49 00:03:10,067 --> 00:03:13,500 (SE RISAS) ¡No puedo explicarte lo rápido que es esto! 50 00:03:18,867 --> 00:03:21,767 Y sin embargo, a pesar de este poder feroz, 51 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,333 y es feroz, 52 00:03:23,367 --> 00:03:24,733 No tiene sentido cuando estás aquí 53 00:03:24,767 --> 00:03:28,500 que estás en un corredor despojado y agazapado. 54 00:03:28,533 --> 00:03:30,500 Es tranquilo y cómodo. 55 00:03:30,533 --> 00:03:32,667 Hay madera y hay cuero. 56 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:36,100 Es como ir a 5.000 mph. 57 00:03:36,133 --> 00:03:38,667 en la bolsa de esponja de Douglas Bader. 58 00:03:42,167 --> 00:03:44,500 CLARKSON: Te hace sentir orgulloso de ser inglés, 59 00:03:44,533 --> 00:03:46,900 Aunque el motor proviene de Volkswagen, 60 00:03:46,933 --> 00:03:50,667 y el piso, y la caja de cambios y la mayoría de los accesorios y herrajes. 61 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:54,433 Aún así, debido a que también tiene un sistema de tracción en las cuatro ruedas Volkswagen, 62 00:03:54,467 --> 00:03:59,233 Este gran matón tiene un agarre tenaz, 63 00:03:59,267 --> 00:04:02,500 Útil en las sinuosas carreteras de Devon. 64 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,767 Es extraordinario. Para un coche que pesa lo mismo que un Range Rover, 65 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,100 Realmente se siente ágil y vivo. 66 00:04:21,267 --> 00:04:23,833 Incluso se detiene correctamente, 67 00:04:23,867 --> 00:04:28,200 porque tiene los frenos más grandes jamás instalados en un automóvil. 68 00:04:29,433 --> 00:04:32,067 Y además es un bruto muy guapo. 69 00:04:32,067 --> 00:04:34,433 Aunque fue diseñado por un belga, 70 00:04:34,467 --> 00:04:37,067 Se verá bien estacionado entre los pilares. 71 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:39,400 de la mansión de un futbolista en Cheshire. 72 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,367 Sin embargo, detrás de la apariencia del siglo XVIII, 73 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,633 El interior está menos logrado. 74 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:51,233 En primer lugar, está esta puerta. 75 00:04:52,433 --> 00:04:55,533 Tienes que ser una máquina de carne para cerrarla correctamente. 76 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:57,500 Eso es todo. 77 00:04:57,533 --> 00:04:59,300 Y luego, si eres una máquina de carne, 78 00:04:59,333 --> 00:05:01,600 Lo encontrarás un poco apretado aquí, 79 00:05:01,633 --> 00:05:03,900 Principalmente por estos apoyabrazos. 80 00:05:03,933 --> 00:05:08,100 Te obligan a conducir como si tuvieras algún tipo de lesión deportiva. 81 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:10,567 Y si los bajas, escucha... 82 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:11,500 (CRUJIENTE) 83 00:05:11,533 --> 00:05:14,133 -Continúa conduciendo... -(CONTINÚA EL crujido) 84 00:05:14,167 --> 00:05:18,600 ¿Cuánto tiempo pasará antes de que eso te vuelva loco? 85 00:05:18,633 --> 00:05:21,500 Son completamente inútiles. 86 00:05:21,533 --> 00:05:22,867 Hablando de eso, 87 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:28,300 Este botón aquí le permite ajustar la dureza de la suspensión. 88 00:05:28,333 --> 00:05:30,100 Así es. 89 00:05:31,067 --> 00:05:32,567 ¿Por qué necesitas eso? 90 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,967 ¿Por qué querrías que tu Bentley fuera más incómodo? 91 00:05:37,067 --> 00:05:41,433 Realmente es tan útil como el botón de repetición de alarma de un detector de humo. 92 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:45,100 CLARKSON: Pero una ligera sensación de claustrofobia 93 00:05:45,133 --> 00:05:47,100 Y algún que otro botón tonto no es nada. 94 00:05:47,133 --> 00:05:49,633 En comparación con el mayor problema del Continental: 95 00:05:50,533 --> 00:05:51,733 Su hermano mayor. 96 00:05:55,667 --> 00:05:59,700 El viejo Arnage de cuatro puertas es una sinfonía de pompa y solemnidad, 97 00:05:59,733 --> 00:06:05,133 esperanza y gloria, poder absoluto corruptor, ¡absolutamente! 98 00:06:09,867 --> 00:06:11,433 Oh, no es muy bueno, 99 00:06:11,467 --> 00:06:14,533 Pero hay una sensación de ocasión cuando lo conduces. 100 00:06:23,333 --> 00:06:27,700 Esto es al revés. Brillante, sensacionalmente rápido, 101 00:06:27,733 --> 00:06:32,133 Se maneja muy bien y es casi seguro que será confiable. 102 00:06:32,167 --> 00:06:35,800 Pero te deja una sensación de frío. 103 00:06:38,367 --> 00:06:41,367 En realidad, es un poco como Budleigh Salterton. 