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00:03In tonight's show, grannies doing doughnuts, is the new Mini any good, an ultimate force in a reasonably priced car,
00:14and a bed spring with a bike engine takes on the Zonda around our track.
00:25Hello, now we're talking tonight predominantly about style. Problem is that everyone in the normal world thinks that petrol heads
00:33like us really are a bit geeky, a bit nerdy, that we spend all day in the loft downloading stuff
00:38off the internet.
00:39So, with that in mind, I've ditched the jeans tonight, gone for a cargo style pant, which I've teamed with
00:46a blazer. And you've teamed a tablecloth, which is interesting.
00:52Stitched in neatly.
00:52And you're wearing a tent.
00:53I'm tucked in.
00:54As usual. And it's not just our attire as well, we've rearranged the audience tonight. We've got the good looking
01:02ones here. This guy, look at him.
01:04Very, very fine.
01:06This is a male model, really.
01:07You're staying there.
01:08You stay there. You get us a good image. And we've put the really ugly ones.
01:12Over there.
01:13At the back.
01:14Right.
01:14Anyone with a spot.
01:15Look at this guy here. Can you see this guy?
01:17Yeah.
01:18I can't make my mind up whether he is Robin Asquith out of the window cleaner films, or Keith Emerson
01:25out of Emerson Lake and Palmer.
01:27Kind of a hybrid.
01:28So if the floor manager, the guy with the microphone comes up to you and says, can you move? It's
01:32because you're ugly.
01:34Don't be hurt.
01:35Don't be hurt.
01:36You're ugly.
01:37It happens.
01:38We've also got some car designers in. They're over there.
01:41Look at them all shiny.
01:43Yeah.
01:43You're never going to make it. To be a car designer, you have to wear black. You have to look
01:47like a Chechen rebel.
01:49They look like an Oasis tribute band.
01:53Of course, we're not being helped this week. The Motor Show. Did you see? They ran a commercial to go
02:00to the Motor Show, which we've got here.
02:01And they basically used a semi-naked girl. And there were all sorts of semi-naked girls at the neck
02:07in Birmingham.
02:09The woman who complained, she's the new Labour minister of something or other, Patricia Hewitt. She's quite fit, actually.
02:18She is. Maybe it's a power thing. I don't know. But she's got something.
02:24But really, using sex to sell cars, it is very last week, and it's uncool. In fact, I can't think
02:30of anything more uncool than that.
02:31Strangely enough, Jeremy, I can.
02:33Really?
02:34News this week, Transport 2000, you've probably heard of them, campaigning group.
02:38Mmm.
02:38And a great name.
02:40Well, two years ago, it would have been great, wouldn't it?
02:42Did you not see that coming in 99? We could have a problem with our name, guys. Change the station
02:47a little bit.
02:47Anyway, they're taking the government to court, because they want the government to stop painting speed cameras fluorescent yellow.
02:54They want them to be grey and hidden, so they catch more motorists. I think that's really good.
02:58I'll tell you what, I've got the thing here, Transport 2000, just so that you know who they are,
03:03they say, and their own, I think this is their own website,
03:06Transport 2000's vision is of a country where traffic no longer dominates our lives,
03:11where many of our journeys can be made on foot, or cycle, or using public transport,
03:15where you don't need a car to enjoy the countryside or city life.
03:21What's the word I can use at this time of night?
03:23I've got to go to Newcastle. Well, walk?
03:26Places are a long way apart. That's why we have cars.
03:29Anyway, let's get on.
03:31Now, whenever I pull over for petrol these days, someone I can guarantee will walk over and say,
03:36have you driven the new Mini yet?
03:39Everybody has the same question.
03:41Excuse me, do you mind if I can just perch here? Thanks very much.
03:44What is it like?
03:46Not me, though. My question is, what on earth is an aquadrome?
03:51I guess we've all driven up the M1, we've all seen that brown sign that says Billing Aquadrome.
03:55Turn off 16, is it 16? Yeah, 16.
03:59To Billing Aquadrome. What is that?
04:01So I thought we could kill two birds with one stone.
04:03Take the new Mini up there, find out what it's like, and find out what an aquadrome is.
04:12There are three different types of Mini.
04:15There's the supercharged Cooper S, the normal Cooper, and at the bottom of the range, this one, the Mini 1.
04:24Ten and a half thousand pounds worth of simple, end of the pier, no-nonsense fun.
04:29A bit like Billing Aquadrome, then.
04:32Turns out it's a caravan site. Fun for all the family.
04:36Star turns every night, go-karts during the day, and peaceful swan pedalo rides in the evening.
04:43You can stay here, in a caravan, nine pounds a night. Nine pounds. Eleven if you want electricity.
04:52And there's a choice of three restaurants, or you can eat 6.95.
04:57Come here, eat chips, have a nice time. Fantastic.
05:04Sixties living, then, to suit a sixties car.
05:08I was a huge fan of the old Mini, and I really thought that BMW would mess this one up,
05:14but they haven't.
05:14They've actually improved it. The dash is brilliant.
05:17I no longer have to drive with my knees wrapped round my ears.
05:20And your spine doesn't shatter every time you run over a piece of grid.
05:26It's a wonderful, comfortable car. Just brilliant.
05:30Of course, because it now has some suspension, it doesn't fly through the...
05:46I've driven cars costing five times more than this, which are five times less of a hoot.
05:52You would love this car, and you'd continue to love it even when it was time to sell.
05:57Used minis are actually fetching more on the second-hand market than they cost to buy new.
06:02So, which model to buy?
06:05Well, let me give you a Top Gear top tip.
06:09Buy the cheapest one.
06:10It has exactly the same single overhead camshaft, 1.6-litre engine as the Cooper.
06:16The only difference is a little, tiny chip in the onboard computer.
06:21So, you buy the cheap car, you save 1,300 quid, and then you change the chip.
06:27That'll cost you 385 pounds.
06:31I just saved you 1,000 pounds.
06:34But should you take me up on it?
06:36Should you buy a Mini at all?
06:42You see, the wheelbase on this car, the distance between the back wheels and the front ones, is exactly the
06:49same as it is on a Land Rover Discovery.
06:53So, where's all the space gone?
06:55There's tons in the front, but if you look in the back, there's absolutely no legroom at all.
07:04And, while the new Mini has a hatchback, the old one didn't, of course, look at the size of its
07:08boot.
07:09In the old Mini, Blue Peter used to be able to get 42 Boy Scouts in the back, but we
07:15can't even get, look at this, one BBC sound recorder.
07:19In fact, we can't even get his leg, and he's not a big lad, really.
07:23That really is hopeless.
07:25And, you know, if a Martian came to Earth, and you explained what you could normally get into a car
07:32of this size,
07:33four doors, space for all the family, space for the dog, he'd say, what's a dog?
07:37And then, when he'd explain that, he'd say, well, plainly, this is hopeless.
07:42That's much more like it.
07:44It's the Toyota Yaris Verso.
07:47Same sort of money as the Mini one, little bit smaller on the outside, but look at what you get
07:52on the inside.
