Top Gear (US) s01e10 Episode Script
Best of Top Gear
Ferrara: Now, on the best of "Top Gear," something old Something new Let's go scare some natives.
Something borrowed Free pony rides! And something blue.
Was "smurf" the color description? [Cheers and applause.]
Welcome to "Top Gear.
" On this show, nobody's gonna get a makeover, nobody's gonna whisper to a dog.
This is a car show.
I'm Adam Ferrara, that's Tanner Foust, and this is Rutledge wood.
Now, over the past season here on "Top Gear," we've driven amazing cars from all over the world.
If it had tires and an engine, we were interested.
And in case you missed any of the action, this is the kind of thing we're talking about.
- Go! - Go! Let's go scare some natives.
This isn't just quick for a sedan.
This is just quick, period.
[Tires screech.]
I just flew into the sun.
[Engines revving.]
There's something so purely redneck about that sound.
[Both laugh.]
[Engine revving.]
[Tires screech.]
Oh, God! This is awesome! This is awesome! What's next? Bring it on! 5 4 3 2 You guys ready to get your asses kicked? - 1.
- Rush mode! [Bleep.]
Foust: We're off! Whoa, yeah! [Engine revs.]
[Tires screech.]
175! [Bleep.]
Oh, my God! [Laughs.]
Oh, no! I have crapped my pants! Son of a [bleep.]
Holy [bleep.]
Holy moly! I'm gonna die! Don't be a bunch of pansies.
Knock it off! That was [Spits.]
I had forgotten how much fun we had, man, and what amazing cars we got to drive.
That's why picking my favorite is not gonna be easy.
Well, some of the cars were a little easier than others to get off the list.
I remember you didn't like the Mercedes SLS at all.
No, not too much.
And what did you call the doors? "History" has asked me not to say "[bleep.]
doors" again.
- [Laughter.]
- I think you just did.
Sorry.
But if I was to pick one of my favorite cars, I think it would be this one.
The Gallardo superleggera Light, powerful, and explosively fast.
The "570" is for the horsepower.
The "-4" means it's all-wheel drive.
The "LP" means the engine is there.
Listen to this v-10 hum.
[Engine revving.]
"Superleggera" means "superlight," which means this car is less than 3,000 pounds, the lightest of all the Lamborghinis.
And it does zero to 60 in 3.
4 seconds.
Lamborghini worked with scientists at Boeing to develop carbon fiber that they used in the doors, spoilers, mirrors, and trim pieces to keep the weight low.
That's a polycarbonate window, so you can see the engine.
[Tires screech.]
I wish you could be inside this car to feel my heartbeat.
This car is terrifying and exciting at the same time.
It's like being aroused at gunpoint.
And I even like the color.
It's loud.
It's yellow.
It's that crazy uncle that shows up at a wedding.
He's totally inappropriate.
[Italian accent.]
"Hey, where's the bride? I'm-a kiss her right on the mouth.
" The price tag on this is $250,000, plus a $3,000 gas-guzzler tax.
Now, you'd think, for that kind of money, everything would be included, but it's not, but if you want a cup holder $650.
I don't know what the Italian word for bull [bleep.]
is, but that's where it goes.
But other than that, I'm having a hard time finding anything wrong with this thing.
[Applause.]
It was great.
I tell you, it was great.
- It sounded amazing.
- It was.
I did not know I was gonna like that car as much as I did, but I love that car.
Seems like you really fell in love with it.
- I did.
- That's sweet.
- Thank you.
- [Laughter.]
A car that I just about fell in love with was the Morgan.
I didn't expect to do that.
- Really? - Yeah.
I'd looked at it, and it was kind of ridiculous.
But the charisma of this car driving in the English countryside roads was unbelievable.
Every time you got in the car, you just couldn't wait to drive it.
It was the Morgan Aero Supersports.
Foust: It looks like no other car, sort of retro-futuristic, like something they would have drawn up for flash Gordon in the 1930s.
If Al Capone were still alive, this is what he'd drive.
The Morgan family started making cars in 1911, and it's run today by the grandson of the founder.
Morgans are still made by hand, and the car reflects the company's history.
It's got the classic swooping fenders, the big grille, side exhaust pipes.
The chassis is built from aluminum, or, as they say here, "al-u-minium.
" But in the frame, they actually use wood.
Foust: Laminated ash A little old-school, but it's light, flexible, and incredibly strong.
And because they're hand-built, no two are the same.
What we call a hood the brits call a bonnet.
And this bonnet opens from the side.
No fancy buttons here This is the "retro" part of retro-futuristic.
And what lies beneath the Morgan's plaque is a BMW 4.
8-liter v-8 engine.
[Engine revving.]
Yeah.
Let's go scare some natives.
The first thing you notice about these beautiful English countryside roads [Tires screech.]
Is they drive on the wrong [bleep.]
side of the road.
That was so close.
This is a car that is extravagant and simple both at the same time.
The interior is pure function.
It's just minimalistic.
You have a speedometer and a tachometer, temperature and fuel.
You have this beautiful leather everywhere.
It's thick and designed to be worn in like a baseball glove.
But to really get to know the Morgan, I had to get away from the 30-mile-an-hour speed limits.
[Engine roaring.]
Once you put your foot to the floor, it's a beast.
This thunders through the forest like a bugling elk looking for a mate.
It's awesome.
Forget the ancient towns Buzzing through the labyrinth of country lanes, I had found the Morgan's spiritual home.
Now, that's a sheep right there.
Empty roads twisting through fields of green This is what this timeless car was designed for.
[Applause.]
The countryside the car just fit into the countryside.
There's almost nothing like driving a car in its native land.
And that was truly, truly an amazing car.
Yeah, it looked like a great ass.
Do you mean that because the acronym for "Aero Supersports" would be "A.
S.
S.
"? - Correct.
- Nice.
So, you're an a.
S.
S.
Man.
[Laughter.]
