1 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,310 'Tonight, I audition for Countryfile.' 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,150 Sorry to interrupt, very nice sheep. 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,470 'Matt considers his Christmas list.' 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,990 I feel like I need a captain's hat. Maybe a cannon. 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,310 'And Harris has an Einstein moment.' 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:22,900 There we go. 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,030 Hello and welcome to Top Gear! 8 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,150 Yes, hello! Now, usually when you hear the term "lightweight", 9 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,150 you think of bars and drink and vomit. 10 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,110 Thank you! But on this show, that term refers to 11 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:50,430 a very small special group of British car enthusiasts. 12 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,110 These are the great British super lightweights. 13 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,310 They're raucous, they're uncomfortable, 14 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,590 and, most of all, they're totally impractical. 15 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,550 Not that any of that really matters 16 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,190 because the only thing that does is how exciting they are to drive. 17 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,150 And the fast-track route to the most thrills per gallon 18 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,110 is as little lard as possible, 19 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,440 with as much oomph as your piggy bank will stretch to. 20 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:32,150 On the race track, these super lightweights are an absolute riot. 21 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,790 They're pure and honest, modest and humble. 22 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,430 However, back in the real world, their lack of creature comforts 23 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,720 means they can be a bit of a physical challenge. 24 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,510 So, how does the new kid on the block compare? 25 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,800 It's time to meet the Zenos E10. 26 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,510 It's designed and built in Britain 27 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,230 by two ex-Lotus and Caterham guys, 28 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,550 who still promise a double helping of fun 29 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,320 without the side order of scary. 30 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,950 There are three versions of the E10. 31 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,550 The entry level for 25 grand, 32 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,990 the top of the range R, and this, the S, 33 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,390 which boasts a two litre turbo engine 34 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,510 from Ford's hot hatch department. 35 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,470 30 grand will buy you 250 brake horsepower, 36 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:37,560 145mph and 0-60 in about four seconds. 37 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:49,760 And all this in something that looks like Darth Vader's weekend wheels. 38 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,070 The E10S is blessed with the gear box, engine 39 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,550 and other mechanical hardware from the Ford Focus ST, 40 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,030 which is not a slow car. 41 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:08,710 But stick all of its guts in a four-wheeled bobsleigh Superleggera 42 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,360 and this is what's going to happen. 43 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:28,630 If Mo Farah were a car, he may well be a Zenos. 44 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,070 Supreme performance with a bare minimum 45 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,000 of skin and bone to slow him down. 46 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,790 The E10S weighs a mere 725kg, 47 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,990 about half the weight of the Ford Focus, 48 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,750 partly because Zenos have done away with 49 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,150 all those heavy non-essentials like... windows. 50 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,440 Or a boot. Or a roof. 51 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,750 But also because it's built of something 52 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,510 called carbon fibre reinforced plastic, which is incredibly light 53 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,200 and incredibly strong, too. 54 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,070 Now, it could be said the E10S's panels look a bit flimsy 55 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:25,670 and, frankly, they are, but it's all part of that grand plan. 56 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,350 Think about these panels as more sacrificial than cheap. 57 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,430 Zenos have gone all Lego on us, so if you run out of talent 58 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:38,200 on a track day, it's so much easier to replace a bit than a lot. 59 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,160 Whoaaaa! 60 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,950 Because the rest of the car is so solid and so light, 61 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,870 it's the perfect platform for stability. 62 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,320 Enables the car to remain PLANTED... 63 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,800 .. almost all of the time! 64 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,720 Wooohooo, woohooo! 65 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,750 The way this car's set up, 66 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,190 it really will inspire the inner Hamilton in all of us. 67 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,470 The steering is so tight and bright. 68 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,870 Marvellous, joyous! 69 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,560 Heavenly! 70 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,270 I love the whooshing and the hissing and the oozing 71 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,030 and the urging and the screaming 72 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,200 and the "Come on, Christopher! Faster, my son." 73 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:43,960 Here we go again! 74 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,990 The Zenos, then, gives you all the thrills you want 75 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,470 from a proper British super lightweight, 76 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,950 but without feeling the need to have to beat you up. 77 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,590 This car really doesn't want to fight you. 78 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,910 It wants to be your friend. 79 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,870 I mean, it has its downsides -- the gear throw's a bit long, 80 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,430 the brakes you've got to really sort of stand on at first, 81 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,110 till you get used to them. 82 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,030 But, compared to most super lightweights, 83 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,020 it's like a bloomin' Rolls-Royce Corniche. 84 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,550 When developing their mini masterpiece, 85 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,030 Zenos invited potential customers 86 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,230 to drive the prototypes and give their feedback. 87 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:32,110 So this car is more of what super lightweight fans want, 88 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,640 rather than what a manufacturer thinks they should get. 89 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,910 But all those Ford bits means it's got parts supply sorted, 90 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,510 reliability should be boringly excellent, 91 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,720 fixing it should be easy and it's safe and it's noisy. 92 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,600 But, most important of all, it's still respectfully impractical. 93 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,470 Which it has to be because it's a super lightweight 94 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,280 and that's the law! 95 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,150 Wow! I love it. That looked fun. That looked great, was it fun? 96 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,070 No. Yes. What I meant... No, I meant yes. Yes, no. 97 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,470 It is a lot of fun, but the thing about cars like this is, 98 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,750 they are painful. They hurt. 99 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,630 They hurt your back, they hurt your arms, they hurt your wrists. 100 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:28,910 They really hurt your bum, 101 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:33,110 and some people have been known to ache for the rest of their lives 102 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,590 after driving a super lightweight for just five minutes. 103 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,390 Yeah, but the people who love these cars, 104 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,790 the people who own these cars, they worship them, right? 105 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,430 They do, they do, er, because they're a bit mad! 106 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:43,830 Ah. 107 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,670 I salute them, but I wouldn't want to live next door to one. 108 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,030 - That's all I'm saying, OK? - OK. All right. Fair enough. 109 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,190 OK -- so to see how fast a "Zeenos" goes around... 110 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,750 Zenos. 111 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,150 To see how fast a Zenos goes around our test track... 112 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,670 .. it's time to hand it over to our tame racing driver. 113 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:06,350 Some say that on a first date, he always clips the apex... 114 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,800 .. and that he's touched every one of the Untouchables. 115 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,190 All we know is, he's called... 116 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,830 THE STIG! 117 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:30,070 So, the Zenos E10S, then, a classically British lightweight 118 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,060 in classically British conditions today... 119 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,440 Into the first corner, the Zenos looking locked down as you like. 120 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,230 The Stig, crafty, happening, happening, crafty. 121 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:45,670 Chicago! 122 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,560 Listen to the turbo engine suck and blow, hiss, pop, bang. 123 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,190 Very neutral, through Hammerhead. 124 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,110 Not a sniff of a slide there, immaculate. 125 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,790 Happening crafty, crafty happening, the Zenos! 126 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,880 For the honour of Norfolk! 127 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,510 Bouncing past the tyre wall, 128 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:17,790 sacrificial panels unsacrificed. 