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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travel across the world to meet different automobile manufacturers and drive cars made by them.
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00:01:04Thank you so much.
00:01:06Greetings, everybody.
00:01:08Thank you so much.
00:01:14Thanks, everybody.
00:01:17Thank you so much.
00:01:18And, yes, we're back.
00:01:22We are.
00:01:24Now, a lot of people have been saying,
00:01:26why has it taken so long?
00:01:28What have you been doing?
00:01:30Well, hopefully we can answer that
00:01:32with this short montage
00:01:34of what you can expect over the next 13 weeks.
00:01:40There's a new sensation.
00:01:44A fabulous creation.
00:01:48I've done simple solution
00:01:50to take the travel ocean.
00:01:58Is that barrel gonna...
00:02:00To the straddle
00:02:02When you feel low
00:02:06Fire everywhere!
00:02:08It's a new way
00:02:10That's why we...
00:02:12Ah! He's gone!
00:02:14To the straddle...
00:02:16Hang on a minute!
00:02:18The nearest civilization is a town called Moron.
00:02:21In order to reach it,
00:02:22you must build the contents of these boxes.
00:02:24You have enough food for seven days.
00:02:26Oh, God!
00:02:36Well, it's not such a...
00:02:38serious situation.
00:02:39It would be a good laugh.
00:02:47The bear! The bear!
00:02:48Ah!
00:02:50There must have been 30 or 40 people in the room
00:02:57when the police arrived.
00:02:58Whoa!
00:03:00Clarkson!
00:03:02Jesus Christ, no, I'm too close to the edge.
00:03:04Ah!
00:03:10Let's sing a song.
00:03:11No!
00:03:14I am sitting where Jim Clark sat!
00:03:16No, he's getting hard and hard!
00:03:24We're fleeing!
00:03:25OK, fleeing!
00:03:27Well, they'll be using a pistol, won't they?
00:03:32Dear Thumb, Stroud!
00:03:40I think...
00:03:42I think you're gonna like this series
00:03:44and I particularly think you're going to like how it begins
00:03:47because even over here on this side of the pond,
00:03:50we recognise that Detroit is the spiritual home
00:03:55to anyone whose communion wine is petrol
00:03:58and whose heart beats like a big, lumpy, wet V8.
00:04:02Which is why this week, and it's long overdue,
00:04:06the Grand Tour is off to the Motor City with an idea.
00:04:14This week the B
00:04:34is very very often in the dead end.
00:04:37of course the whole world knows that detroit is now a shadow of its former self but we also know
00:04:48that efforts are being made to bring life back to the ruins with urban farms local people are
00:04:58being encouraged to grow kale and beans and seeds in plots like this where houses and businesses once stood
00:05:12it breaks your heart i mean this is detroit it shouldn't be a help yourself pop-up street
00:05:20allotment for organic vegan peace hippies when it could be a pulsating playground
00:05:28for the petrol head
00:05:31it has the roads it has the space it was built by the rumble of a v8 and it should rumble to that sound
00:05:40once more
00:05:44so that's what we've come here to do
00:05:48make some noise
00:05:57so
00:06:09These are the toys we'll be using.
00:06:26Three American muscle cars, all of which have been tuned to a tire-shredding DEFCON 1.
00:06:39I have the Ford Mustang RTR Spec-3.
00:06:46Mr. Slowly has what's called the Exorcist.
00:06:53And it is whining Dodge Challenger Demon.
00:06:59Shannon has an erection.
00:07:05Ha ha ha!
00:07:10To make this, they took a Hellcat, I drove one before on the show, and just made it more, more of everything.
00:07:19I have 840 horsepower.
00:07:23A massive supercharger.
00:07:27And on the bonnet there, or hood, that's the biggest hood scoop ever fitted to a production car, ever.
00:07:32Yeah!
00:07:34Noise!
00:07:38Noise in the city!
00:07:40Noise!
00:07:43Noise in the city!
00:07:45Noise in the city!
00:07:51Noise in the city!
00:07:54Noise in the city!
00:07:59That's hellfire!
00:08:00fire. This car is tuned by Hennessy. They've taken a standard Camaro and they've given
00:08:07it a 1,000 horsepower.
00:08:14Jesus Christ.
00:08:17They haven't touched anything else, only the engine. Wheels are standard, brakes are
00:08:22standard, suspension is standard, bodywork is standard. It's all standard, except for
00:08:28power.
00:08:30Jesus Christ, I can't even steer it. It's idiotic, honestly.
00:08:44And yea, though I walk in the shadow of the valley of death, I will fear no evil, because
00:08:50I am the exorcist.
00:09:00This may look small and delicate compared to the other two, but being no doubt, it has
00:09:14the muscle car credentials.
00:09:16Oh, yea.
00:09:21The fact is that the engine in Hammond's car is a push-rod, two-valve, iron museum piece.
00:09:29And May's car, yes, it has 1,000 horsepower, but it's running on standard brakes. This, this
00:09:36is just a little bit cleverer. They haven't just put a supercharger on it and left it at
00:09:44that. They stiffened up the suspension and lowered it and stiffened the anti-roll bars. So, it could do this.
00:09:51So, it could do this.
00:09:58And it can do this.
00:10:02This, then, is the Anthony Joshua of muscle cars. Big and brawny, but it has brains as well.
00:10:14Then does its name. It's the RTR, which stands for, and I'm not making this up, ready to rock.
00:10:25These three cars, then. They're the perfect fairground rides in our perfect Petrohead theme park.
00:10:40I mean, people travel all the way to Florida to look at a man in a mouse suit and watch an implausible train
00:10:46have an unrealistic crash. Why not come here in your car and do this?
00:10:55Whoa! What a day!
00:11:10I've just conquered over. James May is the exorcist.
00:11:16I am surprised to see you two so upbeat about this trip.
00:11:20Why do you say that?
00:11:22Well, you always say how much you don't like muscle cars.
00:11:25Yeah, I just say that to annoy you.
00:11:28All right.
00:11:31Nobody intelligent admits that they like muscle cars, but secretly, deep down, everybody does.
00:11:39They're like power rock ballads. I mean, if you're driving along with friends and
00:11:43Don't Stop Believing by Journey comes on the radio, you say, this is rubbish, and you huff and puff and turn it off.
00:11:49If you're on your own and it comes on, you turn it up and you sing along.
00:11:55You do.
00:11:57Chaps!
00:11:59Did you know mine only comes with one seat as standard?
00:12:03Really? What?
00:12:04As standard, you get one seat in a demon. You can opt to have the others put back in and it costs you a dollar.
00:12:11Which seat do they put in as standard?
00:12:13You're driving!
00:12:14You're driving!
00:12:15You're driving!
00:12:16You're driving!
00:12:25Eventually, we decided to pull over in our motoring theme park to see which of our fairground muscle rides would be the fastest.
