1. Tonight, a BMW i8 at full chat
in the Yorkshire Moors...
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2. the cream of Hollywood
on our track...
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3. and a pointless thing
about old Land Rovers.
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4. Thank you, everybody, thank
you! Thank you so much.
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5. Thank you, and welcome.
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6. Welcome to what is, for the
first time in many years,
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7. an actual car show.
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8. We've packed it with many facts
and a lot of informations.
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9. And we're starting the ball rolling
with this, the Mercedes SLS.
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10. This was one of my favourite cars
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11. and I was very sad when
they stopped making it.
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12. But, happily, there
is now a replacement,
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13. which I haven't been
driving on the track...
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14. because James has.
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15. This is what they've come up with.
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16. It's called the AMG GT.
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17. And it costs between
£97,000 and £120,000.
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18. Now, I have to be entirely
honest with you -
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19. when I woke up this morning and
got out of bed to come and drive
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20. this car, it was with a certain
amount of disquiet.
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21. I've always thought that
AMG Mercedes are a bit -
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22. as my mother would say - unnecessary.
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23. I don't like the
Stormtrooper body kit look.
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24. I don't really like those
pseudo-special forces names
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25. like "SLS" and "Black".
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26. Jeremy likes them a lot.
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27. With this car, however, you sense
that something is different,
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28. that everything's
a bit more grown-up.
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29. See, their last coupe,
the SLS, had a massive,
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30. and again, not entirely
necessary, 6.2-litre V8.
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31. This car also has a V8,
but it's a brand-new one
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modest four litres.
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33. Because of that,
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34. you might expect it to take a little
longer to get from A to B.
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35. However...
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36. The 0-60 time in that 6.2-litre
SLS was 3.8 seconds.
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37. On this, the four-litre car, it is...
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38. exactly the same.
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39. The top speeds are almost
exactly the same as well,
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40. both up in the high 190s.
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41. Strewth!
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42. And AMG has achieved this by
using brains to make the brawn.
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43. This car has two turbochargers.
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44. Normally, turbochargers would
be bolted onto the outside of
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45. the engines, but on this car, they
live inside the V of the engine.
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46. What this means is the
engine is more compact,
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47. the turbos are more efficient.
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48. So this car costs £50,000
less than the old SLS,
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49. it uses a lot less fuel and
it still goes just as quickly.
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50. That is what they call on
The Apprentice a "win-win".
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51. And then there's the styling,
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52. which also has a new
level of sophistication,
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53. with an interior that's more James
Bond than Fast And Furious.
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54. On the outside, it's
much the same story.
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55. These doors are perfectly conventional
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56. in and out sort of doors.
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57. They are NOT like those idiotic
gull-wing things you get on the SLS,
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58. which makes it look as if it's
sniffing its own armpits.
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59. This rear spoiler is
actually an option,
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60. but even that, by AMG's
standards, is quite discreet.
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61. In fact, the whole thing is quite
pretty. Quite classic, even.
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62. And now we must move on to
cornering, an activity where
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63. AMG normally scores maximum
points for mentalness.
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64. This is, when all's said and done,
a 503 horsepower rear-wheel drive
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65. muscle car, and that sounds like
a recipe for extreme trickiness.
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66. In fact, you can corner
quickly in this thing,
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67. and without soiling your trousers.
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68. Which, once again, is thanks
to intelligent engineering.
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69. In a normal car, the
engine and the gearbox,
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70. they're just dead weight hanging
in there and they move around a bit
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71. and sort of spoil the balance
as you go round corners.
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72. In this car, the mountings
for all that stuff are active.
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73. So, as you go through a bend,
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74. they stiffen up to keep
all that weight in check.
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75. It's a bit like the way a cat can
walk along the top of a fence
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76. using its tail to keep
itself in balance.
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77. However, if, like Jeremy,
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78. you want to devour your back tyres
in one sitting, you still can.
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79. Yes, thank you!
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80. And then, there's the noise.
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81. Are you ready? Here we go.
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82. I hate it when my prejudices
are demolished,
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83. but this card is giving me the fizz.
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84. What I like most of all is that
the GT is cleverly designed
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86. I'm just going to quieten it down.
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87. Turn off the manual change,
the noisy exhaust.
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88. We'll put it back into comfort mode,
comfort suspension... There you go.
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89. When you turn all that off, it turns
into this incredibly civilised,
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90. long-legged cruiser.
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91. I like what they've done.
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92. They've got rid of the Andy McNab
names and all that nonsense
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93. and given us an AMG for grown-ups.
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94. I'm glad I got out
of bed this morning.
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95. It's what I've been saying
for a long time.
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96. So there you go, May.
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97. Ha-ha-ha! I've been saying for
ages, AMG Mercs are brilliant.
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98. Yes, there are couple of massive
problems with this one, though.
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99. - What?
- Well, firstly, it reminds me of you.
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100. - The second one is that, to be honest,
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101. for not much more than
half the price of this,
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102. you could have a Nissan GT-R,
which, as we have established,
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103. is the finest car in the world.
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104. It's certainly up there,
I will grant you that.
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105. But I'll tell you what we'll do,
we'll sort it out on the track, OK?
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106. We'll see how fast this
one can get round.
