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*THE GRAND TOUR*
Season 03 Episode 09
Title: "Aston, Astronauts and Angelina's Children"
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- Hello!
- Hello, everybody!
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- Hel-lo!
- You got tickets?
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you, everybody.
Thank you.
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Cut!
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Thanks so much, everybody!
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Thank you, thank you,
thank you.
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And welcome. And in today's
incredibly topical show:
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Neil Armstrong
walks on the Moon...
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some angry cyclists...
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and I throw a sandwich
out of the window.
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All that...
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All that is to come.
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But first, Aston Martin has
just launched a new car.
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And here's Richard Hammond
to tell us all about it.
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This is the new V8 Vantage.
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And, well,
it's not an ugly car, is it?
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I mean, I'm not sure
about this colour.
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You'd be on the phone to your doctor
if your wee came out like this.
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But the shape itself
is stunning.
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This is one of those
superstar cars
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that leave a wake
of dropped jaws
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and phone camera flashes.
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And as the smallest,
punchiest,
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sportiest car in
the Aston line-up,
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it's fast too.
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0-60 takes
three-and-a-half seconds.
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So you're not gonna be
embarrassed by 911 Carreras.
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Top speed, 195.
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But here's the thing.
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Astons have always been
beautiful and fast
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in a straight line,
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but when you're
making a sports car,
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that's the easy part.
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It was when you dug
deeper under the skin,
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into the areas
you couldn't see,
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that in the past
they often came up short.
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The trouble is, the company
has never had the money
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or the manpower
of Porsche or Ferrari,
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and you could sense that
in their cars.
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They just didn't feel
as well made
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or well-engineered
as some rivals.
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That means
they sold mainly to people
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listening to their hearts
and not their heads,
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because your heart says,
"I want an Aston"
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even when your head says,
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"That door doesn't fit
properly."
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But this is 2018.
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Good looks and speed aren't enough
if bits are coming off in your hand.
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This car can't be nice
to drive, "for an Aston".
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It can't be well made,
"for an Aston".
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It's got to be good,
full stop.
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So, let's start
with the interior,
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a place that normally
tells you straightaway
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if corners have been cut.
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And the news in here is good.
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Everything you see
is brand new,
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not warmed-up leftovers
from an older model.
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And it all feels
properly put together...
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as it should in a car
that costs £121,000.
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And if you push down on
the electric height adjustor,
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it has the lowest
driving position
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of any car I've ever been in.
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I mean, I wouldn't claim
to be a tall man, but...
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this is low.
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I feel seven.
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Then we come to the engine.
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It's a four-litre V8.
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It has twin turbos.
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It makes 510 horsepower,
and...
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it's German.
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Specifically from the AMG
division of Mercedes.
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Yes, this will make people of a Brexity
persuasion choke on their real ale,
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but look at it this way.
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Why waste money
you don't have
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developing an OK engine,
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when you can buy in
a brilliant one?
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Besides, there's a plaque
here that says, look,
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it's been inspected by
somebody at Aston Martin.
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Presumably to make sure those
slapdash German engineers
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have done things properly.
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But although the Vantage
has Mercedes lungs,
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the engineers
have tried to make sure
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it sings with an Aston voice.
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Yeah, in an AMG, this engine
doesn't make this noise.
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In a Merc,
it's all oom-pah bass.
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Whereas Aston Martin
have added
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some British gravel
to the mix.
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Rrrr!
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So, it's handsome, quick,
tuneful and feels well built.
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But now we come
to the acid test -
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how the new Vantage
handles corners.
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And, on paper at least,
things seem promising.
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It's built on
an all-new chassis,
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a shorter version of
the one under the DB11.
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And it's the first
Aston Martin
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to be fitted with
an electronic diff,
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a very expensive but very
valuable weapon of war.
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So, let's see what's what.
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Yeah, it works.
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This is in control
of its power. It really is.
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It's been set up
by a man who used to work
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at suspension masters Lotus.
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And you can tell.
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This just feels fabulous.
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This knows
what it wants to be.
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There's no soft GT mode
like you get in the DB11.
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Your entry level setting
is Sport,
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and then it goes
Sport Plus and Track.
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That's what I want, it's a sports car!
I don't want a soggy setting.
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Yeah, this is superb.
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Of course, it's still a car
from a small British company,
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so there are a few issues.
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Visibility is not brilliant.
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For me, sitting down here,
it's like trying
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to drive a car from
the back of a crowded lift.
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There's no glove box.
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I don't like the sound
of the indicators.
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It's like a 1980s
Casio keyboard. Listen.
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And there's too much Alcantara. This
will be all right when it's new,
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but buy one of these
second-hand,
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and it'll be like using
somebody else's flannel.
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Still, in the big scheme
of things,
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these are just niggles.
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Because overall,
the Vantage is fantastic fun.
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In the past, you could buy
an Aston and love it,
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but still know deep down
that a 911 was a better car.
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With this new Vantage,
that gap has been closed
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to a point where
it doesn't matter.
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It's not just brilliant
"for an Aston Martin".
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It's brilliant, full stop.
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Good car.
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It is a good car.
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- I can see out.
- Can you? Can you really?
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Amazing, I know.
I really can see out.
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I agree with you, it is
a brilliant, brilliant car.
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But one thing
I ought to mention -
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you know all that tech
inside it?
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That is Mercedes stuff,
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but it's last-generation
Mercedes stuff they're fitting.
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But it's still better than all
the stuff that Aston used to fit.
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That's true.
No, that is true.
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And the other thing, you expressed
surprise that it's got that AMG engine.
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But remember, the Aston V12, they've
been using for years, that's German.
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- It's made in Germany.
- Yes.
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That makes it sort of German,
doesn't it?
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No, no, no. It's where it's
designed and developed that matters.
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- No, he has got a point.
- Yeah, I mean...
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your autobiography, you could
get it printed in Germany
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but it would still be dreary because
you designed and conceived it.
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It's...
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Can't argue with that, May,
it would be.
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Let's not get bogged down with
what's German, and what's not.
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The point is, OK,
unlike the previous Vantage,
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that is way, way more
than a pretty face.
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I mean, a lot more.
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But, now, let's find how fast
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Abbie can get one
around the Eboladrome.
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And away it goes,
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with a little bit
of wheel spin
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and a wiggle of the hips
under power,
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but Abbie's got it
under control,
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hammering onto the Isn't.
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Working away there at that
unusual and frankly stupid
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square steering wheel.
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And already we're at the drop
down into Your Name Here.
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Was that a four-wheel drift?
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And another one!
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And now hard braking...
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Ooh, look at that,
turns in well.
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And that looks quick.
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Seems a bit lively there as
all that turbocharged torque
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tries to kick the tail out.
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If this run was at night,
she'd be in trouble
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because the Vantage's
headlamps are woeful!
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But no complaints about
the speed, that's for sure.
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OK. Oh, coming in wide
for Old Lady's House.
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But keeping it neat
round there,
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and now the short squirt
down to Substation.
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Floaty under braking.
Flicks it in.
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Just Field of Sheep to go.
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Surprisingly un-slidy
and across the line!
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- Oh, there we go.
- Looks exciting.
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- It does.
- That was lively.
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Like an old-fashioned
racing car, moving around.
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- The old days.
- That was a good-looking lap, that.
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Let's find out where
it ended up on our lap board.
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Shall we? Here we go.
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Aye, aye... ooh.
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Exactly the same speed
as a 911 GT3 RS.
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When you think the Aston
doesn't have a massive wing
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and scaffolding in the back,
that is pretty impressive.
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- It is very impressive.
- But never mind that.
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It's no faster
than a BMW M5.
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Yes, but I think
what that says, James,
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is the M5 is
seriously quick.
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- Well, quite. You,
- Yeah, yeah.
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You do forget
just how fast that thing is.
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It is, it certainly is.
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But now it is time to buy
a four-pack of chat...
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from the off-licence
of debate.
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on Conversation Street!
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- I remember that one.
- I remember that one.
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I enjoyed that one a lot.
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Anyway, Volkswagen. They've come up
with a new, a one-off, racing car.
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All electric, uh...
all-wheel drive.
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It's called the IDR, I've
got a picture of it here.
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Now, what interests me
about it is that
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there's a claim that it generates
so much cornering force,
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it can cause the driver
to black out.
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Is... Is that a good idea?
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A car that renders
its driver unconscious?
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I just don't believe it.
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I know Kimi Raikkonen
goes unconscious,
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but that's normally after
the race in the hotel bar.
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Yeah, that doesn't count.
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That is Kimi's problem.
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The other problem
with that is,
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it's not lateral G that makes
you go unconscious, is it?
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That's G from side to side,
that's not really the issue.
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Lateral G
is what you get in a car
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and it's where the blood
goes from side to side.
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It's only got that... And I'm
wide, but it only goes that far.
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So in your head you've got one
bit a bit drowsy and black-outy,
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but the other side of your head,
when going round a corner,
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- is really alert cos it's full of blood.
- No, it's
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more interesting. Because, different sides
of your head do different things. So,
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go that way, and you'd be: "I want to
be really precise, and do science,"
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go this way,
you'd be all creative:
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"I just want to paint..." Algebra...
"I just want to sing."
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You know, when motor racing
commentators so much talk about,
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"That car's got 5G going
through that corner,"
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- you think, "But it's five lateral G."
- Yes, exactly.
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It's not the same 5G
you get in a fighter plane
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when the blood's going effectively
from the top of your head
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down to the bottom of your
feet, which is a very long way,
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so your head empties and
that's when you do black out.
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Yes, exactly.
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And it used to be alleged
that Douglas Bader
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could pull tighter turns
in his Hurricane
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than other pilots because
he didn't have any legs
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so the blood couldn't go into
them, it stayed in his body.
