1. James wears a hat.
Copy !req
2. And Richard is behind a low wall
Copy !req
3. Thank you. Hello and thank
you so much, everybody.
Copy !req
4. Thank you. Thank you and welcome.
Copy !req
5. Now, last week you may remember we asked
James May to test an exciting, fast Vauxhall
Copy !req
6. and he ended up reviewing a slow, small Fiat.
Copy !req
7. Well, this week, we asked him to go to Florida
and try out a new type of electric car.
Copy !req
8. We said to him, "James, this time,
can you try to stay on topic?"
Copy !req
9. Here it is - it's called the Fisker Karma,
Copy !req
10. and let's not be having any debate,
it looks fantastic.
Copy !req
11. But maybe that's not surprising,
Copy !req
12. because the company that makes it was set up
not by an engineer, as usual, but by a designer.
Copy !req
13. He was responsible for the Aston Martin
V8 Vantage and the BMW Z8 roadster,
Copy !req
14. so obviously he knows his way around a pencil.
Copy !req
15. But it's not the looks we're interested in.
It's what goes on underneath that bodywork.
Copy !req
16. As with most electric cars,
underneath here is a great big slab of batteries,
Copy !req
17. and you can plug those into a socket
at your house or your office
Copy !req
18. and recharge them and then you have
a range of 50 miles -
Copy !req
19. which doesn't sound very good, does it?
Copy !req
20. But then, if I just touch this lever here,
Copy !req
21. I engage a two-litre petrol engine,
which is under the bonnet.
Copy !req
22. But unlike, say, a Toyota Prius,
the engine isn't connected to the wheels.
Copy !req
23. Instead, it drives an electricity generator.
Copy !req
24. At this point, the display is telling me
I only have nine miles of range left,
Copy !req
25. and normally I'd be going,
"Oh, God, will I make it?"
Copy !req
26. But no, because I know, with the touch of that
paddle, or even leaving it to its own devices,
Copy !req
27. the petrol engine will make more electric.
Copy !req
28. So, it's driven by electric motors,
but it has its own on-board power station.
Copy !req
29. You might be thinking you've sort of heard
something like that before.
Copy !req
30. Well, you have.
Copy !req
31. Yes, I'm talking about
the Hammerhead Eagle I-Thrust,
Copy !req
32. which, I might point out, was also
fitted with its own electricity generator -
Copy !req
33. and that was two years ago.
Copy !req
34. There is no polite way of putting this.
Copy !req
35. Fisker have, very blatantly, brazenly, I'd say -
Copy !req
36. copied my idea for a long range electric car.
Copy !req
37. Except they didn't have theirs styled by Jeremy,
Copy !req
38. but the technology is exactly the same.
Copy !req
39. As my lawyers will be
making very clear quite soon.
Copy !req
40. Admittedly, the Fisker is much better built
than the Eagle I-Thrust
Copy !req
41. and it's probably the most
politically correct car on earth.
Copy !req
42. but that can produce a sort of
low-voltage circuit, if you like,
Copy !req
43. that can drive the radio and the sat-nav,
interior lights and your iPod,
Copy !req
44. and even the little system
that recognises this key -
Copy !req
45. This version I have here is called the Eco-Chic -
Copy !req
46. they have actually called it that,
Copy !req
47. because it embraces a lot of very right-on
and ethically-sound materials.
Copy !req
48. For example, the glitter in the metallic paint
Copy !req
49. is made with ground-up minute particles
of recycled glass
Copy !req
50. and on the inside, we find a piece of wood trim
that is only taken
Copy !req
51. from trees that have been burnt down
in forest fires or felled by storms
Copy !req
52. and it's not varnished, because
there is no varnish in nature.
Copy !req
53. These glass inserts have
in them a fossilised leaf -
Copy !req
54. a leaf that has fallen of
its own accord, not plucked.
Copy !req
55. And all of the interior fabrics
are very, very funky
Copy !req
56. and most importantly,
there are no animal products in there at all.
Copy !req
57. The only animal product in this car is me,
Copy !req
58. all of which ought to keep this chap here
very happy indeed,
Copy !req
59. and yet I'm told if I go any closer than this,
Copy !req
60. he'll still probably have my leg off...
Copy !req
61. Which just goes to prove
that animals are ungrateful.
Copy !req
62. Basically, if the Fisker was any more green,
Copy !req
63. it would be chaining itself to
a Japanese whaling ship.
Copy !req
64. But I like being in it.
It's just a very nice place to be, the Fisker -
Copy !req
65. it makes you realise that just putting leather
on everything is a terrible old cliche
Copy !req
66. it's what the Romans would have done.
Copy !req
67. And on top of that, I like driving it.
Copy !req
68. It's a nice-handling car, this.
Copy !req
69. It's not a Lotus, it's not a Ferrari 458,
Copy !req
70. it's a GT car. It's a GT car for long journeys,
but that's nice to drive.
Copy !req
71. And even though its arsenal of batteries mean
it weighs 2.5 tonnes,
Copy !req
72. it does shift along
Copy !req
73. The car will do 0-60 in just
a tad over six seconds.
Copy !req
74. It doesn't have a very high
top speed - only 125mph -
Copy !req
75. but the point is, electric motors produce
excellent torque -
Copy !req
76. 1,000 pound-feet, in fact,
which is more than a Veyron.
Copy !req
77. I love electric-powered cars,
just the sort of slight whining spaceship noise.
Copy !req
78. Now, the price. All electric cars are expensive,
Copy !req
79. and the Fisker - at 86,000- is no exception.
Copy !req
80. This means it'll appeal only to
the well-heeled petrolhead,
Copy !req
81. so since I was in Florida, I went to see one.
Copy !req
82. Hello there, James, me bonny lad.
What brings you to this neck of the woods?
Copy !req
83. Yes, it's AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson.
Copy !req
84. It's the first car I think I've ever seen
that actually looks like
Copy !req
85. the drawings that you see before they come.
Copy !req
86. Yeah, it's good-looking, isn't it?
Copy !req
87. It really is a cracking-looking jam-jar,
look at the state of that!
Copy !req
88. Do want to try it? Absolutely!
Copy !req
89. Do you want to try mine? Yeah! All right, then.
Copy !req
90. Well... Mine's different.
Copy !req
91. Fantastic!
Copy !req
92. This is a 1928 Le Mans-bodied 4.5-litre Bentley.
Copy !req
93. Brian really does use this every day -
Copy !req
94. he uses it to go down
the shop for a pint of milk.
Copy !req
95. Go on, me son! Born to do it!
Copy !req
96. Despite the mangled gear changes,
I was very much enjoying living in the past.
Copy !req
97. I can feel a moustache growing!
Copy !req
98. God, the smell is tremendous. Hot castor oil.
Copy !req
99. Well-known laxative, I'll have diarrhoea
by the time we get there.
Copy !req
100. Brian, however, wasn't coping so well with
living in the future.
Copy !req
101. Oh, Christ, now what happens?
Copy !req
102. I'm getting near the bottom of me battery level,
oh my word.
Copy !req
103. Right, now... And... That means
I have to do something, and I'm... Bugger.
