1 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:12,410 'Tonight, I audition for Countryfile.' 2 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:14,250 Sorry to interrupt, very nice sheep. 3 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:16,570 'Matt considers his Christmas list.' 4 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:20,090 I feel like I need a captain's hat. Maybe a cannon. 5 00:00:20,140 --> 00:00:22,410 'And Harris has an Einstein moment.' 6 00:00:22,460 --> 00:00:24,000 There we go. 7 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,130 Hello and welcome to Top Gear! 8 00:00:36,180 --> 00:00:39,250 Yes, hello! Now, usually when you hear the term "lightweight", 9 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:42,250 you think of bars and drink and vomit. 10 00:00:43,540 --> 00:00:46,210 Thank you! But on this show, that term refers to 11 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:51,530 a very small special group of British car enthusiasts. 12 00:00:58,380 --> 00:01:02,210 These are the great British super lightweights. 13 00:01:02,260 --> 00:01:04,410 They're raucous, they're uncomfortable, 14 00:01:04,460 --> 00:01:07,690 and, most of all, they're totally impractical. 15 00:01:07,740 --> 00:01:10,650 Not that any of that really matters 16 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:14,290 because the only thing that does is how exciting they are to drive. 17 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:18,250 And the fast-track route to the most thrills per gallon 18 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:20,210 is as little lard as possible, 19 00:01:20,260 --> 00:01:24,540 with as much oomph as your piggy bank will stretch to. 20 00:01:29,060 --> 00:01:33,250 On the race track, these super lightweights are an absolute riot. 21 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:35,890 They're pure and honest, modest and humble. 22 00:01:35,940 --> 00:01:40,530 However, back in the real world, their lack of creature comforts 23 00:01:40,580 --> 00:01:43,820 means they can be a bit of a physical challenge. 24 00:01:44,860 --> 00:01:48,610 So, how does the new kid on the block compare? 25 00:01:48,660 --> 00:01:51,900 It's time to meet the Zenos E10. 26 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:59,610 It's designed and built in Britain 27 00:01:59,660 --> 00:02:02,330 by two ex-Lotus and Caterham guys, 28 00:02:02,380 --> 00:02:05,650 who still promise a double helping of fun 29 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:09,420 without the side order of scary. 30 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:19,050 There are three versions of the E10. 31 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:21,650 The entry level for 25 grand, 32 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:24,090 the top of the range R, and this, the S, 33 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:27,490 which boasts a two litre turbo engine 34 00:02:27,540 --> 00:02:29,610 from Ford's hot hatch department. 35 00:02:29,660 --> 00:02:33,570 30 grand will buy you 250 brake horsepower, 36 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:38,660 145mph and 0-60 in about four seconds. 37 00:02:45,660 --> 00:02:50,860 And all this in something that looks like Darth Vader's weekend wheels. 38 00:02:56,540 --> 00:02:59,170 The E10S is blessed with the gear box, engine 39 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:02,650 and other mechanical hardware from the Ford Focus ST, 40 00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:05,130 which is not a slow car. 41 00:03:05,180 --> 00:03:09,810 But stick all of its guts in a four-wheeled bobsleigh Superleggera 42 00:03:09,860 --> 00:03:12,460 and this is what's going to happen. 43 00:03:25,020 --> 00:03:29,730 If Mo Farah were a car, he may well be a Zenos. 44 00:03:29,780 --> 00:03:32,170 Supreme performance with a bare minimum 45 00:03:32,220 --> 00:03:35,100 of skin and bone to slow him down. 46 00:03:44,420 --> 00:03:48,890 The E10S weighs a mere 725kg, 47 00:03:48,940 --> 00:03:52,090 about half the weight of the Ford Focus, 48 00:03:52,140 --> 00:03:54,850 partly because Zenos have done away with 49 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:58,250 all those heavy non-essentials like... windows. 50 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:01,540 Or a boot. Or a roof. 51 00:04:05,660 --> 00:04:07,850 But also because it's built of something 52 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:11,610 called carbon fibre reinforced plastic, which is incredibly light 53 00:04:11,660 --> 00:04:14,300 and incredibly strong, too. 54 00:04:17,580 --> 00:04:21,170 Now, it could be said the E10S's panels look a bit flimsy 55 00:04:21,220 --> 00:04:26,770 and, frankly, they are, but it's all part of that grand plan. 56 00:04:26,820 --> 00:04:30,450 Think about these panels as more sacrificial than cheap. 57 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:34,530 Zenos have gone all Lego on us, so if you run out of talent 58 00:04:34,580 --> 00:04:39,300 on a track day, it's so much easier to replace a bit than a lot. 59 00:04:46,780 --> 00:04:49,260 Whoaaaa! 60 00:04:51,780 --> 00:04:55,050 Because the rest of the car is so solid and so light, 61 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:57,970 it's the perfect platform for stability. 62 00:05:03,340 --> 00:05:06,420 Enables the car to remain PLANTED... 63 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:09,900 .. almost all of the time! 64 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:16,820 Wooohooo, woohooo! 65 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:20,850 The way this car's set up, 66 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:24,290 it really will inspire the inner Hamilton in all of us. 67 00:05:24,340 --> 00:05:26,570 The steering is so tight and bright. 68 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:28,970 Marvellous, joyous! 69 00:05:29,020 --> 00:05:30,660 Heavenly! 70 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:35,370 I love the whooshing and the hissing and the oozing 71 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:37,130 and the urging and the screaming 72 00:05:37,180 --> 00:05:41,300 and the "Come on, Christopher! Faster, my son." 73 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:45,060 Here we go again! 74 00:05:49,180 --> 00:05:52,090 The Zenos, then, gives you all the thrills you want 75 00:05:52,140 --> 00:05:54,570 from a proper British super lightweight, 76 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:58,050 but without feeling the need to have to beat you up. 77 00:05:58,100 --> 00:06:00,690 This car really doesn't want to fight you. 78 00:06:00,740 --> 00:06:03,010 It wants to be your friend. 79 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:07,970 I mean, it has its downsides -- the gear throw's a bit long, 80 00:06:08,020 --> 00:06:10,530 the brakes you've got to really sort of stand on at first, 81 00:06:10,580 --> 00:06:12,210 till you get used to them. 82 00:06:12,260 --> 00:06:15,130 But, compared to most super lightweights, 83 00:06:15,180 --> 00:06:18,120 it's like a bloomin' Rolls-Royce Corniche. 84 00:06:21,140 --> 00:06:23,650 When developing their mini masterpiece, 85 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,130 Zenos invited potential customers 86 00:06:26,180 --> 00:06:29,330 to drive the prototypes and give their feedback. 87 00:06:29,380 --> 00:06:33,210 So this car is more of what super lightweight fans want, 88 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:36,740 rather than what a manufacturer thinks they should get. 89 00:06:39,260 --> 00:06:43,010 But all those Ford bits means it's got parts supply sorted, 90 00:06:43,060 --> 00:06:45,610 reliability should be boringly excellent, 91 00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:49,820 fixing it should be easy and it's safe and it's noisy. 92 00:06:50,980 --> 00:06:54,700 But, most important of all, it's still respectfully impractical. 93 00:06:55,860 --> 00:06:59,570 Which it has to be because it's a super lightweight 94 00:06:59,620 --> 00:07:02,380 and that's the law! 95 00:07:14,860 --> 00:07:18,250 Wow! I love it. That looked fun. That looked great, was it fun? 96 00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:22,170 No. Yes. What I meant... No, I meant yes. Yes, no. 97 00:07:22,220 --> 00:07:24,570 It is a lot of fun, but the thing about cars like this is, 98 00:07:24,620 --> 00:07:25,850 they are painful. They hurt. 99 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:28,730 They hurt your back, they hurt your arms, they hurt your wrists. 100 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:30,010 They really hurt your bum, 101 00:07:30,060 --> 00:07:34,210 and some people have been known to ache for the rest of their lives 102 00:07:34,260 --> 00:07:36,690 after driving a super lightweight for just five minutes. 103 00:07:36,740 --> 00:07:38,490 Yeah, but the people who love these cars, 104 00:07:38,540 --> 00:07:40,890 the people who own these cars, they worship them, right? 105 00:07:40,940 --> 00:07:43,530 They do, they do, er, because they're a bit mad! 106 00:07:43,580 --> 00:07:44,930 Ah. 107 00:07:44,980 --> 00:07:47,770 I salute them, but I wouldn't want to live next door to one. 108 00:07:47,820 --> 00:07:50,130 - That's all I'm saying, OK? - OK. All right. Fair enough. 109 00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:53,290 OK -- so to see how fast a "Zeenos" goes around... 110 00:07:53,340 --> 00:07:54,850 Zenos. 111 00:07:54,900 --> 00:07:58,250 To see how fast a Zenos goes around our test track... 112 00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:01,770 .. it's time to hand it over to our tame racing driver. 113 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:07,450 Some say that on a first date, he always clips the apex... 114 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:19,900 .. and that he's touched every one of the Untouchables. 115 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:23,290 All we know is, he's called... 116 00:08:23,340 --> 00:08:25,930 THE STIG! 117 00:08:25,980 --> 00:08:31,170 So, the Zenos E10S, then, a classically British lightweight 118 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:34,160 in classically British conditions today... 119 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:40,540 Into the first corner, the Zenos looking locked down as you like. 120 00:08:42,980 --> 00:08:45,330 The Stig, crafty, happening, happening, crafty. 