00:12:34In a street drag race.
00:12:42So, what I'm thinking is, here, when the lights go green, down, what's a quarter of a mile, just beyond the church?
00:12:49Yeah, something like that.
00:12:50Perfect.
00:12:51What if the police come?
00:12:52Well, he won't. He's in Beverly Hills. I've seen the movie.
00:12:56Why can't we just do this on a racetrack or a runway like we usually do?
00:12:59Because we're here to prove that this is a racetrack.
00:13:01Detroit is empty now and should just be used for this sort of thing.
00:13:04Yes, yes, but it isn't a real race. It isn't an actual racetrack.
00:13:07No, it is!
00:13:08This is where the muscle car was born.
00:13:09I can't do it.
00:13:10Why can't you do it?
00:13:11Because Dodge only lent me that car if I promised not to do any drag racing on the road with it.
00:13:16What?
00:13:17That's what it's for.
00:13:18I know. I know.
00:13:19That's literally what it's for.
00:13:20Yes, I know, but that's the way it is. I'm sorry.
00:13:22Do you think it's an insurance?
00:13:24It is. It's because it's him.
00:13:25No, it's not.
00:13:26I don't want it on the roof.
00:13:27Who's driving it? Richard Hammond.
00:13:28You can't drive it.
00:13:29It's just what they said and I'm really sorry, so we can't do it. I'm sorry.
00:13:33We can.
00:13:34Well, you're not going to do it without that.
00:13:36Er, let me think. Yeah, we are.
00:13:38Just right the way. Right the way.
00:13:42One for all and all for yourselves. That's how it goes, isn't it?
00:13:46Having decided to make the doorway of a barber shop the finishing line,
00:13:51James and I prepared for the race.
00:13:56I'm only doing this to annoy Hammond. I mean, I can't possibly win.
00:13:59Yes, I've got a supercharged V8, but it only produces 720 horsepower.
00:14:05That's 280 less than the Exorcist.
00:14:10I don't want to sound like you, but...
00:14:12The launch control in this car is so complicated there's a YouTube video about it
00:14:16and I have watched it, but I've forgotten.
00:14:18Why don't we have a gentleman's agreement and not use launch control?
00:14:21Well, that might save my clutch, so...
00:14:24Yes, right, we won't use launch control. I've got a manual gearbox.
00:14:29He won't do it naked for all I care. Just get on with it.
00:14:33Ooh, look at Captain Cheerful over there.
00:14:45Aircon is off.
00:14:46Aircon is off.
00:14:49Aircon is off.
00:14:53Aircon is off.
00:15:10Now you've got a good start.
00:15:13Aircon is off.
00:15:15Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, there's only a one car, then, did it?
00:15:23Easy.
00:15:25Bloody Nora, that was close, but I got a terrible start, so we're going to do it again, mate.
00:15:33I'm in first gear.
00:15:40Woo!
00:15:45I can't do it. It's spinning its wheels.
00:15:51Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
00:15:54You do know you're both too old for this, don't you?
00:15:57What, for driving muscle cars up and down the public roads of Detroit, because nobody else is using them?
00:16:04Well, Richard Hammond certainly isn't using them.
00:16:09Since it was one all and we were having enormous fun annoying Hammond,
00:16:13we decided to go again.
00:16:16What is this? Best of 30 now?
00:16:19Well, what else are we going to do?
00:16:21Keep going to one of your wets yourselves.
00:16:25For the next 17 runs, the result was always the same.
00:16:31Thank you very much.
00:16:35Come on, come on!
00:16:39Give up, buddy.
00:16:40I'm angry.
00:16:45I'm not giving in, James. One more.
00:16:46Oh, for God's sake.
00:16:48I gave him my word I wouldn't use launch control,
00:16:52and I'm simply going to go back on that and not tell him.
00:16:56That was a good gear change.
00:17:04So was that, but there's just nothing I can do to get up with that 1,000 horsepower monster.
00:17:10Finally, I waved the white flag, and then we took a closer look at the savage, beating heart of the Exorcist.
00:17:23And that's a standard Corvette engine, basically.
00:17:25Z06, yeah.
00:17:26With a supercharger plonked on the top. That's there, yes?
00:17:30Yes, 2.9-litre supercharger.
00:17:33So the bit they've bolted to your engine is bigger than most European engines.
00:17:38Yes.
00:17:38So is the one on mine. It's 2.7 litres.
00:17:41Yeah, not as big.
00:17:42The point is, Simon, this is the Exorcist.
00:17:44The job of the Exorcist is to vanquish the demon.
00:17:47It's like, you remember in the 60s, I think Di Tommaso made a car called the Mangusta, which is Italian for mongoose.
00:17:54Yes, and a mongoose can kill a cobra, can't it?
00:17:57That's why they did it.
00:17:57Yes, but this hasn't vanquished the demon. It hasn't beaten it.
00:18:01Tell you what, why don't you find a racetrack or a runway somewhere, okay?
00:18:06I'll gracefully bow out, and we can have a race between good and evil.
00:18:17First, though, we decided to find out which of our cars makes the loudest noise.
00:18:25There were, of course, many possible locations for this important test, but eventually, we found one that was absolutely ideal.
00:18:47What is this place?
00:18:52Well, it's, obviously, it was a theatre.
00:18:55They built it on the site of Henry Ford's first-ever workshop.
00:19:01And when I say theatre...
00:19:04Oh, wow!
00:19:05So it was in 1925 they built it, when Detroit was just about the richest city in the world.
00:19:09Oh, you can see, look at that.
00:19:10You can just build that.
00:19:12And then in the 70s it was converted into a rock venue.
00:19:16So, I mean, look at these tickets I've got for it.
00:19:19ZZ Top.
00:19:20ZZ Top.
00:19:20And T-Rex.
00:19:22Wow, what a gig that would have been.
00:19:25Sly and the Family Stone, Spencer Davis.
00:19:28Steve Winwood has performed in here.
00:19:29David Bowie performed in here.
00:19:31Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Seger.
00:19:32This was a serious venue.
00:19:34Oh, serious venue.
00:19:35And then there were some credit card companies in the offices which are behind that wall.
00:19:39And they said, we need some parking.
00:19:42And just bought it and turned it into a multi-story car park.
00:19:45That's amazing.
00:19:46It's just, I mean, it's sort of staggering.
00:19:49It's the birthplace of Henry Ford's business.
00:19:52Yeah.
00:19:53Then a theatre.
00:19:55It's a car park.
00:19:56We can bring some theatre back with our noise test.
00:19:59Actually, there's a kind of poetry to it.
00:20:00It's beautiful.
00:20:01Precisely.
00:20:01Not just bringing the poetry, also bringing the decibel-o-meter.
00:20:05Oh, perfect.
00:20:06So, you can go and go first.
00:20:08Why am I going first?
00:20:10I just said you can go first.
00:20:12You did.