129 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,960 Bit of a squirm as Stig stomps on the brakes. 130 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,430 Finally, through Gambon, little skid on the exit 131 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,790 and across the line! 132 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,160 So... 133 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,550 .. before I post this time up on the Power Lap Time Board, 134 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,390 we're looking at other lightweights, we've got the Caterham 620R, 135 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,590 1.22.3, and then we go up the board, 136 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:48,270 the BAC Mono, the king or queen of the lightweights, 1.14.3, 137 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,390 and the Zenos E10S, on a mildly moist and damp day, 138 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,950 has come in at 1.25.1, which is just about there. 139 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,600 It's OK. That's OK. 140 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:03,870 While Chris was dealing with the pain of the Zenos, 141 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,470 I was dealing with the pain of the new Rolls-Royce. 142 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,200 The Rolls-Royce Dawn. 143 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:29,720 17 feet and £250,000 of very British convertible. 144 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:39,230 And yes, 17 foot long, £250,000 convertibles can sometimes -- 145 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:43,760 sometimes -- run the risk of being a bit attention-seeking. 146 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,180 Shouty. 147 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,990 Case in point -- way, way out in front, 148 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:56,630 a twin turbo 6.6 litre V12 engine will, at your request, 149 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:59,590 serve up 563 horsepower. 150 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:06,110 It'll proceed from a standstill to 60mph in under five seconds. 151 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,520 Which is very invigorating. 152 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,350 But the rest of the messy physics of driving 153 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,630 are kept well and truly below deck. 154 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:27,430 Generally, when you buy the convertible version 155 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,710 of an expensive car with a large engine and many cylinders, 156 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,520 it's so you can hear that large engine with many cylinders. 157 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:39,230 But the Dawn is far too diplomatic for anything 158 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,920 so uncouth as engine noise. Huh! 159 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,760 And it's far too polite to concern you with nonsense like feedback. 160 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,630 The steering tells you pretty much nothing 161 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:59,350 about what's going on with the tyres. 162 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,310 Just occasionally you get the merest hint through the chassis 163 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:08,110 that you may have run over something fairly significant. 164 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,960 Like a buffalo. 165 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:13,830 And that's a good thing. 166 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,710 If you want to feel every inch of the tarmac through your fingertips, 167 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,560 buy a Lotus. 168 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,670 And if it's all still a bit intrusive, 169 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,360 you can always deploy the roof. 170 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,020 You could hear a cricket fart in here. 171 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:32,920 Oop! 172 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,590 Even though the Dawn will do 155mph 173 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,310 if called upon, you get the sense... 174 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,280 .. it would prefer to call ahead and let them know you'll be late. 175 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,510 It's a car that'll go as fast as you'll ever need, 176 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:58,230 but makes you want to take your time. 177 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,630 Delve beneath its bold, sleek lines 178 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:14,080 and you're met with a level of detail that is second to none. 179 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,630 The doors open the wrong way because... 180 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:26,110 Well, it seems like there's no practical reason 181 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,350 other than the fact that it's really cool, 182 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,140 but it makes it easier to access this. 183 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,390 Your umbrella. 184 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,070 And then when you're done with your umbrella, 185 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:42,190 the Dawn circulates warm air around its little scabbard to dry it off. 186 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,040 Sweet! 187 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,270 And if you think that's a bit over the top, 188 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:59,270 how about this little gem from the promotional literature? 189 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:04,470 "The rear passengers do not merely get out of a Rolls-Royce Dawn, 190 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,990 "but rather stand and disembark as if from a motor launch 191 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,580 "onto a glamorous private jetty." 192 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:14,430 Let's give it a go. 193 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,340 I can almost smell the ocean. 194 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,070 And then there's the Dawn's most imposing feature. 195 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,550 Oh, that's tight. Oh, wow! 196 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,230 'And that's... Well, it's HUGE.' 197 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,110 Sorry, buddy. Aah! 198 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,840 And that leads to the small matter of parking it. 199 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,640 Ooh, that's tight. 200 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,470 Oop, let me try that again. 201 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,260 She's definitely big. 202 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,550 Oh, I'm on the kerb. One more crack at that. 203 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,750 Oop! Ooh... 204 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,550 OK, be careful now. We don't want to scuff the wheels. 205 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,640 They're about £2,000 a pop. 206 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,520 Jeez! At least nobody saw that. 207 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,110 'Not what you'd call "subtle", then.' 208 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:28,150 But get the Dawn out on the wide -- very wide -- open road 209 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,200 and it really starts to get under your skin. 210 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,190 You don't drive this thing, 211 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,990 you captain it, as you would a cruise liner. 212 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,000 I feel like I need a captain's hat. Maybe a cannon. 213 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,510 Delusions of grandeur? 214 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:54,750 Perhaps. 215 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,630 But that's what the Dawn does to you. 216 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,120 OK, maybe it IS a bit attention-seeking, a bit shouty. 217 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,190 But, hey, it's got PLENTY to shout about. 218 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:10,480 So nice. So, so nice. 219 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,030 I like it. Call me crazy. 220 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,910 Call me... ostentatious. 221 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,830 Call me whatever the hell you want, I'm driving a Roller down the road. 222 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,280 Ha-ha-ha! 223 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,430 Oop! 224 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,790 It does pain me to admit this, but he does suit the car, doesn't he? 225 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,390 Thank you. 226 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,670 This car is undoubtedly a five-star, 227 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,310 magnificent example of British engineering. 228 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:49,990 However, two glitches in my book. 229 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,710 - Two? - Two. 230 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,270 First of all, why do Rolls always insist 231 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:55,870 on sticking their granny's brooch 232 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:00,070 on the most beautiful, futuristic grilles imaginable? 233 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:01,550 Why do they do that? 234 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,950 What? The Spirit of Ecstasy? What's wrong with that? 235 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,030 Well, why don't they make it more contemporary 236 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:07,350 so you look at it and you think, 237 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,030 "No, it's all part of the same thing?" 238 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,820 - You don't like it? - No, I hate it. 239 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,430 You don't have to look at it. 240 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:20,950 I know it's still there. 241 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,550 That's just like sweeping the problem under the carpet. 242 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,390 That's the way you're supposed to deal with problems. 243 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:27,710 Answer this question, then. 244 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,750 Have Rolls come up with a button 245 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,790 to make the whole back end of the car disappear? 246 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,870 Look at this, it's awful, it's hideous! 247 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,510 It looks like a blue wall 248 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,070 that somebody's just stuck a number plate on. 249 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,030 What's the matter with the back? 250 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,470 The back is terrible. 251 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,270 You won't know this, right, 252 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,470 but the back of this brand-new Rolls-Royce Dawn 253 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,950 looks like a Rover 75. 254 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,790 Look! What's that about? 255 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,190 - That looks all right, too. - Really?! 256 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,230 - What's the problem? - Look, you've got these gorgeous, sweeping lines. 257 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,190 You've got these really muscular haunches, 258 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,190 you've got a really tight torso for such a big vehicle, and then... 259 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,550 they went home and the designers forgot to come back 260 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,950 and we're left with this. 261 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,590 - All right, so you don't like the back of the car? - Yes. 262 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,950 OK, do you feel better now, getting that off your chest? 