1 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,720 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 2 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,520 FREDDIE: Whoo! 3 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,160 Hello, and welcome to Top Gear, 4 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:35,960 where we've got some very sad news, 5 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,800 because it's the last show of the series. 6 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,720 AUDIENCE: Aw! Ohh! 7 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,000 But also, we've got some good news, 8 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,400 because we're going out with a big birthday bash. Yes! 9 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,040 AUDIENCE: Yay! 10 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,880 Yes, as the BBC is very keen to keep reminding us, 11 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,840 this is the centenary year - 12 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:57,080 100 years of informing, educating and entertaining. 13 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:58,800 Well, some more than others. 14 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,640 But here's a question - what would Top Gear have looked like 15 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,640 back in those early days of the Beeb? 16 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,920 Well, we've had a trawl through the archives to find out. 17 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,200 PROJECTOR WHIRS 18 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,760 POSH ACCENT: Hello and welcome to The Top Gear, 19 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:23,120 a programme dedicated to the mechanical road carriage. 20 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:33,600 Today, one will be running one's monocle over this fine filly, 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,680 the Invicta. 22 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,120 Tally-ho! 23 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,200 This is the Invicta Type A, 24 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,920 and while it's priced at a princely £1,500, 25 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,000 that does afford you the very latest in modern conveniences... 26 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:58,480 ...including a seat, a steering wheel and brakes! 27 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,360 NORMAL VOICE: Ah, this is the life! 28 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,520 And I can probably lose the Jeeves and Wooster accent now. 29 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,680 So most of you have probably never heard of the Invicta, 30 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:20,120 but, back in the '20s and '30s, this car was on the same par 31 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,360 as something like a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley - 32 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,720 real premium badge stuff. 33 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,880 And even now, it's worth £200,000, this car, 34 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,560 and maybe a little bit more. 35 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,560 Now, you may wonder why I'm dashing around the countryside. 36 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,320 Well, I've got a plan. 37 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,600 Sadly, it involves those two clowns. 38 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,360 JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS 39 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:57,080 Oh, my word. Look at this lad! 40 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,000 Gentlemen! 41 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:01,440 Firstly... 42 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:03,960 ..did you not get the memo? 43 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,240 What's the memo, Pad? "Come as Jacob Rees-Mogg"? 44 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,680 Have you seen Downton Abbey? Not many puffer coats. 45 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,080 No, I'd be downstairs and all, wouldn't you? Absolutely. 46 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,400 Dressed like that, though, you might be round the table. 47 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,120 I've got to say, lads, I quite like it. I think you look very dashing. 48 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,720 Well, I've got to tell you, these buttons are working very hard. 49 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,440 Very hard! Why are you wearing white socks? 50 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,360 Yeah... Oh, you're not? You're not! 51 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,800 Oh, no! 52 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,440 Now, obviously, we're here. 53 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,400 Lovely surroundings. 54 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,920 It's 100 years of the BBC, 55 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,400 and I've got something very special lined up for us. 56 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,480 Jump in, my good men. We're going to do a bit of trialling. 57 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,480 Yes, we'd be having a crack 58 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,920 at one of the oldest motorsports in Britain. 59 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:53,960 I'm glad the weather's nice. 60 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,200 ENGINE REVS Whoa! Hey-hey! 61 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,800 Trialling was originally devised 62 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,600 as a way for carmakers to prove the ability 63 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,560 and reliability of their latest models. 64 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,960 And today, in sleepy, sunny corners of the Great British countryside, 65 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,960 you can still find devoted bands of merry motorists 66 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,080 battling their vintage cars to the top of steep, muddy hills. 67 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,760 This is a competition where it's not about how fast you go, 68 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,160 it's about how far you get. 69 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,320 And with five stages to attack before the day was out, 70 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,120 our first job was to get... 71 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:39,840 ..to the start. 72 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:42,400 I must admit, I'd have liked a seat belt in the back. 73 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,520 So, go on, Pad, talk us through it, changing gear - what do you do? 74 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,880 Well, going up, it's... 75 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,720 You've got to put your foot on the clutch, 76 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,400 give it a nanosecond in neutral, then change into your gear, 77 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,120 but then coming back down - that's where it gets really tricky. 78 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,880 You've got to do double clutch and rev it and all that, 79 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,680 but I don't know how it's going to go on at the trials 80 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,600 because it's driving all right on the roads, 81 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,040 but I just can't see it going up a steep gradient. 82 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,480 It doesn't feel like it should be doing that, does it? No. 83 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,640 I'm still not sure what these trials are. 84 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,760 Just as well, then, that we were about to find out... 85 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,680 Morning! Morning! 86 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,080 ..because Lord McGuinness had managed to coax the Invicta 87 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,680 to our first hill... 88 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,800 ..where, as the other challengers 89 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,400 were already making look alarmingly easy, 90 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,040 the aim was to get past as many markers as possible 91 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,400 on the way to the top. 92 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,240 Each hill has 25 points available 93 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,600 to those that can coax and rev and bounce their way to reach them. 94 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,680 And with the teams with the most points by the end of the day 95 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:01,080 taking home the silverware, as we lined up for our first go... 96 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,280 WHISTLE BLOWS Whoa. We're off. 97 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:08,400 ..it didn't feel like we'd be troubling the podium. 98 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:12,760 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Get out there, get out there. 99 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,320 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Shut up. Shut up. 100 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,120 Go, go! Go, go! 101 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,680 Whoa, whoa! No... No more... 102 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,400 I've seen it. No more, no more revs. 103 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,400 I've seen it, I've seen it. No more revs! 104 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,840 Gone past 15, lads. We don't have to go fast. 105 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:30,640 Watch the tree, Chris. 106 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,120 We're good, we're good. Yeah? 107 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,360 A bit of right hand down now. That's good. 108 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:35,560 Mind that tree! 109 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,480 That's good. We're good. Great work, Pad. 110 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,200 Right, get bumping. 111 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,560 Yes! Go, Pad. 112 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,160 Ohh! Bounce, Fred. 113 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:46,680 I'm bouncing. 114 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,360 It's going beautifully. Round there. No more revs. 115 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,680 Well done. Well done. Well done. 116 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,440 THEY CHEER 117 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,880 Stop! Stop! Frickin' stop. 118 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,160 BRAKES SQUEAL 119 00:06:58,160 --> 00:06:59,720 ALL: Whoa! 120 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,680 Lovely bit of driving. Who parked that there? 121 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,440 Jeepers creepers. That was close. Got past it, though, didn't I? 122 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:06,600 Hey-hey! 123 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,520 Fair play to Paddy. On our first-ever trials run, 124 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,880 we'd just bagged ourselves a full 25 points. 125 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,520 That was great work, McGuinness. What was it like driving? 126 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,760 Oh, tricky. It works, though, the bouncing, doesn't it? 127 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,080 Does it? I didn't know if... Yeah, you feel it. 128 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,400 Time to take the victorious Invicta 129 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,240 back down to the road and onto the next hill. 130 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:34,600 We might be in this, you know. 131 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,200 When have we ever started this well at anything? 