1 00:00:15,940 --> 00:00:17,490 James wears a hat. 2 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:21,110 And Richard is behind a low wall 3 00:00:27,170 --> 00:00:30,860 Thank you. Hello and thank you so much, everybody. 4 00:00:30,895 --> 00:00:33,575 Thank you. Thank you and welcome. 5 00:00:33,610 --> 00:00:39,610 Now, last week you may remember we asked James May to test an exciting, fast Vauxhall 6 00:00:39,645 --> 00:00:42,875 and he ended up reviewing a slow, small Fiat. 7 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:48,450 Well, this week, we asked him to go to Florida and try out a new type of electric car. 8 00:00:48,485 --> 00:00:52,820 We said to him, "James, this time, can you try to stay on topic?" 9 00:01:02,940 --> 00:01:05,865 Here it is - it's called the Fisker Karma, 10 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:10,130 and let's not be having any debate, it looks fantastic. 11 00:01:15,430 --> 00:01:16,835 But maybe that's not surprising, 12 00:01:16,870 --> 00:01:22,900 because the company that makes it was set up not by an engineer, as usual, but by a designer. 13 00:01:22,935 --> 00:01:29,170 He was responsible for the Aston Martin V8 Vantage and the BMW Z8 roadster, 14 00:01:29,205 --> 00:01:32,305 so obviously he knows his way around a pencil. 15 00:01:32,340 --> 00:01:38,210 But it's not the looks we're interested in. It's what goes on underneath that bodywork. 16 00:01:43,430 --> 00:01:48,160 As with most electric cars, underneath here is a great big slab of batteries, 17 00:01:48,195 --> 00:01:51,060 and you can plug those into a socket at your house or your office 18 00:01:51,095 --> 00:01:55,090 and recharge them and then you have a range of 50 miles - 19 00:01:55,125 --> 00:01:57,477 which doesn't sound very good, does it? 20 00:01:57,512 --> 00:01:59,795 But then, if I just touch this lever here, 21 00:01:59,830 --> 00:02:03,705 I engage a two-litre petrol engine, which is under the bonnet. 22 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:08,670 But unlike, say, a Toyota Prius, the engine isn't connected to the wheels. 23 00:02:08,705 --> 00:02:12,605 Instead, it drives an electricity generator. 24 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:17,040 At this point, the display is telling me I only have nine miles of range left, 25 00:02:17,075 --> 00:02:19,645 and normally I'd be going, "Oh, God, will I make it?" 26 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:24,480 But no, because I know, with the touch of that paddle, or even leaving it to its own devices, 27 00:02:24,515 --> 00:02:27,370 the petrol engine will make more electric. 28 00:02:29,430 --> 00:02:35,610 So, it's driven by electric motors, but it has its own on-board power station. 29 00:02:35,645 --> 00:02:40,050 You might be thinking you've sort of heard something like that before. 30 00:02:40,085 --> 00:02:42,080 Well, you have. 31 00:02:44,290 --> 00:02:47,325 Yes, I'm talking about the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust, 32 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:52,130 which, I might point out, was also fitted with its own electricity generator - 33 00:02:52,165 --> 00:02:54,680 and that was two years ago. 34 00:02:56,570 --> 00:02:58,895 There is no polite way of putting this. 35 00:02:58,930 --> 00:03:02,780 Fisker have, very blatantly, brazenly, I'd say - 36 00:03:02,815 --> 00:03:06,630 copied my idea for a long range electric car. 37 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,060 Except they didn't have theirs styled by Jeremy, 38 00:03:09,095 --> 00:03:11,345 but the technology is exactly the same. 39 00:03:11,380 --> 00:03:15,380 As my lawyers will be making very clear quite soon. 40 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,250 Admittedly, the Fisker is much better built than the Eagle i-Thrust 41 00:03:20,285 --> 00:03:24,600 and it's probably the most politically correct car on earth. 42 00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:28,215 It has solar panels on the roof, because in the car, 43 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:32,330 all this stuff here runs off electricity and that would drain the battery, 44 00:03:32,365 --> 00:03:35,865 but that can produce a sort of low-voltage circuit, if you like, 45 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:41,920 that can drive the radio and the sat-nav, interior lights and your iPod, 46 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:46,180 and even the little system that recognises this key - 47 00:03:53,330 --> 00:03:56,430 This version I have here is called the Eco-Chic - 48 00:03:56,465 --> 00:03:58,335 they have actually called it that, 49 00:03:58,370 --> 00:04:02,650 because it embraces a lot of very right-on and ethically-sound materials. 50 00:04:02,685 --> 00:04:05,635 For example, the glitter in the metallic paint 51 00:04:05,670 --> 00:04:09,735 is made with ground-up minute particles of recycled glass 52 00:04:09,770 --> 00:04:14,015 and on the inside, we find a piece of wood trim that is only taken 53 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:18,640 from trees that have been burnt down in forest fires or felled by storms 54 00:04:18,675 --> 00:04:21,640 and it's not varnished, because there is no varnish in nature. 55 00:04:21,675 --> 00:04:25,307 These glass inserts have in them a fossilised leaf - 56 00:04:25,342 --> 00:04:28,796 a leaf that has fallen of its own accord, not plucked. 57 00:04:28,831 --> 00:04:32,215 And all of the interior fabrics are very, very funky 58 00:04:32,250 --> 00:04:36,900 and most importantly, there are no animal products in there at all. 59 00:04:37,230 --> 00:04:40,245 The only animal product in this car is me, 60 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:44,240 all of which ought to keep this chap here very happy indeed, 61 00:04:44,275 --> 00:04:47,430 and yet I'm told if I go any closer than this, 62 00:04:47,465 --> 00:04:49,405 he'll still probably have my leg off... 63 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,290 Which just goes to prove that animals are ungrateful. 64 00:04:56,110 --> 00:04:58,885 Basically, if the Fisker was any more green, 65 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,100 it would be chaining itself to a Japanese whaling ship. 66 00:05:02,870 --> 00:05:07,765 But I like being in it. It's just a very nice place to be, the Fisker - 67 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:12,970 it makes you realise that just putting leather on everything is a terrible old cliche 68 00:05:13,005 --> 00:05:15,370 it's what the Romans would have done. 69 00:05:16,110 --> 00:05:18,770 And on top of that, I like driving it. 70 00:05:18,805 --> 00:05:20,605 It's a nice-handling car, this. 71 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,405 It's not a Lotus, it's not a Ferrari 458, 72 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:29,110 it's a GT car. It's a GT car for long journeys, but that's nice to drive. 73 00:05:29,145 --> 00:05:33,080 And even though its arsenal of batteries mean it weighs 2.5 tonnes, 74 00:05:33,115 --> 00:05:35,010 it does shift along 75 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:41,590 The car will do 0-60 in just a tad over six seconds. 76 00:05:41,625 --> 00:05:45,975 It doesn't have a very high top speed - only 125mph - 77 00:05:46,010 --> 00:05:50,120 but the point is, electric motors produce excellent torque - 78 00:05:50,155 --> 00:05:52,880 1,000 pound-feet, in fact, which is more than a Veyron. 79 00:05:54,580 --> 00:06:00,070 I love electric-powered cars, just the sort of slight whining spaceship noise. 80 00:06:04,330 --> 00:06:08,200 Now, the price. All electric cars are expensive, 81 00:06:08,235 --> 00:06:12,035 and the Fisker - at 86,000- is no exception. 82 00:06:12,070 --> 00:06:15,870 This means it'll appeal only to the well-heeled petrolhead, 83 00:06:15,905 --> 00:06:19,085 so since I was in Florida, I went to see one. 84 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,380 Hello there, James, me bonny lad. What brings you to this neck of the woods? 85 00:06:23,415 --> 00:06:27,005 Yes, it's AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson. 86 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,010 It's the first car I think I've ever seen that actually looks like 87 00:06:30,045 --> 00:06:32,430 the drawings that you see before they come. 88 00:06:33,620 --> 00:06:34,465 Yeah, it's good-looking, isn't it? 89 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:37,960 It really is a cracking-looking jam-jar, look at the state of that! 90 00:06:37,995 --> 00:06:39,425 Do want to try it? Absolutely! 91 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:41,850 Do you want to try mine? Yeah! All right, then. 92 00:06:41,885 --> 00:06:43,580 Well... Mine's different. 93 00:06:50,090 --> 00:06:51,510 Fantastic! 94 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:59,170 This is a 1928 Le Mans-bodied 4.5-litre Bentley. 95 00:06:59,205 --> 00:07:01,495 Brian really does use this every day - 96 00:07:01,530 --> 00:07:05,320 he uses it to go down the shop for a pint of milk. 97 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,360 Go on, me son! Born to do it! 98 00:07:17,930 --> 00:07:22,690 Despite the mangled gear changes, I was very much enjoying living in the past. 99 00:07:22,725 --> 00:07:25,380 I can feel a moustache growing! 100 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,855 God, the smell is tremendous. Hot castor oil. 101 00:07:30,890 --> 00:07:34,820 Well-known laxative, I'll have diarrhoea by the time we get there. 102 00:07:34,855 --> 00:07:38,750 Brian, however, wasn't coping so well with living in the future. 