07:54Three full seats in the back, and look at all that legroom.
07:58And, what's more, these two outer seats actually fold into the floor.
08:03Let me show you how.
08:06Fold back down.
08:07No, that's not it.
08:09Ah, ha-ha!
08:10And there's some more there.
08:13No, it just goes in there.
08:16Oh, that's not gonna go in.
08:18Wait a minute.
08:19Like that.
08:22Oh, no, hold on.
08:23I found another lever.
08:25That slides more in.
08:27Oh, dear.
08:28This is supposed to have happened.
08:29I have no idea how it works.
08:31I'll tell you what.
08:31I'll do it on the other side.
08:33That's the thing you cut your fingers on.
08:35Just be careful with that.
08:38Oh, the floor's still there.
08:40Hang on.
08:40There we go, look.
08:42That should just slide in really smoothly in there.
08:46There we go.
08:47It's in.
08:48Easy.
08:49Completely flat floor.
08:52Great.
08:55So, as a practical proposition, then, the Yaris Verso plainly knocks the Mini into a cocked hat.
09:04This really is, once you've read the instruction book, obviously, and got the hang of it all, a very, very
09:08practical car.
09:20In here, you get a lot of toys.
09:22You get air conditioning as standard.
09:24You don't get that with the Mini.
09:25And look at that 3D digital dash.
09:28That's Martian technology, that is.
09:31Aimed at the young kid about town who drinks lattes and eats wheat juice, it crushes the Mini like a
09:38beetle.
09:39And yet, something about it is not quite right.
09:43Could it be the name, Yaris Verso?
09:46That sounds like it could be a full-back at Arsenal.
09:50Or is it the styling?
09:52Yes, that's it.
09:54It's perfect in every way except it looks like an ugly snake that swallowed a wardrobe.
10:05See, that's the thing these days.
10:07As a functional car, this is much better than this.
10:12But when Madonna needed to buy a new car, she bought a Mini.
10:16And so did Zoe Ball and Kate Moss and Harry Enfield and Joe Wiley.
10:22They all bought Minis. Style sells.
10:25That's why engineers are made these days to work in cellars with no money and little food.
10:30The real superstars of the car world are the designers.
10:34And I've got one of them here.
10:35A chap called Peter Hallbury.
10:37Now, Peter's the boss of everything now.
10:39Ford, Jaguar, the lot, really.
10:41But you were best known for turning Volvo from making pea green half-bricks into, well, what?
10:52Blue half-bricks, I suppose.
10:54I really like the way this car looks.
10:56Well, I think the function of Volvo was very, very evident.
11:00It was a safe, practical car.
11:02But I think there's nothing wrong with adding style to something which is functional.
11:06And with this car, what we did with the designs, we asked them, design a car with the front of
11:11a sports car and the back of a Ford Transit.
11:13Just weld the two together and smooth it out in between.
11:17In essence, yes, because if you look at the front, very curved, very rounded, very sporty.
11:21In fact, the pillars, the screen pillars are angled well in, much more than the older Volvos, quite curvy.
11:27Then, if you go down the car, you'll see how the side glass pivots out.
11:30That means that by the time it gets to the luggage area, where you really need the box, it's still
11:35there.
11:36And together with that, the vertical tailgate creates the boxy Volvo, but only where you need it.
11:42It doesn't mess up the rest of the design.
11:43And you're always banging on about how you need to have national characteristics in a car for it to really
11:48work.
11:49So this has to look Swedish, which to me sounds like gobbledygook, because what is Swedish?
11:56Well, Swedish, yes, both the fact it's a caring society, therefore, everybody's looked after in a Volvo.
12:02They're very practical people, therefore, we have the estate car.
12:05But I think it's more than that. You can actually put the visual character of a country into a car.
12:09Let me show you.
12:10It's good to do a Rolf Harris moment there.
12:12Let's see if I can draw now.
12:13Let's see whether you can still do this.
12:15Think back to the 40s, and a typical car in Britain was in the front.
12:21Very, very curvaceous, very round, lots of full voluptuous shapes.
12:27Typical of a car anywhere in that area.
12:30But in Sweden they were different.
12:32Sort of very simple verticals, horizontal, with a radius in between.
12:37And then the same shapes on the grill.
12:40This is a Volvo 544.
12:42You don't recognize it, but...
12:43No, I don't.
12:44Can you see what it is, yeah?
12:46Oh, now it is.
12:47There you are.
12:47It's a Volvo 544.
12:48Totally different form language.
12:49If you actually look at other products of the time, take for example, furniture.
12:52Look, imagine an armchair, the good old British 1940s, 1950s armchair.
12:57The same sort of form language as the car, but over in Sweden, different.
13:02Very simple, same flat shapes and curves.
13:05That's the way wood bends.
13:06So that's how they built their chairs.
13:08And spellbound by this.
13:10So like this, we've got one here.
13:12Here's one here.
13:12You see the simple flat wood, big radius, straight down.
13:16Swedish chair.
13:17Same form language again.
13:18And that is how we designed the shoulders on the Volvo.
13:22Where many cars would grow outwards and downwards to a point here,
13:26the Volvo comes straight out and there's that big radius, just like the chair.
13:29Like the chair.
13:30And I thought that was to make it look solid.
13:31I thought that you had these, this bit sticking out.
13:34So it actually looked like it was a big lump of sort of...
13:36Well, it does.
13:36It's a visual representation of the side impact protection system.
13:39Because the thing is, though, that the national characteristics,
13:41you can, I suppose, still see it a bit in Jaguars, looking very British and so on.
13:46Absolutely.
13:47But then the Japanese, they've never really had any.
13:50They do now.
13:51I think they do.
13:52In fact, the Japanese car is full of detail.
13:55Because Japanese people can single out a detail and appreciate it.
13:59Like a row of Japanese houses.
14:00They're all different.
14:01One house is one size and one color.
14:03The next house is totally different.
14:05The third house, something else.
14:06We see it as a visual mess.
14:08We Westerners.
14:09The Japanese can actually look at each house individually.
14:12Really?
14:12Yeah.
14:13And a page of a Japanese magazine is visual mayhem to us.
14:16But to them, it's quite simple.
14:17You look at one detail at a time.
14:19Your favorite car, I happen to know, is this.
14:23Porsche 928.
14:36The 928, yes.
14:38When other cars were folded paper type designs, like the old Sirocco, Golf.
14:43And this was very new.
14:45All rounded.
14:46Beautiful forms.
14:47Almost aircraft like.
14:48No bumpers.
14:49The first integrated bumpers.
14:51Oh, you could kick those, couldn't you?
14:52Yeah.
14:52It was a pure design.
14:54Look, there's not a blemish on this surface.
14:56It's just pure form.
14:57And I think that was very new then.
15:00Very unique.
15:01And it lasted, didn't it?
15:02Well, not many cars would last the course of time.
15:04Twenty years this lasted, almost unchanged.
15:07Now, the interesting thing is about this car, is that when it came out, I believe, or shortly
15:11after it came out anyway, you were working at Ford.