263 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,670 - I'm OK for now. For now. - All right, well, 264 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,230 - we'll come back to that. - Thank you. 265 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,270 OK, I'm glad he's done with that. 266 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:21,990 We'll be returning to the Dawn later 267 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:23,830 as it takes on an icon from the past. 268 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,830 Right now, it's special ops time 269 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,190 as Top Gear's lone wolf, Chris Harris, 270 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,340 comes to grips with BMW's latest tyre-slayer. 271 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:38,030 If you lived in the 1990s and you wanted to buy a fast car, 272 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:42,280 but you couldn't afford a Porsche 911, you bought one of these. 273 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,040 A BMW M3. 274 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,590 It was quick, it was rear wheel drive, it was affordable-ish, 275 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:55,030 and, most importantly, on a wet roundabout, it would do big skids. 276 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,320 It was therefore perfect. 277 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,350 Fast forward 20 years, and you can still buy an M3. 278 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,630 It looks like this. 279 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,310 Yes, it's very fast and very impressive, 280 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:11,560 but the M3 isn't really an M3 any more. 281 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:20,320 It's become bigger, more complicated. Much more grown up. 282 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,760 So, what if you want your M3 like they used to be? 283 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,000 This is the M2. 284 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:49,000 Named in honour of one of Kent's finest stretches of motorway. 285 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:51,670 Not really. 286 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,430 It's called the M2 because it's based on the 2 Series, 287 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,310 BMW's smallest coupe, and what BMW has done here 288 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:02,160 is actually quite old-fashioned. 289 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,310 Just like that old M3 from the '90s, there's a manual gearbox. 290 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,630 You can have a paddle shift if you want, but, trust me, you don't. 291 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,750 And just like that old M3 from the '90s, 292 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,740 you get a three litre straight-six engine. 293 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:22,750 OK, it's turbo charged now, but that does mean 365 horsepower 294 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,680 and 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. 295 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:31,950 A lot of modern turbo charged engines have clever software 296 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,710 that limits the torque at low revs to stop you spinning the wheels 297 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,790 and to make it more manageable. 298 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,230 The M2, however, is not interested in manageable. 299 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:42,630 So, full torque, 300 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,270 that's the stuff that gives you the big shove in the back, 301 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:49,590 arrives at just 1500rpm and it stays there pretty much all the way. 302 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,070 So, you don't have to find the M2's sweet spot, 303 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,520 it's just there the whole time. 304 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,320 And with all this torque on tap, you can slide about a bit. 305 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,440 A lot, actually. 306 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,550 It's a little angry pool of energy, this car. 307 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,350 It's like the pent-up bloke in the pub who'll start a fight 308 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,600 with just about anyone for staring at his pint the wrong way. 309 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,320 You! What are you looking at?! 310 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,150 Now, admittedly, this kind of attitude 311 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,640 does tend to attract a certain type of buyer. 312 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,110 There's no denying that fast BMW saloons 313 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,470 still carry a faint suspicion 314 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,030 of the "mobile phone salesman done good" about them. 315 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:48,110 And the headlights actually have three different settings. 316 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,230 There's dip beam, main beam 317 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,200 and "Get out of my way, I'm on business! Deal, DEAL!" 318 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:02,710 And, image problems aside, there are just a couple of other minor flaws. 319 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:03,910 Complete geeks like me 320 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,910 will notice that there is no oil temperature gauge. 321 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,510 I always thought M cars had to have an oil temperature gauge, 322 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,550 but this one doesn't, nor is the gear knob illuminated. 323 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,310 I know, you're shocked at the depth of my sadness, aren't you? 324 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:19,310 But it's one of those cars that makes you qualify everything 325 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:21,510 with a, "But what else can you get for the money?" 326 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,230 And also, "What more can you expect?" 327 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,150 Well, it's not often you introduce an Audi as the budget option, 328 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,870 but this is the RS3. 329 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,110 It makes the same power as the BMW 330 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,360 and, at £40,000, it's four grand cheaper. 331 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,430 Because it's got four-wheel drive, it'll get from 0-60 much quicker. 332 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,230 In fact, it'll get... anywhere much quicker. 333 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,320 It is a deliriously, stupidly fast car. 334 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:58,040 Has bigger back seats, too, if you care about that sort of thing. 335 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,540 In fact, on paper, it's just a winner. 336 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,560 But you don't drive cars on paper. 337 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,040 Welcome, then, to the Top Gear One Corner Challenge. 338 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,390 In just one single corner, I'm going to demonstrate to you exactly why, 339 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,030 despite what the official stats might say, 340 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,710 the RS3 is not the better car, which means I'll need to strap on 341 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,310 the patented Top Gear Funometer 3000, 342 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:30,790 harnessing science and numbers and stuff 343 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,240 to actually quantify happiness. 344 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:39,860 There we go. 345 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,470 Right, then, the Audi RS3. 346 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,830 And we've got, yeah, understeer, 347 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,880 amusing parpy five-cylinder noises and understeer. 348 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,630 Right, let's have a look at the scores. Er... 76. 349 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,190 That's... quite happy. 350 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,240 And now the M2. 351 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,350 So I scored 76 in the Audi. 352 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,310 What did I score in the BMW? 353 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,510 514! 354 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,950 There you have it. 355 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,950 The BMW makes you... um... 356 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,070 very much more happy in the corners. 357 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,480 There you are -- science. 358 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,720 It really is simply brilliant, the M2. 359 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:46,840 It takes you back to when driving was still... brilliantly simple. 360 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,680 It takes you back to the 1990s. 361 00:24:57,120 --> 00:25:01,960 In fact, BMW has made a mistake here. 362 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,160 It's not really an M2. 363 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,600 It's an M3. There you go. 364 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:24,870 OK, now it's time for tonight's Stars in a Rallycross Car. 365 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,520 Please welcome Paul Hollywood and Jennifer Saunders. 366 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,640 How cool is this? 367 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,430 Look at you two. 368 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,240 - Already friends, come on. - Yes. - Well, this morning, we weren't. 369 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,070 - Well, and we might not be at the end, I don't know. - Yes. 370 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:00,030 - Look at the body language, isn't it perfect? - He just said to me, 371 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,150 - "If you beat me, I can't go back to Bake Off." - No. 372 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,590 So, Paul, please tell us what is Jennifer doing here? 373 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,630 Jennifer's here because Absolutely Fabulous 374 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,350 has finally been turned into a movie. 375 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,030 Here's Eddie and Patsy on the run from the French police, 376 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,870 Top Gear-style. Sort of. 377 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,920 We're not going back, we're not going back. 378 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,670 Brake, Eddie! 379 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,230 Ohhh... Ohhh... 380 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,120 Oh, God, no! 381 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,320 Aaaaah! 382 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,040 I mean, she could be anywhere. 