00:20:12I heard him say it.
00:20:15Since the owners feared the noise from our engines would bring down the crumbling roof,
00:20:21we were given protective clothing.
00:20:24You've got to put this on because there may be dust.
00:20:26There will be dust.
00:20:31Traction off.
00:20:33I'll just make wheels spin.
00:20:35Wheel spin.
00:20:36That just makes a huge amount of noise.
00:20:38Are you ready?
00:20:39Yes.
00:20:40Oh, yeah.
00:20:55Check it out.
00:20:59I can see.
00:21:02Shit.
00:21:02Shit.
00:21:03God, that's pretty horrible.
00:21:08How loud?
00:21:09Well, at its peak?
00:21:11Yep.
00:21:13125.2.
00:21:15Well, wait a minute.
00:21:16You don't know.
00:21:16You're the first to go.
00:21:18125?
00:21:19Yes.
00:21:22The Who.
00:21:24Widely regarded to be the loudest rock band of all time.
00:21:27Yes.
00:21:28126 decibels.
00:21:31Deep purple.
00:21:33A mere 117 decibels.
00:21:35That car is louder than deep purple.
00:21:38But probably a lot quieter than my demon.
00:21:41No.
00:21:42No.
00:21:43No.
00:21:49Any minute now, a paramedic will be cutting his trousers off.
00:21:53You should have taken them off before he got in.
00:21:54I don't know why he wears trousers.
00:21:56Here we go.
00:21:57Ready?
00:21:57In three, two.
00:22:01Oh, wait a minute.
00:22:02It hasn't done it.
00:22:07Easy mistake.
00:22:09We've all done it.
00:22:10Forgotten the key when you're donating in a Detroit theater that's been turned into a multi-story car park.
00:22:15Everybody's been there.
00:22:17Okay.
00:22:18In three, two.
00:22:201.25.2 to beat.
00:22:46Yeah.
00:22:48Doesn't make a lot of noise.
00:22:50118.8 tiptoe, boy.
00:22:532.7 litre capacity supercharger on it.
00:22:56Yeah, but it doesn't make any noise.
00:22:58They built it for this.
00:22:58They built it for drag racing.
00:22:59They wouldn't let me do that.
00:23:01Did they?
00:23:02How do we know?
00:23:02Well, they did.
00:23:05Before this sore point became even sorer, I sent James off to have a go.
00:23:10I don't think he's ever done a donut.
00:23:14No.
00:23:15In his life.
00:23:16No.
00:23:16We are about to witness James D. May losing his virginity.
00:23:21Popping his donut cherry.
00:23:27James May, are you ready?
00:23:30Fire it up in three.
00:23:31It took him a little while, but eventually he got the hang of it.
00:23:57What's my score?
00:24:13Why don't we just go?
00:24:15Well, James, we've got to go.
00:24:16Yep.
00:24:17Moving on.
00:24:18What was it?
00:24:18Oh, I've wiped it.
00:24:20No, you haven't.
00:24:20It was 12.
00:24:22Come on, what was...
00:24:23Why have I got this on my face?
00:24:24What was it?
00:24:24It was 128, so just 2.8 more than me.
00:24:27So more?
00:24:28Yes.
00:24:29Hold that.
00:24:30Why?
00:24:31Please just hold that.
00:24:32Oh, I hate the victory dance.
00:24:35I hate the victory dance.
00:24:36Good, right, let's move on.
00:24:37How much is your car?
00:24:38How much?
00:24:3898, something like that.
00:24:3998,000 pounds?
00:24:41Yes.
00:24:4140,000.
00:24:42Yeah, but mine's better, so it's more expensive.
00:24:4440,000.
00:24:45It's faster and louder.
00:24:47720 horsepower, 40,000 pounds.
00:24:50Am I the only person here who understands muscle cars?
00:24:53That's a ridiculous thing to say.
00:25:00Having had a very busy morning, we were now hungry,
00:25:04which in this part of town was a problem.
00:25:09There's an abundance of restaurants around here, is there?
00:25:13I haven't seen any.
00:25:16I just noticed the Coney Island restaurant,
00:25:18but I'm afraid it's been shut for 30 years.
00:25:21Having failed to find even a take-out,
00:25:25we started to look for a hotel.
00:25:28But there wasn't one of those either.
00:25:31So we decided to buy a house.
00:25:33Let me show you what we've got.
00:25:40Handsome vestibule, feature tile floor.
00:25:42Front room here, feature fireplace,
00:25:44loads of light from all these windows.
00:25:46This, I would say, use as a dining room
00:25:48because it's adjacent to the kitchen,
00:25:50needs the appliances refitting, not a big job.
00:25:53In there, I would say that's a really handy games room,
00:25:56TV room, overlooking the garden and the double garage.
00:25:59Here, perfect for a home office, maybe a snug.
00:26:02Upstairs, four bedrooms.
00:26:04And here's the kicker.
00:26:06An independent granny flat with its own kitchen,
00:26:09so Jeremy can live up there semi-independently
00:26:11for as long as he can manage.
00:26:13And the price, $2,200.
00:26:18Is that really only, what was it, $2,200?
00:26:21Yeah.
00:26:22$1,800?
00:26:23Yeah, I know, it's amazing, isn't it?
00:26:24So I'll show you something else amazing.
00:26:26Captain Slow has fallen for this eco-allotment claptrap.
00:26:31I haven't fallen for it, and it's not claptrap,
00:26:33it's just a vegetable plot.
00:26:35It's only a bit.
00:26:35Yes, buy food and grow it.
00:26:37Why not?
00:26:38It's a farmer's job.
00:26:39Turning a city into a vegetable garden is ridiculous.
00:26:43Who's turned a city into a vegetable garden?
00:26:44That's what they want to do, and you're just encouraging them.
00:26:47Detroit should be for petrol heads,
00:26:49it should be for massive V8s like our cars.
00:26:52It's a great idea by a city that's having a bad time
00:26:54and trying to use its initiative.
00:26:55What's wrong with it?
00:26:56And it's not as if there's any vegetables in the shops.
00:26:58New is better.
00:26:59I am not listening to any more of this.
00:27:01I am going to go off, I'm going to find a shop.
00:27:03I'm going to come back with burgers.
00:27:05But you can have some curly kale in them.
00:27:07Bloody allotment.
00:27:10Just because he's become a vegetarian
00:27:12doesn't mean that absolutely everybody has to be one.
00:27:16Don't be a moron.
00:27:17I can't get out, he's parked in the way, haven't I?
00:27:19BUZZER
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00:27:27Well, on that terrible disappointment, back to the tent.
00:27:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:27:32You asked for it. You asked for it. You never got the burgers either.
00:27:36No, you didn't.
00:27:38We shall pick that up later on, but now it is time to drop the car keys of chat down the drain of debate on Conversation Street.
00:27:55BUZZER
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00:28:03That's all weird.
