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00:00:00Tonight, James falls out of a boat, I have a fight with a gear lever, and...
00:00:18Hello.
00:00:19Oh dear, this is a bit embarrassing.
00:00:21Hello, and welcome to What's Left of Top Gear.
00:00:33And tonight's programme is not, as I'm sure you've guessed, a normal one.
00:00:36In fact, what we're going to do is show you two films that were shot for the last series.
00:00:40Yes, the second one is tremendous, and that'll be coming up later, but I want to start with this.
00:00:45It's a Jaguar E-Type, and thanks to rocketing classic car prices, it's now worth about 200 grand.
00:00:53And it's the same story with these two, the Ferrari Daytona and the Aston Martin DB5.
00:00:59Around 20 years ago, you'd have been able to buy either of these for around £80,000.
00:01:03But today, the Ferrari, £700,000. The Aston Martin, probably a million.
00:01:11But there are still some classic cars around that you can buy for reasonable money.
00:01:16The question is, should you?
00:01:18Well, to find out, the producers told me, Richard and Jeremy to go and buy a classic car apiece,
00:01:23and then turn up with them at an old railway station in Buckinghamshire.
00:01:27They said we were going to spend a few days living the classic car experience.
00:01:32English country lanes, warm brown beer, and lots of fellow enthusiasts to talk to.
00:01:37Basically, Jeremy's idea of hell.
00:01:46This was the meeting point.
00:01:50And I was the first to arrive in my 1972 MGB GT.
00:01:56This is it.
00:02:00This is the daddy.
00:02:03Think of a small, classic British sports car, and you are thinking of this, the MGB GT.
00:02:10Mechanically, it's not a bad example of what is undoubtedly Britain's most popular classic car.
00:02:17At this point, I was interrupted by the arrival of Captain Cheerful.
00:02:24Oh, say. That is pretty.
00:02:27Why are we doing this?
00:02:29What? What do you mean? Why? Look at it, because of everything about the day.
00:02:32The location, old trains, classic cars, tinkering.
00:02:37Hammond, listen. Nobody buys a classic television.
00:02:41They would say, look, you have to bang it on the top to make the picture work,
00:02:44and it's in black and white, and then you have to stand up to change the channel.
00:02:47So why would you buy a classic car?
00:02:49Because, well, look at it.
00:02:52No, I admit, Fiat 124 Spyder. Incredibly pretty.
00:02:55Designed by the same man who did the Ferrari 275 GTS, Lancia Fulvia, Dieter Marzo Pantera.
00:03:01But it will go wrong all the time.
00:03:04Yes, that's the point. Then you can stop and fix it yourself.
00:03:08It's not just a car. It's something to do at the weekends. It's a project.
00:03:12The Hoover Dam was a project. A broken down car is an inconvenience.
00:03:17It is. And yours will break down even more, because it's an MGB GT.
00:03:22Deliciously and delightfully simple.
00:03:24Whoa!
00:03:25What?
00:03:26Has there been a knife fight in the back of it?
00:03:28Look at it. The heritage, the history. It's...
00:03:31This was the poor man's E-type.
00:03:33It's horrid.
00:03:35It's...
00:03:36Soon we realised there wasn't an elephant in the room.
00:03:39What do you think the elephant will be driving?
00:03:42Well, it'll be a triumph.
00:03:44But I've thought about this. It'll be, I think, a TR7.
00:03:47Because he won't expect us to expect that. He'll think that often.
00:03:51Stag.
00:03:52But that's too obvious.
00:03:53No. It's a Peugeot.
00:03:55And that's right and proper, because he's old and he never goes faster than one.
00:03:59He is basically a Peugeot himself. Is it very quiet? Or has it...
00:04:04Bonjour, mes amis.
00:04:06It's electric!
00:04:07Why isn't it running?
00:04:09I'm just saving petrol.
00:04:11James, why isn't it running?
00:04:13What do you think?
00:04:14It's extremely pretty.
00:04:16That is a pretty car.
00:04:19Pretty.
00:04:20Peugeot 304 Decapitablet S.
00:04:25That means convertible, doesn't it?
00:04:26It is, yes.
00:04:27Decapitated.
00:04:28Decapitated, yes.
00:04:29Beheaded, yes.
00:04:30Is this you or him?
00:04:31It's mine.
00:04:32Hello.
00:04:33Hello.
00:04:34Britain's most popular classic.
00:04:35Look at it.
00:04:36So that must be yours?
00:04:37Yes.
00:04:38I sort of approve of that.
00:04:39The only problem is it's the American spec.
00:04:41It's ruined all of its life in California.
00:04:43Those wheels are all wrong.
00:04:44I know.
00:04:45They had to raise it, because to get the headlights the American height above the road, they raised the whole car.
00:04:50And that ruined the ride height.
00:04:52And the wheels are, as you say, wrong.
00:04:54Anyway, let's be positive about it.
00:04:55We've all got cars styled by Pininfarina.
00:04:58He hasn't.
00:04:59No.
00:05:00Well, this is styled by Pininfarina.
00:05:02Yeah, because the convertible version came out first, then a couple of years later Pininfarina turned into it.
00:05:07Pininfarina's dog.
00:05:09With the classic British weather beckoning, we set off for a classic, classic car drive.
00:05:15Which way are you going to...?
00:05:17Oh, through the bus, because this is the S.
00:05:19Right through the button.
00:05:20Go on!
00:05:21Oh, that sounds mighty.
00:05:24Here we go!
00:05:26This is everything I hoped it would be.
00:05:38It's an experience.
00:05:39I can feel things that are going on.
00:05:42I'm involved in it.
00:05:43There are those who say there's no better sound in the motoring world than the 1.8-litre engine exactly like that one.
00:05:57Oh, that does sound brilliant.
00:05:59That's a proper car.
00:06:00In the Peugeot, James was upbeat as well.
00:06:06This Peugeot, I think you will agree, is charming.
00:06:09It is interesting.
