1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,650 Welcome to Top Gear, with our all-new, improved audience. 2 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:21,490 - Tonight, I get chased. - Right behind us. 3 00:00:21,540 --> 00:00:23,290 Matt gets chased. 4 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:26,210 See if I can shake 'em in these twisties. 5 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:29,530 And then, in a bizarre twist, I chase Matt. 6 00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:31,450 Come on, Great Britain! 7 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,610 And Matt chases me. 8 00:00:33,660 --> 00:00:35,930 We're going to get smashed. 9 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:49,530 This is brilliant! 10 00:00:49,580 --> 00:00:52,290 Marvellous, amazing, beautiful. 11 00:00:52,340 --> 00:00:57,370 All right, before we go any further, would you like to meet 12 00:00:57,420 --> 00:01:00,850 the first ever non-UK host of Top Gear? 13 00:01:00,900 --> 00:01:02,770 Yes! 14 00:01:02,820 --> 00:01:05,620 Brilliant, please welcome Matt LeBlanc. 15 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:15,200 Matt LeBlanc, everybody! 16 00:01:20,820 --> 00:01:24,730 All right, thank you, thank you, thank you. 17 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:26,170 Oh, you're too kind, too kind. 18 00:01:26,220 --> 00:01:28,290 All right, and with that, back to you, Chris. 19 00:01:28,340 --> 00:01:30,370 Thank you very much, Matt. 20 00:01:30,420 --> 00:01:33,650 OK, right, well, if it isn't all the guys and girls 21 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:35,930 from my local Indian restaurant. 22 00:01:35,980 --> 00:01:40,010 - Hi, guys. - Hi, Chris. - Hi, guys. 23 00:01:40,060 --> 00:01:42,650 - Good evening. - Good evening. 24 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:45,290 - Boss man. - And, firstly, thank you for your continued custom. 25 00:01:45,340 --> 00:01:47,610 Well, you're very welcome, you're very welcome. 26 00:01:47,660 --> 00:01:49,970 Now, anybody got any idea why these guys are here? 27 00:01:50,020 --> 00:01:52,050 - New caterers. - What? 28 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:54,570 - New caterers. - New caterers. 29 00:01:55,460 --> 00:01:56,930 By the way, by the way... 30 00:01:56,980 --> 00:02:00,580 we don't talk about catering on this show any more. 31 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:09,250 In fact, to be honest, 32 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:12,500 maybe questions from the floor was a bad idea. 33 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:15,810 Actually, Muno, you tell everybody why you're here. 34 00:02:15,860 --> 00:02:17,370 What are you here to represent? 35 00:02:17,420 --> 00:02:21,530 We represent the equivalent of one metric ton of downforce. 36 00:02:21,580 --> 00:02:25,810 That's what they are, one metric ton of downforce, ladies and gentlemen, 37 00:02:25,860 --> 00:02:29,210 which apparently is enough to turn an old-time US muscle car 38 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:32,100 into a lap-time destroyer. 39 00:02:40,380 --> 00:02:45,300 This is Fallon US Naval Air Station, deep in the Nevada Desert... 40 00:02:49,540 --> 00:02:54,170 .. home to the US military's finest array of warplanes, 41 00:02:54,220 --> 00:02:55,650 and something called 42 00:02:55,700 --> 00:03:00,090 the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center, 43 00:03:00,140 --> 00:03:01,570 better known as... 44 00:03:01,620 --> 00:03:03,090 Top Gun. 45 00:03:03,140 --> 00:03:08,020 ♪ Highway to the danger zone 46 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:11,610 ♪ Highway to... ♪ 47 00:03:11,660 --> 00:03:15,050 This is where the best of the best get even better 48 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:18,730 in the most fearsome aircraft on the planet. 49 00:03:18,780 --> 00:03:22,730 The perfect place, then, to test America's latest killer wing, 50 00:03:22,780 --> 00:03:25,380 which happens to be attached to... 51 00:03:26,860 --> 00:03:29,400 .. the brand-new Dodge Viper ACR. 52 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:36,530 Now, you might take a look at the ACR 53 00:03:36,580 --> 00:03:41,050 and think, "With its giant long body and front splitter and scoops 54 00:03:41,100 --> 00:03:43,490 "and rear diffuser, my goodness me, 55 00:03:43,540 --> 00:03:46,290 "that's going to be a handful to drive." 56 00:03:46,340 --> 00:03:47,850 Thing is... 57 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:50,100 you'd be absolutely right! 58 00:03:59,380 --> 00:04:02,490 0-60? Just over 3 seconds. 59 00:04:02,540 --> 00:04:07,570 Top speed? 177mph. 60 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:10,810 Noise? Tooth-shattering. 61 00:04:10,860 --> 00:04:13,410 Listen to that. 62 00:04:13,460 --> 00:04:16,330 Basically, it's a road car, but it's got to be said, 63 00:04:16,380 --> 00:04:20,170 it's as close as you can come to a race car without having to wear 64 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:24,180 fireproof knickers and a wristband with your blood group on it. 65 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:31,370 All highly exciting, but the Viper formula has barely changed 66 00:04:31,420 --> 00:04:34,250 since God was a boy, and you can tell. 67 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:38,690 We all love a manual gearbox, but this one's a little bit tight. 68 00:04:38,740 --> 00:04:41,610 It's offset at a weird angle, which means that third 69 00:04:41,660 --> 00:04:44,740 can often become fifth if you're not fully concentrating. 70 00:04:46,340 --> 00:04:49,580 And then there's the Viper's prehistoric power output. 71 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:55,900 An 8.4-litre V10 chucks out 645 horsepower. 72 00:04:57,620 --> 00:05:00,890 But, at its heart, it's a quarter of a century old. 73 00:05:00,940 --> 00:05:05,460 Modern supercars produce far more power from engines half the size. 74 00:05:07,260 --> 00:05:10,460 It's about as cutting edge as a rusty crowbar. 75 00:05:14,460 --> 00:05:18,210 But Dodge have at least polished their crowbar up a bit. 76 00:05:18,260 --> 00:05:22,730 The ACR has bespoke sticky tyres, brakes as big as dinner plates, 77 00:05:22,780 --> 00:05:28,220 race car suspension and, most importantly, the wing. 78 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:34,290 This piece of carbon, like the inverted wing on a fighter plane, 79 00:05:34,340 --> 00:05:39,130 actually jams the Viper into the tarmac with phenomenal power. 80 00:05:39,180 --> 00:05:42,450 On the straights, it actually slows the car down, 81 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:47,010 but going into the bends at top speed, over a tonne of air 82 00:05:47,060 --> 00:05:49,410 presses the Viper into the floor. 83 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:51,770 A tonne! 84 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:53,930 And it really works. 85 00:05:53,980 --> 00:05:57,610 The Viper ACR holds 13 track records, 86 00:05:57,660 --> 00:06:01,180 more than any other car in production right now. 87 00:06:02,380 --> 00:06:04,170 So, after all these years, 88 00:06:04,220 --> 00:06:07,450 it seems Dodge has finally perfected their Viper. 89 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,220 Good for them. 90 00:06:10,780 --> 00:06:12,130 Or at least it would be 91 00:06:12,180 --> 00:06:15,340 if the competition hadn't been busy making this. 92 00:06:19,020 --> 00:06:22,490 The Corvette Z06... 93 00:06:22,540 --> 00:06:26,810 or, as the Americans have it, the Zee 06. 94 00:06:26,860 --> 00:06:29,450 It's more powerful, it's quicker to 60, 95 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:32,370 its top speed is higher, it's cheaper to buy 96 00:06:32,420 --> 00:06:35,170 and it looks better. 97 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:38,620 But which one, then, is the king of muscle cars? 98 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:43,170 Viper or Vet? 99 00:06:43,220 --> 00:06:47,180 It was time for a dogfight. 100 00:06:48,580 --> 00:06:52,100 Our cars have been equipped with guns -- laser guns. 101 00:06:56,140 --> 00:06:59,210 Manning those guns will be Top Gun instructors 102 00:06:59,260 --> 00:07:02,330 call signs JoJo and Syphin. 103 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:04,730 And at the wheel of the Vet, 104 00:07:04,780 --> 00:07:08,010 Top Gear's top girl, Sabine Schmitz. 105 00:07:13,420 --> 00:07:16,090 I feel the need, the need for speed. 106 00:07:17,140 --> 00:07:20,900 The rules are simple. First to get missile lock wins. 107 00:07:24,340 --> 00:07:28,370 Ginger, I don't like you because you are dangerous. 108 00:07:28,420 --> 00:07:30,130 We've got a rule here at Top Gun -- 109 00:07:30,180 --> 00:07:33,250 it's a 10 fine every time you quote the movie. 110 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:36,580 JoJo, I think Sabine's ego is writing cheques her body can't cash. 111 00:07:37,860 --> 00:07:39,970 This is going to be an expensive day. 112 00:07:40,020 --> 00:07:42,220 Whoa, rock and roll, JoJo. 113 00:07:43,180 --> 00:07:46,210 She's right behind us, she's right behind us. 114 00:07:46,260 --> 00:07:49,050 - Get behind him. - I'll get closer. 115 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,410 Time for a little... evasive action. 116 00:07:52,460 --> 00:07:55,700 I'm going to hit the brakes and watch her fly by, OK? 117 00:07:56,860 --> 00:07:58,490 Have you got him? 118 00:07:58,540 --> 00:08:00,010 Three, two, one. 119 00:08:00,060 --> 00:08:01,450 Fire! 120 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:03,570 Brakes. 121 00:08:03,620 --> 00:08:05,450 Whoa! 122 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:07,490 There she goes! 123 00:08:07,540 --> 00:08:09,210 Go, go, go. 124 00:08:09,260 --> 00:08:10,890 Son of a... 125 00:08:10,940 --> 00:08:13,680 The hunter has now become the hunted. 126 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:19,410 He's on our tail! 127 00:08:19,460 --> 00:08:22,850 - Get closer, get closer. - I'm going to reel her in. 128 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:24,260 Woo! 129 00:08:26,140 --> 00:08:28,330 Don't let her get away from you. 130 00:08:28,380 --> 00:08:31,330 The Viper's wing is doing its thing, baby. 131 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:35,410 Until I found out there's a limit to how much "thing" it can do. 132 00:08:39,300 --> 00:08:41,440 Oh, he spun! He spun off. 133 00:08:43,740 --> 00:08:46,490 You can be any time my wingman. 