It's not on the résumé, but You know what? I like where you're going with the British cars.
I mean, we all like one of those once in a while.
But if I had to choose my favorite, I would choose one from another one of England's finest.
[Choir vocalizing.]
Wood: This is a car maker that defines itself in three words Power Beauty Soul A British company with nearly 100 years of history, a rich racing heritage, and a tradition of creating instantly recognizable iconic sports cars.
It can only be Aston Martin.
This particular Aston Martin is the v-12 vantage.
[Engine revving.]
[Tires screeching.]
I'm driving an Aston Martin.
I feel like 007.
I mean, this is the kind of car you want to save the world in.
Wood Rutledge wood.
[Laughs.]
Just as q branch modified James Bond's personal cars, Aston's goons somehow wedged a 6-liter v-12 from the larger db9 into the comparatively tiny vantage.
And this was no small amount of work.
Take a look at the cars.
It's clear to see there's a big difference.
In the v-8, you've got tons of room around the engine, whereas the v-12, you can barely fit your hand in there.
For the engineers to fit this motor, not only did they have to change tons of things, they had to cant the radiator, shave the oil pan, and even run a smaller alternator.
But you know what? That's what hot-rodding is You take the smallest car you have and cram the biggest motor in there you can.
Finally, the brits took a page from the Americans.
Oh! That power is incredible! The v-12 is only available with a manual transmission, so you know it's a purebred driver's car.
What fun would a car like this be if you couldn't take traction control off? [Engine revving.]
That is just a beast.
Oh, sideways! Oh, that's pretty.
The v-12 will do 190 miles per hour, but on this surface, there was no chance of getting there.
175 was the best I could get.
It has the performance, the price tag, and, with only 300 being made, the exclusivity needed to achieve the coveted tag of "supercar.
" [Applause.]
I really think that Aston is something that all Americans can get behind.
It was a true hot rod.
Who doesn't like that? The Lambo was everything you want in a supercar.
It's loud, it's over-the-top, it's blisteringly fast, it's dramatic.
That's it right there The whole package.
But almost ordinary.
The Morgan was a unique driving experience.
There's only one of its kind in the U.
S.
How's your prostate? Really? [Laughter.]
Who has the Morgan? Simon Cowell.
He's not even American.
He's kind of American.
[Laughter.]
Can we just agree they were all awesome cars? - Okay.
- Okay, good.
'Cause coming up, we've got some of the greatest old cars we've driven this season of "Top Gear.
" Dear lord, I don't want to die in a Buick.
I can't see anything! [Cheers and applause.]
Welcome back to "Top Gear.
" In the past season, we got to test a lot of incredible, new cars.
We also drove some great, old beaters like this.
Foust: Amazingly enough, we really liked most of the old cars, didn't we? Yeah.
It really made choosing the best one difficult.
Yeah, but not for me, 'cause there was one old car that really stood out.
Don't tell me that's what I think it is.
Holy crap, it's a coupe de ville.
[Horn honks.]
Huh? I worry about Adam sometimes.
Ha-ha! [Laughs.]
Wow! 1976 Cadillac coupe de ville.
Gentlemen, this is a sign of prestige and class, as you can plainly see.
It's probably got, what, 400 under the hood? 500, my friend.
You better start buying gas cans now.
There are a few things that don't work.
The air conditioner doesn't work, that window doesn't go down, the glove box doesn't close, and there's a small, tiny exhaust leak.
[Coughs.]
- Go big or go home.
You ready? - 30-point turn coming up.
Go! He is so dead right now.
[Both laugh.]
- He had it going.
- Here, step back.
He smoked you he smoked you.
But Adam's reckless driving cost him.
You know, looks like you got 50 or 60 of them blown apart.
- Here, let me investigate.
- Step back.
- Oh! There it is! - It's right there.
I'm off-roading in a battleship with a trunk full of alcohol, listening to two guys in plaid shirts that I can't trust.
Three, two, one - Go! - Go! - Oh, my God.
- He's going way [Both laughing.]
[Laughing.]
Oh! How is it possible he's still going? This is where he gets stuck.
[Both laugh.]
He goes over the water.
[Laughs.]
Oh, come on, Adam.
- Throttle.
Throttle.
Hit it! - Oh, this is gonna be so bad.
Dun-dun-dun-dun-da-da! [Both laughing.]
Yeah, Adam! Dude, the car is bent! Look at it! Oh, was that fun! That's my baby! Mwah! [Applause.]
Was I right? I was right, man.
I love that car.
You love that caddy so much you killed it.
I didn't kill it.
It gave its life for me.
[Laughter.]
You definitely put that caddy through a beating, but it has absolutely nothing on my favorite used car of the season.
That's right the stepside.
Is this yours, Tanner? Oh, it's adorable.
Was "smurf" the color description? My choice was a 1983 Chevy ck stepside.
Lightweight, diesel, 165 horses The perfect bush truck.
Gentlemen, take a look under the hood.
This is the best part.
While you guys are choking on trying to find gasoline, - I will be a - Is it a diesel? - Torque monster with my diesel.
- You got a diesel? You got a diesel with a carburetor.
Wood: That's a 350.
- You got robbed.
- Oh, no.
That is not a diesel.
Getting her up to speed for the first time.
Getting a little shake through the steering wheel.
I've got a good 25 degrees of actual play in the wheel.
Fan belt is squealing away, and we're going 46 miles an hour.
The Chevy may have had its faults, but when confronted by the Alaskan wilderness, it fought hard and refused to die on its quest to touch a glacier.
Now we're having fun.
Ha ha! I'm stuck.
Wow, you led us into some nasty stuff.
[Engine revs.]
Whoo! Rut, I got no other way out of here.
No! Whoo-hoo! Oh! Let's get to the ice.
[Hood continues banging.]
Any part of the truck, right? Wood: Yep.
Ferrara: You can do it.
Oh! - Yeah! - You touched it! That counts! [Ferrara laughs.]