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107. That of course means handing it
over to our tame racing driver.
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108. Some say that last week, he won
a BAFTA for Best Original Smell.
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109. And that when he dies, he
thinks he'll go to Devon.
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110. All we know is, he's called The Stig!
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111. And he's... not in the car.
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112. Oh, yes, Stig not happy about
Ricciardo's lap... He's punched him!
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113. He's punched him! That's bad.
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114. He's really not happy
about that fast lap.
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115. He's in the car now, and he's
off. A wheel-spinning start.
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116. Obviously in a furious temper.
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117. 503 horsepower thundering
through the light but strong
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119. Oh, he's vandalised the first corner.
He is really very annoyed.
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120. But he is driving beautifully.
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121. Another slice of the calming
Carpenters there.
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122. Through Chicago, looking very fast
and very controlled. Now Hammerhead.
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123. James says this car can suffer
from snap understeer,
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124. so let's see what happens.
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125. No, not a thing. It's worth
remembering, of course,
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126. that James suffers
from being a moron.
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127. OK, into the Follow Through,
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128. banging up the double clutch gearbox,
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129. letting the perfect balance of
the transaxle layout do its stuff.
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130. Just a stab of brakes past the tyres.
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131. Stig pretending the pedal
is an Australian's face.
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132. Two corners to go... Oh, he's
hot through there but very tidy.
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133. Only Gambon left.
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134. Laser-guided through there,
and across the line!
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135. I have the time here.
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136. Ready?
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137. It did a 1.17.5.
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138. And that is... Well, look.
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139. That's quicker than the
old SLS Black and, ahem,
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140. quicker than the Nissan GT-R.
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141. Which shows, James, that you don't
know what you're talking about.
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142. Hmm, interesting. Didn't actually
feel like it would be that fast
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143. when I was driving it, to be honest.
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144. No, that's because... yeah,
YOU were driving it.
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145. Right, and now we must do the news.
And we start with big news.
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146. This is the biggest news we've
had in a long time, I would say.
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147. Because Ford, for the very first
time, is making the Mustang
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148. in right-hand drive and will be
bringing it to the UK officially.
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149. You can buy them over
here. There it is.
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150. Two versions - you can have a
four-cylinder EcoBoost for £28,000,
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151. or for £33,000, a five-litre V8.
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152. Mm, the one I want, though,
is the Shelby, the 350...
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153. - GT, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- .. or something like that.
It's 520 horsepower V8.
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154. - That's the one. There it is, look.
- It looks brilliant.
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155. But you can't, they're not
bringing that one here.
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156. - They're not selling that one to us.
- Why?
- It's going to Canada in a year.
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157. Yeah, I know, but so is
the internet, but that...
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158. But that's not coming
here, no, we can't...
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159. - Why won't they sell it to us?
- I don't know.
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160. But you must be very looking forward to a
right-hand drive Mustang, Richard Hammond.
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161. Yeah, you'd think... No, not really.
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162. Because I don't want a
right-hand drive Mustang.
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163. Once it becomes right-hand drive,
it's like it's trying too hard
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164. to be British and sophisticated
and something it's not.
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165. I know what you mean. It's like
when Americans come over here
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166. and start using words like "bloody".
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167. And they say, "I'm going
to the bloody pub!"
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168. - It doesn't sound right. It's the same.
- Exactly, it is.
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169. Or they say "mate". They try and say
"mate", but it just doesn't work.
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170. Yes, cos they think we're
Crocodile Dundee,
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171. - cos it's all the same, cos
they haven't got atlases.
- Yeah.
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172. So that, realistically, should
be called, now it's coming here,
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173. the "Ford Bloody Quid Mate".
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174. Should be its name! Ooh, now...
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175. Can I just do a survey?
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176. How many people here enjoyed the
ambulance film we did last week?
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177. Yes!
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178. OK, you see, the problem we have
is that we've had an electronic
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179. communication from a man called
Mr E36-Man-4000, who says,
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180. "Dear so-called Top Gear, I HATED
your thing on ambulances.
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181. "Why don't you stick to cars?"
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182. Shall we show Mr... What's
he called, Mr Hashtag?
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183. Shall we show him what
this show would be like
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185. - Yeah, OK.
- Yeah, all right.
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186. I tell you what I drove this week...
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187. - Volkswagen Passat diesel.
- Did you?
- Mm.
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189. I also drove an Audi TT.
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190. - Which is much nicer than you'd think.
- OK.
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191. Actually, I've been driving the
new Porsche 911 Turbo, which is
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192. very fast but surprisingly quiet.
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193. Oh, is it? Mm-hm.
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194. Um, Aston Martin have built
a new one-off for a Bond film.
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195. - It's called the DB10.
- Yeah, mm.
Ooh!
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196. - I don't think much of that, actually.
- I don't like the way it looks.
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197. - No, I don't.
- No, I do.
- OK.
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198. - Erm, Vauxhall...
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200. I've got nothing on that.
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201. Shall we give up on car news?
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202. I'm going to take charge again,
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203. because I want to talk about
something else, right?
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204. I want to talk about some
experts who said last week
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205. they wanted to rip up all of Britain's
railway lines and replace
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206. them with motorways that would
then only be used by coaches.