00:28:04How did you do that?
00:28:05I don't know. I can't agree.
00:28:06I actually, can I just begin by saying that I think the very concept of incongruity was defined in that film in Detroit by James May, the slowest moving men in history, driving around in a car called The Exorcist.
00:28:20Yeah, it just doesn't work, doesn't it? James May is The Exorcist.
00:28:23No, I mean, if he's going to have a car, it should be called The Florist.
00:28:26Yeah.
00:28:27Or The Organist.
00:28:30Simple change to that. The Onanist.
00:28:32Nice.
00:28:33I think The Onanist has worked well.
00:28:34Have you quite finished?
00:28:35Uh, yeah.
00:28:36Good. Actually, I'd like to talk about Motor City. More specifically, what's happening to it?
00:28:40I'll tell you what's happening to it. It is being slowly ruined by vegetableists.
00:28:44Oh, God.
00:28:45It is!
00:28:46Look, it is...
00:28:47There are two million acres of land in Detroit.
00:28:49Okay.
00:28:50Would anybody like to guess how many acres have been given over to allotments?
00:28:54Six.
00:28:56I'll tell you, it's...
00:28:57Howl.
00:28:58No, it's three.
00:28:59Three acres.
00:29:00Three acres.
00:29:01And he's driven over two of them.
00:29:02Exactly.
00:29:03Listen, rightly so, it's like cancer.
00:29:05It's not like cancer!
00:29:07It is, it's like saying, if you said, I've got two billion cells in my body and only three are cancerous,
00:29:12so I shall do nothing, you don't, you cut them out.
00:29:14Yeah, but cancer is a serious threat to your health.
00:29:16Well, so are vegetables.
00:29:17You do know you're mad.
00:29:18No, I tell you what I'm mad about.
00:29:19I'm mad as hell about Detroit.
00:29:20Because in 1960, that was the richest city in America, the richest, and now it is the poorest.
00:29:33And no other city anywhere in the world has collapsed that quickly.
00:29:37What about Hiroshima?
00:29:39What?
00:29:40Apart from Hiroshima.
00:29:42Pompeii.
00:29:43Yes, apart from Hiroshima and Pompeii, no city has collapsed as fast as Detroit has.
00:29:49It's unbelievable.
00:29:50Yeah, it's incredible the scale of it.
00:29:52There used to be 43 car factories in Detroit.
00:29:5543.
00:29:56Now, two.
00:29:57Is that right?
00:29:58Just two.
00:29:59Yeah.
00:30:00I actually think it's because America won the war.
00:30:02Which, weirdly?
00:30:03Vietnam.
00:30:04Really?
00:30:05No, I was lying.
00:30:06They lost that one.
00:30:07Well, not in all the films they didn't.
00:30:09No, they won in the films, but actually when you add up all the battles they won, weirdly,
00:30:12they lost the war.
00:30:13Incredible.
00:30:14No, I'm actually talking about World War II, because at the end of that, Japan had lost
00:30:17its empire, so it lost all its resources, so they were forced to make compact, economical,
00:30:22efficient cars.
00:30:23And then the oil crisis hit in 1973, and the Americans, with their big B8s, were forced
00:30:27to buy small, compact, economical cars from Japan, and then realised they were better.
00:30:32Now, I think it's because American cars are too cheap.
00:30:37Too cheap?
00:30:38It's a business thing.
00:30:39That's the problem.
00:30:40And I fear we are about to get an economic lecture from Chancellor Hammond here.
00:30:45Well, no.
00:30:46And the other Chancellor Hammond.
00:30:48No, you are.
00:30:49Now, concentrate.
00:30:50Let me put this into context for you.
00:30:52A lot of supercars have arrived on the scene recently.
00:30:55I've got pictures of them.
00:30:56This is the McLaren Speedtail.
00:30:58That's 1,000 horsepower.
00:30:59Yeah.
00:31:00Cost 2.1 million pounds.
00:31:01And its wheels are odd.
00:31:02Yeah, they are.
00:31:03They don't match.
00:31:04This is the Aston Martin Valkyrie.
00:31:06That's 1,000 horsepower again.
00:31:072.5 million pounds.
00:31:09This one, that's the Ferrari FXXK Evo.
00:31:131,000 horsepower.
00:31:143.5 million pounds.
00:31:16Best-looking Ferrari of all time, though.
00:31:18It does look amazing.
00:31:19Yeah, it does.
00:31:20It is absolutely staggering.
00:31:21However, they've all got 1,000 horsepower, which means they will all be undriveable.
00:31:27Yeah, whereas my exorcist has 1,000 horsepower and is undriveable for under 100,000 pounds.
00:31:32Yes, and that's exactly my economic point.
00:31:36They're selling them too cheap.
00:31:38They're just giving it away.
00:31:39If American car makers doubled the price of the cars that they sell, bear with me, they would double the money that they make.
00:31:47It's not that complicated when you think about it, you follow the logic.
00:31:51I've said before, the wrong Hammers is in charge of Britain.
00:31:54Yeah.
00:31:55It is incredible.
00:31:56You've got supply and demand graph.
00:31:58If you take away the demand axis, life becomes much easier when it's all just supply.
00:32:02Precisely.
00:32:03The Hellcat that I was driving was priced at £67,000.
00:32:06Yeah.
00:32:07People are now selling them that same car second-hand for £120,000.
00:32:12And one bloke has advertised one for half a million.
00:32:15So that means they were too cheap and I'm right.
00:32:19It is hard to argue with that.
00:32:22Unassailable.
00:32:23And we don't have time, so let's move it on.
00:32:25Because you may remember in the, actually the very first show of the Grand Tour in the first season,
00:32:30I was blown away by a McLaren P1.
00:32:34Yeah, I do remember.
00:32:35You said it would be faster than the Porsche 918 and the Ferrari, the Ferrari.
00:32:39And, no, wait a minute.
00:32:40It wasn't, was it?
00:32:41And as a result, the only thing that got blown away was your house.
00:32:44Yes.
00:32:45That's undoubtedly true.
00:32:46Yeah.
00:32:47But the thing is, it remains to this day the most exciting, most brutal, most visceral car I've ever driven.
00:32:53And I didn't think it could ever be topped, but McLaren have given it a bash.
00:32:57And I thought, well, if they've built a car that can out P1 a P1,
00:33:02I'd better test it somewhere a bit less narrow and a bit less tree-lined
00:33:07and a bit less covered in deers and badgers than the Ebola drone.
00:33:11So I took it to the fastest racetrack in Europe, which is, actually, do anyone want to guess which it is?
00:33:17No, not Monza.
00:33:19Not Spa.
00:33:20Do you know?
00:33:21What?
00:33:22Do you know?
00:33:23Of course I know.
00:33:24You know?
00:33:25Yes.
00:33:26That's unusual.
00:33:27Why is it unusual?