Copy !req
104. What the heck is that?
Copy !req
105. I'm trying to follow James's instructions,
which were as clear as mud.
Copy !req
106. There he goes, flying by with his thumb up!
Copy !req
107. He's having a whale of a time and
I'm trying to figure out this computer thing.
Copy !req
108. Soon, the famous Geordie hat model
wanted his Bentley back,
Copy !req
109. I've put it in sport mode -
that means as I pull away,
Copy !req
110. every bit of electricity available
to this car goes to maximum acceleration -
Copy !req
111. 1,000-pound-feet of torque in the back wheels.
Copy !req
112. Yellow, yellow, yellow... Green!
Copy !req
113. Johnson makes a good start!
Copy !req
114. This could take it!
Copy !req
115. Come on, you little bugger!
Copy !req
116. I'm afraid Thunder Guts is a bit of a
dwindling speck, ladies and gentlemen.
Copy !req
117. Did you enjoy that, me son?
I did, although to be honest, I felt a bit cowardly.
Copy !req
118. Not as much as I enjoyed
myself in this, I'll bet you.
Copy !req
119. Tell you what, your car looks heroic
in my rear-view mirror.
Copy !req
120. But also, I'm afraid, quite small. Yes!
Copy !req
121. But it's starting to rain. It is, isn't it?
Copy !req
122. And I don't have a hood. Well, I do,
but it takes 45 minutes to erect.
Copy !req
123. See you back down the other end.
See you back down the other end.
Copy !req
124. Thanks guys, for that.
Got to start the BLEEP now.
Copy !req
125. May! What? What's wrong with you?
You've done it again!
Copy !req
126. You're supposed to be driving a Fisker,
then you're in a Bentley with a rock star!
Copy !req
127. Next week, James is reviewing a Saab, OK,
Copy !req
128. and halfway through, he'll break off
for a spot of scuba diving with Fergal Sharkey.
Copy !req
129. Can I just... The Fister, right.
It's Fisker - it's a K. It's a K.
Copy !req
130. I THOUGHT that was a stupid name!
Let's just move on!
Copy !req
131. Fisker. Can I just clear it up?
Copy !req
132. You have the traditional all-electric car,
like a Nissan Leaf and a G-Wiz,
Copy !req
133. now that's just batteries and you have
to charge them up at night, yeah? Yes.
Copy !req
134. Then you have stupid hybrids,
like the Toyota Prius,
Copy !req
135. which are normal cars that have electric
motors for a bit of extra power, yeah? Yes.
Copy !req
136. So the Fisker is... What?
Copy !req
137. It's actually a petrol-engine car,
but in a normal car,
Copy !req
138. you get the power from
the engine to the back wheels
Copy !req
139. through a gearbox and a shaft and so on,
Copy !req
140. on this one you use the generator
and the electric motors.
Copy !req
141. I'm lost.
Copy !req
142. It's a more efficient way of
tapping the energy in the fuel.
Copy !req
143. That's why it accelerates like a 400hp GT car,
Copy !req
144. but it only uses as much fuel as a...
Copy !req
145. I don't understand how it works.
Copy !req
146. I can't dumb it down to your level,
cos I'm scared of heights.
Copy !req
147. Listen. It's energy,
you use it to drive the wheels.
Copy !req
148. You get more of it by using that system.
Copy !req
149. People get confused.
They talk about electric energy..
Copy !req
150. Just tell him it's magic. It's magic.
Copy !req
151. It's magic electric pixies.
Copy !req
152. That's all you needed to say.
Copy !req
153. That's not how it actually works.
Copy !req
154. I'm not bothered, actually. I am not interested.
Copy !req
155. Let's just do the news.
Copy !req
156. There are proposals
in the corridors of power that
Copy !req
157. anyone who passes their driving test must be
accompanied for the first few years on the road
Copy !req
158. by an experienced, sober person who is over 25.
Copy !req
159. You can kind of see why
they think it is a good idea.
Copy !req
160. a stupid idea, the stupidest.
I have spent 17 years ferrying my daughter about.
Copy !req
161. Last month she passed her driving test,
Copy !req
162. which means it is her turn to ferry me about,
specifically to the pub.
Copy !req
163. What is the point if she gets to the pub
and can't run me home if I have had a drink?
Copy !req
164. It is more complicated than that.
She could not drive to the pub on her own.
Copy !req
165. So she would have to get an older boy friend.
Copy !req
166. Hello, Dad, have you met Keith, he's 53!
Copy !req
167. Why are you looking so excited?
Copy !req
168. He has brought his teenager with him.
Are you her experienced driver?
Copy !req
169. This is embarrassing for you.
Think of him as an experienced driver.
Copy !req
170. government ought to recognise that
without the young people
Copy !req
171. who tear around in cars we would not
have won the Battle of Britain.
Copy !req
172. That is a fact. That is a fact.
Copy !req
173. Teenagers, they sleep and tear about,
that is what they do.
Copy !req
174. And they have more sex than us.
They don't get fat or have hangovers.
Copy !req
175. Basically everybody else, the rest of us
are just old and bitter.
Copy !req
176. Young is better. Young is better and
the government should not say
Copy !req
177. children should have older people,
Copy !req
178. they should just say to my daughter,
go to the pub and pick up your dad.
Copy !req
179. Cadillac has made a concept car,
and here it is, it's called the CL.
Copy !req
180. It looks astonishing. It's got a twin-turbo V6,
Copy !req
181. and they say it is going back to their roots.
Copy !req
182. What, so it will rock for 5 hours
after you get out of it?
Copy !req
183. Does it have a 400-year-old
woman from Florida in it?
Copy !req
184. It is about grandeur, splendour, scale.
Copy !req
185. It is 19 feet long, enormous.
It is only 50 inches high, long, low and mean.
Copy !req
186. They have built a plinth.
Copy !req
187. Yes, but it comes with a cigar humidor.
Copy !req
188. What, in America?
Copy !req
189. It is like saying there is a new car
for Saudi Arabia with the mini bar.
Copy !req
190. One for Israel, the bonnet is made of bacon.
Copy !req
191. Don't smoke cigars in America.
Copy !req
192. It is a magnificent looking thing.
Copy !req
193. Now, a couple of years ago, Ferrari brought out
a car called the 599XX.
Copy !req
194. It's slightly unusual, this, because
it cost you a million quid,
Copy !req
195. but you couldn't take it home with you -
Ferrari kept it.
Copy !req
196. Nor could you drive it on the road,
even if you wanted to, cos it's not road legal
Copy !req
197. AND you couldn't sell it
without Ferrari's permission.
Copy !req
198. The only thing you could do was ring Ferrari and
say "could you take it to such-and-such a track",
Copy !req
199. have a couple of laps on it then
they'd take it away again.
Copy !req
200. Yeah, did anyone actually fall for this?
Yeah, 30 people.
Copy !req
201. 30 people went, "that's a good deal.
I'll have one of those."
Copy !req
202. And now, Ferrari are saying to these 30 people,
Copy !req
203. "if you give us another 200,000, we'll fit the
car you don't actually have with a rear spoiler."