You won.
Yes.
That is America's toughest truck.
[Applause.]
I mean, it was truly, truly mind-boggling.
That Chevy just would not die.
Wood: Yeah.
It fought a good fight, but you're actually gonna compare this truckapillar to a Cadillac? Well, that's actually where my favorite car comes in.
It was tough, it was comfortable, and it was made by g.
M.
[Horn honks.]
Oh, my God! Mom's here! You're kidding.
Fellas, allow me to introduce the Buick Roadmaster estate wagon.
Tell me the inside doesn't smell like Virginia slims cigarettes.
Look, it holds eight people with the seats down, you can fit a 4x8 sheet of plywood, and it'll tow 5,000 pounds.
And with this luxury of the vinyl fake-wood paneling, it lets everybody know, "I'm classy.
" Can you do a brake stand in this thing? - You bet I can.
- Let's see it.
[Tires screeching.]
She's a Buick, all right! Look at that! [Coughing.]
Wow.
The reason mbeater was the best was that it won every challenge thrown its way.
Hill climbs no problem.
Wood: Oh, I got this.
[Tires screeching.]
Go! Go! I almost had it! Storage and handling - Go! - Easy.
Oh, no! Oh, that's so cold! Hold on with me.
Right? Oh, just let it stop.
Let it stop.
Oh! And build quality second to none.
That is a lot of water! Look at the back tire.
Foust: Oh, my gosh.
Dear lord, I don't want to die in a Buick.
It's coming out the door handle.
[Both laugh.]
The back seats are [Horn blaring.]
I can't see anything! Oh, my God.
Oh! Oh! [Ferrara laughing.]
That's 25,000 pounds driven by a blind man.
Come on, baby! Wow! He's still going! Ohh! That's why my Buick Roadmaster was king of the beaters.
[Applause.]
I think it's plain to see a corvette-powered 8-passenger wagon is exactly what makes a great car.
-That's why that was the best old car we had.
- Really? - Oh, yeah, without a doubt.
- Come on.
I mean, we had our choice of old cars, and not just the g.
M.
Cars, but, I mean, if you look at this, it's You remember the best day of your life, for those of you that don't have children or not married, what was the best day of your life? [Indistinct talking.]
You got your driver's license.
That is right.
Suddenly, the world was further away than what you could walk to or ride your bike.
But when you get a truck like this, now the world opens up again, because the space between the roads is your playground.
That's your rationale? It's pure freedom to drive a truck like this, especially in Alaska.
You can go anywhere.
You could take one other person with you.
I can take seven others.
[Laughter.]
But you guys have great cars.
I have a great car, but it's a Cadillac.
It's also a unit of measure.
That's how great my car is.
An example The Fender Stratocaster, the Gibson les Pauls Those are the Cadillac of guitars.
Tanner foust, Rutledge wood.
These are the Cadillac of idiots.
[Laughter.]
Coming up, our favorite races of the past season.
Oh, God, this is gonna be so close.
[Applause.]
Welcome back to "Top Gear.
" Now, in this season, we've been all over this country to pit cars against man and machine.
But if you missed any of that action, here are some of "Top Gear's" most incredible races.
I'm gonna race this Evo against these skiers.
They will race to the summit by gondola, then take a 3-minute banzai run down 3,000 vertical feet to the finish line at little eagle lodge.
I, meanwhile, will take the twisting 7-mile route to the finish that will be a supreme test of the Evo's ability on pavement, gravel, and snow.
All right, we'll see you at the lodge.
My fate hung on the Evo's ability to adapt to changing road surfaces.
The first 2 miles were pavement.
The road was now a loose surface, but in gravel mode, the Evo got its claws out and clung on.
A good thing, too, because coming off here Would be permanent.
Somewhere above the snow clouds The luminous hellhounds were on my trail.
With the weather closing in fast, the Evo was about to face its ultimate test 8- foot-deep snow.
This was it.
I'd either be shredding like Shaun white or sinking up to my windows.
[Engine revving.]
[Laughing.]
Yeah! Not only could this car drive on snow, it mastered it.
It owned it.
This is heaven.
And then they were on me like fluorescent devils.
And the orange one was in my sights.
[Laughing.]
How did those guys get down here so quick? We were neck and neck with just a mile to go, and now the skiers had the advantage.
They could go off-trail, through the woods.
The Evo was good but not that good.
[Choir vocalizing.]
Whoa! Son of a [bleep.]
Oh, God, this is gonna be so close.
Come on! [Engine revs.]
As we burst out of the storm and into the sunlight, it was too close to call.
Aaaaaah! - Aah! - Yes! Another incredible race took place in the Arizona desert.
It was truck versus gravity.
We couldn't find a production vehicle that even comes close to matching the raptor's outright speed on the desert floor.
It's really in a class of its own, so a comparison was virtually impossible.
We did, however, find one person who was willing to take on the velociraptor.
He's a halo jumper.
The halo jumper will start 25,000 feet up, giving him exactly 5 miles of falling.
He will free-fall at speeds up to 120 miles an hour until he hits 2,000 feet.
Then he must open his chute, or we'll be taking him home in a bucket.
To beat the halo jumper to the finish line, I've got to get there in just over 4 minutes, which means averaging 71 miles an hour.
Have no doubt this is very dangerous.
54 [Engine revs.]
32 1.
[Beep.]
Foust: We're off! All right.
Hammer down now.
As halo man hurtled earthwards, he shaped his body to create the least resistance to the rushing air around him.
I had my foot to the floor, and all 475 horses were galloping hard.
I was hitting 80 miles an hour.
The raptor's giant shocks just soaked it up.
Darth had reached terminal velocity 120 miles an hour.
Then he used the force to go even faster.
Ugh! Two minutes down, and I had to be behind.
But ahead was a mile and a half of pavement.
Time to floor it.
I'm doing 120 miles an hour.
Up ahead was my turn into the open desert.