15:15Yes.
15:15And you thought you'd take certain elements of this car and put them onto a car you were designing
15:22at the time.
15:23Right.
15:24So does anybody here want to hazard a guess what car Peter Lee did, he thought he'd
15:30made look like a 9-to-8?
15:31Capri.
15:32No, not the Capri.
15:33Shall we show everybody?
15:34Ready?
15:35This, you think, looks like a 9-to-8?
15:38Um, yes.
15:38That is a Ford Sierra XR4.
15:43Which bit?
15:44I've never looked at one.
15:45Come on, that guy's got a Porsche.
15:46Oh, no, wait.
15:47It's a Ford Sierra.
15:48Which bit did you think when you were doing this?
15:51Well, the one detail in this one, this particular one, the XR4, which was absolutely identical
15:56to this, was the side windows.
15:59Because, here was one of the most exquisite forms we felt in the automotive world at the
16:04time.
16:04This wonderful, almost aircraft-like style side window in that very clean door.
16:10And followed by this, a unique wrap-over second window.
16:14Yeah.
16:14Well, here it is.
16:17The front door window, plus the second window, because we just painted that black, to create
16:23one shape.
16:25Yes.
16:25And then followed it with the...
16:27Let me just...
16:27If I stand back, will that help?
16:29If you half close your eyes, it helps even more.
16:32If you fully close your eyes, it helps even more.
16:34Oh, yes.
16:35I've got it now.
16:36Yeah, that's a 9-to-8, definitely.
16:39For the moment, Peter, thanks very much.
16:41You're welcome.
16:42No disrespect to Peter Horby, but I'm sorry, I can't agree.
16:45Porsche 9-to-8, the best looking car in the world ever.
16:48Nah.
16:49Not in my opinion.
16:50Because if you ask me, this is.
16:51It's the Citroen DS.
16:53And it's...
16:54Well, it's gorgeous.
16:55But more importantly than that, it was launched in 1955.
17:0055.
17:01Let me put that into perspective.
17:02There you are in the 50s, at your mangle, doing your laundry.
17:05And then somebody comes along and gives you one of these.
17:09It was mind-boggling.
17:15Can you imagine having the creativity to sit down at your drawing board in 1955,
17:21when most cars still look like sideboards?
17:26And draw this as a car.
17:33It's genius.
17:40For me, and for a lot of other people actually as well,
17:42this is possibly one of the most beautiful cars ever.
17:46It's so petite around the tail,
17:50but it's got that slightly angular look,
17:52and then towards the front, whereas it widens out to the nose.
17:54Those big, elegant eyes, it looks feline.
17:57And then this upright, expansive glass.
18:00Half the car is so rakish,
18:01and then you sit upright here, looking out.
18:04It's so stately.
18:06It's astonishing.
18:08On the first day the world saw this,
18:1012,000 people said,
18:11I like that.
18:12I'm gonna buy one.
18:14They sold 12,000 on the first day ever.
18:24Now I should say we're not being strictly honest here,
18:27because this is a 1972 Citroën DS.
18:31But let's get one thing clear.
18:33The car they introduced in 1955,
18:35apart from a few really rather minor cosmetic changes,
18:38was built for 20 years, until 1975.
18:43So there must have been something right with it.
18:45By the 70s, it got even cleverer.
18:47Maybe even a bit too clever for its own good.
18:50The headlamps swivelled with the steering wheel.
19:09It wasn't just the looks that were futuristic,
19:12and boy, were they futuristic.
19:13It was everything else about the car.
19:15For a start, those looks are the result of aerodynamics,
19:19which then was considered still by many people
19:22to be something akin to witchcraft.
19:24And that's not all.
19:25Here's the really clever bit.
19:30Remember, the 50s was a time
19:32when most of the world was still using mangles.
19:35And this had disc brakes.
19:38It had a central hydraulic system
19:40that controlled the suspension, the brakes, the steering,
19:44and in cars with, wait for it,
19:46a semi-automatic transmission.
19:48The gear changes as well.
19:50Only 1955.
19:57I hate this when I drive old cars.
19:59I really want one.
20:00Now I want one.
20:02I think I might be getting the hang of this now,
20:04but I've got to be honest,
20:05it's not the easiest thing to drive at first
20:07with the column shift, which is very slick.
20:09It's just a bit different.
20:11Once you have got the hang of it,
20:14it's great.
20:15Well, they're on gear.
20:17But it's great.
20:27Hmm.
20:29I'm not convinced.
20:30Not quite like the car.
20:32Quite.
20:33But it's the people who drive DSs.
20:35That's the problem for me.
20:37You just get the sense that they would never come out of a pub
20:40and put a traffic cone on their head
20:41and reel down the street.
20:43And that's the point.
20:44And that's why you're missing the point.
20:45I mean, you're the man, remember,
20:47who has consistently, several years running,
20:49won Britain's worst-dressed man.
20:51Even in years.
20:51No, no, no.
20:52Cargo fans.
20:53Teamed with a blade.
20:54I've been on a makeover program now.
20:56It's a car that you're just missing.
20:58Now, later in the program,
21:00I'll be showing you what I think is the best-looking car ever.
21:04I don't like it.
21:05You don't know what it is.
21:06I don't care.
21:06I don't like it.
21:08A couple of weeks ago on the show,
21:09we set out to prove that not all old people are dreadful drivers.
21:12We invited grannies to come on the show and do some donuts for us.
21:16We were inundated with responses,
21:18so we picked these five lovely ladies to have a go.
21:22Welcome to the Top Gear Granny Donut Challenge.
21:26These are the grannies, as you know,
21:28and the car they'll be driving is a sporty rear-wheel-drive Honda S2000.
21:33Oh, it's gorgeous.
21:34Do you like the car?
21:34Oh, it's fantastic.
21:35Yes, I do.
21:36Are you going in the back?
21:37No, no.
21:39Oh, my son is going in the back!
21:44But before the donuts, it was cake time.
21:47Oh, look now.
21:47You put your layers, you spread it over with lard,
21:51and then you put your layers of mixed fruit and your cinnamon and sugar on there.
21:55What's this?
21:56Now, if you've got a WI market near you,
21:58you want to go and get your food there,
21:59because that's all homemade.
22:00Can I get my bramble jelly there?
22:01You can.
22:02You should be able to.
22:03That's quite good, that.
22:04The man we'll be teaching them is a stud driver, Russ Swift.
22:09The idea is we want to approach it fairly slowly.
22:11It's not a very fast manoeuvre at all.
22:13First gear, and then you're going to turn as if you're just going to turn in a circle,
22:16and then you'll probably dip the clutch, build the revs up,
22:19and spin the back wheels, and then, and what'll happen then...
22:22Obviously chalk on a blackboard is no substitute for the smell of burning rubber in the morning,
22:28as Russ demonstrates.
22:39You see, the fat wheels are almost...
22:42Yeah.
22:44Easy peasy.
22:45Do it again.
22:46See if you can do it again.