121 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:46,770 Chicago! 122 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:50,660 Listen to the turbo engine suck and blow, hiss, pop, bang. 123 00:08:56,700 --> 00:08:59,290 Very neutral, through Hammerhead. 124 00:08:59,340 --> 00:09:02,210 Not a sniff of a slide there, immaculate. 125 00:09:04,820 --> 00:09:06,890 Happening crafty, crafty happening, the Zenos! 126 00:09:06,940 --> 00:09:09,980 For the honour of Norfolk! 127 00:09:12,740 --> 00:09:15,610 Bouncing past the tyre wall, 128 00:09:15,660 --> 00:09:18,890 sacrificial panels unsacrificed. 129 00:09:18,940 --> 00:09:22,060 Bit of a squirm as Stig stomps on the brakes. 130 00:09:23,380 --> 00:09:26,530 Finally, through Gambon, little skid on the exit 131 00:09:26,580 --> 00:09:28,890 and across the line! 132 00:09:31,740 --> 00:09:33,260 So... 133 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:38,650 .. before I post this time up on the Power Lap Time Board, 134 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:41,490 we're looking at other lightweights, we've got the Caterham 620R, 135 00:09:41,540 --> 00:09:44,690 1.22.3, and then we go up the board, 136 00:09:44,740 --> 00:09:49,370 the BAC Mono, the king or queen of the lightweights, 1.14.3, 137 00:09:49,420 --> 00:09:52,490 and the Zenos E10S, on a mildly moist and damp day, 138 00:09:52,540 --> 00:09:56,050 has come in at 1.25.1, which is just about there. 139 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:59,700 It's OK. That's OK. 140 00:10:02,660 --> 00:10:04,970 While Chris was dealing with the pain of the Zenos, 141 00:10:05,020 --> 00:10:08,570 I was dealing with the pain of the new Rolls-Royce. 142 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:20,300 The Rolls-Royce Dawn. 143 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:30,820 17 feet and £250,000 of very British convertible. 144 00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:40,330 And yes, 17 foot long, £250,000 convertibles can sometimes -- 145 00:10:40,380 --> 00:10:44,860 sometimes -- run the risk of being a bit attention-seeking. 146 00:10:45,940 --> 00:10:47,280 Shouty. 147 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:52,090 Case in point -- way, way out in front, 148 00:10:52,140 --> 00:10:57,730 a twin turbo 6.6 litre V12 engine will, at your request, 149 00:10:57,780 --> 00:11:00,690 serve up 563 horsepower. 150 00:11:00,740 --> 00:11:07,210 It'll proceed from a standstill to 60mph in under five seconds. 151 00:11:07,260 --> 00:11:10,620 Which is very invigorating. 152 00:11:20,740 --> 00:11:23,450 But the rest of the messy physics of driving 153 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:25,730 are kept well and truly below deck. 154 00:11:25,780 --> 00:11:28,530 Generally, when you buy the convertible version 155 00:11:28,580 --> 00:11:31,810 of an expensive car with a large engine and many cylinders, 156 00:11:31,860 --> 00:11:35,620 it's so you can hear that large engine with many cylinders. 157 00:11:36,780 --> 00:11:40,330 But the Dawn is far too diplomatic for anything 158 00:11:40,380 --> 00:11:44,020 so uncouth as engine noise. Huh! 159 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:53,860 And it's far too polite to concern you with nonsense like feedback. 160 00:11:55,260 --> 00:11:57,730 The steering tells you pretty much nothing 161 00:11:57,780 --> 00:12:00,450 about what's going on with the tyres. 162 00:12:01,260 --> 00:12:05,410 Just occasionally you get the merest hint through the chassis 163 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:09,210 that you may have run over something fairly significant. 164 00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:11,060 Like a buffalo. 165 00:12:13,620 --> 00:12:14,930 And that's a good thing. 166 00:12:14,980 --> 00:12:17,810 If you want to feel every inch of the tarmac through your fingertips, 167 00:12:17,860 --> 00:12:19,660 buy a Lotus. 168 00:12:22,180 --> 00:12:24,770 And if it's all still a bit intrusive, 169 00:12:24,820 --> 00:12:27,460 you can always deploy the roof. 170 00:12:29,380 --> 00:12:32,120 You could hear a cricket fart in here. 171 00:12:32,740 --> 00:12:34,020 Oop! 172 00:12:38,060 --> 00:12:41,690 Even though the Dawn will do 155mph 173 00:12:41,740 --> 00:12:44,410 if called upon, you get the sense... 174 00:12:46,380 --> 00:12:50,380 .. it would prefer to call ahead and let them know you'll be late. 175 00:12:53,820 --> 00:12:56,610 It's a car that'll go as fast as you'll ever need, 176 00:12:56,660 --> 00:12:59,330 but makes you want to take your time. 177 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:11,730 Delve beneath its bold, sleek lines 178 00:13:11,780 --> 00:13:15,180 and you're met with a level of detail that is second to none. 179 00:13:22,820 --> 00:13:24,730 The doors open the wrong way because... 180 00:13:24,780 --> 00:13:27,210 Well, it seems like there's no practical reason 181 00:13:27,260 --> 00:13:29,450 other than the fact that it's really cool, 182 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:32,240 but it makes it easier to access this. 183 00:13:33,380 --> 00:13:35,490 Your umbrella. 184 00:13:35,540 --> 00:13:38,170 And then when you're done with your umbrella, 185 00:13:38,220 --> 00:13:43,290 the Dawn circulates warm air around its little scabbard to dry it off. 186 00:13:49,140 --> 00:13:51,140 Sweet! 187 00:13:54,380 --> 00:13:56,370 And if you think that's a bit over the top, 188 00:13:56,420 --> 00:14:00,370 how about this little gem from the promotional literature? 189 00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:05,570 "The rear passengers do not merely get out of a Rolls-Royce Dawn, 190 00:14:05,620 --> 00:14:10,090 "but rather stand and disembark as if from a motor launch 191 00:14:10,140 --> 00:14:12,680 "onto a glamorous private jetty." 192 00:14:13,660 --> 00:14:15,530 Let's give it a go. 193 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:24,440 I can almost smell the ocean. 194 00:14:26,540 --> 00:14:29,170 And then there's the Dawn's most imposing feature. 195 00:14:29,220 --> 00:14:31,650 Oh, that's tight. Oh, wow! 196 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:35,330 'And that's... Well, it's HUGE.' 197 00:14:35,380 --> 00:14:38,210 Sorry, buddy. Aah! 198 00:14:38,260 --> 00:14:41,940 And that leads to the small matter of parking it. 199 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:46,740 Ooh, that's tight. 200 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:53,570 Oop, let me try that again. 201 00:14:54,420 --> 00:14:56,360 She's definitely big. 202 00:14:58,140 --> 00:15:02,650 Oh, I'm on the kerb. One more crack at that. 203 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:04,850 Oop! Ooh... 204 00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:08,650 OK, be careful now. We don't want to scuff the wheels. 205 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:11,740 They're about £2,000 a pop. 206 00:15:12,780 --> 00:15:15,620 Jeez! At least nobody saw that. 207 00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:21,210 'Not what you'd call "subtle", then.' 208 00:15:25,380 --> 00:15:29,250 But get the Dawn out on the wide -- very wide -- open road 209 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:32,300 and it really starts to get under your skin. 210 00:15:39,220 --> 00:15:41,290 You don't drive this thing, 211 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:46,090 you captain it, as you would a cruise liner. 212 00:15:46,140 --> 00:15:50,100 I feel like I need a captain's hat. Maybe a cannon. 213 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:54,610 Delusions of grandeur? 214 00:15:54,660 --> 00:15:55,850 Perhaps. 215 00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:58,730 But that's what the Dawn does to you. 216 00:15:58,780 --> 00:16:02,220 OK, maybe it IS a bit attention-seeking, a bit shouty. 217 00:16:03,420 --> 00:16:06,290 But, hey, it's got PLENTY to shout about. 218 00:16:07,140 --> 00:16:11,580 So nice. So, so nice. 219 00:16:13,420 --> 00:16:16,130 I like it. Call me crazy. 220 00:16:16,180 --> 00:16:19,010 Call me... ostentatious. 221 00:16:19,060 --> 00:16:22,930 Call me whatever the hell you want, I'm driving a Roller down the road. 222 00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:24,380 Ha-ha-ha! 223 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:32,530 Oop! 224 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:42,890 It does pain me to admit this, but he does suit the car, doesn't he? 225 00:16:42,940 --> 00:16:44,490 Thank you. 226 00:16:44,540 --> 00:16:46,770 This car is undoubtedly a five-star, 227 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:49,410 magnificent example of British engineering. 228 00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:51,090 However, two glitches in my book. 229 00:16:51,140 --> 00:16:52,810 - Two? - Two. 230 00:16:52,860 --> 00:16:55,370 First of all, why do Rolls always insist 231 00:16:55,420 --> 00:16:56,970 on sticking their granny's brooch 232 00:16:57,020 --> 00:17:01,170 on the most beautiful, futuristic grilles imaginable? 233 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:02,650 Why do they do that? 234 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:05,050 What? The Spirit of Ecstasy? What's wrong with that? 235 00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:07,130 Well, why don't they make it more contemporary 236 00:17:07,180 --> 00:17:08,450 so you look at it and you think, 237 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:10,130 "No, it's all part of the same thing?" 238 00:17:10,180 --> 00:17:12,920 - You don't like it? - No, I hate it. 239 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:20,530 You don't have to look at it. 240 00:17:20,580 --> 00:17:22,050 I know it's still there. 241 00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:24,650 That's just like sweeping the problem under the carpet. 242 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:27,490 That's the way you're supposed to deal with problems. 243 00:17:27,540 --> 00:17:28,810 Answer this question, then. 244 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:30,850 Have Rolls come up with a button 245 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:33,890 to make the whole back end of the car disappear? 246 00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:36,970 Look at this, it's awful, it's hideous! 