00:06:10It's French.
00:06:11It's a bit left-field.
00:06:12I mean, everything works.
00:06:14Look, I mean, the windscreen wipers are working.
00:06:17Yeah, there's a clock.
00:06:21Meanwhile, in the Fiat...
00:06:27This car is absolutely horrible.
00:06:30I mean, in the driving position, they put the steering wheel directly above the pedal.
00:06:35So, to get comfortable, your arms have to be the same length as your legs, and mine aren't.
00:06:43Steaming up slightly, I'll just engage the heater.
00:06:47Oh.
00:06:48Heater's not working.
00:06:49Welcome to 1970s classic motoring.
00:06:53And a few moments later, James made it even more authentic.
00:07:00Hang on, hang on, it's conking.
00:07:01Here it goes.
00:07:06Don't stop.
00:07:09Seven minutes and two miles into the journey, he's broken down.
00:07:13With the help of a kindly local...
00:07:16Pushing.
00:07:17Pushing.
00:07:18Pushing.
00:07:19Pushing.
00:07:20We got James going again.
00:07:21Here we go.
00:07:22Jump the clutch.
00:07:23Jump the clutch, James.
00:07:24There you go.
00:07:27I can't stop.
00:07:28No, I'm having to leave them.
00:07:29That's a bit poor, isn't it?
00:07:30But I'm sure they'll catch up.
00:07:33We're off again.
00:07:34That's all part of it.
00:07:37Nice man helped us.
00:07:39You see, we'd never have met that nice man if it wasn't for our cars.
00:07:47Is this really your top speed, James?
00:07:50Pretty much, yeah.
00:07:51For once, though, I was quite glad he was holding me up.
00:07:57Right.
00:07:58No faster than this or the wheels will fall off.
00:08:02These are aftermarket wheels.
00:08:04They have oval-shaped holes where the nuts go through.
00:08:07And if you go above, say, 50, they just fall off.
00:08:12Luckily, before there was a chance for that to happen...
00:08:17Bloody hell.
00:08:18No, not again.
00:08:22I'm gone again, sorry.
00:08:25Tell you what that is coming out the back of your car.
00:08:28That is oil.
00:08:31This is classic car motion.
00:08:33Next Thursday, I'll take a day off work, take the old girl out, get the roof down.
00:08:37Thursday comes, it's raining.
00:08:38Yeah.
00:08:39Well, yeah.
00:08:40And your car breaks down.
00:08:41The rain makes it more interesting.
00:08:43It doesn't work.
00:08:44It's just standing here on a warm sunny day would be boring and ordinary.
00:08:47This is more of a challenge.
00:08:49Hammond and I have ended another classic car workout.
00:08:53Push like hell.
00:08:54Yes, just shut up.
00:08:55We are pushing hard.
00:08:56We are pushing.
00:08:58Here we go.
00:09:01Come on, chaps, let's go.
00:09:08What an absolutely horrible day.
00:09:14The Peugeot is getting better.
00:09:16It's responding to sympathetic treatment.
00:09:20That's the thing you have to remember about old machinery.
00:09:22You have to form a bond with it.
00:09:25Oh, bollocks.
00:09:29Don't stop.
00:09:30At this point, even Hammond was tiring of the classic car camaraderie.
00:09:40We've weighed it up, but we've decided we've helped him enough today, frankly.
00:09:45Change your car doesn't work.
00:09:47Hammond, do you think you'll be able to buy an alternator for a 1970s Peugeot in Burford?
00:10:01No, no.
00:10:03A very nice oven glove with a cat on it, yes.
00:10:07Or some jam in a gingham pot of some sort.
00:10:11But alternators for 1970s Peugeots, no.
00:10:14No.
00:10:20Later that day, we were all reunited.
00:10:23And the producers said we should do what all classic car enthusiasts do after a short drive.
00:10:29Go immediately into a garage to do a bit of tinkering.
00:10:33There you go, my beauty. There you go.
00:10:45There you go.
00:10:52And with the kids jingle-belling and everyone telling you be a good cheer.
00:10:59It's the most wonderful time of...
00:11:04Hold tight.
00:11:05You win again!
00:11:09Stay back. Enjoy the fireworks.
00:11:12Let's bring in the new year.
00:11:13Jane producing today is looking forward to seeing her valentine, Paul, this evening.
00:11:25Nicola wants to send a happy valentine to her niece, Ella, and I promised my valentine a big kiss later today.
00:11:31And I'm going to go ahead and get rid of it.
00:11:37PHONE RINGS
00:11:38When a cuckoo told us that spring had sprung, we emerged from our nests.
00:11:44And not only were our cars transformed, so was I.
00:11:50Oh, I say. Here.
00:11:52Checkerboard. Nice work.
00:11:54Oh!
00:11:56Harnesses.
00:11:57Look at those seats. Hello.
00:11:59Wow.
00:12:00Bucket seats, racing seats, and stainless steel exhaust front to back.
00:12:04You're kidding.
00:12:05Yep. All the way.
00:12:07But, gentlemen, behold the achievement.
00:12:10Losing the bumpers.
00:12:11Bumpers gone.
00:12:12Genius.
00:12:13Coils sliced away top and bottom, so it's now lower.
00:12:17New are bath wheels, black bonnet, and, of course, at the front, a brace of Sibbys.
00:12:24So, essentially, this is how it should have looked.
00:12:26It was when it was sold in Italy.
00:12:27Yes.
00:12:28The Americans totally ruined it by lifting it up and putting stupid bumpers on it.
00:12:31I've taken it back to original spec.
00:12:34I have been busy.
00:12:36So, James, what car have you been working on?
00:12:39Funny.
00:12:40No, wait. I can see how busy he's been.
00:12:42You've painted your headlights yellow, and it's taken you...
00:12:46Yeah, but I've also rebuilt and improved and completely mended the engine.
00:12:51You mean you've just made your car work?
00:12:52Yeah.