104 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,967 A primera vista, te gustaría vivir aquí. 105 00:06:44,067 --> 00:06:48,067 Suena bien, un pequeño pueblo en la costa de Devon. 106 00:06:49,067 --> 00:06:51,367 You'd like a piece of that action. 107 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,367 But actually, there isn't any action. 108 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,167 In a recent survey, Budleigh Salterton was named 109 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,367 as Britain's most over-priced, dreary place. 110 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:07,300 Everything is here, except the sparkle. 111 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,800 And that is what the Bentley's missing. 112 00:07:13,833 --> 00:07:17,833 The sparkle, the X factor that turns a really good car, 113 00:07:17,867 --> 00:07:20,400 which it is, into a great one... 114 00:07:21,933 --> 00:07:23,167 Which it isn't. 115 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,433 MAY: That's a bit harsh, Jeremy. -No! 116 00:07:27,467 --> 00:07:29,467 Yes, you're right, it was harsh. 117 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:32,267 But, the thing is, it was cruel but fair, 118 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:35,567 because when you drive the Phantom, which BMW made, 119 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,300 they've captured the essence of Rolls Royce with that car. 120 00:07:39,333 --> 00:07:41,867 When you drive this, it is brilliant, 121 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:43,100 make no mistake, 122 00:07:43,133 --> 00:07:46,300 but it does feel like a big Volkswagen. 123 00:07:46,333 --> 00:07:48,833 All right, but, it isn't actually putting anybody off. 124 00:07:48,867 --> 00:07:52,800 And here's the problem. They can make 3500 of these a year, that's all. 125 00:07:52,833 --> 00:07:57,767 They already have 3,500 orders for next year just from America. 126 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,567 I know, and the sort of people who've ordered these things 127 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,267 aren't the kind of people who like to be kept waiting. 128 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:04,800 Bentley were telling me the other night, 129 00:08:04,833 --> 00:08:06,667 when I ran into a few of them at a party, and they were saying 130 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:08,633 that they've had people phone up saying, 131 00:08:08,667 --> 00:08:11,633 "If I don't have my car by Easter, you're not welcome in my restaurant," 132 00:08:11,667 --> 00:08:13,867 or, "You're not welcome in my football club." 133 00:08:13,900 --> 00:08:15,500 They even had one who called up and said, 134 00:08:15,533 --> 00:08:18,800 "If I don't have mine by Christmas, you're not welcome in my country." 135 00:08:18,833 --> 00:08:20,567 (ALL LAUGHING) 136 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,767 Right. The news. 137 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,800 Now, we've heard from Nissan this week about a recall. 138 00:08:25,833 --> 00:08:28,967 Recalls, if you don't know, is when a manufacturer holds up his hand and says, 139 00:08:29,067 --> 00:08:30,667 "There's a problem with one of our cars, 140 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:33,200 "bring it in and we'll fix it," and they tell the owners. 141 00:08:33,233 --> 00:08:37,067 Usually it's a few thousand, maybe a few hundred thousand. 142 00:08:37,067 --> 00:08:38,267 This particular recall 143 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:42,767 is for two and a half million Nissans! 144 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,333 Two and a half million cars... 145 00:08:44,367 --> 00:08:47,800 What we were thinking was, "Where do you get the envelopes from?" 146 00:08:47,833 --> 00:08:50,800 I mean, if you walk into the local envelope supplier and go, 147 00:08:50,833 --> 00:08:52,233 "I would like two and a half million..." 148 00:08:52,267 --> 00:08:54,967 And then you've got the photocopying down at Prontaprint. 