247 00:17:37,020 --> 00:17:38,610 It looks like a blue wall 248 00:17:38,660 --> 00:17:41,170 that somebody's just stuck a number plate on. 249 00:17:41,220 --> 00:17:43,130 What's the matter with the back? 250 00:17:43,180 --> 00:17:44,570 The back is terrible. 251 00:17:44,620 --> 00:17:46,370 You won't know this, right, 252 00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:48,570 but the back of this brand-new Rolls-Royce Dawn 253 00:17:48,620 --> 00:17:51,050 looks like a Rover 75. 254 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:54,890 Look! What's that about? 255 00:17:54,940 --> 00:17:58,290 - That looks all right, too. - Really?! 256 00:17:58,340 --> 00:18:01,330 - What's the problem? - Look, you've got these gorgeous, sweeping lines. 257 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:03,290 You've got these really muscular haunches, 258 00:18:03,340 --> 00:18:06,290 you've got a really tight torso for such a big vehicle, and then... 259 00:18:06,340 --> 00:18:09,650 they went home and the designers forgot to come back 260 00:18:09,700 --> 00:18:11,050 and we're left with this. 261 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:13,690 - All right, so you don't like the back of the car? - Yes. 262 00:18:13,740 --> 00:18:16,050 OK, do you feel better now, getting that off your chest? 263 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:17,770 - I'm OK for now. For now. - All right, well, 264 00:18:17,820 --> 00:18:19,330 - we'll come back to that. - Thank you. 265 00:18:19,380 --> 00:18:21,370 OK, I'm glad he's done with that. 266 00:18:21,420 --> 00:18:23,090 We'll be returning to the Dawn later 267 00:18:23,140 --> 00:18:24,930 as it takes on an icon from the past. 268 00:18:24,980 --> 00:18:26,930 Right now, it's special ops time 269 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:29,290 as Top Gear's lone wolf, Chris Harris, 270 00:18:29,340 --> 00:18:32,440 comes to grips with BMW's latest tyre-slayer. 271 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:39,130 If you lived in the 1990s and you wanted to buy a fast car, 272 00:18:39,180 --> 00:18:43,380 but you couldn't afford a Porsche 911, you bought one of these. 273 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:47,140 A BMW M3. 274 00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:51,690 It was quick, it was rear wheel drive, it was affordable-ish, 275 00:18:51,740 --> 00:18:56,130 and, most importantly, on a wet roundabout, it would do big skids. 276 00:18:56,180 --> 00:18:58,420 It was therefore perfect. 277 00:19:00,020 --> 00:19:03,450 Fast forward 20 years, and you can still buy an M3. 278 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:05,730 It looks like this. 279 00:19:05,780 --> 00:19:09,410 Yes, it's very fast and very impressive, 280 00:19:09,460 --> 00:19:12,660 but the M3 isn't really an M3 any more. 281 00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:21,420 It's become bigger, more complicated. Much more grown up. 282 00:19:22,460 --> 00:19:25,860 So, what if you want your M3 like they used to be? 283 00:19:36,380 --> 00:19:38,100 This is the M2. 284 00:19:45,860 --> 00:19:50,100 Named in honour of one of Kent's finest stretches of motorway. 285 00:19:51,620 --> 00:19:52,770 Not really. 286 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:56,530 It's called the M2 because it's based on the 2 Series, 287 00:19:56,580 --> 00:20:00,410 BMW's smallest coupe, and what BMW has done here 288 00:20:00,460 --> 00:20:03,260 is actually quite old-fashioned. 289 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:08,410 Just like that old M3 from the '90s, there's a manual gearbox. 290 00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:12,730 You can have a paddle shift if you want, but, trust me, you don't. 291 00:20:12,780 --> 00:20:14,850 And just like that old M3 from the '90s, 292 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:17,840 you get a three litre straight-six engine. 293 00:20:19,020 --> 00:20:23,850 OK, it's turbo charged now, but that does mean 365 horsepower 294 00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:26,780 and 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. 295 00:20:29,460 --> 00:20:33,050 A lot of modern turbo charged engines have clever software 296 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:36,810 that limits the torque at low revs to stop you spinning the wheels 297 00:20:36,860 --> 00:20:38,890 and to make it more manageable. 298 00:20:38,940 --> 00:20:42,330 The M2, however, is not interested in manageable. 299 00:20:42,380 --> 00:20:43,730 So, full torque, 300 00:20:43,780 --> 00:20:46,370 that's the stuff that gives you the big shove in the back, 301 00:20:46,420 --> 00:20:50,690 arrives at just 1500rpm and it stays there pretty much all the way. 302 00:20:50,740 --> 00:20:54,170 So, you don't have to find the M2's sweet spot, 303 00:20:54,220 --> 00:20:56,620 it's just there the whole time. 304 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:05,420 And with all this torque on tap, you can slide about a bit. 305 00:21:06,740 --> 00:21:08,540 A lot, actually. 306 00:21:10,820 --> 00:21:14,650 It's a little angry pool of energy, this car. 307 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:17,450 It's like the pent-up bloke in the pub who'll start a fight 308 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:21,700 with just about anyone for staring at his pint the wrong way. 309 00:21:25,020 --> 00:21:27,420 You! What are you looking at?! 310 00:21:27,980 --> 00:21:30,250 Now, admittedly, this kind of attitude 311 00:21:30,300 --> 00:21:33,740 does tend to attract a certain type of buyer. 312 00:21:36,620 --> 00:21:39,210 There's no denying that fast BMW saloons 313 00:21:39,260 --> 00:21:41,570 still carry a faint suspicion 314 00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:45,130 of the "mobile phone salesman done good" about them. 315 00:21:45,180 --> 00:21:49,210 And the headlights actually have three different settings. 316 00:21:49,260 --> 00:21:51,330 There's dip beam, main beam 317 00:21:51,380 --> 00:21:55,300 and "Get out of my way, I'm on business! Deal, DEAL!" 318 00:21:58,300 --> 00:22:03,810 And, image problems aside, there are just a couple of other minor flaws. 319 00:22:03,860 --> 00:22:05,010 Complete geeks like me 320 00:22:05,060 --> 00:22:08,010 will notice that there is no oil temperature gauge. 321 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:10,610 I always thought M cars had to have an oil temperature gauge, 322 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:13,650 but this one doesn't, nor is the gear knob illuminated. 323 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:17,410 I know, you're shocked at the depth of my sadness, aren't you? 324 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:20,410 But it's one of those cars that makes you qualify everything 325 00:22:20,460 --> 00:22:22,610 with a, "But what else can you get for the money?" 326 00:22:22,660 --> 00:22:25,330 And also, "What more can you expect?" 327 00:22:29,980 --> 00:22:33,250 Well, it's not often you introduce an Audi as the budget option, 328 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:35,970 but this is the RS3. 329 00:22:36,020 --> 00:22:38,210 It makes the same power as the BMW 330 00:22:38,260 --> 00:22:41,460 and, at £40,000, it's four grand cheaper. 331 00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:47,530 Because it's got four-wheel drive, it'll get from 0-60 much quicker. 332 00:22:47,580 --> 00:22:51,330 In fact, it'll get... anywhere much quicker. 333 00:22:51,380 --> 00:22:54,420 It is a deliriously, stupidly fast car. 334 00:22:55,460 --> 00:22:59,140 Has bigger back seats, too, if you care about that sort of thing. 335 00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:03,640 In fact, on paper, it's just a winner. 336 00:23:05,060 --> 00:23:07,660 But you don't drive cars on paper. 337 00:23:09,980 --> 00:23:13,140 Welcome, then, to the Top Gear One Corner Challenge. 338 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:18,490 In just one single corner, I'm going to demonstrate to you exactly why, 339 00:23:18,540 --> 00:23:21,130 despite what the official stats might say, 340 00:23:21,180 --> 00:23:25,810 the RS3 is not the better car, which means I'll need to strap on 341 00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:29,410 the patented Top Gear Funometer 3000, 342 00:23:29,460 --> 00:23:31,890 harnessing science and numbers and stuff 343 00:23:31,940 --> 00:23:34,340 to actually quantify happiness. 344 00:23:39,420 --> 00:23:40,960 There we go. 345 00:23:43,580 --> 00:23:45,570 Right, then, the Audi RS3. 346 00:23:45,620 --> 00:23:48,930 And we've got, yeah, understeer, 347 00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:51,980 amusing parpy five-cylinder noises and understeer. 348 00:23:55,340 --> 00:23:58,730 Right, let's have a look at the scores. Er... 76. 349 00:23:58,780 --> 00:24:01,290 That's... quite happy. 350 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:04,340 And now the M2. 351 00:24:06,180 --> 00:24:08,450 So I scored 76 in the Audi. 352 00:24:14,140 --> 00:24:16,410 What did I score in the BMW? 353 00:24:17,940 --> 00:24:19,610 514! 354 00:24:19,660 --> 00:24:22,050 There you have it. 355 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:26,050 The BMW makes you... um... 356 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:29,170 very much more happy in the corners. 357 00:24:29,220 --> 00:24:31,580 There you are -- science. 358 00:24:36,860 --> 00:24:40,820 It really is simply brilliant, the M2. 359 00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:47,940 It takes you back to when driving was still... brilliantly simple. 360 00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:56,780 It takes you back to the 1990s. 361 00:24:58,220 --> 00:25:03,060 In fact, BMW has made a mistake here. 362 00:25:04,540 --> 00:25:07,260 It's not really an M2. 363 00:25:10,620 --> 00:25:13,700 It's an M3. There you go. 364 00:25:20,580 --> 00:25:25,970 OK, now it's time for tonight's Stars in a Rallycross Car. 365 00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:29,620 Please welcome Paul Hollywood and Jennifer Saunders. 