134 00:08:46,540 --> 00:08:49,740 - Wait, what is wingman? Not wingman? - Yeah. 135 00:08:51,460 --> 00:08:55,500 Whilst I was recovering from my aerodynamic overconfidence... 136 00:08:57,020 --> 00:08:59,100 .. Schmitz disappeared. 137 00:09:00,260 --> 00:09:03,820 Where would the enemy most likely come from? 138 00:09:09,940 --> 00:09:13,140 - Probably where you're not looking. - Really? 139 00:09:14,460 --> 00:09:17,130 Have you ever had an angry German on your tail before? 140 00:09:17,180 --> 00:09:19,120 I've never had that. 141 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:26,040 She so wants to win. 142 00:09:28,620 --> 00:09:30,530 Go, go. 143 00:09:30,580 --> 00:09:32,520 I follow you, buddy. 144 00:09:34,220 --> 00:09:36,500 - Eyes left. - Oh, oh. 145 00:09:39,380 --> 00:09:42,530 We're on his tail, we're on his tail! 146 00:09:42,580 --> 00:09:44,930 The smiling assassins were all over us. 147 00:09:44,980 --> 00:09:46,490 Get closer. 148 00:09:46,540 --> 00:09:48,730 Or at least, that's what they thought. 149 00:09:48,780 --> 00:09:50,220 Shoot! 150 00:09:52,420 --> 00:09:54,090 Missed him. 151 00:09:54,140 --> 00:09:56,170 That's when she can't keep up with us -- 152 00:09:56,220 --> 00:09:58,960 round the corners, the Vet is killed. 153 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:03,730 She's all over the place. 154 00:10:03,780 --> 00:10:06,720 The suspension's awful... like a Ferrari. 155 00:10:07,820 --> 00:10:11,320 There's so much more grip than this piece of sh... 156 00:10:11,420 --> 00:10:13,250 Jeez, this car's good! 157 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:16,240 She will not be able to make this corner. 158 00:10:17,340 --> 00:10:19,020 We missed it! 159 00:10:20,740 --> 00:10:23,340 - Where is he? - I don't see him. 160 00:10:24,660 --> 00:10:26,690 Yeah! 161 00:10:26,740 --> 00:10:29,080 She's dead, man, she's dead. 162 00:10:37,580 --> 00:10:39,610 Boom, she's dead. 163 00:10:39,660 --> 00:10:41,380 Oh, holy moley. 164 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,530 I might need a break, Sabine. 165 00:10:44,580 --> 00:10:46,730 - Huh? - I might need a break. - You need a break?! 166 00:10:46,780 --> 00:10:48,770 - I might need a break. - What? - Yeah. 167 00:10:48,820 --> 00:10:50,220 Oh, sh... 168 00:10:52,020 --> 00:10:56,490 Sorry, I... My Top Gun pilot is a little bit, er, in trouble. 169 00:10:56,540 --> 00:10:58,480 Oh, did he throw up? 170 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:07,770 Is it time for a new call sign? 171 00:11:07,820 --> 00:11:09,290 - Er, yeah. - Upchuck. 172 00:11:09,340 --> 00:11:11,410 Yeah. Pukes on Top Gear. 173 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:12,820 Oh, no! 174 00:11:15,380 --> 00:11:18,420 And so it's the Viper that is officially Top Gun. 175 00:11:21,060 --> 00:11:27,610 Fast, agile, and once you know how to use it, absolutely devastating. 176 00:11:27,660 --> 00:11:31,860 Top Gun, clear to take off... 177 00:11:39,260 --> 00:11:41,020 Whoa-oa-oa! 178 00:11:44,140 --> 00:11:45,890 Fly safe, my friend. 179 00:11:45,940 --> 00:11:47,580 Fly safe. 180 00:12:02,220 --> 00:12:05,770 - That was good. - That was good fun, wasn't it? - Great. 181 00:12:05,820 --> 00:12:07,810 Thank you, thank you. 182 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:11,410 And thanks to the US Navy, and Sabine Schmitz, 183 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:14,730 now undoubtedly the queen of the Vomit Comet. 184 00:12:14,780 --> 00:12:16,810 OK, now, just... hang on a second. 185 00:12:16,860 --> 00:12:19,770 Do you seriously expect all these people to believe 186 00:12:19,820 --> 00:12:23,170 that she made a guy who flies fast jets in wars 187 00:12:23,220 --> 00:12:26,530 throw up after just, like, a half an hour in a Corvette? 188 00:12:26,580 --> 00:12:28,610 Yes, because that's what happened. 189 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:32,290 Are you sure that it wasn't just a ruse that you came up with 190 00:12:32,340 --> 00:12:35,740 to cover up the fact that she made you throw up in an Audi? 191 00:12:36,940 --> 00:12:39,530 No. 192 00:12:39,580 --> 00:12:41,530 OK, just chicken... checking! 193 00:12:41,580 --> 00:12:43,930 - Did you say "chicken"? - No. - All right, anyway... 194 00:12:43,980 --> 00:12:47,250 Here is the Viper ACR in the flesh, everybody. 195 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:49,290 - And now... - Woo! 196 00:12:49,340 --> 00:12:52,610 .. we need to see how fast it can go around our lap, 197 00:12:52,660 --> 00:12:55,010 which means only one thing. 198 00:12:55,060 --> 00:12:59,810 Yes! It's time to bring on our tame racing driver. 199 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:06,300 We got custody! We got custody! 200 00:13:08,300 --> 00:13:10,210 Some say the day he was born, 201 00:13:10,260 --> 00:13:13,170 he drove himself home from the hospital, 202 00:13:13,220 --> 00:13:16,500 and that he's being investigated for irregular emissions. 203 00:13:17,620 --> 00:13:19,730 All we know is, he's called... 204 00:13:19,780 --> 00:13:21,460 .. the Stig. 205 00:13:23,220 --> 00:13:25,290 OK, here we go, he's off. 206 00:13:25,340 --> 00:13:29,530 The Stig back in the saddle and armed with 8.4 litres of engine. 207 00:13:29,580 --> 00:13:31,930 That's 15 pints of displacement. 208 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:35,810 Into the first corner and the first test of the ACR's massive wing. 209 00:13:35,860 --> 00:13:37,410 Stig keeping it tidy there. 210 00:13:37,460 --> 00:13:41,170 Let's see how happy he is to be back in the groove. 211 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:44,810 Oh, look at him beaming! He's ecstatic. 212 00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:48,930 Right, very clean through Chicago, heading into Hammerhead... 213 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:52,300 on those massive brakes. Can the Viper keep it tidy? 214 00:13:55,340 --> 00:13:59,210 Very neat. Little skid there. Little slip on the exit. 215 00:13:59,260 --> 00:14:01,210 Into the fastest part of the lap. 216 00:14:01,260 --> 00:14:03,570 Stig and Viper in perfect harmony. 217 00:14:03,620 --> 00:14:08,330 Follow Through, that wing shoving the ACR into the tarmac. 218 00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:11,130 Serious speed past the tyre wall. Look at that. 219 00:14:11,180 --> 00:14:13,170 No expense spared on the white paint. 220 00:14:13,220 --> 00:14:16,730 Second-to-last. Very stable under braking. 221 00:14:16,780 --> 00:14:19,090 Stig can smell the finish now. Come on! 222 00:14:19,140 --> 00:14:21,610 And over the line. There you go! 223 00:14:23,220 --> 00:14:24,420 So... 224 00:14:25,620 --> 00:14:27,730 Here we have the time. 225 00:14:27,780 --> 00:14:30,210 OK, we're holding out a lot of hope for this. 226 00:14:30,260 --> 00:14:32,050 It if goes 1:16.8 or less, 227 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:35,090 it's up there with the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. 228 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:38,050 Can it beat the Lamborghini Huracan -- 1:15.8? 229 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:40,890 I can tell you the Dodge Viper... 230 00:14:40,940 --> 00:14:44,490 1:15... 231 00:14:44,540 --> 00:14:47,370 . 1 -- there it is with the Ariel Atom. 232 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:50,300 Rock and roll! 233 00:14:52,980 --> 00:14:57,050 So I join Top Gear. They say, "How about a road trip 234 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:58,530 "and a UK/USA challenge?" 235 00:14:58,580 --> 00:15:01,210 I say, "Sure." They say, "Head-to-head with Chris." 236 00:15:01,260 --> 00:15:04,450 I say, "Bring it on." They say, "Blackpool." I say, "Where?" 237 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:08,700 They say, "In fibreglass three-wheelers." I say, "What?" 238 00:15:10,860 --> 00:15:14,580 We'd be driving to Blackpool in these... 239 00:15:15,820 --> 00:15:18,540 .. stunning Reliant Rialtos. 240 00:15:21,180 --> 00:15:23,290 Oh, wow, look at that. 241 00:15:25,140 --> 00:15:26,330 OK. 242 00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:31,850 Successor to the Reliant Robin and equally as terrible in every way. 243 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:34,970 Worse still, the producers had kindly chosen 244 00:15:35,020 --> 00:15:37,160 to chop off their roofs. 245 00:15:38,580 --> 00:15:41,250 Nice wheels, Matt. 246 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:43,890 Great paint job. 247 00:15:43,940 --> 00:15:46,930 They've told me that one of these costs double the price 248 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:49,930 of the other one, so I suppose we could try and guess which one. 249 00:15:49,980 --> 00:15:51,970 I mean, mine looks nicer, to be honest. 250 00:15:52,020 --> 00:15:54,050 - Don't you think? - Yours is nicer, yeah. 251 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:57,250 I think this was the more expensive one. I'm sorry, but... I don't know. 252 00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:59,570 - I don't know, I'm just guessing. - Yeah. Looks like it. 253 00:15:59,620 --> 00:16:02,050 - OK, and you know where we're going? - Yeah. We're going... 254 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:04,490 - The route? - Yeah, we're going to Blackpool, so we'll... 255 00:16:04,540 --> 00:16:07,050 We'll come out of central London here and we'll turn left 256 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,090 at Regent's Park, look out for Birmingham. 257 00:16:09,140 --> 00:16:12,690 - If they start talking in a Braveheart accent, we've gone too far. - That's too far. 258 00:16:12,740 --> 00:16:15,770 - Yeah. - That's too far north, OK. - Yeah. But it's about 250 miles. 259 00:16:15,820 --> 00:16:17,860 All right, let's roll. 260 00:16:21,060 --> 00:16:24,490 With zero idea what challenges awaited us in Blackpool, 261 00:16:24,540 --> 00:16:28,730 we set off on our very first Top Gear road trip. 262 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:33,770 This is perfect. You wrap up warm, you've got blue skies, it's nice and fresh. 263 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:35,890 It's not that bad, this little car. 264 00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:39,890 You know what, honestly, gearbox, nice and smooth. 