The asphalt blast had me back in the game.
Ahead, 2 miles of track and open desert to the finish line.
Every twist and turn, I tried to get a glimpse of the tiny, black dot above me.
I don't see him yet.
But how could I? He was using gravity as his jet pack.
[Choir vocalizing.]
He was ahead, but the advantage was mine, because now the halo jumper had to pull his chute or become Darth Mincemeat.
As the canopy opened, he decelerated violently to 60 miles an hour.
This was my chance.
No more twisting and turning.
Halo guy was just 1,000 feet above the finish line.
I could see the flags ahead.
We were neck and neck.
Whoa! Too hot into that corner.
Suddenly, he threw his parachute into a dive, spiraling straight towards the ground at 90 miles an hour.
No! There he is! [Laughing.]
No way! Coming up, we revisit our favorite road trips.
If you'll slow down, get in the right-hand lane, and the three of us get together, then no one will sound like [bleep.]
Too late.
[Chuckles.]
[Applause.]
Welcome back to "Top Gear.
" Today we're going over some of the best moments from the past season.
Including one of the great American traditions The road trip.
And I think I speak for all of us in saying that "Top Gear" is proud to continue that tradition.
And one of our favorites was a quick and, for me, very hot trip across Michigan in out-of-production g.
M.
Cars.
I'm so excited we're doing a road trip.
This really is one of the best road-trip cars you could have.
When this was new, this is a car you would pack the family into and head across the country to walley world.
[As Marty moose.]
Sorry, folks.
Park's closed! [Lindsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road" plays.]
Even though we were in separate cars, I felt like we were one big family taking a road trip.
Whew.
Damn.
This thing is comfy.
It's like a la-z-boy with a steering wheel in front of it.
Adam was already complaining Hot! And Tanner was enjoying his toy.
I'm impressed.
For a 24-year-old car, it runs nice.
Not on fire or anything.
["Holiday Road" continues.]
If you brought back this ca, you could not only save g.
M.
, but you could also make some cool cars.
You make the wagon.
Off that, you build the caprice, a hot-rod Impala SS, and then cut off the back of the wagon, and what do you got? Dun-da-da-da! Your new El Camino.
G.
M.
is saved.
Thank you, Rutledge wood! Wow.
[Disco music plays.]
So if I was gonna upgrade this car, I'd lighten it up a little bit.
Maybe a fiberglass hood or carbon fiber, depending on my cost.
I'd turbocharge and direct-inject the rocket 350, and I'd fix the friggin' air conditioning.
Hot! Tanner, are you gonna put another tiny, hard-to-work-on v-6 back there? Negatory, my friend.
Ls7.
Are you gonna change that in your redesign? The redesign's gonna be epic.
Believe me, it's gonna start with a race car, and it's gonna trickle the technology into the road.
It's gonna establish g.
M.
As a world racing power and change the brand altogether.
The majority of y'all's target market was conceived in the back of a Roadmaster wagon.
I know that much.
Granted.
You got that one.
75 miles into our journey across Michigan, our family dynamic began to break down.
Papa bear was getting annoyed because the cubs were wandering.
Tanner, you might want to just slow down just a hair.
All right, dad.
I'm going the speed limit.
Slow down! [Bleep.]
[Bleep.]
Don't make me separate you two.
You guys can't keep up? This will help if you'll slow down, get in the right-hand lane, and then the three of us get together, then no one will sound like [bleep.]
Too late.
[Chuckles.]
It's like 8-year-olds with licenses! That's what a road trip is like with these two.
[Applause.]
Honestly Honestly, driving with you two is like herding cats.
[Laughter.]
Driving those g.
M.
Beasts across Michigan wasn't the only road trip that we did this season.
No we also took a trip across the south in cars that cost less than $1,000, in which we became modern-day bootleggers.
Adam, I'm gonna help you with your hood.
It looks funny.
Ferrara: No, don't.
No, I know what you're doing.
What are you talking about? Okay.
- You broke it! - Go, go, go.
Give me that! I don't have it! I don't have it, man! Come on! It's a Cadillac! I knew a guy that could get us some grain alcohol.
Along the way, I learned that when it comes to $1,000 cars, you get what you pay for.
Now, when the turbo kicks in, it sounds fine.
I just [banging on dashboard.]
Because the speedometer quit working, I can't tell how fast I'm going.
In '87, a Thunderbird set the fastest lap in Nascar history 212.
8 miles per hour with Bill Elliott at the wheel.
My coupe has heritage.
Ferrara: I love this car.
It reminds me of when I was a kid.
My father always had a Cadillac.
And I could sleep on the back deck right below the rear-view window.
So, for $1,000, I got a Cadillac.
I knew it was gonna be comfortable, I knew the ride would be smooth, and I knew that it was built like a tank.
Foust: My air conditioning does work.
That is a huge bonus 'cause it is hot and humid out there.
Clutch feels pretty good.
Radio's on eternal seek, as it should be.
The dome light is eternally on.
Maybe A little bit of a vibration up front.
Transmission [shifts.]
Not so good.
Rutledge led us to a shady barn in the middle of nowhere.
- Man: How many we have to pack in? - That'd be 25 gallons.
Okay.
Whoa, Adam, you gonna be able to get out of here? That boat she's laying anchor, my friend.
Thanks to Rutledge's kinfolk, each of our cars was loaded with 100 quarts of white lightning.
And at over 50% alcohol, it was the highest-octane fuel these cars had ever carried.
We have all owned crappy cars.
They may have been stinky, filthy, dangerous rust buckets, but when called to perform, our cars rose to the challenge, and we grew to appreciate them.
These cars may have only cost $1,000, but they gave us everything they had.
[Laughter and applause.]
One of the shortest road trips we took was when we decided to become used-car salesmen and picked up some cars at a police auction.
The auction rules dictated that we couldn't drive our cars before we bought them.
So the 15-mile drive to the lot was the first chance we had to get to know our investments better.
