Top Gear 01x10
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| Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Music used | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guest stars | Jay Kay | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Production no. | 0110 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Original airdate | December 29, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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[edit] In this Episode
Review:
Jeremy investigates the suitability of the Toyota Land Cruiser, the BMW X5, the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Range Rover for a shoot on the estate of the Marquess of Blandford.
The X5 and Land Cruiser are described as 'hopeless' and 'chintzy'. The Cherokee is good off-road, but JC hates the flimsiness and the poor interior space. The Range Rover wins his approval as the best all-rounder.
To address the poor reliability of past Range Rovers, the TG crew have one on a six-month long test, and if anything breaks on it they can murder the managing director's dog. In front of his children.
Awards:
They look back at 2002 in the awards.
Car of the Year nominations:
- Range Rover (wins)
- Mazda 6
- Mini Cooper S
- Audi RS6
(The Maybach, Vauxhall Vectra and Jaguar XJ are jokingly suggested by audience members, and they deride the 'official' Car of the Year, the Renault Megane.)
Most Pointless Car nominations:
- Maybach
- European Ford Fusion (wins)
- Rover 75 LWB
(An audience member suggests the SL55 AMG, and is attacked by JC)
Weirdest Renault nominations:
- Vel Satis
- Megane
- Avantime
The Nissan Micra, however, is selected 'in true mad Renault style' as the winner.
The 'Surely you don't need the money?' award is won by Eddie Irvine for promoting a pressure-washer.
Review:
After the awards, they note the Radical as being the lap-record holder at 1:19. However, 'Ze Germans haff been monitoring zeir broadcasts', and have sent over the 600kg AS-One, a Radical-esque Hayabusa-engined track car.
He then goes on to show 'an Audi TT with some stickers on it', the MTM Bimoto, which has two 400bhp turbo engines. The Stig laps the As-One in 1:29 and the Bimoto in 1:28
Challenge:
They return to the challenge from a few episodes back to find Britain's Fastest Faith, this time with a Muslim, a Druid, a Rastafarian and a Seventh-Day Adventist.
They drive a highly modified 340bhp Subaru Impreza in an attempt to beat the Church of England's record.
The Muslim falls prey to some druid oversteer magic, but still comes second. Said Morris Oxford-driving druid comes third. The Seventh-Day Adventist fails to fit into the car.
The Rastafarian's skills as an amateur racer help him beat the others, and he also beats the Church of England with a time of 1:31, less than 2 seconds slower than the Stig.
News:
They look forward to 2003's new cars, including the Porsche Carrera GT, Dodge Viper, the Bugatti Veyrion[sic], which will be out that year (lol), the McLaren-Mercedes SLR, the Koenigsegg, the Ascari KZ1. They note the poor record of small British sportscar manufacturers.
More sensibly they turn to the Chrysler Crossfire, the Mazda RX-8, about which Jeremy quips that they're using 'the hardest substance known to man' ie. dried Weetabix that's been through a dishwasher cycle, to protect the rotor tips.
They finish by looking at the Porsche Cayenne, the VW Phaeton and the Vauxhall Signum.
Main Review:
JC drives the Lotus Esprit. They show a clip from The Spy Who Loved Me, and Jeremy asks how the fish that Roger Moore dropped out managed to get into the car, noting that if a hole is big enough for a fish then it's big enough for water, and 'lots of it'.
They demonstrate the Esprit's 26-year age with the aid of some ties, before introducing the latest one, with a 3.5L, twin-turbo V8.
JC likes the power-to-weight ratio, the handling and the acceleration. He dislikes the cramped interior's age, and particularly dislikes the gearbox, calling it 'notchy, scaly and euurgh'. Overall, he says he still likes it.
Jeremy and Richard bemoan it's bleak future and we find that the Esprit and the Ferrari 456 are the only cars on sale at the time with pop-up headlamps.
The Stig laps the Esprit in 1:32.
Challenge:
Hammond drives the TVR T350C, and helps TVR's engineers set up the suspension for track and road.
First they set it up to be as hard as possible, which gives an excellent lap time, but it's hopeless on the road and edgy on the track.
Next they go for a compromise. The car is 1 second slower, but much easier to drive on the road and track.
Jeremy disapproves of the T350's name, before running through some mad car names (The Mazda Bongo Friendly, the Mitsubishi Mini-Active Urban Sandal, the Izuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard and the VW Golf Fancy Boy).
They applaud TVR's previous car names, and suggest Widowmaker, Armageddon, Poseidon, Thor, and they settle on 'Valhalla'.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car:
They recap their guests overs the series.
Jay Kay is awarded the trophy for being the fastest, with a time of 1:48.
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