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207. - And I think that would be a shame.
- Why would that be a shame?
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208. Because I like having
coaches on motorways.
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209. - Why?
- Because you can drive alongside
them and use their Wi-Fi.
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211. You can, honestly! Have you
not done that? It's fabulous.
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212. My kids always say, "Daddy,
Daddy, slow down to 70."
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213. - I mean, sorry, "Speed up to 70."
- Yeah.
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214. "Catch the coach, quickly,
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215. "so we can snapchat this
picture of a poo I've done."
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216. They do!
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217. - So it's like a free roaming Wi-Fi?
- Exactly! Do it on the way home.
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219. Now, a few years ago, we improved
police cars, and last week,
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220. - we improved ambulances.
- Yes, we did.
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221. We are now the emergency service
for the emergency services.
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222. Yeah, we are. That's what we are.
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to us and said, "Right,
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224. "when are you going to
improve fire engines?"
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225. Mm! No, but there's
a... No, actually...
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226. We've looked into this
and there's a problem,
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227. because if you have to build
a vehicle big enough for all
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228. the water you need and pumps
and ladders and buckets
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229. and six burly men, and
women, in Wellingtons,
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230. what you end up with
is a fire engine.
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231. - Yeah.
- But, specifically, a British
fire engine. That's important.
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232. Yeah, not one of those stupid
American ones where all
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233. - the firemen stand on the outside.
- They do!
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234. So you get there and there's nobody
on board to put the fire out!
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235. Do you know what I like about
the British fire engine?
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236. It says "Dennis" on the front.
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237. Dennis is a reassuring name.
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238. A Dennis would remember
to return your lawn mower.
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239. It is interesting, actually, because American
fire engines have really stupid names.
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240. I've got a picture of an
American fire engine here.
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- Fire Engine.
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242. No, it's called The Igniter.
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- Exactly!
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246. - They've probably got an ambulance
called The Haemorrhage.
- Yes.
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248. had a go at a proper road
test in a one-off car show
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249. - and now it's my turn.
- Try not to muck it up.
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250. No, no, no, relax, this is going
to be a blizzard of facts
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251. because I'm going to talk
about the new BMW M3.
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252. It has a smaller engine
than the old model,
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253. three litres rather than four.
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254. It has two fewer cylinders,
but it is turbo-charged,
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255. so you get a little bit more
horsepower and 111 more torques.
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256. That means it's four
seconds a lap faster
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257. round our track than the old car.
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258. And four seconds is a huge
gulf because, remember,
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259. that was already five
seconds a lap faster
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260. round the Ascari track in Spain
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261. than the equivalent
Mercedes and Audi,
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262. so this is properly quick
AND it's more economical,
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263. but, and this is the big one,
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264. is it nicer to drive?
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265. Well, here it is, slithering
about on our track.
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266. Look at that. I mean, that's
just... the M3 signature dish.
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267. But, straightaway, I must tell
you there is a bit of a niggle.
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269. in a corner, which you can,
easily, because it's an M3,
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hard to hold the drift
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271. because the power steering is now
electric rather than hydraulic.
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272. Going round a corner like this
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273. is like wrestling with the tail
of an excitable crocodile.
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274. It's not just hard to hold the slide,
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275. it's also hard to straighten
up again afterwards.
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277. Now, I admit, in the real world,
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278. this isn't going to be
much of a problem...
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280. And anyway, you can solve
it by taking the steering
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281. out of Sport Plus mode and
putting it in Comfort mode.
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282. Then everything is fine.
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283. Oh, yeah!
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284. In fact, everything
is more than fine,
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285. everything is absolutely sublime!
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286. I'm not going to beat about
the bush, this car is...
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288. It's well made, it's
got seating for four,
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289. it's got a decent-sized boot,
it's comfortable, it's quiet,
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290. it's got lots of standard equipment.
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291. In many ways, this car
is like the perfect dog -
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292. it's loyal, it's cute,
it doesn't chase sheep,
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293. it doesn't go wrong all the time
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294. and yet, if a burglar
comes, it has the power
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296. "Look at me! I'm an attack dog now!
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297. "I'm fierce and bitey!"
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298. And that really is that.
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299. It is a fabulous, wonderful car
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300. and if you have £56,000 lying around,
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302. Or should you?
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in strange times.
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304. Environmental times.
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305. And BMW has another new
car which reflects that.
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306. It's one of the most talked-about
cars in years and this is it.
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307. It's called the i8 and it's a hybrid,
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308. which means it's powered
by an electric motor
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309. and a tiny three cylinder, 1.5 litre,
turbo-charged petrol engine.
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310. That doesn't sound
like much of a recipe.
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glorified Toyota Prius,
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312. but let me give you
the headline figures.
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314. and 134 miles to the gallon.
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315. And because it's so economical,
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316. you get a £5,000 grant from
the government if you buy one,
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London Congestion Charge
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318. and the road-tax bill,
as you can see here, is...
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320. It really does sound, then,
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prayers, but does it?
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322. Are pure-bred petrolheads
like me really going to say,
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323. "Mm, yes, what I really want next
is a three-cylinder hybrid?"
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324. Well, that is what I'm
going to try and find out.