Copy !req
204. 200,000 pounds?
200,000 pounds for that rear spoiler.
Copy !req
205. What's it made from? Spoiler material.
Copy !req
206. It's one of those special, well -
you won't know -
Copy !req
207. it's a DRS spoiler, like you get in Formula 1.
Copy !req
208. I know that, they sell sofas.
Copy !req
209. It opens and closes, depending on whether
you're going round a corner or down a straight.
Copy !req
210. Who are these 30 people that bought those things?
Copy !req
211. I want their e-mail addresses,
because I'd like to sell them a clock.
Copy !req
212. What clock? It's really big,
it's like, on a tower, in London,
Copy !req
213. next to the Houses of Parliament,
and I can sell it...
Copy !req
214. Can they take it home? No, they couldn't
take it home, but it'll be their clock.
Copy !req
215. Good marketing.
Copy !req
216. Oh, no. Here we go. Ready? Standby, everybody.
Copy !req
217. Exciting day today, because this morning
I had my first drive in the new 911.
Copy !req
218. And it's a very good thing.
Copy !req
219. It's not new, Richard. It isn't new.
Copy !req
220. It is new! It isn't.
Copy !req
221. It is! That's the new 911.
Copy !req
222. Okay, right, we've got a photograph here
of the one before.
Copy !req
223. And let's have a look at the one before that.
Copy !req
224. And the one before that.
Copy !req
225. That one is blue,
but they are all exactly the same.
Copy !req
226. They look similar, if you can get
your head around that concept.
Copy !req
227. It is an entirely new 911,
and it is a very good car.
Copy !req
228. I drove it, it had a very good engine.
Copy !req
229. It sounds brilliant. The steering was rubbish.
Copy !req
230. It's not rubbish! What have they done to it?
Copy !req
231. It is different,
it's electric for the first time.
Copy !req
232. So they put electric power steering on
and ruined it.
Copy !req
233. They have ruined it. It's less 911.
Copy !req
234. There you go.
Copy !req
235. Would you agree the steering is rubbish?
It is awful but I agree with you.
Copy !req
236. It is brilliant. And the steering is not appalling
but it does not feel like one any more.
Copy !req
237. If you take away a 911's steering feel,
you've taken away everything.
Copy !req
238. It's a bit like... Does anybody remember,
we sold Fawlty Towers to the Americans, OK?
Copy !req
239. They were going to remake it there and
couldn't make it gel with audiences
Copy !req
240. and they said one of these characters isn't working,
so guess which character they got rid of?
Copy !req
241. Sybil. Not Manuel. The major!
Copy !req
242. Basil!
Copy !req
243. They got rid of Basil Fawlty, so that Fawlty Towers
would work in America and that's what they've done.
Copy !req
244. They've killed the thing that made it unique.
Copy !req
245. So that is the end of the news.
Copy !req
246. So, moving on, normally, when a new Ferrari is
launched, we test it on our track,
Copy !req
247. but with this, the new FF,
we decided to push the boat out.
Copy !req
248. So we decided to take it to the largest,
Copy !req
249. most advanced automotive
test facility in the world,
Copy !req
250. Arjeplog.
Copy !req
251. Arjeplog used to be a small Swedish mining town,
Copy !req
252. slap-bang in the middle of Europe's
last great wilderness.
Copy !req
253. But since the 1980s, it's become the
winter home of Mercedes, Volkswagen, Toyota,
Copy !req
254. General Motors, Ford and Fiat
and Peugeot and Renault.
Copy !req
255. Whatever you drive, chances are,
it was developed here.
Copy !req
256. Ordinarily, the population of this
little town is 3,000,
Copy !req
257. but every year, as the snows begin to fall,
9,000 car engineers descend on the place
Copy !req
258. to make sure that next year's models
start, stop, steer and continue to work
Copy !req
259. even when the temperature falls down
to -30 degrees.
Copy !req
260. So why have we brought this fragile
thoroughbred here?
Copy !req
261. Well, that's simple - because it's the
first Ferrari ever to have four-wheel-drive.
Copy !req
262. This means you can take it onto the test track,
which is on an enormous frozen lake.
Copy !req
263. Sscary.
Copy !req
264. And when you're there, you can do this.
Copy !req
265. I'm pulling shapes, I'm pulling shapes now.
Copy !req
266. Now, I have had more fun than
this in my life, I know I have,
Copy !req
267. I just can't remember the moment when that was.
Copy !req
268. Normally, you wouldn't dream of driving a 6.3-litre
650 horsepower V12 Ferrari, even in a light shower
Copy !req
269. they're for cruising around Juan Les Pins
in your carefully designed topless swimsuit.
Copy !req
270. But this? You can take this to San Moritz!
Copy !req
271. Drink Napoleon brandy without
getting your lips wet.
Copy !req
272. I'm on ice! I've got the traction control off
Copy !req
273. and I'm doing 100 miles an hour.
Yeah, that's what I'm doing.
Copy !req
274. And thanks to the four-wheel-drive system,
I'm fine!
Copy !req
275. Although actually, I'm only sort of fine,
because, if I'm honest,
Copy !req
276. this thing does have
some slightly odd characteristics.
Copy !req
277. It's so... Darting and... Aargh!
Copy !req
278. God. This is very twitchy.
Copy !req
279. It's a dead straight line, but look how much
steering I'm having to do in this thing.
Copy !req
280. I'm endlessly adjusting the throttle,
endlessly sawing away at the wheel
Copy !req
281. just to try and keep pointing
in the right direction.
Copy !req
282. The reason it feels odd is because
Ferrari's four-wheel-drive system
Copy !req
283. is unlike anything we've ever seen before.
Copy !req
284. I'm going to sound like James May now,
but bear with me.
Copy !req
285. In a normal four-wheel-drive car,
Copy !req
286. the engine sends its power through the gearbox
to a transfer box, mounted somewhere here.
Copy !req
287. That splits the power.
Copy !req
288. Some of it goes down the shaft
to the back wheels,
Copy !req
289. some of it down the shaft to those at the front.
Copy !req
290. Obviously, the shaft going to the front
has to go underneath the engine,
Copy !req
291. which means the engine has to be raised.
Copy !req
292. Ferrari say that if you raise the engine,
that's bad for fuel economy, bad for styling,
Copy !req
293. bad for handling, bad for everything
which they say matters.
Copy !req
294. So in the FF, the power going to the back wheels
comes out of the back of the engine
Copy !req
295. and the power going to the front
comes out of the front.
Copy !req
296. This means it has to have two gearboxes.
Copy !req
297. Because the one at the front is only very little,
Copy !req
298. it can only ever handle 20% of the engine's power
Copy !req
299. and if you go into fifth,
it shuts down completely.
Copy !req
300. What it all means though,
is that for the first time ever,
Copy !req
301. you can do this with a Ferrari.
Copy !req
302. But is Ferrari's very complicated solution
really worth it?
Copy !req
303. Bentley would argue that it isn't.
Copy !req
304. This is the new Continental GT.
Copy !req
305. It's a lighter, nimbler, sportier version
of the car Wayne Rooney drives.