103 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:42,885 Oh, Christ, now what happens? 104 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,905 I'm getting near the bottom of me battery level, oh my word. 105 00:07:45,940 --> 00:07:55,250 Right, now... And... That means I have to do something, and I'm... Bugger. 106 00:07:57,210 --> 00:07:59,055 What the heck is that? 107 00:07:59,090 --> 00:08:02,410 I'm trying to follow James's instructions, which were as clear as mud. 108 00:08:02,445 --> 00:08:05,015 There he goes, flying by with his thumb up! 109 00:08:05,050 --> 00:08:08,480 He's having a whale of a time and I'm trying to figure out this computer thing. 110 00:08:11,230 --> 00:08:14,770 Soon, the famous Geordie hat model wanted his Bentley back, 111 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,615 I've put it in sport mode - that means as I pull away, 112 00:08:28,650 --> 00:08:32,790 every bit of electricity available to this car goes to maximum acceleration - 113 00:08:32,825 --> 00:08:35,900 1,000-pound-feet of torque in the back wheels. 114 00:08:42,330 --> 00:08:43,950 Yellow, yellow, yellow... Green! 115 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:47,780 Johnson makes a good start! 116 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:49,800 This could take it! 117 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,370 Come on, you little bugger! 118 00:08:56,650 --> 00:09:00,410 I'm afraid Thunder Guts is a bit of a dwindling speck, ladies and gentlemen. 119 00:09:11,270 --> 00:09:15,750 Did you enjoy that, me son? I did, although to be honest, I felt a bit cowardly. 120 00:09:15,785 --> 00:09:19,675 Not as much as I enjoyed myself in this, I'll bet you. 121 00:09:19,710 --> 00:09:22,890 Tell you what, your car looks heroic in my rear-view mirror. 122 00:09:22,925 --> 00:09:25,250 But also, I'm afraid, quite small. Yes! 123 00:09:27,270 --> 00:09:30,095 But it's starting to rain. It is, isn't it? 124 00:09:30,130 --> 00:09:34,720 And I don't have a hood. Well, I do, but it takes 45 minutes to erect. 125 00:09:34,755 --> 00:09:36,730 See you back down the other end. See you back down the other end. 126 00:09:36,765 --> 00:09:40,960 Thanks guys, for that. Got to start the BLEEP now. 127 00:09:45,340 --> 00:09:51,505 May! What? What's wrong with you? You've done it again! 128 00:09:51,540 --> 00:09:55,990 You're supposed to be driving a Fisker, then you're in a Bentley with a rock star! 129 00:09:56,025 --> 00:09:58,725 Next week, James is reviewing a Saab, OK, 130 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:03,200 and halfway through, he'll break off for a spot of scuba diving with Fergal Sharkey. 131 00:10:04,250 --> 00:10:09,550 Can I just... The Fister, right. It's Fisker - it's a K. It's a K. 132 00:10:10,860 --> 00:10:14,250 I THOUGHT that was a stupid name! Let's just move on! 133 00:10:14,285 --> 00:10:16,365 Fisker. Can I just clear it up? 134 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,535 You have the traditional all-electric car, like a Nissan Leaf and a G-Wiz, 135 00:10:20,570 --> 00:10:24,670 now that's just batteries and you have to charge them up at night, yeah? Yes. 136 00:10:24,705 --> 00:10:27,775 Then you have stupid hybrids, like the Toyota Prius, 137 00:10:27,810 --> 00:10:32,780 which are normal cars that have electric motors for a bit of extra power, yeah? Yes. 138 00:10:32,815 --> 00:10:35,235 So the Fisker is... What? 139 00:10:35,270 --> 00:10:38,135 It's actually a petrol-engine car, but in a normal car, 140 00:10:38,170 --> 00:10:41,000 you get the power from the engine to the back wheels 141 00:10:41,035 --> 00:10:43,005 through a gearbox and a shaft and so on, 142 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,020 on this one you use the generator and the electric motors. 143 00:10:46,055 --> 00:10:47,005 I'm lost. 144 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:51,030 It's a more efficient way of tapping the energy in the fuel. 145 00:10:51,065 --> 00:10:54,510 That's why it accelerates like a 400hp GT car, 146 00:10:54,545 --> 00:10:56,080 but it only uses as much fuel as a... 147 00:10:56,115 --> 00:10:58,005 I don't understand how it works. 148 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,230 I can't dumb it down to your level, cos I'm scared of heights. 149 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:05,760 Listen. It's energy, you use it to drive the wheels. 150 00:11:05,795 --> 00:11:07,685 You get more of it by using that system. 151 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,490 People get confused. They talk about electric energy.. 152 00:11:10,525 --> 00:11:13,660 Just tell him it's magic. It's magic. 153 00:11:13,695 --> 00:11:15,310 It's magic electric pixies. 154 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,465 That's all you needed to say. 155 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:20,255 That's not how it actually works. 156 00:11:20,290 --> 00:11:21,890 I'm not bothered, actually. I am not interested. 157 00:11:21,925 --> 00:11:22,865 Let's just do the news. 158 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:28,035 There are proposals in the corridors of power that 159 00:11:28,070 --> 00:11:33,150 anyone who passes their driving test must be accompanied for the first few years on the road 160 00:11:33,185 --> 00:11:37,075 by an experienced, sober person who is over 25. 161 00:11:37,110 --> 00:11:40,015 You can kind of see why they think it is a good idea. 162 00:11:40,050 --> 00:11:48,370 a stupid idea, the stupidest. I have spent 17 years ferrying my daughter about. 163 00:11:48,405 --> 00:11:50,745 Last month she passed her driving test, 164 00:11:50,780 --> 00:11:55,250 which means it is her turn to ferry me about, specifically to the pub. 165 00:11:56,790 --> 00:12:01,980 What is the point if she gets to the pub and can't run me home if I have had a drink? 166 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:08,340 It is more complicated than that. She could not drive to the pub on her own. 167 00:12:09,590 --> 00:12:12,680 So she would have to get an older boy friend. 168 00:12:12,715 --> 00:12:15,780 Hello, Dad, have you met Keith, he's 53! 169 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:19,230 Why are you looking so excited? 170 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:27,380 He has brought his teenager with him. Are you her experienced driver? 171 00:12:27,415 --> 00:12:32,720 This is embarrassing for you. Think of him as an experienced driver. 172 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:37,145 government ought to recognise that without the young people 173 00:12:37,180 --> 00:12:40,990 who tear around in cars we would not have won the Battle of Britain. 174 00:12:41,025 --> 00:12:43,265 That is a fact. That is a fact. 175 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:47,065 Teenagers, they sleep and tear about, that is what they do. 176 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:52,690 And they have more sex than us. They don't get fat or have hangovers. 177 00:12:53,550 --> 00:12:57,730 Basically everybody else, the rest of us are just old and bitter. 178 00:12:57,765 --> 00:13:01,910 Young is better. Young is better and the government should not say 179 00:13:01,945 --> 00:13:05,045 children should have older people, 180 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,960 they should just say to my daughter, go to the pub and pick up your dad. 181 00:13:10,060 --> 00:13:14,280 Cadillac has made a concept car, and here it is, it's called the CL. 182 00:13:16,010 --> 00:13:18,385 It looks astonishing. It's got a twin-turbo V6, 183 00:13:18,420 --> 00:13:20,725 and they say it is going back to their roots. 184 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,480 What, so it will rock for 5 hours after you get out of it? 185 00:13:24,810 --> 00:13:27,430 Does it have a 400-year-old woman from Florida in it? 186 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:31,515 It is about grandeur, splendour, scale. 187 00:13:31,550 --> 00:13:37,690 It is 19 feet long, enormous. It is only 50 inches high, long, low and mean. 188 00:13:37,725 --> 00:13:39,460 They have built a plinth. 189 00:13:41,030 --> 00:13:44,220 Yes, but it comes with a cigar humidor. 190 00:13:44,255 --> 00:13:45,365 What, in America? 191 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,490 It is like saying there is a new car for Saudi Arabia with the mini bar. 192 00:13:51,110 --> 00:13:53,990 One for Israel, the bonnet is made of bacon. 193 00:13:54,025 --> 00:13:55,772 Don't smoke cigars in America. 194 00:13:55,807 --> 00:13:57,485 It is a magnificent looking thing. 195 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:03,930 Now, a couple of years ago, Ferrari brought out a car called the 599XX. 196 00:14:03,965 --> 00:14:07,150 It's slightly unusual, this, because it cost you a million quid, 197 00:14:07,185 --> 00:14:09,665 but you couldn't take it home with you - Ferrari kept it. 198 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:14,480 Nor could you drive it on the road, even if you wanted to, cos it's not road legal 199 00:14:14,515 --> 00:14:16,975 AND you couldn't sell it without Ferrari's permission. 200 00:14:17,010 --> 00:14:22,010 The only thing you could do was ring Ferrari and say "could you take it to such-and-such a track", 201 00:14:22,045 --> 00:14:24,977 have a couple of laps on it then they'd take it away again. 202 00:14:25,012 --> 00:14:28,531 Yeah, did anyone actually fall for this? Yeah, 30 people. 203 00:14:28,566 --> 00:14:32,050 30 people went, "that's a good deal. I'll have one of those." 