244
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- I didn't know that.
- Apparently so.
245
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Didn't that mean
he'd just get a big stiffy?
246
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Well...
247
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Because all his, all this...
248
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It's science,
that is medical science!
249
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He's right.
250
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- All his blood went there.
- It did.
251
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He was known during the Battle
of Britain as Douglas Boner.
252
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"My joystick's broke!
Oh, I've got the wrong one."
253
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"Ooh, I love a dogfight,
a nice..."
254
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We... We can move on.
255
00:15:07,935 --> 00:15:10,390
Now, you might be wondering
why we haven't featured
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the Rolls-Royce Cullinan, their new sort
of super luxury SUV, on this series.
257
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And that's because
Rolls-Royce did express
258
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some reservations
about lending us one
259
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because they said they were
worried we might say it was ugly.
260
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- Why would they think that?
- Because they've seen it?
261
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We've actually got a picture of
the Cullinan here. There it is.
262
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- Yeah.
- Oh, sorry.
263
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It's a very interesting car.
264
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And I don't doubt that it's
exquisite to drive and to sit in.
265
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But it is disgusting
to look at, isn't it?
266
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- That's the main thing.
- I've been thinking about this, OK?
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You might want to drive one,
or own one.
268
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But you're gonna have to
come out of your house
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and walk up to it
and see it.
270
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So I was wondering, could you
dig a tunnel, if you had one,
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from your cellar, and then
that emerges underneath it?
272
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- Then you wouldn't have to look at it.
- Exactly.
273
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You'd have to cut a hole in the
bottom of your Rolls-Royce to get in
274
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- and nobody's gonna do that.
- Yeah.
275
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W-What if you fitted
the Cullinan with...
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you know that magic glass that is clear
when you look through it at right angles,
277
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but if you look through it
at any other angle,
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it's sort of frosted
so you can't...
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- That won't work.
- How do you know?
280
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Because I've got that - and
I genuinely have got that -
281
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in the bathroom
in my flat in London.
282
00:16:19,915 --> 00:16:22,407
Right. Now, for six years I've been
taking showers
283
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by the window.
284
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Cleaning my gentleman's area
very thoroughly,
285
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and sometimes quite quickly.
286
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And...
287
00:16:38,735 --> 00:16:40,633
I'm actually
not making this up.
288
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The floor is six storeys
down, the pavement.
289
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You go,
"Well, I can't see that,
290
00:16:45,704 --> 00:16:47,290
so nobody down there
can see me."
291
00:16:47,375 --> 00:16:48,790
But a friend,
the other day, said.
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"You know you can be
seen from the street?"
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- Oh, my God!
- Seriously.
294
00:16:52,494 --> 00:16:54,175
But you can't see out
when you're in the shower?
295
00:16:54,260 --> 00:16:55,229
No, it's only, I said.
296
00:16:55,315 --> 00:16:57,183
Well, the builder put the
glass in the wrong way round. Isn't it.
297
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- Must have done.
- I think that builder saw you coming.
298
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I think the only
answer for Rolls-Royce...
299
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Hold on.
300
00:17:12,666 --> 00:17:14,310
I just heard...
Is there a phone in there?
301
00:17:14,395 --> 00:17:16,130
No, you had a stroke.
Again.
302
00:17:16,215 --> 00:17:19,130
I'm sure I heard a phone.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
303
00:17:19,215 --> 00:17:21,230
My school alarm, I'm sorry.
Was it you?
304
00:17:21,315 --> 00:17:23,430
- My school alarm, I'm sorry.
- Your what alarm?
305
00:17:23,515 --> 00:17:25,721
My school alarm to pick
my kids up from school.
306
00:17:25,807 --> 00:17:28,402
Oh, well, that...
Now you're a terrible parent!
307
00:17:32,226 --> 00:17:35,630
Oh, ladies and gentlemen, the art
of great parenting, right there!
308
00:17:35,716 --> 00:17:38,435
I'm gonna call the NSPCC
on you.
309
00:17:40,747 --> 00:17:42,550
How old are your children?
310
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- Oh, 11...
- Oh, for God's sake!
311
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She still hasn't moved.
312
00:17:47,455 --> 00:17:50,150
- Oh, they'll be fine.
- 11, nine, eight and three.
313
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I wasn't that interested.
314
00:17:53,535 --> 00:17:57,201
We've established they're not in their
30s, is what I was trying to say.
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00:17:57,287 --> 00:17:59,013
- Meanwhile...
- Yes.
316
00:17:59,435 --> 00:18:01,169
I don't think that
that one-way glass
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00:18:01,255 --> 00:18:02,810
that isn't one-way
is gonna work.
318
00:18:02,896 --> 00:18:06,076
I think really Rolls-Royce's
only hope with that new car
319
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is they're gonna have
to hope they can find
320
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a lot of very rich people
with absolutely no taste.
321
00:18:11,193 --> 00:18:12,271
That's their only chance.
322
00:18:12,357 --> 00:18:15,224
Where are they gonna find
people like that, I wonder?
323
00:18:15,310 --> 00:18:16,825
- Well, there's Cheshire.
- Yeah.
324
00:18:16,911 --> 00:18:19,846
- Dubai.
- Solihull, Monaco, Moscow.
325
00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:20,802
- Beverly Hills.
- Yeah.
326
00:18:20,888 --> 00:18:23,770
They're gonna sell millions of the things.
- Yeah, they are.
327
00:18:23,856 --> 00:18:25,049
Massive hit.
328
00:18:25,135 --> 00:18:27,130
Now, there's a man
in Nottingham.
329
00:18:27,215 --> 00:18:29,888
He's building a house and he's
told the planners that outside,
330
00:18:29,974 --> 00:18:31,890
the big empty area,
is actually
331
00:18:31,975 --> 00:18:35,650
a landing pad for a self-driving
electric flying car.
332
00:18:35,735 --> 00:18:39,310
Hm, yeah, that sounds like what he's
built is a helicopter landing pad.
333
00:18:39,395 --> 00:18:41,474
Yes, it does,
it does sound very like that.
334
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,789
Unless he's planning
to land there in this,
335
00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:45,390
the new Aston Martin
flying car.
336
00:18:45,475 --> 00:18:46,850
Looks very cool.
337
00:18:46,935 --> 00:18:49,510
No, Hammond, that's not a flying
car, that's just a drawing
338
00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:52,271
of something that'll
never happen. It won't.
339
00:18:52,357 --> 00:18:55,075
But somebody has actually made a real
flying car and I've got a picture.
340
00:18:55,161 --> 00:18:58,890
- That's practical!
- Pretty dreary actually, isn't it?
341
00:18:58,975 --> 00:19:00,770
You can't drive
that on the road.
342
00:19:00,855 --> 00:19:03,550
If you took it into town and
someone dinged the folded-away wing,
343
00:19:03,635 --> 00:19:05,370
you couldn't fly it then.
344
00:19:05,455 --> 00:19:07,747
- Nobody flies in a bent aeroplane.
- No, exactly.
345
00:19:07,833 --> 00:19:10,560
And when are people gonna get it into
their heads that a flying car
346
00:19:10,646 --> 00:19:12,232
is an aeroplane?
347
00:19:12,365 --> 00:19:16,890
Because, if your car flies, why the
bloody hell would you drive anywhere?
348
00:19:16,975 --> 00:19:18,630
I mean, it just doesn't
make sense.
349
00:19:18,715 --> 00:19:20,310
Or worse,
you're driving that,
350
00:19:20,395 --> 00:19:23,170
not feeling at all
self-conscious around the M25,
351
00:19:23,255 --> 00:19:25,650
you hear there's a bit
of a traffic jam ahead,
352
00:19:25,735 --> 00:19:28,630
so you think, "I'll lower the
wings, build up to a take-off speed"
353
00:19:28,715 --> 00:19:30,130
of, what, 120, 150."
354
00:19:30,215 --> 00:19:32,630
The police will go, "What the
bloody hell are you doing?"
355
00:19:32,715 --> 00:19:36,290
They're gonna have a word. You'd need to
get a pilot's licence to operate that.
356
00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:37,269
That takes months.
357
00:19:37,355 --> 00:19:39,950
And then you'd have to learn
that gobbledegook you two...
358
00:19:40,035 --> 00:19:42,510
No, you'd have to learn to
communicate in the air...
359
00:19:42,595 --> 00:19:45,770
Yes, but you two don't talk
English when you get up in there.
360
00:19:45,855 --> 00:19:48,790
There's a language so you can pass
information quickly and clearly.
361
00:19:48,875 --> 00:19:51,030
Yes, but why do you got
your own alphabet for?
362
00:19:51,115 --> 00:19:53,250
"Did you come
through the alpha vector"
363
00:19:53,335 --> 00:19:55,050
on the three approach
to four LH?
364
00:19:55,135 --> 00:19:57,430
Oh, I had to get on the tower
and say I was...
365
00:19:57,515 --> 00:19:59,630
It's about controlled
airspace!
366
00:19:59,715 --> 00:20:02,480
"I was Mug Paper
Picture Oscar."
367
00:20:03,975 --> 00:20:06,410
Why do you have to have
a word for a letter?
368
00:20:06,495 --> 00:20:10,930
So that you know what the letter is - a P
and a B on a crackly radio sound the same.
369
00:20:11,015 --> 00:20:13,070
Is that why you call him
a bunt all the time?
370
00:20:13,155 --> 00:20:14,770
Yes.
371
00:20:14,855 --> 00:20:17,250
That's exactly why,
so that it's clear.