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navigation for Whitby
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326. in North Yorkshire and, obviously,
in a car as futuristic as this,
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328. you trace the letters you
want on this pad here,
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guidance started.'
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chosen Whitby is,
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336. A, you get the best fish and
chips and the world there
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337. and, B, the M3 we saw earlier
is waiting for me there,
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I will face a simple choice.
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home in that or this?
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340. With the sat nav looking for the
most economical route to Whitby,
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341. I put my sensible head
on and settled down
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342. for a 200 mile fact-finding mission.
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three driving modes.
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346. It gives you a range of 20 miles,
19 more than you get from a Prius
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347. and probably enough for you
to do your morning commute.
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348. Then, if you move the
gear lever over here,
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means the electric motor
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350. and the petrol engine are working
together to give 352 horsepower
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351. and it makes the car sort of
firm and bitey and Nurburgringy.
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352. But, since we are on the A1,
I shall go for... comfort mode.
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motor in the front,
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a two-speed automatic gearbox.
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engine at the back,
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a six-speed automatic gearbox.
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electric motor at the back,
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all sorts of clever things.
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to drive than that...
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hatchback thing there.
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gear lever, accelerator,
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368. If you're driving in comfort mode,
you're not really charging up
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369. the batteries and, eventually,
they are going to go flat.
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370. One solution is to
turn off the motorway
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372. but, as you're about to see,
this is not to be recommended.
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to charge, let me show you
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can get with your i8, OK?
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set the air conditioning
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do that remotely, but you can.
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to find a feature on here
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another i8 for a good time.
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you would be completely stuffed,
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over here to engage sport mode
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up as I drive along.
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397. What's more, in sport mode,
the i8 is properly fast.
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were going to make a hybrid
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a Chevrolet Corvette, but...
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I was in the North.'
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is where I grew up.
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back then, but now look.
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Yorkshire Moors.'
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staggers you most of all.
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using nothing but thought.
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417. And because the heavy battery pack
is located in the middle of the car,
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same centre of gravity as...
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420. Couple that to the
four-wheel-drive system and, honestly,
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any speed that takes your fancy.
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making for the batteries.
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speeding in this car,
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from Greenpeace.
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with this environmental stuff,
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we all need to remember.'
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has limited resources
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can to eke them out.
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has, effectively, two engines.
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of conspicuous consumption
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438. The thing is, though,
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world to make a car like that,
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one for you and I,
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immense, because that car...
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World Symphony by Dvorak
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breathtaking as that view.
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446. 'With the advert for Yorkshire
over, I got back on the road.'
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in silent electric mode,
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by driving quickly on the moors.
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clear from this car.
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planet, drive fast.
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452. 'After a short eco drive through
the pretty fishing port of Whitby...
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I faced a very difficult choice.'
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more difficult choice.
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I drive back to London?'
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ever had to make between cars, ever.
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459. It's like the M3 is the best
of where we've come from
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460. and the i8 is where going.
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a moment in history...
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around hundreds of years
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somebody came along with a laptop.
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- Hold on, hold on, hold on.
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are our resident dinosaur.
- I am.
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- But in the film...
- Yes, I know.
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474. The thing is, I've had some time
to do some thinking since then
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bits and bobs on the i8
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477. I mean, rear visibility is atrocious,
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doesn't go all the way down,
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with your arm hanging out
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an i8 has just been bought
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483. - And it gets worse.
- How can it get worse than that?
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it can do 134 miles to the gallon,
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485. but have a guess how many miles
to the gallon I averaged.
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- No.
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- No!
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- No, James!
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the same sort of thing
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491. and it only has a tiny little
fuel tank, seven gallons,
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stopping for fuel all the time.
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493. So, when you said, "It's a laptop,"
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494. - it's one of those really early-days laptops?
- It is.
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make no mistake about that,
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496. but they are not there just yet.
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497. So, anyway, let's move on, let's put
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498. Now, my guest tonight was
Jordan Belfort's wife
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500. one of my favourite films
of the modern age.
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501. She is now in a new film and
she's brought along her co-star,
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504. Oh, heavens above!
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505. Look what we've got for you!
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506. Yeah, we got you as well.
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507. - Good to see you.
- Good to see you both.
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510. - Have a seat! Have a seat!
- This is fantastic!
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511. - Wow!
- Is it really fantastic?
- This is great.
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the trailers we have.
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514. - The trailers! Oh! Those trailers, yeah.
- They're really nice.
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515. - You know...
- Will set his bar very high
with trailers, though, so...
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- Yes, his trailer is pimped.
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518. The trailer, you know, it
has to be, like, you know,
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519. you got to hook it up, have a stereo
system, you know, it has to...
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the roof... if I recall.
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I'm just saying!
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524. That's going to get us
in trouble, there we go!
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525. Already in trouble
where my mind's gone!
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ago, you were in Neighbours.
- Yeah.
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which is an Aussie TV...
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528. - I know what neighbours is!
- Don't pretend you know.
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what show I did in Australia,
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530. a very popular show, and
you said it started with C.
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531. - I couldn't remember the name.
- There's no C in it.
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532. I just can't see Will Smith
finishing his day going,
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533. "You know what, I think
I'll watch Neighbours."