265 00:16:39,940 --> 00:16:42,480 OK to give you a little love tap? 266 00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:45,660 Erm, OK! 267 00:16:47,660 --> 00:16:50,970 Despite our first impressions, we were loving our three-wheelers. 268 00:16:53,060 --> 00:16:55,180 Listen to that. 269 00:16:56,620 --> 00:16:58,730 Hey, there's fourth gear now. 270 00:16:58,780 --> 00:17:01,490 Oh, I haven't tried fourth gear. Tell me about it. 271 00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:03,580 Very luxurious. 272 00:17:05,580 --> 00:17:07,340 Buddy! 273 00:17:09,260 --> 00:17:11,890 Thing is about Matt, is because he's such a superstar, 274 00:17:11,940 --> 00:17:15,490 he actually looks cool in his Stars and Stripes Reliant. 275 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:18,010 He-hey! 276 00:17:18,060 --> 00:17:20,090 I just look like a dick! 277 00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:24,930 And with London traffic behind us, things were actually looking good. 278 00:17:24,980 --> 00:17:28,050 At least, so I thought. 279 00:17:28,100 --> 00:17:30,290 Chris, what's that smell? 280 00:17:30,340 --> 00:17:32,130 Ooh. 281 00:17:32,180 --> 00:17:37,370 'Just 26 miles into our journey, my Reliant gave another hint 282 00:17:37,420 --> 00:17:39,370 'that it might be the cheaper car.' 283 00:17:39,420 --> 00:17:42,210 The temperature gauge just started going up, up, up. 284 00:17:42,260 --> 00:17:45,340 It's just water, coolant, it's overheating. It's not oil smoke. 285 00:17:52,420 --> 00:17:54,690 - That'll be it. - That's the problem. - That's it. 286 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:57,330 - That's the problem. - Be fine now. 287 00:17:57,380 --> 00:18:00,500 Problem solved. Soon we were back on the road. 288 00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:06,170 - Hey, Matt, how's the car? - Running like a top now! Runs great. 289 00:18:06,220 --> 00:18:08,360 Blackpool, here we come! 290 00:18:10,980 --> 00:18:13,450 I just saw a sign for Oxford. 291 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:16,530 - Does that mean we're near Blackpool? - Not really, to be honest. 292 00:18:16,580 --> 00:18:20,740 - Um, no. We're sort of half the country away still. - Right. 293 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:24,410 'And then...' 294 00:18:24,460 --> 00:18:27,810 The temperature gauge has pinged. It's all the way high again. 295 00:18:27,860 --> 00:18:31,690 If you don't want to go to Blackpool, just say. 296 00:18:31,740 --> 00:18:34,650 'Frankly, this was getting a little suspect. 297 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:40,130 'A UK versus US challenge in British three-wheelers on a British TV show 298 00:18:40,180 --> 00:18:42,810 'and the car they'd given to the American 299 00:18:42,860 --> 00:18:46,650 'decided to roll over and die... again.' 300 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:50,330 You know, you watch Top Gear on TV and you see them 301 00:18:50,380 --> 00:18:54,570 driving Bentleys and Porsches, and they invite you 302 00:18:54,620 --> 00:18:58,210 to be on the show, you say, "Sure, that sounds great." 303 00:18:58,260 --> 00:19:02,130 And they make you drive this... from here to eternity. 304 00:19:02,180 --> 00:19:04,370 And his runs fine. 305 00:19:04,420 --> 00:19:07,170 You all right? 306 00:19:10,460 --> 00:19:13,210 - Honestly... - Does it look like I'm all right? 307 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:15,810 - It's nothing to do with me. - I'm happy. - Are you? 308 00:19:15,860 --> 00:19:18,970 Don't I look happy? That's my happy face. 309 00:19:19,020 --> 00:19:21,370 It's a good face. You're a great actor. 310 00:19:21,420 --> 00:19:23,850 It goes up on the corners, like this. 311 00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:28,450 Still 200 miles from Blackpool, we put our heads together 312 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:31,300 and got Matt's car back in the groove. 313 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:37,700 Drives itself, this thing, really. 314 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:42,450 But as we pushed north, the chilly winter air started to bite. 315 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:47,220 Fortunately, though, the producers had kindly packed some extra clothing. 316 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:52,810 It's now raining, it's much darker, it's much colder. 317 00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:58,050 I'm dressed like Captain Birdseye. Matt is dressed like a bear. 318 00:19:58,100 --> 00:20:00,850 When this piece is over, I'm going to have a good long talk 319 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:03,290 with the wardrobe department. 320 00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:06,010 Got to be firm. Behind closed doors. 321 00:20:07,860 --> 00:20:09,900 With a stick. 322 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:14,730 - A big stick. - But ever the professional, 323 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:19,170 LeBlanc soon got stuck into his first ever Top Gear car review. 324 00:20:19,220 --> 00:20:22,250 Let's talk about this gem of an automobile here. 325 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:25,220 Acceleration -- can't tell. 326 00:20:26,220 --> 00:20:30,130 Handling -- can't tell. 327 00:20:30,180 --> 00:20:33,330 The clock works, apparently. 328 00:20:33,380 --> 00:20:35,420 It's midnight. 329 00:20:36,620 --> 00:20:40,900 The fabric on the seats is disgusting. 330 00:20:42,820 --> 00:20:45,530 I wonder when they finished the first prototype, 331 00:20:45,580 --> 00:20:50,490 did they shine it all up, step back, look at it and say, 332 00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:52,810 "Oh, yeah, nailed it"? 333 00:20:52,860 --> 00:20:55,660 Do you think that was the conversation? 334 00:20:57,820 --> 00:21:00,690 'Delirium was beginning to take hold...' 335 00:21:05,660 --> 00:21:07,970 '.. of both of us.' 336 00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:12,450 My windscreen wiper is now imitating the sound 337 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:15,980 of a seagull at the seaside. 338 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:20,330 'But the great British public were still doing their bit 339 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:22,520 'to cheer us on our way.' 340 00:21:24,260 --> 00:21:26,490 How you doin'? 341 00:21:26,540 --> 00:21:29,770 'And by the time we got north of a place called Birmingham...' 342 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:32,250 Do we have to pay for the one that's on the truck? 343 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:34,780 '.. morale had hit rock bottom.' 344 00:21:35,940 --> 00:21:38,700 Oh, it's really raining now. 345 00:21:41,140 --> 00:21:43,130 Hey, listen, you know what? 346 00:21:43,180 --> 00:21:46,490 Between the cold weather and these flashing yellow lights, 347 00:21:46,540 --> 00:21:49,010 I'm going to lose my mind, man. 348 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,330 'Time for decisive action. 349 00:21:52,380 --> 00:21:55,210 'I figured my Reliant had about ten miles left in it, 350 00:21:55,260 --> 00:21:58,450 'and while I hadn't been able to drive to Blackpool, 351 00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:01,210 'I could at least drive into Blackpool.' 352 00:22:01,260 --> 00:22:04,250 So this is what we're going to do -- we're going to pull over, 353 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:10,820 get the car off the truck and, hopefully, she lasts into Blackpool. 354 00:22:11,820 --> 00:22:15,250 You're going to last, aren't you? Honey? Come on. 355 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:19,770 'Despite being lumbered with the worst car in the world, 356 00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:23,570 'Matt was determined to get there under his own steam. 357 00:22:23,620 --> 00:22:28,860 'Or, as it turned out, his own smoke. Lots of his own smoke.' 358 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:34,130 That's more smoke than I've ever seen 359 00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:36,810 coming out of a car that isn't on fire. 360 00:22:36,860 --> 00:22:38,810 I'm not stopping again. 361 00:22:38,860 --> 00:22:41,460 I'm going to go until it blows up. 362 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:46,260 - If I see an actual flame, I will tell you. - Thanks, bro. 363 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:51,220 Matt, we are so close to Blackpool. Please make it. 364 00:22:52,660 --> 00:22:54,700 Come on, baby. 365 00:22:57,340 --> 00:23:00,460 We're going to do it. We're going to do it. 366 00:23:01,460 --> 00:23:03,500 Oh, it just died! 367 00:23:05,780 --> 00:23:08,810 Come on, we're there, Matt! We're there! You can't stop! 368 00:23:08,860 --> 00:23:11,730 It won't restart. 369 00:23:11,780 --> 00:23:14,730 'There was only one thing for it.' 370 00:23:14,780 --> 00:23:16,770 'The love tap.' 371 00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:22,340 - It's running! It's running! Go! - Come on, Matt's car! 372 00:23:24,340 --> 00:23:26,730 Purring like a kitten. Woo! 373 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:29,450 Thanks, Chris. Thanks for the start. 374 00:23:30,580 --> 00:23:34,530 Come on, Matthew! We're going to make it. 375 00:23:34,580 --> 00:23:38,370 OK, come on, baby. Hold it together. It's about 500 metres. 376 00:23:38,420 --> 00:23:40,560 Blackpool, here we come! 377 00:23:41,540 --> 00:23:44,740 - Yes! - All right! We made it! Woo! - Woo! 378 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:48,540 LeBlancpool! Genius. 379 00:23:50,620 --> 00:23:54,820 - Yeah-heh! - Yee-haw! 380 00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:02,650 Matt LeBlancpool. It doesn't get any better than that, does it? 381 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:04,730 No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't. 382 00:24:04,780 --> 00:24:06,770 - But as you and I both know... - Oh, yes. 383 00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:12,050 .. it did get wetter, windier, wilder and weirder. That's right. 384 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:16,250 More Top Gear presenter torture I really did not sign up for coming up. 385 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:18,690 - Yeah, sorry about that. See you later. - Yeah, OK. - OK. 386 00:24:18,740 --> 00:24:21,210 All right, how about we now meet tonight's 387 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:24,900 Star in a Reasonably Priced Car? 388 00:24:26,540 --> 00:24:30,450 Well, we can't. 389 00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:34,610 How about we meet tonight's Two Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car? 390 00:24:38,620 --> 00:24:40,700 Well... 391 00:24:42,580 --> 00:24:45,530 .. that's not going to happen either, I'm afraid. 