132 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,320 LAUGHING: Never! Never. 133 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,000 And now that the pre-match nerves had settled, 134 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,600 we could start to see what this trials game 135 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,920 is actually all about. 136 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,160 You all right, boys? 137 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,760 Hello! All right? 138 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,960 I like the format. So you basically just wobble about on some lanes... 139 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,360 Lovely. ..you get to show off your new suit, 140 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,840 then we go up through some forest-y bits. 141 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,160 Thank you. Thanks very much. Hello, there. Hello. 142 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:08,920 And everyone's very friendly. 143 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,560 Thank you. Thank you. 144 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,360 Thank you. 145 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,760 Yes, arriving at a nearby farm for the start of the next climb, 146 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,400 it was quickly becoming clear 147 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,840 that trials is as much a highlight of the social calendar 148 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,880 as it is a motorsport. 149 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,440 No robotic racing drivers and poker-faced pit crews here, 150 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:35,040 just lots of jolly people having a jolly old time. 151 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:37,960 This is a lovely thing to do. 152 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,640 See this thing? Yeah. Two-stroke, single chain. 153 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,520 Where's it from? 154 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:45,560 Is it? 155 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:49,280 That's it?! PADDY LAUGHS 156 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:50,520 Will it go anywhere? 157 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:54,560 What is it? 158 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:56,720 It's a Trojan, yeah. 159 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,600 WHISTLE BLOWS There you go. Good luck. 160 00:08:58,600 --> 00:08:59,720 Good luck! 161 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,280 Look at this boy here. WG Grace. 162 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,040 Ooh, no messing. 163 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,600 Ooh, he's not messed about. He's on it there. 164 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,440 Did you see the concentration on his face? 165 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,440 He's had the back end out and all sorts then. 166 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,080 Better than F1. Oh, wonderful. 167 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,000 Can't get this close to bloody Verstappen, can you? No. 168 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,440 I could touch his beard. 169 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,920 It's like Fast & Furious meets Brideshead Revisited. Yes. 170 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,520 Meets Shameless. 171 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,960 THEY LAUGH 172 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,200 For all the fun and games, though, 173 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:45,160 it turned out our second hill wouldn't be a stroll in the orchard, 174 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:49,320 because we'd be facing our first re-start... 175 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,640 Here we go. Let's see what happens here. 176 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,360 ..coming to a complete stop 177 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,640 before setting off to tackle the steepest part of the course. 178 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,360 I bet it's tough to get up there. 179 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,480 Oh, Fred, look. Fred, take notice. 180 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,400 Oh, easy. No messing. 181 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:07,760 Wow. No messing. 182 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,000 Now, you get one go at this, 183 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,480 and any rolling backwards puts you straight out of the climb. 184 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,240 So, once Fred had distilled what we'd seen of the pros 185 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,160 into a cunning strategy... 186 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,960 Put your foot down, I'll bounce. PADDY LAUGHS 187 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,360 ..heading for the start line in the Invicta, 188 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,520 McGuinness had decided it was time that Flintoff and I joined him 189 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,320 in dressing like them, too. 190 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:34,920 Oh, now we're talking! 191 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,320 Idiot! FREDDIE LAUGHS 192 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,600 Ooh, I tell you what, boys, now we look like a team! 193 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,120 WHISTLE BLOWS 194 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,200 But while we now had all the gear... 195 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,320 Gas, gad, gas, gas. Go, Pad. 196 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,120 ..as we made our way up to the dreaded re-start, 197 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,320 it soon became clear we still had... 198 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:55,920 No, no, you're going the wrong way. 199 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:57,800 You're going the wrong way, you helmet. 200 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,200 ..no idea. 201 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:00,600 Don't worry about it, lads. 202 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,400 Right, bounce... 203 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:06,840 ..for your lives, lads! 204 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,040 Bounce it, lads! 205 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:16,560 Go on! 206 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,520 No! No chance. 207 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,480 Embarrassing, that. I think there's a bit of valve 208 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,360 coming out the engine exhaust pipe there, Pad. Ah, well. 209 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,880 Think we got ahead of ourselves on the last one, didn't we? We have. 210 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,480 But that looked nothing, did it? You didn't respect the course. 211 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,320 But you didn't bounce, Fred, at the first... 212 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,480 Bounced till I done my knees in! No, you did it after! 213 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,320 Why is it our fault? Why is it our fault? We're a team. 214 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,920 You'll have to change the suspension, 215 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,680 I was bouncing that much. We're a team, lads, we're a team. 216 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:48,160 We were a team - 217 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,280 a team in need of a new driver. 218 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:52,720 Got it all to do in the next round. 219 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,360 We might have to readjust our assessment of Paddy's driving 220 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,400 after that one. Feel free, lads. Feel free. 221 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,520 And so, with just 11 points from the last hill, 222 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,240 heading for the next one, 223 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,920 it was our resident racing driver's time to shine. 224 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,040 ENGINE ROARS Oh, am I in gear? 225 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:12,640 Oh, no, he's not even in... 226 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,080 HORN BEEPS We're being beeped out, Chris. 227 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,080 We're being beeped out, son! 228 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,360 You've got Chitty Chitty Bang Bang honking you! 229 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,840 Ohh! 230 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,880 BOTH: Ohh! Wey-ey! 231 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,520 It's like a roller-coaster. 232 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,320 THEY CHEER 233 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,600 So, we're two hills down, 234 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:36,920 25 on the first, 235 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,840 11 on the second. 236 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,640 We need a big one here. We need... 237 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,760 We need some high numbers on this next one, Chris. 238 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,080 Get us back in the game, pal. 239 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,160 We've got the pro in now, though, haven't we? Be right as rain now. 240 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,680 GEARS CRUNCH Oh, oh, oh. Oh, whoa! 241 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:57,000 How are you finding the old Invicta, Christopher? 242 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,720 Absolutely joyous. 243 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,600 Are you? I've got a bit to learn. 244 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,440 I thought Paddy was driving very well... Changed his tune, hasn't he? 245 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,240 No. But I think the old girl wasn't suited to wet grass. 246 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,160 Yeah. Definitely. 247 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,760 I think if we can get more roads like the first one, 248 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,480 it'll go up 'em, it'll go up 'em, definitely. 249 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:15,880 In the right hands. 250 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:17,640 FREDDIE CHUCKLES 251 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:25,200 We'd soon see, because we'd reached the foot of hill three. 252 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,160 Go on, Chrissy. Hello! 253 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,400 Easy, Chris. Whoa! 254 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,200 Lovely. Keep it going. Nice and steady as she goes. 255 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,520 And as Baron Harris set to work, 256 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,960 the Invicta was looking much more at home. 257 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,240 Whoa! Whoa! 258 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,480 Hey, we're back in the race here. 259 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,960 THEY GASP AND GROAN 260 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,200 I tell you what, she does well on the dry, doesn't she? 261 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,360 Oh, all the excuses! 262 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,200 Ohh! Whoa! 263 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:56,600 Oh, my God. 264 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,880 I don't like that tree stump, though, Pad. 265 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,640 Oh, oh, no, no, no, no. 266 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,280 LOUD THUD Bloomin' heck. 267 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:03,600 Come on, let's get to 25. 