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534. "Ooh, 6.30, my show's on!"
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535. - Russell Crowe started in that, didn't he?
- Mm.
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536. What's his name, Guy Pearce was
another one. Kylie is another one.
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537. - Yes, yes.
- I was wondering, do you
know Coronation Street?
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538. - Cos that's produced...
- I know all those shows, man!
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539. - You don't! And you won't because...
- I got the DVDs and everything!
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540. It's just unbelievable, I'm afraid.
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541. I know all about this,
the Coronation Street
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542. and Neighbours and all those.
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543. EastEnders, yeah.
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544. - Now, em, you are over here,
obviously, to promote a film.
- Yes.
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545. It's called Focus, but it isn't
about the small Ford hatchback,
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546. which will have disappointed
some people in here. It's...
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547. Well, it's a love story between
you two, which is rather sweet.
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548. - Yeah.
- It's interesting, it's...
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549. My character plays a
conman, a master thief,
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550. and part of being a master
thief is he's a liar and...
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551. he meets Margot's character,
Jess, and falls madly in love
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loving don't go together too well.
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553. They go together OFTEN, but
they don't go together WELL.
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554. - I believe we have a clip,
which we can show now.
- OK.
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555. - I wouldn't trust him, if I were you.
- But I should trust you?
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556. - You've got a problem.
- I am going to kill you.
- Kill me later.
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557. - You lost everyone's money, my money?
- Hey!
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558. - Wow!
- Wow!
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559. - This is your mess.
- I think you're losing it.
- Whoa! Whoa!
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560. - Then why did you come up here?
- Professional curiosity.
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561. And I like boobs. You know,
I figured it was a win-win.
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562. 'At the end of the day,
this is a game of focus.'
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563. Did you notice when I had my shirt
off? You noticed, didn't you?
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564. Did you see that shot? I just want
to know if you saw the shot!
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565. That's what everyone took
away from the trailer.
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566. - Margot had her trousers off.
- Oh, yes! You saw that!
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567. - Slightly more distracting.
- I get that. I get that.
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a million times, but I've never...
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569. Well, I have seen Margot
with no clothes on.
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570. I've never seen you...
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571. - This just got awkward.
- It did.
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572. Now, one of the things that
make it even more awkward
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573. - is you filmed quite a lot
of the movie in Argentina.
- Yes. Yeah.
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574. - How did that go for you?
- For me?
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575. It was good. It was good, man.
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576. - Argentina's fantastic.
- Is it?
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577. - What's wrong with Argentina?
- What's wrong with Argentina? What happened?
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578. - Every
- thing!
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579. The thing is... Well, I enjoyed
it and best of luck with it.
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580. - Well, thank you, man.
- When's it open?
- When does it open?
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driving since you were naught
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584. because it's such a vast area.
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585. Yeah, it's huge, but, yeah,
in our family, the rule was
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you could like, you know,
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588. and you could have the car on your
own when you reached double digits,
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589. - so when you were ten, you were allowed to...
- Wow.
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590. And I remember being nine years old
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591. and arguing with the parents, being
like, "Guys, this is absurd.
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592. "I'm not like..." And they're
like, "No, you're nine.
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593. "You have to wait another year."
And I was like, "This is...
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594. "I can't believe this.
This is ridiculous."
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595. - Have you been out to the outback?
- The out... No, no, no.
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You went racial.
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599. It was a candy apple-red
IROC Z, a Camaro.
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600. - Apparently you don't have those here.
- No, we don't. No.
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602. I was thinking, "Maybe this would
indicate you don't know about cars,"
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603. and then I started to look
into some of the lyrics.
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604. - Are you familiar with the
lyrics of the early songs?
- Oh, jeez.
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- Yes.
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607. I remember that. Yeah,
I know that one.
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611. - Who's the kid in the drop?
- Who else?
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- Will Smith.
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613. - Now, drop, I presume, means drop-top.
- Drop-top, yes.
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616. No, no, hold on.
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619. - In the United States, we do a
thing where we customise our cars.
- Yeah.
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620. - Can I just give you another one?
- This is brilliant.
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Do you know the next bit?
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622. - Yes, yes, yes.
- Nice flow.
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623. - Nice flow. Hot like nitro.
- Cool as ice, though.
- Cool as ice, though.
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624. - That's a dichotomy.
- Do you know what a Maestro is?
- You've got one?
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628. - I'll bet.
- No, it's making my eyes water.
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629. We've done enough of this now.
We want to get onto your laps.
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630. - OK, yeah.
- How did you enjoy it out there?
- It was really fun.
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631. - You...
- No, it's fantastic.
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in the United States,
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633. - the stick is on the other side...
- Yeah.
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635. That's an advantage
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636. because you're used to driving...
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637. - Which is why he's mentioning it right now.
- He's already started.
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638. Like, "In case she
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639. - It's the whole switching the side thing.
- In case her time was better.
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640. OK. Margot, you went first and...
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641. Well, there was a bit of an off.
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644. I said specifically, "Let's not
let Will know that that happened."
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645. Let's have a look. Come on. Let's
play the tape. Margot's off.
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646. Oh, wow, it's Chicago. It's
understeer at Chicago.