372
00:20:17,335 --> 00:20:20,390
Now, there is a new report
which says the Scottish
373
00:20:20,475 --> 00:20:22,930
are the best drivers
in the world.
374
00:20:23,015 --> 00:20:25,670
If you think about it, they've
got Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart,
375
00:20:25,755 --> 00:20:29,610
David Coulthard, Franchitti,
Allan McNish... What?
376
00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:33,250
No, not best in that way, they mean
the safest drivers in the world.
377
00:20:33,335 --> 00:20:35,870
- That's what they mean.
- The safest drivers aren't the best drivers.
378
00:20:35,955 --> 00:20:38,050
- Well, they sort of are.
- No, they aren't.
379
00:20:38,135 --> 00:20:39,950
If that were true,
if you think about it,
380
00:20:40,035 --> 00:20:42,070
I would be a better driver
than Jackie Stewart
381
00:20:42,155 --> 00:20:44,010
because I've had
fewer crashes.
382
00:20:44,095 --> 00:20:46,930
- But I'm not better, am I?
- No, you're emphatically not.
383
00:20:47,015 --> 00:20:48,790
- Exactly.
- What they're saying is...
384
00:20:48,875 --> 00:20:51,530
Actually, 51 per cent
of Scottish drivers
385
00:20:51,615 --> 00:20:53,490
have never been
in an accident.
386
00:20:53,575 --> 00:20:55,550
- 51 per cent.
- That's not that good though.
387
00:20:55,635 --> 00:20:57,890
That means 49 per cent of
Scottish people have been
388
00:20:57,975 --> 00:20:59,870
in an accident.
That's nearly half of them.
389
00:20:59,955 --> 00:21:03,270
- Well...
- No, but it's "never" is the big word, though, isn't it?
390
00:21:03,355 --> 00:21:06,560
I mean, never... Who here's
never had an accident?
391
00:21:07,695 --> 00:21:10,510
Never? But how long
have you been driving?
392
00:21:10,595 --> 00:21:12,530
Um... one month.
393
00:21:12,615 --> 00:21:14,610
Well done!
394
00:21:14,695 --> 00:21:16,990
- She's doing well.
- Well, there you go.
395
00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:18,800
Keep it up.
396
00:21:19,855 --> 00:21:21,480
Keep going.
397
00:21:22,935 --> 00:21:25,270
- That's better than you did.
- That's quite a record.
398
00:21:26,775 --> 00:21:28,530
I did 36 hours before
399
00:21:28,615 --> 00:21:30,710
I was off the road with
no wheels on my car.
400
00:21:30,795 --> 00:21:32,690
Er... we'll drop that.
401
00:21:32,775 --> 00:21:35,730
That hasn't worked out
quite as well as I'd hoped.
402
00:21:35,815 --> 00:21:38,070
That is the end of
Conversation Street.
403
00:21:38,155 --> 00:21:40,880
- Yes.
- Thank you very much.
404
00:21:42,335 --> 00:21:43,960
Lovely, lovely.
405
00:21:47,375 --> 00:21:50,530
Now, this year marks
the 50th anniversary
406
00:21:50,615 --> 00:21:52,850
of the first landings
on the Moon,
407
00:21:52,935 --> 00:21:55,750
and I thought I should take a
little celebratory look back
408
00:21:55,835 --> 00:21:58,210
at that truly
historic mission.
409
00:21:58,295 --> 00:22:01,650
James, this isn't a grand tour
of whatever is in your head.
410
00:22:01,735 --> 00:22:03,830
- You do know that?
- No, but I promise
411
00:22:03,915 --> 00:22:06,470
there will be
some cars in this film.
412
00:22:06,555 --> 00:22:08,360
Eventually.
413
00:22:11,255 --> 00:22:13,710
I believe that this nation
should commit itself
414
00:22:13,795 --> 00:22:17,570
to achieving the goal
before this decade is out
415
00:22:17,655 --> 00:22:19,610
of landing a man on the Moon
416
00:22:19,695 --> 00:22:22,170
and returning him
safely to the Earth.
417
00:22:22,255 --> 00:22:25,830
When President Kennedy
made that speech to Congress
418
00:22:25,915 --> 00:22:27,730
in 1961,
419
00:22:27,815 --> 00:22:32,690
he gave the scientists at
NASA a planet-sized headache.
420
00:22:32,775 --> 00:22:36,190
Let me try and put the size of that
headache into some sort of perspective.
421
00:22:36,275 --> 00:22:37,830
When Kennedy
said those words,
422
00:22:37,915 --> 00:22:40,870
America's total experience
in space amounted to
423
00:22:40,955 --> 00:22:44,030
just one 15-minute
suborbital flight
424
00:22:44,115 --> 00:22:49,510
that reached an altitude of
just 116 miles above the Earth.
425
00:22:49,595 --> 00:22:55,090
By contrast, a journey to
the Moon was 238,000 miles,
426
00:22:55,175 --> 00:22:59,480
and no rocket existed that was powerful
enough to get the astronauts there.
427
00:23:01,215 --> 00:23:03,510
And even if they did
reach their destination,
428
00:23:03,595 --> 00:23:07,110
there was then the immense challenge
of getting them home again.
429
00:23:07,195 --> 00:23:10,850
Let's imagine this basketball
I'm holding is the Earth,
430
00:23:10,935 --> 00:23:14,630
in which case the Moon can be
represented by a baseball 23 feet away.
431
00:23:14,715 --> 00:23:16,110
There it is over there.
432
00:23:16,195 --> 00:23:19,410
All the space exploration
that had taken part so far,
433
00:23:19,495 --> 00:23:22,350
so all the Mercury capsules,
all the Soviet stuff,
434
00:23:22,435 --> 00:23:25,120
that happened about there.
435
00:23:26,495 --> 00:23:29,090
Now, the thickness
of this piece of paper
436
00:23:29,175 --> 00:23:32,830
represents the corridor that the
astronauts would have to fly along
437
00:23:32,915 --> 00:23:35,370
to get home safely.
438
00:23:35,455 --> 00:23:39,830
Now, to do that, obviously you'd want
some sort of guidance computer on board.
439
00:23:39,915 --> 00:23:43,750
Problem is, the computers of the
time were so huge and so primitive,
440
00:23:43,835 --> 00:23:46,090
they lived
in their own buildings.
441
00:23:46,175 --> 00:23:49,230
And the President wanted all
this done within the decade.
442
00:23:49,315 --> 00:23:51,200
People thought he was mad.
443
00:23:52,935 --> 00:23:55,730
Nevertheless, the brains
at NASA knuckled down,
444
00:23:55,815 --> 00:23:58,450
and throughout the 1960s
set about developing
445
00:23:58,535 --> 00:24:01,710
and testing the rockets and
the technology that would be
446
00:24:01,795 --> 00:24:05,320
needed to crack
this monumental nut.
447
00:24:06,575 --> 00:24:09,810
However, machinery on
its own was not enough.
448
00:24:09,895 --> 00:24:13,070
Equally important to the
success of the space programme
449
00:24:13,155 --> 00:24:15,690
were the astronauts.
450
00:24:15,775 --> 00:24:17,970
Now, these men
were generally of a type.
451
00:24:18,055 --> 00:24:20,070
They were fighter jocks
and test pilots,
452
00:24:20,155 --> 00:24:23,550
and they were very familiar with
moving around at very high speed.
453
00:24:23,635 --> 00:24:26,370
So, and I did promise we'd
get some cars into this,
454
00:24:26,455 --> 00:24:29,430
when it came to moving around
on the face of the Earth,
455
00:24:29,515 --> 00:24:32,640
there was one car they
favoured above all others.
456
00:24:43,895 --> 00:24:45,570
The Corvette -
457
00:24:45,655 --> 00:24:48,400
America's "premier"
sports car.
458
00:24:51,375 --> 00:24:54,350
The big love-in between the
American astronauts and the Corvette
459
00:24:54,435 --> 00:24:56,560
started with Alan Shepard...
460
00:24:57,575 --> 00:25:00,290
the first American
in space in 1961.
461
00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:02,350
And on his safe
return to Earth,
462
00:25:02,435 --> 00:25:05,750
he was given a free Corvette
by General Motors,
463
00:25:05,835 --> 00:25:09,210
a sort of medal
for services to the country.
464
00:25:10,855 --> 00:25:13,710
However, even though
Shepard was deemed worthy
465
00:25:13,795 --> 00:25:17,470
of a tickertape hero's welcome
by the American public,
466
00:25:17,555 --> 00:25:21,550
NASA saw astronauts like him
as government employees,
467
00:25:21,635 --> 00:25:26,320
and as such,
unable to accept free gifts.
468
00:25:30,175 --> 00:25:35,390
So, an enterprising Corvette dealer near
the Cape Kennedy Space Center in Florida
469
00:25:35,475 --> 00:25:37,800
came up with a cunning idea.
470
00:25:39,695 --> 00:25:41,670
He offered the astronauts
a special deal
471
00:25:41,755 --> 00:25:47,360
whereby they could lease a Corvette
for the enormous sum of... one dollar.
472
00:25:48,895 --> 00:25:50,670
Now, NASA couldn't
complain about that.
473
00:25:50,755 --> 00:25:54,230
Technically the cars weren't
free, they were being paid for.
474
00:25:54,315 --> 00:25:57,390
So all the astronauts
bit his hand off.
475
00:25:57,475 --> 00:26:02,250
Gus Grissom, the second
American in space, had one.
476
00:26:02,335 --> 00:26:05,050
So did Gordon Cooper,
a man so cool
477
00:26:05,135 --> 00:26:07,270
he actually fell asleep
on the launch pad
478
00:26:07,355 --> 00:26:09,290
while waiting for lift-off.