204 00:14:32,085 --> 00:14:35,105 And now, Ferrari are saying to these 30 people, 205 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:42,240 "if you give us another 200,000, we'll fit the car you don't actually have with a rear spoiler." 206 00:14:44,670 --> 00:14:47,550 200,000 pounds? 200,000 pounds for that rear spoiler. 207 00:14:47,585 --> 00:14:49,630 What's it made from? Spoiler material. 208 00:14:51,570 --> 00:14:53,765 It's one of those special, well - you won't know - 209 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,960 it's a DRS spoiler, like you get in Formula 1. 210 00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:57,610 I know that, they sell sofas. 211 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:03,080 It opens and closes, depending on whether you're going round a corner or down a straight. 212 00:15:03,115 --> 00:15:05,435 Who are these 30 people that bought those things? 213 00:15:05,470 --> 00:15:09,350 I want their e-mail addresses, because I'd like to sell them a clock. 214 00:15:10,260 --> 00:15:14,660 What clock? It's really big, it's like, on a tower, in London, 215 00:15:14,695 --> 00:15:16,795 next to the Houses of Parliament, and I can sell it... 216 00:15:16,830 --> 00:15:20,390 Can they take it home? No, they couldn't take it home, but it'll be their clock. 217 00:15:20,425 --> 00:15:21,720 Good marketing. 218 00:15:22,590 --> 00:15:25,575 Oh, no. Here we go. Ready? Standby, everybody. 219 00:15:25,610 --> 00:15:29,270 Exciting day today, because this morning I had my first drive in the new 911. 220 00:15:29,305 --> 00:15:31,095 And it's a very good thing. 221 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:33,550 It's not new, Richard. It isn't new. 222 00:15:33,585 --> 00:15:34,745 It is new! It isn't. 223 00:15:34,780 --> 00:15:36,045 It is! That's the new 911. 224 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,340 Okay, right, we've got a photograph here of the one before. 225 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,380 And let's have a look at the one before that. 226 00:15:45,415 --> 00:15:47,610 And the one before that. 227 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,535 That one is blue, but they are all exactly the same. 228 00:15:52,570 --> 00:15:55,740 They look similar, if you can get your head around that concept. 229 00:15:55,775 --> 00:15:58,840 It is an entirely new 911, and it is a very good car. 230 00:15:58,875 --> 00:16:01,915 I drove it, it had a very good engine. 231 00:16:01,950 --> 00:16:04,205 It sounds brilliant. The steering was rubbish. 232 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,425 It's not rubbish! What have they done to it? 233 00:16:06,460 --> 00:16:08,595 It is different, it's electric for the first time. 234 00:16:08,630 --> 00:16:10,730 So they put electric power steering on and ruined it. 235 00:16:10,765 --> 00:16:14,150 They have ruined it. It's less 911. 236 00:16:14,185 --> 00:16:14,945 There you go. 237 00:16:14,980 --> 00:16:20,180 Would you agree the steering is rubbish? It is awful but I agree with you. 238 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:26,470 It is brilliant. And the steering is not appalling but it does not feel like one any more. 239 00:16:26,505 --> 00:16:32,885 If you take away a 911's steering feel, you've taken away everything. 240 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:37,810 It's a bit like... Does anybody remember, we sold Fawlty Towers to the Americans, OK? 241 00:16:37,845 --> 00:16:40,975 They were going to remake it there and couldn't make it gel with audiences 242 00:16:41,010 --> 00:16:45,600 and they said one of these characters isn't working, so guess which character they got rid of? 243 00:16:45,635 --> 00:16:49,030 Sybil. Not Manuel. The major! 244 00:16:49,590 --> 00:16:50,580 Basil! 245 00:16:51,190 --> 00:16:56,290 They got rid of Basil Fawlty, so that Fawlty Towers would work in America and that's what they've done. 246 00:16:56,325 --> 00:16:59,100 They've killed the thing that made it unique. 247 00:16:59,135 --> 00:17:01,775 So that is the end of the news. 248 00:17:01,810 --> 00:17:08,240 So, moving on, normally, when a new Ferrari is launched, we test it on our track, 249 00:17:08,275 --> 00:17:12,560 but with this, the new FF, we decided to push the boat out. 250 00:17:12,595 --> 00:17:15,105 So we decided to take it to the largest, 251 00:17:15,140 --> 00:17:18,900 most advanced automotive test facility in the world, 252 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,370 Arjeplog. 253 00:17:26,350 --> 00:17:29,765 Arjeplog used to be a small Swedish mining town, 254 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,775 slap-bang in the middle of Europe's last great wilderness. 255 00:17:33,810 --> 00:17:39,620 But since the 1980s, it's become the winter home of Mercedes, Volkswagen, Toyota, 256 00:17:39,655 --> 00:17:44,217 General Motors, Ford and Fiat and Peugeot and Renault. 257 00:17:44,252 --> 00:17:48,780 Whatever you drive, chances are, it was developed here. 258 00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:54,085 Ordinarily, the population of this little town is 3,000, 259 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:59,790 but every year, as the snows begin to fall, 9,000 car engineers descend on the place 260 00:17:59,825 --> 00:18:05,440 to make sure that next year's models start, stop, steer and continue to work 261 00:18:05,475 --> 00:18:10,140 even when the temperature falls down to -30 degrees. 262 00:18:12,870 --> 00:18:15,835 So why have we brought this fragile thoroughbred here? 263 00:18:15,870 --> 00:18:21,230 Well, that's simple - because it's the first Ferrari ever to have four-wheel-drive. 264 00:18:22,710 --> 00:18:28,110 This means you can take it onto the test track, which is on an enormous frozen lake. 265 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,890 Sscary. 266 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,880 And when you're there, you can do this. 267 00:18:46,490 --> 00:18:49,860 I'm pulling shapes, I'm pulling shapes now. 268 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:55,510 Now, I have had more fun than this in my life, I know I have, 269 00:18:56,770 --> 00:18:59,940 I just can't remember the moment when that was. 270 00:19:04,890 --> 00:19:14,150 Normally, you wouldn't dream of driving a 6.3-litre 650 horsepower V12 Ferrari, even in a light shower 271 00:19:14,185 --> 00:19:20,220 they're for cruising around Juan Les Pins in your carefully designed topless swimsuit. 272 00:19:20,780 --> 00:19:23,695 But this? You can take this to San Moritz! 273 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:26,400 Drink Napoleon brandy without getting your lips wet. 274 00:19:27,380 --> 00:19:30,345 I'm on ice! I've got the traction control off 275 00:19:30,380 --> 00:19:35,330 and I'm doing 100 miles an hour. Yeah, that's what I'm doing. 276 00:19:36,780 --> 00:19:40,480 And thanks to the four-wheel-drive system, I'm fine! 277 00:19:44,270 --> 00:19:48,350 Although actually, I'm only sort of fine, because, if I'm honest, 278 00:19:48,385 --> 00:19:51,360 this thing does have some slightly odd characteristics. 279 00:19:52,670 --> 00:19:56,360 It's so... Darting and... Aargh! 280 00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:59,070 God. This is very twitchy. 281 00:20:00,260 --> 00:20:03,770 It's a dead straight line, but look how much steering I'm having to do in this thing. 282 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:09,900 I'm endlessly adjusting the throttle, endlessly sawing away at the wheel 283 00:20:09,935 --> 00:20:12,670 just to try and keep pointing in the right direction. 284 00:20:14,830 --> 00:20:18,660 The reason it feels odd is because Ferrari's four-wheel-drive system 285 00:20:18,695 --> 00:20:21,860 is unlike anything we've ever seen before. 286 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:25,600 I'm going to sound like James May now, but bear with me. 287 00:20:25,635 --> 00:20:27,725 In a normal four-wheel-drive car, 288 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:32,990 the engine sends its power through the gearbox to a transfer box, mounted somewhere here. 289 00:20:33,025 --> 00:20:35,325 That splits the power. 290 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:38,230 Some of it goes down the shaft to the back wheels, 291 00:20:38,265 --> 00:20:41,065 some of it down the shaft to those at the front. 292 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:45,360 Obviously, the shaft going to the front has to go underneath the engine, 293 00:20:45,395 --> 00:20:47,605 which means the engine has to be raised. 294 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:53,090 Ferrari say that if you raise the engine, that's bad for fuel economy, bad for styling, 295 00:20:53,125 --> 00:20:57,980 bad for handling, bad for everything which they say matters. 296 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:05,790 So in the FF, the power going to the back wheels comes out of the back of the engine 297 00:21:05,825 --> 00:21:09,820 and the power going to the front comes out of the front. 298 00:21:12,650 --> 00:21:15,905 This means it has to have two gearboxes. 299 00:21:15,940 --> 00:21:19,010 Because the one at the front is only very little, 300 00:21:19,045 --> 00:21:22,172 it can only ever handle 20% of the engine's power 301 00:21:22,207 --> 00:21:25,300 and if you go into fifth, it shuts down completely. 302 00:21:27,930 --> 00:21:30,910 What it all means though, is that for the first time ever, 303 00:21:30,945 --> 00:21:33,940 you can do this with a Ferrari. 