00:33:28Well, you didn't know any of the answers on who wants to be a millionaire.
00:33:31No, they didn't ask me any of the questions I knew the answers to.
00:33:45That's what it was.
00:33:46But it's not called Who Wants to Know Things Jeremy Happens to Know, is it?
00:33:51Thruxton.
00:33:52Why?
00:33:53Thruxton is the fastest racetrack in Europe.
00:33:55So that's where I took the new McLaren.
00:33:58Engines beginning throttling down now.
00:34:01Three, four, three, good idea to use.
00:34:03And lift off.
00:34:05The throttle has cleared the tower.
00:34:08Going throttle up.
00:34:09This is the car in question.
00:34:20And let's begin by giving you some of the headlines.
00:34:24There's no hybrid drive like there was in the P1.
00:34:29But even so, the four-litre twin-turbocharged V8 produces 789 horsepower.
00:34:42And that means it's still pretty fast.
00:34:47Okay, right.
00:34:50Left foot and brake.
00:34:55Push launch.
00:34:58Full throttle.
00:35:00Boost building.
00:35:01Boost ready.
00:35:02We're going.
00:35:074 to 16.
00:35:09In 2.7 seconds.
00:35:13That's 120.
00:35:14150.
00:35:15100.
00:35:16Jesus.
00:35:17Christ.
00:35:22Let's me do 186 in 18 seconds.
00:35:25And flat out.
00:35:26It's 208.
00:35:27That's really alarming.
00:35:28I'm going to be sick now.
00:35:29Whoa.
00:35:30The thing is, though, that lots of supercars are as fast as the McLaren these days.
00:35:43Some are even more powerful and even more dramatic to behold.
00:35:53But this is called the Senna.
00:35:56It's named after Ayrton Senna.
00:35:58And Ayrton was not a man who spent his evenings cruising around Harrods at 9 miles an hour.
00:36:04And nor was he a man who spent much time at drag strips doing the standing quarter.
00:36:09No.
00:36:10Ayrton was a man who made his name at places like this.
00:36:16Racetracks.
00:36:17This is what the Senna was built to do.
00:36:26Get round any track anywhere faster than any other road car ever made.
00:36:36To do this, they had to make it light.
00:36:39And they have.
00:36:40The doors, for example, even though they have windows in them here so passers-by can see the driver's trousers,
00:36:49they only weigh nine kilograms.
00:36:52And that's less than one of Kate Moss's arms.
00:36:55And then there's the seats.
00:36:56They only weigh eight kilograms.
00:36:59I've eaten puddings that weigh more than that.
00:37:01Having got the weight out, the Senna's nearly a quarter of a ton lighter than the P1.
00:37:11They had to think about grip.
00:37:15They started with a new type of Pirelli tyre that clings on like a panicky child on a fairground ride.
00:37:22And then there's this moving rear wing, which is somehow road legal.
00:37:28It actually hangs from these pylons rather than sits on top of them because that improves downforce.
00:37:36I asked James May to explain why, but I'm afraid after three hours I went into a deep sleep.
00:37:45The next most important thing when it comes to lap times is how well it slows down.
00:37:51I was once in a 24-hour race at Silverstone driving a terrible old diesel BMW and yet I could keep up with a supercharged Jaguar XKR because I had better brakes.
00:38:08And look at him getting to the end of the hangar straight thinking, why are you braking now, you idiot? You don't need to.
00:38:17And that is this car's party piece.
00:38:21To show you how well this car stops, I've organised a little test.
00:38:25Right, I'm currently driving alongside a Jaguar F-Type at 100 miles an hour.
00:38:35And when we get to that cone down there, we're both going to brake.
00:38:44Ready?
00:38:45How can we stop from 100 miles an hour to nothing in that distance?
00:39:06So, it stops like it's run into a wall.
00:39:13It's pressed into the road by witchcraft.
00:39:18It weighs the same as a bag of whippets.
00:39:22And it has nearly 800 horsepower on tap.
00:39:26Put all that together and, um, well...
00:39:30It doesn't have the savagery of the P1.
00:39:50The P1 was so scary, it took me two months to get used to it, to discover its little foibles.
00:39:58This, though, even though I'm now in hunkered down, tightened up, vicious race mode,
00:40:07with the traction control wound right back, I'm not frightened at all.
00:40:13I'm starting to push the envelope after 20 minutes.
00:40:23You see, through there, the P1 would have understeered.
00:40:28This just doesn't, because there's no way to push it out of line.
00:40:33It's like you're driving using nothing but telepathy.
00:40:37I'm loving it!
00:40:47In the past, I've described various Ferraris as feeling beautifully delicate.
00:40:52But compared to this, they're like elephants.
00:40:56Criticisms? Not many. I mean, the usual McLaren stuff, when you try to change it from comfort to track to sport to race, it's all far too complicated.
00:41:02And I know they say 15 kilograms not fitting air conditioning, but on a hot day like today, it's quite sweaty.
00:41:11But who cares?
00:41:12Honestly, this thing is...
00:41:13Honestly, this thing is rewriting the supercar.
00:41:15the supercar rulebook in my mind.
00:41:16The supercar rulebook is rewriting the supercar rulebook in my mind.
00:41:17It's all far too complicated.
00:41:18And I know they say 15 kilograms not fitting air conditioning, but on a hot day like today, it's quite sweaty.
00:41:27But who cares?
00:41:28Honestly, this thing is rewriting the supercar rulebook in my mind.
00:41:57I'm actually proud to be British for that.
00:42:09What?
00:42:10Yes, definitely.
00:42:11What?
00:42:12Well, while the film was on, we've just been online and checked, Thruxton is not the fastest track in Europe.
00:42:18What?
00:42:19It's not.
00:42:20Why isn't it?
00:42:21Well, it isn't the fastest.
00:42:22Well, it's the fastest race track in Wiltshire.
00:42:24It's in Hampshire.
00:42:25You don't even know that!
00:42:26It's in Hampshire. You don't even know that!
00:42:28You don't even know that!
00:42:30They describe themselves as the fastest track in the south of England.
00:42:34I mean, after Brexit, it will be the fastest in Europe.
00:42:37Anyway, whatever, back to your film.
00:42:39You said rewriting the supercar rule book. Those are big words.
00:42:43Yeah, and they're correct. Are they?
00:42:45No, they are. No, for once, I am actually correct.
00:42:48First time this show, I'm right.
00:42:50Because that car, you remember the Lamborghini Huracan Paffermonti?
00:42:54OK, that blitzed our track. Absolutely blitzed it.
00:42:58Fastest road car ever round there.
00:43:00I can guarantee the Senna will be quicker.
00:43:03Oh, here we go again. Good.
00:43:05I promise it will be. I promise.
00:43:08If it isn't, can we blow up your house?
00:43:11I haven't finished building it yet.
00:43:14When you finish building it, can we blow up your house?