479
00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:11,830
Jim Lovell,
the hero of the ill-fated.
480
00:26:11,915 --> 00:26:15,150
"Houston, we've had a
problem" Apollo 13 mission -
481
00:26:15,235 --> 00:26:17,450
he too was a Corvette man.
482
00:26:17,535 --> 00:26:19,730
Basically,
in the '60s and '70s,
483
00:26:19,815 --> 00:26:22,110
Cape Kennedy
and the surrounding roads
484
00:26:22,195 --> 00:26:26,240
were awash with spacemen
driving one-dollar Corvettes.
485
00:26:29,375 --> 00:26:32,350
But it was the holy trinity
of Shepard, Cooper and Grissom
486
00:26:32,435 --> 00:26:35,490
who were
the real petrolheads.
487
00:26:35,575 --> 00:26:39,030
The good news for them was that
the Space Center here at Kennedy
488
00:26:39,115 --> 00:26:42,330
was criss-crossed with
lovely wide, straight roads
489
00:26:42,415 --> 00:26:45,070
which NASA engineers
used to move stuff about -
490
00:26:45,155 --> 00:26:48,050
i.e. rockets.
491
00:26:48,135 --> 00:26:50,670
But that meant, as far as
those three were concerned,
492
00:26:50,755 --> 00:26:53,210
that they were in heaven.
493
00:26:53,295 --> 00:26:55,690
They'd come to places
like this after work
494
00:26:55,775 --> 00:26:58,130
and just drag race
the hell out of their cars,
495
00:26:58,215 --> 00:26:59,750
and then they'd
have them modified,
496
00:26:59,835 --> 00:27:02,110
and then they'd drag race
them a bit more.
497
00:27:02,195 --> 00:27:06,590
Gordo Cooper allegedly had his car
modified up to 180 miles an hour,
498
00:27:06,675 --> 00:27:09,970
and he and Gus Grissom
even used to go and pit crew
499
00:27:10,063 --> 00:27:12,390
for a racing team
if they had a weekend off.
500
00:27:12,515 --> 00:27:14,840
They liked cars.
501
00:27:16,295 --> 00:27:19,290
Then there was astronaut
John Glenn,
502
00:27:19,375 --> 00:27:21,890
the first American
to orbit the Earth,
503
00:27:21,975 --> 00:27:24,190
and as a test pilot,
the first man
504
00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:28,930
to cross the American
continent at supersonic speeds.
505
00:27:29,015 --> 00:27:32,640
Clearly, this was a man comfortable
with putting his foot down.
506
00:27:33,295 --> 00:27:35,150
However, the car he drove
507
00:27:35,235 --> 00:27:38,970
was not quite as sporty
as a Corvette.
508
00:27:39,055 --> 00:27:43,130
Yes, John Glenn, holder of
supersonic flight records
509
00:27:43,215 --> 00:27:47,080
and the first American to
orbit the Earth, drove this.
510
00:27:49,415 --> 00:27:51,930
It's called a Prinz.
511
00:27:52,015 --> 00:27:55,430
It's made by the long-dead
German car maker NSU,
512
00:27:55,515 --> 00:27:59,200
and it's a microscopic
economy car.
513
00:28:01,135 --> 00:28:04,430
It has an engine of just
under 600cc, two cylinders.
514
00:28:06,315 --> 00:28:07,970
0-60?
515
00:28:08,055 --> 00:28:09,960
35 seconds.
516
00:28:15,455 --> 00:28:18,150
But Glenn wasn't worried
about the sedate pace.
517
00:28:18,235 --> 00:28:20,130
He lived out in the sticks,
518
00:28:20,215 --> 00:28:22,230
he had a long commute
to Cape Kennedy,
519
00:28:22,315 --> 00:28:26,730
and he wanted a car that
gave him good gas mileage.
520
00:28:26,815 --> 00:28:29,790
Right, let's give it some
beans and see what it'll do.
521
00:28:32,815 --> 00:28:34,640
That's what it'll do.
522
00:28:35,455 --> 00:28:37,510
Oh, man!
523
00:28:42,215 --> 00:28:44,379
I've read accounts by
the astronauts of what
524
00:28:44,465 --> 00:28:46,761
the rocket launches
were actually like -
525
00:28:46,847 --> 00:28:50,200
a lot of noise, a lot of
clattering, a lot of banging.
526
00:28:51,050 --> 00:28:53,315
Well, John Glenn was ready.
527
00:28:56,261 --> 00:29:00,090
By 1969, just inside
Kennedy's deadline,
528
00:29:00,175 --> 00:29:04,000
NASA was ready to try landing
some men on the Moon.
529
00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:08,350
The astronauts chosen
were Buzz Aldrin,
530
00:29:08,435 --> 00:29:09,990
who drove a Corvette,
531
00:29:10,075 --> 00:29:12,957
Neil Armstrong,
who drove a Corvette,
532
00:29:13,043 --> 00:29:16,324
and Mike Collins,
who drove a Beetle.
533
00:29:16,519 --> 00:29:19,310
Presumably that's why they
left him in the command module
534
00:29:19,395 --> 00:29:22,240
and didn't let him walk
on the lunar surface.
535
00:29:24,613 --> 00:29:27,990
The rocket that would take
them there, the Saturn V,
536
00:29:28,075 --> 00:29:32,280
was, and remains, the most
complex machine ever built.
537
00:29:36,415 --> 00:29:39,530
It was constructed of
three million components,
538
00:29:39,615 --> 00:29:42,110
all of them provided, as
the astronauts, used to joke,
539
00:29:42,195 --> 00:29:43,543
by the lowest bidder.
540
00:29:43,629 --> 00:29:46,699
And it stood as tall
as a 30-storey building.
541
00:29:46,988 --> 00:29:49,418
Ignition sequence starts.
542
00:29:49,504 --> 00:29:52,050
Six, five, four,
543
00:29:52,195 --> 00:29:55,793
three, two, one, zero.
544
00:29:55,879 --> 00:29:58,394
All engines running.
Lift-off.
545
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,295
We have a lift-off,
32 minutes past the hour.
546
00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:04,528
Lift-off on Apollo 11.
547
00:30:04,824 --> 00:30:07,664
At blast-off, these
five engines produced
548
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:10,898
seven-and-a-half million
pounds of thrust.
549
00:30:13,242 --> 00:30:16,189
During the first-stage burn,
the rocket produced
550
00:30:16,275 --> 00:30:19,070
enough power to light
the whole of New York
551
00:30:19,155 --> 00:30:21,414
for 75 minutes.
552
00:30:22,725 --> 00:30:26,840
It burnt its fuel at a rate
of 20 tonnes per second
553
00:30:27,367 --> 00:30:29,750
and just two-and-a-half
minutes after launch,
554
00:30:29,835 --> 00:30:31,930
nearly all of it was gone...
555
00:30:32,609 --> 00:30:36,190
leaving just enough to take
the three astronauts to the Moon
556
00:30:36,275 --> 00:30:39,011
and return them safely
to Earth.
557
00:30:39,415 --> 00:30:43,490
And even though 411,000
of America's brightest minds
558
00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:45,706
were fully engaged
in this perilous endeavour,
559
00:30:45,792 --> 00:30:47,150
sending three men
to the Moon,
560
00:30:47,235 --> 00:30:49,230
bringing them home safely
again, they were still
561
00:30:49,316 --> 00:30:52,558
very much constrained by
the technology of the day.
562
00:30:52,715 --> 00:30:56,110
If you have a Ford Fiesta,
the engine management system
563
00:30:56,195 --> 00:31:00,558
in your car has 10,000 times
the computer processing power
564
00:31:00,644 --> 00:31:02,355
that they had.
565
00:31:02,556 --> 00:31:05,126
Eagle to Houston, we have you now.
Do you read? Over.
566
00:31:05,212 --> 00:31:06,251
Loud and clear.
567
00:31:06,337 --> 00:31:08,510
When the astronauts
finally approached
568
00:31:08,595 --> 00:31:10,150
the surface of the Moon,
569
00:31:10,235 --> 00:31:13,170
the landing was not
without drama.
570
00:31:13,255 --> 00:31:15,910
OK, all flight
controllers, gonna go for landing.
571
00:31:15,995 --> 00:31:18,810
The designated spot
was full of craters...
572
00:31:18,895 --> 00:31:21,110
Houston,
you are go for landing.
573
00:31:21,195 --> 00:31:24,070
Forcing Armstrong
to fly manually
574
00:31:24,155 --> 00:31:26,706
and look for another place
to set down.
575
00:31:26,863 --> 00:31:29,308
Four forward, drift
in to the right a little.
576
00:31:29,394 --> 00:31:32,130
OK, engine stop.
Mode control, both auto.
577
00:31:32,215 --> 00:31:34,110
Descent engine command
override off.
578
00:31:34,195 --> 00:31:35,903
We copy you down, Eagle.
579
00:31:35,989 --> 00:31:39,310
Houston, uh...
Tranquillity Base here.
580
00:31:39,395 --> 00:31:41,778
The Eagle has landed.
581
00:31:42,036 --> 00:31:46,692
When they finally landed, they had
just 20 seconds of fuel remaining.
582
00:31:46,778 --> 00:31:51,442
But no matter, they were
down on the Moon.
583
00:31:51,778 --> 00:31:54,911
That's one small step
for man...
584
00:31:56,975 --> 00:32:00,582
one giant leap
for mankind.
585
00:32:04,715 --> 00:32:08,650
Back on Earth,
a heroes' welcome awaited.
586
00:32:08,735 --> 00:32:12,690
And once he got home, Armstrong,
like so many astronauts,
587
00:32:12,775 --> 00:32:15,310
would swap the seat
in his spacecraft
588
00:32:15,395 --> 00:32:18,192
for a seat in a Corvette.