Copy !req
306. Instead of the massive, thirsty,
heavy six-litre twin turbo W12 engine in his car,
Copy !req
307. this has a positively microscopic
twin turbo four-litre V8.
Copy !req
308. It also has a conventional
four-wheel-drive system,
Copy !req
309. so does that mean the engine's in the sky
Copy !req
310. and the car wallows about like
an elephant perched on a beach ball?
Copy !req
311. Tell you what, let's find out.
Copy !req
312. Right now, it's very hard to see
why Ferrari has gone to
Copy !req
313. all the trouble of reinventing the wheel,
Copy !req
314. because... if I'm honest, this does not handle
like the Natural History Museum.
Copy !req
315. For a big, old bruiser like this, it's good.
Copy !req
316. I've never been a fan of the Continental,
but I'm loving this.
Copy !req
317. Makes a good noise as well -
a dirty, dirty noise.
Copy !req
318. That is a rude sound.
Copy !req
319. So what we have here are two cars
that appear to be very similar.
Copy !req
320. They're both red, they both have two doors,
four seats and four-wheel-drive -
Copy !req
321. but there are some differences.
Copy !req
322. One sings baritone,
Copy !req
323. one sings tenor.
Copy !req
324. The interior of the Bentley is simple,
classical, elegant.
Copy !req
325. The interior of the Ferrari is a mess -
Copy !req
326. all the knobs are on the steering wheel,
Copy !req
327. there's a rev-counter in front of the passenger
Copy !req
328. and most of the dials make no sense at all.
Copy !req
329. Weirdly though,
the Ferrari is the most practical.
Copy !req
330. It's got a bigger boot than a Renault Scenic
Copy !req
331. and if you fold the back seats down,
Copy !req
332. it's long enough to accommodate
what pass these days for skis.
Copy !req
333. However, the Ferrari is 227,000-
that's 100,000 more than the Bentley.
Copy !req
334. So, what about speed?
Copy !req
335. Well, the next day, we carved a quarter-mile
drag strip into the lake to find out.
Copy !req
336. If this were a dry piece of Tarmac,
the Ferrari would monster it.
Copy !req
337. 650 horsepower, this has 500.
Copy !req
338. Ferrari has more torque and it's lighter.
Much, much lighter.
Copy !req
339. Yes, traction control working well
for a blinding start for the Bentley.
Copy !req
340. Oh, my word, it's in the lead!
Copy !req
341. Come on, Bentley, come on!
Copy !req
342. Getting a bit wobbly now,
and the Ferrari's coming!
Copy !req
343. Oh, no, I can't deal with that power.
Oh, he's got tankslapper on! He is wobbly.
Copy !req
344. But it's closer than I thought!
Copy !req
345. In a straight line,
then, the Ferrari is the quickest,
Copy !req
346. but how would they compare on a circuit?
Copy !req
347. Well, to find out, we need a track,
and luckily, we have one -
Copy !req
348. because what you see here,
bulldozed from the snow,
Copy !req
349. is an inch-perfect replica of Silverstone.
Copy !req
350. Copse, flat-out in a Formula 1 car,
I'm doing 47... And I've got a big slide on.
Copy !req
351. Come on!
Copy !req
352. Right, Chapel. Chapel's a long right, followed
by a gentle left onto the Hangar Straight
Copy !req
353. this is uncanny.
Copy !req
354. Why don't they have Formula 1 races here?
That would be proper comedy!
Copy !req
355. Silverstone on ice.
Copy !req
356. Braking point's a lot earlier here...
Copy !req
357. Argh, surely not! Don't get stuck...
Oh, you stupid, STUPID thing! Man.
Copy !req
358. Having established that our ice version
of Silverstone was all in order,
Copy !req
359. we could now see which car could
get round the fastest.
Copy !req
360. To find out, we need a man skilled in the potent
cocktail of big horsepower and little grip.
Copy !req
361. And luckily, just such a man is arriving now.
Copy !req
362. He's not the Stig's Alpine cousin,
Copy !req
363. he's just The Stig.
Copy !req
364. Apparently he's come all the way
across the North Sea in that.
Copy !req
365. Soon, we had him out of the hovercraft
and into the Ferrari.
Copy !req
366. 5, 4.7, 2.3, one, go!
Copy !req
367. So, here we go. A genuine 208mph racehorse
on one do-or-die lap.
Copy !req
368. Did you go into fifth gear?
Copy !req
369. You went into fifth, didn't you?
Copy !req
370. I said don't go into fifth, it'll just become
rear-wheel drive, and then this'll happen.
Copy !req
371. Eventually, we had him back on track
and look how hard he's having to work.
Copy !req
372. The Ferrari has incredibly complex electronics
and that weird four-wheel-drive system,
Copy !req
373. but this is not a car in which you can relax
Copy !req
374. you have to drive it. You have to work.
Copy !req
375. So, four minutes and four seconds.
Copy !req
376. Then, it was the turn of the Bentley.
Copy !req
377. 5, 4.8, 2.7, 1, Go!
Copy !req
378. but mostly cos it's simpler.
Copy !req
379. It has that conventional four-wheel-drive system
and a normal automatic gearbox,
Copy !req
380. rather than a flappy paddle manual.
Copy !req
381. This is a car in which you can sit back
and let the machine do the work.
Copy !req
382. Its V8 will even run on just
four cylinders to save fuel,
Copy !req
383. but not here - not with Stig at the wheel.
Copy !req
384. Look at him! Not doing anything.
Copy !req
385. But will it be faster? Can it be faster?
Copy !req
386. Coming round Club now, so we'll know soon enough.
Copy !req
387. You hateful imbecile!
Copy !req
388. Now that is actually a surprise -
Copy !req
389. the Bentley did it in 3.51,
so that's 13 seconds quicker.
Copy !req
390. When you are dancing on ice in Lapland,
the Bentley is the fastest.
Copy !req
391. And I am glad about that because,
of the two, this is my favourite.
Copy !req
392. I like it a lot.
Copy !req
393. However, if I was going on a skiing holiday,
I would not use either of these.
Copy !req
394. Because, if I wanted a car that would
get me to St Moritz,
Copy !req
395. and then keep on working when I got there,
Copy !req
396. I would use what the crew has been
using to film me here - A Range Rover.
Copy !req
397. That was about as much fun as you can have.
Copy !req
398. 13 hours to get there but, God, it was fun.
Copy !req
399. Interesting conclusion, though.
Copy !req
400. I have actually driven
the Ferrari on a dry track,
Copy !req
401. and to be honest,
it is not really a driver's car.
Copy !req
402. Neither is the Bentley, and this is why
I arrived at that conclusion.
Copy !req
403. If you don't want the last word
in handling precision -
Copy !req
404. you just want four seats and
something that works on snow -
Copy !req
405. you might as well have the Range Rover.
Copy !req
406. Fair enough. Can I get back to the Ferrari?
Copy !req
407. They have given it that wantonly
complicated four-wheel-drive system,
Copy !req
408. just to lower the engine a bit?
Copy !req
409. I will not dumb it down any more for you,
but that is the essence of it.