00:43:16Yes. No, I am so confident the Senna will be faster
00:43:21that if it isn't, when I've finished building my house,
00:43:24you can blow it up again.
00:43:25You do know that we will. We will do that.
00:43:27We will do that. We will.
00:43:29We'll wait till you're in.
00:43:33Let's play the tape. Come on, let's have a look.
00:43:35There's Abby, and she's off.
00:43:38Flying away from the line like a stabbed rat.
00:43:41And coming onto the Isn't Straight,
00:43:43already carrying some serious speed.
00:43:47Looking busy at the wheel on the bumpy surface of our track,
00:43:50but those hydraulically interconnected dampers
00:43:52are doing their job of keeping it all tied down.
00:43:55Ooh, that is flying.
00:43:58She's already dropping down into your name here.
00:44:02Some squeal from the Pirelli P-Zero Trofeo
00:44:05as she carves around there,
00:44:07and then it's back on the gas to unleash that mighty twin-tobo V8
00:44:11for the return run down to the Isle.
00:44:13I am feeling confident here.
00:44:16Right now, hard on those incredible carbon-ceramic brakes
00:44:19for the tight and technical old lady's house.
00:44:23No excess weight to drag the nose wide.
00:44:27And now, on the fast run to substation,
00:44:30riding the ruts and lumps with ease.
00:44:33Two corners left.
00:44:35More tyre squeal through there.
00:44:37Rear wing doing its thing.
00:44:39And now, a bit of oversteer and across the line.
00:44:44Looks good. It does look good.
00:44:46But...
00:44:47Well, there it is. There's the Huracan Puffle Mountain.
00:44:53Look, 1.16.8.
00:44:55And I have guaranteed it'll be faster.
00:44:57Yeah.
00:44:58Or you'll blow my house up.
00:44:59You're doing well on facts this week so far, aren't you?
00:45:01How are you feeling?
00:45:03Totally relaxed.
00:45:05Are you really?
00:45:06The thing is, we haven't even got far to go to blow it up, have we?
00:45:10It's just going to be oversteer.
00:45:12Come on. Let's see how fast it was.
00:45:14Oh.
00:45:16Damn!
00:45:20Do you eat?
00:45:22That is serious.
00:45:25That's 4 seconds quicker.
00:45:29That's quicker than the Balkan,
00:45:30and the Balkan isn't even road legal.
00:45:32legal that's absolutely amazing that is astonishing and we can add it to the list of things that you
00:45:37know anyway let's now get back to our film yes earlier on we decided that detroit should be
00:45:47a big sort of petrolhead theme park so we went over there with three tuned muscle cars yeah
00:45:53and so far we've staged a drag race done some donuts and jeremy has driven over some vegetables
00:45:59and then the next day we decided that what detroit really needs is a race trip yeah even though it
00:46:05already has two yes but we wanted something more earthy so we headed for the city center
00:46:29as we headed for the downtown area i decided to do a bit of muscle car housekeeping
00:46:39can i just ask everybody what your average fuel consumption has been since we got to detroit
00:46:45overall over the whole trip eight mpg yep mine is a healthy 3.9 miles per gallon
00:46:53you're joking 3.9 yes sir 13 mpg from the mustang is it a hybrid
00:47:08if it had been a hybrid it would have fitted in very well with what the center of detroit
00:47:13has become these days florist
00:47:21cafes oh for heaven's sake urban ramen no no no no
00:47:29in 1997 in downtown detroit someone put a gun against my head now it's just all
00:47:38hipsters with dogs and bicycles you want to start a tech business bugger off to san francisco
00:47:48oh for god's sake have you seen this little urban gardens oh no
00:47:54what's he why has he got such a problem with gardens
00:47:57look down there it's just all greenhouses full of little artisan soaps
00:48:01there's a tesla there's a bloody tesla in detroit if only the world were full of people like jeremy
00:48:09clarkson then we could have slavery and witch burning right well we've established one thing
00:48:14the center of detroit that ain't a racetrack that's a whole food market we need to get out of here this
00:48:21is the enemy
00:48:27having returned to the rundown suburbs we eventually found the perfect place to build a racetrack
00:48:37cadillac's old connor avenue factory
00:48:42for over 60 years they stamped out the body panels here
00:48:46for icons like the el dorado the fleetwood and the coupe de ville
00:48:56if it were up to james this creaking monument to the motor city's decline would be turned into a shrubbery
00:49:06but it wasn't up to james so it would become a monte carlo style tunnel feature
00:49:12on our detroit themed racetrack
00:49:18right so what i thought we'd do is we'd name all of the corners and all of these straights
00:49:22after various musicians who were from detroit so for example put that there and then this
00:49:29would be alice cooper corner a nice touch and then i've got all the faces i've got
00:49:34ben fry from the eagles jack white madonna reetha franklin bob seger ted nugent
00:49:38what's that stick for oh that's um that's iggy pop oh yeah it's like it's here yeah exactly
00:49:45then uh as we go into the back section over there you've got marvin gay stevie wonder eminem
00:49:50diana ross sonny bono martha reeves anthony kedis smoky robinson i mean it is just you look
00:49:57in the body just they can't all be from detroit did you know madonna was from detroit no
00:50:03because building the track involved heavy machinery and manual labor hammond insisted on doing
00:50:14everything himself
00:50:18that is going to be a fast corner
00:50:24despite this though he soon had everything ready
00:50:33sadly though he had got a bit confused about naming the corners after local musicians
00:50:46what why have you why have you got the edge well you said there was sunny bono
00:50:51yes hammond sunny bono and the edge from the famous detroit rock band u2 sally
00:50:57no because the track had been built by the world's most accident prone driver
00:51:05we thought it best that the god-fearing exorcist should christen it
00:51:10it's so bumpy
00:51:23what the hell is this
00:51:24what's that some sort of chicane he's put in there
00:51:38oh slippery that's slippery as hell
00:51:42what that that's unbelievably narrow what's he thinking of
00:51:47oh hello
00:51:56here he comes
00:52:01after his run james couldn't wait to give hammond some constructive feedback
00:52:05i just want to say hammond you witless dishcloth that is the worst racetrack i've ever been around
00:52:12it's slippery it's full of holes it's full of obstacles for you to crash into
00:52:16it's narrow challenging is it technical it's not challenging it's only about that much bigger than
00:52:20the car and it's made of butter and it appears to be full of asbestos waste
00:52:27oh it is full of asbestos oh well thank you sorry yeah close your window
00:52:38all of us then set about our practice laps on hammond's death trap
00:52:43thin bits oh god
00:52:47let's see a bloody thing
00:52:49my own car doesn't fit around my own race track
00:52:56not of a gun
00:52:59despite the peril though we gave it everything
00:53:07and by the end of the session there was nothing in it between the demon and the exorcist
00:53:13the mustang though that was in a league of its own
00:53:3156.4
00:53:35yes your fastest well of course it's the fastest it's a muscle car that handles
00:53:40however these were just unofficial practice laps
00:53:45now it was time for the one shot winner takes all real thing
00:53:53three two one begin
00:54:03brakes for that bit bit of downshift
00:54:10oh
00:54:19massive plum
00:54:21oh god
00:54:28patland
00:54:31slippery
00:54:32And here he is. Here he comes.