268 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:06,520 Let's finish this one. 269 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,000 I'm on it, I'm on it, I'm on it. 270 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,640 23. 23, Chris. Two more. 271 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,400 I can live with this. 272 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,560 THEY CHEER 273 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:21,880 Yes, madam. 274 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,680 FREDDIE LAUGHS 275 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,880 A maximum-points run from Harris had put us back on track 276 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,520 and earned him another stint behind the wheel. 277 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,480 Chrissy, back in the game. 25 more points. 278 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:35,880 Yes! 279 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,080 Back in there. I tell you what... Back in there. 280 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,800 ..I'm loving these old cars. 281 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,840 And swaggering up to the penultimate hill 282 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,080 with confidence riding high, 283 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:51,040 it was time to show what a pro trials team really looks like. 284 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,480 WHISTLE BLOWS 285 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,880 Come on, Chris, we need a big 'un here. Go on, Chris. 286 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,320 Oh, he's at it here. Ohh! 287 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,840 Whoa, he's going quick. Is this a time trial? 288 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,760 Your door's opened, Chris. Shut the door, Pad. 289 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,480 Shut the door! 290 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:04,640 Ohh. 291 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:09,200 Yes, Harris had found his full pouty concentration face, 292 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,800 and the Invicta was starting to look invincible. 293 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,840 THEY CHEER 294 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,360 This is going to fly up to 25, this, Chris. 295 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,040 Or at least it did... 296 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,480 Ooh, ooh, this is steep! 297 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,320 ..until we ran into our old friend, the re-start. 298 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,600 Go on, Chris. Come on, you got it. 299 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,120 ENGINE REVS 300 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,200 Come on, Pad, jump. 301 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,080 Get up! Get up! 302 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,640 Yes! We've done it! We've done it, Pad! 303 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,600 Come on, lads. We've done it, Chris. 304 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,120 Go on! 305 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:46,680 Go on, Chris! 306 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,760 I can't flipping bounce any more. 307 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,560 Go, Chris. Oh, dear. 308 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:58,040 The standing start had bested us again. 309 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,240 And with a paltry seven points for our efforts, 310 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,640 heading off to the last run of the day, 311 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,680 it only seemed fair to hand Viscount Flintoff 312 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,360 his first go behind the wheel. 313 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,520 GEARS CLUNK AND GRIND Oh. Oh! Oh, he's missed a gear. 314 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:14,800 CHRIS LAUGHS 315 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,360 GEAR CRUNCHES Oh, no! Oh, no! 316 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,560 No... 317 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,360 I'm panicking. I'm on a B road. 318 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,880 THEY LAUGH 319 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,800 Go on, you can get third now. 320 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,520 No, I don't want to. What's your strategy for the hill? 321 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:30,960 Stay in first. 322 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,480 And after a Flintoff double-declutching masterclass... 323 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:37,840 GEARS CRUNCH 324 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,600 What are you doing?! No, no! 325 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,640 Double-clutch it. I am! 326 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,680 ..we eventually ground our way 327 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,680 up to the final stage of our trials roller-coaster... 328 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,000 ..in no way prepared to reach the finish. 329 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,920 Here we go, son. Right, no messing about. 330 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,760 Man and machine in perfect harmony! 331 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,280 Go on, son. 332 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,120 WHISTLE BLOWS 333 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,760 ENGINE REVS 334 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,240 Here we go, lads. 335 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,480 Be very careful. Do you want to do some bouncing? 336 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,040 Whoa, whoa. Easy, easy, Fred. 337 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,240 Gas, gas, gas! Easy. 338 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:12,920 That's it. We're up, we're up. 339 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:18,480 Keep going. Right-hander, Fred! Right-hander! 340 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,280 Ooh, ooh, I don't like this. 341 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,560 THEY ALL SHOUT 342 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,440 Bounce, bounce! No more revs! 343 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:30,800 Ohh! 344 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,800 Yes, that was amazing! Yes, come on, 19. 345 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,320 Come on, Fred. Keep going, Fred. 346 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,400 Bounce, bounce, bounce! 347 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,640 Bounce. 348 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,040 Bounce! 349 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,680 I'm bouncing. I can't bounce any more. 350 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,560 Keep going, keep going! We're up to 25, Fred! 351 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:51,600 THEY ALL SHOUT 352 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,000 What a result! What's all the fuss about? 353 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,800 Keep going! What's all the fuss about? 354 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,720 PADDY CHEERS 355 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,440 Thank you. Ohh... 356 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:03,040 Why have I not done it all day? Ohh! That was fantastic. 357 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,120 Oh, you abs... I tell you what, you better get running! 358 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,600 When this car stops, I'm going to knock you out. 359 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,880 A top-marks finish for Flintoff... 360 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,080 Ow! 361 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,360 ..and our first taste of trials had finished on a high. 362 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,040 Had we won? 363 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,240 Course we hadn't. 364 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,760 Worth another go, though? 365 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,240 You betcha. 366 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:31,680 PROJECTOR WHIRS AND STOPS 367 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,760 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 368 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 We like old cars, don't we? 369 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,600 I've got to say, all things considered, 370 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,040 I think that went pretty well. 371 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,040 It was a nice day out in the country. Yeah. 372 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,840 And I love that, all over the UK, every weekend, 373 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,480 people are doing daft things in cars. I don't just mean trialling. 374 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,480 Banger racing, sidecars, hill-climbing. 375 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,920 It makes me proud to be British. It certainly does. 376 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,200 Proper eccentric motorsport. 377 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,560 And if you're part of - 378 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,880 and I mean this with the greatest of respect - 379 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,360 an even weirder race series than that one, 380 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:11,520 let us know, and we'll be right there. 381 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,800 And now we must move on, 382 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,480 because every now and again we get a polite email saying, 383 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,160 "Forget about all those supercars. 384 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:21,080 "How about reviewing a car that normal people might actually buy?" 385 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,760 We do get a lot of those, and they're not always polite. 386 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,240 But they've got a point. 387 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,000 Well, it's about time we tackled some affordable stuff, 388 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,880 so we sent Chris off to do a proper, sensible, 389 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,480 real-world car review, in the world's most sensible country, 390 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:35,880 Norway. 391 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,680 CHRIS: Yes, with snow on the ground for six months of the year, 392 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,720 and a reputation for handing out 393 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,480 the strictest driving fines in Europe, 394 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,480 Norway is a country that demands a sensible, 395 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,840 no-nonsense approach to motoring. 396 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,560 And that makes it the ideal spot 397 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:02,760 to bring you a sensible, no-nonsense compact crossover. 398 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,280 This is the new Ford Puma. 399 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,640 It starts at around 23 grand and, right now, 400 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,600 it's one of the most popular cars on sale in the UK. 401 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,720 And straight away, it's easy to see why. 402 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:24,880 For starters, it looks quite good. 403 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,840 It's a bit froggy up front, with the eyes 404 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,520 but, other than that, I like it. 405 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,840 And inside here, you don't feel deprived. 