392 00:24:45,580 --> 00:24:48,330 But how about we meet tonight's two stars 393 00:24:48,380 --> 00:24:52,890 in a brand-new rally cross car? 394 00:24:52,940 --> 00:24:56,930 We can do that! Please welcome Gordon Ramsay and Jesse Eisenberg! 395 00:25:08,660 --> 00:25:11,730 Jesse, how are you? Gordon, how are you? Come and sit down. 396 00:25:11,780 --> 00:25:14,730 - Thank you. - Come on, guys. - Thank you very much. 397 00:25:14,780 --> 00:25:16,770 - Jesse Eisenberg, Gordon Ramsay. - Thank you. 398 00:25:16,820 --> 00:25:19,690 Thank you. 399 00:25:19,740 --> 00:25:23,370 - Gentlemen, welcome. - Thank you so much. - Good to see you. 400 00:25:23,420 --> 00:25:26,410 - Welcome to the programme. So first of all, Jesse. - Yes. 401 00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:29,490 Can you tell us, please, what Gordon's up to at the moment? 402 00:25:29,540 --> 00:25:31,530 Yes, of course. I've been rehearsing this. 403 00:25:31,580 --> 00:25:34,130 Yes, Gordon Ramsay, who is currently seated to my right, 404 00:25:34,180 --> 00:25:37,770 is preparing to compete in an ironman in June to raise money 405 00:25:37,820 --> 00:25:41,250 for the Gordon and Tana Ramsay Foundation, as well as which 406 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:45,170 he will be making a record sixth appearance in Soccer Aid, 407 00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:49,570 where he'll once again be risking actual bodily harm, like this. 408 00:25:56,420 --> 00:25:59,300 - Painful. - Ow! 409 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:03,170 And, Gordon, how long were you affected by that injury for? 410 00:26:03,220 --> 00:26:05,130 Cos you were stretchered off, weren't you? 411 00:26:05,180 --> 00:26:07,490 I was ill for about five weeks after that 412 00:26:07,540 --> 00:26:09,130 because I just didn't expect it. 413 00:26:09,180 --> 00:26:11,170 It's not as if you can prepare yourself 414 00:26:11,220 --> 00:26:14,170 and get sort of tense to take the hit. So, yeah, naughty Teddy. 415 00:26:14,220 --> 00:26:17,050 - And have you seen Sheringham since? - Funnily enough, no. 416 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:19,290 Now, can you do me a favour? 417 00:26:19,340 --> 00:26:21,770 Can you tell us what Jesse's up to at the moment, please? 418 00:26:21,820 --> 00:26:24,610 - Yes, I would, but I can't - BLEEP - see that. It's so, so small. 419 00:26:24,660 --> 00:26:26,650 Can't really see. That's better. 420 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:28,490 It is tiny. It is. It is... 421 00:26:28,540 --> 00:26:30,530 Jesus, that... that is super small. Thank you. 422 00:26:30,580 --> 00:26:33,410 So, Jesse Eisenberg, currently seated to my left, 423 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:37,410 is performing in the incredible satirical comedy play The Spoils, 424 00:26:37,460 --> 00:26:39,450 written by Jesse himself. 425 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:41,690 It's playing now at Trafalgar Studios. 426 00:26:41,740 --> 00:26:45,890 Sadly, obviously, there's no video available, but here's another clip 427 00:26:45,940 --> 00:26:49,260 of me getting clattered again, this time in slow motion. 428 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,660 Oh! Oh! 429 00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:57,890 And watch this -- just have a look at this. 430 00:26:57,940 --> 00:27:00,410 Any sympathy? I don't think so. 431 00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:05,740 That's... 432 00:27:06,940 --> 00:27:09,730 - All right, cars. Are you ready, boys? - Sure. - Yes. 433 00:27:09,780 --> 00:27:13,170 OK, audience, you are going to decide who lays claim to, 434 00:27:13,220 --> 00:27:17,450 first of all, as far as these two are concerned, best first car. 435 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:21,210 Let's go with Gordon first. Gordon's first car? 436 00:27:21,260 --> 00:27:23,730 A Fiat Strada. 437 00:27:23,780 --> 00:27:26,490 That's shocking. Can I just apologise about the hair as well? 438 00:27:26,540 --> 00:27:31,210 - Sorry. Jesus. - Well, it may have to become best first car and hair, this feature. 439 00:27:31,260 --> 00:27:33,330 So we have the Strada. 440 00:27:33,380 --> 00:27:35,330 OK, best first car. Your first car, Jesse? 441 00:27:35,380 --> 00:27:38,170 Yes, my first car was, like, a Honda Accord. 442 00:27:38,220 --> 00:27:40,930 - Honda Accord! Here we go. - Yeah! 443 00:27:40,980 --> 00:27:45,690 - Yes, yes, yes. - Once again, I'm feeling this is best first car and hair competition. 444 00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:48,090 Yeah, yeah, I... See, I had a haircut at the time 445 00:27:48,140 --> 00:27:50,730 cos I couldn't fit in that car with that haircut. 446 00:27:50,780 --> 00:27:54,170 And... yes. No, that car, by the time I got it, it had probably been 447 00:27:54,220 --> 00:27:57,450 through, like, 35 owners, including, like, Henry Ford. 448 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:00,770 And it was so broken down that the engine would overheat 449 00:28:00,820 --> 00:28:03,410 every time I drove it, so I had to drive with the heat fully on 450 00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:05,210 in order to extract the heat from it. 451 00:28:05,260 --> 00:28:08,570 I don't even know if that's true. My dad said I had to drive with the heat fully on, 452 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,090 which now, in retrospect, seems like a practical joke 453 00:28:11,140 --> 00:28:13,450 he was playing on me, but then seemed totally logical. 454 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:16,050 OK, so audience, you decide. Best first car. 455 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:18,130 Let's have a look at them both again, here we go. 456 00:28:18,180 --> 00:28:20,970 It is a cheer for Gordon's Fiat Strada... 457 00:28:21,020 --> 00:28:24,420 .. and hair. 458 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:29,850 Or Jesse's Honda Accord and hair. 459 00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:32,250 Ooh, Jesse just gets that one, don't you think so? 460 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:34,930 - He just gets it. - One-nil, Jesse, congratulations. - One-nil. 461 00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:38,690 Are you ready for best car ever now? Gordon's best car ever. 462 00:28:38,740 --> 00:28:41,250 - Oh! - Oh! 463 00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:42,530 The LaFerrari. 464 00:28:42,580 --> 00:28:44,770 Yes, an absolute beast. 465 00:28:44,820 --> 00:28:46,850 How long have you owned yours for? 466 00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:49,850 I got delivery... yeah, about nine months ago. 467 00:28:49,900 --> 00:28:53,130 - Right. - I told Tana I was buying an electric car. 468 00:28:53,180 --> 00:28:55,770 Well, it is a little bit electric, isn't it, I suppose? 469 00:28:55,820 --> 00:28:57,810 - Isn't it? - A little bit electric. 470 00:28:57,860 --> 00:29:00,570 Can you recall the first ever drive you had in your LaFerrari? 471 00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:03,410 Yes. Meg asked if I'd go and pick her up from school, 472 00:29:03,460 --> 00:29:08,050 so she had, like, a netball tournament up in Ascot. 473 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:12,050 So I took a little spin out there, literally from the showroom 474 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:16,970 - and drew up in the school and Meg went - BLEEP - crazy. 475 00:29:17,020 --> 00:29:19,490 She said, "Dad, how can you embarrass me like this? 476 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:21,490 "The noise of the car, we had to stop playing, 477 00:29:21,540 --> 00:29:23,330 "everybody's staring at me." 478 00:29:23,380 --> 00:29:25,770 And I said, "But you've got no idea, this car's..." 479 00:29:25,820 --> 00:29:29,090 She said, "Yeah, but you look like a grandad in a Batman's car." 480 00:29:29,140 --> 00:29:33,250 So this is your best ever car now. 481 00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:36,130 But you may have a sort of future best car. 482 00:29:36,180 --> 00:29:39,810 There's one on the way. There's another little thing proving... 483 00:29:39,860 --> 00:29:42,890 - What's this? What's this? - So this is from Ferrari. 484 00:29:42,940 --> 00:29:46,090 And I got it sent about three months ago. 485 00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:49,210 And they're doing a limited edition of the LaFerrari. 486 00:29:49,260 --> 00:29:51,610 - So what are we talking about? - The LaFerrari Spider. 487 00:29:51,660 --> 00:29:55,170 They made 499 of these beauties. These, I think, they're making 100. 488 00:29:55,220 --> 00:29:57,530 - 150. - OK. - There's the key. - Wow. 489 00:29:57,580 --> 00:30:00,690 This is the first proof on TV, radio or in a magazine that this car exists, 490 00:30:00,740 --> 00:30:04,730 cos anybody you ask about this car to do with Ferrari, they go, maybe, maybe not. 491 00:30:04,780 --> 00:30:07,650 But you have actually ordered one, and this is what they've sent you? 492 00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:10,570 - Yes. - So you've parted with a lot of money, and they've sent you a box? 493 00:30:10,620 --> 00:30:13,250 Yes. 494 00:30:13,300 --> 00:30:15,610 Well, you're a very lucky boy, well done. 495 00:30:15,660 --> 00:30:18,050 And if this is ever going to be attached to anything else, 496 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:20,450 - then good luck with that, too. - It's great. 497 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:25,290 - So, Jesse, you are up for best car ever against LaFerrari. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 498 00:30:25,340 --> 00:30:27,930 What are we thinking about Jesse's chances here, everybody? 499 00:30:27,980 --> 00:30:30,250 Yeah. I need some kind of spaceship to compete with it. 500 00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:33,610 - Remember, it's your vote that counts. - I think I might win the sympathy vote. 501 00:30:33,660 --> 00:30:37,290 The nicest car I've ever had was that Honda Accord from the previous image. 