304 00:21:40,220 --> 00:21:44,690 But is Ferrari's very complicated solution really worth it? 305 00:21:47,670 --> 00:21:50,340 Bentley would argue that it isn't. 306 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,860 This is the new Continental GT. 307 00:21:57,510 --> 00:22:02,680 It's a lighter, nimbler, sportier version of the car Wayne Rooney drives. 308 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:13,880 Instead of the massive, thirsty, heavy six-litre twin turbo W12 engine in his car, 309 00:22:13,915 --> 00:22:18,890 this has a positively microscopic twin turbo four-litre V8. 310 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,430 It also has a conventional four-wheel-drive system, 311 00:22:24,465 --> 00:22:26,915 so does that mean the engine's in the sky 312 00:22:26,950 --> 00:22:31,000 and the car wallows about like an elephant perched on a beach ball? 313 00:22:31,710 --> 00:22:34,280 Tell you what, let's find out. 314 00:22:44,150 --> 00:22:47,320 Right now, it's very hard to see why Ferrari has gone to 315 00:22:47,355 --> 00:22:49,655 all the trouble of reinventing the wheel, 316 00:22:49,690 --> 00:22:55,020 because... if I'm honest, this does not handle like the Natural History Museum. 317 00:22:56,570 --> 00:23:00,330 For a big, old bruiser like this, it's good. 318 00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:07,560 I've never been a fan of the Continental, but I'm loving this. 319 00:23:07,595 --> 00:23:11,150 Makes a good noise as well - a dirty, dirty noise. 320 00:23:11,185 --> 00:23:13,160 That is a rude sound. 321 00:23:17,260 --> 00:23:21,390 So what we have here are two cars that appear to be very similar. 322 00:23:25,210 --> 00:23:31,140 They're both red, they both have two doors, four seats and four-wheel-drive - 323 00:23:31,590 --> 00:23:33,260 but there are some differences. 324 00:23:33,295 --> 00:23:35,050 One sings baritone, 325 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,320 one sings tenor. 326 00:23:38,390 --> 00:23:42,420 The interior of the Bentley is simple, classical, elegant. 327 00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:45,577 The interior of the Ferrari is a mess - 328 00:23:45,612 --> 00:23:48,665 all the knobs are on the steering wheel, 329 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:51,530 there's a rev-counter in front of the passenger 330 00:23:51,565 --> 00:23:54,360 and most of the dials make no sense at all. 331 00:23:56,350 --> 00:23:59,270 Weirdly though, the Ferrari is the most practical. 332 00:24:00,750 --> 00:24:02,570 It's got a bigger boot than a Renault Scenic 333 00:24:02,605 --> 00:24:04,045 and if you fold the back seats down, 334 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,925 it's long enough to accommodate what pass these days for skis. 335 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:18,400 However, the Ferrari is 227,000- that's 100,000 more than the Bentley. 336 00:24:20,210 --> 00:24:22,180 So, what about speed? 337 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:29,730 Well, the next day, we carved a quarter-mile drag strip into the lake to find out. 338 00:24:30,540 --> 00:24:34,580 If this were a dry piece of Tarmac, the Ferrari would monster it. 339 00:24:34,615 --> 00:24:38,745 650 horsepower, this has 500. 340 00:24:38,780 --> 00:24:44,080 Ferrari has more torque and it's lighter. Much, much lighter. 341 00:25:03,140 --> 00:25:08,110 Yes, traction control working well for a blinding start for the Bentley. 342 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,410 Oh, my word, it's in the lead! 343 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:17,060 Come on, Bentley, come on! 344 00:25:18,550 --> 00:25:21,820 Getting a bit wobbly now, and the Ferrari's coming! 345 00:25:25,550 --> 00:25:32,090 Oh, no, I can't deal with that power. Oh, he's got tankslapper on! He is wobbly. 346 00:25:33,670 --> 00:25:35,870 But it's closer than I thought! 347 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,240 In a straight line, then, the Ferrari is the quickest, 348 00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:44,830 but how would they compare on a circuit? 349 00:25:45,390 --> 00:25:49,000 Well, to find out, we need a track, and luckily, we have one - 350 00:25:49,035 --> 00:25:52,930 because what you see here, bulldozed from the snow, 351 00:25:52,965 --> 00:25:57,050 is an inch-perfect replica of Silverstone. 352 00:26:09,250 --> 00:26:16,010 Copse, flat-out in a Formula 1 car, I'm doing 47... And I've got a big slide on. 353 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:18,120 Come on! 354 00:26:19,540 --> 00:26:26,140 Right, Chapel. Chapel's a long right, followed by a gentle left onto the Hangar Straight 355 00:26:26,175 --> 00:26:29,660 this is uncanny. 356 00:26:31,730 --> 00:26:38,040 Why don't they have Formula 1 races here? That would be proper comedy! 357 00:26:39,190 --> 00:26:40,900 Silverstone on ice. 358 00:26:42,950 --> 00:26:44,695 Braking point's a lot earlier here... 359 00:26:44,730 --> 00:26:54,070 Argh, surely not! Don't get stuck... Oh, you stupid, STUPID thing! Man. 360 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,680 Having established that our ice version of Silverstone was all in order, 361 00:26:58,715 --> 00:27:02,230 we could now see which car could get round the fastest. 362 00:27:02,990 --> 00:27:09,040 To find out, we need a man skilled in the potent cocktail of big horsepower and little grip. 363 00:27:09,075 --> 00:27:12,770 And luckily, just such a man is arriving now. 364 00:27:12,805 --> 00:27:16,010 He's not the Stig's Alpine cousin, 365 00:27:16,045 --> 00:27:18,060 he's just The Stig. 366 00:27:25,820 --> 00:27:27,990 Apparently he's come all the way across the North Sea in that. 367 00:27:29,470 --> 00:27:33,480 Soon, we had him out of the hovercraft and into the Ferrari. 368 00:27:35,330 --> 00:27:41,630 5, 4.7, 2.3, one, go! 369 00:27:42,510 --> 00:27:53,660 So, here we go. A genuine 208mph racehorse on one do-or-die lap. 370 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,010 Did you go into fifth gear? 371 00:28:13,980 --> 00:28:15,580 You went into fifth, didn't you? 372 00:28:16,530 --> 00:28:21,570 I said don't go into fifth, it'll just become rear-wheel drive, and then this'll happen. 373 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:29,620 Eventually, we had him back on track and look how hard he's having to work. 374 00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:36,150 The Ferrari has incredibly complex electronics and that weird four-wheel-drive system, 375 00:28:36,185 --> 00:28:39,590 but this is not a car in which you can relax 376 00:28:39,625 --> 00:28:42,760 you have to drive it. You have to work. 377 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,380 So, four minutes and four seconds. 378 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,530 Then, it was the turn of the Bentley. 379 00:28:53,860 --> 00:28:59,340 5, 4.8, 2.7, 1, Go! 380 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,755 but mostly cos it's simpler. 381 00:29:13,790 --> 00:29:18,600 It has that conventional four-wheel-drive system and a normal automatic gearbox, 382 00:29:18,635 --> 00:29:20,685 rather than a flappy paddle manual. 383 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:25,380 This is a car in which you can sit back and let the machine do the work. 384 00:29:25,415 --> 00:29:29,700 Its V8 will even run on just four cylinders to save fuel, 385 00:29:29,735 --> 00:29:32,180 but not here - not with Stig at the wheel. 386 00:29:32,215 --> 00:29:34,540 Look at him! Not doing anything. 387 00:29:35,820 --> 00:29:38,245 But will it be faster? Can it be faster? 388 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,310 Coming round Club now, so we'll know soon enough. 389 00:29:46,060 --> 00:29:48,100 You hateful imbecile! 390 00:29:49,030 --> 00:29:53,245 Now that is actually a surprise - 391 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:59,110 the Bentley did it in 3.51, so that's 13 seconds quicker. 392 00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:09,280 When you are dancing on ice in Lapland, the Bentley is the fastest. 393 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:14,660 And I am glad about that because, of the two, this is my favourite. 394 00:30:14,695 --> 00:30:17,120 I like it a lot. 395 00:30:19,260 --> 00:30:24,370 However, if I was going on a skiing holiday, I would not use either of these. 396 00:30:26,550 --> 00:30:31,230 Because, if I wanted a car that would get me to St Moritz, 397 00:30:31,265 --> 00:30:33,425 and then keep on working when I got there, 398 00:30:33,460 --> 00:30:40,110 I would use what the crew has been using to film me here - A Range Rover. 399 00:30:51,300 --> 00:30:53,380 That was about as much fun as you can have. 400 00:30:56,290 --> 00:30:58,850 13 hours to get there but, God, it was fun. 401 00:30:58,885 --> 00:31:01,865 Interesting conclusion, though. 402 00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:04,580 I have actually driven the Ferrari on a dry track, 403 00:31:04,615 --> 00:31:07,225 and to be honest, it is not really a driver's car. 404 00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:12,170 Neither is the Bentley, and this is why I arrived at that conclusion. 405 00:31:12,205 --> 00:31:15,202 If you don't want the last word in handling precision - 406 00:31:15,237 --> 00:31:18,200 you just want four seats and something that works on snow - 407 00:31:18,235 --> 00:31:20,107 you might as well have the Range Rover. 408 00:31:20,142 --> 00:31:21,945 Fair enough. Can I get back to the Ferrari? 