383 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,430 What a laugh! Was it fun to make? 384 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,710 It was... Yes, it was the best fun to make. 385 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:01,630 - Over 60 cameos, well-known cameos in the film. - Yeah. 386 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,830 But one cameo was crucial to the film getting made. 387 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,670 Well, it's not even really a cameo, it's actually quite a main part 388 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,390 cos the whole plot revolves around Patsy and Eddie 389 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,990 and Kate Moss and we needed Kate Moss. 390 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,310 And I'd sold and written the whole film and forgotten to ask her. 391 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:19,830 And someone said, "So, Kate's great about this, is she? 392 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,550 "She all right about this?" I went, "Yeah... I think so." 393 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,590 And luckily, well, not luckily, 394 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,150 cos I thought she'd be pretty cool. 395 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,150 And she said yes and, uh... 396 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,310 - All right, well, it's out, um, on Friday. - Yes. 397 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:33,750 And the whole of the country is so excited about this. 398 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,790 - Good. Go and see it. Please. - They're so excited about AbFab The Movie. 399 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,350 Right, tell us why Paul's here. 400 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,790 Baker Paul Hollywood has a new cookbook out. 401 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:46,470 That's him! 402 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,870 And it's called The Weekend Baker. 403 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,230 He's also currently filming the next series of the smash hit TV show, 404 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,710 - the Great British Bake Off. - Yeah. 405 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,750 Sorry, they weren't... 406 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,670 They're not impressed enough to applaud. 407 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,160 - The Great British Bake Off? - 'Scuse me! 408 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:10,390 - Smash hit! - Unbelievable. 409 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,670 - Couldn't be any bigger, could it? - Unbelievable. 410 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,230 What we really want to know about the Great British Bake Off, 411 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,870 we hear these whispers about ITV backing lorry-loads of cash 412 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,950 up to your houses to try and steal it from the BBC. 413 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,470 - What's happening with that? - I've said -- and I think, uh, 414 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,070 the girls have said as well -- we want to stay with the BBC. 415 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:26,830 - Yay! - Is this serious? 416 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,270 - Yeah. - You're joking me. - No. 417 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,430 Well, that's ridiculous, Christopher. 418 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,710 But as far as, uh, Mary, Mel, Sue, and myself, 419 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,070 we want to stay with the BBC. 420 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:38,270 - Don't you think so, it stays with the BBC? - Yes. 421 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,510 That's the Great British Bake Off staying with the BBC. 422 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,390 Yeah, the GBB on the BBC. All right, OK, let's talk cars. 423 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,030 Now your best first car -- first of all, first car, Jennifer Saunders. 424 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,550 The first car I bought was an Alfa Romeo Spider. 425 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,630 Whoa, come on, let's look at that. Oh! Very nice. 426 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:58,630 - Wow! - That's exactly what, and it was... 427 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,550 Because it belonged to this guy who used to drive it down the street 428 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,910 and my friends and I used to go, "Oh, do you see that car?" 429 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,230 And he went, "Yeah, yeah." And he used to show off in it. 430 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:08,470 And I'd go, "Oh, I love it." 431 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,430 And one day he said, "Well, it's for sale." 432 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,630 And I said, "How much?" He said, "£2,000." 433 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,070 I only had £2,000 in the whole world 434 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,230 and I just absolutely adored it. 435 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:18,790 All right, so, Paul, good luck, 436 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,390 your first car up against Jennifer's Alfa Romeo Spider. 437 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,430 - You can't do that. - Sorry! 438 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,270 Well, mine is an Escort 1.3. 439 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:27,590 Sorry. 440 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,510 Let's have a look. 441 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,070 You know what? 442 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,030 Mine wasn't even the L model, so when I got the car, 443 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,150 what I did was I bought the XR3 wheels, bumper overrides, 444 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,590 the spoiler, front spoiler, stickers, everything on it. 445 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,390 It did look like an XR3 at the end. 446 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,110 And the stereo was so bad. 447 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,790 I went and bought myself a really... I think it was a Kenwood, 448 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,190 - it was quite expensive, you know, from down the shop. - But Kenwood's... 449 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:53,750 Yeah, they don't just do mixers. 450 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,310 Oh, all right, I thought they did. 451 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,270 By the way, good baking credentials. Very good. 452 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,670 Yeah, I bought a KitchenAid, uh, music system for the car. 453 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,110 And then when I put it in 454 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,630 because the speakers were so bad in these plastic doors, 455 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,150 I got these speakers which were like cubes. 456 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,750 And the only place I could put it was on a plastic dashboard. 457 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,190 So every time I took a corner, 458 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,990 it just slid along and smacked the passenger in the head. 459 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,390 It was ruthless. 460 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,790 So, er, here we have Paul's 461 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,550 completely over-pimped 1983 Ford Escort. 462 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,870 OK, let's hear it for that. 463 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,630 Up against Jennifer's Alfa Romeo Spider. 464 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,910 Well, it's all going beautifully, isn't it, Paul? 465 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,790 If I'd known then, I would have saved up and bought something else! 466 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,190 All right, so, best car ever, Jennifer? 467 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:50,790 The best car we ever bought, I think, was a Jaguar Sovereign. 468 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,590 - Really? - Yeah. And I'll tell you why. 469 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:58,790 It was because I was getting pregnant a lot and having babies 470 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,670 and we needed a family car 471 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,590 and I didn't want to go for estates for some... 472 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,070 - we wanted to drive something a bit lovely. - Yeah. 473 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,710 And we tried this out and all the kids fit in the back seat. 474 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,710 Dogs in the footwells. 475 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:17,110 Huge boot and, honestly, it was the nicest, softest drive ever. 476 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,470 But that's not as good as your Alfa Romeo Spider. 477 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,270 You can have your Alfa Spider if you like, 478 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,310 cos it's about winning, it's about beating him. 479 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,670 Oh, OK, if I was to actually choose my perfect car, 480 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,030 it would be the Alfa, yeah. 481 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:28,390 OK, the Alfa back then, please. 482 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,590 Thank you very much indeed. OK, so here we go again. 483 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,990 - Now, look at it, it's gorgeous. - You're a nightmare. 484 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,590 Right, Hollywood, best car ever, please. 485 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,910 Uh, the, the best car I've ever owned 486 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,080 is the Aston Martin DBS Volante in quantum silver. 487 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:43,710 There. 488 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,190 Oh, for heaven's sake! Tongues off the floor, if you don't mind. 489 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,070 OK, tell us about this one, then. 490 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,390 Well, I'd always wanted, uh, a Bond car. 491 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,830 And I saw this, um, for sale and it was the quantum silver again, 492 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,990 so it was the Bond one from Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale. 493 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:00,710 But it was the soft top version. 494 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:02,550 And I thought, "Oh, I've got to have that." 495 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,310 And we go down to France a lot, the family, 496 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,710 we'd go down to France driving round and it's beautiful. 497 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,430 All right, where'd you put the family? That's my only question. 498 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,950 When you say "the family", are you towing them in a caravan? 499 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,910 Because I don't see where the family goes. 500 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:15,270 That's a very good question. 501 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,470 You have no idea how big that boot is. 502 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:18,870 Well, I can see it, it's hideous. 503 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,910 The kids go in there, give them a couple of lollipops, away they go. 504 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,670 OK, once again, it's up to the audience. 505 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,150 Paul is 1-0 down. Best car ever -- we have Paul's DBS Volante 506 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,310 up against Jennifer's, once again, the Alfa Romeo Spider. 507 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,030 Let's hear it for Paul's DBS Volante. 508 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,150 Let's hear it for an encore and the Alfa Romeo Spider. 509 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,670 Come on! 510 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,510 Paul, you just got it -- 1-1. 511 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:51,310 Perfect! It's down to the laps, my friends. Down to the laps. 512 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:56,150 - Oh, no. - Paul Hollywood, you have a national A, B, and C racing licence. 