Copy !req
410. It does seem a bit mad. It is.
Copy !req
411. I think this is too complicated for its own good.
Copy !req
412. Too big and expensive. It will depreciate like
a chest of drawers falling off a cliff.
Copy !req
413. They should have called it
the Ferrari India Special.
Copy !req
414. My guest tonight has appeared
in Inglourious Basterds, Shame, X-Men, Haywire,
Copy !req
415. in fact, pretty well every film
that has come out in the last six months.
Copy !req
416. He is half-German and half-Irish,
so, ladies and gentlemen,
Copy !req
417. please say, "top of the morgen",
to Michael Fassbender..
Copy !req
418. Now, in the olden days, and
I note children watching will not believe this,
Copy !req
419. it was possible to go to the cinema and see a film
that did not have Michael Fassbender in it.
Copy !req
420. You first came to my attention,
at least, in Inglourious Basterds, with your...
Copy !req
421. Does everyone do that to you in the street?
Copy !req
422. Yeah, exactly. And it still takes me..
I'm like, what's he doing?
Copy !req
423. "I have done 18 films since then!"
Copy !req
424. But Shame is the one people are talking about.
Copy !req
425. You had to do, honestly,
a full frontal nude scene.
Copy !req
426. Was it hard?
Copy !req
427. I mean, this is an impressive sausage.
Copy !req
428. I don't know what to say to that!
Copy !req
429. So, can you say to your mum,
"Would you like to see my new movie?"
Copy !req
430. Exactly, she was actually going to come
and see it in Venice
Copy !req
431. and I said to my mum,
"Sure, come and we will watch it together."
Copy !req
432. Enough months had passed for me to
think it wouldn't be that bad.
Copy !req
433. Luckily, her back was playing up,
she has a bad lower back,
Copy !req
434. and whether that was psychosomatic or not,
I do not know.
Copy !req
435. But, thankfully, she didn't make it,
Copy !req
436. because the first thing my dad said,
because he was behind me,
Copy !req
437. he leaned over and said,
"Thank God your mother isn't here."
Copy !req
438. I have been doing this show for ten years,
and I think in all of that time,
Copy !req
439. only three or four of my friends
have ever asked for tickets for the show.
Copy !req
440. This week, when people discovered
you were coming on, I had to get a minibus,
Copy !req
441. and they are all girls.
Copy !req
442. "Can we come and look at his...?"
Copy !req
443. Lap time. Yes, exactly.
Copy !req
444. Anyway, you have just done Shame,
where you spend the entire time naked.
Copy !req
445. Now you are in a film where you get to
spank Keira Knightley. Yes.
Copy !req
446. That is called Dangerous Method?
Dangerous Method.
Copy !req
447. What is that about? It is sort of focusing
around Freud and Jung,
Copy !req
448. and one of their mutual patients,
Sabina Spielrein, played by Keira,
Copy !req
449. and basically, that sort of relationship,
the meetings of minds between Freud and Jung,
Copy !req
450. and then the fracturing of that relationship,
Copy !req
451. and she is kind of in the centre of it all.
Copy !req
452. I think we have a clip of the trailer,
let us have a look.
Copy !req
453. Sex? Male.
Copy !req
454. Family? Child.
Copy !req
455. Divorce? No.
Copy !req
456. Why should we put so much effort into
suppressing our most basic natural instincts?
Copy !req
457. There is a rumour that you have
taken a real patient as a mistress.
Copy !req
458. Don't you think we should stop? you want to stop?
Copy !req
459. Sometimes you have to do something unforgivable
just to be able to go on living.
Copy !req
460. I'll have some of that.
Copy !req
461. I like a bit of psychoanalysis.
Copy !req
462. When you were reading the script for that
Copy !req
463. and you got to the bit
where you spank Keira Knightley,
Copy !req
464. how much more did you read before
you rang your agent to say you'd do it?
Copy !req
465. It wasn't in the script.
Copy !req
466. I sort of insisted. "Then I'll do it!"
Copy !req
467. But you began, I think I am right in saying,
on Holby City.
Copy !req
468. And then you were in a Guinness advert,
which must have been, well, perfect for you.
Copy !req
469. Yeah, I mean, I said to them, "Is there anyway
you could give me a Guinness credit card,
Copy !req
470. with a white line along the top,
Copy !req
471. which means I can have free Guinness
for the rest of my life?"
Copy !req
472. And did you get it?
Negative.
Copy !req
473. That's annoying.
Copy !req
474. Because you are not wholly Irish.
I am half-German.
Copy !req
475. Half-German, half-Irish.
That is quite an odd combination.
Copy !req
476. Like, "This must be done absolutely perfectly...
Tomorrow."
Copy !req
477. It is that slightly different...
Copy !req
478. One part of me wants to,
you know, be very efficient
Copy !req
479. and the other side is a little bit reckless.
Copy !req
480. And you are a Formula 1 fan?
So, is it Irvine or Schumacher?
Copy !req
481. Schumacher. Schumacher?
So the German side comes out?
Copy !req
482. Still Schumacher,
or have you now switched to Vettel?
Copy !req
483. You know, I gotta say I'm still a Schumacher man.
Copy !req
484. I mean, I would still like to see him get the car
Copy !req
485. I don't know if it would be possible for him
to get up to Vettel's level.
Copy !req
486. He has got it in him.
He is seven time world champion.
Copy !req
487. I am with you. I think he is brilliant.
Copy !req
488. Have you met him? I was lucky to get invited
to Silverstone last year
Copy !req
489. and he did come out of the Mercedes garage
Copy !req
490. and I was running behind him, like a stalker.
Copy !req
491. And I was like, "Schumacher, Schumacher?"
And he kept walking.
Copy !req
492. And he was kind of looking at me
with a bit of a smile
Copy !req
493. and there was a lot of fear in his eyes.
Copy !req
494. So, I did get the chance.
Copy !req
495. Did you do that? No, no, he didn't know
who the hell I was!
Copy !req
496. Obviously, you are a big Formula 1 fan.
Copy !req
497. As far as I can work out,
you have only ever had one car?
Copy !req
498. Yes. It was a Peugeot 306 turbo diesel
Spinnaker special edition.
Copy !req
499. What is that? Was that just a local dealer
putting "Spinnaker" on it
Copy !req
500. and charging an extra 500?
Copy !req
501. Pretty much.
I think it had different coloured seats.
Copy !req
502. I crashed it. I did it in.
Copy !req
503. And that's that. Yeah.
Copy !req
504. And I said to the guy when I brought the car up,
"These damn Peugeots".
Copy !req
505. He was like,
"Well, the fellow at the Peugeot said
Copy !req
506. they're not designed to go
over the kerb at 50mph."
Copy !req
507. So what do you get around on, then,
if your Peugeot is being crashed?
Copy !req
508. I use the motorcycle.
Copy !req
509. I knew you would be happy about this
Copy !req
510. I started with a Speed Triple,
and then I got the GS1200 BMW Adventure..
Copy !req
511. May's got one of those.
It's an amazing piece of equipment.
Copy !req
512. For the weight of it, when it is moving,
it is so well-balanced.
