Top Gear (2002–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Britain's Fastest White-Van Driver - full transcript
This time, three powerful cars--Audi RS6, Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG, and Maserati Coupé--as well as five agile super-minis, are put to the test. A Lada Riva gets an extreme makeover, as the Irish actor, Michael Gambon, is the next star.
In tonight's episode:
Knight in our reasonably priced car.
Maserati's new coupe is it in for our track.
I close the door mirrors. We went in search
the fastest driver of white vans in Britain.
But first, followed by an apology.
In last week's show,
mainly we deal with the
environment and I think I blew it.
As we neared the end,
inadvertently I said I unto
death to išutiram domestic owl.
You said you were going to išutirati to death for fun.
-I know.
Is it now that we can clarify? Even if you walk
after the branch of a tree and
an owl you get in their way,
Do not kicking it.
-I Just do not.
We failed ourselves, but we failed and owls.
This was our attempt to be green,
we screwed up thing
we will no longer be green,
this week we will be scarlet.
And that is why we are in
the studio of the new BMW M5.
Four-door sedan and 400 hp under the hood.
Many of you have no idea about what is KS 400,
so I made this run chart that I explained to you.
Here, this is the power, and this is in order
to simplify, the number of double-decker bus.
For example, Nelson's Monument, 10 double-deckers.
Big Ben on 30 June.
And here we have a 400 horsepower, about here,
40 double-deckers.
If you could spread out 400 hp per country,
thickness of 15 cm,
to cover an area of Belgium.
A BMW is not the only manufacturer that
puts so much of Belgium under the hood.
Look at this. This is a Jaguar S Type R, now with
turbocharged V8 engine of 4.2 liters and 400 hp.
Auto is divine,
and Jaguar are certainly very satisfied
because finally,
after all these years caught up with BMW.
But now joined by Audi and raised the bar.
In fact, they took an ordinary,
rather antiseptic body
A6 model and equipped the V8 engine
of 2.4 l with a double turbo-powered
that achieves a whopping 450 hp.
This is the same size as Portugal.
You could equip the Cathedral
of St. Paul seven times
power output of 450 hp. Seven times.
Therefore, it is much stronger than the M5 which
is also noticeable in addition to all of the wires
and bright pier.
You know immediately that this thing serious.
0-100 km / h developed for ...
I do not know, 0 seconds. Top speed is limited
at 250 km / h to happiness
to the German Green Party,
but the other day I was driving on the test track
and video that was 280 km / h on the meter.
I appreciate to be able to
develop up to 360 km / h
If you have a long enough track.
God, it's fast. Such forces.
RS6 is sold as a sedan or estate,
both for about 58,000 pounds.
That's 5,000 pounds more than the BMW M5,
but I think this is one of
the best cars on the road.
Many rock aristocrats ride this fast Audije.
Kenny Jones, Mitch Mitchell ...
They made their fortunes,
and will have a calm and moderate
for the later years of life, but it is the same as
and acoustic albums that record. I can not resist
they have 42 lasers and inflatable pig.
Yes, I will Audi.
I want to be a moderate, but look, and fenders,
See the huge front grille.
I want to. Thick rubber.
And this is a country rock star.
All rock aristocracy ends here
14 when the album comes out
in a double-platinum release.
This is for example the back yard Gordon Sting
Wiltshire, or as you call it.
In addition to this work
who borrowed accountant only he has not noticed.
Everyone here is in a group, it makes a stop
and inquiries for directions rare treat.
Excuse me,
can you direct me to the home of Steve Winwood?
Steve Winwood? Straight to Van Morrison House,
Sting then left to the pond. Strolling along the
and then at the intersection in front
of the house Peter Gabriel left turn.
Great, thanks. From that you group?
Pink Floyd. Oh, yeah, you're a drummer.
Do you have Audi? Yes, a few.
Do you own this model?
-Stiže For Christmas. -Thank you very much.
I do not blame rock dinosaurs you choose Audi.
It's not only well-designed
volcano out of control.
Harnesses the power of Quattro
system with drive to all four wheels,
a few are strengthened and the suspension.
No, Jeremy, you're wrong. Not a little but a lot.
I could live with the hard ride,
which is a good job,
because I could not live without
that looks and this strength.
This car is a "stairway to heaven",
"Bohemian Rhapsody".
But the Audi Unfortunately,
this is not the end of the story.
Easily better than the BMW M5 and Jaguar S Type R.
But in the Mercedes went wild.
Welcome to E55. Welcome to the dawn of 500 hp.
I'm not a fan of E-class style. Looks like Honda,
I'm not even a fan of Mercedes' customer service.
However,
I'm a big fan of this huge V8 turbocharged
engine volume of 5.5 liters.
The same engine is placed in SL,
sounds like a Tornado fighter jet and NASCAR,
with a hint of thunder.
I have to admit that it was quite silenced,
but the strength is still there.
If you do not mind spending a liter of petrol
to 2.5 km, this miracle is absolutely flying.
Yes, it cost 3,000 pounds more than the Audi,
but you get more.
On a flat road is even faster.
One caveat.
This car reminds me somewhat on Eurofighter
who can not fly without the integrated computer
who constantly adjust course.
And this is the same.
Do not forget that there is no AWD.
I do not think you can drive it in this weather
rain and wet leaves without traction control.
Constant love and you can feel how it works.
Even the slightest hint of gas,
will turn on a light that tells me
that the machine just saved belaja.
You are right on the edge.
500 hp. Beyond that, you can not.
So, this car or Audi?
The same level of quality,
the same size, the interior ambience.
The choice is not difficult. Look at it this way.
If Audi Kit Mun, wild and riotous,
then Mercedes Charlie Watts. Quiet and unassuming.
Yeah? I've always been a fan of The Who.
That's why I choose Audi.
Is that really a drummer from Pink Floyd?
Yeah, Nick Mason.
He went over to borrow a cup
of sugar from Roger Doltrija.
So Mercedes is the most powerful?
-Yes.
And which car was the fastest on the track?
-On The track, in the dry,
I'm pretty convinced that it was a Mercedes,
But of course,
the inevitable rain falling when we gave Stig,
Audi is powered by 4 point was 2.5 seconds faster.
Really?
Da 1:33. Same as the SL and the NSX.
This is very, very fast car.
Just quick. All the time.
However, it is the second.
This Mercedes trip with strength
where the Germans are now engaged,
BMW with 400 hp,
However, Audi with 450 hp and 476
hp with Mercedes, we have this chart
Let's see where it leads.
Now we are in 2002 with 400 hp.
If you continue to follow the rise,
by 2008 we will have
the strength of a thousand million hp.
And that is the distance
between Earth and the moon.
Okay. Tonight's show is dedicated to driving cars.
What compels us to contemplate
whether it is possible
that from something, anything,
compile the driver's car.
To do this,
we found a guy who has Ladu and we stole it.
This is the base of Lotus in Hedel, Norfolk.
And this is 1.5 E Lada Pola Sherwood.
She is six years and is worth 200 pounds.
Silly mission took Kris Arnold,
General Manager Lotus Sport & Performance.
So that's it?
-Yes. It's a project car?
Oh my God. I do not understand much in Lade.
How long did you have? Something less than a year.
Lada gets into your blood,
and when you enter you can not get rid of.
It's a good car.
I meant to talk about aerodynamics,
but I'm not sure
what can we do. It is rather boxy.
This eclipse, to the interior Lade.
It's pretty dark in there.
-Yes.
And that old steering wheel
is not exactly fashionable.
You can insult it, you can target the bricks,
but it is only one firm, uncouth car.
Here's your Lada 1500 engine Vulgaris.
-Yes.
It is basically a Russian tractor engine.
To be honest,
I do not think it pays to do something with this.
I'd say all of this to pluck up,
and I put a new motor in there.
The desire to always help,
we spent 200 pounds and bought him a new engine.
A little worried that she do something bad.
Really.
Oh my God. What's he doing?
In order to assess the
conditions of the upcoming task
related to the ride and handling,
Lotus has released its
best man, Gavin Kershaw.
This is definitely the worst car I've ever driven.
It's not every day that Russell Kar
and his team of designers get their hands Lade.
If we find good wheels at the right size
and if we determine a good height
to give him a stronger stance.
And to correct the attitude
of the wheels and the body.
This piece carbon fiber worth £
500 more expensive than the car.
Questions were raised about the color,
or black will cover
better disguised some details that we put,
but it will cleanse the surface.
It'll be just fine.
They should just shake loose
grate and see what it does.
We could mix these two colors.
To get out of the center console,
perhaps to remove it
and this partition,
to put under the aluminum carrier,
to clean up there.
Perhaps to add some detail in silver
to obtain a sporty feel, more like this.
The owner was worried that
you will spoil the look.
I hope it will not prove that he was right.
It will be hard work, but if anyone can do it,
it's those brave guys from Lotus.
Can fix Voksal to work on Proton.
Later we will look at how they fared with Lado,
but first let's go to the news.
Absolutely.
Let's start with a story about parking.
Rio Ferdinand,
who came to him as a football player ...
For which team plays? Manchester United.
So that was able to afford
an Aston Martin Venkviš,
but should you can afford a fine of 40 pounds
he received because he was not parked
in a box that was not wide enough.
Should not that boxing is wide
enough to accommodate a car?
That would make sense. He had been lucky.