513 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,710 I've got an international C. 514 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,030 What is that? 515 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,110 Well, apparently it means he's done a lot of driving competitively... 516 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,790 - I have a swimming certificate. - What? 517 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,230 I have a swimming certificate. 518 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,590 - Which is more useful today, I have to say. - 50 metres. 519 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,310 Paul, I put it to you -- is this or is it not true, 520 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,190 as Jennifer's going round, and I don't know if you know this, Jen, 521 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,630 Paul asked for a stopwatch so he could time your lap. 522 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,350 I do believe that, I believe that. 523 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:19,630 I was timing the lap, yeah. 524 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,670 I know cos I looked and I saw your little face pale as I sped past. 525 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,710 I went, I went white. 526 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,430 All right, now, these have been specified as the worst conditions 527 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,270 anybody has ever seen on this track. 528 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,350 So, basically, it's just between you two. 529 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,150 It's your own special little competition, all right, OK? 530 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,790 Would you like to see the laps? 531 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,870 Yes! 532 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,670 Jennifer first. Calm down, you two! 533 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,750 - Oh, God! - It's OK. Jennifer on the start line, here we go. 534 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:53,470 There she is, Jennifer Saunders in our mighty Mini Cooper. 535 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,950 Come on now, I can see Paul Hollywood has come out to watch, 536 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,990 so we've got to bloody take it to him. 537 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,630 That's the spirit, Jen, a seriously soggy track, 538 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,150 the wettest our rally cross course has ever been. 539 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,000 It's into the horrid bit, into the mud. 540 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,230 Now that's the water splash. 541 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,550 Where it starts, where it ends, we don't know any more. 542 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,430 That is so serious, it's not funny. 543 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,480 Come on! That's it, back on the road. 544 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,800 So focused into Hammerhead, back on dry land. Hammerhead, very tidy. 545 00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:28,840 Come on, put your foot down, woman. 546 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,190 Approaching the hairpin, more water, look at this. 547 00:34:33,240 --> 00:34:36,540 Oh, my, yeah, come on, that's pretty impressive. 548 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,990 Excellent control, great technique. 549 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,270 Here comes the jump. Any air? 550 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:43,310 No air. 551 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,700 Sorry, uh, Jen, no air today. 552 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,710 As fast as you can go... Ooh! 553 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,390 Tyre wall, back on terra firma, OK. 554 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:58,390 Into the next to last, nice apex cutting the corner. 555 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,390 Into Gambon, how tidy will this be? 556 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,550 Anything's easy after what you've been through. 557 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,700 Was that a bit of counter-steering there, you naughty girl? 558 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,310 Very good, Jennifer Saunders. 559 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,510 - Thank you. - How do you feel about that? 560 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,870 Well, it looks a lot better than it felt. 561 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,430 It felt really messy. 562 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,310 We've actually classified Jennifer's conditions as "appalling" 563 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,270 and Paul's, yours we have classified as "very wet" 564 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,910 cos it was drying a little. 565 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,070 What?! What?! 566 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:35,070 Well, look at the amount of water I displaced for you. 567 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,190 - It was the same. - It wasn't the same. 568 00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:39,470 It was two hours later and the sun had been shining. 569 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,270 Listen here, it was literally about... 570 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:42,750 a minute after I followed you. 571 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,510 The track had been in the oven for at least another hour. 572 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,350 It was raining when I was out there. 573 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,990 - It wasn't. - OK, would you like to see Paul's lap? 574 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,070 Yes! 575 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:53,550 Here we go. 576 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,390 Paul Hollywood on the start line in the rally cross Mini. 577 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:00,750 Paul Hollywood, the Wizard from the Wirral, on our wickedly wet track. 578 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,190 Let's go! 579 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:05,110 Right, here we go! This is for the Bake Off team. 580 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:09,110 He's not in the tent any more. He's in our rally cross Mini. 581 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,750 It may be a bit drier than Jennifer's lap out there. 582 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,430 Come on, you can see it's drier. 583 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,880 It's just like a swimming pool! 584 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,580 Mary would go mad if this was her car! 585 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:28,790 Hammerhead, very nice. 586 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,910 Car draining off there. 587 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,190 This is a little bit nasty. 588 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,790 Now I've got to say Jennifer was very impressive 589 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,640 around the hairpin and what about Paul? 590 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,110 Not as dramatic, but very tight. 591 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,390 No air, sorry, sorry, no air again. 592 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,270 Come back another day for some air. 593 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,550 Right, so here we go... 594 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,720 Pfft! 595 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:57,720 Through the tyre wall. 596 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,150 The Follow-through and foot down all the way here now. 597 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,400 Coming up to Gambon. 598 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:09,550 Massive slide out the last corner, a Hollywood slide and across the line! 599 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,790 He's so chuffed with that. 600 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,320 You should see your face! Oh, you lit up there. 601 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,230 You so lit up at the end there. Let's look at the times. 602 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,790 - So, forget all that, OK. That doesn't exist, all right? - OK. 603 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,870 They don't exist, worst conditions of all time. 604 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,790 Jennifer, if it's under three, I think you're doing really well. 605 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,840 Jennifer Saunders in appalling conditions -- two minutes... 606 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,030 .. 21.6, there you go! 607 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,630 Paul Hollywood, very wet conditions, not quite as wet, 608 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,430 - it has to be said, as Jennifer. - Unbelievable. 609 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,670 - True, c'est vrai? - No, it was appalling. 610 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,270 Paul Hollywood, two minutes again. 611 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,070 16.4, there you go. 612 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,950 Happy, happy together. 613 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:08,310 Ladies and gentlemen, Jennifer Saunders, Paul Hollywood. 614 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:22,070 So, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, salt and vinegar. 615 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,150 Gather round, it's Top Gear story time. 616 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,910 Tonight, a true tale from many moons ago 617 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,350 beginning in a mystical land far, far away -- 618 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,280 a place called Coventry. 619 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:54,630 Let me tell you a story. 620 00:38:54,680 --> 00:39:00,830 1961, the night before the Geneva Motor Show, 621 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:06,030 Jaguar is preparing to reveal the E-Type. 622 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:10,560 Excitement from the world's press exceeds all expectations. 623 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:15,390 A second E-Type is needed. 624 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,470 A driver is despatched. 625 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,230 13 hours to reach Geneva, 626 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:27,910 750 miles through the night -- 627 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,190 he makes it with ten minutes to spare. 628 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:38,030 The rest, as they say, is history -- a journey never to be repeated. 629 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,760 Until now. 630 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:49,750 It is 55 years to the night since Jaguar test driver Norman Dewis 631 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:54,510 burst out of the Coventry factory doors and onto this very road. 632 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:58,550 And, in 13 hours at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, 633 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,510 Jaguar will unveil this car, 634 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,430 the F-Type SVR convertible. 635 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:05,910 And when I say "this car", 636 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:07,590 I mean THIS car -- 637 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:11,830 this is the only F-Type SVR convertible in the world. 638 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:16,750 If I don't get there, then the Jaguar boss will unveil... nothing. 