00:54:42I pooed myself. Funny noise.
00:54:46However, the trouser accident had clearly been worth it.
00:54:51You've just broken your own record.
00:54:53Oh, that's remarkable. 5966.
00:54:56Really? Yeah.
00:54:58I'm happy with that and I haven't hit any famous musicians or bits of old Car Factory.
00:55:05Next, it was the turn of Corporal Crash.
00:55:10Where's the fire engine gone? The fire engine's over there. Ambulance is...
00:55:14Oh, we're all comedians today. Yeah.
00:55:16Remember, if you lose to James May...
00:55:19It's more humiliating. It's worse than death.
00:55:23In three, two, one, go.
00:55:28Looking for grip.
00:55:32Turning neat, crisp by the edge. Whoa!
00:55:35Oh, he's gone over the edge!
00:55:38Again.
00:55:44Hammond's lap's going well. Yeah, isn't it?
00:55:47So, which corner is that he's gone off on?
00:55:50I mean, obviously, is him.
00:55:54Amazingly, it wasn't.
00:56:03Is that Madonna? That's Madonna.
00:56:05Yeah, I... I don't know.
00:56:07Now we're in the open.
00:56:11Oh, right.
00:56:12Right.
00:56:15Yes, though.
00:56:16Beelzeybob's got a bit of understeer there.
00:56:21That felt good.
00:56:23It felt like a quick one.
00:56:27I don't know how to put this to you, but...
00:56:30No.
00:56:33No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:56:36Yeah, yeah.
00:56:370.4 of a second slower than James May.
00:56:41This is what death feels like.
00:56:43Yeah, okay, get out of the demon.
00:56:44We've done the demon and the exorcist.
00:56:46It's time for the blue nun.
00:56:47Blue nun?
00:56:49Blue nun?
00:56:50Yeah.
00:56:55Total pointless waste of time, then.
00:56:58We've established the Mustang is the fastest by an enormous margin.
00:57:05But I'll go and do it, I suppose.
00:57:09Jeremy Smug in My Little Pony, are you ready?
00:57:13In three, two, one, begin!
00:57:17Oh, yes.
00:57:25This is a properly sorted track car.
00:57:28That's what we're looking at here.
00:57:31Properly sorted, it may be.
00:57:33But I had a plan that would spoil its afternoon.
00:57:37You're running!
00:57:38I know, but you'll see.
00:57:39We've got to get down to this corner before he gets back.
00:57:42Help me tip this over.
00:57:44What is it?
00:57:45It's organic palm oil.
00:57:46Very slippery.
00:57:47It's the revenge of the urban farmer.
00:57:53Into the blind band.
00:57:55There is Stevie Wonder.
00:57:56You do know it's palm oil that's ruining life for the world's orangutans.
00:58:02Only this one.
00:58:04Come on!
00:58:06Soap shifting into third.
00:58:07And on that terrible disappointment, it's back to the tent.
00:58:19It just happened, didn't it?
00:58:20I just...
00:58:22Oh, no.
00:58:24You...
00:58:26What?
00:58:27I thought it had been you.
00:58:28Oh, no.
00:58:29You ruined my lap.
00:58:31You said Detroit had to be a playground and that's what I was doing.
00:58:35I was playing.
00:58:37Listen, can my practice time stand?
00:58:39Because that was still the quickest.
00:58:41That's not how it works.
00:58:43You can't just say that because you were the quickest in qualifying,
00:58:46you would have won the race if you hadn't crashed.
00:58:47Well, I can say it.
00:58:48Well, you can say it.
00:58:49I could say I'm the captain of the English cricket team.
00:58:51I wouldn't be any good at it.
00:58:57Ah, well, moving on.
00:58:59I don't know where he was going with that.
00:59:01Anyway, look.
00:59:03In part one of that film, we said that we would have a race between
00:59:07the demon and the exorcist.
00:59:09A drag race, yeah?
00:59:10And then it never happened.
00:59:12Except it did.
00:59:14Yeah.
00:59:15They said we couldn't drag race it on the street,
00:59:19but they didn't say anything about airfields.
00:59:21So after we'd finished at our track, we found one of those.
00:59:25Now, I bowed out of this like I said I would,
00:59:27because the Mustang in a drag racing environment is never going to win.
00:59:30And it became a two-horse race between
00:59:32to crash a lot and the owner-nest, OK?
00:59:34But we have a problem.
00:59:36See, we only have time left in the show, realistically,
00:59:39for one more thing.
00:59:41We've got the guest segment.
00:59:42And this week, I should tell you, it's between
00:59:43Howard from the Halifax advert
00:59:47and Adrian Childs
00:59:49to find the fastest person you don't really hear from much anymore.
00:59:54We'll have a vote, I think.
00:59:58Who here would like to see the celebrity segment?
01:00:01LAUGHTER
01:00:06And there's one over there.
01:00:08And who'd like to see the drag race?
01:00:10Yeah!
01:00:12Does that mean they're not coming on, then?
01:00:14Very much so.
01:00:16So here it is, then, the race between good and evil.
01:00:18Right, here we go, viewers.
01:00:35It's either salvation or a world plunged into eternal darkness.
01:00:40CHEERS
01:00:45OK, this is it.
01:00:47The race between good and evil.
01:00:50Are we ready, gentlemen?
01:00:52We ready?
01:00:53No!
01:00:55What's happening?
01:00:56I've got a couple of things to do before we start.
01:01:00Are you saying you can't just drag race this now?
01:01:03Well, you've got to do it properly.
01:01:04This is a proper drag racing car.
01:01:06What is he doing?
01:01:08This is what you get when you buy a demon.
01:01:10Cost you an extra dollar, and you get this crate.
01:01:15Oh-ho-ho!
01:01:16It's like a picnic hamper for men.
01:01:19Then, underneath, and to either side, I've got boxes with a new ECU.
01:01:22I've got everything I need.
01:01:24ECU?
01:01:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:01:27Look at that!
01:01:33He's got this enormous crate and some bags and tins.
01:01:39Full of tools.
01:01:41With two space savers and...
01:01:44Space saver wheels?
01:01:46Why are you putting space savers on it?
01:01:48They're drag racing tyres, they're lighter.
01:01:50I don't need grip at the front, do I?
01:01:51They've just got to steer.
01:01:54What else does he have to do apart from change the wheels?
01:01:57Erm, he's got the new ECU to foot.
01:02:00You're serious?