149 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:58,067 -"Er, could you copy this for me, please?" -Somebody's given the list! 150 00:08:58,100 --> 00:08:59,667 Write to these people, tell them. 151 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:01,900 But the bit that I like to think about particularly is, 152 00:09:01,933 --> 00:09:04,933 at some point, there must have been a moment 153 00:09:04,967 --> 00:09:09,733 in an office when somebody realised, "Ooh!" 154 00:09:09,767 --> 00:09:13,900 And they had that long walk down the corridor to the big office and sort of... (KNOCKS) 155 00:09:13,933 --> 00:09:15,400 Yes, what is it Watkins? 156 00:09:15,433 --> 00:09:18,067 -You better not have mucked up again! -Um... 157 00:09:18,067 --> 00:09:19,800 MAY: Not another recall, is it? 158 00:09:19,833 --> 00:09:22,967 How many is it this time? 100,000? 200,000? Come on, give me the worst. 159 00:09:23,067 --> 00:09:24,900 Two and a half million, sir. 160 00:09:24,933 --> 00:09:29,500 Two and a half million cars, I mean how much is that gonna cost in stamps? 161 00:09:29,533 --> 00:09:32,067 Just before you get the car in to actually fix it! 162 00:09:32,067 --> 00:09:34,067 Two and a half million stamps! 163 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:36,667 Last week we were having a bit of a row about sports cars, 164 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:39,167 and you championed the S2000 Honda, which was... 165 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:40,867 HAMMOND: Rubbish. MAY: Rubbish. 166 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:43,833 Interestingly enough, Honda have improved it. They've given it... 167 00:09:43,867 --> 00:09:49,200 -Impossible to improve! -No, they've given it a clock and a fruitier horn tone. 168 00:09:49,233 --> 00:09:52,067 Oh, that's nice. Does it look any different? 169 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:54,367 -Look at that. -MAY: Look at that. 170 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,600 -HAMMOND: Oh, no, it is a sports car. -CLARKSON: Majesty. 171 00:09:57,633 --> 00:09:59,067 MAY: You still lost, though, didn't you? 172 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:00,833 -Am I right about the Honda S2000? -No. 173 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,567 Hands up if you think I'm right. 174 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,433 Hands up for the S2000. 175 00:10:04,467 --> 00:10:07,100 -That's about three people. -That's a majority! 176 00:10:07,133 --> 00:10:09,267 -That was about three people! -Three hundred. 177 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:10,900 And you still lost. 178 00:10:10,933 --> 00:10:15,667 -If it had been dry, and if your two cars... -Hadn't turned up. 179 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:19,933 -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -It would have won. 180 00:10:19,967 --> 00:10:21,933 Would it have won with a new horn tone? 181 00:10:21,967 --> 00:10:24,900 No, the new horn tone is simply because of the speed it goes, 182 00:10:24,933 --> 00:10:27,233 you need a richer horn tone to get the... 183 00:10:27,267 --> 00:10:28,767 I was going to use the wrong word there, 184 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,733 to get your cars out of the way. 185 00:10:30,767 --> 00:10:33,367 It's so the deaf old buggers driving it, 186 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,300 cause it's a Honda, can hear the horn's working at all. 187 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:38,867 Can I talk about something else now, please? 188 00:10:38,900 --> 00:10:40,433 The police, it seems, 189 00:10:40,467 --> 00:10:44,333 are tired of people ripping up and destroying their speed cameras, 190 00:10:44,367 --> 00:10:45,900 which apparently does go on. 191 00:10:45,933 --> 00:10:49,400 So they've decided instead they're going to use old people. 192 00:10:49,433 --> 00:10:51,367 Sounds like a very good idea. 193 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,133 Well, they're going to arm... It's a pilot scheme. 194 00:10:54,167 --> 00:10:57,233 They're going to arm vigilantes with speed guns 195 00:10:57,267 --> 00:11:00,467 and then send them out into their communities to zap people. 196 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:02,067 -To shop their neighbours. -What... 197 00:11:02,067 --> 00:11:05,233 What kind of a person is going to say, 198 00:11:05,267 --> 00:11:08,067 "Yes, that's the job for me, I'll get a speed camera." 199 00:11:08,067 --> 00:11:09,900 -It's a job for Paul Burrell. -There you go. 200 00:11:09,933 --> 00:11:12,633 -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -HAMMOND: Everybody hates you already. 