Top Gear 12x07
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| Episode no. | Series 12 Episode 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guest stars | Tom Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Production no. | 1207 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Original airdate | December 14th, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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[edit] In this Episode
Feature: Richard Hammond takes a look at 50 years of British Touring Car Championship racing history, with crashing being a pervasive theme. 
News: The three discuss how enraged fans of the Morris Marina had become, thanks to the previous episode. They "attempt" to make amends by purchasing another Marina, which then has a piano "accidentally" fall on it. Following a two-year-old tradition on Top Gear, the boys discuss car-themed Christmas presents.
Review: Jeremy Clarkson tested the battery-powered Tesla Roadster from California on the track. Pitting it against a Lotus Elise, the petrol car it was based on, in a drag race, the Roadster beats the Elise. However, upon more strenuous testing, both Roadsters provided to Top Gear fail, with one car quickly draining its batteries, and the other losing its brakes. This leads Jeremy to question Telsa claims. The Stig achieved a time of 1:27.2 on mildly moist conditions.
Stunt: In retaliation for Fifth Gear being “responsible” for burning up the Top Gear set, Top Gear Stuntman returns with Richard Hammond in an attempt to beat a distance record set by their rivals: jumping off a ramp in a 1992 Jaguar XJ6 saloon car while towing a caravan. Stuntman falls just short of the mark set by Fifth Gear.
V8 creation: In his latest attempt to save the V8 engine, Jeremy creates a V8-powered rocking chair designed to assist old people to rock forward and grab the television remote. Predictably, the demonstration ends in disaster when the power of the V8 destroys the rocking chair and causes the mannequin old woman to fall apart.
Top Gear Awards:
- Best new sound: Will Young's new single
- Best victory dance by a Star in a Reasonably-priced Car/Fastest Celebrity: Jay Kay, who accepted his award in the Top Gear studio
- Most painful injury to a motoring related body part: Max Mosley's bottom.
- Car of the Year: the Caterham Seven, for posting a faster time around the TG test track than the Bugatti Veyron, while being much less expensive.
- Worst flirting award: Jeremy Clarkson when talking to Will Young.
Review: James May takes a look at another possible future of motoring in California, the hydrogen-powered Honda FCX Clarity. This segment features a cameo appearance by Jay Leno. Leno makes reference to American Toyota Prius drivers and comments, "In America we like everyone to know about the good work we are doing anonymously". During the segment May describes the Clarity as "the most important car in a hundred years" due to it being the first electric car that fits a modern, car-dependent lifestyle.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Sir Tom Jones, Welsh singer, drove the Lacetti and achieved a 1:52.2.
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