The air conditioning works.
Shifts pretty smooth.
Rides pretty nice.
It's comfortable.
I'm gonna make a fortune.
At $870, my car seemed a steal.
Over in the Lexus, the extra $1,500 Rutledge spent on his granddad car made the drive a little less eventful.
Wood: It feels great.
They put a lot of effort into this car.
They started working on the idea of the ls in 1983.
The project took five years, and they think it cost just over $1 billion.
That's a lot of engineering just to make sure the car did well on the American market.
[Engine sputtering.]
Come on, baby.
Up to speed we go.
[Horn blaring.]
This is so dangerous.
Giant freaking gas rig almost running over me.
You know, you never realize how big the other cars are out on the road till you're driving a small one.
Lord, we are gonna die.
Coming up, we highlight the things we did that made our moms proud.
Oh! Oh! Oh, come on! [Applause.]
Welcome back to "Top Gear.
" In this episode, we're taking a look back at some of the best new and old cars we've driven all season.
We've also remembered some of the incredible races and the amazing road trips we've had.
Now, though, it's time to look back at some of the more unusual experiences.
Our producers have us doing a lot of things that they didn't tell us we were going to do when they hired us, so now we'd like to show you something they like to call, "making mom proud.
" We've decided to level the playing field on you, my fast and furious friend.
- Yeah, you're not gonna be driving.
- Mnh-mnh.
You are gonna be a driving instructor, and we have got you a great teammate.
I get carsick.
That's a real manly statement.
- Do you want to meet your teammate? - Yeah.
Who is it? Hey, Brian! Come on out! He's pretending to be blind, right? This way, Brian! Fischler: It's been a long time since I've sat behind the wheel.
Okay, let's keep those comments maybe to a minimum if we can.
Know how to drive a manual? I've never driven a stick, so The clutch is this thing on the right? [Chuckles nervously.]
They didn't tell you that, huh? They wanted to make it more complicated.
- Apparently.
- Yeah.
That's that's awesome.
All right, it's the one on the left, actually.
- Is it really? - Yeah.
That's not the brake? So, what do you do you drive with two feet or one foot? Good question.
Two feet.
Bring the clutch until you feel it bite a little bit.
Good.
Now you can take your foot away from the clutch.
- You're in gear and rolling.
- Okay.
- I take it off the clutch, or just - Yep.
A little to the right.
To the right, to the right.
And to the left.
Sorry.
Right.
[Laughs.]
Right.
Left, left, left.
Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake, brake! Hard left.
Clutch, clutch, clutch.
We broke out the good stuff.
Clink.
[Coughing.]
Oh, my God! That is so smooth.
Mmm.
Mmm.
[Snorts.]
That is awesome.
Yeah, take a big ol' It does kind of sting a little bit.
You think it's flammable? Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Oh, you're gonna spit on it? Hell yes.
[Laughing.]
Oh! [Spits.]
Oh! - [Laughter.]
- Take it! Oh! Oh, it burns my whole face.
I think my beard's falling out.
Ferrara: This is fun.
I am the God of hellfire.
Whoa! [Laughs.]
You spit on the fire already, tough guy.
You know the scariest thing, though, right? Sasquatch.
Cannonball coming at you.
Why don't you say that to my face? - Oh! - Oh! Oh! It's 9:00 A.
M.
you know what that means.
Car time, baby.
Doors are open time to sell.
And time to put our marketing plans into action.
Now, stress-free motors is supposed to be effortless, so I need you to spin the sign effortlessly.
Big smile.
Big smile.
That's it.
Free pony rides.
Test-drive a car, and you get a free pony ride.
Does that say "buy a car punch a clown"? Ferrara: Yes.
It's brilliant, isn't it? Think about it.
People are gonna read that and go, "what's that all about?" My marketing plan was a bit more obvious Morning, guys! But got results Okay, I'll bring Tanner in for you right now.
And got me my first customer of the day.
- I'm Tanner, by the way.
- Patrick.
So, this is it.
The keys are in it.
Let me just go grab something out of the showroom - real quick, and climb on in.
- Sure.
Did you know Alaska is one of the only few states where you can see all three types of bears? Ferrara: That's great.
Yeah, there's over 45,000 of them in these woods.
Foust: You know, it's not the bears, I think, that you got to be worried about.
- It's the moose.
- [Howling.]
Did you hear that? What was that? There's three times as many people killed by moose as bears.
What are you wearing? This is for the bears.
This is bear spray.
This will knock a grisly down Like bear pepper spray.
And these are bear bells.
[Bells jingle.]
- Bear bells? - They hate this.
Salsa? No, these are bear bells.
It's like Christmas.
Bears hate Christmas.
Bells are kryptonite for bears? It works.
You see any bears? It might not have been a superbike, but the little Honda did have a top speed of 22 miles an hour.
Now we're cooking.
Now we're cooking.
That, my friends, is 91 miles an hour on the water.
In this part of the world, the seaplane reigns supreme.
Foust: Down here in Key West, there used to be a Navy base where seaplanes would essentially go out into the ocean, looking for German submarines, and when they found them, they'd drop grenades on them.
Inspired by history, we went hunting, but we had a much larger target in mind than a submarine Rutledge's bobbing head.
Holy [bleep.]
[Laughs.]
Tanner just gave me a haircut with a plane.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Get him, Adam.
Oh, come on! This is a 1977 Chevy El Camino SS.
Look at the armaments on this car Two dedicated rear guns, two front guns, and they're all controlled by this instrument panel.
Look at this.
360 degrees of fiery paint raining down on foghorn.
I am gonna paint him like a subway car.
Rutledge wood, what in the Sam hell are you thinking? It's a log cabin.
I wanted to bring a little piece of home with me, so I wanted to be comfortable.
This is my porch.
- I hang out here.
- [Laughs.]
Look, I've got a minibar, stove, complete with a stove exhaust.