Copy !req
513. Are you allowed to ride bikes
if you are involved in films all the time?
Copy !req
514. Cos I would say, "No. They're too dangerous."
Copy !req
515. Sometimes. I drove the Speed Triple
to Berlin for Inglourious Basterds.
Copy !req
516. They were like, "We have the ticket..."
Copy !req
517. And it was, "No, he will make his own way there."
Copy !req
518. They were like, "OK."
Copy !req
519. And I turned up on the bike,
and they went, "What the!"
Copy !req
520. So, I couldn't ride when I was filming that.
Copy !req
521. No, I just wouldn't allow anybody I knew
and liked to ride a motorcycle.
Copy !req
522. That is why I encourage May and Hammond
to ride theirs as much as possible.
Copy !req
523. So, obviously you came here to do your lap.
Copy !req
524. How was the Stig out there? He is amazing.
Copy !req
525. I think he was probably getting
a bit fed up of me
Copy !req
526. because he is giving me the information
and I'm not putting it to use.
Copy !req
527. He's jealous, because your helmet
is now more famous than his.
Copy !req
528. I am talking about the one he wears in X-Men,
the Magneto helmet.
Copy !req
529. Before you arrived, we had a bit of a problem.
Copy !req
530. We have some footage of the preparation
which we have never had to do before.
Copy !req
531. This is the second to last corner
and it was just sheet ice.
Copy !req
532. We sent our boys out there to
try to get rid of most of it and it didn't help.
Copy !req
533. Well, I mean,
I can't blame the ice, to be honest.
Copy !req
534. Who would like to see the lap? Yes.
Copy !req
535. Let's have a look.
Copy !req
536. It looks dry. Was it slippery?
Copy !req
537. Sweating!
Copy !req
538. It was only really the second-to-last corner
where the ice was really playing.
Copy !req
539. A few times, there was a bit too much squealing,
it was like a pig.
Copy !req
540. That's good.
Copy !req
541. Keeping that tidy, very tidy, actually.
Copy !req
542. This is always a tricky one.
Copy !req
543. A little bit wide. Yeah, way wide on that.
Copy !req
544. A little bit. Not too bad.
Copy !req
545. Hammerhead. How are we going to cope there?
Copy !req
546. I cut that a bit by the looks of it.
A bit wide again.
Copy !req
547. I would say that was all right,
actually, I'll reckon.
Copy !req
548. Yes, all looking smooth as hell.
Copy !req
549. Sweating like a cornered nun.
Copy !req
550. Sweating like a cornered nun?
Where did you get that from?
Copy !req
551. That is where you spun off, on the slow lap?
Yes. Drifted over there.
Copy !req
552. Yep, two wheels off.
Copy !req
553. You can't cut that corner, can you?
Copy !req
554. No, that's tricky. I kept cutting that.
That was a problem.
Copy !req
555. That was all right through Gambon.
Copy !req
556. And there we are, across the line!
Copy !req
557. Where do you reckon?
Copy !req
558. I say I would be happy at about 1:45.
Copy !req
559. OK, 1:45. Somewhere around there.
Copy !req
560. I do not think it will happen now.
Copy !req
561. Well, it was...
Copy !req
562. That ice on the second to last corner...
Copy !req
563. Letting me down gently, I like it.
Copy !req
564. Michael Fassbender, you did it in 1...
Copy !req
565. 40...
Copy !req
566. 2...
Copy !req
567. .. point 8.
Copy !req
568. That is... The third fastest time we ever had!
Copy !req
569. That's all right!
Copy !req
570. With ice on the second-to-last corner!
Copy !req
571. I was not expecting that at all.
Copy !req
572. That is a fantastic time. I am happy with that.
Copy !req
573. I am thrilled you could come.
Copy !req
574. Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Fassbender!
Copy !req
575. In this country, we like to do everything
we possibly can
Copy !req
576. to make life more pleasant for disabled people.
Copy !req
577. We have Pelican Crossings that beep,
Copy !req
578. and we have ramps in front of public buildings,
Copy !req
579. Yes, and there is even a range of
off-road mobility scooters
Copy !req
580. so that people with disabilities
can get out into the countryside and do rambling.
Copy !req
581. Problem is, they don't look very off-roady to us.
Copy !req
582. I mean, this is hardly
a Toyota Land Cruiser, is it?
Copy !req
583. And they are fantastically expensive.
Copy !req
584. This one is 6,500.
Copy !req
585. Yes, and that gave us an idea, could we
do something genuinely worthwhile for once.
Copy !req
586. Could we build an off-road mobility scooter
that does not cost a fortune?
Copy !req
587. Yeah, well, the producers told us
we should go and do exactly that
Copy !req
588. and then meet up in Wales for a series of tests.
Copy !req
589. This is exactly the sort of damp,
muddy countryside that ramblists love.
Copy !req
590. Ideal conditions, then, to test our machines.
Copy !req
591. This is what I have created.
Copy !req
592. I built it from two scooters so
I have ended up with two engines,
Copy !req
593. four-wheel drive, the four at the back
Copy !req
594. and four-wheel steering, the four at the front.
Copy !req
595. It has lawnmower tyres, a sound system
and binoculars for bird-watching
Copy !req
596. and with that in mind, check this out.
Copy !req
597. This is a hide,
that fits over the top of the scooter
Copy !req
598. so I can sneak up silently
without frightening birds,
Copy !req
599. like the pied wagtail
and the... The coot.
Copy !req
600. Crikey!
Copy !req
601. Stephen Hawking has arrived.
Copy !req
602. Weren't you listening to the challenge? Yes.
Copy !req
603. It said mobility scooters, off-road.
Copy !req
604. Forgive me for taking it seriously
Copy !req
605. but as far as I can make out mobility scooters
of the people who have difficulty walking.
Copy !req
606. I'm concerned with people who have no choice
but to be in this, which is a wheelchair.
Copy !req
607. Why shouldn't people in wheelchairs
be able to go rambling?
Copy !req
608. You are right.
Copy !req
609. I was with some disabled children the other day,
confined to wheelchairs,
Copy !req
610. This is not fast, if I am honest,
but it is versatile. It is going there.
Copy !req
611. Once you get into the countryside, don't do that.
Copy !req
612. You have a coffee machine.
Copy !req
613. I have everything, drinks,
sat nav, electronic tablet.
Copy !req
614. You mean an iPad? Exactly.
Copy !req
615. What is this on the back?
It is a gravel dispenser.
Copy !req
616. If you get stuck in a bog.
Copy !req
617. What is this handle for?
Copy !req
618. You are going up or down a steep bit,
Copy !req
619. you wind it and it changes the angle of the seat.
Copy !req
620. At this point the piece of the morning
was shattered by the arrival of the local boy.
Copy !req
621. That is him making that noise, isn't it?
He looks like an idiot.