366 00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:38,740 How cool is this? 367 00:25:47,860 --> 00:25:49,530 Look at you two. 368 00:25:49,580 --> 00:25:53,340 - Already friends, come on. - Yes. - Well, this morning, we weren't. 369 00:25:54,780 --> 00:25:58,170 - Well, and we might not be at the end, I don't know. - Yes. 370 00:25:58,220 --> 00:26:01,130 - Look at the body language, isn't it perfect? - He just said to me, 371 00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:04,250 - "If you beat me, I can't go back to Bake Off." - No. 372 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:06,690 So, Paul, please tell us what is Jennifer doing here? 373 00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:09,730 Jennifer's here because Absolutely Fabulous 374 00:26:09,780 --> 00:26:12,450 has finally been turned into a movie. 375 00:26:15,380 --> 00:26:18,130 Here's Eddie and Patsy on the run from the French police, 376 00:26:18,180 --> 00:26:20,970 Top Gear-style. Sort of. 377 00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:24,020 We're not going back, we're not going back. 378 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:28,770 Brake, Eddie! 379 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:31,330 Ohhh... Ohhh... 380 00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:34,220 Oh, God, no! 381 00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:38,420 Aaaaah! 382 00:26:39,740 --> 00:26:42,140 I mean, she could be anywhere. 383 00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:54,530 What a laugh! Was it fun to make? 384 00:26:54,580 --> 00:26:58,810 It was... Yes, it was the best fun to make. 385 00:26:58,860 --> 00:27:02,730 - Over 60 cameos, well-known cameos in the film. - Yeah. 386 00:27:02,780 --> 00:27:05,930 But one cameo was crucial to the film getting made. 387 00:27:05,980 --> 00:27:08,770 Well, it's not even really a cameo, it's actually quite a main part 388 00:27:08,820 --> 00:27:11,490 cos the whole plot revolves around Patsy and Eddie 389 00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:14,090 and Kate Moss and we needed Kate Moss. 390 00:27:14,140 --> 00:27:17,410 And I'd sold and written the whole film and forgotten to ask her. 391 00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:20,930 And someone said, "So, Kate's great about this, is she? 392 00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:24,650 "She all right about this?" I went, "Yeah... I think so." 393 00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:26,690 And luckily, well, not luckily, 394 00:27:26,740 --> 00:27:28,250 cos I thought she'd be pretty cool. 395 00:27:28,300 --> 00:27:30,250 And she said yes and, uh... 396 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:32,410 - All right, well, it's out, um, on Friday. - Yes. 397 00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:34,850 And the whole of the country is so excited about this. 398 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:37,890 - Good. Go and see it. Please. - They're so excited about AbFab The Movie. 399 00:27:37,940 --> 00:27:39,450 Right, tell us why Paul's here. 400 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:43,890 Baker Paul Hollywood has a new cookbook out. 401 00:27:46,220 --> 00:27:47,570 That's him! 402 00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:50,970 And it's called The Weekend Baker. 403 00:27:51,020 --> 00:27:54,330 He's also currently filming the next series of the smash hit TV show, 404 00:27:54,380 --> 00:27:56,810 - the Great British Bake Off. - Yeah. 405 00:27:56,860 --> 00:27:58,850 Sorry, they weren't... 406 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:01,770 They're not impressed enough to applaud. 407 00:28:02,260 --> 00:28:05,260 - The Great British Bake Off? - 'Scuse me! 408 00:28:10,340 --> 00:28:11,490 - Smash hit! - Unbelievable. 409 00:28:11,540 --> 00:28:13,770 - Couldn't be any bigger, could it? - Unbelievable. 410 00:28:13,820 --> 00:28:16,330 What we really want to know about the Great British Bake Off, 411 00:28:16,380 --> 00:28:18,970 we hear these whispers about ITV backing lorry-loads of cash 412 00:28:19,020 --> 00:28:21,050 up to your houses to try and steal it from the BBC. 413 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,570 - What's happening with that? - I've said -- and I think, uh, 414 00:28:23,620 --> 00:28:26,170 the girls have said as well -- we want to stay with the BBC. 415 00:28:26,220 --> 00:28:27,930 - Yay! - Is this serious? 416 00:28:27,980 --> 00:28:30,370 - Yeah. - You're joking me. - No. 417 00:28:30,420 --> 00:28:32,530 Well, that's ridiculous, Christopher. 418 00:28:32,580 --> 00:28:34,810 But as far as, uh, Mary, Mel, Sue, and myself, 419 00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:36,170 we want to stay with the BBC. 420 00:28:36,220 --> 00:28:39,370 - Don't you think so, it stays with the BBC? - Yes. 421 00:28:39,420 --> 00:28:42,610 That's the Great British Bake Off staying with the BBC. 422 00:28:42,660 --> 00:28:46,490 Yeah, the GBB on the BBC. All right, OK, let's talk cars. 423 00:28:46,540 --> 00:28:50,130 Now your best first car -- first of all, first car, Jennifer Saunders. 424 00:28:50,180 --> 00:28:53,650 The first car I bought was an Alfa Romeo Spider. 425 00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:57,730 Whoa, come on, let's look at that. Oh! Very nice. 426 00:28:57,780 --> 00:28:59,730 - Wow! - That's exactly what, and it was... 427 00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:03,650 Because it belonged to this guy who used to drive it down the street 428 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:06,010 and my friends and I used to go, "Oh, do you see that car?" 429 00:29:06,060 --> 00:29:08,330 And he went, "Yeah, yeah." And he used to show off in it. 430 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,570 And I'd go, "Oh, I love it." 431 00:29:09,620 --> 00:29:11,530 And one day he said, "Well, it's for sale." 432 00:29:11,580 --> 00:29:13,730 And I said, "How much?" He said, "£2,000." 433 00:29:13,780 --> 00:29:16,170 I only had £2,000 in the whole world 434 00:29:16,220 --> 00:29:18,330 and I just absolutely adored it. 435 00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:19,890 All right, so, Paul, good luck, 436 00:29:19,940 --> 00:29:23,490 your first car up against Jennifer's Alfa Romeo Spider. 437 00:29:23,540 --> 00:29:25,530 - You can't do that. - Sorry! 438 00:29:25,580 --> 00:29:27,370 Well, mine is an Escort 1.3. 439 00:29:27,420 --> 00:29:28,690 Sorry. 440 00:29:29,460 --> 00:29:32,610 Let's have a look. 441 00:29:32,660 --> 00:29:34,170 You know what? 442 00:29:34,220 --> 00:29:37,130 Mine wasn't even the L model, so when I got the car, 443 00:29:37,180 --> 00:29:40,250 what I did was I bought the XR3 wheels, bumper overrides, 444 00:29:40,300 --> 00:29:43,690 the spoiler, front spoiler, stickers, everything on it. 445 00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:45,490 It did look like an XR3 at the end. 446 00:29:45,540 --> 00:29:47,210 And the stereo was so bad. 447 00:29:47,260 --> 00:29:49,890 I went and bought myself a really... I think it was a Kenwood, 448 00:29:49,940 --> 00:29:53,290 - it was quite expensive, you know, from down the shop. - But Kenwood's... 449 00:29:53,340 --> 00:29:54,850 Yeah, they don't just do mixers. 450 00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:56,410 Oh, all right, I thought they did. 451 00:29:56,460 --> 00:29:59,370 By the way, good baking credentials. Very good. 452 00:29:59,420 --> 00:30:02,770 Yeah, I bought a KitchenAid, uh, music system for the car. 453 00:30:02,820 --> 00:30:05,210 And then when I put it in 454 00:30:05,260 --> 00:30:07,730 because the speakers were so bad in these plastic doors, 455 00:30:07,780 --> 00:30:10,250 I got these speakers which were like cubes. 456 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,850 And the only place I could put it was on a plastic dashboard. 457 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:14,290 So every time I took a corner, 458 00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:17,090 it just slid along and smacked the passenger in the head. 459 00:30:17,140 --> 00:30:18,490 It was ruthless. 460 00:30:18,540 --> 00:30:20,890 So, er, here we have Paul's 461 00:30:20,940 --> 00:30:24,650 completely over-pimped 1983 Ford Escort. 462 00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:26,970 OK, let's hear it for that. 463 00:30:29,860 --> 00:30:32,730 Up against Jennifer's Alfa Romeo Spider. 464 00:30:40,860 --> 00:30:43,010 Well, it's all going beautifully, isn't it, Paul? 465 00:30:43,060 --> 00:30:45,890 If I'd known then, I would have saved up and bought something else! 466 00:30:45,940 --> 00:30:48,290 All right, so, best car ever, Jennifer? 467 00:30:48,340 --> 00:30:51,890 The best car we ever bought, I think, was a Jaguar Sovereign. 468 00:30:51,940 --> 00:30:54,690 - Really? - Yeah. And I'll tell you why. 469 00:30:54,740 --> 00:30:59,890 It was because I was getting pregnant a lot and having babies 470 00:30:59,940 --> 00:31:01,770 and we needed a family car 471 00:31:01,820 --> 00:31:04,690 and I didn't want to go for estates for some... 472 00:31:04,740 --> 00:31:07,170 - we wanted to drive something a bit lovely. - Yeah. 473 00:31:07,220 --> 00:31:10,810 And we tried this out and all the kids fit in the back seat. 474 00:31:10,860 --> 00:31:12,810 Dogs in the footwells. 475 00:31:12,860 --> 00:31:18,210 Huge boot and, honestly, it was the nicest, softest drive ever. 476 00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:20,570 But that's not as good as your Alfa Romeo Spider. 477 00:31:20,620 --> 00:31:22,370 You can have your Alfa Spider if you like, 478 00:31:22,420 --> 00:31:24,410 cos it's about winning, it's about beating him. 479 00:31:24,460 --> 00:31:26,770 Oh, OK, if I was to actually choose my perfect car, 480 00:31:26,820 --> 00:31:28,130 it would be the Alfa, yeah. 481 00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:29,490 OK, the Alfa back then, please. 482 00:31:29,540 --> 00:31:31,690 Thank you very much indeed. OK, so here we go again. 483 00:31:31,740 --> 00:31:34,090 - Now, look at it, it's gorgeous. - You're a nightmare. 484 00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:36,690 Right, Hollywood, best car ever, please. 485 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:39,010 Uh, the, the best car I've ever owned 486 00:31:39,060 --> 00:31:42,180 is the Aston Martin DBS Volante in quantum silver. 487 00:31:43,540 --> 00:31:44,810 There. 488 00:31:44,860 --> 00:31:48,290 Oh, for heaven's sake! Tongues off the floor, if you don't mind. 489 00:31:48,340 --> 00:31:50,170 OK, tell us about this one, then. 490 00:31:50,220 --> 00:31:53,490 Well, I'd always wanted, uh, a Bond car. 491 00:31:53,540 --> 00:31:56,930 And I saw this, um, for sale and it was the quantum silver again, 492 00:31:56,980 --> 00:32:00,090 so it was the Bond one from Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale. 493 00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:01,810 But it was the soft top version. 