01:02:01Yes.
01:02:02So it's not really a drag racing car at all?
01:02:04It will be, once he's completely rebuilt it.
01:02:13This is an old-fashioned view of television,
01:02:14but I think we've lost the moment.
01:02:16I think I agree with you.
01:02:17This was going to be the big end of the show.
01:02:19Yeah.
01:02:20Good versus evil.
01:02:21I could have walked to the end by now.
01:02:24I've got to take back tyre pressures down to 20 psi.
01:02:28Nice, fat, squishy contact patch.
01:02:30Exactly 25 minutes so far.
01:02:31It's taken him to do his quarter-mile run.
01:02:32Also, this is where it breathes through its eye.
01:02:33Look at that!
01:02:34That goes at the back of its eye!
01:02:36So...
01:02:38I mean, that is a significant component.
01:02:39What is it?
01:02:40Air filter.
01:02:41Does it not have an air filter?
01:02:42Yeah, but this is a performance one.
01:02:43It's going to gulp through air.
01:02:44Right, so that's it. Good.
01:02:45Yep.
01:02:46Now we're going to do the ECU.
01:02:47Which goes in here, I believe.
01:02:48We're going to have to take that out, I think.
01:02:49So...
01:02:51I mean, that is a significant component. What is it?
01:02:53Air filter.
01:02:54Does it not have an air filter?
01:02:55Yeah, but this is a performance one. It's going to gulp through air.
01:03:05Right, so that's it. Good.
01:03:06Yep. Now we're going to do the ECU.
01:03:08Which goes in here, I believe. We're going to have to take that out, I think.
01:03:11So they've got a different ECU, just telling the engine to be powerful.
01:03:15Right. Why didn't they just put that one in from the start?
01:03:17That's good to go.
01:03:20Sadly, though, it wasn't.
01:03:24He's now refuelling his car with a special how many octane?
01:03:28It's ethanol and gasoline. Mixture 104.
01:03:33After the refuelling, we hoped he was done.
01:03:37But no.
01:03:38Right, hang on a minute. I've got to put it in neutral to get that in the middle.
01:03:41Hammond, you took in the whole dashboard?
01:03:43Yeah, this has to come out because I've got to put in a new control panel here.
01:03:46I've got a new button on it.
01:03:49He's taken the whole center console out, the whole of that.
01:03:52He's had to put it in neutral to lift it all off.
01:03:55What for?
01:03:56Because you can then fit a button that enables him to select what sort of fuel he's running on.
01:04:02Why don't they just put that in from the start?
01:04:05So this all goes back in here with my new switchgear in.
01:04:10It's an hour and seven minutes.
01:04:12Actually, you're right. It is. It's over an hour now.
01:04:15God.
01:04:17There we go.
01:04:21Finally, the rebuild of the demon was complete.
01:04:25And it was time for the drivers to warm their tires.
01:04:28In three, two, one, burn out!
01:04:32Burn out!
01:04:47Right, your tires are warm. Are you now ready?
01:04:50What?
01:04:51Are you ready to come to the start line?
01:04:53No!
01:04:54What do you mean, no?
01:04:55No, that was just a celebratory burnout.
01:04:57Oh, jeez, he's got out.
01:04:58I've done all the building work, now I've got to set the car up.
01:05:00What?
01:05:01I've got to get in the right modes. There's stuff to do, mate.
01:05:03Oh, I've had enough. I'm sorry, I've had enough.
01:05:05Bye!
01:05:07We're never going to do this.
01:05:09So, I need to go into drag. Drag mode activating. Excellent.
01:05:14Drag transmission, drag traction, power.
01:05:16So, power needs to go up to 840.
01:05:21We are now in high octane.
01:05:22Ha-ha!
01:05:24I don't know. Do you like it?
01:05:25With our starter on his way back to London,
01:05:28the traffic lights were brought in and, finally, we were ready to go.
01:05:36I'm gonna bust your ass, evil boy.
01:05:40Oh, yes.
01:05:41What are you gonna do with it now?
01:05:42Because I've seen the film and I wouldn't do it.
01:06:05I'm going ahead. I think I'm going ahead.
01:06:07I think I'm going ahead.
01:06:08Come on, David!
01:06:17Ah, so annoying!
01:06:24Ah-ha! Evil wins! Evil wins!
01:06:28Yes!
01:06:29Yes!
01:06:30Yes!
01:06:31Victory for the demon.
01:06:33Aha!
01:06:34Yes!
01:06:35Because I won.
01:06:36You won.
01:06:37Because I won.
01:06:38Yes, I did.
01:06:39You noticed that?
01:06:40Yes, I did.
01:06:41Yes, I did.
01:06:42You noticed that?
01:06:43Yes, I noticed.
01:06:44Yes.
01:06:45That I won.
01:06:46At the end of the race, if you saw, my car was in front of your car, which means I won.
01:06:51Can I just point out that first you had to spend half a day rebuilding half your car and then you had to run it on fuel that you can't buy from a normal petrol station.
01:07:00No, wait a minute, your excrement runs on that clever fuel all the time.
01:07:07I was sort of banking on you not knowing that.
01:07:09Yes, well, I do know it.
01:07:10Gentlemen, I think we have to agree that the Mustang is the only car here that ticks all the muscle car boxes.
01:07:17It's cheap, it's powerful, it runs on fuel you can buy and you can have it with the steering wheel on the correct side.
01:07:24You don't get it, do you?
01:07:25You just don't get it.
01:07:26A muscle car is supposed to have a thousand horsepower, be undriveable and have a stupid name.
01:07:31It's called Ready to Rock!
01:07:32That is a stupid name!
01:07:33Listen, Hammond, not only are you the fiscal brain of this operation, you're also the resident muscle car enthusiast.
01:07:41Yes.
01:07:42So, and I know the answer to this because you told me on the plane, on the way home, of the three cars, which would you actually buy?
01:07:47Buy?
01:07:48Buy?
01:07:49With my own money?
01:07:50Yes.
01:07:51Buy?
01:07:52Yes.
01:07:53Myself?
01:07:54Yes.
01:07:55It's the Mustang.
01:07:56There you go, the Mustang.
01:07:57And so on that terrible disappointment for you...
01:07:58Snowflakes.
01:07:59It's time, it's time to end.
01:08:01Now next week it is a Grand Tour special where we attempt to become the first ever television show in the history of television to go to Columbia and not use the C word.
01:08:14See you then.
01:08:15Goodbye.
01:08:17emalien
01:08:20It's time, it's time to end.
01:08:21Have a good look.
01:08:23Please do, cracks.
01:08:24I'll be happy if I can get lots of fun and hopefully it's not bad too soon.
01:08:28Okay.
01:08:29Please take a chance to buy five candied.
01:08:31You haven't tried something you'll find around me too.
01:08:33If I can just get a chance to buy four tons, I really can usually bet.
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