Copy !req
622. He is an idiot. He's built a half-track.
Copy !req
623. Hello!
Copy !req
624. I know.
Copy !req
625. Where did it say it is supposed to be electric?
Copy !req
626. Isn't it in the regulations?
Copy !req
627. Let me talk you through what I have done.
Copy !req
628. The chassis is composed of two vehicles,
a mobility trike,
Copy !req
629. and it is mated to one of those powered
wheelbarrows that builders used
Copy !req
630. for cutting huge amounts
of stuff over rugged terrain
Copy !req
631. and it has tremendous off-road capability
Copy !req
632. and in such an environment we will need a winch.
Copy !req
633. Not again. Have you mounted it
to the front wings?
Copy !req
634. To the chassis, this time. I have learned.
Copy !req
635. I've got incline-o-meter, because this can
achieve incredible angles of lean.
Copy !req
636. This way, and that way.
Copy !req
637. Jerrycans for extra fuel.
Copy !req
638. This is important. We not only had to
build machines that worked better
Copy !req
639. that what you can buy off the shelf off-road,
Copy !req
640. but were cheaper.
This is the most important thing.
Copy !req
641. Mine, all in, 2,700.
Copy !req
642. 2,400.
Copy !req
643. 1,200 for the trek, 1,200 for the wheelbarrow,
the rest was just sweat and work.
Copy !req
644. Interesting. What was yours?
Copy !req
645. 2,000.
Copy !req
646. That represents a massive saving.
Copy !req
647. There we are. If you were disabled
and you want to go to the countryside...
Copy !req
648. Exactly. Exactly.
Copy !req
649. Obviously we would test our machines
in the hills later
Copy !req
650. but first we had to make sure they work in towns.
Copy !req
651. This is very important,
Copy !req
652. a Range Rover does not just work
in the countryside,
Copy !req
653. it has to work in the city as well.
Copy !req
654. And so must this.
Copy !req
655. What I normally do in towns is
going to the baker's.
Copy !req
656. Morning. Have you got an iced finger?
Copy !req
657. There are many regulations, as you would imagine,
this being Britain,
Copy !req
658. governing the use of mobility scooters
and this meets almost all of them.
Copy !req
659. I'm good for width, I'm good for length,
I'm good for speed.
Copy !req
660. But I do have a problem with weight
and so does my scooter.
Copy !req
661. Excuse me.
Copy !req
662. Would it be... I hate to do this...
Copy !req
663. I am trying to get down there and it is stuck,
I'm so sorry.
Copy !req
664. It is not quite as easy as it looks.
Copy !req
665. Again, sorry.
Copy !req
666. Bye.
Copy !req
667. Police man, I must be careful of the speed limit.
Copy !req
668. I'm allowed to do four miles an hour
in built-up areas.
Copy !req
669. That's more than 4!
Copy !req
670. Feel the speed! The speed!
Copy !req
671. Four miles an hour, officer.
Copy !req
672. You look really uncomfortable in this.
Copy !req
673. It is my first time.
Copy !req
674. The first time you getting,
your feet are going like this.
Copy !req
675. It is all this little wizard's hat.
Copy !req
676. Just down there, come on.
Copy !req
677. Three, two, one, go.
Copy !req
678. Come on!
Copy !req
679. That is all I have got.
Copy !req
680. Here is the big test, will it fit in
a disabled lavatory?
Copy !req
681. Yep!
Copy !req
682. Morning! Just browsing!
Copy !req
683. Ahh.. I'm sorry!
Copy !req
684. Despite the mishaps...
Copy !req
685. We decided our machines work well
in an urban environment
Copy !req
686. so we headed back out to the fields,
where my half-track was even better.
Copy !req
687. It seems able to tackle quite steep slopes
which is potentially good.
Copy !req
688. Easy. Plenty of torque from that petrol engine.
Copy !req
689. The suspension is working,
it climbed up there as if it was not there.
Copy !req
690. Check my wildlife screen, that is a blackbird.
Copy !req
691. I am driving in stealth mode.
Copy !req
692. You can't see that because
I am well camouflaged. And silent.
Copy !req
693. I have to say the four-wheel-drive system
is working magnificently well.
Copy !req
694. The ride is good, the grip is good.
I have built a Land Rover here.
Copy !req
695. Oh, no, I have run over my hide.
Copy !req
696. Since the hide clearly needed more work..
Copy !req
697. The producers told me to get rid of it
and then they gave us a challenge.
Copy !req
698. You will now report to...
Copy !req
699. Where you will take part in an off-road race.
Copy !req
700. Hang on a minute, it gets worse.
Copy !req
701. You will be working as a team
against a group of wounded servicemen
Copy !req
702. who will be using the
off the shelf off-road scooters.
Copy !req
703. The terrain we would have to cross was brutal,
wet grass, mud and steep wooded slopes.
Copy !req
704. The finish line was on a mountain
three kilometres away.
Copy !req
705. And this is who we were up against.
Copy !req
706. You are Nick. Mark. Ben.
Copy !req
707. Let's get your wounds worked out.
Copy !req
708. Spinal injuries.
Copy !req
709. Right leg. So that's nothing..?
Copy !req
710. Kick it as what you want.
Copy !req
711. Gone.
Copy !req
712. And you are? Left arm, right leg.
Copy !req
713. Left arm, right leg? Yeah.
Copy !req
714. How did you do that?
Copy !req
715. As I was spinning down I landed on ground first.
Copy !req
716. Was it a bomb? Yes.
Copy !req
717. Despite their injuries they were confident.
Copy !req
718. Do you think honestly you will beat us? Yes.
Copy !req
719. They're just playing mental games.
Copy !req
720. Put some beers in it.
Copy !req
721. A case of beers. A case of beers.
Copy !req
722. The military boys used their orienteering skills
Copy !req
723. to map out a manageable route for their scooters.
Copy !req
724. Take it easy on the rocky bitt.
Copy !req
725. We, however, was so confident in our engineering,
Copy !req
726. we decided to go as the crow flies.
Copy !req
727. We are being started with the
traditional Welsh hunting horn.
Copy !req
728. Go!
Copy !req
729. Come on! James!
Copy !req
730. This is full speed!
Copy !req
731. I hate it when they make us do a race.
I should have known.
Copy !req
732. Let's get up this hill!
Copy !req
733. There is no question mine is faster than yours!
Copy !req
734. And quieter!
Copy !req
735. Oh, no, my steering's jammed.
Copy !req
736. I'm losing traction completely.
Copy !req
737. Go forward, go forward.
Do a bit of convoy formation here, lads.
Copy !req
738. That's a good effort.
Copy !req
739. Yes! Now I can just engage seat angle alteration.
Copy !req
740. While Sir Randolph May was stuck..
Copy !req
741. What have you done?
Copy !req
742. ..I went to help the orang-utan.
Copy !req
743. Try and get the bodywork off the wheel.
Copy !req
744. If you try and turn the wheel to the left.
Copy !req
745. This is teamwork now, isn't it?
Copy !req
746. We're actually doing teamwork.
Copy !req
747. What am I thinking of?
Copy !req
748. I've got my gravel system to deploy.
Copy !req
749. Watch this.
Copy !req
750. Pulling the string dispenses gravel from the hopper
in front of the wheels, improving traction.
Copy !req
751. Deploy...
Copy !req
752. Hang a right.
Copy !req
753. Right, go, go, go!
Copy !req
754. Having mended Jeremy's scooter,
Thunderbird One then had to rescue me.