639 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,270 Fresh air. 640 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:27,390 The F-Type is Jag's spiritual successor to the E-Type -- 641 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,630 a two-seat, rear-drive proper sports car. 642 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:34,630 Now Jaguar's elite SVO skunkworks department 643 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,270 has turned the F-Type into simply the fastest 644 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:41,880 series production Jaguar ever created -- the SVR. 645 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,910 What they've done is they've taken the standard V8 F-Type, 646 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,470 and made it nastier -- 647 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,320 more power, less weight, more rage. 648 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:58,520 Hauling me across Europe is a 567 brake horsepower V8. 649 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,550 It'll clock 0 to 60 in three and a half seconds, 650 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:09,030 on its way to a top speed of 195mph. 651 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,390 And that is the kind of grunt you need 652 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:14,590 when you're trying to outrun history. 653 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,510 With twice the power of the original E-Type 654 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,110 and 21st century motorways to help me on my way, 655 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,870 matching Norman's time should be, on paper, a breeze. 656 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,750 But I've also got 21st century traffic 657 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,670 and 21st century traffic police. 658 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:33,880 If there's one hold up, I'm not going to make this. 659 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,750 And as I arrived at the Channel Tunnel, 660 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,350 I started to realise the magnitude of my task. 661 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,590 I wasn't just trying to keep up with any old test driver -- 662 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,400 I was trying to keep up with a legend. 663 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,990 After serving in the Second World War, 664 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:57,230 Norman Dewis joined Jaguar as their chief test driver. 665 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,910 There, for the next 30 years, 666 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:04,390 he helped develop some of the most iconic sports cars ever created. 667 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:09,310 In 1953, Norman set a new production car world record, 668 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:13,320 reaching 172mph in a Jaguar XK120. 669 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:20,310 Then in 1971, during development of the XJ13 prototype, 670 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:24,790 a rear tyre blew out, causing the car to barrel roll three times. 671 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,950 It was completely destroyed. 672 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,670 Norman was back at work the next day. 673 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,310 This was the man who drove the E-Type to Geneva, 674 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,230 the man I have to keep up with. 675 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:41,470 Tonight, I am following in the footsteps of an automotive pioneer. 676 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,870 I'm standing on the shoulders of an absolute giant. 677 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:49,110 And this, the most powerful of modern Jags, 678 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,950 is being driven by an idiot off the internet... 679 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,550 me. 680 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:59,950 Yes, entering France, with an entire large country still to cross, 681 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,830 I was definitely up against it, 682 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,110 and the consequences of failure would be.... 683 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,750 significant. 684 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,550 The Geneva Show is the centrepiece of the motoring calendar, 685 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,070 and this car is Jaguar's big reveal. 686 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:15,270 If I don't get there, 687 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:19,150 I won't just have failed Top Gear, I'll have failed... 688 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,670 Britain. I better get a move on. 689 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,510 Oh, I should probably mention... 690 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:30,950 That carbon fibre rear wing deploys automatically at 60mph. 691 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,070 In fact, if there are any traffic cops watching this, 692 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,750 the wing deploys automatically at 40mph. 693 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,400 Make that 30. 694 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,030 'As the SVR ate up France, 695 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:48,910 'it was clearly more than capable of keeping pace with Norman. 696 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,830 'But with the night wearing on...' 697 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:55,230 Push the ticket button, there you go. 698 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,680 '.. and only the occasional local for company...' 699 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,190 I have no idea what you're saying. 700 00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:04,990 'The car wasn't the problem -- it was me.' 701 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,960 So tired, so, so tired. 702 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,590 It was tough. 703 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,150 But you get on with it, don't you? 704 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,270 You have to keep going. 705 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,630 This is relentless. 706 00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:25,790 How the hell did Norman Dewis do this journey without energy drinks? 707 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:27,960 The man's a god! 708 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,670 And then, at last... 709 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:34,430 Daybreak. 710 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:39,840 Welcome relief from the darkness and the final stretch. 711 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:44,750 There's tired, there's dead tired, 712 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,030 and then there's how I'm feeling right now. 713 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:52,430 Fortunately, the SVR is packed with a handy pick-me-up. 714 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:55,310 There's a new exhaust, which is made out of Inconel. 715 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,470 That's the stuff they use to build space rockets. 716 00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:01,030 It saves 16kg over the exhaust on the standard V8, 717 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:02,470 but, more importantly, 718 00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:05,830 it makes a noise like an industrial wood chipper... 719 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:12,470 .. being fed into another industrial wood chipper. Ha-ha! 720 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:16,230 'Somewhere in the small hours, though, my schedule had slipped 721 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:19,630 'and with just two hours until the SVR was due onstage, 722 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,470 'I had over 100 miles still to cover, 723 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,710 'most of them on mountain roads.' 724 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,230 All right, hold on to your hats. 725 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:36,510 Unlike the ordinary V8 F-Type, the SVR is all-wheel drive. 726 00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,910 Right now, that's a good thing. 727 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:43,480 The acceleration on this thing is just savage. 728 00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,630 It's supercar fast. 729 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:49,350 And that noise! 730 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:52,880 I'm loving this thing. 731 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:57,150 The handling, you turn it in, it feels sharper, 732 00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,030 the throttle response -- more instant. 733 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,630 It just feels like a much more hardcore version 734 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,430 of a car that is already pretty damn hardcore. 735 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:10,640 That's exactly what I need right now. Oh, yes! 736 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,910 'With the press gathering on their show stand, 737 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,440 'Jaguar bosses in Geneva were getting nervous.' 738 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,190 Come on, MOVE! Thank you. 739 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:26,710 Merci beaucoup. 740 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,470 'And my phone was going crazy.' 741 00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:30,430 'The car has to be here, Rory.' 742 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,310 Yeah, no, no, I get it, no, I totally get it. 743 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:33,990 - OK, bye-bye. - Bye-bye, bye-bye. 744 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:38,140 I knew this was a bad idea, man. I knew this was a bad idea. 745 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,550 'Approaching Geneva, I had just 10 minutes 746 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,470 'till the car was due onstage.' 747 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:48,620 There it is in front of me. I can see it, I can see Palexpo. 748 00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:50,750 Ladies and gentlemen, 749 00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,670 the Jaguar Land Rover press conference will shortly commence. 750 00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:56,910 I need to find gate D, gate D. 751 00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,030 Please let this be it. 752 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:00,910 I'm delivering this car to Jaguar. 753 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:05,190 Super urgent. Is this gate D? No? No. 754 00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:07,240 No! I need to back up. 755 00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:21,830 Ladies and gentlemen, the Jaguar F-Type SVR. 756 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,270 'And there to welcome me...' 757 00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,190 - Norman. - Hey! 758 00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:35,270 - Rory, lovely to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 759 00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:40,200 'It's about determination, believing you'll do it. 760 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:45,800 'I never doubted for a second.' 761 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:54,030 Truly magical. 762 00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,630 And, of course, there's one man we'd all love to meet. 763 00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:57,830 So, why don't we do that? 764 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,150 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, 765 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:04,270 with his new mate Rory Reid, the legendary Norman Dewis, OBE. 766 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,150 - How are you? Come over here. - [I'm good *** inside mate] 767 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:16,670 What an honour. Don't you agree, Rory? 768 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:18,950 Definitely. This guy, massive respect. 769 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,870 Look, I might have made it, but in the spirit of keeping it real, 770 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,990 this guy back in 1961 did it and he beat me by ten minutes. 