22:47The fat wheels.
22:50Did you bring your incontinent pads so you did it?
22:52No, I didn't.
22:53No, I didn't.
22:55Right, then.
22:55Well, we've seen how you meant to do it, okay?
22:57And we'll find out how they got on later on.
23:00Yeah.
23:01I can't wait to see those grannies trying that.
23:05I just can't wait.
23:06But we're going to have to, because every week we have a celebrity guest, and now it's the time to
23:11meet him.
23:12He is the star of Ultimate Force, and also of something called Eastenders.
23:17Ladies and gentlemen, Ross Kemp.
23:23How are you, mate?
23:24How are you, sir?
23:25Very well.
23:25Have a seat.
23:29Could your granny do that?
23:33My granny's 86.
23:35She doesn't really do donuts anymore.
23:38She makes nice apple pies.
23:39You ever tried one?
23:42Yes.
23:43Unsuccessfully.
23:43I'm not that good at doing things like that.
23:45You do all your own stunt driving, don't you?
23:47That is a mistake.
23:48I don't do all my stunt driving.
23:49I do a lot of it.
23:50Especially when we were in Eastenders.
23:52And, you know, two of the guys that used to work with us can testify that I'm not telling porky
23:57pies now.
23:58I did most of it.
23:58Who are they?
23:59Over there.
24:01Really?
24:02Did he do his own stunt driving?
24:04Rob.
24:05He did, he did.
24:06Thank you very much.
24:06I'll see you later.
24:07What do you drive?
24:08Go on, let me...
24:09I can't guess, actually.
24:11I drive a 996 Turbo.
24:13Oh, a 911?
24:14Yeah.
24:14It's quite a nice car.
24:15It's a very nice car.
24:16Actually, it is.
24:17I hate to say this, because I've always hated 911s.
24:21Why?
24:22The engine's in the wrong place.
24:24Where should it be, then?
24:25Where the drive is, at the back.
24:27It's in the middle of the car, isn't it?
24:30It's 911s, it was at the back, over the back end.
24:31But now it sits in the centre of the car, which is where a Formula One engine is.
24:35It's still pretty...
24:36It's a rear-engined car, still.
24:38It is rear-engined.
24:39Even now, it's a rear-engined.
24:40Am I right?
24:41No.
24:43That's really...
24:44They're all car balls here.
24:46We had a thing, last week, where I said, would you, to any of the people watching at home,
24:53like to nominate someone who you think is a car ball, and we thought we'd get six or
24:59seven replies.
25:00Do you know how many people wrote in and said, I'm living with a car ball?
25:04One thousand five hundred.
25:06All women.
25:08Every single one of them, from a woman.
25:09One of them wrote and said, my boyfriend reads a Haynes manual in bed every night.
25:16For a car he doesn't own.
25:21But I want to play this game.
25:22We played it with JK, who came on the show last week.
25:25He was frighteningly good at it.
25:27You know, you start off with a little something, and we'll see if we can guess.
25:30I have no clue.
25:30Audience, you're more than welcome to join in.
25:32Let's bring the first one up, see if we can guess what it is.
25:38That's...
25:39What?
25:39An Audi TT.
25:40An Audi TT.
25:41Put it out, let's have a look.
25:42Put it out a bit.
25:44It is, it's a TT.
25:45It is a TT, as you can tell.
25:46You are pathetic!
25:54Well, we both of us got blasted there.
25:56Right, come on, let's have the next one.
25:58Oh, I know what that is, I reckon.
26:00Do you want to hazard a guess?
26:01Not a clue.
26:02Only one car firm still puts its hinges on the outside.
26:05I don't even know which car firm that is.
26:07Solihull, I reckon.
26:09I'm going to have a stab at this one.
26:11Land Rover.
26:13A Defender.
26:14They're out.
26:15You're right.
26:16I'm feeling confident.
26:17You're right.
26:17You're so right.
26:18Oh, it's a GP5.
26:19I've got one.
26:20First, that's the first one I've had in two weeks.
26:23There it is.
26:23Good one, that one.
26:24Right, let's have a look at the next one.
26:27Calibra.
26:28It's a Calibra shape, but the headlamps are too modern for it.
26:33Um...
26:34Oh, anyone, come on, you start.
26:36Come on.
26:37Alfa Romeo.
26:38It's us.
26:38Alfa Romeo what?
26:39Punto.
26:40It's a Punto.
26:42How do you know?
26:42You're not even standing, you can't even see a screen.
26:44Because all these people are doing courses and designing cars, I believe.
26:48There's...
26:48Is it a Pun...
26:49If that's a...
26:49It could be a Seat, actually.
26:51It's a...
26:52No, it's not.
26:52It's going to be a Punto.
26:55Do you have a girlfriend?
26:59Did you talk to your girlfriend, like, about that sort of thing?
27:02Do you walk down the street like this, going...
27:04That's a...
27:07That's a Hillman Hunter.
27:08It's just...
27:09Come on, let's bring up another one.
27:11Okay, here we go.
27:13That's a Boxster, isn't it?
27:15Is it a Boxster?
27:16Or it could be a Turbo.
27:18Let's have a look.
27:18Pull back.
27:20We'll see if Ross gets his...
27:21Of course, Turbo.
27:22Is it a...
27:25It's your car.
27:26It is my car.
27:28That's why I got that one.
27:29Hold on, Ross.
27:30Because that would be...
27:32Now, this...
27:33You 9-11, you don't just potter about in it either.
27:35I mean, you really...
27:36You want to...
27:37Okay, just tell the nice ladies and gentlemen what you did for your holiday last year.
27:41I got in the car, which I wanted to enjoy, obviously, because that's why you buy things like that, you
27:46save up for them.
27:46And I drove around the west coast of France, through Spain, up into Italy, from Italy into Switzerland, then into
27:56Germany, then from Germany back into France, then back home.
28:00That's a pathetic holiday.
28:02How many times...
28:04How many times did you actually...
28:05How long did it take?
28:06Oh, not long.
28:08Five days.
28:09Five days?
28:10Five days.
28:11We hammered it.
28:12Well, more than that.
28:12It was about six days.
28:13But we didn't slay it.
28:14We just...
28:15No, but...
28:15Well, for me, I loved it.
28:17I enjoyed every second of it.
28:18And it's things...
28:18You can do things on the autopilot that you obviously can't do in this country.
28:20And that's what the car was designed for.
28:22What?
28:23Going fast.
28:24How fast did you go?
28:25200.
28:27Up to 200.
28:28You've got it over 200?
28:29200, yeah.
28:30It goes up to 200.
28:31And talking of speed, of course, you're not just here to chat, play silly games.
28:35Oh, no.
28:36Go on.
28:36He was brought here, same as all our celebrity guests, to play the simple game, star in a
28:40reasonably priced car.
28:42The idea is...
28:43It's a very good car as well.
28:44Absolutely is.
28:45We put our celebrity guests, earlier in the day, into our Suzuki Liana, 10,000 pounds
28:51of throbbing muscle.
28:53No, it's a good car.