502 00:30:37,340 --> 00:30:39,810 - No, come on, it's not. Come on. - Yes, it is, it is. It is, it is. 503 00:30:39,860 --> 00:30:42,970 No. I moved to... I moved to New York City, I ride a bicycle. 504 00:30:43,020 --> 00:30:44,810 Didn't you have a Nissan once? 505 00:30:44,860 --> 00:30:48,010 No, no, I learned to drive on, like, I think maybe an Altima, a Nissan Altima. 506 00:30:48,060 --> 00:30:50,130 But it was also not a good car. I mean, not... 507 00:30:50,180 --> 00:30:54,130 - At the time it was really... you know, had been used by several generations. - All right. 508 00:30:54,180 --> 00:30:56,930 So far, the LaFerrari or the Nissan Altima, what are we thinking? 509 00:30:56,980 --> 00:31:01,050 Wait, wait, before they vote, can I just say, mine has an air freshener in there. 510 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:03,650 We need something better than a Nissan Altima. 511 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:06,290 Do you have any experience of another car that might be 512 00:31:06,340 --> 00:31:09,890 - a bit better that we can represent you with? - Yes, I was in a Porsche one time. - A Porsche! 513 00:31:09,940 --> 00:31:12,210 Shall we take the Porsche? Let's take the Porsche. 514 00:31:12,260 --> 00:31:16,050 - What kind of Porsche was it? Why were you in it? - I've no idea on either of those. I don't know. 515 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:18,970 No, I wound up in it for maybe 30 seconds -- does that count? 516 00:31:19,020 --> 00:31:22,410 Yes, of course. It's going to have to, cos we can't put this against LaFerrari. 517 00:31:22,460 --> 00:31:25,770 Did it look a bit like this one, perhaps? 356, was it like that? 518 00:31:25,820 --> 00:31:28,770 - Oh, that's nice. - It looked nothing like that. - Gorgeous car, by the way. 519 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:32,130 - Beautiful. - Nothing like that? - Nothing like that. - OK, was it more like this one? 520 00:31:32,180 --> 00:31:34,530 - 2.7 RS? - No, no, it was much more modern. - Really? - Yeah. 521 00:31:34,580 --> 00:31:37,770 - OK. Was it like this one? Carrera GT? - Oh. 522 00:31:37,820 --> 00:31:40,290 It was somewhere between the yellow one and this one, yeah. 523 00:31:40,340 --> 00:31:43,330 OK, was it like this one? 524 00:31:43,380 --> 00:31:45,850 - Just use your acting skill. Say yes... - Got it. 525 00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:49,130 - Was it like that? - Yeah, it was exactly that one. - OK, perfect! Perfect. 526 00:31:51,660 --> 00:31:53,850 OK, so once... Once again, you're in charge. 527 00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:56,890 - OK, remember, Gordon's one down here, everybody, OK? - Yes. Come on. 528 00:31:56,940 --> 00:32:00,290 Best car ever between Gordon Ramsay and Jesse Eisenberg. 529 00:32:00,340 --> 00:32:03,970 Is it Gordon's LaFerrari, or is it Jesse's 918? 530 00:32:04,020 --> 00:32:06,760 Let's hear it for Gordon's LaFerrari. 531 00:32:09,220 --> 00:32:12,330 Let's hear it for Jesse's 918! 532 00:32:12,380 --> 00:32:14,890 - Oh, no! - Nothing. Not even one person. - Gordon wins. 533 00:32:14,940 --> 00:32:17,730 I should have brought my mother here, she would have voted for me. 534 00:32:17,780 --> 00:32:19,730 It's one-all. It couldn't be more exciting. 535 00:32:19,780 --> 00:32:22,250 Shall we have the decider as the lap? 536 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,570 - Yes! - Yes. 537 00:32:24,620 --> 00:32:27,490 OK, let's go with Gordon first. 538 00:32:27,540 --> 00:32:31,170 Here we go. Our muddy Mini Cooper, then. 539 00:32:31,220 --> 00:32:34,730 136 horsepower of prime British beef. 540 00:32:34,780 --> 00:32:38,460 - Come on. - Can he handle it? - Let's go, baby. - BLEEP - nail this one. 541 00:32:39,860 --> 00:32:42,090 First corner. Here it is. 542 00:32:42,140 --> 00:32:44,690 All change, sharp right-hander now. 543 00:32:44,740 --> 00:32:48,890 And straight onto our first dirt section, everybody. 544 00:32:48,940 --> 00:32:51,450 And the water splash, brand-new. 545 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:53,820 Look at that, woohoo! 546 00:32:56,260 --> 00:32:58,930 Oh, very nice, Gordon. 547 00:32:58,980 --> 00:33:01,100 Into Hammerhead. 548 00:33:04,180 --> 00:33:07,210 Oh, come on! Round of applause, ladies and gentlemen. 549 00:33:07,260 --> 00:33:10,690 Excellent control. Right, our second off-road section. 550 00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:13,530 - Heading towards the hairpin. - Come on. 551 00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:16,410 Apparently, the fastest way around this is with a handbrake turn. 552 00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:19,290 Does he go for it? Yes, yes, he does go for it with a handbrake turn. 553 00:33:19,340 --> 00:33:21,650 - Used the handbrake? - Up. 554 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:24,730 Coming up, our jump. Our brand-new jump. 555 00:33:24,780 --> 00:33:28,290 And... all right! Big air there from Gordon Ramsay. 556 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:30,530 More big air from Gordon Ramsay. 557 00:33:30,580 --> 00:33:33,770 Right, back onto terra firma and approaching the tyre wall. 558 00:33:33,820 --> 00:33:36,330 - Oh. - Left, left, left, left. 559 00:33:36,380 --> 00:33:39,330 - Get out of the - BLEEP - way, bird. Before I eat you. 560 00:33:39,380 --> 00:33:43,330 His next-to-last corner. This often catches lots of people out. 561 00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:46,850 Very tidy. Bit of counter-steering there. 562 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:50,770 And finally round Gambon, and he's across the line. 563 00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:53,500 There you go. 564 00:33:54,860 --> 00:33:59,570 - How did that look? - Loved that. - Yeah? - Great. 565 00:33:59,620 --> 00:34:02,610 - First-ever lap time. - I know, thank you. - OK. - Thank you. 566 00:34:02,660 --> 00:34:04,650 - OK. Right. Jesse. - Yeah. 567 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:08,130 How did that look to you, compared to how you think yours turned out? 568 00:34:08,180 --> 00:34:12,570 Well, that's how I pictured myself, but I'm sure I look a lot different. 569 00:34:12,620 --> 00:34:14,610 - Shall we have a look? - If you need to. 570 00:34:14,660 --> 00:34:17,290 Jesse's lap. Here we go, come on, everybody! 571 00:34:17,340 --> 00:34:20,530 This is the one. 572 00:34:20,580 --> 00:34:23,730 Into the first corner. Looking smooth. 573 00:34:23,780 --> 00:34:28,890 No tyre squeal there. Slow and steady... could win the race. 574 00:34:28,940 --> 00:34:32,610 OK, fight all instincts to go too fast, this is really slippery. 575 00:34:32,660 --> 00:34:35,490 Towards the water splash, let's have a look. 576 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:37,380 Yay! 577 00:34:39,340 --> 00:34:41,730 OK. Bit of trail-braking there. 578 00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:43,770 Call it what you like, I'm not quite sure, 579 00:34:43,820 --> 00:34:46,130 never seen it before, to be honest. 580 00:34:46,180 --> 00:34:49,650 All right, now. There he is through Hammerhead. 581 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:51,650 Enjoying the scenery as he goes. 582 00:34:51,700 --> 00:34:54,290 Will he ever get to the second off-road section? 583 00:34:54,340 --> 00:34:57,050 And, yes, he's on the second off-road section. 584 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,370 Now the thing with the handbrake. 585 00:34:59,420 --> 00:35:01,330 Can we see the Scandinavian flick? 586 00:35:01,380 --> 00:35:03,930 Actually, that wasn't bad, I don't think. That was all right. 587 00:35:03,980 --> 00:35:06,130 Hey, thank you very much for your pity. 588 00:35:06,180 --> 00:35:09,650 And air. There's some air! 589 00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:11,890 Nice through the tyres there. 590 00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:14,610 Next-to-last corner, hard left. 591 00:35:14,660 --> 00:35:17,090 Tight, good line. 592 00:35:17,140 --> 00:35:22,450 And round Gambon, and Jesse is over the line. 593 00:35:28,220 --> 00:35:30,100 OK, so... 594 00:35:32,100 --> 00:35:34,290 What do you think, guys? 595 00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:36,410 I have an idea. 596 00:35:36,460 --> 00:35:39,770 The thing about the conditions today was they were near perfect. 597 00:35:39,820 --> 00:35:43,290 And so one of you could end up top of our leaderboard. 598 00:35:43,340 --> 00:35:45,730 Right, right. 599 00:35:45,780 --> 00:35:48,770 Well, Gordon, this is automatically the fastest lap ever 600 00:35:48,820 --> 00:35:51,570 until we have Jesse's, because it's the first lap ever. 601 00:35:51,620 --> 00:35:54,050 Gordon Ramsay, you did our brand-new rallycross circuit 602 00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:56,540 in our rallycross car... 603 00:35:58,420 --> 00:36:00,890 .. in 1:56.3, everybody! 604 00:36:00,940 --> 00:36:04,970 - Yeah. I'll take that. - Well done. - I'll take that. 605 00:36:05,020 --> 00:36:07,690 - There for now. - All right. - Yes. 606 00:36:10,820 --> 00:36:15,010 - OK. - Yeah. - Jesse, looking at 1:56.3 and seeing the film... 607 00:36:15,060 --> 00:36:17,210 - Yeah. - .. what would you like to be? 608 00:36:17,260 --> 00:36:20,250 I think you could just move that colon over one... one number. 609 00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:23,330 OK. 15 minutes, 63 seconds. 610 00:36:23,380 --> 00:36:25,770 Would you like to be under two minutes? 611 00:36:25,820 --> 00:36:28,370 - Would you like...? What do you think? - I'm just happy I'm alive. 612 00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:30,890 So, yeah, whatever you want to put me on. I don't care. 613 00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:32,330 OK, well, I can tell you, 614 00:36:32,380 --> 00:36:36,530 Jesse Eisenberg went round our course in one... 615 00:36:36,580 --> 00:36:38,490 - Yes! - Oh! 616 00:36:38,540 --> 00:36:43,210 - I'm joking. - Oh! - 2:10.9 seconds. There you go, Jesse Eisenberg! 617 00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:45,130 Hey! 618 00:36:45,180 --> 00:36:47,890 Going to be close together, closer together. Thank you, Jesse. 619 00:36:47,940 --> 00:36:50,970 - You know what, that's not bad. - Thank you, Gordon. - Thank you so much. 620 00:36:51,020 --> 00:36:53,220 Come on, guys! 621 00:36:56,940 --> 00:37:01,010 I don't know about you, but I often lie awake in bed thinking, 622 00:37:01,060 --> 00:37:03,690 "When they approach Top Gear to remake Lawrence of Arabia -- 623 00:37:03,740 --> 00:37:05,610 "which they will -- 624 00:37:05,660 --> 00:37:08,690 "what car are we going to replace the camel with?" 625 00:37:08,740 --> 00:37:11,610 Well, those crazy Brits who came up with this, 626 00:37:11,660 --> 00:37:15,210 the bonkers Ariel Atom, think they might have the answer. 