I am a few days ago received a sentence,
I'm not kidding you,
because I badly parked.
When it became like ice skating?
Where will all stand and evaluate:
"I would not say that is a nice park."
"I just three points from
the judges from Nigeria."
A has a negative effect. If it will work,
then you have to work on the principle
of carrot and stick, and to do
something positive,
especially if they think you're a nice park.
I ought to praise or to make glue
"bee" on the windshield.
Or a booklet with coupons.
-When Speaking of parking,
know where we compile this program,
in the center of London.
Across the road is a multi-storey
garage where for two hours
paid 9 pounds.
If you stay 2 hours, 15 minutes, 18 pounds.
Last weekend I went to Oxford, I parked
the illegal site, exactly where I fit,
I took the kids to lunch,
we went to watch James Bond,
we returned 5 hours later,
I received a sentence of 20 pounds.
It is quite reasonable.
Admit that you invented valet parking. I did.
I lived in Fulham next to parking services,
so I was able to drive to the West End,
drink a few drinks,
leave the car,
to be staggered home as best they can,
and when I woke up in the morning,
they would have it towed home.
It was a little expensive but it was worth it.
Well, news from Citroën. Berlingo Multispas.
We saw it at the very beginning of the series,
and we all agreed
it is a fantastic car.
Great family car, a great ride
and everything else, and best of all it is cheap.
This is new, it is not completely new,
it was a little upeglali, but it looks nicer.
A more important is that it is still beautiful.
- "Nicer" is a relative term.
As if they use a hammer to hit En Vidék.
-She Would be nicer.
But most importantly, if we neglect appearance,
is that you get the whole package
of cheap and because we still
doing the same arrangement with the
refund until the end of the year
which means that costs about 8,000. A big car for 8000.
-I know.
Here we are. Astra. We all waited. Come on now.
The hot Astra, 200 hp.
It costs 16,500 pounds.
Cheaper to 3,000 pounds of Focus RS
that does not have anywhere near that much power.
It does not go to his head.
In ancient times,
a pet with 200 hp was really fast car.
Developing the 0-100 km / h in 7 seconds.
What you eat quickly, but ...
This is Voksal, unsung idiot! Okay, you're right.
No one will want to buy it. And now ...
-Audi TT.
It was found that on your wall you Kul invented
and in which you are putting the cars
without any consultation ... Yeah.
That the TT was cool and then started to move ...
I have to ask. Is the Audi TT cool car?
Raise your hands
those who think it's cool.
Now those who think it's not cool.
There you go, it's not cool.
-You are absolutely right.
It is obvious that they are listened to.
Cool wall began to act.
Now they put a higher engine V6 3.2-liter, 240 hp.
The following transactions R32 in
order to impart a little tower.
Or 240 hp, 225 in each case. This is 15 hp more.
The engine will be more difficult. Yes, it will.
You probably will not be much faster,
but here's what's exciting.
It has an exciting transmission.
It's called DSG. Yeah not a nonsense of Formula 1?
I did not know, so I called and asked
Audi to send me something about it
and behold, they sent, which is great
because this is where you explain everything.
With the control logic
integrated into the junction box,
enables optimum gear changes
carried out by lightning ...
You're rushing to do, we will not understand. You read this part?
-Yes.
It's all in the Manner of reading. A little drama.
As on conventional manual gearboxes,
transmissions are
at the inlet and the auxiliary
shaft in the form of pairs of gears.
Unlike a manual transmission,
the input shaft is divided
into two parts, the outer hollow shaft and ...
Is there any engineers?
Is there someone here who
understands took into engineering?
You? I'll give you this, and until the end of the news
I want to understand everything about the transmission.
Work through it a bit. It's your home.
We have no idea what it is. I do not buy
this car because transmission is not working.
I'd like to call the dealer and say:
"This transmission. I do not know, mate."
"Is it automatic or manual? I do not know, mate."
"This is a magic, that's what."
The only thing we were able to figure out,
Seriously, the whole week we sat in this newsroom
and the only thing we were
able to figure out is that,
having two clutches, that is able to tell
that is ready for insertion into the next gear.
In the third speed and you are accelerating,
how he knows what you want next?
You may think that you will find in the
fourth because they are accelerating,
no, I want to transfer to another.
Last week we decided to find out the fastest faith
and this week we're looking for the
fastest drivers of white vans in the UK.
A few weeks ago we in the
show looking for candidates
and this is how they are reported via e-mail.
We kicked psychotics and other five of us.
Starting from this region are: I'm from Don Kent.
Don from Kent. A driving: A-Ford Escort.
The color?
-White. -Of course. And what you hear in it? -STI Den.
What is your favorite album, "Pretzel Logic"?
- "Gaucho".
I prefer "Rikki Do not Lose That Number."
Nice song.
I hope you win. I love all of them.
I hope you win. Sorry, guys, I love Den styles.
I guess you like Bon Jovi.
-Yes. How did you know?
Because you can not recognize.
You have not shaved, which is ugly.
What will your mother say? And what do you drive?
My pride and joy.
-Nisan Vanes? -Yes.
By profession?
-Heat Engineer. -Vodoinštalatér.
You are?
-John Votrik. What you listening to? Tom Jones. Tom Jones?
It is clear that working for Royal Mail.
I've a bit of a psychopath.
What do you drive?
-Lejland DAF. -You are? -Dejl Miler.
Work for?
-NTL. -NTL Digging roads and miserable our life.
What do you drive?
-Pežo Expert. -Pežo Expert? You stupid name.
You are?
-Stiv Hogan from Amersham.
From Amersham. A work for?
-Island.
A beautiful country.
What are you listening? Would dziś.
I'm rooting for Don and I hope they will win.
Otherwise, they are more vehicles,
and we will see later.
Yes, we'll see what happens. Back in '80.
The most you could have fun in the Super Mini.
They are free and easy, and you could lose it,
but it does not go fast.
Super Minis have become bigger,
heavier, faster and better equipped,
which is nice,
but what if you still want something fun to drive?
Are you in doubt? Let's find out.
Last year, one of every three cars purchased
was a Super Mini. These cars are everywhere.
We're not crazy.
We took the 1.4-liter versions of the car
average class to make it look realistic,
the first being najprosečniji of all,
the Ford Fiesta.
It is a typical Ford.
You have all of the equipment,
but everything is bulging into one
of the ugliest instrument panel
I've ever seen. It's nasty.
The only thing that is doing well is driving.
Not that shines, but really not bad.
Near is that fine sense of vigor that we seek.
The old Fiesta is also good vehicles,
or do not have space in the back seat.
This problem is solved and now has some space.
For 9,995 pounds comes with air conditioning,
but not something more.
Its problem is that it looks boring,
inside and out.
It is better to park in a visible place,
otherwise you will forget that you purchased.
When it launched the new Fiesta,
Ford has managed to move
the small car market is not an inch.
They just look inside and fix old problems.
This looks promising. Citroen C3.
The spiritual successor to the 2CV.
It is far more funky than the Fiesta,
which is a surprise for Citroen
who last year threw out designs
milder chicken in white sauce.
From here, it seems easy, airy and cheerful
as most of the French car, although weak,
When all external parts
fall off after about a week,
the rest of the car will continue to drive,
probably for good.
And the way you will enjoy the ride
smooth and fine, even if was not fast.
There are a handful of nice moves inside,
who do nothing unwise except
they give a lot of storage space.
After all, the only ventilation is ventilation,
and the handle of the door,
when the door opens only elongated.
But there is one person in their own sweet way.
So C3 is sweet, but not smart.
For that you need a lot of
"mozgovitija" Honda Jazz.
Currently, the big hit ispadajući from showrooms
faster than dealers can insert them into them.
If a car is the sum of
everything that people expect
of the Super Mini, it is this one.
The inside is really massive for such a small car.
It's really impressive big and very smart.
To the last centimeter is small, tiny Mini MPV.
But it comes with a downside of an MPV because he
one big box. It is a plosive,
the noise is rejected.
A little it is difficult to drive.
Not quite stable and that is the price you pay.
You can not have quality and size MPV
and at the same time you have
all the attributes of brisk car.
But what we are dropping the price of Jazz.
You will pay 10,300 pounds
for a car of the middle class,
you will have a pay supplement if you
want CD player or aluminum wheels.
But where jazz enters the room-sized cars,
sales of the new funky Nisan Mikre relies on toys
many of which you will never need.
How much you should be sad that you need auto
which will give you a happy birthday?
I prefer friends.
It is made in Sunderland, in the factory
najopsednutijoj quality control in Europe.
And for the same money you
get a bad equipped Jazz,
you can get Mikrá fully armed.
You get alloy wheels, CD player,
toy-sized cars, Keyless.
I have not finished.
Wipers are lit automatically when it rains.
It has sensors that facilitate parking
preparation for the attack in a car
behind you when you go into reverse.
I have the controls on the
steering wheel for stereo,
There is adequate climate control,
not only air conditioning but climate control.
Pleasant and sophisticated, or even represent
today's adults Super Minis in a small,
If you long to hiss and scratch a small car,
you will have to look for something else.
MG ZR. Spoilers, reflectors and bright colors.
Fantastic.
Again in 1983 Discreet like Brigitte
Bardot in the Basque Country,
but you can not resist, not to look at. Is not it?
This is by far the closest to
the original feel of small cars.