28:53We're going to send you out round the track and we film it, see how fast you can do it.
28:57End of the series we named Britain's Fastest Celebrity.
28:59Okay, now we're going to be seeing that later because it's got to be edited.
29:02But for now, ladies and gentlemen, Ross Kemp.
29:12This week's Insider Trading, we've got some real bargains from here.
29:14Have you ever fancied an Alfa Romeo?
29:16Yeah, I think most people have at some point.
29:18Yeah, 166.
29:18Gorgeous looking car.
29:19The 166, the big one.
29:20It is a glamorous car.
29:21Great looking car.
29:22The only problem with an Alfa Romeo is you're afraid it's going to depreciate and you're
29:26afraid it's going to cost a lot to keep on the road.
29:27But, you can get one now, direct from Alfa Romeo, brand new, for £349 a month.
29:34Right, that's not that much.
29:36How?
29:36How does this work?
29:37Contract hire, go in, it's a grand deposit, £1,100 deposit, and then 35 months at £350
29:42a month.
29:43You can drive that car for three years, enjoy it, even have the servicing paid, and then
29:47hand it back at the end of three years.
29:48So these are these personal contract plans?
29:50It's actually contract hire, so you've got to be VAT registered.
29:52But it's so cheap.
29:53Unbelievable.
29:54£350 a month.
29:55That's, I mean, what would you pay for other cars?
29:57Well, do the checks, find a couple of leasing companies, for £350 a month you could drive,
30:01instead, a Vauxhall Vectra.
30:03Nice.
30:04Diesel.
30:05Oh, glamorous then.
30:06Or a 406.
30:07Yeah.
30:08Diesel.
30:09Or, if you're really, and this was the one that was a close run thing for me, a fully
30:12loaded Skoda Octavia.
30:14Really?
30:15I think I'd take the Alfa, but there are other cars, like I was saying 5 Series.
30:19Yeah.
30:20How would that be?
30:212.2 now, on the 520 BMW, you're looking at about £100 a month more.
30:26Oh, so it is a big difference.
30:27Yeah, like £450 a month.
30:28£450, I think I got on a Merc E-Class.
30:30Excellent.
30:30Oh, glamorous Italian car on the cheap.
30:32Nice one.
30:32So cheap, yeah.
30:33Another absolute bargain, this time on a used car, Deu.
30:36You know they went into liquidation.
30:37Yes.
30:38All the administrators now are trying to get rid of all the stock, all the staplers,
30:41the computers, the whole lot.
30:42And part of that deal is, they've got to get rid of the cars.
30:45Well, their company...
30:46All the company smokes.
30:47700 used Deus have just hit in the marketplace.
30:50What, right now?
30:51Right now.
30:51They're actually going through the auction this week, so by next week this should be on
30:55deal of four points.
30:55So, presumably, I mean, Deu are cheap cars anyway.
30:57Oh, yeah.
30:57Does this mean they're going to be cheap, cheap cars?
30:59Absolutely.
31:00Something like a Lanos, which would have cost ten and a half grand new, you can pick one
31:03of those up, probably about 18 months old, for just over four grand.
31:06But if there's that many, 700 odd cars, is that enough to affect a whole market?
31:11Or does that mean all Deos are now going to be cheap?
31:13Well, even cheaper.
31:14Even cheaper, yeah, absolutely.
31:15I mean, there's some nervousness, because, obviously, GM have taken over and they're going
31:18to build a new network, and probably by this time next year there'll be like 100 new dealers
31:21out there.
31:22So you're going to get your servicing and your warranty and all that.
31:24But in the intervening time, the next few months, there's a lot of nervousness out there.
31:27But if you want a cheap car, it's not a bad car.
31:29Absolutely.
31:30Four grand.
31:30That is a cheap car.
31:31Yeah.
31:32Oh, and another one, final one here, really good.
31:34Now, loads of people run a second car, and they normally look for something that's going
31:37to be cheap to run, something like a hatchback.
31:38Yeah.
31:38And there's loads of good cars out there, and you're going to spend, probably, anything
31:41from nine grand up to about 15 grand on one.
31:43So you're sort of Clio, typical set of cars?
31:45Yeah, or Fiesta or Base Focus, something like that.
31:48Cheap to run, easy to drive, power steering, air conditioning, great.
31:50The only problem is with a new car, and they're no exception, it depreciates badly.
31:54So in three years' time, whatever you've bought, pretty much, is going to have lost about
31:58two-thirds of its value.
31:59Mm-hm.
31:59Now, here's an idea.
32:01You can go out and buy a Ford Mondeo, which is a good car.
32:05Yeah, a 99 on there, something about three years old, 35,000, 40,000 miles, and you pick
32:09one of those up for about four and a half grand.
32:11So it's a much bigger car, and if it's only a couple of years old or so, I mean, it's
32:15still quite fresh, isn't it?
32:16Absolutely.
32:17Absolutely.
32:17Buy it from a dealer, get a warranty, full service history, you've got your aircon,
32:21your power steering, your airbags, all the bits you want.
32:23And the most you can lose on that car is going to be a grand a year in depreciation.
32:26Run it for four years, throw it away.
32:28So there's even more money saved, and we can have bigger cars for less money.
32:31Jason, that's fantastic.
32:32I mean, more real-life advice on how to save real money.
32:35You'll make us all millionaires by the end of the series.
32:37Thank you so much.
32:37Now, when we were on, Richard argued that the Citroen DS is the best-looking car in the
32:41world, ever.
32:43Well, this is a Lamborghini Miura.
32:46The world's first ever mid-engine road car, 0-60 in five and a half seconds in 1966.
32:53Look at the slats there on the back window.
32:56Look at that.
32:57Look at the way it kicks up slightly at the back.
32:59And I love those rear wheel arches, the way they seem to have pulled the metal over the
33:03tyres to make it fit.
33:05Some say this is the best-looking car, but it isn't, because this is.
33:15Aston Martin launched the DB7.
33:29Oh, that's a lovely noise.
33:32But, to be honest, I could pull this car apart.
33:35The early models were very badly made, and it wasn't just one thing either.
33:39Some of them caught fire, some of them just stopped.
33:42The one I had had been built like Mr Potato Head.
33:46It just sort of fell apart.
33:49There's more, too.
33:50It's based on the Jaguar XJS, which means its underpinnings are 25 years old now.
33:55And in dog years, that makes it 438.
34:02Where's the climate control?
34:04Where's the radar-guided cruise control?
34:06Where's the voice activation for all the equipment you do get?
34:10Radio 2?
34:12CD Track 3?
34:14Nothing.
34:15You get that sort of stuff these days on a Jag costing half the price, but not in this.
34:26See what I mean about the noise?
34:28But where's the get-up-and-go?
34:30Even with a 6-litre V12, it's no more powerful than a parish council.
34:36I might also ask, where's the headroom?
34:39See, the problem is that the engine's computer is underneath the driver's seat,
34:43so it feels like you're sitting on a holly chair.
34:45And it's even worse in the convertible, because the roof's about... about here.