00:12:53I'll see where you're going because you've gone for the old French headlight system.
00:12:56Yes.
00:12:57James.
00:12:58It's authentically dangerous.
00:12:59Yes.
00:13:00What is that on your steering wheel?
00:13:01That's just in case I had to move the steering wheel while I had oily hands from working on the engine.
00:13:06Somebody manufactures a condom for the steering wheel.
00:13:10It turns out they do, yes.
00:13:11And if you're a monk with hair round the sides but not on the top, it's also a shower cap.
00:13:16Having spent six months in hibernation doing tinkering, even I couldn't wait to take my car out for a drive.
00:13:35Tell me this car doesn't look brilliant. Tell me, I dare you.
00:13:42Actually, it does look a lot better than it did, I'll give you that.
00:13:46You have polished that curve well, Hammond.
00:13:49Oh, I'm loving. This is, this is tremendous.
00:13:57Driving a car like this with big bumpers and idiotic ride height in the rain, utter misery.
00:14:04But now, an English spring day in a car with a matte black bonnet. I'm happy.
00:14:11So we plunged into the Cotswolds looking for classic car adventures.
00:14:19Now, normally at this point we would do the news.
00:14:22Or maybe we'd watch a famous person blatting around our test track in a Vauxhall Astra.
00:14:26But obviously we can't do either of those things, so instead we're going to give you some information.
00:14:32Yes, the producers told us after we'd modified our classic cars that during our journey we would be facing various challenges
00:14:39and the points would be awarded to whoever did best.
00:14:43However, they also told us that we would lose points for every breakdown we had.
00:14:48So you've basically lost already then?
00:14:50Yeah, rubbish. Not necessarily actually.
00:14:52And that the person who ended up with the most points would get a special prize.
00:14:57Eager to show off our newly fettled cars, I came up with an idea.
00:15:12The great thing about England at this time of year is that every single village, pretty much every single weekend,
00:15:19hosts some kind of classic car event.
00:15:21people gather in a field, talk about their adenoids and the old girl and...
00:15:27I think we should find one and go to it.
00:15:32So we headed immediately for a leafy village in Wiltshire.
00:15:39Can you imagine what a classic car show will be like in a village such as this?
00:15:45Old men in flat caps, little children scampering around, stalls selling tea towels with Morris miners on them.
00:15:55Making your own chutney, putting people in the stocks, all that sort of stuff.
00:16:00However...
00:16:01Welcome all them and welcome to Carpeton for Japfest.
00:16:16Japfest?
00:16:20Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi.
00:16:23Mitsubishi, that's a Mitsubishi.
00:16:26So it's probably fair to say we've got this slightly wrong.
00:16:29Nevertheless, we were among fellow car enthusiasts.
00:16:34And once we'd got Hammond properly dressed,
00:16:37we were treated to a spot of light drifting.
00:16:50That's Tune Whitfield in that one.
00:16:52Yeah.
00:16:53David Attenborough, here he is.
00:16:55He loves a bit of it.
00:16:57That's a good one.
00:16:59This is a big girl, Darcy Bustle, she is brilliant.
00:17:01Go on, Darcy!
00:17:03That's a filter!
00:17:05That's a good one!
00:17:07That's a good one!
00:17:08Well...
00:17:09It's not really that sort of thing, is it?
00:17:22Right, even though your cars aren't technically Japanese...
00:17:26Well, not at all.
00:17:27Mine's completely French.
00:17:28The organisers here will allow you to do ten laps of the track.
00:17:33Points will be awarded for the fastest time.
00:17:37We're not going out the same time as these guys, are we?
00:17:40Not like me.
00:17:41Are we going out the track to ourselves?
00:17:43No. No.
00:17:44Must be a lot.
00:17:46No, we'll be out with other enthusiasts of the Japanese car.
00:17:50That's a needy...
00:17:51Why would you do that in a 304 front-wheel-drive converter?
00:17:54Come on, enter into the spirit office.
00:17:58To make sure he wasn't too much of a nuisance on the circuit,
00:18:02Captain's sense of direction had taken some precautions.
00:18:06So down there, that one's tight with a bit of a crest.
00:18:09Got to watch out for that.
00:18:11That's the reason we quit.
00:18:12It was slow for that.
00:18:14And with that taken care of, we began.
00:18:20Now, the chassis in this car, the Fiat 124 Spyder,
00:18:23went on to be used later in the Lada Riva.
00:18:27Oh, yeah.
00:18:30The engine, though, is an absolute cracker.
00:18:331750 cc, 16-valve trim cam.
00:18:36This is what my little MG was born to do.
00:18:44It's a sports car.
00:18:47Live rear axle, 1.8-litre B-Series engine, pumping out 95 brake horsepower.
00:18:53That's just enough.
00:18:54Now, the standard Peugeot 304 had 65 horsepower.
00:19:02But don't worry, viewers, because this is the twin choke carburettor S version,
00:19:07and has 74.
00:19:09Sadly, however, today, that wasn't enough.
00:19:14Yep, they're all past safely.
00:19:29Unfortunately, the man who then overtook Hammond didn't manage his move quite so well.
00:19:41And he's lost it.
00:19:44But then...
00:19:46Oh, this fire is happening.
00:19:50Oh, no, I think I am unwell.
00:19:53Still, at least I wasn't suffering alone.
00:19:58Yeah.
00:20:00Yeah, you see...
00:20:02The oil has been...
00:20:03It's sloshing from side to side, as I call my heart.
00:20:06And some of it has sloshed out now.
00:20:09And that is sounding a bit what classic car enthusiasts call bottom-endy.
00:20:14Having ruined their cars too, James and Richard came into the pits,
00:20:19where the producers revealed our lap times.
00:20:23I happen to know that when the Mazda MX-5 owners club meet here for a track day,
00:20:28so just ordinary people who are vets and teachers,
00:20:32they lap in 125.
00:20:34James May!
00:20:35Yes!
00:20:38You're not starting with a one, are you?