589
00:32:29,809 --> 00:32:36,606
And when I say Corvette,
I mean this actual Corvette.
590
00:32:36,747 --> 00:32:38,210
This one.
591
00:32:38,295 --> 00:32:40,400
This was his.
592
00:32:45,295 --> 00:32:47,640
Oh, my word.
593
00:32:51,015 --> 00:32:55,037
I'm turning onto
the space shuttle runway.
594
00:32:55,123 --> 00:32:57,448
It's three miles long.
595
00:33:00,255 --> 00:33:04,280
Here are some enormous skid marks left
by the wheels of the space shuttle.
596
00:33:06,935 --> 00:33:09,560
But this is
Neil Armstrong's Corvette!
597
00:33:15,175 --> 00:33:17,520
Ohh!
598
00:33:19,855 --> 00:33:23,310
His hands were here. He looked
at the instruments like that.
599
00:33:23,395 --> 00:33:25,950
He... He touched that.
600
00:33:26,035 --> 00:33:28,320
Neil Armstrong!
601
00:33:29,015 --> 00:33:30,810
The first person to set foot
602
00:33:30,895 --> 00:33:32,770
somewhere other
than the Earth.
603
00:33:32,855 --> 00:33:37,332
I mean, almost a quarter of the
world's population watched him live.
604
00:33:41,315 --> 00:33:44,911
The owner of this car, when he
realised what it was he'd found,
605
00:33:45,075 --> 00:33:47,215
decided not to restore it.
606
00:33:47,317 --> 00:33:49,793
He would leave it
exactly as it was.
607
00:33:49,953 --> 00:33:52,228
He would just do enough
to make it run.
608
00:33:52,415 --> 00:33:55,550
So he hasn't done the paint, he
hasn't replaced bits in here.
609
00:33:55,635 --> 00:33:57,970
This is all exactly
as he found it.
610
00:33:58,055 --> 00:34:00,110
There's patina
on the bonnet there.
611
00:34:00,195 --> 00:34:03,332
There's a scuffed bit
on the door. It's real!
612
00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:06,070
Hello, rev counter.
613
00:34:06,335 --> 00:34:08,920
Neil Armstrong's
looked at you, hasn't he?
614
00:34:11,468 --> 00:34:13,693
Oh, I think a Huey is coming.
615
00:34:15,575 --> 00:34:18,430
There's Mr Huey,
there's the evocative one.
616
00:34:21,175 --> 00:34:23,390
Those are the two sounds
of the '60s, aren't they,
617
00:34:23,475 --> 00:34:27,653
that one and the sound of Neil
Armstrong speaking from the Moon.
618
00:34:29,723 --> 00:34:32,960
Neil Armstrong's
Chevrolet Corvette.
619
00:34:37,139 --> 00:34:39,444
Love it. Love it.
620
00:34:43,935 --> 00:34:46,231
What an honour.
621
00:34:59,895 --> 00:35:02,550
can take off and land
six times on that runway.
622
00:35:02,643 --> 00:35:04,590
- Easily.
- Well done.
623
00:35:05,647 --> 00:35:06,807
Thank you.
624
00:35:06,949 --> 00:35:09,304
Hold on.
625
00:35:09,390 --> 00:35:11,334
What's gone wrong
with astronauts?
626
00:35:11,420 --> 00:35:13,155
They don't go to the Moon
any more.
627
00:35:13,241 --> 00:35:15,436
No, no, no, no,
they used to be rock gods.
628
00:35:15,522 --> 00:35:17,645
I mean,
if you think about it,
629
00:35:17,738 --> 00:35:21,652
they would drive
their Corvette into town,
630
00:35:21,738 --> 00:35:22,738
get hammered,
631
00:35:22,824 --> 00:35:24,470
get Chlamydia,
and the next morning,
632
00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:26,870
they'd be upside down
in a star fighter.
633
00:35:26,955 --> 00:35:29,250
Whereas I met one
not that long ago,
634
00:35:29,335 --> 00:35:31,990
he was the first astronaut
ever to dock the space shuttle
635
00:35:32,075 --> 00:35:33,970
to the space station
in space,
636
00:35:34,055 --> 00:35:37,910
and he turned up for the interview
in a maroon Toyota Camry.
637
00:35:37,995 --> 00:35:39,290
And...
638
00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:43,530
And he had his polo shirt
tucked into his chinos.
639
00:35:43,615 --> 00:35:45,970
Your point
about the polo shirt is?
640
00:35:46,055 --> 00:35:47,850
My point is very simple, OK?
641
00:35:47,935 --> 00:35:49,990
You look at pictures
from the space station.
642
00:35:50,075 --> 00:35:52,441
I follow it on Instagram.
Look at this.
643
00:35:52,527 --> 00:35:57,652
I mean, I'm sorry, they look like people
who run a port-a-loo rental company.
644
00:35:57,738 --> 00:36:00,137
If you go for an audition
with NASA, yeah,
645
00:36:00,223 --> 00:36:03,012
and you don't arrive in
the car park in your Corvette
646
00:36:03,098 --> 00:36:05,379
on full opposite lock,
you don't get the job.
647
00:36:05,465 --> 00:36:08,069
They should get the maths
out of the space programme
648
00:36:08,155 --> 00:36:10,258
and replace it
with some flamboyance.
649
00:36:10,426 --> 00:36:12,130
You probably need
a little bit of maths.
650
00:36:12,215 --> 00:36:14,110
No, you don't, you just want
them to be funny.
651
00:36:14,196 --> 00:36:17,758
No, that's children's entertainers
you're thinking of, Jeremy.
652
00:36:17,844 --> 00:36:19,735
- Not astronauts.
- Buzz Aldrin,
653
00:36:19,821 --> 00:36:21,664
a flamboyant man, used to
wear shirts like that.
654
00:36:21,749 --> 00:36:23,352
I met him, he had
an excellent shirt on.
655
00:36:23,438 --> 00:36:24,703
Exactly. Also very funny.
656
00:36:24,789 --> 00:36:26,322
One of my favourite
stories about Buzz Aldrin,
657
00:36:26,407 --> 00:36:28,782
second man on the Moon, you
mentioned him in your film.
658
00:36:28,868 --> 00:36:31,783
He was being interviewed many
years after the Moon landing.
659
00:36:31,869 --> 00:36:35,328
Very nervous young reporter standing
there. Live interview, this was.
660
00:36:35,450 --> 00:36:37,789
"We're going over live now,"
661
00:36:37,875 --> 00:36:40,070
and the director's going,
"In five, four..."
662
00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:42,891
And on three, Buzz Aldrin
leant to the reporter and went,
663
00:36:42,977 --> 00:36:46,391
"Nothing about the Moon, OK?"
664
00:36:46,532 --> 00:36:48,712
- "That's all I've got!"
- "I've got no questions!
665
00:36:48,798 --> 00:36:50,711
I've got literally nothing!"
666
00:36:50,797 --> 00:36:53,453
Anyway, that's enough about
space. I wanna move it on.
667
00:36:53,539 --> 00:36:56,070
Because I came into the
office um... the other day
668
00:36:56,155 --> 00:36:59,930
and told these two that
the Citroen C3 Aircross
669
00:37:00,016 --> 00:37:01,630
that I'd been driving
was very good.
670
00:37:01,715 --> 00:37:03,450
And they said it wasn't.
671
00:37:03,535 --> 00:37:05,510
- Because it isn't.
- Yes, it is.
672
00:37:05,595 --> 00:37:07,970
And I decided
to prove that it is
673
00:37:08,055 --> 00:37:10,782
by doing one of those
very thorough tests
674
00:37:10,907 --> 00:37:13,039
where we cover
all the things that matter
675
00:37:13,125 --> 00:37:14,766
in a car of this type.
676
00:37:14,852 --> 00:37:17,429
Wait a minute, is this gonna
be one of those stupid films
677
00:37:17,515 --> 00:37:19,430
where you do ridiculous
tests to discover
678
00:37:19,515 --> 00:37:22,470
if a car can, I dunno,
drive faster than itself?
679
00:37:22,555 --> 00:37:23,766
No.
680
00:37:24,908 --> 00:37:27,118
This is the car in question.
681
00:37:27,407 --> 00:37:31,180
It's a five-seater,
front-wheel drive hatchback.
682
00:37:31,574 --> 00:37:35,422
Prices start at £14,720
683
00:37:35,508 --> 00:37:36,985
and it looks rather funky,
684
00:37:37,071 --> 00:37:41,024
with those splashes of
orange paint here and there.
685
00:37:45,695 --> 00:37:47,961
It's also easy to see out of
686
00:37:48,047 --> 00:37:51,650
because the windows
are made from glass.
687
00:37:51,735 --> 00:37:54,813
And all the controls
fall easily to hand,
688
00:37:54,899 --> 00:37:57,375
because they're on the
dashboard or the steering wheel,
689
00:37:57,461 --> 00:38:00,946
rather than
under the carpet in the boot.
690
00:38:02,555 --> 00:38:06,150
But you may be wondering
what makes it so special.
691
00:38:06,235 --> 00:38:09,578
Well, to find out, I've
decided to break the test
692
00:38:09,664 --> 00:38:11,130
down into segments,
693
00:38:11,215 --> 00:38:14,985
so that all the important
questions can be answered.
694
00:38:20,095 --> 00:38:22,270
To find out, we've come here
695
00:38:22,355 --> 00:38:25,920
to the banked Millbrook Bowl
in Bedfordshire.