No apology and compromise, this is a
small car and represents the best of him.
Do not forget that we elected
superior versions of these cars.
This is the basic 1.4-liter engine ZR,
but the feeling is still special.
10,000 will buy ZR 105 with 105 hp.
This bar is 20 hp more than
all the others we looked at.
Everything is incredibly outdated.
It seems to me that has not been
no attempt to make it ... Nothing.
It's pretty embarrassing.
But it does not matter in the least,
because as soon as you go,
all the work on the suspension,
all those smart things below,
indicate that it is more
meaningful and wants to grips.
All right, is that it is below the
Rover 200 but really deserves MG emblem.
You know what I mean.
You can not understand what is taking place below.
Or body parts will fall away from the shaking.
A loving and curves.
Just loves them. This is a fun car.
Ugly, scary or funny.
So, if you want a practical car:
It's the Honda Jazz.
The producer has just bought.
-Praktičan Man. -In This color.
And if you want a sports car?
Then this is the MG ZR.
On the track,
he was two seconds faster than the other cars.
Two seconds? Yes, it's a huge difference.
Are based on the old Rover 200,
which is in turn based on the Brontosaurus,
or MG did a great job. This is a car that should
be taken if you are interested in these things.
And if the MG managed to do with the Rover,
what will you do with Lotus Lado?
With the deadline only two
weeks to turn Poles Ladu
into something special, Lotus has invested the
last gram of expertise to complete it on time.
A shopping list containing the new brakes,
handmade exhaust system, special lotus black
and handmade finishing work on
the seats of decorator action.
Do you remember the piles
of rust from the workshop?
35 HP now has 180 hp.
After two weeks, and thousands of hours after Pol
left his secreted in the workshop,
the time has come to unite again.
Well, we'll stop here.
Before we do anything, this is virtuously.
What do you think it was?
-They're The tailpipe.
Take off the blindfold and take a look.
How are you feeling? Here we go.
Holy shit!
What are you saying?
-That's awesome. Come have a look at. -God Mild.
Just done a thorough job. Nope it is not.
You'll feel the artwork.
You met Chris.
-Hello. What do you have to tell him? -Thank you very much.
She's beautiful.
-In This is worth more than a thousand hours.
A thousand. And it's not anyone's hours,
but people from Lotus.
The best there is. She's lovely.
Are you satisfied?
I'm really pleased.
When the car arrived and when
the alternator broke down
and when he fell off Radkape, I wondered
what we have to make, but we have more progress
I thought that we will make
something out of this car.
Remember that we switched
the engine under the hood
Fiat's Twin Er,
because the old Ladin was destroyed.
It looks a lot better than ...
It's the same engine.
He helped us a man hired by Lotus
and that is probably the world's
leading authority on this.
The former Formula 1 engineer knows his job.
Stay there to look, while I get this.
He wrote a book about it.
He literally wrote the book.
I've done detailed work.
Where's Rob? Rob, come on.
You're taking a technician?
-Yes. It's official name.
I heard a rumor that you're
literally standing and you know what?
You look terrible. Get some sleep.
Stop thinking about this car.
There is also Gev, we have already met him.
And you met him
because your driving a pile of garbage.
-Bukvalno Killed her.
I think it's time to get you out
on the track and scare to death.
Damn!
It is certainly different. And how different.
What are you going to see is called slippage.
You can proklizavaš.
I'd be too scared to do it.
The real beast.
And here we are. Proof that any car
can be converted into a racing car.
Provided that you have ten people,
two weeks, and 100,000 pounds
how much would it cost to go to
Lotus and ask for the same thing.
So, Paul, you better look so grateful.
I am very grateful. No, look so.
More rewarding than that for people from Lotus.
In fact, kneel. Get on your knees.
They fell down on the floor.
Every week we put a star in
our reasonably priced car,
a week's guest is more than a star,
he is a knight.
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Michael Gambon.
Who are you?
This week's show is mainly
engaged in driving cars.
Does it fit with your ...
-I do not really,
because'm like glumac. spent his life jam
Traffic West End.
-Drive Belt for buses.
You can pretty fast to drive belt for buses.
-I know.
I tried, but I'm too excited.
-Do You have a Ferrari?
Yes, but it's not a Ferrari,
which would you like to have.
Every time I mention my Ferrari 348.
-This is shocking.
Yes, but I do not care, I like it.
I enjoyed your many roles for many years,
but mostly I liked her role in "Longitude".
Fantastic.
John Harrison, the man who invented
the device that you finding any.
Is there a little bit of it in you?
-Yes. Really?
Because I have a large
engineering workshop at home.
I say things. Like what?
-Svakakve. Watches, mechanical parts.
Besides the fly.
-Yes. I'm not good at it,
because I once ran an actor
who is afraid of flying.
I convinced him to come into my
airplane to prove how much he is safe.
He wanted to travel jumbo jet,
and I told him: "My alike."
It is basically the same.
However, when I crossed the Thames,
in the north, before the London airport opened,
I faked a heart attack.
There is something in me that
wants to constantly joking,
I was a little bit boring, we flew at a height
of 600 meters in the direction of Ipswich,
when I gasped.
I pushed a little left rudder
and held him ten seconds.
Well, the plane began to be tilted.
I could've gotten to see Tower Bridge on the left.
Would you expect it to go crazy?
-Yes. Yes you wanted to record it,
but did nothing. Just sitting?
-Ukipio Be.
He was ready to collapse. He was ready to die.
Then I came to him and I apologized,
but I can not tell you what he said.
Are you still friends?
I do not see each other anymore.
Remind me never to get into the plane with you.
I wanted to ask you, when he plays at
the Royal Scottish theater ... Yes?
Do you sit in the dressing room
and read magazines about cars?
I just got off the play at the Royal
Court Theatre, but this is serious
literary theater.
This is a good way to irritate people,
to sit there with a magazine on automobiles.
The lady Maggie Smith.
Mrs Maggie, see the section "50-70".
They hate it. I think she really likes cars.
I do not know. Really?
Ask her,
so we'll call her to test his luck in Suzuki.
Do you often go to Hollywood? To party with the stars.
-Yes.
I played a little bit.
I played in 5-6 films in Hollywood.
Christian Slater drove me in his Bubi.
There's a great trick. He went out to
the Pacific coastal highway, hit the Hour
and then managed with the help of bow windows.
-Please?
Explain the logic behind it.
-There Is some logic.
If you sit on the handbrake auto ...
-What's up? -Bubu.
Volkswagen's Beetle?
-Yes. It has a large bow windows. More is not true?
No, not true Bubu.
They make this new, but it's Golf.
He sits like and how they move, they act as
rudders on the plane, but can not fly.
So, I sit in the back and he is
sitting in the middle of the car
as in McLaren and do this. I have to ask this.
Sit in the car with Christian Slater,
How did you come about the story?
Did she suddenly said:
"I have a great idea"?
No, we talked about the jokes by car
and then he said: "I'll show you a good joke"
and he did it for me.
And then you told him to attack you?
Yes. That would really be a good joke.
Of course, we are not here just to
be here to talk about what you have,
what you do, the Christian Slater.
-Not.
You came here to try our Suzuki Liana.
-Do not.
You watched the show?
-Yes. -We Have all of these people who have tried out.
These are some of this time,
Harry Enfield's not even close,
He was at the very bottom,
but all the others are here somewhere.
Did the track was wet or dry when you leave?
Very wet.
Very wet. Again? Another wet circuit.
Shall we see what happened?
-Don't.
I'm afraid we will. Leave the tape.
This is pretty good.
You had to look to change the transmission speed,
it is like to move your lips while reading,
and this is what you do.
I have to ask, is this an act?
-Not.
I did not even know that there had been cameras.
-Delujete Quite frightened.
Tires!
You have gone too close to the tires.
Well, that's how it should be.
Yes, it was great.
Before we left, you asked me:
"Did not you roll over it?" And I said, "No, no."
I did not mean it. I thought: "Will it fall over."
Well, that, on the evidence.
Is it horrible? Yeah, I'm scared.
He's completely lifted from the ground.
We need to see it again.
Leave a slow motion. You hit your mark.
And then...
This is a great control.
Is that what happened in štopovanom circle?
Yes. What's my time? Shall we take a look?
Including the truly spectacular moment ...
Did you damage the car? I did.
Fell off the rear-view mirror.
You have damaged our car at a reasonable price?
I wanted to take it back.
-Does not matter. Here we are. Michael Gambon ...
Wet. Another rainy day.
You exported for 1 minute and ...
What do you think?
-I have no idea. -1: 55th
Two seconds faster than Jonathan Ross,
and he rode in dry conditions.
Stig took you out to show you where to drive.
-Yes.
When did you first sit behind the wheel,
he said that since all the other
assess best racing line.
He said that most youngsters are turning this way,
but you were more old bull.
-More Jackie Stewart.
He did not say.
Maybe we could bring Džekija once.
I thought it was Jackie Stewart.
Did you think you were?
-We're. Yes, Jackie's Stig?
Not with that accent.
Do you have any idea who he is?
No, I thought that changed the emphasis.
I do not know. I really have no idea who the Stig.
We thought that maybe Morin from driving schools,
but I do not think so,
judging by slipping in a curve.
He speaks with a French accent, but not French.
He took me to put the A6 Honda RSX.
Scared me shit.