494 00:32:01,860 --> 00:32:03,650 And I thought, "Oh, I've got to have that." 495 00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:05,410 And we go down to France a lot, the family, 496 00:32:05,460 --> 00:32:07,810 we'd go down to France driving round and it's beautiful. 497 00:32:07,860 --> 00:32:10,530 All right, where'd you put the family? That's my only question. 498 00:32:10,580 --> 00:32:13,050 When you say "the family", are you towing them in a caravan? 499 00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:15,010 Because I don't see where the family goes. 500 00:32:15,060 --> 00:32:16,370 That's a very good question. 501 00:32:16,420 --> 00:32:18,570 You have no idea how big that boot is. 502 00:32:18,620 --> 00:32:19,970 Well, I can see it, it's hideous. 503 00:32:20,020 --> 00:32:23,010 The kids go in there, give them a couple of lollipops, away they go. 504 00:32:23,060 --> 00:32:24,770 OK, once again, it's up to the audience. 505 00:32:24,820 --> 00:32:28,250 Paul is 1-0 down. Best car ever -- we have Paul's DBS Volante 506 00:32:28,300 --> 00:32:31,410 up against Jennifer's, once again, the Alfa Romeo Spider. 507 00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:34,130 Let's hear it for Paul's DBS Volante. 508 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:43,250 Let's hear it for an encore and the Alfa Romeo Spider. 509 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:44,770 Come on! 510 00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:48,610 Paul, you just got it -- 1-1. 511 00:32:48,660 --> 00:32:52,410 Perfect! It's down to the laps, my friends. Down to the laps. 512 00:32:52,460 --> 00:32:57,250 - Oh, no. - Paul Hollywood, you have a national A, B, and C racing licence. 513 00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:58,810 I've got an international C. 514 00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:00,130 What is that? 515 00:33:00,180 --> 00:33:03,210 Well, apparently it means he's done a lot of driving competitively... 516 00:33:03,260 --> 00:33:04,890 - I have a swimming certificate. - What? 517 00:33:04,940 --> 00:33:06,330 I have a swimming certificate. 518 00:33:06,380 --> 00:33:09,690 - Which is more useful today, I have to say. - 50 metres. 519 00:33:09,740 --> 00:33:12,410 Paul, I put it to you -- is this or is it not true, 520 00:33:12,460 --> 00:33:15,290 as Jennifer's going round, and I don't know if you know this, Jen, 521 00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:17,730 Paul asked for a stopwatch so he could time your lap. 522 00:33:17,780 --> 00:33:19,450 I do believe that, I believe that. 523 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:20,730 I was timing the lap, yeah. 524 00:33:20,780 --> 00:33:24,770 I know cos I looked and I saw your little face pale as I sped past. 525 00:33:25,820 --> 00:33:27,810 I went, I went white. 526 00:33:27,860 --> 00:33:31,530 All right, now, these have been specified as the worst conditions 527 00:33:31,580 --> 00:33:34,370 anybody has ever seen on this track. 528 00:33:34,420 --> 00:33:36,450 So, basically, it's just between you two. 529 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:39,250 It's your own special little competition, all right, OK? 530 00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:40,890 Would you like to see the laps? 531 00:33:40,940 --> 00:33:42,970 Yes! 532 00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:45,770 Jennifer first. Calm down, you two! 533 00:33:45,820 --> 00:33:49,850 - Oh, God! - It's OK. Jennifer on the start line, here we go. 534 00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:54,570 There she is, Jennifer Saunders in our mighty Mini Cooper. 535 00:33:54,620 --> 00:33:57,050 Come on now, I can see Paul Hollywood has come out to watch, 536 00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:59,090 so we've got to bloody take it to him. 537 00:33:59,140 --> 00:34:02,730 That's the spirit, Jen, a seriously soggy track, 538 00:34:02,780 --> 00:34:06,250 the wettest our rally cross course has ever been. 539 00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:09,100 It's into the horrid bit, into the mud. 540 00:34:09,620 --> 00:34:11,330 Now that's the water splash. 541 00:34:11,380 --> 00:34:14,650 Where it starts, where it ends, we don't know any more. 542 00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:17,530 That is so serious, it's not funny. 543 00:34:17,580 --> 00:34:20,580 Come on! That's it, back on the road. 544 00:34:21,940 --> 00:34:25,900 So focused into Hammerhead, back on dry land. Hammerhead, very tidy. 545 00:34:27,340 --> 00:34:29,940 Come on, put your foot down, woman. 546 00:34:31,380 --> 00:34:34,290 Approaching the hairpin, more water, look at this. 547 00:34:34,340 --> 00:34:37,640 Oh, my, yeah, come on, that's pretty impressive. 548 00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:41,090 Excellent control, great technique. 549 00:34:41,140 --> 00:34:43,370 Here comes the jump. Any air? 550 00:34:43,420 --> 00:34:44,410 No air. 551 00:34:44,460 --> 00:34:46,800 Sorry, uh, Jen, no air today. 552 00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:50,810 As fast as you can go... Ooh! 553 00:34:50,860 --> 00:34:54,490 Tyre wall, back on terra firma, OK. 554 00:34:54,540 --> 00:34:59,490 Into the next to last, nice apex cutting the corner. 555 00:34:59,540 --> 00:35:02,490 Into Gambon, how tidy will this be? 556 00:35:02,540 --> 00:35:04,650 Anything's easy after what you've been through. 557 00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:08,800 Was that a bit of counter-steering there, you naughty girl? 558 00:35:14,140 --> 00:35:16,410 Very good, Jennifer Saunders. 559 00:35:16,460 --> 00:35:18,610 - Thank you. - How do you feel about that? 560 00:35:18,660 --> 00:35:20,970 Well, it looks a lot better than it felt. 561 00:35:21,020 --> 00:35:22,530 It felt really messy. 562 00:35:22,580 --> 00:35:25,410 We've actually classified Jennifer's conditions as "appalling" 563 00:35:25,460 --> 00:35:28,370 and Paul's, yours we have classified as "very wet" 564 00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:30,010 cos it was drying a little. 565 00:35:30,060 --> 00:35:33,170 What?! What?! 566 00:35:33,220 --> 00:35:36,170 Well, look at the amount of water I displaced for you. 567 00:35:36,220 --> 00:35:38,290 - It was the same. - It wasn't the same. 568 00:35:38,340 --> 00:35:40,570 It was two hours later and the sun had been shining. 569 00:35:40,620 --> 00:35:42,370 Listen here, it was literally about... 570 00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:43,850 a minute after I followed you. 571 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,610 The track had been in the oven for at least another hour. 572 00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:48,450 It was raining when I was out there. 573 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:52,090 - It wasn't. - OK, would you like to see Paul's lap? 574 00:35:52,140 --> 00:35:53,170 Yes! 575 00:35:53,220 --> 00:35:54,650 Here we go. 576 00:35:54,700 --> 00:35:57,490 Paul Hollywood on the start line in the rally cross Mini. 577 00:35:57,540 --> 00:36:01,850 Paul Hollywood, the Wizard from the Wirral, on our wickedly wet track. 578 00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:03,290 Let's go! 579 00:36:03,340 --> 00:36:06,210 Right, here we go! This is for the Bake Off team. 580 00:36:06,260 --> 00:36:10,210 He's not in the tent any more. He's in our rally cross Mini. 581 00:36:10,260 --> 00:36:12,850 It may be a bit drier than Jennifer's lap out there. 582 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:14,530 Come on, you can see it's drier. 583 00:36:14,580 --> 00:36:16,980 It's just like a swimming pool! 584 00:36:21,940 --> 00:36:24,680 Mary would go mad if this was her car! 585 00:36:26,820 --> 00:36:29,890 Hammerhead, very nice. 586 00:36:29,940 --> 00:36:32,010 Car draining off there. 587 00:36:33,020 --> 00:36:35,290 This is a little bit nasty. 588 00:36:35,980 --> 00:36:38,890 Now I've got to say Jennifer was very impressive 589 00:36:38,940 --> 00:36:41,740 around the hairpin and what about Paul? 590 00:36:42,740 --> 00:36:45,210 Not as dramatic, but very tight. 591 00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:49,490 No air, sorry, sorry, no air again. 592 00:36:49,540 --> 00:36:51,370 Come back another day for some air. 593 00:36:51,420 --> 00:36:53,650 Right, so here we go... 594 00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:55,820 Pfft! 595 00:36:56,820 --> 00:36:58,820 Through the tyre wall. 596 00:36:59,780 --> 00:37:03,250 The Follow-through and foot down all the way here now. 597 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:05,500 Coming up to Gambon. 598 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:10,650 Massive slide out the last corner, a Hollywood slide and across the line! 599 00:37:12,020 --> 00:37:13,890 He's so chuffed with that. 600 00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:17,420 You should see your face! Oh, you lit up there. 601 00:37:20,260 --> 00:37:23,330 You so lit up at the end there. Let's look at the times. 602 00:37:23,380 --> 00:37:25,890 - So, forget all that, OK. That doesn't exist, all right? - OK. 603 00:37:25,940 --> 00:37:28,970 They don't exist, worst conditions of all time. 604 00:37:29,020 --> 00:37:31,890 Jennifer, if it's under three, I think you're doing really well. 605 00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:35,940 Jennifer Saunders in appalling conditions -- two minutes... 606 00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:40,130 .. 21.6, there you go! 607 00:37:45,460 --> 00:37:48,730 Paul Hollywood, very wet conditions, not quite as wet, 608 00:37:48,780 --> 00:37:51,530 - it has to be said, as Jennifer. - Unbelievable. 609 00:37:51,580 --> 00:37:55,770 - True, c'est vrai? - No, it was appalling. 610 00:37:55,820 --> 00:37:58,370 Paul Hollywood, two minutes again. 611 00:37:58,420 --> 00:38:02,170 16.4, there you go. 612 00:38:02,220 --> 00:38:05,050 Happy, happy together. 613 00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:09,410 Ladies and gentlemen, Jennifer Saunders, Paul Hollywood. 614 00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,170 So, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, salt and vinegar. 