696
00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:32,836
Citroen say
that because the quite small,
697
00:38:32,922 --> 00:38:35,469
1.2 litre,
three-cylinder engine
698
00:38:35,555 --> 00:38:39,219
in this particular version of
the Aircross is turbocharged,
699
00:38:39,305 --> 00:38:43,532
it produces 128 horsepower.
700
00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:46,830
And now it's time
to see what that means
701
00:38:46,915 --> 00:38:49,266
in terms of top speed.
702
00:38:50,005 --> 00:38:51,898
And here we go.
703
00:38:54,722 --> 00:38:57,629
Obviously you can't go
as fast on a banked track
704
00:38:57,715 --> 00:39:00,490
as you can
on the straight and level.
705
00:39:00,575 --> 00:39:03,550
I was going to ask James May
why this is so,
706
00:39:03,635 --> 00:39:07,390
but um... I was frightened
he might tell me so I...
707
00:39:07,693 --> 00:39:09,618
so I didn't.
708
00:39:10,975 --> 00:39:13,835
That's 100, moving up
into the fifth lane,
709
00:39:13,921 --> 00:39:16,126
the lane of terror.
710
00:39:18,615 --> 00:39:19,910
114, there it is.
711
00:39:20,390 --> 00:39:22,383
And I think that's it.
712
00:39:22,696 --> 00:39:23,890
Top speed is...
713
00:39:23,975 --> 00:39:25,250
Oh, 115. No.
714
00:39:25,335 --> 00:39:28,039
The little car
has more to give.
715
00:39:31,455 --> 00:39:34,050
Right, I think we've
established there
716
00:39:34,135 --> 00:39:37,532
that this car's top speed
here on the Millbrook Bowl
717
00:39:37,618 --> 00:39:39,170
is 115 miles an hour.
718
00:39:39,255 --> 00:39:43,610
And that, for a practical,
high-riding, family SUV,
719
00:39:43,695 --> 00:39:47,323
which can do 50 miles to the
gallon in ordinary driving,
720
00:39:47,409 --> 00:39:49,414
is not bad.
721
00:39:50,415 --> 00:39:53,235
But can it do better?
722
00:39:53,461 --> 00:39:57,749
OK, what I've done now is hooked up
to the back end of a Bentley Bentayga.
723
00:39:57,835 --> 00:39:59,910
Now, this is a car
with a top speed
724
00:39:59,995 --> 00:40:02,407
of 180 miles an hour.
725
00:40:07,782 --> 00:40:12,388
What it's doing is, it's
punching a hole in the air for me
726
00:40:12,474 --> 00:40:14,999
and I'm driving along
in a vacuum.
727
00:40:15,701 --> 00:40:19,383
So that should mean
I go faster. Let's find out.
728
00:40:21,455 --> 00:40:23,430
That's 115 easily.
729
00:40:23,515 --> 00:40:25,430
116...
730
00:40:26,428 --> 00:40:28,157
117...
731
00:40:30,735 --> 00:40:32,196
I'm also using less fuel,
732
00:40:32,282 --> 00:40:35,235
so this is good for
the environment as well.
733
00:40:35,321 --> 00:40:38,063
119, 120 miles an hour now.
734
00:40:39,535 --> 00:40:42,375
121... this is flying!
735
00:40:42,658 --> 00:40:46,093
122 miles an hour, 123!
736
00:40:46,319 --> 00:40:48,641
What we're doing now
is proving
737
00:40:48,727 --> 00:40:54,510
that the Citroen C3 Aircross
can go faster than itself.
738
00:40:54,595 --> 00:40:56,774
124!
739
00:40:56,860 --> 00:41:00,110
God's truth,
it's like being in Bluebird!
740
00:41:00,196 --> 00:41:03,672
My only worry is that
I just saw a single magpie
741
00:41:03,758 --> 00:41:06,630
and it is Friday the 13th
as I do this.
742
00:41:06,715 --> 00:41:11,274
So now I'm gonna ease out
of this dangerous situation.
743
00:41:18,855 --> 00:41:21,550
Well, if the space is
smaller than the Aircross,
744
00:41:21,635 --> 00:41:23,960
then the answer is no.
745
00:41:26,821 --> 00:41:31,125
But if the space is bigger,
then the answer is yes.
746
00:41:32,615 --> 00:41:34,422
And with that sorted out,
747
00:41:34,508 --> 00:41:36,950
it's time for one of
the most important tests
748
00:41:37,035 --> 00:41:39,688
a little car can face.
749
00:41:45,927 --> 00:41:48,641
To find out, I've come
to Southampton docks,
750
00:41:48,766 --> 00:41:51,910
where obviously I've been
forced to wear a hard hat
751
00:41:51,995 --> 00:41:55,130
in case a ship...
lands on my head.
752
00:41:55,215 --> 00:41:59,344
Anyway, as you can see, the
little car has been attached
753
00:41:59,430 --> 00:42:03,688
by rope to the enormous
car transporter.
754
00:42:08,417 --> 00:42:11,000
Which I've just noticed
has a face.
755
00:42:11,402 --> 00:42:13,977
It's Boaty McBoatface!
756
00:42:14,865 --> 00:42:16,375
The challenge
I'd come up with
757
00:42:16,461 --> 00:42:19,296
was to see
if the one-tonne C3
758
00:42:19,382 --> 00:42:22,750
could pull
the 13,000-tonne ship
759
00:42:22,855 --> 00:42:25,524
a distance of 25 metres.
760
00:42:27,975 --> 00:42:29,370
Right, now, I should explain
761
00:42:29,455 --> 00:42:30,922
that my colleagues
May and Hammond
762
00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:33,516
think this is a stupid test.
763
00:42:33,743 --> 00:42:38,010
They say the Aircross
only develops 151 torques
764
00:42:38,095 --> 00:42:42,508
and that that isn't enough to
pull a medium-sized child.
765
00:42:42,908 --> 00:42:45,164
I, however, disagree.
766
00:42:46,849 --> 00:42:48,394
Let's do this!
767
00:42:55,875 --> 00:42:59,618
Oh, Christ, there's some
elasticity in that rope!
768
00:42:59,704 --> 00:43:03,086
Oh, hello?
Why's it going backwards?
769
00:43:03,918 --> 00:43:06,263
This is a bit of a worry.
770
00:43:07,956 --> 00:43:10,977
Is that ship...
The ship's going back!
771
00:43:11,177 --> 00:43:12,492
Look.
772
00:43:13,015 --> 00:43:14,990
The ship is going back.
773
00:43:15,313 --> 00:43:18,164
What... The situation's bad.
774
00:43:20,102 --> 00:43:22,430
As we reattached
the tow rope,
775
00:43:22,515 --> 00:43:25,203
I wondered
what had gone wrong.
776
00:43:25,323 --> 00:43:29,049
Why did... Did he put his engines in
reverse as a sort of amusing joke?
777
00:43:29,135 --> 00:43:30,670
I mean, he is Greek,
the captain.
778
00:43:30,828 --> 00:43:32,305
We're not German! It's...
779
00:43:32,391 --> 00:43:35,094
We didn't mess
your economy up.
780
00:43:35,655 --> 00:43:39,430
With the rope reattached,
we began the test again.
781
00:43:39,593 --> 00:43:41,318
Here we go.
782
00:43:47,032 --> 00:43:49,211
That's just clutch spin.
783
00:43:49,666 --> 00:43:53,078
Now it's just clutch.
That's clutch.
784
00:43:53,975 --> 00:43:56,750
Traction control off,
that's the only solution.
785
00:44:05,075 --> 00:44:06,130
Hang on.
786
00:44:06,215 --> 00:44:08,560
I think that ship is moving.
787
00:44:11,455 --> 00:44:15,789
I think we're getting further
and further with each pull.
788
00:44:33,109 --> 00:44:36,953
Come on, Boaty!
Move, you vicious boat!
789
00:44:43,915 --> 00:44:46,260
Give it a bit of
left and right.
790
00:44:56,373 --> 00:44:58,932
What a machine this is!
791
00:45:12,082 --> 00:45:14,995
The power and strength
of the Citroen.
792
00:45:21,317 --> 00:45:24,062
That...
793
00:45:27,815 --> 00:45:30,680
That is Boaty McBoatface
admitting defeat.
794
00:45:31,329 --> 00:45:33,324
And with that sorted out,
795
00:45:33,410 --> 00:45:37,081
it was time to address
the C3's practicality.
796
00:45:48,143 --> 00:45:51,221
I should explain, these are not
actually Angelina's children,
797
00:45:51,307 --> 00:45:53,042
they're much um...
cheaper.
798
00:45:53,128 --> 00:45:55,909
Let's just get your names,
first of all. You're?
799
00:45:55,995 --> 00:45:57,819
- Cardboard.
- Cardboard.
800
00:45:57,967 --> 00:46:00,262
- Satisfied customer.
- Satisfied customer.
801
00:46:00,395 --> 00:46:01,893
- Goat.
- Goat?
802
00:46:02,095 --> 00:46:04,390
- Dislocated elbow.
- Dislocated elbow.
803
00:46:04,475 --> 00:46:06,410
I'm sorry?
804
00:46:06,495 --> 00:46:08,930
- Is that right?
805
00:46:09,015 --> 00:46:10,870
Don't wanna mispronounce it.
And you're?
806
00:46:10,955 --> 00:46:12,630
- Vauxhall.
- Vauxhall.
807
00:46:12,715 --> 00:46:13,890
Right, come on.
808
00:46:13,975 --> 00:46:17,612
Let's see how many of you
can get into the Citroen.
809
00:46:23,807 --> 00:46:25,706
Where's my seat belt?
810
00:46:25,792 --> 00:46:28,643
Hang on, Vauxhall's got a problem.