I did not know it was possible
to drive so fast in a curve.
Is it going too sideways?
You were looking through the side window.
-Pripala Me sick in the end.
It was a great pleasure for
us you were the customer.
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Michael Gambon.
This week's trading news on new cars.
2002 will be a record year
the number of registered cars.
2.5 million units of the new car.
This is about 80,000 more than last year,
but last year was also a record.
The game is a huge amount of
pride among manufacturers sold
most car and those who are second and third.
I know that the first place belong to Ford.
Others will be Voksal GM.
The third will be the Peugeot,
or being a woman fight for fourth
place between Renault and Volkswagen.
The result is that Volkswagen is
desperately fighting for fourth place
made a deal with drug dealers
and basically they offered
something Poloa,
Golf and Passat and gave them a discount of 30%
in some of these models.
This means that something like Passat 2.0 S,
great car normal price of 14,600 pounds,
now on offer for 11,995 pounds.
That's a good deal,
because Pasat really good car
and usually not overrated.
It's almost like the price of the new Golf.
Discount for 2,700 pounds.
There were to be purchased. Fantastic offer.
Now, Suzuki Liana.
We start, auto reasonably priced, 9,995 pounds.
Then we began to occur dealers saying:
"No, we will not sell one for 8,995 pounds",
then 7,995.
This week I received an email
from a dealer in North London,
I can not call it, but they have a powder blue,
just like ours, air conditioning,
ABS, air bags, 7,495 pounds.
Does not anyone take the car every
week even though they show on TV?
I would not know to tell you.
This is an inexpensive car.
This is abnormal reasonable.
And finally, re-registered car.
This is something that manufacturers are
working to raise the number of registered cars.
Basically,
the whole bunch register rings on their behalf,
and then trying to sell them.
-So, Are not sold them,
but the number of registered kola grows.
So all this is a battle
to reach the fourth place. Absolutely.
-I realized.
In the end, they have to find a home for them,
so they appear on the market
as polovnjaci,
but if you buy it when the time comes to sell it
will have two previous owners.
You and manufacturers.
It makes no difference in price,
but the real difference
the price that you're paying now.
This week they offered me
Reno Senik, remember,
Reno is in the race for fourth place.
Normal price had 12,500.
This is a 1.4 engine, has air conditioning,
alloy wheels, a real car.
They offered it to me this week to 9,000 pounds.
This is very useful family car for 9,000 pounds.
Without milage. Maybe 3-4 km.
If you want something even cheaper,
how about this:
Ford Focus 1.4 CL, three-door,
the normal price is 10,500.
At this moment you can buy registered for 7,795 pounds.
-Good price. -Yes.
And finally, if you want something really cheap,
remember, last week
Ford Ka, the normal price of 6,500,
some dealers have been lowered to 4,995.
How about this option:
pre-registered Fiat Punto Mia 1.2
three doors, 4,995. And now: the '40s and' 50s
Maserati was exotic,
nenabavljiv as a banana or nylon.
Now that I think about it,
it was desirable as a banana in a nylon stocking.
But by the time I started to notice things
Maserati was a wreck with
2 turbos along the road M1.
However, it is now assumed Ferrari Maserati
and again is considered to act chic and tropical.
This is the last model.
You've seen the style of a coupe earlier.
Not very nice,
but not a new taillights do not help.
But there is something else.
It has a new engine, 4.2 liter V8.
He replaced the old 3.2-liter turbo.
I develop nearly 400 hp.
And what is that in this day and age?
Almost 400 system.
As you almost 180 cm tall.
You recently won the lottery.
And then we're going in
spite of these elegant hinges
and the gentle cheats,
we learn that there are four seats.
also find and watch how to
pay tribute to Dave Brent
for retirement.
We find something that Maserati is called
"Cambio korsa"
and we call him stupid, idiotic Formula 1 gearbox.
Great.
Will not start. Why will not it work?
This must be ler.
Are you going to enter into neutral?
My foot is on the brake.
Here we are, ler.
Glossy these gearboxes. I adore them.
Sad beeps at me. We moved.
However,
there are two good things about this transmission.
First of all,
the system is the same as that of the Ferrari 575,
but in a Ferrari costs 6,000, 3,000 and at this.
Another good thing is that
you do not have to take it.
You can take a normal manual gearbox,
which means that your head will shake
every time you insert it in gear.
God, that's disgusting.
The old engine is not very interested in me,
but this is not bad.
To gain strength in the way,
Maserati comes in four
different settings for all.
Transmission, seats, everything.
Just think of all that the Italian electronics.
And there is something called Skyhook suspension
which can be adjusted to your every mood.
It sounds nice, but it is not.
The problem is that when you press the "sport"
to secure and tighten all the gear,
turns from almond cream marshmallow.
Do not drive this car as much as you stick to.
And woe to the one who thought that the
turn off the traction control a good idea.
Here's our hammer curve. Oh my God.
I screwed it up.
So I tried again.
Again, I screwed up and I'm pissed.
I've never had a problem on this
kind of track I have in this car.
This, then, is not a sports car.
Frankly, the sooner you will find
a sports car if you turn to watch
"Monarch of the valley" or "heartbeats"
or drama of any period which is given to the TV.
Helmet Nika Beriah works sportier than this.
But this car might not built to be
the driving rival Porsche and Ferrari.
Perhaps it is meant to be the pasta Bolognese,
alternative to roast beef and
Yorkshire pudding as Jaguar.
And in this case, where the abundance?
Why they built the narrow
school chairs instead of seats?
Where is the sense of wellbeing
that provides Jaguar XKR?
Do you know what this is?
"Mr. Almost Autić" worth 61,000 pounds,
Stuck somewhere in no man's land between
the Jaguar and Ferrari's hammer anvil.
So, not good?
-Not really.
From the audience hear only is
horrible and it is not so good,
but it is not so, because if you will,
there's a lot of space,
I admit it, but if you want a comfortable cruiser,
buy a Jaguar or Mercedes SL,
and if you want to dry performance,
Porsche, Ferrari, you know.
-More They are worth to buy DB7.
Yes, much more.
But there is another chance to redeem himself.
Pour Stiga.
I started,
but she does not care how long it will take him
to pass a circle,
because it has already spent 15 minutes to start
and adjust transmission and
suspension to his relentless taste.
Of course, to choose the appropriate CD.
Approaching the hammer head and if
he could he visit without turning,
we may let him down and sits
by the fire on Christmas Day.
He managed!
Increases strength,
and that "Masi" is not missing,
up tremendous speed until it
reaches the last two corners.
Here comes the bend which will
from now on be known as Gambon.
Not passed laterally Michael
and exceed the target!
Brilliant ride, but not brilliant time. 1:38 PM.
This is only slightly faster than the Bentley. Not a very good car.
-Not.
A little earlier, we met with our van drivers.
Bleje around, having fun,
struggling with crossword puzzle from Sana
and watch the girls. But here they are again.
And all considered to be
useful in the way of the wheel.
But how do they do?
Somewhere where there is no possibility
that someone ripped off the
rearview mirror by the door.
Of course,
they all came with weapons of your choice,
But today it will not be used,
because if you are looking for the fastest
van driver, you need a special van:
Ford World Rally Transit,
and is not just a nice painted.
The engine was modified to achieve 200 hp.
There racing wheels, brakes,
suspension and exhaust.
A look at this. Even the interior of the race.
Well, now to business.
The first is John from Royal mail.
That's it. Are you a wimp or are you kombadžija?
Are drivers Rojal mails generally quick?
Where they are not. Everywhere these intersect.
And while the postman Five was on the track,
I picked up the occasional
crumb of wisdom van driver.
They are the worst in the world, brother.
All women drivers.
Next up was Steve from Iceland.
The companies, not the state.
I have attached the wrong speed.
This is the type that yesterday
destroyed a police car. Really?
Yes. When she went into reverse.
He smashed them. In its Island van.
Is there a technique for driving the van?
Yeah, just step on.
Just step? That's good.
Steve, please do not spoil it. It's always helpful
to leave a couple of dents,
but these are more people leaning out of the way.
And Steve was determined to add some extra ones.
Next was Don who got lost on the way.
There. And then left.
And of course, once again lost.
Again he was wrong.
Over here!
Left, left!
He made.
Dale was ćutljivko in society.
He left the driving to speak for him.
You should let the clutch.
At last. He says the driver of the van.
Silent and deadly with speed.
And that strikes a classic finals on
Friday at 17:29, maneuver back to the base.
He got the tire.
Because you're going to get out of a bad name.
The man that does not lack confidence, Roger,
How are you feeling?
-Very good. Poteraj me.
And another old fashioned kombadžija.
I do not mean to be picky at other people's tires,
nor cares how much the marked path.
All in all,
his tactics had provided good fast circuit.
That was good, right? Smooth.
Okay, fine. Here we have the results.
In fifth place ...
I was rooting for you, and you're lost!
You were useless.
Most took 2 minutes, 2:10, 4:55 and you.
And that's why we give you a false prize,
which is part mirrors
that Michael Gambon was cut with Suzuki Vines.
Here, Done. Thank you, Jeremy.
Now the rest of the results: On the 4th,
2:09, postman John. Congratulations.
In 3rd place, plumber Roger.
-Heat Engineer.
Plumber.
9.
Stations gusto. 2:03, Steve Iceland.
And that means ...