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647. - It's Ian! It's Ian!
- Oh!
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649. Sorry!
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650. And he's dead!
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651. - Margot, we have...
- I am sorry about that.
- No, relax.
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652. We've got a little present for you.
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653. It's the landing light you hit.
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654. You can take that home as a souvenir
of your trip to Top Gear.
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655. I'm so sorry about that.
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656. - Ladies first!
- So, Margot, let's have a look at your lap.
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657. This is going to end in a fist fight.
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658. Right, here we go.
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661. Let's have a look at this.
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662. - Good dab of the brakes.
- It feel so much faster in the car.
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the slower you look...
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664. Oh, I don't know. There's a lot of
understeer there. That's ballsy.
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665. Oh, God.
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666. Here we go. Are going to make
it without running over Ian?
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667. Oh, waving to Ian! There's a little
wave there. That was nice.
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669. Big corner, don't brake,
don't brake, don't brake!
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670. Don't brake! Don't brake!
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671. - You do look like you're
concentrating in there.
- Yeah.
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672. Trying not to hit anyone
this time round.
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the look of this.
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674. - Yes.
- Phew!
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675. Right, coming up to the fastest bit.
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677. - Confidence, that was. That
was the look of confidence.
- Great face.
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That does look quick.
- Very aggressive.
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what normally catches people out.
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681. - Yeah, that's the one.
- Through there easily. Through Gambon.
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682. More understeer! A lot of understeer
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686. - That was strong.
- It is strong, Mr Will Smith.
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687. Yeah, no, but it was on the left.
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- Yeah, yeah. Any more?
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691. with the poor man with
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694. - Yep.
- Whoo!
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695. - Right, this is the one.
- Did you do a few practices?
- Yeah.
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696. Yeah, I did a few practice laps.
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697. That's a hard bit of braking
mid-corner, there.
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698. I tell you what, though, that
car - Bubba GM's finest.
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699. Put that power into the
road. Feeling good.
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700. There we go. This is the spiritual
successor of the IROC Z.
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701. I'm on the wall now. They're
putting me on the wall.
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702. My name with all of the fastest
times on this track.
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703. That is a confident man right there.
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704. It's actually lovely conditions
for a fast time, this.
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706. Yes. It's just like watching
Daniel Ricciardo all over again.
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707. This is the one that
makes my children proud.
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708. Keep it in there. No
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709. - No braking. Flat out.
- Good man.
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712. No, that is neat. Very neat.
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unlike some people,
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715. - and there we are. Across the line.
- Whoa!
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716. - That was nice.
- That was so much fun.
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717. - Yeah.
- Well done, you two.
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720. You can't not be on the
it, because, trust me,
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721. Jack Whitehall, Ed Sheeran...
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722. So there's space down there
for me? OK. I want 1:52.
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723. 1:52, and Will?
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724. Well, I want, like, 1:22.
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725. - Oh, you're asking what I think I did?
- Yeah, yeah.
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726. I think I might be in the 1:50 zone.
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728. - Somewhere with the Hugh Bonneville...
- I felt like...
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729. These are wet times. Well,
let's have a look, shall we?
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730. - Let's have a look. I've got the times here.
- Oh, jeez. OK.
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731. - I'm going to did you first, Will.
- OK.
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732. - Oh, jeez.
- This is really exciting.
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733. - Will Smith...
- This is very exciting.
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734. - You did a 1...
- That's a good start.
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- Oh!
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736. - ..7...
- Whoa!
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737. - ..2.
- OK. Yeah. I'm not mad at that.
- That is not a very bad time at all.
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738. That puts you...
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739. - Wow. OK, yeah.
- That's really great.
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I'm not mad at that.
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741. - And, now, we must get onto your co-star.
- OK.
- Oh, God.
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742. If you beat me, this is
your last day on the tour.
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743. I will never work again after this.
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744. It's Leo, Will Smith, and then TV.
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745. Margot Robbie,
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746. - 1...
- Oh, good!
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747. - ..40...
- What?
- She'd better not.
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748. - .. 7...
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749. She'd better not. She'd better not.
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750. - .. 1!
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- Oh!
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751. I'm not making it up.
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752. I'm sorry!
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753. - Holy
- BLEEP!
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754. This was a bad idea.
This was a bad idea.
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755. It's like the Academy Awards
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756. where you've got to clap
for the other person.
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757. - I don't know what to say now.
- I actually can't believe that.
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758. Both of you have done amazing
times. There was a tenth in it.
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759. Neither of you have got anything
to be ashamed about and it has...
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760. Oh, no! One of us has something
to be ashamed about!
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761. - I was trying to end on a really high note...
- No, no.
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762. - .. coming up with some nice things...
- Yeah.
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763. but you're right.
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764. Ladies and gentlemen, I
think you'll all agree,
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765. this has been an absolute joy.
Will Smith and Margot Robbie.
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766. Right, now we must move
on to some very sad news.
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767. The Land Rover Defender
is going out of production
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768. and our producers thought that that
meant it deserved a fitting obituary
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769. and all we needed for that was
a beach and a rural simpleton.
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770. It's a little known fact that several
of mankind's greatest inventions
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771. have started out as drawings
in the sand on a beach.