615 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:26,250 Gather round, it's Top Gear story time. 616 00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:29,010 Tonight, a true tale from many moons ago 617 00:38:29,060 --> 00:38:31,450 beginning in a mystical land far, far away -- 618 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:34,380 a place called Coventry. 619 00:38:53,340 --> 00:38:55,730 Let me tell you a story. 620 00:38:55,780 --> 00:39:01,930 1961, the night before the Geneva Motor Show, 621 00:39:01,980 --> 00:39:07,130 Jaguar is preparing to reveal the E-Type. 622 00:39:07,180 --> 00:39:11,660 Excitement from the world's press exceeds all expectations. 623 00:39:13,060 --> 00:39:16,490 A second E-Type is needed. 624 00:39:16,540 --> 00:39:19,570 A driver is despatched. 625 00:39:19,620 --> 00:39:23,330 13 hours to reach Geneva, 626 00:39:23,380 --> 00:39:29,010 750 miles through the night -- 627 00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:32,290 he makes it with ten minutes to spare. 628 00:39:32,340 --> 00:39:39,130 The rest, as they say, is history -- a journey never to be repeated. 629 00:39:39,180 --> 00:39:40,860 Until now. 630 00:39:45,740 --> 00:39:50,850 It is 55 years to the night since Jaguar test driver Norman Dewis 631 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:55,610 burst out of the Coventry factory doors and onto this very road. 632 00:39:55,660 --> 00:39:59,650 And, in 13 hours at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, 633 00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:02,610 Jaguar will unveil this car, 634 00:40:02,660 --> 00:40:05,530 the F-Type SVR convertible. 635 00:40:05,580 --> 00:40:07,010 And when I say "this car", 636 00:40:07,060 --> 00:40:08,690 I mean THIS car -- 637 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:12,930 this is the only F-Type SVR convertible in the world. 638 00:40:12,980 --> 00:40:17,850 If I don't get there, then the Jaguar boss will unveil... nothing. 639 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:19,370 Fresh air. 640 00:40:24,660 --> 00:40:28,490 The F-Type is Jag's spiritual successor to the E-Type -- 641 00:40:28,540 --> 00:40:31,730 a two-seat, rear-drive proper sports car. 642 00:40:31,780 --> 00:40:35,730 Now Jaguar's elite SVO skunkworks department 643 00:40:35,780 --> 00:40:38,370 has turned the F-Type into simply the fastest 644 00:40:38,420 --> 00:40:42,980 series production Jaguar ever created -- the SVR. 645 00:40:44,540 --> 00:40:48,010 What they've done is they've taken the standard V8 F-Type, 646 00:40:48,060 --> 00:40:50,570 and made it nastier -- 647 00:40:50,620 --> 00:40:53,420 more power, less weight, more rage. 648 00:40:54,860 --> 00:40:59,620 Hauling me across Europe is a 567 brake horsepower V8. 649 00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:04,650 It'll clock 0 to 60 in three and a half seconds, 650 00:41:04,700 --> 00:41:10,130 on its way to a top speed of 195mph. 651 00:41:10,180 --> 00:41:12,490 And that is the kind of grunt you need 652 00:41:12,540 --> 00:41:15,690 when you're trying to outrun history. 653 00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:18,610 With twice the power of the original E-Type 654 00:41:18,660 --> 00:41:21,210 and 21st century motorways to help me on my way, 655 00:41:21,260 --> 00:41:24,970 matching Norman's time should be, on paper, a breeze. 656 00:41:25,020 --> 00:41:27,850 But I've also got 21st century traffic 657 00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:30,770 and 21st century traffic police. 658 00:41:30,820 --> 00:41:34,980 If there's one hold up, I'm not going to make this. 659 00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:41,850 And as I arrived at the Channel Tunnel, 660 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:44,450 I started to realise the magnitude of my task. 661 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:47,690 I wasn't just trying to keep up with any old test driver -- 662 00:41:47,740 --> 00:41:50,500 I was trying to keep up with a legend. 663 00:41:52,460 --> 00:41:55,090 After serving in the Second World War, 664 00:41:55,140 --> 00:41:58,330 Norman Dewis joined Jaguar as their chief test driver. 665 00:41:58,380 --> 00:42:01,010 There, for the next 30 years, 666 00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:05,490 he helped develop some of the most iconic sports cars ever created. 667 00:42:05,540 --> 00:42:10,410 In 1953, Norman set a new production car world record, 668 00:42:10,460 --> 00:42:14,420 reaching 172mph in a Jaguar XK120. 669 00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:21,410 Then in 1971, during development of the XJ13 prototype, 670 00:42:21,460 --> 00:42:25,890 a rear tyre blew out, causing the car to barrel roll three times. 671 00:42:25,940 --> 00:42:28,050 It was completely destroyed. 672 00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:30,770 Norman was back at work the next day. 673 00:42:32,060 --> 00:42:35,410 This was the man who drove the E-Type to Geneva, 674 00:42:35,460 --> 00:42:38,330 the man I have to keep up with. 675 00:42:38,380 --> 00:42:42,570 Tonight, I am following in the footsteps of an automotive pioneer. 676 00:42:42,620 --> 00:42:45,970 I'm standing on the shoulders of an absolute giant. 677 00:42:46,020 --> 00:42:50,210 And this, the most powerful of modern Jags, 678 00:42:50,260 --> 00:42:54,050 is being driven by an idiot off the internet... 679 00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:55,650 me. 680 00:42:55,700 --> 00:43:01,050 Yes, entering France, with an entire large country still to cross, 681 00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:02,930 I was definitely up against it, 682 00:43:02,980 --> 00:43:05,210 and the consequences of failure would be.... 683 00:43:05,260 --> 00:43:07,850 significant. 684 00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:11,650 The Geneva Show is the centrepiece of the motoring calendar, 685 00:43:11,700 --> 00:43:15,170 and this car is Jaguar's big reveal. 686 00:43:15,220 --> 00:43:16,370 If I don't get there, 687 00:43:16,420 --> 00:43:20,250 I won't just have failed Top Gear, I'll have failed... 688 00:43:20,300 --> 00:43:22,770 Britain. I better get a move on. 689 00:43:24,420 --> 00:43:27,610 Oh, I should probably mention... 690 00:43:27,660 --> 00:43:32,050 That carbon fibre rear wing deploys automatically at 60mph. 691 00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:35,170 In fact, if there are any traffic cops watching this, 692 00:43:35,220 --> 00:43:38,850 the wing deploys automatically at 40mph. 693 00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:40,500 Make that 30. 694 00:43:42,940 --> 00:43:45,130 'As the SVR ate up France, 695 00:43:45,180 --> 00:43:50,010 'it was clearly more than capable of keeping pace with Norman. 696 00:43:50,060 --> 00:43:52,930 'But with the night wearing on...' 697 00:43:52,980 --> 00:43:56,330 Push the ticket button, there you go. 698 00:43:56,380 --> 00:43:59,780 '.. and only the occasional local for company...' 699 00:43:59,980 --> 00:44:02,290 I have no idea what you're saying. 700 00:44:02,340 --> 00:44:06,090 'The car wasn't the problem -- it was me.' 701 00:44:06,140 --> 00:44:10,060 So tired, so, so tired. 702 00:44:11,580 --> 00:44:13,690 It was tough. 703 00:44:13,740 --> 00:44:16,250 But you get on with it, don't you? 704 00:44:16,300 --> 00:44:18,370 You have to keep going. 705 00:44:19,580 --> 00:44:21,730 This is relentless. 706 00:44:21,780 --> 00:44:26,890 How the hell did Norman Dewis do this journey without energy drinks? 707 00:44:26,940 --> 00:44:29,060 The man's a god! 708 00:44:31,180 --> 00:44:33,770 And then, at last... 709 00:44:33,820 --> 00:44:35,530 Daybreak. 710 00:44:35,580 --> 00:44:40,940 Welcome relief from the darkness and the final stretch. 711 00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:45,850 There's tired, there's dead tired, 712 00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:49,130 and then there's how I'm feeling right now. 713 00:44:49,180 --> 00:44:53,530 Fortunately, the SVR is packed with a handy pick-me-up. 714 00:44:53,580 --> 00:44:56,410 There's a new exhaust, which is made out of Inconel. 715 00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:58,570 That's the stuff they use to build space rockets. 716 00:44:58,620 --> 00:45:02,130 It saves 16kg over the exhaust on the standard V8, 717 00:45:02,180 --> 00:45:03,570 but, more importantly, 718 00:45:03,620 --> 00:45:06,930 it makes a noise like an industrial wood chipper... 719 00:45:08,860 --> 00:45:13,570 .. being fed into another industrial wood chipper. Ha-ha! 720 00:45:13,620 --> 00:45:17,330 'Somewhere in the small hours, though, my schedule had slipped 721 00:45:17,380 --> 00:45:20,730 'and with just two hours until the SVR was due onstage, 722 00:45:20,780 --> 00:45:23,570 'I had over 100 miles still to cover, 723 00:45:23,620 --> 00:45:25,810 'most of them on mountain roads.' 724 00:45:25,860 --> 00:45:28,330 All right, hold on to your hats. 725 00:45:33,060 --> 00:45:37,610 Unlike the ordinary V8 F-Type, the SVR is all-wheel drive. 726 00:45:37,660 --> 00:45:41,010 Right now, that's a good thing. 727 00:45:41,060 --> 00:45:44,580 The acceleration on this thing is just savage. 728 00:45:46,020 --> 00:45:48,730 It's supercar fast. 729 00:45:48,780 --> 00:45:50,450 And that noise! 730 00:45:51,980 --> 00:45:53,980 I'm loving this thing. 731 00:45:54,540 --> 00:45:58,250 The handling, you turn it in, it feels sharper, 732 00:45:58,300 --> 00:46:01,130 the throttle response -- more instant. 733 00:46:01,180 --> 00:46:03,730 It just feels like a much more hardcore version 734 00:46:03,780 --> 00:46:06,530 of a car that is already pretty damn hardcore. 735 00:46:06,580 --> 00:46:11,740 That's exactly what I need right now. Oh, yes! 736 00:46:15,460 --> 00:46:18,010 'With the press gathering on their show stand, 737 00:46:18,060 --> 00:46:21,540 'Jaguar bosses in Geneva were getting nervous.' 738 00:46:24,180 --> 00:46:26,290 Come on, MOVE! Thank you. 739 00:46:26,340 --> 00:46:27,810 Merci beaucoup. 740 00:46:27,860 --> 00:46:29,570 'And my phone was going crazy.' 741 00:46:29,620 --> 00:46:31,530 'The car has to be here, Rory.' 742 00:46:31,580 --> 00:46:33,410 Yeah, no, no, I get it, no, I totally get it. 743 00:46:33,460 --> 00:46:35,090 - OK, bye-bye. - Bye-bye, bye-bye. 744 00:46:35,140 --> 00:46:39,240 I knew this was a bad idea, man. I knew this was a bad idea. 745 00:46:40,980 --> 00:46:43,650 'Approaching Geneva, I had just 10 minutes 746 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:45,570 'till the car was due onstage.' 