Jason, get the trophy,
because the winner Dale from NTL-a. 2:02.
Congratulations, Dale. Congratulations.
Next week we will have a full
program of all the cars. Goodnight.
Knight in our reasonably priced car.
Maserati's new coupe is it in for our track.
I close the door mirrors. We went in search
the fastest driver of white vans in Britain.
But first, followed by an apology.
In last week's show,
mainly we deal with the
environment and I think I blew it.
As we neared the end,
inadvertently I said I unto
death to išutiram domestic owl.
You said you were going to išutirati to death for fun.
-I know.
Is it now that we can clarify? Even if you walk
after the branch of a tree and
an owl you get in their way,
Do not kicking it.
-I Just do not.
We failed ourselves, but we failed and owls.
This was our attempt to be green,
we screwed up thing
we will no longer be green,
this week we will be scarlet.
And that is why we are in
the studio of the new BMW M5.
Four-door sedan and 400 hp under the hood.
Many of you have no idea about what is KS 400,
so I made this run chart that I explained to you.
Here, this is the power, and this is in order
to simplify, the number of double-decker bus.
For example, Nelson's Monument, 10 double-deckers.
Big Ben on 30 June.
And here we have a 400 horsepower, about here,
40 double-deckers.
If you could spread out 400 hp per country,
thickness of 15 cm,
to cover an area of Belgium.
A BMW is not the only manufacturer that
puts so much of Belgium under the hood.
Look at this. This is a Jaguar S Type R, now with
turbocharged V8 engine of 4.2 liters and 400 hp.
Auto is divine,
and Jaguar are certainly very satisfied
because finally,
after all these years caught up with BMW.
But now joined by Audi and raised the bar.
In fact, they took an ordinary,
rather antiseptic body
A6 model and equipped the V8 engine
of 2.4 l with a double turbo-powered
that achieves a whopping 450 hp.
This is the same size as Portugal.
You could equip the Cathedral
of St. Paul seven times
power output of 450 hp. Seven times.
Therefore, it is much stronger than the M5 which
is also noticeable in addition to all of the wires
and bright pier.
You know immediately that this thing serious.
0-100 km / h developed for ...
I do not know, 0 seconds. Top speed is limited
at 250 km / h to happiness
to the German Green Party,
but the other day I was driving on the test track
and video that was 280 km / h on the meter.
I appreciate to be able to
develop up to 360 km / h
If you have a long enough track.
God, it's fast. Such forces.
RS6 is sold as a sedan or estate,
both for about 58,000 pounds.
That's 5,000 pounds more than the BMW M5,
but I think this is one of
the best cars on the road.
Many rock aristocrats ride this fast Audije.
Kenny Jones, Mitch Mitchell ...
They made their fortunes,
and will have a calm and moderate
for the later years of life, but it is the same as
and acoustic albums that record. I can not resist
they have 42 lasers and inflatable pig.
Yes, I will Audi.
I want to be a moderate, but look, and fenders,
See the huge front grille.
I want to. Thick rubber.
And this is a country rock star.
All rock aristocracy ends here
14 when the album comes out
in a double-platinum release.
This is for example the back yard Gordon Sting
Wiltshire, or as you call it.
In addition to this work
who borrowed accountant only he has not noticed.
Everyone here is in a group, it makes a stop
and inquiries for directions rare treat.
Excuse me,
can you direct me to the home of Steve Winwood?
Steve Winwood? Straight to Van Morrison House,
Sting then left to the pond. Strolling along the
and then at the intersection in front
of the house Peter Gabriel left turn.
Great, thanks. From that you group?
Pink Floyd. Oh, yeah, you're a drummer.
Do you have Audi? Yes, a few.
Do you own this model?
-Stiže For Christmas. -Thank you very much.
I do not blame rock dinosaurs you choose Audi.
It's not only well-designed
volcano out of control.
Harnesses the power of Quattro
system with drive to all four wheels,
a few are strengthened and the suspension.
No, Jeremy, you're wrong. Not a little but a lot.
I could live with the hard ride,
which is a good job,
because I could not live without
that looks and this strength.
This car is a "stairway to heaven",
"Bohemian Rhapsody".
But the Audi Unfortunately,
this is not the end of the story.
Easily better than the BMW M5 and Jaguar S Type R.
But in the Mercedes went wild.
Welcome to E55. Welcome to the dawn of 500 hp.
I'm not a fan of E-class style. Looks like Honda,
I'm not even a fan of Mercedes' customer service.
However,
I'm a big fan of this huge V8 turbocharged
engine volume of 5.5 liters.
The same engine is placed in SL,
sounds like a Tornado fighter jet and NASCAR,
with a hint of thunder.
I have to admit that it was quite silenced,
but the strength is still there.
If you do not mind spending a liter of petrol
to 2.5 km, this miracle is absolutely flying.
Yes, it cost 3,000 pounds more than the Audi,
but you get more.
On a flat road is even faster.
One caveat.
This car reminds me somewhat on Eurofighter
who can not fly without the integrated computer
who constantly adjust course.
And this is the same.
Do not forget that there is no AWD.
I do not think you can drive it in this weather
rain and wet leaves without traction control.
Constant love and you can feel how it works.
Even the slightest hint of gas,
will turn on a light that tells me
that the machine just saved belaja.
You are right on the edge.
500 hp. Beyond that, you can not.
So, this car or Audi?
The same level of quality,
the same size, the interior ambience.
The choice is not difficult. Look at it this way.
If Audi Kit Mun, wild and riotous,
then Mercedes Charlie Watts. Quiet and unassuming.
Yeah? I've always been a fan of The Who.
That's why I choose Audi.
Is that really a drummer from Pink Floyd?
Yeah, Nick Mason.
He went over to borrow a cup
of sugar from Roger Doltrija.
So Mercedes is the most powerful?
-Yes.
And which car was the fastest on the track?
-On The track, in the dry,
I'm pretty convinced that it was a Mercedes,
But of course,
the inevitable rain falling when we gave Stig,
Audi is powered by 4 point was 2.5 seconds faster.
Really?
Da 1:33. Same as the SL and the NSX.
This is very, very fast car.
Just quick. All the time.
However, it is the second.
This Mercedes trip with strength
where the Germans are now engaged,
BMW with 400 hp,
However, Audi with 450 hp and 476
hp with Mercedes, we have this chart
Let's see where it leads.
Now we are in 2002 with 400 hp.
If you continue to follow the rise,
by 2008 we will have
the strength of a thousand million hp.
And that is the distance
between Earth and the moon.
Okay. Tonight's show is dedicated to driving cars.
What compels us to contemplate
whether it is possible
that from something, anything,
compile the driver's car.
To do this,
we found a guy who has Ladu and we stole it.
This is the base of Lotus in Hedel, Norfolk.
And this is 1.5 E Lada Pola Sherwood.
She is six years and is worth 200 pounds.
Silly mission took Kris Arnold,
General Manager Lotus Sport & Performance.
So that's it?
-Yes. It's a project car?
Oh my God. I do not understand much in Lade.
How long did you have? Something less than a year.
Lada gets into your blood,
and when you enter you can not get rid of.
It's a good car.
I meant to talk about aerodynamics,
but I'm not sure
what can we do. It is rather boxy.
This eclipse, to the interior Lade.
It's pretty dark in there.
-Yes.
And that old steering wheel
is not exactly fashionable.
You can insult it, you can target the bricks,
but it is only one firm, uncouth car.
Here's your Lada 1500 engine Vulgaris.
-Yes.
It is basically a Russian tractor engine.
To be honest,
I do not think it pays to do something with this.
I'd say all of this to pluck up,
and I put a new motor in there.
The desire to always help,
we spent 200 pounds and bought him a new engine.
A little worried that she do something bad.
Really.
Oh my God. What's he doing?
In order to assess the
conditions of the upcoming task
related to the ride and handling,
Lotus has released its
best man, Gavin Kershaw.
This is definitely the worst car I've ever driven.
It's not every day that Russell Kar
and his team of designers get their hands Lade.
If we find good wheels at the right size
and if we determine a good height
to give him a stronger stance.
And to correct the attitude
of the wheels and the body.
This piece carbon fiber worth £
500 more expensive than the car.
Questions were raised about the color,
or black will cover
better disguised some details that we put,
but it will cleanse the surface.
It'll be just fine.
They should just shake loose
grate and see what it does.
We could mix these two colors.
To get out of the center console,
perhaps to remove it
and this partition,
to put under the aluminum carrier,
to clean up there.
Perhaps to add some detail in silver
to obtain a sporty feel, more like this.
The owner was worried that
you will spoil the look.
I hope it will not prove that he was right.
It will be hard work, but if anyone can do it,
it's those brave guys from Lotus.
Can fix Voksal to work on Proton.
Later we will look at how they fared with Lado,
but first let's go to the news.
Absolutely.
Let's start with a story about parking.
Rio Ferdinand,
who came to him as a football player ...
For which team plays? Manchester United.
So that was able to afford
an Aston Martin Venkviš,
but should you can afford a fine of 40 pounds
he received because he was not parked
in a box that was not wide enough.
Should not that boxing is wide
enough to accommodate a car?
That would make sense. He had been lucky.
I am a few days ago received a sentence,
I'm not kidding you,
because I badly parked.
When it became like ice skating?
Where will all stand and evaluate:
"I would not say that is a nice park."