627 00:37:15,260 --> 00:37:17,300 Check this out. 628 00:37:18,380 --> 00:37:20,740 It's called the Nomad. 629 00:37:23,660 --> 00:37:26,200 And it's some sort of off-roader. 630 00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:30,570 Look, I don't really want to start by picking apart 631 00:37:30,620 --> 00:37:33,530 your strange British cars, but as an off-roader, 632 00:37:33,580 --> 00:37:37,170 the Nomad does suffer a few tiny flaws. 633 00:37:37,220 --> 00:37:39,610 'First of all, getting in.' 634 00:37:39,660 --> 00:37:42,700 No. 635 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:53,930 A door would have been nice. 636 00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:57,050 'And where most off-roaders have four-wheel drive, 637 00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:59,650 'the Nomad makes do with just two.' 638 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:04,610 So if you get stuck, you're probably not going to get unstuck. 639 00:38:04,660 --> 00:38:09,450 'Worse still, as you can clearly see, the Nomad is full of holes.' 640 00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:14,220 Yeah, getting wet here. Getting really quite wet. Yeah. 641 00:38:15,340 --> 00:38:19,690 'So, as a conventional off-roader, the Nomad is completely useless. 642 00:38:19,740 --> 00:38:24,090 'But conventional can be so... boring.' 643 00:38:24,140 --> 00:38:26,180 Woo! 644 00:38:27,380 --> 00:38:31,820 On a surface like this, you simply shouldn't be able to go this fast. 645 00:38:33,820 --> 00:38:38,740 Behind my head is the latest 2.4 litre four-cylinder Honda engine. 646 00:38:40,140 --> 00:38:42,140 Makes 235 horsepower. 647 00:38:43,260 --> 00:38:45,650 In an age of 600 horsepower family sedans, 648 00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:48,220 that doesn't seem like a lot. 649 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:55,210 'And it's not a lot. 650 00:38:55,260 --> 00:38:58,690 'But because the Nomad weighs as much as your mother's G-string...' 651 00:38:58,740 --> 00:39:01,370 .. this thing hauls ass! 652 00:39:01,420 --> 00:39:05,210 0-60 takes just 3.4 seconds. 653 00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:08,090 And unless your other car is a superbike, 654 00:39:08,140 --> 00:39:12,140 or a cheetah with a saddle on it, that ought to be enough. 655 00:39:13,380 --> 00:39:17,580 'And so should its top speed. Sure, it's only 125mph...' 656 00:39:18,780 --> 00:39:21,610 .. but it feels like more. Much, much more! 657 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:26,780 This is not off-roading. This is low-level flight. 658 00:39:33,060 --> 00:39:36,090 Because this car is from the same people who brought you the Atom, 659 00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:38,290 the time they've saved on styling 660 00:39:38,340 --> 00:39:41,140 has been spent on the important stuff. 661 00:39:42,220 --> 00:39:46,090 The suspension is the same kind of stuff they use in World Rally cars, 662 00:39:46,140 --> 00:39:50,650 so the Nomad can absorb bumps that'd split most cars clean in half. 663 00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:54,130 Look at all that suspensioning. 664 00:39:54,180 --> 00:39:57,100 Suspend! Suspend! 665 00:39:58,420 --> 00:40:01,160 Oh! Oh, yes! Smooth, like a Cadillac! 666 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:08,440 And there's more cleverness. 667 00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:13,250 This bodywork, if you can call it that, 668 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:15,650 is made of the same material as traffic cones, 669 00:40:15,700 --> 00:40:17,690 so it'll bend instead of dent 670 00:40:17,740 --> 00:40:21,580 if you were to accidentally bump into, say, a medium-sized mountain. 671 00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:27,970 And look -- unlike the Atom, there's a windshield. For obvious reasons. 672 00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:30,060 Such as the wind. 673 00:40:31,860 --> 00:40:34,410 But maybe the Nomad's neatest trick is that 674 00:40:34,460 --> 00:40:37,000 it isn't just brilliant off-road. 675 00:40:38,180 --> 00:40:43,330 Most of your hardcore lightweights -- your Atoms, your Caterhams, 676 00:40:43,380 --> 00:40:46,570 your Radicals -- yeah, they're great on a race track, 677 00:40:46,620 --> 00:40:50,320 but they can be pretty hard work on real world roads. 678 00:40:50,740 --> 00:40:53,770 But the Nomad is more approachable. 679 00:40:53,820 --> 00:40:57,330 You can really feel the suspension doing its thing. 680 00:40:57,380 --> 00:40:59,650 You feel the limits of the tyres. 681 00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:02,500 A really flickable chassis. I love it. 682 00:41:03,540 --> 00:41:08,450 You really feel part of the action. You feel, I don't know, plugged in. 683 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:13,050 'And, OK, £33,000 is quite a lot of money for a car 684 00:41:13,100 --> 00:41:15,700 'with no luggage space or doors...' 685 00:41:17,460 --> 00:41:20,540 .. but honestly, it's the most fun you can have in a car. 686 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:24,730 Whoa! 687 00:41:24,780 --> 00:41:27,290 Well, the most fun you can have with your clothes on. 688 00:41:27,340 --> 00:41:31,330 I remember one time, I was with this, er... 689 00:41:31,380 --> 00:41:34,210 Well, there was two of them actually... 690 00:41:34,260 --> 00:41:36,250 Oh, they were supposed to cut that out. 691 00:41:36,300 --> 00:41:42,170 So it's quick both on and off-road, which in no way begs the question, 692 00:41:42,220 --> 00:41:46,610 does this make the Nomad the world's best all-terrain getaway car? 693 00:41:46,660 --> 00:41:50,050 As we all know, one of the hazards of modern Britain is being 694 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,330 pursued by bloodthirsty evil villains. 695 00:41:53,380 --> 00:41:57,210 'Or to give them their Latin name, paparazzi. 696 00:41:57,260 --> 00:42:00,090 'But can the Nomad outrun them?' 697 00:42:00,140 --> 00:42:03,210 To find out we've assembled three of the most vicious, 698 00:42:03,260 --> 00:42:05,930 cold-blooded villains on the planet. 699 00:42:07,180 --> 00:42:08,700 Scum. 700 00:42:12,140 --> 00:42:14,690 This is Barry. Pure evil. 701 00:42:14,740 --> 00:42:18,420 He's going to be chasing me with this kid's toy. Good luck. 702 00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:26,250 This is Dave. Ruthless, heartless, homeless, probably. 703 00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:28,440 He'll be on a dirt bike. 704 00:42:29,620 --> 00:42:32,810 Meet Pete. Basically a lizard with opposable thumbs. 705 00:42:32,860 --> 00:42:34,700 He'll be on... 706 00:42:35,780 --> 00:42:38,380 .. whatever that is. Put that down! 707 00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:44,770 'The challenge is, can these villains get a clean photo 708 00:42:44,820 --> 00:42:46,890 'of me in the Nomad?' 709 00:42:46,940 --> 00:42:50,170 Let's find out. 710 00:42:50,220 --> 00:42:52,210 On my mark, get... 711 00:42:52,260 --> 00:42:54,300 Nah, just go! 712 00:43:01,180 --> 00:43:03,530 'We'd agreed I'd get a one-minute head start,' 713 00:43:03,580 --> 00:43:07,010 'but the villains, being villains, didn't play fair. 714 00:43:07,060 --> 00:43:09,610 'Dave's bike took off like a shot. 715 00:43:09,660 --> 00:43:13,690 'Barry's camera drone took off like a... camera drone, 716 00:43:13,740 --> 00:43:16,940 'and Pete took off like a... drunk puppet.' 717 00:43:21,780 --> 00:43:23,970 So, how to escape the villains. 718 00:43:24,020 --> 00:43:26,060 Tip one -- weaving. 719 00:43:32,940 --> 00:43:35,380 Ha-ha! 720 00:43:41,220 --> 00:43:43,560 Tip two -- keep them guessing. 721 00:43:49,940 --> 00:43:54,490 Bike's gone, bike's gone! It's an all-aerial battle now. 722 00:43:54,540 --> 00:43:57,930 Aerial Nomad versus aerial assholes. 723 00:43:57,980 --> 00:44:00,850 Ha-ha! 724 00:44:00,900 --> 00:44:03,440 Tip three -- create a smokescreen. 725 00:44:20,180 --> 00:44:22,220 That ought to do it. 726 00:44:26,980 --> 00:44:30,180 'And drones, it seems, not great with dust.' 727 00:44:32,740 --> 00:44:35,010 Drone down, drone down! 728 00:44:35,060 --> 00:44:37,100 'So long, Barry.' 729 00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:44,340 Then the drunk puppet man met his worst enemy -- a moderate breeze. 730 00:44:51,060 --> 00:44:54,370 Where's he going? I'm pretty sure that's Algeria over there. 731 00:44:54,420 --> 00:44:57,930 That's unlucky. 732 00:44:57,980 --> 00:45:02,340 'But just as I was busy basking in my own smugness... 733 00:45:05,820 --> 00:45:08,330 '.. biker Dave was back.' 734 00:45:08,380 --> 00:45:11,020 Sneaky. So sneaky. 735 00:45:14,140 --> 00:45:17,780 'With the dirt bike hot on my tail, it was time to change the play. 736 00:45:19,220 --> 00:45:22,410 'On tarmac the Nomad's extra grip would, in theory, 737 00:45:22,460 --> 00:45:25,400 'give me the upper hand, especially here.' 738 00:45:29,820 --> 00:45:32,760 See if I can shake him in these twisties. 739 00:45:40,900 --> 00:45:44,020 I think I should be able to get a bit of a gap on him here. 740 00:45:45,460 --> 00:45:48,610 'Sure enough, the Nomad's agility through the corners 741 00:45:48,660 --> 00:45:51,130 'gave me some breathing space.' 742 00:45:52,980 --> 00:45:56,490 So there you go. No match for the Nomad. 743 00:45:56,540 --> 00:46:00,490 'Unless, that is, you hit traffic.' 744 00:46:00,540 --> 00:46:02,580 Ah, man. 745 00:46:05,980 --> 00:46:09,210 ♪ Truckin' got my chips cashed in 746 00:46:09,260 --> 00:46:11,620 ♪ Keep truckin'... ♪ 747 00:46:15,460 --> 00:46:18,250 - Stig! - ♪ .. Just keep truckin' on... ♪ 748 00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:20,860 Stig! A little help! 749 00:46:30,460 --> 00:46:32,180 Oh, yeah. 750 00:46:33,220 --> 00:46:35,100 My man. 751 00:46:38,780 --> 00:46:40,820 Thanks, Stig. 752 00:46:46,660 --> 00:46:50,050 It's dark in here. Whoa, whoa! Something just licked me. 753 00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:53,170 That was brilliant. 754 00:46:53,220 --> 00:46:55,410 - That was fun, that was all fun. - That was brilliant. 