747 00:46:45,620 --> 00:46:49,720 There it is in front of me. I can see it, I can see Palexpo. 748 00:46:49,820 --> 00:46:51,850 Ladies and gentlemen, 749 00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:55,770 the Jaguar Land Rover press conference will shortly commence. 750 00:46:55,820 --> 00:46:58,010 I need to find gate D, gate D. 751 00:46:58,060 --> 00:47:00,130 Please let this be it. 752 00:47:00,180 --> 00:47:02,010 I'm delivering this car to Jaguar. 753 00:47:02,060 --> 00:47:06,290 Super urgent. Is this gate D? No? No. 754 00:47:06,340 --> 00:47:08,340 No! I need to back up. 755 00:47:16,820 --> 00:47:22,930 Ladies and gentlemen, the Jaguar F-Type SVR. 756 00:47:30,220 --> 00:47:32,370 'And there to welcome me...' 757 00:47:32,420 --> 00:47:34,290 - Norman. - Hey! 758 00:47:34,340 --> 00:47:36,370 - Rory, lovely to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 759 00:47:36,420 --> 00:47:41,300 'It's about determination, believing you'll do it. 760 00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:46,900 'I never doubted for a second.' 761 00:47:53,460 --> 00:47:55,130 Truly magical. 762 00:47:55,180 --> 00:47:57,730 And, of course, there's one man we'd all love to meet. 763 00:47:57,780 --> 00:47:58,930 So, why don't we do that? 764 00:47:58,980 --> 00:48:01,250 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, 765 00:48:01,300 --> 00:48:05,370 with his new mate Rory Reid, the legendary Norman Dewis, OBE. 766 00:48:10,180 --> 00:48:13,250 - How are you? Come over here. - [I'm good *** inside mate] 767 00:48:14,300 --> 00:48:17,770 What an honour. Don't you agree, Rory? 768 00:48:17,820 --> 00:48:20,050 Definitely. This guy, massive respect. 769 00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:23,970 Look, I might have made it, but in the spirit of keeping it real, 770 00:48:24,020 --> 00:48:28,090 this guy back in 1961 did it and he beat me by ten minutes. 771 00:48:28,140 --> 00:48:29,970 Ten minutes faster. 772 00:48:30,020 --> 00:48:34,090 Now, Norman has worked for Jag since 1952 773 00:48:34,140 --> 00:48:35,930 in research and development. 774 00:48:35,980 --> 00:48:38,690 And, now, because you were a test driver 775 00:48:38,740 --> 00:48:41,530 in the most dangerous era of motoring, 776 00:48:41,580 --> 00:48:44,130 technically, you shouldn't really be here, should you? 777 00:48:44,180 --> 00:48:47,970 Well... no. Uh, I had three big crashes. 778 00:48:48,020 --> 00:48:52,050 But, those days, we didn't have seatbelts or fireproof overalls 779 00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:53,810 or proper crash helmets. 780 00:48:53,860 --> 00:48:57,530 Uh, you just got in the car and got on with the job. 781 00:48:57,580 --> 00:49:03,530 I mean, I say, I had three big crashes. C-Type, D-Type, XJ13. 782 00:49:03,580 --> 00:49:05,810 And, uh, every time I got out of it, 783 00:49:05,860 --> 00:49:08,170 I was back on the track next morning. 784 00:49:08,220 --> 00:49:11,450 And, recently, I go up a decent bit of road, 785 00:49:11,500 --> 00:49:13,970 and trip up and cut my bloody wrist. 786 00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:16,370 So that's the worst injury you've... 787 00:49:16,420 --> 00:49:18,250 That's the worst injury I've had, yes! 788 00:49:18,300 --> 00:49:19,570 That's unbelievable. 789 00:49:19,620 --> 00:49:21,970 Ladies and gentlemen, Norman Dewis, OBE. 790 00:49:22,020 --> 00:49:23,580 Thank you. 791 00:49:28,940 --> 00:49:31,770 OK, wow, awesome. 792 00:49:31,820 --> 00:49:35,330 Earlier, you remember, I was driving this sublime Rolls-Royce Dawn -- 793 00:49:35,380 --> 00:49:39,210 a car I loved and a car that Chris had a few issues with. 794 00:49:39,260 --> 00:49:42,730 Yeah, so here's the real issue with the Dawn, though, Matt, 795 00:49:42,780 --> 00:49:44,090 OK, here's the deal. 796 00:49:44,140 --> 00:49:47,050 With all brand-new Rolls-Royces, it's the same thing. 797 00:49:47,100 --> 00:49:50,810 Fresh out of the showroom, they're just too flashy. 798 00:49:50,860 --> 00:49:53,410 They rub people up the wrong way. 799 00:49:53,460 --> 00:49:55,650 I'm not saying it's fair on the car or the owners, 800 00:49:55,700 --> 00:49:57,930 it's just the way it... It's just a fact. 801 00:49:57,980 --> 00:50:02,730 You have to allow several decades between buying a new Rolls-Royce 802 00:50:02,780 --> 00:50:06,370 and then the Rolls-Royce becoming classic, classy, and loved. 803 00:50:07,420 --> 00:50:09,570 Seriously. Do you believe me? 804 00:50:09,620 --> 00:50:11,170 No. 805 00:50:11,220 --> 00:50:14,090 OK, look, here is what I'm talking about. Look at this. 806 00:50:14,140 --> 00:50:18,330 A 1976 Rolls-Royce Corniche. Isn't this beautiful? 807 00:50:18,380 --> 00:50:19,850 Yes. 808 00:50:19,900 --> 00:50:20,890 See? It's beautiful. 809 00:50:20,940 --> 00:50:24,010 Isn't this YOUR 1976 Rolls-Royce Corniche? 810 00:50:24,060 --> 00:50:27,850 Yes. It's also mine, but that's sort of precisely my point. Right? 811 00:50:27,900 --> 00:50:29,650 People can't fail to smile 812 00:50:29,700 --> 00:50:33,610 when this glides by even with a tool like me behind the wheel. 813 00:50:35,580 --> 00:50:38,850 OK, and the funny thing is Chris actually believes that. All right? 814 00:50:38,900 --> 00:50:42,050 So what we decided to do was put it to the test, 815 00:50:42,100 --> 00:50:43,850 OK, by taking the Dawn 816 00:50:43,900 --> 00:50:48,130 and Chris's Queen Mary here on the campaign trail. 817 00:50:48,180 --> 00:50:51,890 We let the honest people of Dingle, West Ireland decide for themselves. 818 00:50:51,940 --> 00:50:53,220 Yes. 819 00:50:58,780 --> 00:51:01,410 So, welcome to the Rolls-Royce Corniche, 820 00:51:01,460 --> 00:51:05,570 one of the best of the very best. 821 00:51:05,620 --> 00:51:08,730 OK, it may only be half as powerful, not even, 822 00:51:08,780 --> 00:51:12,530 maybe a tenth as reliable on a good day, but you know what? 823 00:51:12,580 --> 00:51:14,370 None of that matters. 824 00:51:14,420 --> 00:51:16,610 In fact, it makes the Corniche more attractive, 825 00:51:16,660 --> 00:51:19,660 gives it vulnerability, you know, makes it more human. 826 00:51:23,380 --> 00:51:25,130 Chris Evans cracks me up. 827 00:51:25,180 --> 00:51:28,330 He's going to be going on and on about nostalgia 828 00:51:28,380 --> 00:51:31,650 and how cars were better in the old days. 829 00:51:31,700 --> 00:51:34,900 I'm here to tell you they weren't. They sucked. 830 00:51:37,180 --> 00:51:38,450 Now, on a road like this, 831 00:51:38,500 --> 00:51:40,810 do you have your traction control on or off? 832 00:51:40,860 --> 00:51:42,730 Well, it's sort of permanently off 833 00:51:42,780 --> 00:51:45,980 because I actually don't have traction control. 834 00:51:46,940 --> 00:51:48,250 What? 835 00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:51,210 Discussions like this are considered inelegant 836 00:51:51,260 --> 00:51:54,060 when it comes to Rolls-Royces, Matthew. 837 00:51:57,100 --> 00:52:00,100 The question -- old Rolls versus new Rolls. 838 00:52:01,300 --> 00:52:03,210 The town of Dingle to decide. 839 00:52:03,260 --> 00:52:06,570 They would vote for their favourite at the end of the day 840 00:52:06,620 --> 00:52:11,890 so we had just a few hours to garner as much support as we could muster. 841 00:52:14,500 --> 00:52:19,540 And the campaign trail... kicked off here. 842 00:52:25,220 --> 00:52:27,650 Not knowing much about Gaelic sports, 843 00:52:27,700 --> 00:52:30,700 we waited for what we hoped was half-time... 844 00:52:33,180 --> 00:52:35,730 .. before targeting the most qualified people 845 00:52:35,780 --> 00:52:39,290 to judge between a couple of swanky cars -- a load of footballers. 846 00:52:39,340 --> 00:52:41,460 Bring in the teams! 847 00:52:42,460 --> 00:52:45,020 What do you think, new or old? 848 00:52:46,780 --> 00:52:49,130 Come on, come on, ref, get in. 849 00:52:49,180 --> 00:52:51,330 Let me show you the boot. 850 00:52:51,380 --> 00:52:53,570 On this one, the transmission is hooked to the sat nav 851 00:52:53,620 --> 00:52:56,010 and it can tell what's coming and puts you in the right gear 852 00:52:56,060 --> 00:52:57,850 for what the road looks like in front of you. 853 00:52:57,900 --> 00:53:00,530 'It became clear that I was going to struggle 854 00:53:00,580 --> 00:53:03,120 'with Matt in full showroom mode.' 855 00:53:03,780 --> 00:53:05,300 Push down. 856 00:53:07,300 --> 00:53:09,410 That sells the car right there, that button. 857 00:53:09,460 --> 00:53:14,290 'And, even worse, I had that Hollywood charm to contend with.' 858 00:53:14,340 --> 00:53:17,410 - Hi, how are you? - Good, how are you? - Good, good, good, good. 859 00:53:17,460 --> 00:53:20,490 Hang on, there's nobody in my car any more. 860 00:53:20,540 --> 00:53:23,330 'Already confident about the evening's big vote, 861 00:53:23,380 --> 00:53:26,090 'I called for an early opinion poll.' 862 00:53:26,140 --> 00:53:27,170 What if we do this, 863 00:53:27,220 --> 00:53:30,930 let's say all the players go around the car that they'd prefer. 864 00:53:30,980 --> 00:53:32,900 Let's try that. 865 00:53:42,220 --> 00:53:43,970 I think if it was a vote between me and you, 866 00:53:44,020 --> 00:53:45,690 you obviously would become president. 867 00:53:45,740 --> 00:53:47,730 I think it was the new Dawn. 868 00:53:47,780 --> 00:53:50,250 It was the Dawn of a new day, if you will. 869 00:53:50,300 --> 00:53:53,100 Oh, don't get all poetic on me, please. 870 00:53:56,460 --> 00:54:00,170 Gaelic football had been a disastrous start for the Corniche. 871 00:54:00,220 --> 00:54:03,930 The Dawn's flashy gadgets and the seemingly irresistible draw 872 00:54:03,980 --> 00:54:06,250 of a free umbrella had won people over. 873 00:54:06,300 --> 00:54:09,500 But I really think they were missing the point. 874 00:54:11,420 --> 00:54:14,410 See, the thing about a Rolls is you have to wait. 875 00:54:14,460 --> 00:54:18,050 You have to wait long enough for time to peel back 876 00:54:18,100 --> 00:54:21,410 that stigma of in-your-face ostentation, 877 00:54:21,460 --> 00:54:23,930 "Look at me, I'm Charlie Big Potatoes," 878 00:54:23,980 --> 00:54:28,170 to reveal a beautiful patina riven into the leather 879 00:54:28,220 --> 00:54:33,810 and the walnut and the paint and the very spirit and essence of the car. 880 00:54:33,860 --> 00:54:36,530 'It's those more characterful things about the Corniche 881 00:54:36,580 --> 00:54:37,970 'that make me love it. 882 00:54:38,020 --> 00:54:40,810 'I just needed to find someone in Dingle to agree. 