"I just three points from
the judges from Nigeria."
A has a negative effect. If it will work,
then you have to work on the principle
of carrot and stick, and to do
something positive,
especially if they think you're a nice park.
I ought to praise or to make glue
"bee" on the windshield.
Or a booklet with coupons.
-When Speaking of parking,
know where we compile this program,
in the center of London.
Across the road is a multi-storey
garage where for two hours
paid 9 pounds.
If you stay 2 hours, 15 minutes, 18 pounds.
Last weekend I went to Oxford, I parked
the illegal site, exactly where I fit,
I took the kids to lunch,
we went to watch James Bond,
we returned 5 hours later,
I received a sentence of 20 pounds.
It is quite reasonable.
Admit that you invented valet parking. I did.
I lived in Fulham next to parking services,
so I was able to drive to the West End,
drink a few drinks,
leave the car,
to be staggered home as best they can,
and when I woke up in the morning,
they would have it towed home.
It was a little expensive but it was worth it.
Well, news from Citroën. Berlingo Multispas.
We saw it at the very beginning of the series,
and we all agreed
it is a fantastic car.
Great family car, a great ride
and everything else, and best of all it is cheap.
This is new, it is not completely new,
it was a little upeglali, but it looks nicer.
A more important is that it is still beautiful.
- "Nicer" is a relative term.
As if they use a hammer to hit En Vidék.
-She Would be nicer.
But most importantly, if we neglect appearance,
is that you get the whole package
of cheap and because we still
doing the same arrangement with the
refund until the end of the year
which means that costs about 8,000. A big car for 8000.
-I know.
Here we are. Astra. We all waited. Come on now.
The hot Astra, 200 hp.
It costs 16,500 pounds.
Cheaper to 3,000 pounds of Focus RS
that does not have anywhere near that much power.
It does not go to his head.
In ancient times,
a pet with 200 hp was really fast car.
Developing the 0-100 km / h in 7 seconds.
What you eat quickly, but ...
This is Voksal, unsung idiot! Okay, you're right.
No one will want to buy it. And now ...
-Audi TT.
It was found that on your wall you Kul invented
and in which you are putting the cars
without any consultation ... Yeah.
That the TT was cool and then started to move ...
I have to ask. Is the Audi TT cool car?
Raise your hands
those who think it's cool.
Now those who think it's not cool.
There you go, it's not cool.
-You are absolutely right.
It is obvious that they are listened to.
Cool wall began to act.
Now they put a higher engine V6 3.2-liter, 240 hp.
The following transactions R32 in
order to impart a little tower.
Or 240 hp, 225 in each case. This is 15 hp more.
The engine will be more difficult. Yes, it will.
You probably will not be much faster,
but here's what's exciting.
It has an exciting transmission.
It's called DSG. Yeah not a nonsense of Formula 1?
I did not know, so I called and asked
Audi to send me something about it
and behold, they sent, which is great
because this is where you explain everything.
With the control logic
integrated into the junction box,
enables optimum gear changes
carried out by lightning ...
You're rushing to do, we will not understand. You read this part?
-Yes.
It's all in the Manner of reading. A little drama.
As on conventional manual gearboxes,
transmissions are
at the inlet and the auxiliary
shaft in the form of pairs of gears.
Unlike a manual transmission,
the input shaft is divided
into two parts, the outer hollow shaft and ...
Is there any engineers?
Is there someone here who
understands took into engineering?
You? I'll give you this, and until the end of the news
I want to understand everything about the transmission.
Work through it a bit. It's your home.
We have no idea what it is. I do not buy
this car because transmission is not working.
I'd like to call the dealer and say:
"This transmission. I do not know, mate."
"Is it automatic or manual? I do not know, mate."
"This is a magic, that's what."
The only thing we were able to figure out,
Seriously, the whole week we sat in this newsroom
and the only thing we were
able to figure out is that,
having two clutches, that is able to tell
that is ready for insertion into the next gear.
In the third speed and you are accelerating,
how he knows what you want next?
You may think that you will find in the
fourth because they are accelerating,
no, I want to transfer to another.
Last week we decided to find out the fastest faith
and this week we're looking for the
fastest drivers of white vans in the UK.
A few weeks ago we in the
show looking for candidates
and this is how they are reported via e-mail.
We kicked psychotics and other five of us.
Starting from this region are: I'm from Don Kent.
Don from Kent. A driving: A-Ford Escort.
The color?
-White. -Of course. And what you hear in it? -STI Den.
What is your favorite album, "Pretzel Logic"?
- "Gaucho".
I prefer "Rikki Do not Lose That Number."
Nice song.
I hope you win. I love all of them.
I hope you win. Sorry, guys, I love Den styles.
I guess you like Bon Jovi.
-Yes. How did you know?
Because you can not recognize.
You have not shaved, which is ugly.
What will your mother say? And what do you drive?
My pride and joy.
-Nisan Vanes? -Yes.
By profession?
-Heat Engineer. -Vodoinštalatér.
You are?
-John Votrik. What you listening to? Tom Jones. Tom Jones?
It is clear that working for Royal Mail.
I've a bit of a psychopath.
What do you drive?
-Lejland DAF. -You are? -Dejl Miler.
Work for?
-NTL. -NTL Digging roads and miserable our life.
What do you drive?
-Pežo Expert. -Pežo Expert? You stupid name.
You are?
-Stiv Hogan from Amersham.
From Amersham. A work for?
-Island.
A beautiful country.
What are you listening? Would dziś.
I'm rooting for Don and I hope they will win.
Otherwise, they are more vehicles,
and we will see later.
Yes, we'll see what happens. Back in '80.
The most you could have fun in the Super Mini.
They are free and easy, and you could lose it,
but it does not go fast.
Super Minis have become bigger,
heavier, faster and better equipped,
which is nice,
but what if you still want something fun to drive?
Are you in doubt? Let's find out.
Last year, one of every three cars purchased
was a Super Mini. These cars are everywhere.
We're not crazy.
We took the 1.4-liter versions of the car
average class to make it look realistic,
the first being najprosečniji of all,
the Ford Fiesta.
It is a typical Ford.
You have all of the equipment,
but everything is bulging into one
of the ugliest instrument panel
I've ever seen. It's nasty.
The only thing that is doing well is driving.
Not that shines, but really not bad.
Near is that fine sense of vigor that we seek.
The old Fiesta is also good vehicles,
or do not have space in the back seat.
This problem is solved and now has some space.
For 9,995 pounds comes with air conditioning,
but not something more.
Its problem is that it looks boring,
inside and out.
It is better to park in a visible place,
otherwise you will forget that you purchased.
When it launched the new Fiesta,
Ford has managed to move
the small car market is not an inch.
They just look inside and fix old problems.
This looks promising. Citroen C3.
The spiritual successor to the 2CV.
It is far more funky than the Fiesta,
which is a surprise for Citroen
who last year threw out designs
milder chicken in white sauce.
From here, it seems easy, airy and cheerful
as most of the French car, although weak,
When all external parts
fall off after about a week,
the rest of the car will continue to drive,
probably for good.
And the way you will enjoy the ride
smooth and fine, even if was not fast.
There are a handful of nice moves inside,
who do nothing unwise except
they give a lot of storage space.
After all, the only ventilation is ventilation,
and the handle of the door,
when the door opens only elongated.
But there is one person in their own sweet way.
So C3 is sweet, but not smart.
For that you need a lot of
"mozgovitija" Honda Jazz.
Currently, the big hit ispadajući from showrooms
faster than dealers can insert them into them.
If a car is the sum of
everything that people expect
of the Super Mini, it is this one.
The inside is really massive for such a small car.
It's really impressive big and very smart.
To the last centimeter is small, tiny Mini MPV.
But it comes with a downside of an MPV because he
one big box. It is a plosive,
the noise is rejected.
A little it is difficult to drive.
Not quite stable and that is the price you pay.
You can not have quality and size MPV
and at the same time you have
all the attributes of brisk car.
But what we are dropping the price of Jazz.
You will pay 10,300 pounds
for a car of the middle class,
you will have a pay supplement if you
want CD player or aluminum wheels.
But where jazz enters the room-sized cars,
sales of the new funky Nisan Mikre relies on toys
many of which you will never need.
How much you should be sad that you need auto
which will give you a happy birthday?
I prefer friends.
It is made in Sunderland, in the factory
najopsednutijoj quality control in Europe.
And for the same money you
get a bad equipped Jazz,
you can get Mikrá fully armed.
You get alloy wheels, CD player,
toy-sized cars, Keyless.
I have not finished.
Wipers are lit automatically when it rains.
It has sensors that facilitate parking
preparation for the attack in a car
behind you when you go into reverse.
I have the controls on the
steering wheel for stereo,
There is adequate climate control,
not only air conditioning but climate control.
Pleasant and sophisticated, or even represent
today's adults Super Minis in a small,
If you long to hiss and scratch a small car,
you will have to look for something else.
MG ZR. Spoilers, reflectors and bright colors.
Fantastic.
Again in 1983 Discreet like Brigitte
Bardot in the Basque Country,
but you can not resist, not to look at. Is not it?
This is by far the closest to
the original feel of small cars.
No apology and compromise, this is a
small car and represents the best of him.
Do not forget that we elected
superior versions of these cars.
This is the basic 1.4-liter engine ZR,
but the feeling is still special.