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772. Henry Royce of Rolls-Royce fame
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773. made his first sketch
of the Merlin engine,
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774. the incredible motor that powered
the Spitfire and the Lancaster,
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775. in the sand at his local beach.
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776. Norman Woodland, no, I'd
never heard of him either,
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777. was in Miami when he
revolutionised shopping
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778. by drawing the first
barcode in the sand.
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779. And, in 1947, here at Red
Wharf Bay in Anglesey,
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780. it was the same story
for the Land Rover.
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781. The sketch was done by a
chap called Maurice Wilks
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782. who was the Technical
Director for Rover cars.
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783. At the time, he used an old Bren gun
carrier to get around on his farm
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784. until, one day, he swapped it for
his neighbour's old Willys Jeep
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785. and soon thought, "Hang on. We
can make something like this."
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786. So, he sketched out his
creation in the sand
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787. and a first prototype was quickly
built over the following few months.
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788. Sadly, though, there
was a bit of an issue.
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789. You see, Maurice thought putting
the steering wheel in the middle
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790. would mean they could sell it to right-
and left-hand drive countries,
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791. without having to re-engineer it.
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792. But then they realised that,
amongst other things,
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793. that was going to make hand
signals rather tricky.
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794. So, it was back to the drawing board.
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795. And, a mere ten months
after that shaky start,
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796. the first Land Rover was born.
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797. It came in this green
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798. because the only paint Land
Rover could lay their hands on
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799. was surplus army leftovers
they used for Spitfires.
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800. The body was aluminium, not for
clever engineering reasons,
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801. but because steel
was in short supply.
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802. If ever there was an underdog...
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803. it was this.
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804. Nobody back then could have predicted
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805. what a phenomenon the underdog
would turn out to be.
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806. The military bought
it by the thousand,
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807. and it was used by everyone from
the Medical Corps to the SAS,
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808. while in civilian life, it was
the very definition of versatile.
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809. You could have a Land Rover tank,
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813. a fire engine,
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814. and, rather annoyingly...
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815. a Land Rover hovervan.
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816. If explorers wanted to explore,
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817. adventurers wanted to conquer terrain
that was unconquerable...
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819. It was the first production vehicle
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820. to travel 18,000 miles
from England to Singapore.
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821. The first to cross the Bering Strait.
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822. And the machine of choice
for Ranulph Fiennes
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823. on his epic trans-global expedition.
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824. In fact, at one time,
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825. the first car ever seen by 60% of the
developing world was a Land Rover.
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826. And, on top of that, it's been
in production for 67 years.
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827. 67 years.
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828. Production run alone makes
this thing one of the greats.
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829. Look at the other icons -
Beetle, I'd say 57 years.
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830. 2CV, that was a real
fly-by-night - 42 years.
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831. So great is my love for this
machine that when, 13 years ago,
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832. we ran a Top Gear competition
asking viewers to vote for
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833. the greatest car of all time,
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834. I championed the Land Rover.
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835. And the public clearly agreed.
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836. Because it won.
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837. I drove a Series 1 in that film.
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838. It was old and tatty and worn.
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839. But I fell so completely in love
with it that I actually bought it
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840. so I could restore it.
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841. I'll never forget the day I
brought it home 13 years ago -
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842. it stood in this very
yard like a lost orphan.
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843. So I took it into the
workshop, stripped it down,
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844. and laid it all out on the floor
so I could begin that long,
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845. loving process of restoring
it to its former glory.
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846. And here it is.
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847. Yeah, I mean...
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848. I have been REALLY busy.
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849. And-and the thing is it's...
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850. good to have a lot of spare parts
cos Land Rovers break down a lot,
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851. so you never know.
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852. Can't be too sentimental
about these things.
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853. But because it is the
greatest car ever made,
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854. I must now try to make amends
by giving it a fitting sendoff.
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855. And this is the perfect
starting point.
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856. There are many great
Land Rover TV adverts,
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857. but what you're watching now
is the most famous of them all.
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858. This is the one where it winches
itself up a vast, steep dam.
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859. 'Next time you're late for work
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860. 'it's worth remembering that nothing
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861. 'but nothing gets in the
way of a Land Rover.'
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862. Now, the thing is...
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863. that advert, as exciting as
it looked, was, I'm afraid,
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864. the result of... shall we say,
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865. the magic of television,
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866. because the Land Rover
didn't winch itself up.
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867. The winch on the front bumper
pulled it the first few feet
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868. out of the water,
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869. but then it was actually hauled
the rest of the way up
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870. by a much bigger winch hidden
at the top of the dam.
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871. So I think you can probably
see what's coming next.
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872. As our tribute to the
Land Rover Defender
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873. we are going to redo
that stunt properly.
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874. Oh... God.
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875. The dam I'll be climbing
is Claerwen in Wales.
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876. It's 1,200 feet wide and,
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877. more worryingly for
me, 200 feet high.
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878. To make things worse,
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879. the Land Rover I'll be
using is 64 years old.
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880. So, in order to do what they
never managed in the TV advert,
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881. we've added some bits.
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882. When they made that advert there
wasn't a winch around big enough
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883. to take on board all the cable
you need to go up a big dam.