409 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:27,250 They have given it that wantonly complicated four-wheel-drive system, 410 00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:30,025 just to lower the engine a bit? 411 00:31:30,060 --> 00:31:33,630 I will not dumb it down any more for you, but that is the essence of it. 412 00:31:33,665 --> 00:31:35,965 It does seem a bit mad. It is. 413 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,275 I think this is too complicated for its own good. 414 00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:43,090 Too big and expensive. It will depreciate like a chest of drawers falling off a cliff. 415 00:31:46,710 --> 00:31:53,070 They should have called it the Ferrari India Special. 416 00:31:56,870 --> 00:32:01,195 My guest tonight has appeared in Inglourious Basterds, Shame, X-Men, Haywire, 417 00:32:01,230 --> 00:32:05,520 in fact, pretty well every film that has come out in the last six months. 418 00:32:05,555 --> 00:32:09,737 He is half-German and half-Irish, so, ladies and gentlemen, 419 00:32:09,772 --> 00:32:13,920 please say, "top of the morgen", to Michael Fassbender.. 420 00:32:30,140 --> 00:32:32,865 Now, in the olden days, and I note children watching will not believe this, 421 00:32:32,900 --> 00:32:39,060 it was possible to go to the cinema and see a film that did not have Michael Fassbender in it. 422 00:32:39,810 --> 00:32:47,240 You first came to my attention, at least, in Inglourious Basterds, with your... 423 00:32:47,275 --> 00:32:49,115 Does everyone do that to you in the street? 424 00:32:49,150 --> 00:32:51,520 Yeah, exactly. And it still takes me.. I'm like, what's he doing? 425 00:32:51,555 --> 00:32:54,175 "I have done 18 films since then!" 426 00:32:54,210 --> 00:32:56,375 But Shame is the one people are talking about. 427 00:32:56,410 --> 00:33:00,650 You had to do, honestly, a full frontal nude scene. 428 00:33:00,685 --> 00:33:05,905 Was it hard? 429 00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:10,100 I mean, this is an impressive sausage. 430 00:33:12,210 --> 00:33:13,720 I don't know what to say to that! 431 00:33:14,780 --> 00:33:18,360 So, can you say to your mum, "Would you like to see my new movie?" 432 00:33:18,395 --> 00:33:22,415 Exactly, she was actually going to come and see it in Venice 433 00:33:22,450 --> 00:33:25,925 and I said to my mum, "Sure, come and we will watch it together." 434 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,400 Enough months had passed for me to think it wouldn't be that bad. 435 00:33:29,435 --> 00:33:32,942 Luckily, her back was playing up, she has a bad lower back, 436 00:33:32,977 --> 00:33:36,450 and whether that was psychosomatic or not, I do not know. 437 00:33:36,485 --> 00:33:39,575 But, thankfully, she didn't make it, 438 00:33:39,610 --> 00:33:42,640 because the first thing my dad said, because he was behind me, 439 00:33:42,675 --> 00:33:45,670 he leaned over and said, "Thank God your mother isn't here." 440 00:33:47,470 --> 00:33:51,855 I have been doing this show for ten years, and I think in all of that time, 441 00:33:51,890 --> 00:33:56,180 only three or four of my friends have ever asked for tickets for the show. 442 00:33:56,215 --> 00:34:00,470 This week, when people discovered you were coming on, I had to get a minibus, 443 00:34:00,505 --> 00:34:02,125 and they are all girls. 444 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,150 "Can we come and look at his...?" 445 00:34:05,185 --> 00:34:09,145 Lap time. Yes, exactly. 446 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:14,260 Anyway, you have just done Shame, where you spend the entire time naked. 447 00:34:14,295 --> 00:34:19,680 Now you are in a film where you get to spank Keira Knightley. Yes. 448 00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:22,575 That is called Dangerous Method? Dangerous Method. 449 00:34:22,610 --> 00:34:28,845 What is that about? It is sort of focusing around Freud and Jung, 450 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:35,045 and one of their mutual patients, Sabina Spielrein, played by Keira, 451 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:41,760 and basically, that sort of relationship, the meetings of minds between Freud and Jung, 452 00:34:41,795 --> 00:34:44,237 and then the fracturing of that relationship, 453 00:34:44,272 --> 00:34:46,645 and she is kind of in the centre of it all. 454 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:50,560 I think we have a clip of the trailer, let us have a look. 455 00:34:50,595 --> 00:34:52,507 Sex? Male. 456 00:34:52,542 --> 00:34:54,376 Family? Child. 457 00:34:54,411 --> 00:34:56,210 Divorce? No. 458 00:34:57,930 --> 00:35:02,060 Why should we put so much effort into suppressing our most basic natural instincts? 459 00:35:02,095 --> 00:35:06,620 There is a rumour that you have taken a real patient as a mistress. 460 00:35:09,750 --> 00:35:12,190 Don't you think we should stop? you want to stop? 461 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:18,280 Sometimes you have to do something unforgivable just to be able to go on living. 462 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:21,325 I'll have some of that. 463 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,580 I like a bit of psychoanalysis. 464 00:35:25,950 --> 00:35:27,555 When you were reading the script for that 465 00:35:27,590 --> 00:35:31,455 and you got to the bit where you spank Keira Knightley, 466 00:35:31,490 --> 00:35:35,610 how much more did you read before you rang your agent to say you'd do it? 467 00:35:35,645 --> 00:35:37,665 It wasn't in the script. 468 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:39,725 I sort of insisted. "Then I'll do it!" 469 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:44,015 But you began, I think I am right in saying, on Holby City. 470 00:35:44,050 --> 00:35:49,740 And then you were in a Guinness advert, which must have been, well, perfect for you. 471 00:35:49,775 --> 00:35:55,430 Yeah, I mean, I said to them, "Is there anyway you could give me a Guinness credit card, 472 00:35:55,465 --> 00:35:57,665 with a white line along the top, 473 00:35:57,700 --> 00:36:00,660 which means I can have free Guinness for the rest of my life?" 474 00:36:00,695 --> 00:36:03,010 And did you get it? Negative. 475 00:36:03,420 --> 00:36:04,565 That's annoying. 476 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,935 Because you are not wholly Irish. I am half-German. 477 00:36:07,970 --> 00:36:12,140 Half-German, half-Irish. That is quite an odd combination. 478 00:36:12,175 --> 00:36:16,310 Like, "This must be done absolutely perfectly... Tomorrow." 479 00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:20,165 It is that slightly different... 480 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:24,490 One part of me wants to, you know, be very efficient 481 00:36:24,525 --> 00:36:26,855 and the other side is a little bit reckless. 482 00:36:26,890 --> 00:36:31,710 And you are a Formula 1 fan? So, is it Irvine or Schumacher? 483 00:36:31,745 --> 00:36:34,977 Schumacher. Schumacher? So the German side comes out? 484 00:36:35,012 --> 00:36:38,626 Still Schumacher, or have you now switched to Vettel? 485 00:36:38,661 --> 00:36:42,340 You know, I gotta say I'm still a Schumacher man. 486 00:36:42,375 --> 00:36:46,020 I mean, I would still like to see him get the car 487 00:36:49,260 --> 00:36:54,200 I don't know if it would be possible for him to get up to Vettel's level. 488 00:36:54,235 --> 00:36:57,470 He has got it in him. He is seven time world champion. 489 00:36:57,505 --> 00:36:59,305 I am with you. I think he is brilliant. 490 00:36:59,340 --> 00:37:04,880 Have you met him? I was lucky to get invited to Silverstone last year 491 00:37:04,915 --> 00:37:07,782 and he did come out of the Mercedes garage 492 00:37:07,817 --> 00:37:10,615 and I was running behind him, like a stalker. 493 00:37:10,650 --> 00:37:14,580 And I was like, "Schumacher, Schumacher?" And he kept walking. 494 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,860 And he was kind of looking at me with a bit of a smile 495 00:37:19,895 --> 00:37:22,340 and there was a lot of fear in his eyes. 496 00:37:22,375 --> 00:37:24,395 So, I did get the chance. 497 00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:27,660 Did you do that? No, no, he didn't know who the hell I was! 498 00:37:29,060 --> 00:37:31,605 Obviously, you are a big Formula 1 fan. 499 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:35,705 As far as I can work out, you have only ever had one car? 500 00:37:35,740 --> 00:37:41,230 Yes. It was a Peugeot 306 turbo diesel Spinnaker special edition. 501 00:37:43,050 --> 00:37:47,150 What is that? Was that just a local dealer putting "Spinnaker" on it 502 00:37:47,185 --> 00:37:48,705 and charging an extra 500? 503 00:37:48,740 --> 00:37:51,940 Pretty much. I think it had different coloured seats. 504 00:37:51,975 --> 00:37:54,892 I crashed it. I did it in. 505 00:37:54,927 --> 00:37:57,775 And that's that. Yeah. 506 00:37:57,810 --> 00:38:00,720 And I said to the guy when I brought the car up, "These damn Peugeots". 507 00:38:00,755 --> 00:38:02,882 He was like, "Well, the fellow at the Peugeot said 508 00:38:02,917 --> 00:38:05,010 they're not designed to go over the kerb at 50mph." 509 00:38:07,350 --> 00:38:10,250 So what do you get around on, then, if your Peugeot is being crashed? 510 00:38:10,285 --> 00:38:12,510 I use the motorcycle. 511 00:38:13,710 --> 00:38:15,325 I knew you would be happy about this 512 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:22,500 I started with a Speed Triple, and then I got the GS1200 BMW Adventure.. 