10,000 will buy ZR 105 with 105 hp.
This bar is 20 hp more than
all the others we looked at.
Everything is incredibly outdated.
It seems to me that has not been
no attempt to make it ... Nothing.
It's pretty embarrassing.
But it does not matter in the least,
because as soon as you go,
all the work on the suspension,
all those smart things below,
indicate that it is more
meaningful and wants to grips.
All right, is that it is below the
Rover 200 but really deserves MG emblem.
You know what I mean.
You can not understand what is taking place below.
Or body parts will fall away from the shaking.
A loving and curves.
Just loves them. This is a fun car.
Ugly, scary or funny.
So, if you want a practical car:
It's the Honda Jazz.
The producer has just bought.
-Praktičan Man. -In This color.
And if you want a sports car?
Then this is the MG ZR.
On the track,
he was two seconds faster than the other cars.
Two seconds? Yes, it's a huge difference.
Are based on the old Rover 200,
which is in turn based on the Brontosaurus,
or MG did a great job. This is a car that should
be taken if you are interested in these things.
And if the MG managed to do with the Rover,
what will you do with Lotus Lado?
With the deadline only two
weeks to turn Poles Ladu
into something special, Lotus has invested the
last gram of expertise to complete it on time.
A shopping list containing the new brakes,
handmade exhaust system, special lotus black
and handmade finishing work on
the seats of decorator action.
Do you remember the piles
of rust from the workshop?
35 HP now has 180 hp.
After two weeks, and thousands of hours after Pol
left his secreted in the workshop,
the time has come to unite again.
Well, we'll stop here.
Before we do anything, this is virtuously.
What do you think it was?
-They're The tailpipe.
Take off the blindfold and take a look.
How are you feeling? Here we go.
Holy shit!
What are you saying?
-That's awesome. Come have a look at. -God Mild.
Just done a thorough job. Nope it is not.
You'll feel the artwork.
You met Chris.
-Hello. What do you have to tell him? -Thank you very much.
She's beautiful.
-In This is worth more than a thousand hours.
A thousand. And it's not anyone's hours,
but people from Lotus.
The best there is. She's lovely.
Are you satisfied?
I'm really pleased.
When the car arrived and when
the alternator broke down
and when he fell off Radkape, I wondered
what we have to make, but we have more progress
I thought that we will make
something out of this car.
Remember that we switched
the engine under the hood
Fiat's Twin Er,
because the old Ladin was destroyed.
It looks a lot better than ...
It's the same engine.
He helped us a man hired by Lotus
and that is probably the world's
leading authority on this.
The former Formula 1 engineer knows his job.
Stay there to look, while I get this.
He wrote a book about it.
He literally wrote the book.
I've done detailed work.
Where's Rob? Rob, come on.
You're taking a technician?
-Yes. It's official name.
I heard a rumor that you're
literally standing and you know what?
You look terrible. Get some sleep.
Stop thinking about this car.
There is also Gev, we have already met him.
And you met him
because your driving a pile of garbage.
-Bukvalno Killed her.
I think it's time to get you out
on the track and scare to death.
Damn!
It is certainly different. And how different.
What are you going to see is called slippage.
You can proklizavaš.
I'd be too scared to do it.
The real beast.
And here we are. Proof that any car
can be converted into a racing car.
Provided that you have ten people,
two weeks, and 100,000 pounds
how much would it cost to go to
Lotus and ask for the same thing.
So, Paul, you better look so grateful.
I am very grateful. No, look so.
More rewarding than that for people from Lotus.
In fact, kneel. Get on your knees.
They fell down on the floor.
Every week we put a star in
our reasonably priced car,
a week's guest is more than a star,
he is a knight.
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Michael Gambon.
Who are you?
This week's show is mainly
engaged in driving cars.
Does it fit with your ...
-I do not really,
because'm like glumac. spent his life jam
Traffic West End.
-Drive Belt for buses.
You can pretty fast to drive belt for buses.
-I know.
I tried, but I'm too excited.
-Do You have a Ferrari?
Yes, but it's not a Ferrari,
which would you like to have.
Every time I mention my Ferrari 348.
-This is shocking.
Yes, but I do not care, I like it.
I enjoyed your many roles for many years,
but mostly I liked her role in "Longitude".
Fantastic.
John Harrison, the man who invented
the device that you finding any.
Is there a little bit of it in you?
-Yes. Really?
Because I have a large
engineering workshop at home.
I say things. Like what?
-Svakakve. Watches, mechanical parts.
Besides the fly.
-Yes. I'm not good at it,
because I once ran an actor
who is afraid of flying.
I convinced him to come into my
airplane to prove how much he is safe.
He wanted to travel jumbo jet,
and I told him: "My alike."
It is basically the same.
However, when I crossed the Thames,
in the north, before the London airport opened,
I faked a heart attack.
There is something in me that
wants to constantly joking,
I was a little bit boring, we flew at a height
of 600 meters in the direction of Ipswich,
when I gasped.
I pushed a little left rudder
and held him ten seconds.
Well, the plane began to be tilted.
I could've gotten to see Tower Bridge on the left.
Would you expect it to go crazy?
-Yes. Yes you wanted to record it,
but did nothing. Just sitting?
-Ukipio Be.
He was ready to collapse. He was ready to die.
Then I came to him and I apologized,
but I can not tell you what he said.
Are you still friends?
I do not see each other anymore.
Remind me never to get into the plane with you.
I wanted to ask you, when he plays at
the Royal Scottish theater ... Yes?
Do you sit in the dressing room
and read magazines about cars?
I just got off the play at the Royal
Court Theatre, but this is serious
literary theater.
This is a good way to irritate people,
to sit there with a magazine on automobiles.
The lady Maggie Smith.
Mrs Maggie, see the section "50-70".
They hate it. I think she really likes cars.
I do not know. Really?
Ask her,
so we'll call her to test his luck in Suzuki.
Do you often go to Hollywood? To party with the stars.
-Yes.
I played a little bit.
I played in 5-6 films in Hollywood.
Christian Slater drove me in his Bubi.
There's a great trick. He went out to
the Pacific coastal highway, hit the Hour
and then managed with the help of bow windows.
-Please?
Explain the logic behind it.
-There Is some logic.
If you sit on the handbrake auto ...
-What's up? -Bubu.
Volkswagen's Beetle?
-Yes. It has a large bow windows. More is not true?
No, not true Bubu.
They make this new, but it's Golf.
He sits like and how they move, they act as
rudders on the plane, but can not fly.
So, I sit in the back and he is
sitting in the middle of the car
as in McLaren and do this. I have to ask this.
Sit in the car with Christian Slater,
How did you come about the story?
Did she suddenly said:
"I have a great idea"?
No, we talked about the jokes by car
and then he said: "I'll show you a good joke"
and he did it for me.
And then you told him to attack you?
Yes. That would really be a good joke.
Of course, we are not here just to
be here to talk about what you have,
what you do, the Christian Slater.
-Not.
You came here to try our Suzuki Liana.
-Do not.
You watched the show?
-Yes. -We Have all of these people who have tried out.
These are some of this time,
Harry Enfield's not even close,
He was at the very bottom,
but all the others are here somewhere.
Did the track was wet or dry when you leave?
Very wet.
Very wet. Again? Another wet circuit.
Shall we see what happened?
-Don't.
I'm afraid we will. Leave the tape.
This is pretty good.
You had to look to change the transmission speed,
it is like to move your lips while reading,
and this is what you do.
I have to ask, is this an act?
-Not.
I did not even know that there had been cameras.
-Delujete Quite frightened.
Tires!
You have gone too close to the tires.
Well, that's how it should be.
Yes, it was great.
Before we left, you asked me:
"Did not you roll over it?" And I said, "No, no."
I did not mean it. I thought: "Will it fall over."
Well, that, on the evidence.
Is it horrible? Yeah, I'm scared.
He's completely lifted from the ground.
We need to see it again.
Leave a slow motion. You hit your mark.
And then...
This is a great control.
Is that what happened in štopovanom circle?
Yes. What's my time? Shall we take a look?
Including the truly spectacular moment ...
Did you damage the car? I did.
Fell off the rear-view mirror.
You have damaged our car at a reasonable price?
I wanted to take it back.
-Does not matter. Here we are. Michael Gambon ...
Wet. Another rainy day.
You exported for 1 minute and ...
What do you think?
-I have no idea. -1: 55th
Two seconds faster than Jonathan Ross,
and he rode in dry conditions.
Stig took you out to show you where to drive.
-Yes.
When did you first sit behind the wheel,
he said that since all the other
assess best racing line.
He said that most youngsters are turning this way,
but you were more old bull.
-More Jackie Stewart.
He did not say.
Maybe we could bring Džekija once.
I thought it was Jackie Stewart.
Did you think you were?
-We're. Yes, Jackie's Stig?
Not with that accent.
Do you have any idea who he is?
No, I thought that changed the emphasis.
I do not know. I really have no idea who the Stig.
We thought that maybe Morin from driving schools,
but I do not think so,
judging by slipping in a curve.
He speaks with a French accent, but not French.
He took me to put the A6 Honda RSX.
Scared me shit.
I did not know it was possible
to drive so fast in a curve.
Is it going too sideways?
You were looking through the side window.
-Pripala Me sick in the end.
It was a great pleasure for
us you were the customer.