406 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,560 I've got all the functions of a very expensive car. 407 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,440 I've even got a heated steering wheel, 408 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,960 which, given we're in Norway, is a lovely thing. 409 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,880 And because it's a Ford, it goes down the road beautifully. 410 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,880 I can't complain. 411 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,760 Not least because, for an extra £6,000, 412 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,160 you can have your Puma with a slightly bigger bite. 413 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,800 This is the ST model with the 200-horsepower, 414 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,400 1.5-litre turbo-charged petrol engine. 415 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,640 0 to 60 - six-and-a-half seconds. 416 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,080 137mph flat out. 417 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,000 And, best of all, in these fuel-troubled times, 418 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,160 it'll do over 40 miles to the gallon. 419 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,920 The Puma ST isn't just fast and frugal, though. 420 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,560 You'll also be pleased to hear 421 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,880 that it has everyday usability built in, too. 422 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,880 There's more boot space here than you get in a Ford Focus - 423 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,960 456 litres. 424 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,360 You wanted real-world reviews, I'm giving you a real-world review. 425 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:35,440 And down here is something Ford calls the MegaBox. 426 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,840 It's a waterproof hose-out tub for anything 427 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,720 that you might need to store in a waterproof hose-out tub. 428 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,360 It's even got a drainage plug 429 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,080 just in case anything you put in there suffers any... 430 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,360 ..seepage. 431 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,240 So there you go - it really is the complete package. 432 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,280 Well done, Ford, for making the Puma affordable to run, 433 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,520 and if you get the ST version, pretty decent to drive, too. 434 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,320 But if you're thinking the ST still doesn't quite have the zip 435 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,000 you're looking for from your next compact crossover, 436 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,200 there is also a slightly faster one. ENGINE ROAR ECHOES 437 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,200 Yes, it's a rally car! 438 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,280 The Ford Puma Rally1. 439 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,920 Wah-hoo! 440 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,040 I've never driven anything like it. 441 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,640 It is a monster! 442 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,360 ENGINE ROARS 443 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,600 This Puma has been built to compete 444 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:52,040 in the World Rally Championship's new era of hybrid racing. 445 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,840 And that means that M-Sport, 446 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,680 the legendary British rally engineers that built it... 447 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,400 ..have boosted its four-cylinder turbo petrol engine... 448 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,520 ..with a battery-powered electric motor. 449 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,600 All working together, 450 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,360 this Puma produces over 500 horsepower. 451 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:21,800 Whoa-ho! 452 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,360 The performance is outrageous. 453 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,960 This thing will do 0 to 60 454 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,320 in about three seconds on pretty much any surface. 455 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,240 I can't begin to describe the way it stops, as well. 456 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,240 I've got regenerative braking, 457 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:50,320 so the harder I brake, the more I charge the hybrid system. 458 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,160 It makes for a wild ride, it really does. 459 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,480 There she goes. 460 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,440 Now let's feel the hybrid. Push the pedal down. 461 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,480 Oh, my Lord! 462 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 How does it do that on ice?! 463 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:15,040 Part of the reason, of course, is that, unlike the Puma ST, 464 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,760 the Rally1 comes equipped with four-wheel drive. 465 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,800 Plus, there's a super-strong steel space frame 466 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,920 clad in lightweight body panels 467 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,760 that makes the Rally1 a full 100kg lighter. 468 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:32,440 However, the extra performance 469 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,200 that all this and that modern hybrid power brings 470 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,960 does come at a price. 471 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,480 It costs about three-quarters of a million quid, 472 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,880 which I know is quite steep, but right now, 473 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,400 I can't think of anything I'd rather spend 474 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,040 the same amount of money on more than this. 475 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,360 Whoa-ho! 476 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,520 ENGINE ROARS 477 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,000 You'll notice I'm using a gear lever. 478 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,440 I've not seen that in about 25 years in World Rallying. 479 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,920 The regulations want a more mechanical, analogue car this year - 480 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,080 they've certainly got one. 481 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,480 Woohoo! 482 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,640 It's a fascinating car to drive 483 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,440 because, in some respects, it's exactly what I expected. 484 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,760 In others, it requires a lot more management, 485 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,240 and I've got so much respect for the drivers now. 486 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,800 They really aren't just arcade game machines. 487 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,240 They require concentration and more skill than I've got. 488 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,240 ENGINE ROARS 489 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,920 Oh, yes. Listen to that. 490 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:42,560 Or, in fact, don't... 491 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,040 ENGINE ROAR STOPS 492 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,160 ..because another advantage of the Rally1 493 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,440 over its more affordable cousin 494 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:54,080 is that on the regular commute between your rally stages, 495 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,600 you can drive in clean, green silence. 496 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,960 Nothing to see here. 497 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,440 Just driving along in my electric World Rally car. 498 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,800 It's a genuine hybrid. 499 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,760 Ooh! I wonder if M-Sport kept the MegaBox. 500 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,480 We can maybe stop for provisions. 501 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,200 The Rally1 can do 12 miles in EV mode, 502 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,520 so long as you drive it gently. 503 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,320 Hello. 504 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,080 ENGINE ROARS 505 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,640 But it has to be said, 506 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,560 if you ever do find yourself behind the wheel of one, 507 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,400 driving it gently is the last thing you'll want to do. 508 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,400 Oh, my Lord, it's fast. It's fast. 509 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,160 HE LAUGHS 510 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,840 To be honest with you, and you might have already guessed this, 511 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,600 this thing's got about as much to do with a Puma 512 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,320 as I have a fighter jet... 513 00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,920 ..but on these roads, in these conditions? Unbeatable. 514 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:02,600 Fastest car on the planet. 515 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:06,280 Sensational! 516 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,240 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 517 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,600 That is a monster. 518 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,240 It's a monster. It really is. 519 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,120 So let me get this right, you went off to review 520 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:28,760 a sensible car that people could afford. Yeah. 521 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,320 And you ended up driving a £750,000 rally car? 522 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,120 Yeah, apologies. But in my defence, 523 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:37,040 there was some take-home consumer advice there. Wasn't there? 524 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,760 If you want a small crossover, day-to-day stuff, 525 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,760 perfect - Puma ST. 526 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,840 If you want to enter the World Rally Championship, 527 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,280 take the rally car. 528 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,360 Helpful as ever, Chris. There you go. 529 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:49,840 And now we move on to a question. 530 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,520 What's the best letter in motoring? 531 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,760 Do you know, you two? The one on the old boot lid. 532 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,800 Ooh, this is my kind of question, this is. 533 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,280 I'd say R - could be race or rally. 534 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,800 If you see R, you know it's going to be something special. 535 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,200 I'm going T. Turbo. Touring. 536 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,080 You like tourers. Love a tourer. 537 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,080 All right, strong guesses. Both wrong. 