513 00:38:22,535 --> 00:38:25,735 May's got one of those. It's an amazing piece of equipment. 514 00:38:25,770 --> 00:38:30,175 For the weight of it, when it is moving, it is so well-balanced. 515 00:38:30,210 --> 00:38:33,200 Are you allowed to ride bikes if you are involved in films all the time? 516 00:38:33,235 --> 00:38:36,215 Cos I would say, "No. They're too dangerous." 517 00:38:36,250 --> 00:38:41,980 Sometimes. I drove the Speed Triple to Berlin for Inglourious Basterds. 518 00:38:42,015 --> 00:38:44,785 They were like, "We have the ticket..." 519 00:38:44,820 --> 00:38:46,210 And it was, "No, he will make his own way there." 520 00:38:46,245 --> 00:38:47,605 They were like, "OK." 521 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,880 And I turned up on the bike, and they went, "What the!" 522 00:38:52,980 --> 00:38:54,505 So, I couldn't ride when I was filming that. 523 00:38:54,540 --> 00:38:58,535 No, I just wouldn't allow anybody I knew and liked to ride a motorcycle. 524 00:38:58,570 --> 00:39:02,530 That is why I encourage May and Hammond to ride theirs as much as possible. 525 00:39:03,930 --> 00:39:06,680 So, obviously you came here to do your lap. 526 00:39:06,715 --> 00:39:09,395 How was the Stig out there? He is amazing. 527 00:39:09,430 --> 00:39:12,845 I think he was probably getting a bit fed up of me 528 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,760 because he is giving me the information and I'm not putting it to use. 529 00:39:16,795 --> 00:39:21,450 He's jealous, because your helmet is now more famous than his. 530 00:39:25,300 --> 00:39:29,630 I am talking about the one he wears in X-Men, the Magneto helmet. 531 00:39:29,665 --> 00:39:32,335 Before you arrived, we had a bit of a problem. 532 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:36,390 We have some footage of the preparation which we have never had to do before. 533 00:39:36,425 --> 00:39:41,515 This is the second to last corner and it was just sheet ice. 534 00:39:41,550 --> 00:39:48,230 We sent our boys out there to try to get rid of most of it and it didn't help. 535 00:39:48,265 --> 00:39:50,910 Well, I mean, I can't blame the ice, to be honest. 536 00:39:50,945 --> 00:39:54,290 Who would like to see the lap? ALL: Yes. 537 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:55,540 Let's have a look. 538 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,560 It looks dry. Was it slippery? 539 00:40:00,595 --> 00:40:01,875 Sweating! 540 00:40:01,910 --> 00:40:06,970 It was only really the second-to-last corner where the ice was really playing. 541 00:40:07,005 --> 00:40:11,570 A few times, there was a bit too much squealing, it was like a pig. 542 00:40:11,605 --> 00:40:12,765 That's good. 543 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,710 Keeping that tidy, very tidy, actually. 544 00:40:15,745 --> 00:40:18,060 This is always a tricky one. 545 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,730 A little bit wide. Yeah, way wide on that. 546 00:40:22,765 --> 00:40:24,690 A little bit. Not too bad. 547 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:30,965 Hammerhead. How are we going to cope there? 548 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,465 I cut that a bit by the looks of it. A bit wide again. 549 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:37,930 I would say that was all right, actually, I'll reckon. 550 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,430 Yes, all looking smooth as hell. 551 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:42,785 Sweating like a cornered nun. 552 00:40:42,820 --> 00:40:47,055 Sweating like a cornered nun?! Where did you get that from? 553 00:40:47,090 --> 00:40:50,990 That is where you spun off, on the slow lap? Yes. Drifted over there. 554 00:40:51,420 --> 00:40:52,835 Yep, two wheels off. 555 00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:55,755 You can't cut that corner, can you? 556 00:40:55,790 --> 00:40:58,960 No, that's tricky. I kept cutting that. That was a problem. 557 00:40:58,995 --> 00:41:00,847 That was all right through Gambon. 558 00:41:00,882 --> 00:41:02,700 And there we are, across the line! 559 00:41:12,090 --> 00:41:13,275 Where do you reckon? 560 00:41:13,310 --> 00:41:17,125 I say I would be happy at about 1:45. 561 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,905 OK, 1:45. Somewhere around there. 562 00:41:19,940 --> 00:41:22,650 I do not think it will happen now. 563 00:41:22,685 --> 00:41:23,905 Well, it was... 564 00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:25,730 That ice on the second to last corner... 565 00:41:25,765 --> 00:41:27,380 Letting me down gently, I like it. 566 00:41:28,390 --> 00:41:32,310 Michael Fassbender, you did it in 1... 567 00:41:32,345 --> 00:41:33,720 40... 568 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,560 2... 569 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,410 ..point 8. 570 00:41:43,510 --> 00:41:50,210 That is... The third fastest time we ever had! 571 00:41:50,245 --> 00:41:52,125 That's all right! 572 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,750 With ice on the second-to-last corner! 573 00:41:58,070 --> 00:41:59,670 I was not expecting that at all. 574 00:42:00,700 --> 00:42:03,520 That is a fantastic time. I am happy with that. 575 00:42:03,555 --> 00:42:04,945 I am thrilled you could come. 576 00:42:04,980 --> 00:42:07,350 Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Fassbender! 577 00:42:18,970 --> 00:42:21,780 In this country, we like to do everything we possibly can 578 00:42:21,815 --> 00:42:24,580 to make life more pleasant for disabled people. 579 00:42:24,615 --> 00:42:27,215 We have Pelican Crossings that beep, 580 00:42:27,250 --> 00:42:29,500 and we have ramps in front of public buildings, 581 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,675 Yes, and there is even a range of off-road mobility scooters 582 00:42:34,710 --> 00:42:38,800 so that people with disabilities can get out into the countryside and do rambling. 583 00:42:38,835 --> 00:42:41,582 Problem is, they don't look very off-roady to us. 584 00:42:41,617 --> 00:42:44,330 I mean, this is hardly a Toyota Land Cruiser, is it? 585 00:42:44,365 --> 00:42:47,640 And they are fantastically expensive. 586 00:42:47,675 --> 00:42:49,475 This one is 6,500. 587 00:42:49,510 --> 00:42:54,740 Yes, and that gave us an idea, could we do something genuinely worthwhile for once. 588 00:42:54,775 --> 00:43:00,860 Could we build an off-road mobility scooter that does not cost a fortune? 589 00:43:00,895 --> 00:43:04,820 Yeah, well, the producers told us we should go and do exactly that 590 00:43:04,855 --> 00:43:08,730 and then meet up in Wales for a series of tests. 591 00:43:10,230 --> 00:43:15,110 This is exactly the sort of damp, muddy countryside that ramblists love. 592 00:43:15,145 --> 00:43:18,350 Ideal conditions, then, to test our machines. 593 00:43:19,970 --> 00:43:22,055 This is what I have created. 594 00:43:22,090 --> 00:43:26,010 I built it from two scooters so I have ended up with two engines, 595 00:43:26,045 --> 00:43:28,475 four-wheel drive, the four at the back 596 00:43:28,510 --> 00:43:31,555 and four-wheel steering, the four at the front. 597 00:43:31,590 --> 00:43:37,500 It has lawnmower tyres, a sound system and binoculars for bird-watching 598 00:43:37,535 --> 00:43:39,925 and with that in mind, check this out. 599 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:43,875 This is a hide, that fits over the top of the scooter 600 00:43:43,910 --> 00:43:48,602 so I can sneak up silently without frightening birds, 601 00:43:48,603 --> 00:43:49,603 like the pied wagtail and the... The coot. 602 00:43:54,435 --> 00:43:56,130 Crikey! 603 00:43:58,010 --> 00:43:59,510 Stephen Hawking has arrived. 604 00:44:01,220 --> 00:44:03,630 Weren't you listening to the challenge? Yes. 605 00:44:03,665 --> 00:44:06,607 It said mobility scooters, off-road. 606 00:44:06,642 --> 00:44:09,515 Forgive me for taking it seriously 607 00:44:09,550 --> 00:44:14,795 but as far as I can make out mobility scooters of the people who have difficulty walking. 608 00:44:14,830 --> 00:44:20,040 I'm concerned with people who have no choice but to be in this, which is a wheelchair. 609 00:44:20,075 --> 00:44:24,220 Why shouldn't people in wheelchairs be able to go rambling? 610 00:44:24,255 --> 00:44:25,345 You are right. 611 00:44:25,380 --> 00:44:29,140 I was with some disabled children the other day, confined to wheelchairs, 612 00:44:36,740 --> 00:44:40,730 This is not fast, if I am honest, but it is versatile. It is going there. 613 00:44:40,765 --> 00:44:44,500 Once you get into the countryside, don't do that. 614 00:44:44,535 --> 00:44:45,925 You have a coffee machine. 615 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:51,300 I have everything, drinks, sat nav, electronic tablet. 616 00:44:51,335 --> 00:44:53,690 You mean an iPad? Exactly. 617 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,430 What is this on the back? It is a gravel dispenser. 618 00:44:58,465 --> 00:45:00,872 If you get stuck in a bog. 619 00:45:00,907 --> 00:45:03,245 What is this handle for? 620 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:07,395 You are going up or down a steep bit, 621 00:45:07,430 --> 00:45:09,940 you wind it and it changes the angle of the seat. 622 00:45:10,850 --> 00:45:15,560 At this point the piece of the morning was shattered by the arrival of the local boy. 623 00:45:17,070 --> 00:45:20,560 That is him making that noise, isn't it? He looks like an idiot. 624 00:45:20,595 --> 00:45:24,720 He is an idiot. He's built a half-track. 625 00:45:24,755 --> 00:45:26,110 Hello! 