Copy !req
755. Oh, this is just... glorious. Tremendous!
Copy !req
756. Stop it!
Copy !req
757. They're down there, look. There.
Copy !req
758. Losers.
Copy !req
759. How did you get there?
Copy !req
760. We'll see you at the end.
Copy !req
761. I feel a crate of beer coming on.
Copy !req
762. Hammond! They're ahead of us!
Copy !req
763. Go.
Copy !req
764. Left here, Ben!
Copy !req
765. Go on, go, go, go.
Copy !req
766. Worried by the progress of our rivals,
Copy !req
767. Hammond and I stopped to discuss our colleague.
Copy !req
768. I mean, look at him. He's pretty pointless.
Copy !req
769. There is a bit of a rise in the terrain, there.
Copy !req
770. Nope.
Copy !req
771. Do we, in these unique circumstances,
merely leave him? Mm-hm.
Copy !req
772. Or shoot him and leave him?
Copy !req
773. Because we were working as a team,
we decided to just leave him.
Copy !req
774. I feel bad. I do. I feel bad. I'm getting better!
Copy !req
775. Right... I think... That way.
Copy !req
776. Pro Rider Road King is doing well here.
A moment of actual progress.
Copy !req
777. Mate, we're rolling.
Copy !req
778. I was rolling, too,
and had left Jeremy far behind.
Copy !req
779. It's getting very muddy now, but that's OK.
Copy !req
780. This is where tracks are absolutely perfect.
Copy !req
781. Nav check. Be careful, man.
Copy !req
782. That was that road we saw on top of the ridge.
Copy !req
783. We're doing well, we're doing well.
Copy !req
784. It's going to get tricky up there,
them contour lines.
Copy !req
785. Yeah. Keep doing what we're doing.
Copy !req
786. Sportster, this is Pro Rider Road King, come in.
Copy !req
787. I may need your winch a tiny bit.
Copy !req
788. Oh, God.
Copy !req
789. Once again,
I had to abandon my pursuit of our rivals
Copy !req
790. to go and rescue the orang-utan.
Copy !req
791. What have you done?
Copy !req
792. Let it rock. Go on!
Copy !req
793. Yeah, that's much better.
Copy !req
794. That isn't. Oh, no!
Copy !req
795. Lovely jubbly! Go, go, go.
Copy !req
796. The Pro Rider was eventually righted, but this
teamwork nonsense wasn't getting us anywhere.
Copy !req
797. Ram me!
Copy !req
798. Jeremy... Go.
It's going to be dark by the time I get there.
Copy !req
799. Mate, I'm going to. Go. Be the team.
Copy !req
800. And beat the soldiers on the Top Gear thing
that has suddenly become. Yes.
Copy !req
801. I'm not giving in, but I don't
want you to wait any more.
Copy !req
802. So long, Pro Rider.
Copy !req
803. Obviously, the servicemen were in the lead,
Copy !req
804. but they were still taking the long way round.
Copy !req
805. If I'm going to stand a chance
of preserving my team's honour,
Copy !req
806. I'm going to have to go straight up.
Copy !req
807. To help me, my rivals were starting to struggle.
Copy !req
808. We're through.
Copy !req
809. Lesser vehicles would have been
just stumped by that.
Copy !req
810. Landed right on my GPS.
Copy !req
811. Meanwhile, much further back...
Copy !req
812. Now that my weight is on
the back wheels, I have traction.
Copy !req
813. Oh, yeah. I'm surfing now.
Copy !req
814. If we bend it outwards...
Copy !req
815. Mark's control panel had snapped off in the fall,
Copy !req
816. and getting it fixed again had
cost them precious time.
Copy !req
817. Did you hear that? Yeah, I can hear some engine.
Copy !req
818. I can hear Hammond. Hammond?
Copy !req
819. There's no BLEEP way he could have
got up here that fast. Go, go.
Copy !req
820. Come on, don't stop, old Sportster!
Copy !req
821. I've got to pick my lines,
keep it as level as I can.
Copy !req
822. That's it, the summit's there.
That's it, that's the summit.
Copy !req
823. Wahey! It's a race to the finish line.
Copy !req
824. That's got to be the summit up there.
Copy !req
825. Come on! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Copy !req
826. Last push now, boys.
Copy !req
827. I'm going to make it!
Copy !req
828. Keep going, keep going. Go, go, go.
Copy !req
829. Last little bit.
Copy !req
830. Yes! This is it. This is the summit.
Copy !req
831. All right, lads?
Copy !req
832. Welcome.
Copy !req
833. Well done, mate. Well done, well done.
Copy !req
834. It's just me.
Copy !req
835. Meanwhile, far, far away...
Copy !req
836. Now, look at this. It's a 17th-century pub.
Copy !req
837. And look at that step there. If you were
in a normal conventional electric wheelchair,
Copy !req
838. that would be game over and no pint.
Copy !req
839. But now, watch this. Full power.
Copy !req
840. Hang on.
Copy !req
841. Oh, COCK
Oh, cock.
Copy !req
842. Still, could be worse.
Copy !req
843. Fenton! Fenton!
Copy !req
844. Fenton! Oh, Jesus Christ!
Copy !req
845. Mine was terrible.
Copy !req
846. I'm glad I pushed it down the hill
and made Fenton jokes about it.
Copy !req
847. Because it was rubbish.
Copy !req
848. I'm sorry. What?
Copy !req
849. Mine was a lot worse.
Copy !req
850. I have to say, mine was brilliant. Er, it wasn't!
Copy !req
851. It was. It was the only one who made it.
Copy !req
852. I don't think you were, Hammond,
because you were beaten by these chaps.
Copy !req
853. I was, I was.
Copy !req
854. So, James, have you got something for them?
Copy !req
855. Yes, it is an absolute pleasure, gentlemen,
to give you, as promised, beer,
Copy !req
856. Well done, guys. Well done, chaps.
Copy !req
857. You've earned it.
Copy !req
858. Now, can I just ask, because, as you know,
Copy !req
859. Top Gear is famous throughout
the world for its consumer advice,
Copy !req
860. so which one of these three
would you say was the best?
Copy !req
861. This one wins hands down.
Copy !req
862. The trike? Yeah.
Copy !req
863. But that's still expensive. What is it, five...
Copy !req
864. 5,000. It's 5,000.
Copy !req
865. I think I've got the answer to this, actually.
Copy !req
866. It's carmakers.
Copy !req
867. Because you know how
they are always branching out
Copy !req
868. and they make things like trendy designer kettles
and overpriced carbon fibre mountain bikes,
Copy !req
869. why don't they just stop all that
and concentrate on
Copy !req
870. making an affordable, off-road wheelchair
or scooter that works?
Copy !req
871. If you think about it,
this is a really good idea.
Copy !req
872. Carmakers making wheelchair, this is a good idea.
Copy !req
873. It is a good idea, and it's on Top Gear.
Copy !req
874. And that is a bombshell, so let's end quickly.
Copy !req
875. See you next week, take care, good night!
Copy !req