538 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,000 Because the best letter in motoring is this one... 539 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,240 M, as in BMW's legendary... 540 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:24,360 ..M Division, 541 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:28,280 the German engineering geniuses who've been churning out 542 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:33,520 some of the world's finest fast cars for five decades. 543 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,800 This year, 2022, 544 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,160 marks 50 years of the M Division. 545 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,760 So, to celebrate, 546 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,560 I thought I'd invite along some VIP guests. 547 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,440 And what a guest list this is. Oh, yes! 548 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:56,120 Over the years, the M Division has given us some proper legends. 549 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,520 But just think, none of these would be here today 550 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,760 if Ford hadn't been so annoyingly good. 551 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,040 You see, back in the late '60s and early '70s, 552 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,760 Ford was dominating world motor sport. 553 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:17,080 Its GT40 was a four-time Le Mans winner, 554 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,160 and in the European Touring Car Championship, 555 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,760 its gorgeous Capri was busy trashing rivals... 556 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:25,880 ..like BMW. 557 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,160 Hellbent on getting their own back, 558 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:36,040 in 1972, BMW poached Ford's motor sport boss, Jochen Neerpasch. 559 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,200 His brief was to build world-beating cars 560 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,400 for the racetrack and road. 561 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,840 His department would become the M Division. 562 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,480 And here's what they cooked up first. 563 00:29:55,480 --> 00:30:01,480 This is the precursor to all those wonderful M cars to come. 564 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:05,440 This, my friends, is a three-litre CSL, 565 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,000 also known as the Batmobile. 566 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,320 # Nobody gonna take my car 567 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,480 # Gonna race it to the ground... # 568 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:20,000 Lightweight, tuned-up, with proper working downforce, 569 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,640 it was nothing short of a race car for the road, 570 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,120 that wasn't technically road legal. 571 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,800 The idea was, you took it on a track, 572 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,600 you whizzed round all day, humming the theme to Batman, 573 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,680 and then, before you got back on the road, 574 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,840 you whipped off the rear wing, put it in the boot and off you went. 575 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,080 Obviously, it was the '70s 576 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,320 and, obviously, no-one did that. 577 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:45,680 Happier times! 578 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,520 The Batmobile was an instant icon. 579 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,800 And what better way for the M Division to follow it 580 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,080 than with a supercar. 581 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:06,160 The M1 arrived in 1978, 582 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,320 proof to the world that it wasn't just Italy 583 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:13,720 who could do the whole slinky, mid-engine performance thing. 584 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,880 But, pretty as it was - and reliable to boot - 585 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,400 the M1 was really a bit of a sideshow... 586 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:29,080 ..because the car that would come to truly define the M badge 587 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,680 would arrive a few years later, 588 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,880 in 1986. 589 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,240 The birth of a legend. 590 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,280 MUSIC: Blue Monday by New Order 591 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:44,240 The original BMW M3. 592 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:55,160 It might be nearly 40 years old, but this is peak M car right here. 593 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:00,800 Pure, 594 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,480 raw, 595 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:03,880 joyous... 596 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,520 TYRES SCREECH 597 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:06,680 ..M! 598 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,160 Just like the old Batmobile, 599 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:16,280 the M3 was shot through with motorsport DNA. 600 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:21,040 Suspension, brakes, gearbox - 601 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,840 all of it came from the racing world. 602 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,480 It might have had just 200 horsepower, 603 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,520 but trust me, that was all it needed. 604 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,040 It's light, it's sparkly. 605 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,120 It feels alive, this thing! 606 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:37,840 TYRES SCREECH 607 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,840 It's like a Border collie itching to get out for a walk. 608 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,000 "Get down, Shep, get down!" 609 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,440 MUSIC: Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood 610 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:55,400 In fact, the only downside to the original M3 611 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:59,240 was that it did attract a certain crowd. 612 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,280 SHOUTS: Hello? What's that? No, I'm in an M3! 613 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,640 # Relax, don't do it... # 614 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,840 Yes, the '80s saw the arrival of the yuppie. 615 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,360 Those wannabe Wolves of Wall Street 616 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,120 all needed something cutting-edge and continental 617 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,280 to match their monster Motorolas and flash Rolexes. 618 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,760 The M Division's finest was the perfect choice. 619 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:33,680 Which meant the M3 did gain a little bit of a bad reputation. 620 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,080 You know all those typical BMW driver stereotypes? 621 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:40,360 Well, this is the car that started it all. 622 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,200 # Relax, don't do it... # 623 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,080 LAUGHING: But I can forgive all that 624 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,840 because this thing is absolute perfection. 625 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,240 Oh... 626 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,720 And now that the M Division had found their formula, 627 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:04,000 they set about refining it. 628 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,320 Understated on the outside, race-bred underneath, 629 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,600 the next couple of decades brought bigger engines, 630 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,320 more power, more speed. 631 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,160 And it all reached a bit of a head... 632 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:20,640 ..with this. 633 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:25,720 The 2004 BMW M5. 634 00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:28,400 You see, in the early noughties, 635 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:33,640 BMW's F1 car was powered by a big, revvy V10 engine. 636 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,000 So the good people at the M Division thought, 637 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,040 "Hey, why can't we put one of those in a family saloon?" 638 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,000 Well, it turned out... 639 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,080 ..they could. 640 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,000 And it sounds like... 641 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,280 INTENSE ENGINE REVS 642 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:50,880 ..the end of days. 643 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,440 Ha-ha! This is fast! 644 00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:58,360 Whoa! 645 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,000 500 brake horsepower. 646 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,080 It'll still spin past 8,000 RPM. 647 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,160 If you take the limiter off this thing... 648 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:13,720 Oh-ho-ho-ho! 649 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:16,880 ..they reckon it'll go up to 200mph. 650 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,800 It's absolutely bananas! 651 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,200 This was the M Division declaring to the world 652 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,800 that, when it comes to supercar-quick saloons, 653 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,840 nobody else comes close. 654 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,360 These are what the M Division are all about. 655 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,640 And, yes, over the years, they've dabbled with quick SUVs 656 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,800 and other odds and ends, but these? 657 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,720 These are the heartland. 658 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:54,040 In fact, you can trace a line right from the original M3, 659 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,600 through all of these, all the way up to this... 660 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,840 ..the new M3. 661 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:08,240 A car that's channelling 50 years of M Division know-how. 662 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:13,720 HE CHUCKLES 663 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,040 Get round there! 664 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,920 Man alive! 665 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:26,000 It's packing 500 horsepower 666 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,800 from a twin-turbo six-cylinder engine. 667 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,400 And that's just the start. 668 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,560 It's got an eight-speed automatic gearbox. 669 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,520 A clever four-wheel-drive option. 670 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,600 You can configure the steering, dampers... 671 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,480 You can even do the brake pedal! 672 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:55,880 It is big, and it is clever. 