626 00:45:28,220 --> 00:45:29,360 I know. 627 00:45:33,860 --> 00:45:36,048 Where did it say it is supposed to be electric? 628 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,485 Isn't it in the regulations? 629 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:40,885 Let me talk you through what I have done. 630 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:44,905 The chassis is composed of two vehicles, a mobility trike, 631 00:45:44,940 --> 00:45:50,140 and it is mated to one of those powered wheelbarrows that builders used 632 00:45:50,175 --> 00:45:53,450 for cutting huge amounts of stuff over rugged terrain 633 00:45:53,485 --> 00:45:55,945 and it has tremendous off-road capability 634 00:45:55,980 --> 00:45:59,775 and in such an environment we will need a winch. 635 00:45:59,810 --> 00:46:03,570 Not again. Have you mounted it to the front wings? 636 00:46:03,605 --> 00:46:06,475 To the chassis, this time. I have learned. 637 00:46:06,510 --> 00:46:10,530 I've got incline-o-meter, because this can achieve incredible angles of lean. 638 00:46:10,565 --> 00:46:12,272 This way, and that way. 639 00:46:12,307 --> 00:46:13,945 Jerrycans for extra fuel. 640 00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:19,450 This is important. We not only had to build machines that worked better 641 00:46:19,485 --> 00:46:21,315 that what you can buy off the shelf off-road, 642 00:46:21,350 --> 00:46:24,560 but were cheaper. This is the most important thing. 643 00:46:24,595 --> 00:46:28,570 Mine, all in, 2,700. 644 00:46:28,605 --> 00:46:31,475 2,400. 645 00:46:31,510 --> 00:46:36,320 1,200 for the trek, 1,200 for the wheelbarrow, the rest was just sweat and work. 646 00:46:36,355 --> 00:46:38,710 Interesting. What was yours? 647 00:46:38,745 --> 00:46:39,755 2,000. 648 00:46:39,790 --> 00:46:43,105 That represents a massive saving. 649 00:46:43,140 --> 00:46:48,030 There we are. If you were disabled and you want to go to the countryside... 650 00:46:48,065 --> 00:46:50,770 Exactly. Exactly. 651 00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,970 Obviously we would test our machines in the hills later 652 00:46:55,005 --> 00:46:58,710 but first we had to make sure they work in towns. 653 00:47:00,150 --> 00:47:02,395 This is very important, 654 00:47:02,430 --> 00:47:05,920 a Range Rover does not just work in the countryside, 655 00:47:05,955 --> 00:47:08,130 it has to work in the city as well. 656 00:47:08,165 --> 00:47:10,020 And so must this. 657 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:21,400 What I normally do in towns is going to the baker's. 658 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,980 Morning. Have you got an iced finger? 659 00:47:32,370 --> 00:47:37,065 There are many regulations, as you would imagine, this being Britain, 660 00:47:37,100 --> 00:47:41,760 governing the use of mobility scooters and this meets almost all of them. 661 00:47:41,795 --> 00:47:46,217 I'm good for width, I'm good for length, I'm good for speed. 662 00:47:46,252 --> 00:47:50,640 But I do have a problem with weight and so does my scooter. 663 00:47:52,470 --> 00:47:53,390 Excuse me. 664 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:55,690 Would it be... I hate to do this... 665 00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:00,000 I am trying to get down there and it is stuck, I'm so sorry. 666 00:48:04,300 --> 00:48:05,710 It is not quite as easy as it looks. 667 00:48:06,860 --> 00:48:08,190 Again, sorry. 668 00:48:08,225 --> 00:48:09,670 Bye. 669 00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:13,705 Police man, I must be careful of the speed limit. 670 00:48:13,740 --> 00:48:16,450 I'm allowed to do four miles an hour in built-up areas. 671 00:48:19,090 --> 00:48:20,125 That's more than 4! 672 00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:23,740 Feel the speed! The speed! 673 00:48:24,990 --> 00:48:26,745 Four miles an hour, officer. 674 00:48:26,780 --> 00:48:28,630 You look really uncomfortable in this. 675 00:48:28,665 --> 00:48:30,135 It is my first time. 676 00:48:30,170 --> 00:48:34,170 The first time you getting, your feet are going like this. 677 00:48:34,205 --> 00:48:39,170 It is all this little wizard's hat. 678 00:48:39,205 --> 00:48:41,730 Just down there, come on. 679 00:48:43,390 --> 00:48:46,570 Three, two, one, go. 680 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:51,260 Come on! 681 00:48:55,390 --> 00:48:56,290 That is all I have got. 682 00:48:56,810 --> 00:49:00,600 Here is the big test, will it fit in a disabled lavatory? 683 00:49:02,770 --> 00:49:04,091 Yep! 684 00:49:05,900 --> 00:49:07,620 Morning! Just browsing! 685 00:49:10,620 --> 00:49:12,150 Ahh.. I'm sorry! 686 00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:19,620 Despite the mishaps... 687 00:49:22,270 --> 00:49:26,395 We decided our machines work well in an urban environment 688 00:49:26,430 --> 00:49:32,230 so we headed back out to the fields, where my half-track was even better. 689 00:49:32,830 --> 00:49:36,700 It seems able to tackle quite steep slopes which is potentially good. 690 00:49:38,390 --> 00:49:41,215 Easy. Plenty of torque from that petrol engine. 691 00:49:41,250 --> 00:49:48,380 The suspension is working, it climbed up there as if it was not there. 692 00:49:48,415 --> 00:49:51,600 Check my wildlife screen, that is a blackbird. 693 00:49:51,635 --> 00:49:54,905 I am driving in stealth mode. 694 00:49:54,940 --> 00:49:59,700 You can't see that because I am well camouflaged. And silent. 695 00:50:01,220 --> 00:50:04,810 I have to say the four-wheel-drive system is working magnificently well. 696 00:50:04,845 --> 00:50:10,080 The ride is good, the grip is good. I have built a Land Rover here. 697 00:50:12,180 --> 00:50:14,840 Oh, no, I have run over my hide. 698 00:50:15,870 --> 00:50:18,600 Since the hide clearly needed more work.. 699 00:50:21,220 --> 00:50:25,470 The producers told me to get rid of it and then they gave us a challenge. 700 00:50:25,505 --> 00:50:28,620 You will now report to... 701 00:50:38,020 --> 00:50:42,180 Where you will take part in an off-road race. 702 00:50:42,215 --> 00:50:44,005 Hang on a minute, it gets worse. 703 00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:48,530 You will be working as a team against a group of wounded servicemen 704 00:50:48,565 --> 00:50:51,980 who will be using the off the shelf off-road scooters. 705 00:50:53,810 --> 00:51:00,310 The terrain we would have to cross was brutal, wet grass, mud and steep wooded slopes. 706 00:51:00,345 --> 00:51:04,040 The finish line was on a mountain three kilometres away. 707 00:51:04,075 --> 00:51:07,430 And this is who we were up against. 708 00:51:09,130 --> 00:51:13,225 You are Nick. Mark. Ben. 709 00:51:13,260 --> 00:51:16,000 Let's get your wounds worked out. 710 00:51:16,035 --> 00:51:18,865 Spinal injuries. 711 00:51:18,900 --> 00:51:21,920 Right leg. So that's nothing..? 712 00:51:21,955 --> 00:51:23,850 Kick it as what you want. 713 00:51:25,070 --> 00:51:26,115 Gone. 714 00:51:26,150 --> 00:51:28,800 And you are? Left arm, right leg. 715 00:51:28,835 --> 00:51:31,110 Left arm, right leg? Yeah. 716 00:51:31,145 --> 00:51:32,455 How did you do that? 717 00:51:32,490 --> 00:51:36,040 As I was spinning down I landed on ground first. 718 00:51:36,075 --> 00:51:38,305 Was it a bomb? Yes. 719 00:51:38,340 --> 00:51:41,180 Despite their injuries they were confident. 720 00:51:41,215 --> 00:51:44,020 Do you think honestly you will beat us? Yes. 721 00:51:44,055 --> 00:51:47,060 They're just playing mental games. 722 00:51:47,095 --> 00:51:48,245 Put some beers in it. 723 00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:53,310 A case of beers. A case of beers. 724 00:51:56,780 --> 00:51:59,915 The military boys used their orienteering skills 725 00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:03,050 to map out a manageable route for their scooters. 726 00:52:03,085 --> 00:52:04,580 Take it easy on the rocky bitt. 727 00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:10,580 We, however, was so confident in our engineering, 728 00:52:10,615 --> 00:52:13,825 we decided to go as the crow flies. 729 00:52:13,860 --> 00:52:16,960 We are being started with the traditional Welsh hunting horn. 730 00:52:28,490 --> 00:52:29,550 Go! 731 00:52:39,110 --> 00:52:42,160 Come on! James! 732 00:52:42,430 --> 00:52:44,120 This is full speed! 733 00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:48,220 I hate it when they make us do a race. I should have known. 734 00:52:51,930 --> 00:52:53,130 Let's get up this hill! 735 00:52:56,490 --> 00:52:59,290 There is no question mine is faster than yours! 736 00:52:59,325 --> 00:53:01,100 And quieter! 737 00:53:04,710 --> 00:53:06,510 Oh, no, my steering's jammed. 738 00:53:08,050 --> 00:53:09,385 I'm losing traction completely. 739 00:53:09,420 --> 00:53:12,490 Go forward, go forward. Do a bit of convoy formation here, lads. 740 00:53:12,525 --> 00:53:13,470 That's a good effort. 741 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:22,170 Yes! Now I can just engage seat angle alteration. 742 00:53:31,720 --> 00:53:34,260 While Sir Randolph May was stuck.. 743 00:53:34,295 --> 00:53:35,035 What have you done? 744 00:53:35,070 --> 00:53:36,895 ..I went to help the orang-utan. 745 00:53:36,930 --> 00:53:39,150 Try and get the bodywork off the wheel. 746 00:53:39,185 --> 00:53:41,370 If you try and turn the wheel to the left. 747 00:53:41,405 --> 00:53:43,512 This is teamwork now, isn't it? 748 00:53:43,547 --> 00:53:45,620 We're actually doing teamwork. 749 00:53:46,090 --> 00:53:47,485 What am I thinking of? 750 00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:49,520 I've got my gravel system to deploy. 