755 00:46:55,460 --> 00:46:59,210 - That was a lot of fun. - It was like a movie. - Yes, it was. - Wasn't it? 756 00:46:59,260 --> 00:47:01,250 How great was that? 757 00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:04,330 The Italian Job lives, starring LeBlanc, 758 00:47:04,380 --> 00:47:07,540 LeStig and LeAriel Nomad. 759 00:47:10,660 --> 00:47:12,650 And what you've got to love about the Nomad, 760 00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:15,770 like the Viper, is that they are just built for pleasure alone. 761 00:47:17,860 --> 00:47:21,160 Yeah, that's right. But now back to the pain... 762 00:47:22,980 --> 00:47:26,450 .. as we re-join our USA versus UK challenge. 763 00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:29,370 ♪ With my little stick of Blackpool rock 764 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:33,610 ♪ Along the promenade I stroll... ♪ 765 00:47:33,660 --> 00:47:38,210 We woke to vintage British weather, excited at our first challenge. 766 00:47:38,260 --> 00:47:40,600 But what would we be driving? 767 00:47:41,620 --> 00:47:44,490 Representing the US of A, the Willys Jeep. 768 00:47:44,540 --> 00:47:47,770 Born in the Second World War, the daddy of all off-roaders, 769 00:47:47,820 --> 00:47:50,980 the American definition of tough. 770 00:47:52,740 --> 00:47:56,850 Representing the UK, the Series One Land Rover, 771 00:47:56,900 --> 00:47:59,730 a reliable workhorse so indestructible 772 00:47:59,780 --> 00:48:01,920 it lasted seven decades. 773 00:48:03,460 --> 00:48:05,690 - Oh. - Now we're talking. - Yeah, now we're talking. 774 00:48:05,740 --> 00:48:08,250 - Two legends, yeah. - Two legends. 775 00:48:08,300 --> 00:48:11,490 This is now proper USA against the UK. This is good. 776 00:48:11,540 --> 00:48:13,530 I know, I know, this is it. 777 00:48:13,580 --> 00:48:16,450 This has got -- what's this? A 2.2 litre motor 778 00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:19,730 - and you have a one point... - Six. - .. six litre motor. 779 00:48:19,780 --> 00:48:23,170 Should, on paper, absolutely spank this thing. 780 00:48:23,220 --> 00:48:28,810 I know, but the bloke who invented this had one of those and then, 781 00:48:28,860 --> 00:48:32,010 sort of in his own mind, improved it and came up with 782 00:48:32,060 --> 00:48:36,690 - the Series One, so technically this is a later evolution of that. - OK. 783 00:48:36,740 --> 00:48:39,130 I think we should wait for the weather to get a little more 784 00:48:39,180 --> 00:48:41,090 challenging before we actually begin. 785 00:48:41,140 --> 00:48:44,140 - Yeah, this is a little too balmy. - Yeah. 786 00:48:44,620 --> 00:48:48,850 Soon and, I have to say, a little weirdly, a man in robes appeared. 787 00:48:48,900 --> 00:48:51,610 Ladies and gentlemen, as Mayor, it gives me 788 00:48:51,660 --> 00:48:55,730 great pleasure to welcome our two intrepid challengers. 789 00:48:55,780 --> 00:49:00,890 Your first challenge today will be a simple race -- the speed test. 790 00:49:00,940 --> 00:49:05,770 1km of run-up. Fastest through the timing gate wins. 791 00:49:05,820 --> 00:49:08,160 Gentlemen, to your vehicles. 792 00:49:09,140 --> 00:49:11,620 - OK. - OK, is it all right? 793 00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:18,690 This may take a while. 794 00:49:18,740 --> 00:49:22,010 Since we seem to have some time to kill, here's an interesting fact. 795 00:49:22,060 --> 00:49:25,850 On this very stretch of promenade in 1906, a lady called 796 00:49:25,900 --> 00:49:30,370 Dorothy Levitt set a women's land speed record of 91mph. 797 00:49:30,420 --> 00:49:34,770 Come on, you beauty! For Britain. 798 00:49:34,820 --> 00:49:36,860 Come on! Come on! 799 00:49:39,340 --> 00:49:42,210 Oh, I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried. 800 00:49:42,260 --> 00:49:45,050 Abysmal at best. 801 00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:47,690 - All right? - It was... It was terrible, wasn't it? 802 00:49:47,740 --> 00:49:50,890 Well... I mean... wasn't that bad, Granny. 803 00:49:50,940 --> 00:49:54,250 - What do you think? - I think... 804 00:49:54,300 --> 00:49:59,810 Please, over 50mph. Maybe 49... 48, 49mph. 805 00:49:59,860 --> 00:50:01,850 Your guesses seem to be dropping. 806 00:50:01,900 --> 00:50:04,250 All right, let's see it, come on. 807 00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:06,770 - Oh! - No! 808 00:50:06,820 --> 00:50:08,850 Fine, not that quick. 809 00:50:08,900 --> 00:50:12,260 But the signs weren't looking great for cocky Matt either. 810 00:50:18,020 --> 00:50:20,410 Piece of cake, piece of cake. 811 00:50:20,460 --> 00:50:23,010 Yeah, feel that American power, baby. 812 00:50:23,060 --> 00:50:25,860 - Here we go. Yeah! - Click it there! 813 00:50:27,740 --> 00:50:30,410 Oh, that looked quick, didn't it? 814 00:50:30,460 --> 00:50:32,810 Look at that face. 815 00:50:32,860 --> 00:50:34,930 You know you've beaten us, don't you? Yeah? 816 00:50:34,980 --> 00:50:41,090 - That felt... That felt pretty quick. - OK, erm, 43.81 to beat, OK? - 43.81. 817 00:50:41,140 --> 00:50:43,250 For America's honour. 818 00:50:43,300 --> 00:50:45,330 Oh! Oh-ho-ho-ho! 819 00:50:45,380 --> 00:50:48,490 This is what happens when you mess with the Big Dog. 820 00:50:48,540 --> 00:50:50,850 So that's one-nil to the States 821 00:50:50,900 --> 00:50:54,330 and it was back to robes guy to find out what was next. 822 00:50:54,380 --> 00:50:56,530 'I love this guy.' 823 00:50:56,580 --> 00:50:59,410 It's time for our second challenge. 824 00:50:59,460 --> 00:51:04,210 A British classic, the tug-of-war, here on Blackpool Beach. 825 00:51:04,260 --> 00:51:07,620 On your marks, get set, tug. 826 00:51:08,940 --> 00:51:11,130 With a rope tied between us, 827 00:51:11,180 --> 00:51:13,890 the winner would be the first to spear their balloon 828 00:51:13,940 --> 00:51:17,330 and this time, we'd each be backed by some home-grown muscle. 829 00:51:17,380 --> 00:51:22,610 Helping me were local rugby superheroes, the Fylde Vandals. 830 00:51:22,660 --> 00:51:25,850 And helping me was an American football team 831 00:51:25,900 --> 00:51:28,730 from somewhere called... Blackburn? 832 00:51:28,780 --> 00:51:30,980 The Lancashire Wolverines. 833 00:51:32,540 --> 00:51:36,570 'Then it turned out robes guy had a friend.' 834 00:51:39,380 --> 00:51:44,220 On your marks, get set, GO! 835 00:51:49,220 --> 00:51:51,250 Come on, boys! 836 00:51:51,300 --> 00:51:55,530 - Come on! Come on! - Pull! Come on, pull! 837 00:51:55,580 --> 00:51:58,130 'Never before on Top Gear had so much effort 838 00:51:58,180 --> 00:52:00,580 'produced so little movement.' 839 00:52:02,780 --> 00:52:06,370 'Soon it became clear that neither of us was going anywhere.' 840 00:52:06,420 --> 00:52:08,610 Oh, no, no, no. 841 00:52:08,660 --> 00:52:11,650 'And as Chris threw the rule book out the window, 842 00:52:11,700 --> 00:52:14,930 'the tug-of-war was declared a no-score draw.' 843 00:52:14,980 --> 00:52:18,930 So it remained one-nil to the USA with just one challenge left. 844 00:52:18,980 --> 00:52:21,410 USA, USA, USA! 845 00:52:21,460 --> 00:52:24,290 And so back by popular demand... 846 00:52:24,340 --> 00:52:30,010 Today's final challenge will be a traditional automobile drag race. 847 00:52:30,060 --> 00:52:35,570 But this is Blackpool, so we're doing it bigger, better, brighter. 848 00:52:35,620 --> 00:52:38,900 Welcome to the Top Gear triple-drag challenge. 849 00:52:40,580 --> 00:52:42,770 - Can I go? - No. 850 00:52:42,820 --> 00:52:46,450 We would have to race across the beach, tow a stranded ice cream van 851 00:52:46,500 --> 00:52:50,300 to safety and escort these lovely ladies to the finish line. 852 00:52:51,540 --> 00:52:55,050 So it was drag, drag and drag. 853 00:52:55,100 --> 00:52:57,530 - Three... - Two... - One... 854 00:52:57,580 --> 00:52:59,060 Go! 855 00:53:02,140 --> 00:53:05,890 Oh, no! The American's got the lead! 856 00:53:05,940 --> 00:53:08,340 I can beat him on the reverse. 857 00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:14,050 'As we hitched up to our ice cream vans, 858 00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:16,290 'it was pretty much neck and neck.' 859 00:53:16,340 --> 00:53:21,650 Come on, come on, come on. Come on, come on! Oh, no! 860 00:53:21,700 --> 00:53:26,610 'Until Matt's superior torque started to give him the edge.' 861 00:53:26,660 --> 00:53:29,460 Come on! He's got it absolutely nailed. 862 00:53:31,540 --> 00:53:33,970 'And with just the ladies left to collect, 863 00:53:34,020 --> 00:53:37,730 'I unleashed all 2.2 litres of my Jeep's power.' 864 00:53:37,780 --> 00:53:40,450 See you later. Ha-ha-ha! 865 00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:43,290 'With Chris flailing behind...' 866 00:53:43,340 --> 00:53:46,530 He's already at the drag queens. No! 867 00:53:46,580 --> 00:53:50,210 '.. I picked up Miss UK and made a sprint for the finish.' 868 00:53:50,260 --> 00:53:52,170 Oof! 869 00:53:52,220 --> 00:53:54,890 Jump in, jump in, jump in! Come on! 870 00:53:54,940 --> 00:53:57,280 Quick, quick, quick! Jump in! 871 00:53:58,700 --> 00:54:00,810 - How's it going? - Oh, lovely. 872 00:54:00,860 --> 00:54:03,370 Ha-ha! 873 00:54:03,420 --> 00:54:06,050 - Ooh! - Careful. 874 00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:08,490 Here we go. Yeah! 875 00:54:08,540 --> 00:54:13,180 We've lost the battle but we can still win the war. 876 00:54:15,540 --> 00:54:17,330 'Yep, another defeat for the Brits.' 877 00:54:17,380 --> 00:54:19,770 Two-nil to Team USA. 878 00:54:19,820 --> 00:54:22,500 Victory, or so I thought. 879 00:54:24,580 --> 00:54:28,690 "Congratulations, you have completed the qualifying stage 880 00:54:28,740 --> 00:54:31,570 "of Top Gear's UK versus USA challenge." 881 00:54:31,620 --> 00:54:34,930 - Qualifying? - That's what it says here. 882 00:54:34,980 --> 00:54:38,370 "Tomorrow, you and your respective cars will race 883 00:54:38,420 --> 00:54:40,410 "to the top of a mountain. 884 00:54:40,460 --> 00:54:43,850 "Matt, you have gained a one-second head start tomorrow." 885 00:54:43,900 --> 00:54:47,460 You're kidding me. All that effort for a one-second head start? 886 00:54:48,540 --> 00:54:51,860 I don't make the rules. 887 00:54:53,540 --> 00:54:58,890 Our deciding challenge brought us to the magnificent Lake District, 888 00:54:58,940 --> 00:55:03,770 and a race to plant our national flags at the top of Muncaster Fell. 889 00:55:03,820 --> 00:55:05,960 Off-road hell awaited us. 890 00:55:07,060 --> 00:55:10,090 And so did two old friends. 891 00:55:10,140 --> 00:55:14,530 - Hey-hey! - Oh. - The Reliants are back, yes! 892 00:55:14,580 --> 00:55:16,530 Yay(!) 893 00:55:16,580 --> 00:55:19,970 'Good thing I had my one-second head start. 