201 00:11:12,667 --> 00:11:15,600 He's done his employers, now I'm gonna do my neighbours and friends. 202 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:17,633 But what kind of a country are we living in 203 00:11:17,667 --> 00:11:20,733 where people actually think that there will be people who say, 204 00:11:20,767 --> 00:11:25,733 "Yes, I want to go and catch that bloke at number 27 doing 31 miles an hour." 205 00:11:25,767 --> 00:11:27,933 And the point is, the only people who have the time to do this, 206 00:11:27,967 --> 00:11:31,100 and even the police I'm sure will admit this, are retired people. 207 00:11:31,133 --> 00:11:33,300 It's gonna be old people in cardigans, with little... 208 00:11:33,333 --> 00:11:36,333 Yes. Actually, we're safe. We're safe. 209 00:11:36,367 --> 00:11:39,100 Let's imagine the scene in your little village. 210 00:11:39,133 --> 00:11:41,067 "Ooh, Doris, I think there's a car coming. 211 00:11:41,067 --> 00:11:43,100 "Get your radar gun, let's go out and have a look." 212 00:11:43,133 --> 00:11:45,067 "Oh, have you turned the kettle off? 213 00:11:45,067 --> 00:11:47,533 "Have we locked all the windows? Have you been to the lavatory, Bill? 214 00:11:47,567 --> 00:11:50,433 "Because you need to, you haven't been for quite some time. 215 00:11:50,467 --> 00:11:53,267 "Have you locked the door? Have we got the cats inside or out?" 216 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:55,533 "Oh, I don't know, here he comes, come on be quick, get your... 217 00:11:55,567 --> 00:11:58,067 "That's not your radar gun, love, that's your hairdryer." 218 00:11:58,067 --> 00:11:59,233 "Ooh, Bill... 219 00:11:59,267 --> 00:12:01,267 "Ooh, Bill, you've come out in your slippers!" 220 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:02,433 I've thought about this, actually. 221 00:12:02,467 --> 00:12:04,167 If you want to do it really cleverly, 222 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,400 if you didn't like your neighbour, just ring him up at work, 223 00:12:06,433 --> 00:12:07,733 tell him the house is on fire 224 00:12:07,767 --> 00:12:10,100 and sit at the end of their road with your radar gun. 225 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:12,367 HAMMOND: Gotcha! 226 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,533 This is an unusual thing. Jeremy, you want to sit back and have a nap or something, 227 00:12:15,567 --> 00:12:17,667 '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 00:12:19,367 --> 00:12:24,067 This is the Dodge Tomahawk. They built one of these things and it's by Chrysler. 230 00:12:24,067 --> 00:12:27,467 They put the engine out of the Viper, you know, the great big engine. 231 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:31,100 About 420 mph, possibly, potential speed. 232 00:12:31,133 --> 00:12:32,567 Let's have a look at this thing. 233 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,133 It's absolutely astonishing. 234 00:12:34,167 --> 00:12:37,167 They've built one. They're going to actually sell them through mail order. 235 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,500 CLARKSON: I don't think that's a bike. 236 00:12:38,533 --> 00:12:41,300 It's got four wheels and a Dodge Viper engine. 237 00:12:41,333 --> 00:12:43,600 -I call that a car. -HAMMOND: I think they may have been confused. 238 00:12:43,633 --> 00:12:45,267 CLARKSON: We don't do bikes on this programme. 239 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:46,667 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 00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:50,867 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 00:12:53,133 --> 00:12:55,800 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 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:07,833 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 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:20,633 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 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,700 Driving down the M40, here's a hump... (VOCALISES) 260 00:13:43,733 --> 00:13:45,267 "I've fallen out!" 261 00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:48,067 That's user error, it's not obligatory. 262 00:13:48,067 --> 00:13:49,367 -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 00:13:59,133 --> 00:14:03,567 rent them for half an hour at a time to tired motorists. 267 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,767 -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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