771 00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:28,870 Ten minutes faster. 772 00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,990 Now, Norman has worked for Jag since 1952 773 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:34,830 in research and development. 774 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,590 And, now, because you were a test driver 775 00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:40,430 in the most dangerous era of motoring, 776 00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:43,030 technically, you shouldn't really be here, should you? 777 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:46,870 Well... no. Uh, I had three big crashes. 778 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,950 But, those days, we didn't have seatbelts or fireproof overalls 779 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:52,710 or proper crash helmets. 780 00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:56,430 Uh, you just got in the car and got on with the job. 781 00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:02,430 I mean, I say, I had three big crashes. C-Type, D-Type, XJ13. 782 00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:04,710 And, uh, every time I got out of it, 783 00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,070 I was back on the track next morning. 784 00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:10,350 And, recently, I go up a decent bit of road, 785 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,870 and trip up and cut my bloody wrist. 786 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:15,270 So that's the worst injury you've... 787 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,150 That's the worst injury I've had, yes! 788 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:18,470 That's unbelievable. 789 00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:20,870 Ladies and gentlemen, Norman Dewis, OBE. 790 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:22,480 Thank you. 791 00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:30,670 OK, wow, awesome. 792 00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:34,230 Earlier, you remember, I was driving this sublime Rolls-Royce Dawn -- 793 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:38,110 a car I loved and a car that Chris had a few issues with. 794 00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:41,630 Yeah, so here's the real issue with the Dawn, though, Matt, 795 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:42,990 OK, here's the deal. 796 00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:45,950 With all brand-new Rolls-Royces, it's the same thing. 797 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,710 Fresh out of the showroom, they're just too flashy. 798 00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,310 They rub people up the wrong way. 799 00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:54,550 I'm not saying it's fair on the car or the owners, 800 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:56,830 it's just the way it... It's just a fact. 801 00:49:56,880 --> 00:50:01,630 You have to allow several decades between buying a new Rolls-Royce 802 00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:05,270 and then the Rolls-Royce becoming classic, classy, and loved. 803 00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:08,470 Seriously. Do you believe me? 804 00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:10,070 No. 805 00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:12,990 OK, look, here is what I'm talking about. Look at this. 806 00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:17,230 A 1976 Rolls-Royce Corniche. Isn't this beautiful? 807 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:18,750 Yes. 808 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:19,790 See? It's beautiful. 809 00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:22,910 Isn't this YOUR 1976 Rolls-Royce Corniche? 810 00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:26,750 Yes. It's also mine, but that's sort of precisely my point. Right? 811 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,550 People can't fail to smile 812 00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:32,510 when this glides by even with a tool like me behind the wheel. 813 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,750 OK, and the funny thing is Chris actually believes that. All right? 814 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,950 So what we decided to do was put it to the test, 815 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:42,750 OK, by taking the Dawn 816 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:47,030 and Chris's Queen Mary here on the campaign trail. 817 00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:50,790 We let the honest people of Dingle, West Ireland decide for themselves. 818 00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:52,120 Yes. 819 00:50:57,680 --> 00:51:00,310 So, welcome to the Rolls-Royce Corniche, 820 00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:04,470 one of the best of the very best. 821 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,630 OK, it may only be half as powerful, not even, 822 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:11,430 maybe a tenth as reliable on a good day, but you know what? 823 00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,270 None of that matters. 824 00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:15,510 In fact, it makes the Corniche more attractive, 825 00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,560 gives it vulnerability, you know, makes it more human. 826 00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:24,030 Chris Evans cracks me up. 827 00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:27,230 He's going to be going on and on about nostalgia 828 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,550 and how cars were better in the old days. 829 00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,800 I'm here to tell you they weren't. They sucked. 830 00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:37,350 Now, on a road like this, 831 00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:39,710 do you have your traction control on or off? 832 00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:41,630 Well, it's sort of permanently off 833 00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:44,880 because I actually don't have traction control. 834 00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:47,150 What? 835 00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:50,110 Discussions like this are considered inelegant 836 00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:52,960 when it comes to Rolls-Royces, Matthew. 837 00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,000 The question -- old Rolls versus new Rolls. 838 00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,110 The town of Dingle to decide. 839 00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:05,470 They would vote for their favourite at the end of the day 840 00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:10,790 so we had just a few hours to garner as much support as we could muster. 841 00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:18,440 And the campaign trail... kicked off here. 842 00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:26,550 Not knowing much about Gaelic sports, 843 00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,600 we waited for what we hoped was half-time... 844 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:34,630 .. before targeting the most qualified people 845 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:38,190 to judge between a couple of swanky cars -- a load of footballers. 846 00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:40,360 Bring in the teams! 847 00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,920 What do you think, new or old? 848 00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:48,030 Come on, come on, ref, get in. 849 00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,230 Let me show you the boot. 850 00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:52,470 On this one, the transmission is hooked to the sat nav 851 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:54,910 and it can tell what's coming and puts you in the right gear 852 00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,750 for what the road looks like in front of you. 853 00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,430 'It became clear that I was going to struggle 854 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,020 'with Matt in full showroom mode.' 855 00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:04,200 Push down. 856 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,310 That sells the car right there, that button. 857 00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:13,190 'And, even worse, I had that Hollywood charm to contend with.' 858 00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:16,310 - Hi, how are you? - Good, how are you? - Good, good, good, good. 859 00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:19,390 Hang on, there's nobody in my car any more. 860 00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:22,230 'Already confident about the evening's big vote, 861 00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:24,990 'I called for an early opinion poll.' 862 00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:26,070 What if we do this, 863 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:29,830 let's say all the players go around the car that they'd prefer. 864 00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:31,800 Let's try that. 865 00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:42,870 I think if it was a vote between me and you, 866 00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:44,590 you obviously would become president. 867 00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:46,630 I think it was the new Dawn. 868 00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:49,150 It was the Dawn of a new day, if you will. 869 00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:52,000 Oh, don't get all poetic on me, please. 870 00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:59,070 Gaelic football had been a disastrous start for the Corniche. 871 00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:02,830 The Dawn's flashy gadgets and the seemingly irresistible draw 872 00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:05,150 of a free umbrella had won people over. 873 00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:08,400 But I really think they were missing the point. 874 00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,310 See, the thing about a Rolls is you have to wait. 875 00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,950 You have to wait long enough for time to peel back 876 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:20,310 that stigma of in-your-face ostentation, 877 00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:22,830 "Look at me, I'm Charlie Big Potatoes," 878 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:27,070 to reveal a beautiful patina riven into the leather 879 00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:32,710 and the walnut and the paint and the very spirit and essence of the car. 880 00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:35,430 'It's those more characterful things about the Corniche 881 00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:36,870 'that make me love it. 882 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:39,710 'I just needed to find someone in Dingle to agree. 883 00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:43,110 'Luckily, our next stop seemed more likely to go in my favour. 884 00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:45,350 'We'd been challenged to a smell test.' 885 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,790 Your car just smells of new, it's got that new smell. 886 00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:49,630 You know, the smell you can buy in a canister 887 00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:51,190 and just spray it for two quid. 888 00:54:51,240 --> 00:54:53,180 Does your nose work? 889 00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:55,990 To settle the dispute, 890 00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:59,920 we were meeting someone whose nose works very well indeed. 891 00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:06,990 Dingle's head distiller, chief whiskey sniffer, Michael. 892 00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:12,110 If one of your products here were to smell like an old wet dog, 893 00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:13,950 would you sell it? 894 00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:16,110 - No. - Perfect. 