00:20:41Well, hang on.
00:20:42Not even close to a one, it's two minutes, 17.19.
00:20:48That's big.
00:20:50Me, one minute, 52.17.
00:20:5372.
00:20:55Richard Hammond, one minute, 51.65.
00:20:58Is that all that was in it?
00:20:59Half a second.
00:21:01Keen to find out why we were so slow, the producers told us to put our cars on a rolling road,
00:21:08to see how much horsepower they'd lost over the years.
00:21:12James, what did it used to have when it was new?
00:21:1674 horsepower.
00:21:1774.
00:21:19Oh, yeah, it's off.
00:21:20Here we go, here we go.
00:21:22Oh, look!
00:21:23Oh, you've got power!
00:21:2450.2, you've lost 24 horsepower.
00:21:25That's 33% of your total power is gone.
00:21:26It's quite a lot, isn't it?
00:21:27Next, it was the turn of the MGB.
00:21:28This is the most powerful when it was new.
00:21:2995, we're looking for it.
00:21:30Whoa!
00:21:31Come on!
00:21:32It didn't go as I'd hoped.
00:21:35of your total power is gone next it was the turn of the mgb this is the most powerful when it was
00:21:43here 95 we're looking it didn't go as i'd hoped
00:21:5158.8 your machine's wrong then it was the fiat's turn
00:22:06so 85 is what it did have when it was new i'm going for 55 56 i'm going to go for
00:22:15higher higher oh no
00:22:21read it and wait 68.6
00:22:33sadly however the victory was hollow
00:22:43that is not a good sound a classic car is like a pet dog one day it's going to let you down
00:22:50and die we therefore decided to do something less taxing like going to the pub but that was
00:22:59trickier than it sounded here's a pub what about this we can go in here now it has an illuminated sign
00:23:06for lager because it sells lager it's a pub pub coming up on the right is this any good they're
00:23:16having a cheese and wine evening keep going james has very specific requirements about pubs he won't
00:23:23go in a pub if it has sky sports or if there's a purple dinosaur in the back garden with steps up its
00:23:30back or if there's a sign saying children welcome he doesn't like beams he doesn't like horse brasses
00:23:37this may take a while
00:23:38james there's a pub up here what's the matter with this one uh stickers in the window flags and it
00:23:48calls itself a tavern goat right that smelt nice
00:23:56pub ahead pub ahead the camera what's the name of camera you love the campaign for real ale
00:24:03don't like any campaigns in the end none of the pubs passed muster so we went to our overnight hotel
00:24:12and had a drink there hi we would like two pints of bitter one rose wine large a bag of salt and
00:24:21vinegar crisps and built on there's nothing better than your local radio pub i knew somebody who used to
00:24:29do that that evening we embarrassed ourselves in a traditional pub quiz neil or nile zane liam harry
00:24:40and louie are the five members of which british group
00:24:46which song won the top gear greatest driving song contest
00:24:51we then tottered up the points from the producers competition to see who was on course to win the
00:25:01special prize so just work it out so it's minus 20 for a breakdown yes and then 10 5 and 0 for the
00:25:08so you're being the fastest yeah around the track you get 10 yes for being the first so you're on 10
00:25:14i'm on five and then you get naught so you're still on minus 60. so why is it north
00:25:19because you were lost okay so i should get one
00:25:23after much arguing we worked out that james had lost everything and was out of the running
00:25:29but that hammond and i were level pegging
00:25:34so the following morning we knew that all we had to do to win was not break down
00:25:48eventually my bee spluttered into life however
00:25:53the producers told us the special prize was waiting at another classic car show 20 nerve-wracking
00:26:16miles away
00:26:20it's not healthy i'll be honest that's three cylinders running on three
00:26:30i think it's
00:26:34yesterday was a big day for these cars they've all suffered
00:26:40soon we arrived at the pretty cotswold town of stone the world
00:26:47many many classic car enthusiasts come here at a weekend to look at classic furniture and remember
00:26:53how life used to be in the olden days while my fear cooled down a bit i bought the other two some presents
00:27:04richard got a stand for his hat and as for james james may can you hear me sadly yes what time is it
00:27:14uh i don't know my clock stopped ladies and gentlemen welcome to the last of the summer gear
00:27:23we carried on towards the show and shared some truths about our cars
00:27:29mj is still working how's the fear going well we've got uh 11 miles to go and all is well back here
00:27:37is it really how's your down on power b um it's fine really fine good for me it's not
00:27:46come on come on come on come on please just keep going
00:28:03what was that oh my god what is
00:28:06for once the small guy wins
00:28:22a few minutes later james and i arrived at the event the redcom wings and wheels show
00:28:29a lot of valuable things not to crash into the field was crammed with high-end exotics which made
00:28:40our colleagues arrival all the more embarrassing
00:28:52with all three of us present it was time for the prize giving congratulations richard hammond thank you
00:28:59you have won and as a special prize you will be appearing in the air show
00:29:04the jammy sod had got himself a ride in one of the planes in the display so while he went off to get
00:29:12ready james and i consoled ourselves by checking out the exhibits it's lovely isn't it it could be
00:29:20terrible by modern standards but look at it it's just fabulous it is similar to my fiat yes
00:29:27yeah i like this what the daytona one of the prettiest cars absolutely lovely this is an ac ace
00:29:39this was what carol shelby dropped a v8 in flagged the arches and created the cobra but this was the
00:29:45genesis of it fraser nash this is tiffany dale arriving in the 50s there's 101 brake horsepower per tonne
00:29:54that's quite significant it's pretty good for them how much are these now 30 million dollars
00:30:01in pounds i would have thought that's the 250 gto is still just about the most expensive car in the
00:30:09world isn't it most valuable car even standing near that gives me the fizz meanwhile i was now ready
00:30:24why did my car have to work why didn't i pick and see it
00:30:31this is about the least happy i've ever been and i've been pretty unhappy
00:30:38please don't come undone please do not come undone
00:30:54i've got a letter a letter from your commanding office of course