What is it, Vauxhall?
811
00:46:28,729 --> 00:46:30,385
- No seat belt.
- There is a seat belt.
812
00:46:30,471 --> 00:46:31,650
No, there isn't!
813
00:46:31,735 --> 00:46:32,890
Vauxhall, no, no,
814
00:46:32,975 --> 00:46:34,430
there must be a seat belt.
There we are.
815
00:46:34,515 --> 00:46:36,710
It's somewhere in here.
You just have to find it.
816
00:46:36,795 --> 00:46:38,590
Who's gonna be driving
the car, though?
817
00:46:38,675 --> 00:46:39,970
Probably your mum.
818
00:46:40,055 --> 00:46:42,350
Your dad's left home
to be with a French woman.
819
00:46:42,435 --> 00:46:45,330
- My dad is in America.
- Your dad's Brad Pitt.
820
00:46:45,415 --> 00:46:48,030
Not your real dad, you were
bought from a market somewhere.
821
00:46:48,115 --> 00:46:49,890
Oh, I found it, look.
822
00:46:49,975 --> 00:46:51,350
- Ta-dah!
- That's just weird.
823
00:46:51,435 --> 00:46:53,700
Now, come on, Vauxhall,
sit properly.
824
00:46:53,786 --> 00:46:56,208
Hah. They're all in.
825
00:46:56,457 --> 00:46:59,075
No space, I'm afraid,
for either of you.
826
00:46:59,161 --> 00:47:00,810
- Y-You've had it.
- Oh.
827
00:47:00,895 --> 00:47:03,325
- Can I sit in the boot?
- In the boot?
828
00:47:03,411 --> 00:47:05,904
Well, no, because you see,
if your mum goes into town,
829
00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:08,225
or to Africa,
and buys a disabled child,
830
00:47:08,483 --> 00:47:11,208
where would
its wheelchair go?
831
00:47:22,935 --> 00:47:24,614
Must say, I am surprised.
832
00:47:24,700 --> 00:47:26,943
I thought horses
were bigger than this.
833
00:47:27,029 --> 00:47:30,630
Anyway, come on, let's see
if we can uh... get you in.
834
00:47:30,716 --> 00:47:34,052
Come on, up you come,
up you come, there you go.
835
00:47:34,138 --> 00:47:35,278
Up you go.
836
00:47:35,775 --> 00:47:37,410
Oh, yep.
837
00:47:37,857 --> 00:47:39,927
Citroen say that this has...
838
00:47:40,513 --> 00:47:42,858
the biggest boot
in its class.
839
00:47:52,226 --> 00:47:55,234
To answer this,
we've come to France...
840
00:47:55,392 --> 00:47:58,207
where an armed robbery
is in progress.
841
00:48:23,984 --> 00:48:27,149
Burglars anglais
avec visages horribles
842
00:48:27,235 --> 00:48:30,290
are maintenant
making their escape
843
00:48:30,375 --> 00:48:32,830
in a red
nineteen-seventy-deux.
844
00:48:32,915 --> 00:48:36,800
De Tomaso Pantera GTS.
845
00:48:39,257 --> 00:48:40,617
Mmm.
846
00:48:42,612 --> 00:48:45,259
Oui, je les ai vus,
cinq par cinq.
847
00:48:45,345 --> 00:48:46,970
Oui.
848
00:48:47,556 --> 00:48:49,837
Au dessus et sortir.
849
00:48:53,157 --> 00:48:54,352
Right.
850
00:49:01,478 --> 00:49:03,383
Let's do this!
851
00:49:15,815 --> 00:49:17,450
All around the world,
852
00:49:17,536 --> 00:49:20,712
police forces normally
have pretty good cars.
853
00:49:21,027 --> 00:49:23,002
The Americans
have Crown Vics,
854
00:49:23,275 --> 00:49:26,410
Germans have BMs,
Italians have Alfas.
855
00:49:26,495 --> 00:49:29,750
But France has always been a
bit of a burgling free-for-all,
856
00:49:29,835 --> 00:49:33,283
because you knew that you
were only ever gonna be chased
857
00:49:33,369 --> 00:49:37,134
by Inspector Clouseau in
a diesel Renault Mégane.
858
00:49:37,283 --> 00:49:38,978
Well, not today.
859
00:49:39,072 --> 00:49:42,767
Because I'm in an Aircross
and I've got a moustache.
860
00:49:45,024 --> 00:49:46,999
To make my life a bit tricky,
861
00:49:47,085 --> 00:49:50,134
the robbers' Pantera
wasn't standard.
862
00:49:52,381 --> 00:49:56,356
It had an all-aluminium,
seven-litre V8,
863
00:49:56,512 --> 00:49:59,607
producing 550 horsepower -
864
00:49:59,693 --> 00:50:02,652
four times more than I had.
865
00:50:09,323 --> 00:50:12,033
Soon I caught up with them.
866
00:50:13,988 --> 00:50:17,783
But to get ahead,
I decided to take a shortcut.
867
00:50:25,012 --> 00:50:26,347
Digger.
868
00:50:26,486 --> 00:50:28,891
Deploy skill.
869
00:50:32,289 --> 00:50:34,314
Skill used.
870
00:50:39,867 --> 00:50:43,900
No need to slow down because
of my raised suspension.
871
00:50:44,677 --> 00:50:46,982
Come on,
dogged little Citroen!
872
00:50:50,666 --> 00:50:54,900
Argh! You couldn't have
done that in a De Tomaso.
873
00:51:00,695 --> 00:51:02,230
Where is he? Where is he?
874
00:51:06,175 --> 00:51:07,330
I can hear him.
875
00:51:07,415 --> 00:51:08,790
He's like an Australian.
876
00:51:08,875 --> 00:51:10,870
You can hear him
before you see him.
877
00:51:10,955 --> 00:51:12,910
Right, I'm gonna cut him off.
878
00:51:15,764 --> 00:51:17,919
Ha-ha!
879
00:51:18,255 --> 00:51:19,815
Got him!
880
00:51:29,043 --> 00:51:33,400
Les anglais avec les visages
horribles s'enfuient.
881
00:51:42,575 --> 00:51:45,560
I know where he's going and I
know I'm gonna get there first.
882
00:51:54,735 --> 00:51:56,470
Ooh, heavens!
883
00:51:57,327 --> 00:51:59,112
Ooh, damn it!
884
00:52:13,235 --> 00:52:15,280
There he is!
885
00:52:21,295 --> 00:52:23,790
Were this not such
a serious situation,
886
00:52:23,875 --> 00:52:25,744
it would be a good laugh.
887
00:52:39,750 --> 00:52:43,783
Ultimate baddy's car, of
course, the De Tomaso Pantera.
888
00:52:43,869 --> 00:52:47,463
It even has an Argentinian
flag on its badge.
889
00:52:57,115 --> 00:52:59,440
Agh! Deploying skill!
890
00:53:03,135 --> 00:53:07,220
Skill s... Ooh, skill not
successful. Sorry, my bad.
891
00:53:10,415 --> 00:53:12,390
Oh, no, he's going right!
892
00:53:17,454 --> 00:53:18,709
I think I hit one.
893
00:53:19,235 --> 00:53:21,170
Did I? Oh, no.
894
00:53:23,375 --> 00:53:25,720
It's OK,
I've got 'em all now.
895
00:53:26,411 --> 00:53:28,906
Come on, get back
in the chase here, man!
896
00:53:28,992 --> 00:53:31,017
Payback!
897
00:53:36,935 --> 00:53:38,720
Little bit bumpy.
898
00:53:39,855 --> 00:53:42,930
There's the car!
899
00:53:43,015 --> 00:53:46,407
It was beginning to seem
that despite my best efforts,
900
00:53:46,493 --> 00:53:49,098
I wouldn't be able
to catch the Pantera.
901
00:53:50,378 --> 00:53:52,564
But then,
when all seemed lost,
902
00:53:52,650 --> 00:53:55,329
the Citroen played
its trump card...
903
00:53:56,010 --> 00:53:57,965
and didn't break down.
904
00:53:58,066 --> 00:54:02,251
Whereas the Pantera
reverted to type and did.
905
00:54:07,295 --> 00:54:09,345
There you go, son.
906
00:54:10,295 --> 00:54:12,032
Oh, God!
907
00:54:12,335 --> 00:54:14,775
He's using hair dye!
908
00:54:15,007 --> 00:54:18,469
Anyway, it's now time
for the final test,
909
00:54:18,555 --> 00:54:19,665
the big one -
910
00:54:19,751 --> 00:54:21,686
the answer to
the question I'm asked
911
00:54:21,772 --> 00:54:25,095
five or six times a day.
912
00:54:29,015 --> 00:54:31,446
Italy is a difficult country
to invade,
913
00:54:31,532 --> 00:54:34,735
because it's surrounded
on three sides by sea
914
00:54:34,876 --> 00:54:38,462
and on the fourth
by mountains.
915
00:54:38,859 --> 00:54:41,079
These mountains.
916
00:54:42,098 --> 00:54:43,693
The Alps.
917
00:54:43,895 --> 00:54:46,530
But back in 218 BC,
918
00:54:46,615 --> 00:54:48,910
a Tunisian general
called Hannibal
919
00:54:48,995 --> 00:54:50,750
did cross
those mountains,
920
00:54:50,835 --> 00:54:53,730
using elephants
to carry his gear.
921
00:54:53,815 --> 00:54:55,350
And what I want to know is:
922
00:54:55,435 --> 00:54:57,770
could he have used
an Aircross instead?