You ready? Voilà  ! Oh, Rutledge.
[Applause.]
I mean, the fact is, is we really did do some strange, strange things in the show.
Yes, but we've had an amazing time doing it, and we hope you enjoyed watching.
Until next time, thank you and goodbye! [Cheers and applause.]
Synch by Benfo.
Something borrowed Free pony rides! And something blue.
Was "smurf" the color description? [Cheers and applause.]
Welcome to "Top Gear.
" On this show, nobody's gonna get a makeover, nobody's gonna whisper to a dog.
This is a car show.
I'm Adam Ferrara, that's Tanner Foust, and this is Rutledge wood.
Now, over the past season here on "Top Gear," we've driven amazing cars from all over the world.
If it had tires and an engine, we were interested.
And in case you missed any of the action, this is the kind of thing we're talking about.
- Go! - Go! Let's go scare some natives.
This isn't just quick for a sedan.
This is just quick, period.
[Tires screech.]
I just flew into the sun.
[Engines revving.]
There's something so purely redneck about that sound.
[Both laugh.]
[Engine revving.]
[Tires screech.]
Oh, God! This is awesome! This is awesome! What's next? Bring it on! 5 4 3 2 You guys ready to get your asses kicked? - 1.
- Rush mode! [Bleep.]
Foust: We're off! Whoa, yeah! [Engine revs.]
[Tires screech.]
175! [Bleep.]
Oh, my God! [Laughs.]
Oh, no! I have crapped my pants! Son of a [bleep.]
Holy [bleep.]
Holy moly! I'm gonna die! Don't be a bunch of pansies.
Knock it off! That was [Spits.]
I had forgotten how much fun we had, man, and what amazing cars we got to drive.
That's why picking my favorite is not gonna be easy.
Well, some of the cars were a little easier than others to get off the list.
I remember you didn't like the Mercedes SLS at all.
No, not too much.
And what did you call the doors? "History" has asked me not to say "[bleep.]
doors" again.
- [Laughter.]
- I think you just did.
Sorry.
But if I was to pick one of my favorite cars, I think it would be this one.
The Gallardo superleggera Light, powerful, and explosively fast.
The "570" is for the horsepower.
The "-4" means it's all-wheel drive.
The "LP" means the engine is there.
Listen to this v-10 hum.
[Engine revving.]
"Superleggera" means "superlight," which means this car is less than 3,000 pounds, the lightest of all the Lamborghinis.
And it does zero to 60 in 3.
4 seconds.
Lamborghini worked with scientists at Boeing to develop carbon fiber that they used in the doors, spoilers, mirrors, and trim pieces to keep the weight low.
That's a polycarbonate window, so you can see the engine.
[Tires screech.]
I wish you could be inside this car to feel my heartbeat.
This car is terrifying and exciting at the same time.
It's like being aroused at gunpoint.
And I even like the color.
It's loud.
It's yellow.
It's that crazy uncle that shows up at a wedding.
He's totally inappropriate.
[Italian accent.]
"Hey, where's the bride? I'm-a kiss her right on the mouth.
" The price tag on this is $250,000, plus a $3,000 gas-guzzler tax.
Now, you'd think, for that kind of money, everything would be included, but it's not, but if you want a cup holder $650.
I don't know what the Italian word for bull [bleep.]
is, but that's where it goes.
But other than that, I'm having a hard time finding anything wrong with this thing.
[Applause.]
It was great.
I tell you, it was great.
- It sounded amazing.
- It was.
I did not know I was gonna like that car as much as I did, but I love that car.
Seems like you really fell in love with it.
- I did.
- That's sweet.
- Thank you.
- [Laughter.]
A car that I just about fell in love with was the Morgan.
I didn't expect to do that.
- Really? - Yeah.
I'd looked at it, and it was kind of ridiculous.
But the charisma of this car driving in the English countryside roads was unbelievable.
Every time you got in the car, you just couldn't wait to drive it.
It was the Morgan Aero Supersports.
Foust: It looks like no other car, sort of retro-futuristic, like something they would have drawn up for flash Gordon in the 1930s.
If Al Capone were still alive, this is what he'd drive.
The Morgan family started making cars in 1911, and it's run today by the grandson of the founder.
Morgans are still made by hand, and the car reflects the company's history.
It's got the classic swooping fenders, the big grille, side exhaust pipes.
The chassis is built from aluminum, or, as they say here, "al-u-minium.
" But in the frame, they actually use wood.
Foust: Laminated ash A little old-school, but it's light, flexible, and incredibly strong.
And because they're hand-built, no two are the same.
What we call a hood the brits call a bonnet.
And this bonnet opens from the side.
No fancy buttons here This is the "retro" part of retro-futuristic.
And what lies beneath the Morgan's plaque is a BMW 4.
8-liter v-8 engine.
[Engine revving.]
Yeah.
Let's go scare some natives.
The first thing you notice about these beautiful English countryside roads [Tires screech.]
Is they drive on the wrong [bleep.]
side of the road.
That was so close.
This is a car that is extravagant and simple both at the same time.
The interior is pure function.
It's just minimalistic.
You have a speedometer and a tachometer, temperature and fuel.
You have this beautiful leather everywhere.
It's thick and designed to be worn in like a baseball glove.
But to really get to know the Morgan, I had to get away from the 30-mile-an-hour speed limits.
[Engine roaring.]
Once you put your foot to the floor, it's a beast.
This thunders through the forest like a bugling elk looking for a mate.
It's awesome.
Forget the ancient towns Buzzing through the labyrinth of country lanes, I had found the Morgan's spiritual home.
Now, that's a sheep right there.
Empty roads twisting through fields of green This is what this timeless car was designed for.
[Applause.]
The countryside the car just fit into the countryside.
There's almost nothing like driving a car in its native land.
And that was truly, truly an amazing car.
Yeah, it looked like a great ass.
Do you mean that because the acronym for "Aero Supersports" would be "A.