894 00:55:20,020 --> 00:55:23,770 'Still, at least I had backup, in the shape of professional strong man 895 00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:26,530 'and world champion powerlifter Nick Best.' 896 00:55:26,580 --> 00:55:28,930 - Hey, Nick. - Matt, what's going on? 897 00:55:28,980 --> 00:55:31,370 Good, good, good. Thanks for helping out. 898 00:55:31,420 --> 00:55:34,220 - How much do you lift? - Everything. 899 00:55:36,020 --> 00:55:38,930 And helping Chris out would be some thin guy. 900 00:55:38,980 --> 00:55:41,010 - Hiya. - Alistair Brownlee, how are you doing? 901 00:55:41,060 --> 00:55:43,650 - Good, thank you. How are you? - Great, thanks. 902 00:55:43,700 --> 00:55:47,010 I can lift a Jeep. I don't think he can. 903 00:55:47,060 --> 00:55:49,290 Oh, I've been studying the old Ordnance Survey maps 904 00:55:49,340 --> 00:55:52,050 and I've been looking at the tracks that we've got to go up 905 00:55:52,100 --> 00:55:56,600 and hopefully I'll find the smoothest and quickest way up there. 906 00:55:56,900 --> 00:55:59,290 Let's quit the small talk and get going. Come on. 907 00:55:59,340 --> 00:56:01,650 Can we just have a little bit of respect 908 00:56:01,700 --> 00:56:03,570 for my Olympic gold medallist? 909 00:56:03,620 --> 00:56:07,050 I'll have Nick pick him up and throw him off the hill if you don't. Let's go. 910 00:56:07,100 --> 00:56:09,650 'And so, for the honour of our nations, 911 00:56:09,700 --> 00:56:12,810 'and with one more British thing I'm yet to figure out...' 912 00:56:12,860 --> 00:56:16,860 Matt, you will go on my first cannon. 913 00:56:19,540 --> 00:56:22,970 Chris, you will go on my second cannon. 914 00:56:23,020 --> 00:56:26,290 Three, two, one. 915 00:56:31,780 --> 00:56:34,530 - All right, Nick. Here we go, buddy. - Let's do it. 916 00:56:34,580 --> 00:56:38,380 Al, can you keep checking the Reliant's still there, yeah? 917 00:56:41,460 --> 00:56:43,450 'With the summit looming way above us, 918 00:56:43,500 --> 00:56:47,020 'we each took our own view on the fastest way to the top.' 919 00:56:49,780 --> 00:56:52,490 Ah, there's nothing like a Willys Jeep. 920 00:56:52,540 --> 00:56:55,130 - Whoa! - Think we're still on the right route here. 921 00:56:55,180 --> 00:56:57,370 - Yeah? - We're doing all right, yeah. 922 00:56:57,420 --> 00:57:01,210 Alistair's route was longer, but undoubtedly more achievable. 923 00:57:01,260 --> 00:57:03,970 Meanwhile, Team USA's more direct approach 924 00:57:04,020 --> 00:57:06,010 was throwing up some obstacles. 925 00:57:06,060 --> 00:57:09,540 - Oh, we've got some crap in the way up here for sure, Nick. - Yeah. 926 00:57:11,180 --> 00:57:13,410 Clearly he doesn't need my help. 927 00:57:13,460 --> 00:57:15,850 That is a big dude. 928 00:57:17,820 --> 00:57:20,250 It's good to have strong friends. 929 00:57:20,300 --> 00:57:24,970 'Hang on, a friend that reads maps isn't exactly a disadvantage.' 930 00:57:25,020 --> 00:57:27,890 200 yards straight and a gate coming up. 931 00:57:28,540 --> 00:57:31,250 - Disengage the brain and just engage the power. - Got it. 932 00:57:31,300 --> 00:57:33,300 Here we go! Whoa! 933 00:57:36,340 --> 00:57:39,250 Surely he's not going this fast in the Jeep. No way. 934 00:57:39,300 --> 00:57:42,930 - Got to be, come on! - No way. - Come on, Britain! 935 00:57:42,980 --> 00:57:47,010 'And he was right. Back on the short route, Nick and I were in trouble.' 936 00:57:47,060 --> 00:57:49,050 We've missed the turn. 937 00:57:49,100 --> 00:57:52,210 Why didn't you tell me we were supposed to turn back there? 938 00:57:52,260 --> 00:57:55,050 It's not my fault, you're the one that's driving. 939 00:57:55,100 --> 00:57:58,130 I didn't say it was your fault, clearly it's my fault. Clearly. 940 00:57:58,180 --> 00:58:00,650 Do you think you could pick that up and spin it around? 941 00:58:00,700 --> 00:58:02,690 Yeah, yeah, I can pick it up. 942 00:58:02,740 --> 00:58:05,570 - Uh-oh. - That's not a good sound. 943 00:58:05,620 --> 00:58:08,250 - We're going to have to get it up. - Yeah, I'm sorry I yelled at you. 944 00:58:08,300 --> 00:58:10,050 - It's all right, man. - OK. - It's all good. 945 00:58:10,100 --> 00:58:13,600 Just go up and over, that'll get it past the tree. 946 00:58:14,380 --> 00:58:18,060 'So after an incredibly hands-on U-turn... 947 00:58:20,180 --> 00:58:22,780 '.. America was back in business.' 948 00:58:23,780 --> 00:58:27,740 And as we climbed higher, we closed in on the Brits. 949 00:58:31,420 --> 00:58:35,210 - Where is he now? Is he close? - About 20 yards off us. 950 00:58:35,260 --> 00:58:38,250 'Then things got a little... competitive.' 951 00:58:38,300 --> 00:58:41,820 - We're going to get smashed. - Yeah. 952 00:58:45,740 --> 00:58:48,840 I might have tapped you a little bit. Sorry. 953 00:58:49,820 --> 00:58:52,490 - It's more than a tap. - Slightly more than a tap, yeah. 954 00:58:52,540 --> 00:58:55,330 I'm not sure that's within the rules. 955 00:58:55,380 --> 00:58:58,380 - Come on, we'll find another way. - All right. - Whoa! 956 00:59:00,780 --> 00:59:02,820 We can cut that out. 957 00:59:04,700 --> 00:59:08,050 'Matt and Nick had muscled their way into the lead, 958 00:59:08,100 --> 00:59:10,330 'but Britain never gives up.' 959 00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:13,210 We are never more dangerous than when we're behind, Al. 960 00:59:13,260 --> 00:59:16,370 Underdogs, that's where we like to be, isn't it? 961 00:59:16,420 --> 00:59:19,930 Behind us, the Brits were gaining confidence and ground. 962 00:59:19,980 --> 00:59:23,300 Then our route planning let us down. Again. 963 00:59:25,380 --> 00:59:28,730 - Give me a push, Nick. - Go on. Hit it. 964 00:59:28,780 --> 00:59:32,060 Come on, baby, come on. Come on! 965 00:59:33,340 --> 00:59:35,860 - Argh! - Come ON! 966 00:59:39,780 --> 00:59:43,860 Team GB were also closing in on the summit, and also stuck. 967 00:59:45,220 --> 00:59:47,850 No, we're not going anywhere, I don't think. 968 00:59:47,900 --> 00:59:50,890 - We're really struggling. - Or at least they were, 969 00:59:50,940 --> 00:59:54,290 until another skinny triathlete appeared from nowhere. 970 00:59:54,340 --> 00:59:56,330 Look at him go! 971 00:59:56,380 --> 01:00:00,130 - Jonny! - Thought you lads could use some help. - I think this is allowed. 972 01:00:00,180 --> 01:00:02,450 Two Brownlees equal one American strongman. 973 01:00:02,500 --> 01:00:06,250 - I think that's fair. - And then Chris cheated. Again. 974 01:00:06,300 --> 01:00:09,490 As long as we take a bit of the Reliant with us to the top of the hill, that's fine. 975 01:00:09,540 --> 01:00:11,330 - Technically we've done all right. - Yeah. 976 01:00:11,380 --> 01:00:15,090 'So taking what I prefer to call a liberal interpretation of the rules...' 977 01:00:15,140 --> 01:00:17,010 - Yeah, he's got it! - Yes! 978 01:00:17,060 --> 01:00:20,690 '.. we grabbed a bit of flag, ditched the Reliant, 979 01:00:20,740 --> 01:00:22,650 'and pushed for the top.' 980 01:00:22,700 --> 01:00:25,690 - Great. - Come on! 981 01:00:25,740 --> 01:00:27,490 Straight up. Straight up. 982 01:00:27,540 --> 01:00:32,580 - Come on! - Come on. - Straight up. - Come on! - Come on! We can do this. 983 01:00:34,100 --> 01:00:36,410 I can't see, boys. Where am I going? I can't actually... 984 01:00:36,460 --> 01:00:38,610 Right, go, go, go. 985 01:00:38,660 --> 01:00:41,170 With the cheating Brits making a break for it, 986 01:00:41,220 --> 01:00:43,770 Team Fair Play weren't far behind. 987 01:00:43,820 --> 01:00:46,130 Go, go, go, go, go, go, go! 988 01:00:46,180 --> 01:00:49,530 Get on it, get on it, get on it. Get on it. 989 01:00:49,580 --> 01:00:52,690 'But our Reliant Reluctant had dropped anchor.' 990 01:00:52,740 --> 01:00:57,780 - Give me a push, Nick. - All right. - Come on, we're almost there. 991 01:00:59,420 --> 01:01:02,850 - This is it. This is it! - All right. Keep going! Keep going! 992 01:01:02,900 --> 01:01:05,530 - We can do it! - Come on! - Stop! 993 01:01:05,580 --> 01:01:08,130 - Ye-e-ey! - All right, come on. 994 01:01:08,180 --> 01:01:10,720 Put the flag up, put the flag up! 995 01:01:11,420 --> 01:01:14,300 YEAH! USA, where are you? 996 01:01:15,620 --> 01:01:17,890 'We were close, so close. 997 01:01:17,940 --> 01:01:20,730 'But even with the might of one of the world's strongest men, 998 01:01:20,780 --> 01:01:23,890 'we weren't going to make it to the top without a little help.' 999 01:01:23,940 --> 01:01:25,930 Come on, boys. 1000 01:01:25,980 --> 01:01:29,210 - ♪ Let the sunshine in - Let it shine 1001 01:01:29,260 --> 01:01:32,450 ♪ Let the sunshine in 1002 01:01:32,500 --> 01:01:36,570 ♪ Open up your heart and let it shine on in 1003 01:01:36,620 --> 01:01:39,890 ♪ Let the sunshine in... ♪ 1004 01:01:39,940 --> 01:01:42,210 Yeah! Woo! 1005 01:01:42,260 --> 01:01:44,250 You didn't bring a whole car. 1006 01:01:44,300 --> 01:01:47,730 - We brought... we brought enough of a car. - No, no, no, no. 1007 01:01:52,140 --> 01:01:54,970 - That's our first-ever film together. - That's our first one. 1008 01:01:55,020 --> 01:01:58,050 The end of the first film. 1009 01:01:58,100 --> 01:02:02,130 OK, well, now, thank you, Blackpool, thank you, the Lake District. 1010 01:02:02,180 --> 01:02:04,490 - Thank you very much. - Yeah. - That was a lot of fun, yeah. 1011 01:02:04,540 --> 01:02:06,730 OK, I know what you might be thinking here. 1012 01:02:06,780 --> 01:02:09,050 You might be thinking from the video evidence 1013 01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:12,200 it's patently clear that I may have cheated. 1014 01:02:14,020 --> 01:02:17,330 What do you mean you "may" have cheated? You cheated. 1015 01:02:17,380 --> 01:02:19,370 Yeah, all right, OK. I did cheat. 1016 01:02:19,420 --> 01:02:22,050 But after I cheated, I helped you to win. 1017 01:02:22,100 --> 01:02:24,610 - Well, yeah, that's true. Thank you. - Oh. - Thank you very much. 1018 01:02:24,660 --> 01:02:26,690 - You're very welcome. - And on that bomb... 1019 01:02:26,740 --> 01:02:28,850 - No, no, no! We're not... - I didn't... - No, no, no, no! 1020 01:02:28,900 --> 01:02:30,930 - We're not doing that, no. - I was just testing you. 1021 01:02:30,980 --> 01:02:32,610 - Just testing you. - Phew! 1022 01:02:32,660 --> 01:02:35,650 Next week -- the Jaguar F-PACE, the Porsche Macan, 1023 01:02:35,700 --> 01:02:38,730 the Mercedes GLC and the McLaren 675. 1024 01:02:38,780 --> 01:02:42,410 Cue the TV walk. Plus Eddie Jordan, Jenson Button, Tinie Tempah, 1025 01:02:42,460 --> 01:02:44,690 Sharleen Spiteri and Seasick Steve. 1026 01:02:44,740 --> 01:02:48,060 Goodnight, everyone! Goodnight!