923
00:54:57,855 --> 00:55:00,070
I mean, obviously,
the Aircross wasn't invented
924
00:55:00,155 --> 00:55:01,830
200 years before
the Baby Jesus,
925
00:55:01,916 --> 00:55:05,081
but if it had been,
could he have used it?
926
00:55:13,702 --> 00:55:16,993
We know that the Citroen
is powerful and torquey.
927
00:55:17,244 --> 00:55:22,642
But what really matters on
a job like this is traction.
928
00:55:24,451 --> 00:55:27,966
And that's where this knob
down here comes in.
929
00:55:28,161 --> 00:55:31,216
It engages something called
the grip control system.
930
00:55:31,302 --> 00:55:34,087
And that sounds
like a gimmick.
931
00:55:34,259 --> 00:55:35,790
But it isn't.
932
00:55:37,545 --> 00:55:40,309
Last winter, Britain was
hit with a weather bomb
933
00:55:40,395 --> 00:55:43,798
which became known as
the Beast from the East.
934
00:55:43,884 --> 00:55:47,070
Everything stopped
and nothing was moving,
935
00:55:47,155 --> 00:55:50,920
apart from me in an Aircross.
936
00:55:51,808 --> 00:55:53,439
I genuinely
couldn't believe it.
937
00:55:53,525 --> 00:55:56,626
I put it in snow mode and
it was going through drifts
938
00:55:56,712 --> 00:55:59,321
up to its door handles.
939
00:56:00,255 --> 00:56:03,390
So let's see if it can pull
off the same trick here,
940
00:56:03,475 --> 00:56:07,610
when the track runs out
and the going gets tougher.
941
00:56:11,615 --> 00:56:16,462
Yes, look at the little
Citroen, clawing away.
942
00:56:19,684 --> 00:56:22,337
No elephant could do this.
943
00:56:22,423 --> 00:56:24,900
I am zooming up here.
944
00:56:30,895 --> 00:56:34,210
God knows what sorcery
the computers are using
945
00:56:34,389 --> 00:56:36,734
to keep me going here,
but they are.
946
00:56:42,216 --> 00:56:43,673
Downhill stretch here,
947
00:56:43,759 --> 00:56:46,493
so... engaging
the hill descent control.
948
00:56:46,715 --> 00:56:51,250
Take your foot off the clutch
and off the brake.
949
00:56:51,335 --> 00:56:53,907
You can hear the anti-lock
brake system working,
950
00:56:53,993 --> 00:56:56,345
keeping me in check,
951
00:56:56,431 --> 00:56:59,525
stopping the back sliding
round, stopping me accelerating.
952
00:56:59,915 --> 00:57:02,640
That's so clever
in a little car like this!
953
00:57:04,815 --> 00:57:09,320
But as the climb resumed,
the going got really rough.
954
00:57:10,675 --> 00:57:12,087
No, no.
955
00:57:14,081 --> 00:57:16,384
Let's just pop it into...
956
00:57:16,517 --> 00:57:18,071
mud mode.
957
00:57:22,295 --> 00:57:25,010
There we go.
There you have it.
958
00:57:25,157 --> 00:57:28,126
Come on, little car,
come on, little car.
959
00:57:28,212 --> 00:57:31,751
That's the engine mountings
you can hear wobbling away,
960
00:57:31,954 --> 00:57:35,985
but the good news is,
the engine is still in.
961
00:57:38,175 --> 00:57:44,400
With the satnav telling me Italy was just
two miles away, I found another path.
962
00:57:45,365 --> 00:57:48,204
I've passed
2,000 metres here.
963
00:57:50,199 --> 00:57:52,884
Christ,
if I go over the edge now...
964
00:57:53,775 --> 00:57:55,235
Agh.
965
00:57:58,805 --> 00:58:04,142
Finally, the border
moved into view.
966
00:58:13,935 --> 00:58:15,802
Come on, little Aircross!
967
00:58:17,735 --> 00:58:20,419
There you are, clever car!
968
00:58:29,015 --> 00:58:30,466
So there we are.
969
00:58:30,552 --> 00:58:33,255
Faster than itself
at the test track.
970
00:58:33,341 --> 00:58:35,170
Strong enough to pull a ship.
971
00:58:35,255 --> 00:58:38,470
Big enough for the entire
Jolie family and a horse.
972
00:58:38,555 --> 00:58:42,599
And better at invading Italy
than an elephant.
973
00:58:46,130 --> 00:58:48,455
- What a car.
- Really?
974
00:58:50,074 --> 00:58:53,817
What a machine.
Pumpy little car. Amazing.
975
00:58:57,215 --> 00:58:58,930
Are you all right?
976
00:58:59,015 --> 00:59:01,790
- In the head, I mean.
- What do you mean?
977
00:59:01,875 --> 00:59:03,310
We learned nothing.
978
00:59:03,396 --> 00:59:06,049
You learned it could get
to the top of that mountain,
979
00:59:06,135 --> 00:59:07,764
even though it doesn't
have four-wheel drive.
980
00:59:07,849 --> 00:59:10,521
But what about things that matter
to people who buy that sort of car?
981
00:59:10,606 --> 00:59:13,081
What about, you know,
boot, interior space?
982
00:59:13,167 --> 00:59:17,422
- I did boot!
- OK, safety, insurance group, all that.
983
00:59:17,508 --> 00:59:18,312
That's a bit boring.
984
00:59:18,398 --> 00:59:20,629
And are you seriously
expecting us to believe
985
00:59:20,715 --> 00:59:22,190
that a little
French hatchback
986
00:59:22,275 --> 00:59:26,090
can catch a tuned De Tomaso
Pantera on a mountain road?
987
00:59:26,175 --> 00:59:29,091
Well, you say that - James Bond,
Goldeneye, you may remember.
988
00:59:29,177 --> 00:59:32,192
He is in his Aston DB5,
he's chasing the Ferrari 355,
989
00:59:32,278 --> 00:59:33,294
he caught up with it.
990
00:59:33,380 --> 00:59:35,458
Then there was the other
Bond film called...
991
00:59:35,724 --> 00:59:38,240
Quantity of Porridge,
something like that.
992
00:59:38,895 --> 00:59:41,013
He is in his Aston DBS,
993
00:59:41,099 --> 00:59:43,802
Italian police,
diesel-powered Alfa 159,
994
00:59:43,888 --> 00:59:45,310
keep up with him
no problem at all.
995
00:59:45,395 --> 00:59:48,130
You do know they're not
documentaries, don't you?
996
00:59:48,215 --> 00:59:51,310
It was The Rock, The Rock was
a Hummer and a Ferrari again.
997
00:59:51,395 --> 00:59:56,224
Look, can we try and salvage some
useful information out of this?
998
00:59:56,310 --> 00:59:57,330
There's no need.
999
00:59:57,415 --> 00:59:58,817
No, there is, I mean, OK...
1000
00:59:58,903 --> 01:00:01,649
isn't that Citroen basically,
tell me if I'm right,
1001
01:00:01,735 --> 01:00:03,690
the same car as
the Vauxhall Crossland?
1002
01:00:03,775 --> 01:00:05,200
- It is.
- Yes, it is, good point.
1003
01:00:05,286 --> 01:00:08,661
So, for instance, would you
buy one of those instead? Good.
1004
01:00:08,747 --> 01:00:12,290
Well, you can't have the Vauxhall
with the grip control system,
1005
01:00:12,375 --> 01:00:13,990
so it's no good
as an elephant.
1006
01:00:14,075 --> 01:00:17,091
No, the elephant test
isn't actually relevant.
1007
01:00:17,177 --> 01:00:20,532
Is there not something um...
OK, the Vauxhall, is it...
1008
01:00:20,743 --> 01:00:23,700
How easy is it to vacuum out
the interior? There you go.
1009
01:00:23,786 --> 01:00:25,521
I knew you were gonna
mention that.
1010
01:00:25,607 --> 01:00:28,473
So what I did was I took
the Vauxhall down to a man
1011
01:00:28,559 --> 01:00:30,614
who knows a thing or two
about vacuuming,
1012
01:00:30,755 --> 01:00:33,730
none other than Sir Dyson.
1013
01:00:37,050 --> 01:00:39,395
Can you get
that bit in there?
1014
01:00:53,375 --> 01:00:54,890
- Any good?
- Brilliant.
1015
01:00:54,975 --> 01:00:56,960
- Is it?
- Very easy. Brilliant.
1016
01:00:57,695 --> 01:01:00,530
Sir James Dyson.
1017
01:01:00,615 --> 01:01:04,330
Doing a test, an important
test for us there.
1018
01:01:04,415 --> 01:01:07,310
- Actually was James Dyson.
- Just a minute.
1019
01:01:07,419 --> 01:01:09,330
- What?
- Sir James Dyson
1020
01:01:09,415 --> 01:01:11,481
is developing a new
solid state battery.
1021
01:01:11,567 --> 01:01:15,263
He is working on the future
of global personal transport.
1022
01:01:15,349 --> 01:01:16,903
- Yeah.
- And you've wasted
1023
01:01:16,989 --> 01:01:19,083
his whole afternoon...
1024
01:01:19,270 --> 01:01:20,653
vacuuming out
1025
01:01:20,739 --> 01:01:22,755
- the interior of a Vauxhall.
- Yes.
1026
01:01:22,841 --> 01:01:24,731
You have literally speeded up
1027
01:01:24,817 --> 01:01:26,388
- the end of the world.
- Yes.
1028
01:01:26,474 --> 01:01:29,249
Yes, I have and on that terrible
disappointment, it's time to end.
1029
01:01:29,335 --> 01:01:31,372
Thank you so much for
watching. See you next time.
1030
01:01:31,458 --> 01:01:33,783
Goodbye.
1031
01:01:33,984 --> 01:01:36,488
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