751 00:53:49,555 --> 00:53:51,205 Watch this. 752 00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:57,750 Pulling the string dispenses gravel from the hopper in front of the wheels, improving traction. 753 00:53:57,785 --> 00:53:59,510 Deploy... 754 00:54:02,610 --> 00:54:03,455 Hang a right. 755 00:54:03,490 --> 00:54:05,580 Right, go, go, go! 756 00:54:08,380 --> 00:54:13,060 Having mended Jeremy's scooter, Thunderbird One then had to rescue me. 757 00:54:15,590 --> 00:54:20,440 Oh, this is just...glorious. Tremendous! 758 00:54:22,620 --> 00:54:23,600 Stop it! 759 00:54:34,810 --> 00:54:36,710 They're down there, look. There. 760 00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:39,465 Losers. 761 00:54:39,500 --> 00:54:41,625 How did you get there? 762 00:54:41,660 --> 00:54:43,715 We'll see you at the end. 763 00:54:43,750 --> 00:54:47,295 I feel a crate of beer coming on. 764 00:54:47,330 --> 00:54:50,840 Hammond! They're ahead of us! 765 00:54:50,875 --> 00:54:51,710 Go. 766 00:54:53,670 --> 00:54:54,880 Left here, Ben! 767 00:54:55,380 --> 00:54:56,285 Go on, go, go, go. 768 00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:58,975 Worried by the progress of our rivals, 769 00:54:59,010 --> 00:55:02,030 Hammond and I stopped to discuss our colleague. 770 00:55:02,065 --> 00:55:05,050 I mean, look at him. He's pretty pointless. 771 00:55:06,690 --> 00:55:09,740 There is a bit of a rise in the terrain, there. 772 00:55:11,750 --> 00:55:12,969 Nope. 773 00:55:15,090 --> 00:55:19,620 Do we, in these unique circumstances, merely leave him? Mm-hm. 774 00:55:19,655 --> 00:55:21,565 Or shoot him and leave him? 775 00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:26,430 Because we were working as a team, we decided to just leave him. 776 00:55:26,465 --> 00:55:31,040 I feel bad. I do. I feel bad. I'm getting better! 777 00:55:35,890 --> 00:55:39,520 Right... I think... That way. 778 00:55:41,720 --> 00:55:46,670 Pro Rider Road King is doing well here. A moment of actual progress. 779 00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:50,130 Mate, we're rolling. 780 00:55:52,030 --> 00:55:55,660 I was rolling, too, and had left Jeremy far behind. 781 00:55:56,450 --> 00:55:59,165 It's getting very muddy now, but that's OK. 782 00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:01,880 This is where tracks are absolutely perfect. 783 00:56:20,110 --> 00:56:21,645 Nav check. Be careful, man. 784 00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:25,620 That was that road we saw on top of the ridge. 785 00:56:25,655 --> 00:56:27,365 We're doing well, we're doing well. 786 00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:29,960 It's going to get tricky up there, them contour lines. 787 00:56:29,995 --> 00:56:31,170 Yeah. Keep doing what we're doing. 788 00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:37,080 Sportster, this is Pro Rider Road King, come in. 789 00:56:37,115 --> 00:56:39,740 I may need your winch a tiny bit. 790 00:56:39,775 --> 00:56:41,350 Oh, God. 791 00:56:42,150 --> 00:56:45,780 Once again, I had to abandon my pursuit of our rivals 792 00:56:45,815 --> 00:56:48,230 to go and rescue the orang-utan. 793 00:56:48,265 --> 00:56:49,870 What have you done? 794 00:56:51,250 --> 00:56:53,100 Let it rock. Go on! 795 00:56:54,210 --> 00:56:55,550 Yeah, that's much better. 796 00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:57,930 That isn't. Oh, no! 797 00:56:59,330 --> 00:57:02,510 Lovely jubbly! Go, go, go. 798 00:57:03,820 --> 00:57:11,770 The Pro Rider was eventually righted, but this teamwork nonsense wasn't getting us anywhere. 799 00:57:11,805 --> 00:57:13,570 Ram me! 800 00:57:20,190 --> 00:57:23,990 Jeremy... Go. It's going to be dark by the time I get there. 801 00:57:24,025 --> 00:57:27,345 Mate, I'm going to. Go. Be the team. 802 00:57:27,380 --> 00:57:33,090 And beat the soldiers on the Top Gear thing that has suddenly become. Yes. 803 00:57:33,125 --> 00:57:35,990 I'm not giving in, but I don't want you to wait any more. 804 00:57:37,780 --> 00:57:39,360 So long, Pro Rider. 805 00:57:40,730 --> 00:57:43,400 Obviously, the servicemen were in the lead, 806 00:57:43,435 --> 00:57:46,035 but they were still taking the long way round. 807 00:57:46,070 --> 00:57:49,200 If I'm going to stand a chance of preserving my team's honour, 808 00:57:49,235 --> 00:57:51,120 I'm going to have to go straight up. 809 00:57:54,570 --> 00:57:57,610 To help me, my rivals were starting to struggle. 810 00:58:10,370 --> 00:58:11,165 We're through. 811 00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:14,340 Lesser vehicles would have been just stumped by that. 812 00:58:21,590 --> 00:58:23,040 Landed right on my GPS. 813 00:58:25,180 --> 00:58:27,375 Meanwhile, much further back... 814 00:58:27,410 --> 00:58:33,020 Now that my weight is on the back wheels, I have traction. 815 00:58:33,055 --> 00:58:35,977 Oh, yeah. I'm surfing now. 816 00:58:36,012 --> 00:58:38,865 If we bend it outwards... 817 00:58:38,900 --> 00:58:41,605 Mark's control panel had snapped off in the fall, 818 00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:45,010 and getting it fixed again had cost them precious time. 819 00:58:45,045 --> 00:58:47,890 Did you hear that? Yeah, I can hear some engine. 820 00:58:47,925 --> 00:58:49,855 I can hear Hammond. Hammond? 821 00:58:49,890 --> 00:58:53,410 There's no BLEEP way he could have got up here that fast. Go, go. 822 00:58:58,150 --> 00:59:00,225 Come on, don't stop, old Sportster! 823 00:59:00,260 --> 00:59:03,960 I've got to pick my lines, keep it as level as I can. 824 00:59:05,860 --> 00:59:08,380 That's it, the summit's there. That's it, that's the summit. 825 00:59:08,415 --> 00:59:11,590 Wahey! It's a race to the finish line. 826 00:59:14,260 --> 00:59:16,010 That's got to be the summit up there. 827 00:59:17,210 --> 00:59:19,150 Come on! Ha, ha, ha, ha! 828 00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:22,020 Last push now, boys. 829 00:59:24,580 --> 00:59:26,020 I'm going to make it! 830 00:59:27,570 --> 00:59:29,600 Keep going, keep going. Go, go, go. 831 00:59:29,635 --> 00:59:30,620 Last little bit. 832 00:59:33,220 --> 00:59:35,670 Yes! This is it. This is the summit. 833 00:59:41,550 --> 00:59:42,770 All right, lads? 834 00:59:42,805 --> 00:59:43,965 Welcome. 835 00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:47,490 Well done, mate. Well done, well done. 836 00:59:47,525 --> 00:59:48,735 It's just me. 837 00:59:48,770 --> 00:59:51,780 Meanwhile, far, far away... 838 00:59:52,870 --> 00:59:55,935 Now, look at this. It's a 17th-century pub. 839 00:59:55,970 --> 01:00:00,960 And look at that step there. If you were in a normal conventional electric wheelchair, 840 01:00:00,995 --> 01:00:05,297 that would be game over and no pint. 841 01:00:05,332 --> 01:00:09,600 But now, watch this. Full power. 842 01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:14,660 Hang on. 843 01:00:24,660 --> 01:00:26,450 Oh, COCK Oh, cock. 844 01:00:26,485 --> 01:00:28,240 Still, could be worse. 845 01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:33,225 Fenton! Fenton! 846 01:00:33,260 --> 01:00:37,590 Fenton! Oh, Jesus Christ! 847 01:00:42,170 --> 01:00:43,295 Mine was terrible. 848 01:00:43,330 --> 01:00:46,560 I'm glad I pushed it down the hill and made Fenton jokes about it. 849 01:00:46,595 --> 01:00:47,950 Because it was rubbish. 850 01:00:47,985 --> 01:00:49,095 I'm sorry. What? 851 01:00:49,130 --> 01:00:50,950 Mine was a lot worse. 852 01:00:51,670 --> 01:00:55,230 I have to say, mine was brilliant. Er, it wasn't! 853 01:00:55,265 --> 01:00:56,935 It was. It was the only one who made it. 854 01:00:56,970 --> 01:01:00,750 I don't think you were, Hammond, because you were beaten by these chaps. 855 01:01:00,785 --> 01:01:01,825 I was, I was. 856 01:01:01,860 --> 01:01:04,014 So, James, have you got something for them? 857 01:01:04,140 --> 01:01:09,740 Yes, it is an absolute pleasure, gentlemen, to give you, as promised, beer, 858 01:01:09,775 --> 01:01:12,150 Well done, guys. Well done, chaps. 859 01:01:12,185 --> 01:01:12,980 You've earned it. 860 01:01:14,910 --> 01:01:18,275 Now, can I just ask, because, as you know, 861 01:01:18,310 --> 01:01:22,130 Top Gear is famous throughout the world for its consumer advice, 862 01:01:22,165 --> 01:01:24,810 so which one of these three would you say was the best? 863 01:01:24,845 --> 01:01:25,600 This one wins hands down. 864 01:01:25,635 --> 01:01:26,605 The trike? Yeah. 865 01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:28,620 But that's still expensive. What is it, five... 866 01:01:28,655 --> 01:01:30,985 5,000. It's 5,000. 867 01:01:31,020 --> 01:01:32,930 I think I've got the answer to this, actually. 868 01:01:32,965 --> 01:01:34,645 It's carmakers. 869 01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:36,135 Because you know how they are always branching out 870 01:01:36,170 --> 01:01:41,470 and they make things like trendy designer kettles and overpriced carbon fibre mountain bikes, 871 01:01:41,505 --> 01:01:43,245 why don't they just stop all that and concentrate on 872 01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:47,800 making an affordable, off-road wheelchair or scooter that works? 873 01:01:47,835 --> 01:01:50,267 If you think about it, this is a really good idea. 874 01:01:50,302 --> 01:01:52,700 Carmakers making wheelchair, this is a good idea. 875 01:01:52,735 --> 01:01:56,155 It is a good idea, and it's on Top Gear. 876 01:01:56,190 --> 01:01:59,670 And that is a bombshell, so let's end quickly. 877 01:01:59,705 --> 01:02:01,520 See you next week, take care, good night!