673 00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,280 Oh, and did I mention? 674 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,120 Very, very fast. 675 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,000 ENGINE REVS 676 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,800 Yes! You little German beauty! 677 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,880 But on the subject of beauty... 678 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,640 ..it's hard to ignore 679 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,920 that massive-nostrilled elephant in the room. 680 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,240 There's no getting around it, is there? 681 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:27,600 Who signed that off? 682 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,920 I know they say beauty's in the eye of the beholder, 683 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,160 but come on! 684 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:32,960 Whoever designed that 685 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,520 needs to have a long, hard look at theirself in the mirror. 686 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:41,440 And talking downsides, for a car wearing that badge, 687 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,640 there is a bigger one. 688 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,440 It's overcomplicated. 689 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,360 Yes, it's fast and it's fun to drive, 690 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,280 but you feel disconnected from it. 691 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,360 The computer takes over and does everything. 692 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:58,920 So if you look at it on paper, it's the ultimate machine. 693 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,440 But is it the ultimate driving machine? 694 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:04,160 I'm not so sure. 695 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,200 The trouble is, over the years, 696 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:15,600 all cars have become bigger, heavier and more complicated. 697 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,400 And that's where M cars have gone, too. 698 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,600 But then, every now and again, 699 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,040 they go and build a car that lets you know 700 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,360 they haven't completely forgotten where they came from. 701 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:30,960 The 1M. 702 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:35,920 A purified, pocket-sized, back-to-basics coupe 703 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,560 that turned up back in 2011 704 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:43,960 as a true spiritual successor to the original M3. 705 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:47,520 It is good to be back. 706 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,560 I used to own one of these. 707 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:53,640 And, yes, I absolutely loved it. 708 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,480 Let's see if it's as good as I remember. 709 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,560 MUSIC: Block Rockin' Beats by The Chemical Brothers 710 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,240 ENGINE REVS 711 00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:07,360 Oh-ho! Here we go. 712 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,000 This is what it's all about. 713 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,240 TYRES SCREECH 714 00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:23,000 No fancy dampers, no multi-mode brake pedal. 715 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,000 Just a dinky car... 716 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,120 Whoa! 717 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,080 ..with a punchy engine, rear-wheel drive, 718 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,720 and someone clinging onto the steering wheel for dear life. 719 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:38,760 Yes! Come on! 720 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,200 What made the 1M so special was that, 721 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:51,080 with just 335 horsepower, it was never about raw performance. 722 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:55,000 Its M-car genius was all in the feel. 723 00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:58,600 Woohoo! 724 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,560 Oh, man, I love the little short gear changes. 725 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,360 I love the steering wheel. I love everything about this car. 726 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,000 You're totally connected to it. 727 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:11,640 Do you know what? 728 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:15,120 When they get it right, they get it right. 729 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:19,920 This thing is absolute driving joy. 730 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,000 Why did I get rid of it?! 731 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,360 Well, I know why - 732 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,200 me wife told me to. 733 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,240 Happy birthday, M Division. 734 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:35,520 And here's to 50 more glorious years. 735 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:39,680 TYRES SCREECH Get out there! 736 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,600 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 737 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,600 Double teapot. 738 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,800 I'm not happy either. Not happy. 739 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,920 McGuinness, how could you go and do that without me? 740 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:04,680 BMW M cars is my specialist subject. I can talk about them for hours. 741 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,480 That's exactly why we didn't send you. 742 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:07,960 LAUGHTER 743 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,720 Looking down the line, they're not getting any prettier, are they? 744 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:13,800 Well, I mean, what's going on with these grilles, Christopher? 745 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,640 I don't know. The car looks better if I stand here. Yeah. 746 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,480 Why, though? What was the reasoning behind it? 747 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,840 Well, they apparently designed it after Fred Flintoff - 748 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,280 two massive teeth down the front end. Oh! Oh! 749 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,360 Why? Oh... Why? I've got feelings. 750 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:31,080 And now, we must move on to talk about the future. 751 00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:34,160 Cos we all know the petrol era is coming to an end, 752 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,320 which, for your traditional petrolhead, 753 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:37,920 might sound like bad news. 754 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:41,000 But don't worry, because we're here to tell you that the future of fuel 755 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,560 is starting to look very interesting. 756 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:48,480 Let's begin... 757 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,520 ..with battery power. 758 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:57,880 Because for a long time now, if you wanted to go green, 759 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:01,520 batteries have been pretty much your only option. 760 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:05,320 But, let's be honest, it's only just lately 761 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,920 that they've really started turning heads. 762 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,720 Take the sensational Back To The Future styling 763 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:15,520 of Hyundai's IONIQ 5. 764 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,520 The Mustang Mach-E - 765 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:22,440 a family crossover that packs nearly 500 horsepower. 766 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:28,600 Or how about a car that looks to be heading 767 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,000 where no EV has gone before? 768 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,440 The CUPRA Born. 769 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,040 Strange name, interesting car. 770 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:53,880 This could be the first-ever all-electric hot hatch. 771 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,360 Wahey! 772 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,960 Now, it's based on VW's not-very-hot ID.3. 773 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:07,240 But over in the Spanish sunshine, 774 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:13,240 CUPRA, the new sporty wing of SEAT, has been busy heating things up. 775 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:18,080 Compared to the ID.3, this is lower, the suspension's sharper, 776 00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,840 and this particular one is around 200 horsepower. 777 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,800 All very hot-hatchy. Whoa-ho! 778 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,040 What's a bit less hot-hatchy, though, 779 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:35,760 is that old eco problem of lugging around a big, heavy battery. 780 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,760 The weight's all low down, 781 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,200 which means it's pretty flat into the corners, 782 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,400 but it's just missing a little bit of zip, 783 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:45,720 a little bit of zing. 784 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:49,520 Nah. 785 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:53,960 It's more of a lukewarm hatch. 786 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:57,440 Tepid. Cool to the touch. 787 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,160 Cool-to-the-touch hatch. 788 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:05,160 So, no, at just over 30 grand, 789 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:10,200 the Born isn't going to tempt you away from your Golf GTI. 790 00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:13,920 But it does show that more affordable EVs 791 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:17,560 are just starting to have some fun. 792 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:22,680 The Born is injecting a little bit of Latin flair 793 00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:26,760 into the beige world of electric hatchbacks. 794 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:32,880 Which is all well and good. 795 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,720 But up at the top of the range, 796 00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:39,160 EVs have been putting on a very convincing show for a while now. 797 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,520 Mostly thanks to this. 798 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:47,720 TYRES SCREECH 799 00:44:47,720 --> 00:44:49,960 The Porsche Taycan. 800 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,640 The unbelievably quick, incredibly capable four-door saloon 801 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:56,920 that has been embarrassing petrol performance cars 802 00:44:56,920 --> 00:45:00,240 since it launched a couple of years ago. 803 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:03,800 And now, to keep the great battery charge advancing... 804 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,320 ..the Germans have sent in some backup. 