34:52I could go on all day listing things that are wrong with this car.
34:56But think about it.
34:58If you had one, and you were going out in the evening, you could say,
35:02Shall we take the Aston?
35:04And that sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
35:08Pretty good.
35:10Shall we take the Aston?
35:13Aston.
35:19As you cruise round Mayfair past Purdy and Tiffany and Claridge's,
35:23you feel at home in a car like this.
35:26And it's not just the name that sends a shiver down the spine.
35:30It's the looks.
35:48And I don't think the DB7 is good-looking for a car, either.
35:53For me, the three best-looking things ever made by man are,
35:57at number three, the Humber suspension bridge.
35:59At number two, the SR-71 spy plane.
36:03And at number one, this.
36:07The Aston Martin DB7.
36:29Now, you know when Michael Parkinson has a cricketer on his show and you get that?
36:33My next guest is a remarkable man.
36:35The laws of physics mean nothing to him.
36:38And if I had ovaries, I'd bear his children.
36:40Well, that's how I feel right now.
36:42Because I'm joined by the man who designed the DB7, Ian Cullen.
36:46Now, Ian, you know Ivan the Terrible?
36:49Obviously you don't know him.
36:50But Ivan the Terrible, when his people had built the Basilica in St. Petersburg,
36:56he had their eyes gouged out so that they'd never do anything better.
37:01Did anyone at Aston Martin say, Ian, we're going to have your eyes, mate?
37:06Because you're never going to top this.
37:08Certainly not if you're going to work for someone else, because why are you now Jaguar?
37:10I'm a Jaguar now, yes.
37:11Yeah.
37:12Yes.
37:13No, well, they wanted Vanquish first, so they looked after him for a little while.
37:16But that's another beauty.
37:17That's an absolute beauty.
37:19Not bad.
37:19And do you know the really scary thing, everybody, is I've heard that we're never really going
37:24to see the like of cars like this again because of legislation from Brussels, is this?
37:32Not necessarily.
37:32It's also from the car industry itself.
37:34It's self-policing much of it.
37:35Is it?
37:36And it's pedestrian legislation.
37:37So what kind of things wouldn't be allowed if you did the DB7 in a few years time?
37:43What is it that's going to change on it?
37:45Well, pedestrian legislation dictates you have to have a lot of air under the bonnet between
37:48the bonnet and the engine.
37:49So if you run someone over their head, hits the bonnet?
37:51And it can actually deform into the bonnet.
37:54How much?
37:55About three inches.
37:56So you're going to need to get that bonnet?
37:57Absolutely.
37:58You can't just smooth it over the engine anymore, right?
38:00We've got to lift it up above the engine.
38:02However, technology might help us there.
38:04We may be able to deploy the bonnet, but it's a very difficult thing to do.
38:07Deploy it?
38:08Actually deploy the bonnet, yes.
38:09How do you mean deploy it?
38:10It actually lifts up.
38:11What, when you hit someone?
38:12Yes.
38:14That's fantastic.
38:15Very difficult to do.
38:16I'm going to run that person over.
38:18That is, you think that might be possible?
38:24That may be possible, but it's not the immediate answer.
38:26There's also other legislation that's coming in, mainly from the US, for looking after unbelted
38:33occupants.
38:34That's those people who drive a car who do not wear seatbelts.
38:37We must look after them, according to the law.
38:41American law?
38:42Absolutely.
38:43So they don't...
38:43A lot of people in America...
38:44A lot of people in America don't wear seatbelts.
38:48Really?
38:49Really, absolutely.
38:50And you've got to design a car.
38:50And we have to protect them.
38:51So that they don't hurt themselves?
38:53Absolutely.
38:54Yeah.
38:54So what kind of a...
38:55How will this change the shape of the front of that piece?
38:58What happens is, we calculate the trajectory of the head.
39:01And that effectively sets up a package, which comes in through the front of the car here.
39:05And what it'll mean this car is, at this point here, has to go up and possibly forward.
39:10Which means the screen probably gets steeper, because...
39:12And this presumably...
39:13Well, you'll have to move that out.
39:14And you'll have to move that out as well, yes.
39:15So that will come up...
39:16That's Postman Pat's van.
39:18It's getting out, basically.
39:20You've got it going up straight to here and then along.
39:22Well, that's probably exaggerating, but we did call it the ice cream van at work.
39:26Well, I'll tell you what I'd like to do now, okay?
39:29Is...
39:29I love it when I see these car designers.
39:32They can draw cars kind of beautifully when you just give them a pen and paper.
39:36Some of them can.
39:38I don't.
39:39If you did the Escort Coslet, then that, you can draw a car.
39:42Okay, let's get Peter in as well.
39:44Peter, this is your easel here.
39:46Ian, that's your easel there.
39:47Now, we want to think of something we want them to draw.
39:49Any suggestions?
39:52No, something we want to see in the future.
39:55E-Type.
39:56E-Type.
39:56A car.
39:57E-Type.
39:58How about a modern-day E-Type?
40:01Since you're a Jaguar, this shouldn't be too difficult and you're...
40:04Well, at Jaguar as well, actually, although higher up.
40:07So, let's go, right?
40:08You can both get cracking now.
40:11Quite tricky.
40:12And I'll tell you what.
40:13There's another easel here.
40:14I'll have a go as well.
40:17How hard can it be to be a car designer?
40:21Peter, is this okay for you?
40:23Because, having worked at Volvo, they had extra sketches there, didn't they?
40:26That's true.
40:27We don't use computers as extra sketches.
40:30First time we've ever had...
40:31Actually, I always start with the wheels.
40:32Has anyone got a coin I can draw around?
40:35Are you going to be doing it with current legislation born in mind or are you going to be doing
40:39what you'd like to do without the Americans being involved?
40:42I think we'll do what we'd like to do.
40:44Yeah.
40:44Okay, that's a good idea.
40:45How big should it be with wheels that big?
40:49Why are you laughing?
40:53It's not a Hummer.
40:55It's an E-type.
40:57I've finished.
40:58It's fantastic.
40:59Let's have a look at yours, then.
41:02Where's the engine?
41:02It's in the front.
41:03It's in the front, yes.
41:04The front engine.
41:06That's fantastic.
41:08I can't like you've got no overhang at all.
41:09The TV7's got quite a big one.
41:11Yeah, none at all.
41:12That's very beautiful.
41:13And let's have a look what the former Volvo man's done.
41:18Early days, but...
41:19It's exactly the same thing.
41:20It's exactly the same.
41:22How did you do that?
41:24That is exactly the same as it's done out of the way.
41:26Look at that.
41:27That's exactly the same.
41:28Can we get the two of them brought together?
41:32I'll definitely put your name on this.
41:33It's nipped you.
41:34Look at that.
41:36Okay.
41:39They're exactly the same.
41:41Well, that's why we're both designing Jaguars.
41:43Exactly.
41:44Do you know what I think looking at this?
41:46I suspect, boys, that there is an E-type Jag coming
41:50and that you both know exactly what it looks like.