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Michael Gambon.
This week's trading news on new cars.
2002 will be a record year
the number of registered cars.
2.5 million units of the new car.
This is about 80,000 more than last year,
but last year was also a record.
The game is a huge amount of
pride among manufacturers sold
most car and those who are second and third.
I know that the first place belong to Ford.
Others will be Voksal GM.
The third will be the Peugeot,
or being a woman fight for fourth
place between Renault and Volkswagen.
The result is that Volkswagen is
desperately fighting for fourth place
made a deal with drug dealers
and basically they offered
something Poloa,
Golf and Passat and gave them a discount of 30%
in some of these models.
This means that something like Passat 2.0 S,
great car normal price of 14,600 pounds,
now on offer for 11,995 pounds.
That's a good deal,
because Pasat really good car
and usually not overrated.
It's almost like the price of the new Golf.
Discount for 2,700 pounds.
There were to be purchased. Fantastic offer.
Now, Suzuki Liana.
We start, auto reasonably priced, 9,995 pounds.
Then we began to occur dealers saying:
"No, we will not sell one for 8,995 pounds",
then 7,995.
This week I received an email
from a dealer in North London,
I can not call it, but they have a powder blue,
just like ours, air conditioning,
ABS, air bags, 7,495 pounds.
Does not anyone take the car every
week even though they show on TV?
I would not know to tell you.
This is an inexpensive car.
This is abnormal reasonable.
And finally, re-registered car.
This is something that manufacturers are
working to raise the number of registered cars.
Basically,
the whole bunch register rings on their behalf,
and then trying to sell them.
-So, Are not sold them,
but the number of registered kola grows.
So all this is a battle
to reach the fourth place. Absolutely.
-I realized.
In the end, they have to find a home for them,
so they appear on the market
as polovnjaci,
but if you buy it when the time comes to sell it
will have two previous owners.
You and manufacturers.
It makes no difference in price,
but the real difference
the price that you're paying now.
This week they offered me
Reno Senik, remember,
Reno is in the race for fourth place.
Normal price had 12,500.
This is a 1.4 engine, has air conditioning,
alloy wheels, a real car.
They offered it to me this week to 9,000 pounds.
This is very useful family car for 9,000 pounds.
Without milage. Maybe 3-4 km.
If you want something even cheaper,
how about this:
Ford Focus 1.4 CL, three-door,
the normal price is 10,500.
At this moment you can buy registered for 7,795 pounds.
-Good price. -Yes.
And finally, if you want something really cheap,
remember, last week
Ford Ka, the normal price of 6,500,
some dealers have been lowered to 4,995.
How about this option:
pre-registered Fiat Punto Mia 1.2
three doors, 4,995. And now: the '40s and' 50s
Maserati was exotic,
nenabavljiv as a banana or nylon.
Now that I think about it,
it was desirable as a banana in a nylon stocking.
But by the time I started to notice things
Maserati was a wreck with
2 turbos along the road M1.
However, it is now assumed Ferrari Maserati
and again is considered to act chic and tropical.
This is the last model.
You've seen the style of a coupe earlier.
Not very nice,
but not a new taillights do not help.
But there is something else.
It has a new engine, 4.2 liter V8.
He replaced the old 3.2-liter turbo.
I develop nearly 400 hp.
And what is that in this day and age?
Almost 400 system.
As you almost 180 cm tall.
You recently won the lottery.
And then we're going in
spite of these elegant hinges
and the gentle cheats,
we learn that there are four seats.
also find and watch how to
pay tribute to Dave Brent
for retirement.
We find something that Maserati is called
"Cambio korsa"
and we call him stupid, idiotic Formula 1 gearbox.
Great.
Will not start. Why will not it work?
This must be ler.
Are you going to enter into neutral?
My foot is on the brake.
Here we are, ler.
Glossy these gearboxes. I adore them.
Sad beeps at me. We moved.
However,
there are two good things about this transmission.
First of all,
the system is the same as that of the Ferrari 575,
but in a Ferrari costs 6,000, 3,000 and at this.
Another good thing is that
you do not have to take it.
You can take a normal manual gearbox,
which means that your head will shake
every time you insert it in gear.
God, that's disgusting.
The old engine is not very interested in me,
but this is not bad.
To gain strength in the way,
Maserati comes in four
different settings for all.
Transmission, seats, everything.
Just think of all that the Italian electronics.
And there is something called Skyhook suspension
which can be adjusted to your every mood.
It sounds nice, but it is not.
The problem is that when you press the "sport"
to secure and tighten all the gear,
turns from almond cream marshmallow.
Do not drive this car as much as you stick to.
And woe to the one who thought that the
turn off the traction control a good idea.
Here's our hammer curve. Oh my God.
I screwed it up.
So I tried again.
Again, I screwed up and I'm pissed.
I've never had a problem on this
kind of track I have in this car.
This, then, is not a sports car.
Frankly, the sooner you will find
a sports car if you turn to watch
"Monarch of the valley" or "heartbeats"
or drama of any period which is given to the TV.
Helmet Nika Beriah works sportier than this.
But this car might not built to be
the driving rival Porsche and Ferrari.
Perhaps it is meant to be the pasta Bolognese,
alternative to roast beef and
Yorkshire pudding as Jaguar.
And in this case, where the abundance?
Why they built the narrow
school chairs instead of seats?
Where is the sense of wellbeing
that provides Jaguar XKR?
Do you know what this is?
"Mr. Almost Autić" worth 61,000 pounds,
Stuck somewhere in no man's land between
the Jaguar and Ferrari's hammer anvil.
So, not good?
-Not really.
From the audience hear only is
horrible and it is not so good,
but it is not so, because if you will,
there's a lot of space,
I admit it, but if you want a comfortable cruiser,
buy a Jaguar or Mercedes SL,
and if you want to dry performance,
Porsche, Ferrari, you know.
-More They are worth to buy DB7.
Yes, much more.
But there is another chance to redeem himself.
Pour Stiga.
I started,
but she does not care how long it will take him
to pass a circle,
because it has already spent 15 minutes to start
and adjust transmission and
suspension to his relentless taste.
Of course, to choose the appropriate CD.
Approaching the hammer head and if
he could he visit without turning,
we may let him down and sits
by the fire on Christmas Day.
He managed!
Increases strength,
and that "Masi" is not missing,
up tremendous speed until it
reaches the last two corners.
Here comes the bend which will
from now on be known as Gambon.
Not passed laterally Michael
and exceed the target!
Brilliant ride, but not brilliant time. 1:38 PM.
This is only slightly faster than the Bentley. Not a very good car.
-Not.
A little earlier, we met with our van drivers.
Bleje around, having fun,
struggling with crossword puzzle from Sana
and watch the girls. But here they are again.
And all considered to be
useful in the way of the wheel.
But how do they do?
Somewhere where there is no possibility
that someone ripped off the
rearview mirror by the door.
Of course,
they all came with weapons of your choice,
But today it will not be used,
because if you are looking for the fastest
van driver, you need a special van:
Ford World Rally Transit,
and is not just a nice painted.
The engine was modified to achieve 200 hp.
There racing wheels, brakes,
suspension and exhaust.
A look at this. Even the interior of the race.
Well, now to business.
The first is John from Royal mail.
That's it. Are you a wimp or are you kombadžija?
Are drivers Rojal mails generally quick?
Where they are not. Everywhere these intersect.
And while the postman Five was on the track,
I picked up the occasional
crumb of wisdom van driver.
They are the worst in the world, brother.
All women drivers.
Next up was Steve from Iceland.
The companies, not the state.
I have attached the wrong speed.
This is the type that yesterday
destroyed a police car. Really?
Yes. When she went into reverse.
He smashed them. In its Island van.
Is there a technique for driving the van?
Yeah, just step on.
Just step? That's good.
Steve, please do not spoil it. It's always helpful
to leave a couple of dents,
but these are more people leaning out of the way.
And Steve was determined to add some extra ones.
Next was Don who got lost on the way.
There. And then left.
And of course, once again lost.
Again he was wrong.
Over here!
Left, left!
He made.
Dale was ćutljivko in society.
He left the driving to speak for him.
You should let the clutch.
At last. He says the driver of the van.
Silent and deadly with speed.
And that strikes a classic finals on
Friday at 17:29, maneuver back to the base.
He got the tire.
Because you're going to get out of a bad name.
The man that does not lack confidence, Roger,
How are you feeling?
-Very good. Poteraj me.
And another old fashioned kombadžija.
I do not mean to be picky at other people's tires,
nor cares how much the marked path.
All in all,
his tactics had provided good fast circuit.
That was good, right? Smooth.
Okay, fine. Here we have the results.
In fifth place ...
I was rooting for you, and you're lost!
You were useless.
Most took 2 minutes, 2:10, 4:55 and you.
And that's why we give you a false prize,
which is part mirrors
that Michael Gambon was cut with Suzuki Vines.
Here, Done. Thank you, Jeremy.
Now the rest of the results: On the 4th,
2:09, postman John. Congratulations.
In 3rd place, plumber Roger.
-Heat Engineer.
Plumber.
9.
Stations gusto. 2:03, Steve Iceland.
And that means ...
Jason, get the trophy,
because the winner Dale from NTL-a. 2:02.
Congratulations, Dale. Congratulations.
Next week we will have a full
program of all the cars. Goodnight.