805 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,200 The Audi e-tron GT. 806 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,840 This might just be the first electric car 807 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:18,560 you could buy on looks alone. 808 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:20,600 It's an absolute knockout! 809 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,440 And it's beautiful inside too. 810 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,400 They've not gone Tesla minimalist here. 811 00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:32,160 It feels like a posh Audi - an even posher Audi than normal! 812 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,360 Underneath the fantastic fit and finish, 813 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:39,560 the GT actually shares the same chassis, gearbox, 814 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,720 and a lot of the same technology as the Taycan. 815 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:47,120 And do you know what? 816 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:50,920 It might actually be better to drive than the Porsche. 817 00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,520 It's a bit more comfortable. 818 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,360 The whole chassis feels just a bit more intuitive. 819 00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:00,120 This is an Audi that's better to drive 820 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:01,720 than the equivalent Porsche. 821 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:03,680 I mean, the world's been turned upside down. 822 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:05,080 There are no rules any more. 823 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:07,440 What there is instead... 824 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:10,640 ..is power. 825 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,880 Now, this version has over 500 horsepower, 826 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,760 and this isn't even the fastest one. 827 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,920 But this is still absurdly quick, it really is. 828 00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,560 You don't need a car faster than this. 829 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:31,640 And here's the best bit. 830 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,000 Crusty old journalists like me have complained for years 831 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,040 that Audis don't oversteer. Watch this. 832 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:37,480 TYRES SCREECH 833 00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:43,400 Straight away, massive, massive rear-wheel-drive skids. 834 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,120 HE LAUGHS 835 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:53,600 So new electric cars - no longer boring. 836 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:56,600 And it doesn't stop there. 837 00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:01,480 Because whether it's a charged-up Cobra, 838 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:04,080 a battery-powered Beetle, 839 00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:07,880 or a Defender that's swapped diesel for DC, 840 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,520 there are now loads of companies out there 841 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,960 giving timeless classics a new lease of life 842 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:19,320 by swapping their fumey old engines for batteries and motors. 843 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,200 Although, it must be said, 844 00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:25,360 for your traditional petrolhead, this is... 845 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:27,840 ..a tricky area. 846 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,520 Hey, now, this is a bit of you at the end, innit? 847 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:34,920 What do you reckon about having an electric motor in one? 848 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,840 I just don't know. I'm so confused. Mm. I love my 911, 849 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:42,080 and I love it because of the sound of the flat-six. Absolutely. 850 00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,520 I mean, this is what I lie awake at night thinking about. 851 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:45,960 So, I... HE SIGHS 852 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,600 I were going to say, we're going to drive one apiece. 853 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,720 I think I know which one you're going to go for. 854 00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:53,920 I've got to have a go in it. Yeah. Do you know what I'm going to do? 855 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:57,000 The old e-Defender. I'm going to give it a whirl. 856 00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:01,400 Why's it got exhaust pipes? Has yours got exhaust pipes? 857 00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:02,680 What? 858 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:08,040 Sacrilegious as it may seem, though, what cannot be denied 859 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:12,520 is the performance this kind of transplant yields, 860 00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:15,400 as we shall now demonstrate with a drag race. 861 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:19,880 Electric classics versus their old fossil-fuelled equivalents. 862 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,000 MAN ON RADIO: Three, two, one, go! 863 00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:28,640 Whooooa! Oh, my God! 864 00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,440 I've just been done by a Defender. 865 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:38,160 I'm in a Defender! Wow! 866 00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:39,520 Wow, look at him go! 867 00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:46,400 But now I'm going. 868 00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:47,880 CAMERA CLICKS 869 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:52,040 There's the Porsche. Yes! 870 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,360 And now we're going away. 871 00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:00,000 Over the line at 120. That's quick. 872 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:03,720 Wha-hey-hey! 873 00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:06,000 Whoa! Oh! 874 00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,200 Oh, my... 875 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,360 That Defender off the line, good Lord! 876 00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:14,960 Oh, here's the other little Porsche. 877 00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:16,720 Here he is. 878 00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:19,320 Too late now. Already got it. 879 00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:25,360 OK, electric... 880 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:28,160 ..demolishes petrol in a straight line. 881 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:33,840 I have just literally left a Porsche for dead 882 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:35,920 in a Land Rover Defender. 883 00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:40,360 What a time to be alive! 884 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,120 I want one of these. 885 00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:46,520 Can you imagine just someone pulling up 886 00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:49,520 at the side of you at the lights thinking, "Oh, I'll burn this off"? 887 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:50,920 And you're like, "Will ya?" 888 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:56,760 And the best part is... 889 00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,720 Whaaaaaaaaa! 890 00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:01,560 ..when it comes to the future of fuel, 891 00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:05,120 batteries aren't even the most exciting tech going. 892 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,680 Time for our next fuel of the future, 893 00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,080 with Professor Harris. 894 00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:17,000 Hydrogen. 895 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,320 The most abundant element in our universe. 896 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:21,840 And if you can get it on its own, 897 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,040 it's something you can power your car with. 898 00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,880 Now, the science behind it is pretty straightforward. 899 00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:29,000 In one end comes some hydrogen, 900 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,680 and it mixes with oxygen from the atmosphere. 901 00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:33,120 There they go - mix, mix. 902 00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,320 And through a complicated exchange of protons 903 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:39,760 and electrons and other things, you get - this is the clever bit - 904 00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:40,800 electricity. 905 00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,680 That and that equals that. Isn't it brilliant? 906 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,040 And the only by-product, 907 00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:47,280 the thing that comes out of your exhaust, 908 00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:50,000 is this - good old H2O. 909 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:51,160 Water. 910 00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:54,280 Now, if you've extracted your hydrogen using green electricity, 911 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:57,480 the whole process is carbon-neutral. 912 00:50:57,480 --> 00:50:59,400 And the even cleverer thing is... 913 00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:01,680 ..hydrogen packs a punch. 914 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:06,840 Now, in rocket A, we have two grams of petrol. 915 00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:10,600 And in rocket B, we have two grams of hydrogen. 916 00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:14,320 And we're going to find out which produces the biggest bang. 917 00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:15,520 Serious science, this. 918 00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,040 So, first up - petrol. 919 00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:21,120 Lovely, explode-y petrol. 920 00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:22,240 BEEP 921 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:26,080 OK. 922 00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:29,320 And now - hydrogen. 923 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:30,360 BEEP 924 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:39,920 That's a clear win for hydrogen. 925 00:51:41,240 --> 00:51:42,720 The only problem is... 926 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:46,160 ..while a few companies 927 00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:49,600 are developing this exciting, elegant technology, 928 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:52,720 up to now, the most exciting, elegant car 929 00:51:52,720 --> 00:51:54,640 that anyone's found to put it in... 930 00:51:55,720 --> 00:51:57,000 ..is this. 931 00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,000 The Toyota Mirai. Yes. 932 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,680 It essentially just drives like an electric car. 933 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:07,280 Well, that's what a hydrogen car is. 934 00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:09,320 It's just storing its energy in different ways. 935 00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:12,600 A normal electric car conventionally has a battery. This stores hydrogen, 936 00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,320 and then uses a fuel cell to convert it. 937 00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,080 You have a tank out the back, 938 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,080 and you can fill this thing up like you would a petrol car. 939 00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:22,320 It's a liquid. So, fill it up, away you go. 940 00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,600 A couple of minutes, 400 miles of range. 