41:54Anyway, thank you very much.
41:56Ian Cullen, Peter Horbury.
41:57Lovely to have you along.
42:08Well, the tape has been edited.
42:11Oh, put me out of my misery, please.
42:13Shall we see the lamp?
42:14Oh, go on, please.
42:16Play the lamp.
42:18Oh, that's good.
42:23Doing this in the pouring rain.
42:29That was rubbish.
42:30Floor, floor, floor, floor, floor, floor, floor, floor.
42:33Second.
42:37That was too steep.
42:39Looks a lot slower on television, doesn't it?
42:41That was great.
42:41That was great.
42:42Second, you broke the sewer soon.
42:45And you're in it.
42:46Taps it.
42:48Full power, full power, full power.
42:51Brake.
42:52Oh, you're too early.
42:55Bring it in.
42:56Got to put some power on it, Ross.
42:58Oh, you lost all your power, son.
43:02Messed up the last bend.
43:03The last bend.
43:04You messed up the last bend.
43:06There you go.
43:06Now, the thing is, it was, as you pointed out at the start, raining.
43:10Okay?
43:10Rain slows you down.
43:12So what we thought we'd do after you did that, we sent the Stig, the tame racing driver out.
43:18Now, he went round on a dry track, 1 minute 46.
43:22We sent him out in the wet, and he did a 1.50.
43:26So in other words, he was four seconds slower because of the rain.
43:29So would you like to know what your wet time was?
43:32Cameron, nice and tight.
43:33And Ross, we tell you.
43:36Why did I say it?
43:37I hate you.
43:39I hate you so much, Klutz, and I'm going to get you back at some point.
43:42Don't worry.
43:42Remember, we can take four seconds off this for a dry time.
43:45Your time.
43:46Ross can.
43:47It's your wet time.
43:48It's your wet time.
43:49It's your wet time.
43:50Your wet time star in a reasonably priced car was 1 minute 54 seconds.
43:56And I think a round of applause for that.
44:02Well, I'm surprised.
44:05Because actually, I'll put you there.
44:07I've got a W on it for wet, okay?
44:10I'm very wet.
44:11Actually, you and I, we're the same.
44:14We like that.
44:15Well done.
44:16Well done.
44:16Ladies and gentlemen.
44:17Ross can.
44:24Right.
44:25Granny's doing doughnuts.
44:27It is time.
44:28They've seen what they've got to do.
44:30All they've got to do now is have a go, and we get to see what happens.
44:33So they're all going to have a go at this.
44:35But first up, Joy had a bash now.
44:37Joy is 73.
44:38You don't mind me saying that.
44:39From London.
44:40And is proud to say she once won an essay writing competition.
44:44So congratulations to you.
44:45But this was a bit more exciting.
44:47Here's what happened.
44:48I can't reach the pedals.
44:52Try the clutch.
44:53Make sure you don't get the full trouble on the clutch.
44:55I'll never take my clutch off like that ever.
44:58I'm always very careful with my clutch.
45:01I do it sort of, you know, gently.
45:03Joy.
45:04She's quite nervous, is Joy there, isn't she?
45:10Yes!
45:12I know!
45:12Wow!
45:15I want you to get the clutch.
45:16So get the clutch now.
45:17Build the revs up.
45:18Build the revs up.
45:19Let the clutch out.
45:19Ah!
45:20That's it.
45:20Keep me there.
45:21Keep me there.
45:21Don't do anything.
45:22Just keep going like that.
45:23Good girl.
45:27Keep going.
45:28Keep going.
45:29Yeah, good girl.
45:30Keep going.
45:30Good girl.
45:30Keep going.
45:31Go, go, go.
45:32That's it.
45:35Well done.
45:40We didn't know what to say.
45:42Joy, that was...
45:43What a star.
45:44That was fantastic.
45:45But that's not all, okay?
45:47Because now the next three have a go.
45:50Okay, this is Gwyneth.
45:53Take the clutch.
45:54Build the revs up.
45:55Clutch out.
45:56Plenty of power.
45:57Power, power, power.
45:58That's good.
45:59Keep it going though.
45:59Keep it going.
46:00Keep it going.
46:01Stop there now.
46:15Keep going.
46:17Keep going.
46:18Keep going.
46:19Keep going.
46:19Keep going.
46:25Keep going.
46:29Keep going.
46:30Keep going.
46:30Keep going.
46:30Yes!
46:37That's it good, lay down now, hard! Keep it down!
46:39Finally, and!
46:40Good, good, keep it down!
46:42Keep it going, just the same!
46:44Keep it going, keep it going, keep it going!
46:47Good go! You're going round in there, well done!
46:49You can hear the applause, keep going!
46:51Don't stop now, you're gonna do the best one!
46:53Don't stop, don't stop, keep it going, keep it going!
46:55Put right up the clutch, keep going!
46:57That's good, keep going!
46:58OK, stop now!
47:00Go straight ahead!
47:02Fantastic!
47:04How was that?
47:05Brilliant! Well done!
47:08I can't tell you how exciting that was to be there, you are all stars!
47:12But, we've proven then, that, you know, older people can drive properly.
47:18But we wanted to know, how far can you go with this?
47:21I mean, you know, seventies.
47:23This is Sadie, hello.
47:25How old are you Sadie? We don't mind now.
47:26Go on, go on.
47:28She's 18.
47:29No!
47:31Richard!
47:32She is 18!
47:33Watch this.
47:38Could you imagine doing that round Piccadilly Circus?
47:41Yeah.
47:41You'd raise a few eyebrows.
47:42Oh my word!
47:44She's not roasting me, we don't drive like this.
47:46Oh, hello!
47:47Hang on in there Sadie!
47:50Oh, hang on!
47:51Power on!
47:51High power!
47:52Go on!
47:52Power it!
47:53Power it now, high!
47:54Keep power, high!
47:55More power!
47:56More power!
47:56Keep it there!
47:57Keep it going!
47:58Keep it going!
47:59Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
48:03Good girl!
48:03Good girl!
48:04That's the whole thing, brilliant!
48:06Fantastic!
48:06Keep it going!
48:07Not too much throttle!
48:07Back up a bit on the throttle!
48:09Back up a bit!
48:09Keep it going!
48:10Keep it going!
48:11Keep it going!
48:13Keep it going!
48:14Stop!
48:14Stop!
48:15Stop!
48:16Stop!
48:17Stop!
48:17Stop!
48:18Stop!
48:19Stop!
48:27What a star!
48:28That was…
48:29And what got me was when she'd started, she wouldn't stop until the tires were gone.
48:34And yours was better than Rust the instructor.
48:37She did the best donut.
48:39Trust what we've done!
48:41They liked Rust.
48:42I've got to say to all of you, you are all as we've established stars.
48:46Old people can drive, grannies can drive, and boy, can they just, I think, fantastic.
48:58I've never seen anything like that.
49:00I haven't, honestly.
49:01It's amongst the most inspiring sights I've ever seen,
49:04when Sadie, and her little white head, disappears in smoke.