00:31:22you
00:31:34right that was our experience of classics and now for something a bit more modern with cars
00:31:40like these vw tiguan toyota rav4 manufacturers call them sports utility vehicles and experts are
00:31:47predicting that very soon over half of all vehicles sold will be suvs thing is the manufacturers are
00:31:54not really selling these cars as cars which is just as well really because they're largely terrible
00:31:59no what they are selling you is a lifestyle you buy one of these pretty soon you'll be doing windsurfing
00:32:06hot air ballooning paintballing nudism lots of other rugged healthy outdoorsy stuff
00:32:12yeah the trouble is suvs even small ones like these can cost around 25 grand and that got our producers
00:32:20wondering can you buy into the suv lifestyle for less a lot less well to find out they gave us each
00:32:29250 quid they told us to go and buy a sporty suv 4x4 and then report with it to the rutland activity center
00:32:38for the young at heart
00:32:44this is exactly the sort of place where suv people spend their weekends and i was the first to arrive
00:32:55viewers behold the mitsubishi shogun pin in my passport to the sort of healthy active lifestyle
00:33:02you would enjoy in a place like this on a day like today there's a bit of rust there are a few bumps
00:33:08a few bruises but that's as it should be because it's an action vehicle mine for just 15 000 pence
00:33:18then the duke of hammond arrived in a jeep cherokee
00:33:25good effort your lordship i'm impressed oh yeah four liter straight six there so basically this is an
00:33:32aston martin db5 but it isn't mate i mean it's got the same energy actually it's better in many
00:33:37ways it's a monocoque not a separate chassis so it's more modern and unlike an aston it's cheap
00:33:4325 000 pence 25 you've spent the whole 25 000 pence you're mad well hello what have you this
00:33:51yes was built by pinning forino built yeah built by pinning free built by pinning forino
00:33:56like a ferrari and styled by it's fishy right so built by the italians styled by the japanese oh
00:34:03that's a perfect combination that's exactly what you perfectly good at this point we heard the
00:34:07unmistakable sound of an approaching orangutan
00:34:10hello wow now this is no ordinary vauxhall frontier well no it's the loudest car in the world is what it
00:34:28is that's because this is the sport rs model and because it has a hole in the exhaust is blown completely
00:34:35yeah but what is genuinely staggering is this cost me 14 000 pence yes a replacement clutch for a
00:34:45vauxhall frontier is around about three or four hundred pounds so i have got here a half price clutch
00:34:52with an entire car thrown in for free and emoted and taxed yeah but the entire car is a vauxhall
00:35:00frontier yeah you are left with what look for 140 quid i wouldn't care if it said dog dirt on the
00:35:06grill it pretty much does and look what the chap is look what in the back oh swing away door so you
00:35:12can't open it in the supermarket or oh my god how happy would your dog be oh look at here is the word
00:35:18victim they're not murderers cars this that's for your hang glider eager to test our incredibly cheap
00:35:27machines we hit the road
00:35:41even though this was only 140 pounds the previous owner has thrown in for free
00:35:47these air fresheners which give the cabin the aroma of a hot
00:35:51turkish urinal and there's more in the center cubby hole i find he's left me a pair of his old sunglasses
00:36:01and these earphones which come with traces of his personalized earwax
00:36:10unbelievable and all of this is in addition to what comes as standard functioning air conditioning
00:36:17electric windows airbags electric door mirrors two sunshine rooms and the value for money doesn't
00:36:26stop there the scrap value of this car is about let's say 200 quid so if i crash it i'll be 60 quid
00:36:34better off i can make money by having an accident
00:36:39i'll be honest i was deeply cynical of this whole enterprise but i just stood up and said no way you
00:36:52can't buy four befores for 250 quid and yet here it is it's not perfect rear view mirror is not there
00:37:03headrests have gone other than that there's air conditioning very nice stereo 6cd multi-changer
00:37:10cassette player nice touch of history loads of speakers it's brilliant i've got wood there
00:37:25i actually wrote a review of this car when it was new and i remember being very impressed at how
00:37:30good it was off-road this has a proper transfer box high and low range and differential locks there's
00:37:37only 1.8 meters but it is quite sprightly and it's very light it's almost 400 kilograms lighter than the
00:37:44other two mind you it wasn't all good news the previous owner did warn me that one of the brake discs
00:37:51was slightly warped what he didn't actually say was that it's well it appears to be bent at right
00:37:58angles when you break the juddering is appalling it really doesn't drop
00:38:09soon we arrived at top gear's top secret lifestyle test track which is just off lady hole lane one mile
00:38:17to the west of the village of elliston at this state-of-the-art facility we headed first to the
00:38:25indoor winter testing center where we discovered our cars weren't much good on the um inclines
00:38:32up up the hill
00:38:36put it in four wheel drive
00:38:39oh no something's gone wrong come on now why are you going backwards
00:38:46i can't
00:38:47we were then told to report to the oval test track where we received a challenge
00:39:03it's a game of tag you each have a different start point on the top secret oval test track and you each
00:39:10begin at once the object is not to be overtaken if you are you're out and to make the test more
00:39:16relevant you will each have a ballast a ballast that's what it says a ballast
00:39:26right this is the a ballast yeah and actually it is relevant is it no it is because one of the
00:39:32leisure activities done by suv people is going on holiday in a muddy field yes yeah what isn't relevant
00:39:39is the size of my caravan what do you mean why have i been given such an enormous look at the size
00:39:43of it no no the caravan isn't big your car is small it is not me
00:39:53eventually we stopped bickering and took our start positions on the track
00:39:57where it turned out there was a surprise late entry
00:40:00i know exactly who it is that ladies and gentlemen is not the stick that is top gear's top secret
00:40:10leisure stick useless driver we use him only for testing caravans