941 00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:27,840 Try that in an electric car. Now, I must say, 942 00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:30,200 that is quite a good thing compared to electric cars. 943 00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,080 That's what drives me mad with electric cars. 944 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:34,280 Exactly. Is the amount of time you've got to put... 945 00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:36,200 So where do you fill up an hydrogen car? 946 00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:38,280 There are fuel stations all over the country. 947 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:39,880 How many? 12. 948 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:42,200 12? 12. 949 00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:43,840 Last year... Yeah? 950 00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:47,200 ..there were 15 people born in this country... Yeah? 951 00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:49,080 ..given the name Lucifer. 952 00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:50,960 LAUGHING: No, there weren't! 953 00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:55,640 So you've got more chance of running into a baby Lucifer 954 00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:59,320 than you have of finding a hydrogen fuel station. 955 00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:00,920 Well, it's got its downsides, OK? 956 00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:02,520 But these are the upsides, all right? 957 00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:05,160 First of all, we're not carting around a great big battery, 958 00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:06,520 which is really, really heavy. 959 00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:08,800 Second of all, you read all these stories about 960 00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:10,800 digging up nasty metals from the ground 961 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,480 and all the stuff that goes on with that. 962 00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:14,360 Cobalt. There's none of that, OK? 963 00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:17,600 And thirdly, you can use the existing petrol network. 964 00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:19,560 So, if you go to BP, 965 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,720 where there's LPG, there could by hydrogen. 966 00:53:21,720 --> 00:53:23,120 Come on, get on board, Pad. 967 00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:26,320 I am on board, believe it or not. And this goes quite well. Come on. 968 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:30,280 Yeah, the science stacks up, no denying that. 969 00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:34,360 So why have they put it all in something so vanilla? 970 00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:36,960 We need a hydrogen supercar. 971 00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,040 I agree. Er, can we now do something more exciting? 972 00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:41,600 Cos I am getting quite sleepy here. Yes. 973 00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:44,360 Indeed we could. 974 00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:49,400 Because what if there was a way to go green 975 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,640 without giving up on the combustion engine? 976 00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:53,680 MOTOR REVS 977 00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:56,640 A way to go green without giving up all that noise. 978 00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:58,960 MOTOR REVS 979 00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,440 That drama. 980 00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:02,640 That soul. 981 00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:04,360 MOTOR REVS 982 00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:09,400 Introducing synthetic fuel. 983 00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,440 TYRES SCREECH 984 00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,000 Look at the go on that Lamborghini! 985 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:25,320 Man alive! 986 00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:29,560 Whoa-ho-ho! 987 00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:33,400 What a machine. 988 00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:34,560 These synthetic fuels, 989 00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:36,560 they're pretty big news at the moment. 990 00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:38,280 The fuel that's in this car 991 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:42,920 was the brainchild of genius Formula 1 engineer Paddy Lowe. 992 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:46,680 So I am literally Paddy-powered, but in the right way. 993 00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:52,600 What very clever engineers like Mr Lowe have managed to do 994 00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:55,960 is create a petrol made not from oil 995 00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:59,200 but from carbon dioxide captured from the air 996 00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:02,240 and hydrogen extracted from water. 997 00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:05,480 The result is a fuel that, when burned, 998 00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:08,840 emits only the CO2 that was extracted 999 00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:10,400 to make it in the first place. 1000 00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:16,080 So, as long as you're using green electricity to power production, 1001 00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:19,600 it is completely carbon-neutral. 1002 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,520 And the really good thing about this is, 1003 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:28,320 it'll work in any petrol car, no matter how old or how new. 1004 00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:31,480 You can even mix it with your regular fuel. 1005 00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:34,120 It's absolute genius! 1006 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:40,440 And it might just save some of these old dinosaurs 1007 00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:42,160 from extinction. 1008 00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:46,520 Ah! 1009 00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:49,960 They say the Aventador will be the last Lamborghini 1010 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,640 without electrical assistance. 1011 00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:57,880 The last free-breathing, pure V12. 1012 00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,360 And just listen to that noise! 1013 00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:04,680 759 horsepower. 1014 00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:06,680 ENGINE REVS 1015 00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:11,280 This new GT3 just ticks all the boxes. 1016 00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:14,760 Flat-six, normally aspirated, revs at 9,000 RPM. 1017 00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:17,440 ENGINE REVS 1018 00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:19,640 Whoo! 1019 00:56:19,640 --> 00:56:22,640 Before you go thinking this is the answer 1020 00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,280 to all our petrolhead prayers, though... 1021 00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:26,720 Ah! 1022 00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:30,480 ..we should point out a couple of drawbacks. 1023 00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:37,000 The main issue being you can't just pop into your local petrol station 1024 00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,360 to fill up with synthetic fuel. 1025 00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:44,440 This stuff is experimental. It's extremely rare. 1026 00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:46,400 Which means it's expensive. 1027 00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:47,760 And if you want a number - 1028 00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:50,200 at the moment, about ten quid a litre. 1029 00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:54,640 But, while we wait to see whether synthetic fuels 1030 00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:59,600 will one day become affordable enough for the masses, 1031 00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,680 what we do at least now know... 1032 00:57:03,720 --> 00:57:06,680 ..is that with the sun setting on fossil fuels... 1033 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:14,640 ..the new dawn is starting to look very bright indeed. 1034 00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:28,240 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1035 00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:31,680 Oh, just stupidly fast. 1036 00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:33,040 Huh? 1037 00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:36,000 I thought it was going to do a wheelie. They're crazy. 1038 00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,120 Oh, man. That was very informative, boys. 1039 00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:40,840 But what I want to talk about is these electric classics, 1040 00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:42,920 cos if I was going to get an electric car, 1041 00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:46,600 apart from that Rivian, that's how I'd do it. 1042 00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:49,320 All the fun, all the looks, none of the maintenance. 1043 00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:51,080 And I've got to say, 1044 00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:54,400 the first five seconds of being in this car, 1045 00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:56,440 that acceleration, 1046 00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:59,080 compared to everything I've driven on Top Gear, 1047 00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:01,880 that's the most fun I've had, ever. Anything? 1048 00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:05,800 Aston Martin Victors, Ferrari Romas, DB5s... 1049 00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:10,760 This, for that first five seconds, was bonkers. 1050 00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:13,040 You know how he squeaks? That was peak squeak. 1051 00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:14,920 That was. Oh, it was. Right up there. 1052 00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:16,920 It was amazing. It was full squeaking. 1053 00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:20,560 And also, synthetic fuel, hey, hey? I'm all over this. 1054 00:58:20,560 --> 00:58:23,760 He's been on the internet again. Here we go. Oh, no. 1055 00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,480 It's all the fun of a petrol engine, completely green. 1056 00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:29,600 That's the magic bullet right there. It could be, but it just depends 1057 00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:31,480 if they can make it cheap enough, doesn't it? 1058 00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:34,280 If they can, then we might be having a lot more fun 1059 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:37,000 in silly petrol-engine cars for some time to come. 1060 00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:38,320 Fingers crossed. 1061 00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:41,600 And on that unusually optimistic note, 1062 00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:45,240 we must end the show, and the series. What?! 1063 00:58:45,240 --> 00:58:47,800 AUDIENCE AND HOSTS GROAN 1064 00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:50,280 It was like being in panto, that. 1065 00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:52,080 We'll be back later in the year. 1066 00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:54,600 Thank you so much for watching. Goodnight. 1067 00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:56,840 CHEERING