49:08Now, in the first programme of the series, we saw that magnificent Zonda go round our test track
49:14in the capable hands of the Stig, in an amazing 1 minute 23,
49:17and we all thought, well, that's it, we've peaked.
49:19On the first programme, we'll never see anything go round quicker than that.
49:22But we threw it out to the world, and said, well, look, if you've got a car that you think
49:25can beat that, get in touch.
49:28Predictably, we had thousands of responses, most of which, frankly, we threw away.
49:33But we heard from one, that, listen, it caught my eye.
49:37A small company called Westfield.
49:41And this is their car.
49:43It is the Westfield XTR.
49:45Wonderful.
49:45And it's not, it's...
49:46This programme's supposed to be about style.
49:48I've put my special trousers on, you've turned up with this.
49:50Listen, cargo pants, it's, it's stylish, it's form-following function, it looks good.
49:54And another thing, we said you could only take a car on that track to take others on it, if
49:59it's road legal.
50:00Yes, and you can.
50:01Look.
50:02Look.
50:09So, that'll be it on the road, then.
50:11All right, so you can take it on the road, but listen, it's never going to beat the Zonda on
50:14the track,
50:14because the Zonda has a 7.3 litre engine, and this has a...
50:18It's a 1.3 litre engine, Jeremy.
50:201.3.
50:21But it's very light.
50:22Listen, have you driven one?
50:24Oh, well, look, it's...
50:25I'm 42 years old.
50:27You don't get an orange car when you're 42.
50:29Probably a good point.
50:29Dignity, man.
50:30Well, I have driven it.
50:31Look.
51:01The Westfield XTR, it only has a 1,300cc engine.
51:06It doesn't have a leather, chrome, aluminium and carbon fibre interior.
51:11It doesn't really have an interior.
51:14You don't get a pair of the Pope's shoes with it, like you do with the Zonda.
51:18You don't actually get a windscreen, in fact.
51:21And you can build one yourself, in your garage, for under 20 grand.
51:30But this only weighs 410 kilograms.
51:35Now, a Mini weighs almost three times that much.
51:38So just maybe we could have a proper David and Goliath thing going on here.
51:51Now, that engine...
51:53Yeah, it's only a 1,300.
51:55But it's a bike engine, a Suzuki Hayabusa, to be precise.
51:59Which means it develops 170 brake horsepower.
52:02And in a car this light, that equates to a power-to-weight ratio of 460 brake horsepower per tonne.
52:09That's a lot.
52:10That's a heck of a lot.
52:13The mighty Zonda only manages 440 brake horsepower per tonne.
52:18So, maybe a budget DIY job could embarrass a mega-money supercar.
52:26The best thing about having a bike engine is, it means revs, and more revs, and then more revs.
52:33It's incredible.
52:36Every control is absolutely rigid.
52:40The steering, the steering, it's like reaching down and turning the wheels with my hand.
52:46Because it's a bike engine, we also get a bike clutch.
52:49Now, that's designed to be used with your fingers, not your foot.
52:54It means you've got to be very, very precise and careful with it.
52:58Once again, that grip just...
53:01Oh, this car is so much better than I am.
53:05It's laughing at me.
53:08You know, I've just sorted my Christmas present list.
53:11Dear Father Christmas, don't bother coming down the chimney.
53:14I'll just leave the garage door open.
53:16Drop it off.
53:18See, what a machine.
53:19It's a proper little Jack Russell.
53:21So, will it be able to go around our test track faster than a mighty Zonda?
53:26No.
53:28Thanks for your faith.
53:29Right, well, we'll see.
53:31That's the stick.
53:32There he goes.
53:32That's the telemetry, look.
53:34That is not slow.
53:35Tell me, that is not a slow car, is it?
53:37Well, it's not as fast as the Zonda.
53:38I'll tell you, there's no way a 1.3 litre car could get down to the first corner as fast
53:43as the Zonda.
53:44No way.
53:45Oh, look how he goes through that first corner.
53:46That's an interesting line through there.
53:48Power to wait, you see, guys.
53:50Power to wait.
53:51Now, as you know, this is the telemetry.
53:53You can see the G on the little graph in the middle as he comes up now into the steady
53:56-state corner.
53:58Chicago corner, we call this.
53:59There's the map.
54:00You can see the little red dot progressing round.
54:02Here's his speed.
54:03Look at those numbers.
54:05So, Zonda was doing 184,000 by the time it got to this day.
54:08Look at this thing corner, though.
54:10When it gets to the next corner, it's...
54:11Okay, this is the Hammerhead.
54:12The most feared corner on any track.
54:15It'll unsettle nearly anything.
54:17But not that.
54:18Look, if you can see...
54:19You want to know something terrifying?
54:21Yes.
54:22That's two seconds faster than the Zonda at that point.
54:34If you could see the Sting's face, it's probably a good job in the car.
54:36It would be smiling, I reckon.
54:39I mean, look at this.
54:39He's going to be losing now.
54:40Look at this.
54:40He's losing now.
54:41And he's not straight.
54:43It's cornering speed.
54:44You're talking rubbish.
54:45You're not tall enough.
54:47You're nowhere near tall enough to know.
54:49I'm going to mention the power to wait again in a minute, Jeremy.
54:51So here comes the time.
54:521.20, 1.21, 1.22.
54:551.22.
54:58Fantastic.
54:59How good was that?
55:00A 20 grand car you can build in your shed.
55:03That's in your shed, guys.
55:05Beat the Zonda.
55:06So I'm going to put that on here.
55:08XTR.
55:09What was it?
55:09Yeah, all right.
55:10It was one minute.
55:12Now, it was one minute 22.6.
55:14I've got to round it up, okay, to one minute 23.
55:16But we all know the Zonda did it in one minute 23-something.
55:19That goes on the top.
55:21That is the quickest car.
55:23The Westfield did it.
55:25And on that bombshell, we have...
55:27Before you do that, Jeremy, important thing.
55:30Remember earlier on with the designers in and Jeremy did his bit of drawing for us?
55:34Oh, I'd forgotten about that.
55:35Would you like to see your picture?
55:36Bearing in mind how many cars this man has driven over the centuries.
55:39Have a look at this.
55:39I'm better at driving.
55:41Let's have a look.
55:42Show everything.
55:42Look at that.
55:43What?
55:44What is that?
55:46I mean, it was good.
55:46The only problem was my wheels went a bit wrong.
55:49It's utterly pathetic.
55:50We're going to send that to Hyundai.
55:52That's their next new model at three.
55:54You've never had that.
55:55They'd bite your arm off, wouldn't they?
55:57There's no point telling you what's in next week's show, because we always change our mind
56:01at the last minute.
56:02But you can be assured there'll be some of this.
56:07That's the Aston Martin Vanquish versus the Ferrari 575 with the Fiorano handling pack on it.
56:15Don't miss it.
56:16Night.
56:16Don't miss it.
56:16Don't miss it.
56:17Don't miss it.
56:18Don't miss it.
56:18Don't miss it.
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