883 00:54:40,860 --> 00:54:44,210 'Luckily, our next stop seemed more likely to go in my favour. 884 00:54:44,260 --> 00:54:46,450 'We'd been challenged to a smell test.' 885 00:54:46,500 --> 00:54:48,890 Your car just smells of new, it's got that new smell. 886 00:54:48,940 --> 00:54:50,730 You know, the smell you can buy in a canister 887 00:54:50,780 --> 00:54:52,290 and just spray it for two quid. 888 00:54:52,340 --> 00:54:54,280 Does your nose work? 889 00:54:55,820 --> 00:54:57,090 To settle the dispute, 890 00:54:57,140 --> 00:55:01,020 we were meeting someone whose nose works very well indeed. 891 00:55:04,300 --> 00:55:08,090 Dingle's head distiller, chief whiskey sniffer, Michael. 892 00:55:08,140 --> 00:55:13,210 If one of your products here were to smell like an old wet dog, 893 00:55:13,260 --> 00:55:15,050 would you sell it? 894 00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:17,210 - No. - Perfect. 895 00:55:17,260 --> 00:55:20,290 'So, we put our roofs up for maximum pungency, 896 00:55:20,340 --> 00:55:23,130 'and seeing as that would take Chris until sometime next week...' 897 00:55:23,180 --> 00:55:24,450 How you doing over there? 898 00:55:24,500 --> 00:55:26,450 Yeah, fine, thanks, I don't need any help. 899 00:55:26,500 --> 00:55:29,040 '.. Michael started in the Dawn.' 900 00:55:30,700 --> 00:55:31,900 Hmm. 901 00:55:34,540 --> 00:55:36,330 He seems to be enjoying it. 902 00:55:36,380 --> 00:55:40,090 'Turns out a quarter of a million buys you the luxurious smell of...' 903 00:55:40,140 --> 00:55:41,930 Interesting. 904 00:55:41,980 --> 00:55:44,330 'Interesting? What the hell does that mean? 905 00:55:44,380 --> 00:55:45,690 'OK, time for a new approach.' 906 00:55:45,740 --> 00:55:47,770 Let me tell you about the leather in there. 907 00:55:47,820 --> 00:55:50,770 The leather is made from 12 Bavarian bulls 908 00:55:50,820 --> 00:55:54,370 that are raised at altitudes too high for mosquitoes 909 00:55:54,420 --> 00:55:57,210 so that they don't put holes in the hide 910 00:55:57,260 --> 00:56:00,810 and treated with a special treatment that doesn't squeak. 911 00:56:00,860 --> 00:56:02,650 Move your butt around, it does not squeak. 912 00:56:02,700 --> 00:56:04,610 Hmm. 913 00:56:05,660 --> 00:56:08,410 - Is that nice? - Yeah. 914 00:56:08,460 --> 00:56:11,410 'Michael didn't seem entirely convinced.' 915 00:56:11,460 --> 00:56:13,490 Please. 916 00:56:13,540 --> 00:56:16,090 Careful the door doesn't fall off when you open it. 917 00:56:16,140 --> 00:56:18,090 What do you get? 918 00:56:18,140 --> 00:56:20,250 Well, there's the wood and the leather. 919 00:56:20,300 --> 00:56:22,850 It's deep, it's almost tobacco. 920 00:56:22,900 --> 00:56:25,970 It is... It is very... 921 00:56:26,020 --> 00:56:30,460 It's complex, but it's good. I like it. I'm impressed. 922 00:56:33,460 --> 00:56:36,890 OK, and...? Want to have another go? 923 00:56:36,940 --> 00:56:39,090 That was... It was nice. 924 00:56:39,140 --> 00:56:41,450 And the story with the Bavarian cows and everything 925 00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:45,450 - was beautiful, it's... - Bulls, to be... - Sorry, bulls. 926 00:56:45,500 --> 00:56:48,050 It's not always the case that older is better, 927 00:56:48,100 --> 00:56:49,810 but I think in this case, Matt, 928 00:56:49,860 --> 00:56:53,060 I'm afraid I'm going to have to go with Chris. 929 00:56:53,820 --> 00:56:57,610 'Yes! I was back in the game. And Matt wasn't happy.' 930 00:56:57,660 --> 00:57:01,130 He was drunk. He was swaying back and forth. 931 00:57:01,180 --> 00:57:03,120 Did you notice that? 932 00:57:03,620 --> 00:57:07,370 That last test made me realise even more why I love this car. 933 00:57:07,420 --> 00:57:09,610 Didn't realise so much that when I get in the car, 934 00:57:09,660 --> 00:57:12,490 it's already got me under its spell because of the way it smells. 935 00:57:12,540 --> 00:57:14,480 Isn't that brilliant? 936 00:57:18,100 --> 00:57:21,450 'The heart and soul of the Corniche was my secret weapon 937 00:57:21,500 --> 00:57:23,890 'so I was also looking forward to the next comparison -- 938 00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:25,810 'how they sound.' 939 00:57:25,860 --> 00:57:28,250 This is a V8. 940 00:57:28,300 --> 00:57:31,650 There's no finer sounding engine note in the world than a V8. 941 00:57:31,700 --> 00:57:32,850 Everybody knows that. 942 00:57:32,900 --> 00:57:38,810 But that car has a terrible, terrible sounding engine, though. 943 00:57:38,860 --> 00:57:43,660 It really does sound like a portable hair dryer. 944 00:57:46,420 --> 00:57:49,450 'Hoping to avoid any stereotypes about Ireland, 945 00:57:49,500 --> 00:57:50,810 'we picked the first group 946 00:57:50,860 --> 00:57:53,960 'of average everyday people we could find...' 947 00:57:57,300 --> 00:58:00,170 '.. and asked them which engine's voice spoke to them.' 948 00:58:00,220 --> 00:58:02,020 OK, are you ready? 949 00:58:03,620 --> 00:58:06,690 Sounds like a hamster trying to stifle a cough. 950 00:58:08,660 --> 00:58:10,490 OK, now listen to this one. 951 00:58:10,540 --> 00:58:12,480 - You ready? - Yep. 952 00:58:14,180 --> 00:58:15,810 - Yes? - Yeah. 953 00:58:15,860 --> 00:58:19,370 Woohoo! V8, baby! 954 00:58:19,420 --> 00:58:22,970 'Dingle was beginning to fall for the charms of the Corniche 955 00:58:23,020 --> 00:58:25,570 'and I was starting to wonder why I'd put so much faith 956 00:58:25,620 --> 00:58:27,050 'in the taste of footballers.' 957 00:58:27,100 --> 00:58:28,770 Which car, this car or that car? 958 00:58:28,820 --> 00:58:31,250 - Uh... Your one. - Yay! 959 00:58:31,300 --> 00:58:33,890 'But the vote could still go either way.' 960 00:58:33,940 --> 00:58:35,970 Excuse me, sorry to interrupt. Very nice sheep. 961 00:58:36,020 --> 00:58:37,570 - Yeah? - Which is the best car? 962 00:58:37,620 --> 00:58:39,890 Would you have this one or would you have that one? 963 00:58:39,940 --> 00:58:41,570 I think that one. 964 00:58:41,620 --> 00:58:43,250 I'm sure you're an amazing farmer 965 00:58:43,300 --> 00:58:45,690 but you've got a terrible taste in cars. 966 00:58:45,740 --> 00:58:47,730 'With not long left till the polls opened, 967 00:58:47,780 --> 00:58:49,650 'the people of Dingle were out in force 968 00:58:49,700 --> 00:58:53,400 'so we hit the town for some last minute canvassing.' 969 00:58:53,860 --> 00:58:59,580 Vote with your heart! Vote for smell, sound, class and quality. 970 00:59:00,700 --> 00:59:04,530 No need to vote for the Corniche -- it'll only let you down. 971 00:59:04,580 --> 00:59:08,250 Vote brand-new technology at its finest! 972 00:59:08,300 --> 00:59:11,170 Cast your votes now, cast your votes now. 973 00:59:20,340 --> 00:59:24,540 'With all the votes cast, there was nothing more we could do. 974 00:59:25,540 --> 00:59:30,210 'As the day drew to a close, we made the most of the incredible road. 975 00:59:30,260 --> 00:59:32,610 'And, for just a minute, 976 00:59:32,660 --> 00:59:35,050 'the competition didn't seem quite so important.' 977 00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:37,890 Look at that, wow! 978 00:59:37,940 --> 00:59:41,450 Do you know what corniche means? A road cut into a hill. 979 00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:44,460 The Corniche is now on a corniche. 980 00:59:49,380 --> 00:59:52,290 This is spectacular. 981 00:59:52,340 --> 00:59:55,380 And these two cars, 40 years apart, but together in spirit. 982 01:00:01,620 --> 01:00:04,210 Wow! Look at this. 983 01:00:04,260 --> 01:00:07,420 - It doesn't get any better. - It really doesn't. Fantastic! 984 01:00:11,300 --> 01:00:13,010 What a day! 985 01:00:13,060 --> 01:00:14,770 Amazing! Amazing day. 986 01:00:14,820 --> 01:00:17,170 You know, I've got to say when this whole thing started, 987 01:00:17,220 --> 01:00:20,370 I thought for sure, for me, it was going to be the new car. 988 01:00:20,420 --> 01:00:24,650 But after spending the whole day seeing your passion for it 989 01:00:24,700 --> 01:00:29,090 and seeing the people, how they love it, the smell and the sound of it 990 01:00:29,140 --> 01:00:32,970 and just the patina of the older car and your love for that 991 01:00:33,020 --> 01:00:36,050 and everything, at the end of the day, 992 01:00:36,100 --> 01:00:37,810 I... 993 01:00:37,860 --> 01:00:40,000 I still take the new one. 994 01:00:40,380 --> 01:00:42,570 I would. 995 01:00:42,620 --> 01:00:44,890 I can't lie to you, my friend. 996 01:00:44,940 --> 01:00:47,130 - Honestly? - Honestly. 997 01:00:47,180 --> 01:00:48,530 I thought we'd converted you. 998 01:00:48,580 --> 01:00:49,720 No. 999 01:00:52,180 --> 01:00:55,330 Great scenery, great roads, great people. 1000 01:00:55,380 --> 01:00:58,170 Yeah, sometimes paradise is just a ferry away. 1001 01:00:58,220 --> 01:01:00,290 You don't have to go to the other side of the world. 1002 01:01:00,340 --> 01:01:02,290 - Thank you, Ireland. - Yeah, thank you. 1003 01:01:02,340 --> 01:01:04,570 OK, we'll find out the final result in a minute. 1004 01:01:04,620 --> 01:01:07,610 But first, let's take a quick poll here. Chris, old or new? 1005 01:01:07,660 --> 01:01:11,130 - Old. - Yes! All right, thank you very much indeed. 1006 01:01:11,180 --> 01:01:12,810 Whatever. Rory, old or new? 1007 01:01:12,860 --> 01:01:15,530 - You know what it is, new, all day. - That's what I'm talking about. 1008 01:01:15,580 --> 01:01:18,890 Absolute crawler. Norman, Norman, new or old? 1009 01:01:18,940 --> 01:01:20,530 It's got to be old. 1010 01:01:20,580 --> 01:01:23,580 Of course it's got to be old! Norman knows. 1011 01:01:25,020 --> 01:01:28,730 OK, well, thank God it doesn't matter what any of us think 1012 01:01:28,780 --> 01:01:31,090 because it's down to Dingle. 1013 01:01:31,140 --> 01:01:34,050 Let's cross to Ireland for the football referee 1014 01:01:34,100 --> 01:01:36,970 and the teams back in the bar. 1015 01:01:37,020 --> 01:01:40,410 I, Richie Williams, Gaelic football referee 1016 01:01:40,460 --> 01:01:45,130 and returning officer for Dingle, hereby declare that the winner, 1017 01:01:45,180 --> 01:01:48,970 with 68% of the vote, is the Rolls-Royce... 1018 01:01:49,020 --> 01:01:50,780 Dawn. 1019 01:01:53,220 --> 01:01:54,940 I told you! 1020 01:01:57,700 --> 01:02:01,530 Whatever! I'm going with Norman. Shall we go with Norman? 1021 01:02:01,580 --> 01:02:03,450 Yes! 1022 01:02:03,500 --> 01:02:06,490 Sorry, Dingle. On next week's show, a very special MGB, 1023 01:02:06,540 --> 01:02:10,250 the brand-new Ford Mustang and Honda resurrects the NSX. 1024 01:02:10,300 --> 01:02:12,890 - Good night, everyone! - Good night, everyone!