895 00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:19,190 'So, we put our roofs up for maximum pungency, 896 00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:22,030 'and seeing as that would take Chris until sometime next week...' 897 00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:23,350 How you doing over there? 898 00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:25,350 Yeah, fine, thanks, I don't need any help. 899 00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:27,940 '.. Michael started in the Dawn.' 900 00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:30,800 Hmm. 901 00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:35,230 He seems to be enjoying it. 902 00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:38,990 'Turns out a quarter of a million buys you the luxurious smell of...' 903 00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:40,830 Interesting. 904 00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:43,230 'Interesting? What the hell does that mean? 905 00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:44,590 'OK, time for a new approach.' 906 00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:46,670 Let me tell you about the leather in there. 907 00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:49,670 The leather is made from 12 Bavarian bulls 908 00:55:49,720 --> 00:55:53,270 that are raised at altitudes too high for mosquitoes 909 00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:56,110 so that they don't put holes in the hide 910 00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:59,710 and treated with a special treatment that doesn't squeak. 911 00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:01,550 Move your butt around, it does not squeak. 912 00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:03,510 Hmm. 913 00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:07,310 - Is that nice? - Yeah. 914 00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:10,310 'Michael didn't seem entirely convinced.' 915 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:12,390 Please. 916 00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:14,990 Careful the door doesn't fall off when you open it. 917 00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:16,990 What do you get? 918 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,150 Well, there's the wood and the leather. 919 00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:21,750 It's deep, it's almost tobacco. 920 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:24,870 It is... It is very... 921 00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:29,360 It's complex, but it's good. I like it. I'm impressed. 922 00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:35,790 OK, and...? Want to have another go? 923 00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:37,990 That was... It was nice. 924 00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:40,350 And the story with the Bavarian cows and everything 925 00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:44,350 - was beautiful, it's... - Bulls, to be... - Sorry, bulls. 926 00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:46,950 It's not always the case that older is better, 927 00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:48,710 but I think in this case, Matt, 928 00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,960 I'm afraid I'm going to have to go with Chris. 929 00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:56,510 'Yes! I was back in the game. And Matt wasn't happy.' 930 00:56:56,560 --> 00:57:00,030 He was drunk. He was swaying back and forth. 931 00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:02,020 Did you notice that? 932 00:57:02,520 --> 00:57:06,270 That last test made me realise even more why I love this car. 933 00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:08,510 Didn't realise so much that when I get in the car, 934 00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:11,390 it's already got me under its spell because of the way it smells. 935 00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:13,380 Isn't that brilliant? 936 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:20,350 'The heart and soul of the Corniche was my secret weapon 937 00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:22,790 'so I was also looking forward to the next comparison -- 938 00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:24,710 'how they sound.' 939 00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:27,150 This is a V8. 940 00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:30,550 There's no finer sounding engine note in the world than a V8. 941 00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:31,750 Everybody knows that. 942 00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:37,710 But that car has a terrible, terrible sounding engine, though. 943 00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:42,560 It really does sound like a portable hair dryer. 944 00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:48,350 'Hoping to avoid any stereotypes about Ireland, 945 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:49,710 'we picked the first group 946 00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,860 'of average everyday people we could find...' 947 00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:59,070 '.. and asked them which engine's voice spoke to them.' 948 00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:00,920 OK, are you ready? 949 00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:05,590 Sounds like a hamster trying to stifle a cough. 950 00:58:07,560 --> 00:58:09,390 OK, now listen to this one. 951 00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:11,380 - You ready? - Yep. 952 00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:14,710 - Yes? - Yeah. 953 00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:18,270 Woohoo! V8, baby! 954 00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:21,870 'Dingle was beginning to fall for the charms of the Corniche 955 00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:24,470 'and I was starting to wonder why I'd put so much faith 956 00:58:24,520 --> 00:58:25,950 'in the taste of footballers.' 957 00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,670 Which car, this car or that car? 958 00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:30,150 - Uh... Your one. - Yay! 959 00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:32,790 'But the vote could still go either way.' 960 00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:34,870 Excuse me, sorry to interrupt. Very nice sheep. 961 00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:36,470 - Yeah? - Which is the best car? 962 00:58:36,520 --> 00:58:38,790 Would you have this one or would you have that one? 963 00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:40,470 I think that one. 964 00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:42,150 I'm sure you're an amazing farmer 965 00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,590 but you've got a terrible taste in cars. 966 00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:46,630 'With not long left till the polls opened, 967 00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:48,550 'the people of Dingle were out in force 968 00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:52,300 'so we hit the town for some last minute canvassing.' 969 00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:58,480 Vote with your heart! Vote for smell, sound, class and quality. 970 00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:03,430 No need to vote for the Corniche -- it'll only let you down. 971 00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:07,150 Vote brand-new technology at its finest! 972 00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:10,070 Cast your votes now, cast your votes now. 973 00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:23,440 'With all the votes cast, there was nothing more we could do. 974 00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:29,110 'As the day drew to a close, we made the most of the incredible road. 975 00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:31,510 'And, for just a minute, 976 00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:33,950 'the competition didn't seem quite so important.' 977 00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:36,790 Look at that, wow! 978 00:59:36,840 --> 00:59:40,350 Do you know what corniche means? A road cut into a hill. 979 00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:43,360 The Corniche is now on a corniche. 980 00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:51,190 This is spectacular. 981 00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:54,280 And these two cars, 40 years apart, but together in spirit. 982 01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:03,110 Wow! Look at this. 983 01:00:03,160 --> 01:00:06,320 - It doesn't get any better. - It really doesn't. Fantastic! 984 01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:11,910 What a day! 985 01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:13,670 Amazing! Amazing day. 986 01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:16,070 You know, I've got to say when this whole thing started, 987 01:00:16,120 --> 01:00:19,270 I thought for sure, for me, it was going to be the new car. 988 01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:23,550 But after spending the whole day seeing your passion for it 989 01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:27,990 and seeing the people, how they love it, the smell and the sound of it 990 01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:31,870 and just the patina of the older car and your love for that 991 01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,950 and everything, at the end of the day, 992 01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:36,710 I... 993 01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:38,900 I still take the new one. 994 01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:41,470 I would. 995 01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:43,790 I can't lie to you, my friend. 996 01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:46,030 - Honestly? - Honestly. 997 01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:47,430 I thought we'd converted you. 998 01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:48,620 No. 999 01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:54,230 Great scenery, great roads, great people. 1000 01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:57,070 Yeah, sometimes paradise is just a ferry away. 1001 01:00:57,120 --> 01:00:59,190 You don't have to go to the other side of the world. 1002 01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:01,190 - Thank you, Ireland. - Yeah, thank you. 1003 01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:03,470 OK, we'll find out the final result in a minute. 1004 01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:06,510 But first, let's take a quick poll here. Chris, old or new? 1005 01:01:06,560 --> 01:01:10,030 - Old. - Yes! All right, thank you very much indeed. 1006 01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:11,710 Whatever. Rory, old or new? 1007 01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:14,430 - You know what it is, new, all day. - That's what I'm talking about. 1008 01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:17,790 Absolute crawler. Norman, Norman, new or old? 1009 01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:19,430 It's got to be old. 1010 01:01:19,480 --> 01:01:22,480 Of course it's got to be old! Norman knows. 1011 01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:27,630 OK, well, thank God it doesn't matter what any of us think 1012 01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:29,990 because it's down to Dingle. 1013 01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:32,950 Let's cross to Ireland for the football referee 1014 01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:35,870 and the teams back in the bar. 1015 01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:39,310 I, Richie Williams, Gaelic football referee 1016 01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:44,030 and returning officer for Dingle, hereby declare that the winner, 1017 01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:47,870 with 68% of the vote, is the Rolls-Royce... 1018 01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:49,680 Dawn. 1019 01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:53,840 I told you! 1020 01:01:56,600 --> 01:02:00,430 Whatever! I'm going with Norman. Shall we go with Norman? 1021 01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:02,350 Yes! 1022 01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:05,390 Sorry, Dingle. On next week's show, a very special MGB, 1023 01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:09,150 the brand-new Ford Mustang and Honda resurrects the NSX. 1024 01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:11,790 - Good night, everyone! - Good night, everyone!