S.
S.
"? - Correct.
- Nice.
So, you're an a.
S.
S.
Man.
[Laughter.]
It's not on the résumé, but You know what? I like where you're going with the British cars.
I mean, we all like one of those once in a while.
But if I had to choose my favorite, I would choose one from another one of England's finest.
[Choir vocalizing.]
Wood: This is a car maker that defines itself in three words Power Beauty Soul A British company with nearly 100 years of history, a rich racing heritage, and a tradition of creating instantly recognizable iconic sports cars.
It can only be Aston Martin.
This particular Aston Martin is the v-12 vantage.
[Engine revving.]
[Tires screeching.]
I'm driving an Aston Martin.
I feel like 007.
I mean, this is the kind of car you want to save the world in.
Wood Rutledge wood.
[Laughs.]
Just as q branch modified James Bond's personal cars, Aston's goons somehow wedged a 6-liter v-12 from the larger db9 into the comparatively tiny vantage.
And this was no small amount of work.
Take a look at the cars.
It's clear to see there's a big difference.
In the v-8, you've got tons of room around the engine, whereas the v-12, you can barely fit your hand in there.
For the engineers to fit this motor, not only did they have to change tons of things, they had to cant the radiator, shave the oil pan, and even run a smaller alternator.
But you know what? That's what hot-rodding is You take the smallest car you have and cram the biggest motor in there you can.
Finally, the brits took a page from the Americans.
Oh! That power is incredible! The v-12 is only available with a manual transmission, so you know it's a purebred driver's car.
What fun would a car like this be if you couldn't take traction control off? [Engine revving.]
That is just a beast.
Oh, sideways! Oh, that's pretty.
The v-12 will do 190 miles per hour, but on this surface, there was no chance of getting there.
175 was the best I could get.
It has the performance, the price tag, and, with only 300 being made, the exclusivity needed to achieve the coveted tag of "supercar.
" [Applause.]
I really think that Aston is something that all Americans can get behind.
It was a true hot rod.
Who doesn't like that? The Lambo was everything you want in a supercar.
It's loud, it's over-the-top, it's blisteringly fast, it's dramatic.
That's it right there The whole package.
But almost ordinary.
The Morgan was a unique driving experience.
There's only one of its kind in the U.
S.
How's your prostate? Really? [Laughter.]
Who has the Morgan? Simon Cowell.
He's not even American.
He's kind of American.
[Laughter.]
Can we just agree they were all awesome cars? - Okay.
- Okay, good.
'Cause coming up, we've got some of the greatest old cars we've driven this season of "Top Gear.
" Dear lord, I don't want to die in a Buick.
I can't see anything! [Cheers and applause.]
Welcome back to "Top Gear.
" In the past season, we got to test a lot of incredible, new cars.
We also drove some great, old beaters like this.
Foust: Amazingly enough, we really liked most of the old cars, didn't we? Yeah.
It really made choosing the best one difficult.
Yeah, but not for me, 'cause there was one old car that really stood out.
Don't tell me that's what I think it is.
Holy crap, it's a coupe de ville.
[Horn honks.]
Huh? I worry about Adam sometimes.
Ha-ha! [Laughs.]
Wow! 1976 Cadillac coupe de ville.
Gentlemen, this is a sign of prestige and class, as you can plainly see.
It's probably got, what, 400 under the hood? 500, my friend.
You better start buying gas cans now.
There are a few things that don't work.
The air conditioner doesn't work, that window doesn't go down, the glove box doesn't close, and there's a small, tiny exhaust leak.
[Coughs.]
- Go big or go home.
You ready? - 30-point turn coming up.
Go! He is so dead right now.
[Both laugh.]
- He had it going.
- Here, step back.
He smoked you he smoked you.
But Adam's reckless driving cost him.
You know, looks like you got 50 or 60 of them blown apart.
- Here, let me investigate.
- Step back.
- Oh! There it is! - It's right there.
I'm off-roading in a battleship with a trunk full of alcohol, listening to two guys in plaid shirts that I can't trust.
Three, two, one - Go! - Go! - Oh, my God.
- He's going way [Both laughing.]
[Laughing.]
Oh! How is it possible he's still going? This is where he gets stuck.
[Both laugh.]
He goes over the water.
[Laughs.]
Oh, come on, Adam.
- Throttle.
Throttle.
Hit it! - Oh, this is gonna be so bad.
Dun-dun-dun-dun-da-da! [Both laughing.]
Yeah, Adam! Dude, the car is bent! Look at it! Oh, was that fun! That's my baby! Mwah! [Applause.]
Was I right? I was right, man.
I love that car.
You love that caddy so much you killed it.
I didn't kill it.
It gave its life for me.
[Laughter.]
You definitely put that caddy through a beating, but it has absolutely nothing on my favorite used car of the season.
That's right the stepside.
Is this yours, Tanner? Oh, it's adorable.
Was "smurf" the color description? My choice was a 1983 Chevy ck stepside.
Lightweight, diesel, 165 horses The perfect bush truck.
Gentlemen, take a look under the hood.
This is the best part.
While you guys are choking on trying to find gasoline, - I will be a - Is it a diesel? - Torque monster with my diesel.
- You got a diesel? You got a diesel with a carburetor.
Wood: That's a 350.
- You got robbed.
- Oh, no.
That is not a diesel.
Getting her up to speed for the first time.
Getting a little shake through the steering wheel.
I've got a good 25 degrees of actual play in the wheel.
Fan belt is squealing away, and we're going 46 miles an hour.
The Chevy may have had its faults, but when confronted by the Alaskan wilderness, it fought hard and refused to die on its quest to touch a glacier.
Now we're having fun.
Ha ha! I'm stuck.
Wow, you led us into some nasty stuff.
[Engine revs.]
Whoo! Rut, I got no other way out of here.
No! Whoo-hoo! Oh! Let's get to the ice.
[Hood continues banging.]