00:40:15here we go testing testing has begun i'm now unleashing the 134 horsepower voxel vectra engine
00:40:36sadly though leisure stegs driving was so slow that sui was causing a bit of a traffic jam
00:40:41oh why are they giving me such a massive caravan this is hopeless well it could be worse
00:40:50i can feel the downforce from my a ballast and it's good
00:40:55i've gone wrong it's hopeless i've pressed into myself i mustn't be overtaken or i'm out
00:41:03using the power of the mighty frontera i caught up with hammond and tried to take him on the inside
00:41:10which meant going on to the surface designed to test suspension
00:41:23total chaos and i've lost all the ground i made up there
00:41:29because leisure stig was so slow even james was getting impatient
00:41:34juggling buffeting come on pin in and violent
00:41:43oh yes
00:41:45he's losing the wheel
00:41:46massive error by the stig
00:41:49smoke is pouring off
00:41:53right this time hammond you're going down
00:41:54oh
00:42:09then hammond made an error
00:42:11i'm on the rough rough stuff oh this is absolutely oh yeah i'm sorry hammond we have overtaken you you are out
00:42:24i think i've lost the wheel now a lot of sparks it's barely controllable if i'm honest
00:42:31oh no i can see the problem here meanwhile my race was going well
00:42:47yes i've just done james may's somehow ended up on the infield
00:42:53that was a catastrophic mistake
00:42:55but sadly i overcooked it trying to take leisure stig
00:42:59i lost my brakes completely
00:43:11with 20 laps completed leisure stig had given up
00:43:16hammond still thought he was in the contest and i had a problem
00:43:21steam coming from the front of the frontera
00:43:25things are not good in the vauxhall
00:43:28yes here we go i can have it
00:43:30come on
00:43:33it's tight it's tight at the back
00:43:37maneuver attempt by jeremy clarkson
00:43:39oh
00:43:49he's up the bang
00:43:52i think we might have lost sight of the rules of this race slightly
00:43:57the producers had come to the same conclusion so we were told to abandon the oval test track
00:44:04and report to the drag strip where we would see which car could get from naught
00:44:09to 60 and then back to naught again in the shortest possible distance
00:44:16it's a good test this yeah just because it measures acceleration and braking all in one go
00:44:21absolutely
00:44:23leisure stig went first to lay down a benchmark and as he was mid-run jeremy noticed something
00:44:30if you don't stop in time
00:44:33your day suddenly gets a lot worse wetter colder
00:44:37luckily for leisure stig the kia sportage stopped well short of the pond
00:44:43and once this point had been marked hammond took his position on the start line
00:44:48i think he's had a bit of a hair transplant just look at the look at his fringe seriously look at
00:44:53his fringe when he gets out you don't have your fringe transplanted just well you remember rooney
00:44:59when he had that forestation job done you have a look okay there's no putting this off here we go
00:45:07come on everything you got gp i needed to get to 60 quick
00:45:1114. oh my god i'm coming up to the stigs arrangement and oh my god on the brakes that's all i got
00:45:22that's all i've got
00:45:26oh no i can't work any harder than that
00:45:34did a bit of excrement come out
00:45:36i had to use all of the brakes i mean and you hadn't actually started braking before you got to
00:45:44the stig stop time no that was a bit of a worry as hammond's jeep was much faster than my wounded vauxhall
00:45:52here we go yes it's a flying start from newton's finest 5 000 rpm five and a half looking good
00:46:05there's the stigs marker and there's 60.
00:46:16wow holy mother of god that was close oh no
00:46:21do not pretend you've got clean pants because i know you haven't many poos shot out of my a-life
00:46:29i didn't enjoy my near-death experience but in truth james enjoyed it even less
00:46:36my car is faster than your car and its brakes are not bad
00:46:42and i very nearly went into the muddy pool of effluent didn't you my car's very light yeah
00:46:49still clutching at straws i began my run here we go
00:46:57it is a test of acceleration and braking and he has neither of those things no he doesn't
00:47:04oh come on
00:47:04still accelerating 30 35
00:47:16still accelerating
00:47:1945 well he can't get to 60 can he
00:47:22it's 50. 52 52
00:47:30ah
00:47:32bollocks
00:47:34oh it's sinking
00:47:35he was committed yes he was determined to reach 60. he didn't did he
00:47:42i got it chuffing freezing you went a bit far can we just get a flag to mark his position
00:47:48don't just stand there you idiots it's filling up james i've looked at the situation and there's
00:47:53nothing we can do so with that back to the studio except it wasn't back to the studio
00:48:03because we were then told to modify our suvs to make them more lifestyling and then report to a car park
00:48:10a few days later with our work completed i was the first to arrive
00:48:27i mean hello here it is what i've done is bring out the jeep's innate outdoorsy american feel up there
00:48:36roof tent which is the best thing in the whole world winch dinghy wind surfer pretty much everything
00:48:42i need to lead the perfect life at this point tubbs clarkson arrived
00:49:00wow i'm not gonna tell him but that looks amazing
00:49:03oh that looks stupid and you didn't fit to the exhaust um you know the vauxhall badge isn't
00:49:11particularly lifestyling this is now a pershing sports fishing boat very naval fishing rods it's
00:49:20registered in the bvi is that an office chair yes it is can you fish on land no do the aerials work
00:49:27no can it go in the water no but it doesn't what have you done just standing here criticizing
00:49:33mine well let me start at the front if i shoot a deer it goes on there have you got a gun with it
00:49:39no so what are you going to shoot a deer with throw rocks whilst hammond was demonstrating his rear
00:49:45mounted barbecue our underachieving colleague arrived so he's just done nothing at all and then emptied a
00:49:54skip onto the roof flamboyant it didn't work bit of warm-up was that yep oh you've written turbo active
00:50:05on it yes these are very good words turbo and active so i combine them to make turbo active
00:50:11is it turbocharged no it's not it's not referring to the car it's referring to the lifestyle
00:50:16what i've done is i've anointed the car with every conceivable leisure activity piece of equipment