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884. So we - well, not Jeremy
and me, somebody else -
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885. has built this ginormous one.
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886. Then there's the matter
of the engine.
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887. You see, when this thing starts to
go up the dam it will go vertical,
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888. and at that point the engine
at the front will cut out.
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889. Problem, because we need the
engine to power the winch.
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890. Solution...
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891. a second engine just for the winch.
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892. Best of all this is
built so it can pivot.
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893. As the Land Rover goes
vertical this stays level.
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894. None of this gave me
much comfort, however,
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895. when I was standing at the bottom.
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896. Oh, bloody hell.
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897. It's much steeper
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898. than the other dam in the advert.
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899. For a brief moment I thought
I was off the hook
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900. because the start point looked
completely inaccessible.
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901. Sadly, the producers
had thought of that.
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902. I hate problem solvers.
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903. And this is just a
little amuse-bouche.
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904. Eventually, I was in place.
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905. The winch cable was
attached to the top.
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906. And it was time to begin.
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907. That's the engine in the back
that powers the winch, remember,
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908. cos of the angle.
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909. Um... I'd love to think of
something else to say or do.
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910. I can't, so I'm going
to go. So, um...
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911. Right, here I go.
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912. Oh, it's tensioning up.
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913. This is OK so far.
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914. Oh! There it is.
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915. Oh, my God!
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916. Oh! Oh-ho-ho! Oh!
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917. I know it's slow.
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918. Any faster and I risk burning out
all the winch motors and things.
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919. Plus, there was an issue with
the face of the dam itself.
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920. The one on the advert was smooth
concrete, this is rough stone.
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921. I didn't take that into account.
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922. What I've got to do is
steer between these rocks
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923. where they stick out from the face.
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924. Oh! It's jerking.
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925. I'm having to read the surface.
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926. CLANG! Oh!
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927. This vertical off-roading
gave me another problem.
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928. Because the Land Rover is winching
itself up on its own winch,
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929. the cable has to feed
evenly onto the drum.
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930. If it doesn't do that,
everything gets ruined.
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931. I couldn't see the drum, so, up top,
the producers were spotting for me.
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932. Straighten up, please, Richard.
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933. Ah...
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934. Oh...
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935. Oh...
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936. Because it's so slow I've got time
to think about what would happen if...
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937. I can't, I daren't.
I am now terrified.
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938. I am now absolutely petrified.
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939. Oh...
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940. Past the halfway point it
started to get even worse.
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941. I can feel the front wheels
now going very light...
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942. because... where it goes concave,
where it bellies in like that...
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943. my winch cable is pulling the front
of the car off the ground. Oh!
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944. And I can't tell you
how horrible that feels.
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945. Oh-ho!
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946. Stop, stop, stop.
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947. I'm stopping, I'm stopping.
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948. And I mean it.
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949. OK, take your mind off it, take
your mind off it. Um... this...
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950. THUMP! Ah!
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951. The water behind this dam
can supply Birmingham
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952. with 79 million gallons a day.
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953. - Who gives a
- right now?
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954. It's all right, we're good.
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955. It's really vertical now.
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956. Oh, God.
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957. I can hear the lines...
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958. I can actually hear the
tension in that wire.
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959. As I get to the top,
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960. the cable becomes less strong.
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961. Partly because, as well as the
weight of the Land Rover and me,
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962. it has to be carrying the weight
of itself and the winch.
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963. Oh, God, I'm depending so much
on things made by other people.
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964. Every single part now - the brake
that stops the winch feeding out,
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965. the engine - everything.
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966. In the face of unutterable terror
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967. I was, finally, nearing the top.
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968. We have nearly done this,
I've nearly cracked it.
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969. 200 feet of near vertical rock.
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970. Just a few inches, another
few turns on the winch.
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971. What a fantastic way...
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972. to pay tribute...
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973. to the car... What?
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974. It was at this point the
producers broke the bad news.
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975. Because of where the winch
cable was attached,
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976. the Land Rover wouldn't be able to
climb over onto the flat dam top.
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977. And this meant only one thing.
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978. I'm going to have to go back down.
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979. I'm going to have to
winch it down the dam.
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980. I really need a piss!
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981. Thank you. It was nothing.
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982. It was nothing.
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983. So... you failed.
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984. Well, I almost got to the top.
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985. Yeah, but then you just came
straight back down again.
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986. I'm sorry, Hammond, if I said, "I'm
going to drive to Bristol," and then
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987. got NEARLY to Bristol and came home
again, that's NOT going to Bristol.
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988. Look, the main thing is I
gave the Land Rover Defender
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989. - a fitting sendoff.
- Yeah, but they're working
on a new Defender now
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990. and it looks EXACTLY
the same as the old one.
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991. So you said you'd drive to the
top of a dam, which you didn't,
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992. to pay tribute to a car that you
said was about to die, but it's not.
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993. Yeah.
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994. Well, that means you're a liar and
you've completely wasted our time.
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995. Yeah.
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996. And on that bombshell, I'm
afraid it's time to end.
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997. Next week normal service is resumed.
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998. James and I have a lot
of crashes on purpose.
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999. Hopefully we shall see you then.
Thank you for watching, good night!
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