00:50:22name a leisure activity it's here but look at this you've done your leisure activities whatever
00:50:26those those are you work up a sweat so you go what do you think and then
00:50:35but everyone will see your bits no you've got a curtain look
00:50:38you want to try it no what's your seat upholstery made from wetsuits what old wetsuits if for example
00:50:47you drove in you know your car went in some water which does happen yeah it does happen the seats
00:50:51aren't ruined there's one feature i want to show you on my car if i may obviously i've built a sport
00:50:57fishing boat um but i've equipped it with some excellent wheels oh my god
00:51:04don't you think they're the cleverest wheels you've ever seen no i think they're really terrible
00:51:10what's the matter with them yes certainly reverend i'll give you a lift hop in
00:51:16proud of our leisure lifestyle vehicles we decided to go and do some leisure lifestyle
00:51:27people are no longer looking at this saying oh look there's a man in a 140 pound vauxhall they're now
00:51:33saying oh look there's the hero from a wilbur smith book a man whose back ripples like a sack of pythons
00:51:44i'm wondering what sort of a man would want to buy hammond's car and i'm thinking it's the sort of man
00:51:49whose iq begins with a decimal point
00:51:54i could drive off there now into those woods i've got a tent i've got the home on the roof
00:51:59i can hide from bears up there i could cook a bear on my barbecue or carry a bear on my bonnet
00:52:05i could probably survive for weeks months years with this car out there in the wilderness
00:52:15man's taken a photograph of us he's going to show it to his friends tonight and say look what i saw
00:52:19for some utterly cars
00:52:25soon we arrived at a cold british pond and immediately took to the water in some leisure craft
00:52:33james may's doing leisure hey this is leisurely but as it turned out doing leisure proved to be quite
00:52:41stressful no no no no no no other way other way you
00:52:48jesus wet hammond i'm going a million i don't like it
00:52:55this stupid thing's got a mind of its own
00:52:58this stupid thing's got a mind of its own food still could be worse no
00:53:07no
00:53:09oh
00:53:13nope
00:53:15as i fought off attacks from my hobie cat
00:53:19no
00:53:20i noticed something hey look
00:53:22that's one of the producers has he got a gold he's got a gold envelope look
00:53:28and since i was the only one who was moving
00:53:33i went to see what was what oh no thomas crown affairs going in and going in hard
00:53:40oh now it's going all choppy and that's worse i hate this guys what there's a challenge
00:53:46what is it many people who buy sport utility vehicles imagine they're more safe and robust
00:53:55than normal cars you will now find which one of you has the safest and most robust car
00:54:03by rolling them down cliff
00:54:07annoyingly that wasn't a misprint
00:54:10oh hang on look holy moly
00:54:23god's teeth that's a drop isn't it can i suggest we should probably put our seatbelts
00:54:29i was just thinking i'd like a harness you know we're not going to be in the cars i knew that good
00:54:34this is a test of the car's robustness and safety can i just say that's good i thought it was death i
00:54:40really like my car and i don't want to do that to it but no this is the thing
00:54:45working on this program is a bit like doing a jigsaw you spend ages and ages and ages doing
00:54:50something you go yes that's brilliant now i'm going to smash it up and put it in the box yeah
00:54:54that's what's yes that's what's happening today because i'm really pleased with that
00:54:57it's okay it's okay it's all right it is okay it is all right look at that it's fine it's fine the
00:55:13wheels are still on which is unusual for a car of yours it's quite nice to see the underside it's in
00:55:19good nick look at that cross member in the chassis oh you need a new rear exhaust silencer
00:55:25next it was the turn of the turbo active what if mine hits yours on the way down you get points
00:55:31for that don't you like a snooker thing here we go here we go oh no that's less good
00:55:42turns out the bicycles are a big safety feature they are because they stopped it rolling that's
00:55:46an interesting point if you have a bicycle on the roof you can't roll better putting it on the
00:55:50roof than riding it finally it was the turn of the pershing frontera you can't roll the frontera
00:55:58it's very famous for that i'm not sure but i think you may be about to discover that you can
00:56:03do you see oh it's still going oh that's very good rolling that's dramatic mine is the only one
00:56:21that's completed the journey you don't get extra points when getting further down the cliff you don't
00:56:26amazingly the 140 pound frontera still looked like a car and even more amazingly
00:56:41oh yeah excellent that's past that is genuinely surprisingly well that is not bad
00:56:50better still it was able to haul the jeep off the cliff
00:56:56there you go hi thank you but sadly james's turboactive pinning was just too far away
00:57:05onwards so we left him behind
00:57:15eventually though we were all reunited in yorkshire where we'd been told to report for one final challenge
00:57:23why are we on a grouse more in dinner jackets no idea and why are you getting out of your passenger
00:57:30door well that side's a bit bent i can't open that door you oh hello now we can discover why we're
00:57:36dressed like this right now you must test your car's rough terrain abilities tonight the north
00:57:44yorkshire carbon management and sustainability trust are holding their annual conference and dinner
00:57:51at broughton hall five miles from here you must drive there without using any roads
00:57:56um oh god what the last to arrive will be doing the after dinner speech
00:58:05this matters this matters this matters a lot i'm not losing this this is what i do maps
00:58:17countryside four befores what at least there's broughton hall
00:58:29oh please god no i hate after dinner speaking i hate it with such a passion
00:58:35i have done a couple of after dinner speeches on both occasions i thought i'm gonna be brilliant
00:58:42i'm gonna knock them dead on both occasions i died on my ass
00:58:47i too trembled at the thought of after dinner speaking and i had another issue
00:58:53i know i'm out of my element here viewers i live in hammersmith this is the countryside i don't really
00:58:58like it don't know what it's for or what you're supposed to do with it
00:59:05okay set wrap the roll down the bank has caused a little bit of damage the windscreen and side window
00:59:13are both now plastic but the mighty voxel vector engine is working well come on grippy penis wheels
00:59:24in the pinning my ignorance of country ways had already got me in bother
00:59:32hang on a minute i'm stuck in a sheep pen
00:59:38you mustn't worry sheep i know that otherwise a farmer comes and shoots at you
00:59:43i meanwhile was totally in my element yes
00:59:48oh well done jeebly this thing is actually brilliant off-road
00:59:55minimal revs just let the torque do it this is where jeremy's gonna go horror
01:00:01power is not necessarily the solution here
01:00:04power
01:00:10come on speed oh no
01:00:15and that's oh come on
01:00:19now i'm in very big trouble here
01:00:24ladies and gentlemen i'm not saying my mother-in-law's fat
01:00:27but she is sustainable i can't do after dinner speaking
01:00:46cocking norah i'm in another pen i'm gonna spend the rest of my life in a pen full of sheep
01:00:53gate that's a gate
01:00:54bollocks having been pulled free by a friendly country type
01:01:03yes yes i set off again having not learned my lesson
01:01:11speed through the money bits
01:01:13no no no no no this is bad
01:01:24i've gone in a tree a tree is happening
01:01:27still could be worse
01:01:30don't touch the brakes i can't help it i'm touching the brake
01:01:32oh oh no can't stop now oh
01:01:41don't go down there don't go down there
01:01:44don't go
01:01:48there you go
01:01:50yes
01:01:52oh yeah
01:01:53all three of us had been on the move for two hours and none of us was much closer to our
01:02:04destination however i'd managed to find a promising looking track
01:02:11it doesn't go all the way to the hall but it will get me a mile or so
01:02:16tonight ladies and gentlemen your guest speaker is james me
01:02:22steve power bligh wait yes that's just it that's it's all over now
01:02:32meanwhile back in the sheet pens
01:02:37i've already been here
01:02:38having solved my visibility issues yes behold the strength of the man i was back on the move
01:02:54god it's cold i'm 54 why am i doing this
01:03:00in the jeep my countryside skills had paid off hang on a minute that's it that's where i'm going
01:03:19this is it there it is ladies and gentlemen your speaker for this evening will not be richard
01:03:25hammond because he won the race oh yeah
01:03:41wrong place oh god i meanwhile wasn't at the wrong place
01:03:48and there it is morton hall my quest is at an end
01:03:57and there's a bridge across the river excellent news
01:04:07oh no
01:04:12yes look in here there's an exit that's what it's for look that's what it's for
01:04:18that's a ford in my mind
01:04:22having waterproofed my car for the perilous river crossing i waded in
01:04:30yes i have designed this to be a boat and it's going to be one
01:04:43that's what it's going to be a boat and it's going to be a boat and it's going to be a boat
01:04:51please don't do that
01:04:56meanwhile james was still stuck in a sheet pen
01:05:01really stuck no no no no no
01:05:07right hang on hang on hang on
01:05:09up at the hall the guests were starting to arrive
01:05:32let's just try that
01:05:34yeah
01:05:39so that was the bit of the map i needed slippery
01:05:49this is the right way i think this is the right way i don't want to have to do the speed i don't
01:05:55want to do the speed what was it against sustainability and carbon or something i mean they're not going
01:06:01they're not going to want to hear about my mustang are they
01:06:15in the frontier of things still weren't going well you bastard but i had at least found a way to stay warm
01:06:23uh oh yeah i can't imagine that the urine soaked pair of trousers is going to put the audience off because look
01:06:39meanwhile a long way downstream
01:06:42oh oh that's deeper than i expected
01:06:50oh
01:06:56oh no
01:06:58kill me just kill me
01:07:02bad bad
01:07:05deep mud oh deep mud oh god i've lost a shoe oh no no shoe cold oh
01:07:11oh no no no no oh god with jeremy and i bogged down
01:07:20james was on the move again and bringing himself into contention
01:07:28oh yes oh this farm track is the most beautiful road i've ever seen
01:07:32in the jeep i might i might get out of this yet
01:07:45come on no don't
01:07:50i hate working on top here
01:07:52in the jeep i was finally free and back in the running it's not over yet i'm gonna go just over
01:08:03this crest and there it will be
01:08:07buffeting buffeting ladies and gentlemen your host for this evening from bbc's top gear it's
01:08:14richard hammond stroke jeremy clarkson not if i had anything to do with it
01:08:20come on
01:08:33engine warning lights are on
01:08:35it doesn't have to live for more than another 10 minutes or so it just has to get me there before
01:08:40one of the other two please
01:08:51oh no not so close
01:08:59i beg on you mercy
01:09:04come on little car you've got about half a mile to go
01:09:07come on come on keep moving
01:09:14here i am i made it to brawton hall
01:09:17it's james here it's richard here
01:09:21i can't see their toes
01:09:24oh yes
01:09:28thank you god thank you vauxhall
01:09:30oh god i'm gonna end up doing a speech
01:09:38oh yes
01:09:40that is
01:09:41ladies and gentlemen the home straight
01:09:45this is it there it is
01:09:50please please please
01:10:01ladies and gentlemen um i'm sorry about the wait this evening thank you so much for your patience
01:10:07it gives me great pleasure your guest speaker tonight is
01:10:13mr richard hammond
01:10:14good evening ladies and gentlemen um carbon management and sustainability trust
01:10:33i am often asked what's your favorite car richard and it's a land rover
01:10:47but that you see land because you it's it's it's primarily the environment with which you are
01:10:54involved um i'm actually wearing quite a lot of the environment this evening
01:11:01um
01:11:08isn't jeremy fat
01:11:12sorry sir i don't mean that's not necessarily bad obviously um some people just are
01:11:18well you know what actually that sounded like one of your more successful after dinner speeches
01:11:26do you know it was nobody even threw crockery for another minute anyway we hope you enjoyed
01:11:31those films and all that remains now is for us to say thank you for watching yes absolutely thank
01:11:36you very much for watching and well goodbye goodbye
01:11:48and clear your sunday night schedule for the next 13 weeks because you will not want to miss an
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