Any part of the truck, right? Wood: Yep.
Ferrara: You can do it.
Oh! - Yeah! - You touched it! That counts! [Ferrara laughs.]
You won.
Yes.
That is America's toughest truck.
[Applause.]
I mean, it was truly, truly mind-boggling.
That Chevy just would not die.
Wood: Yeah.
It fought a good fight, but you're actually gonna compare this truckapillar to a Cadillac? Well, that's actually where my favorite car comes in.
It was tough, it was comfortable, and it was made by g.
M.
[Horn honks.]
Oh, my God! Mom's here! You're kidding.
Fellas, allow me to introduce the Buick Roadmaster estate wagon.
Tell me the inside doesn't smell like Virginia slims cigarettes.
Look, it holds eight people with the seats down, you can fit a 4x8 sheet of plywood, and it'll tow 5,000 pounds.
And with this luxury of the vinyl fake-wood paneling, it lets everybody know, "I'm classy.
" Can you do a brake stand in this thing? - You bet I can.
- Let's see it.
[Tires screeching.]
She's a Buick, all right! Look at that! [Coughing.]
Wow.
The reason mbeater was the best was that it won every challenge thrown its way.
Hill climbs no problem.
Wood: Oh, I got this.
[Tires screeching.]
Go! Go! I almost had it! Storage and handling - Go! - Easy.
Oh, no! Oh, that's so cold! Hold on with me.
Right? Oh, just let it stop.
Let it stop.
Oh! And build quality second to none.
That is a lot of water! Look at the back tire.
Foust: Oh, my gosh.
Dear lord, I don't want to die in a Buick.
It's coming out the door handle.
[Both laugh.]
The back seats are [Horn blaring.]
I can't see anything! Oh, my God.
Oh! Oh! [Ferrara laughing.]
That's 25,000 pounds driven by a blind man.
Come on, baby! Wow! He's still going! Ohh! That's why my Buick Roadmaster was king of the beaters.
[Applause.]
I think it's plain to see a corvette-powered 8-passenger wagon is exactly what makes a great car.
-That's why that was the best old car we had.
- Really? - Oh, yeah, without a doubt.
- Come on.
I mean, we had our choice of old cars, and not just the g.
M.
Cars, but, I mean, if you look at this, it's You remember the best day of your life, for those of you that don't have children or not married, what was the best day of your life? [Indistinct talking.]
You got your driver's license.
That is right.
Suddenly, the world was further away than what you could walk to or ride your bike.
But when you get a truck like this, now the world opens up again, because the space between the roads is your playground.
That's your rationale? It's pure freedom to drive a truck like this, especially in Alaska.
You can go anywhere.
You could take one other person with you.
I can take seven others.
[Laughter.]
But you guys have great cars.
I have a great car, but it's a Cadillac.
It's also a unit of measure.
That's how great my car is.
An example The Fender Stratocaster, the Gibson les Pauls Those are the Cadillac of guitars.
Tanner foust, Rutledge wood.
These are the Cadillac of idiots.
[Laughter.]
Coming up, our favorite races of the past season.
Oh, God, this is gonna be so close.
[Applause.]
Welcome back to "Top Gear.
" Now, in this season, we've been all over this country to pit cars against man and machine.
But if you missed any of that action, here are some of "Top Gear's" most incredible races.
I'm gonna race this Evo against these skiers.
They will race to the summit by gondola, then take a 3-minute banzai run down 3,000 vertical feet to the finish line at little eagle lodge.
I, meanwhile, will take the twisting 7-mile route to the finish that will be a supreme test of the Evo's ability on pavement, gravel, and snow.
All right, we'll see you at the lodge.
My fate hung on the Evo's ability to adapt to changing road surfaces.
The first 2 miles were pavement.
The road was now a loose surface, but in gravel mode, the Evo got its claws out and clung on.
A good thing, too, because coming off here Would be permanent.
Somewhere above the snow clouds The luminous hellhounds were on my trail.
With the weather closing in fast, the Evo was about to face its ultimate test 8- foot-deep snow.
This was it.
I'd either be shredding like Shaun white or sinking up to my windows.
[Engine revving.]
[Laughing.]
Yeah! Not only could this car drive on snow, it mastered it.
It owned it.
This is heaven.
And then they were on me like fluorescent devils.
And the orange one was in my sights.
[Laughing.]
How did those guys get down here so quick? We were neck and neck with just a mile to go, and now the skiers had the advantage.
They could go off-trail, through the woods.
The Evo was good but not that good.
[Choir vocalizing.]
Whoa! Son of a [bleep.]
Oh, God, this is gonna be so close.
Come on! [Engine revs.]
As we burst out of the storm and into the sunlight, it was too close to call.
Aaaaaah! - Aah! - Yes! Another incredible race took place in the Arizona desert.
It was truck versus gravity.
We couldn't find a production vehicle that even comes close to matching the raptor's outright speed on the desert floor.
It's really in a class of its own, so a comparison was virtually impossible.
We did, however, find one person who was willing to take on the velociraptor.
He's a halo jumper.
The halo jumper will start 25,000 feet up, giving him exactly 5 miles of falling.
He will free-fall at speeds up to 120 miles an hour until he hits 2,000 feet.
Then he must open his chute, or we'll be taking him home in a bucket.
To beat the halo jumper to the finish line, I've got to get there in just over 4 minutes, which means averaging 71 miles an hour.
Have no doubt this is very dangerous.
54 [Engine revs.]
32 1.
[Beep.]
Foust: We're off! All right.
Hammer down now.
As halo man hurtled earthwards, he shaped his body to create the least resistance to the rushing air around him.
I had my foot to the floor, and all 475 horses were galloping hard.
I was hitting 80 miles an hour.
The raptor's giant shocks just soaked it up.
Darth had reached terminal velocity 120 miles an hour.
Then he used the force to go even faster.
Ugh! Two minutes down, and I had to be behind.
But ahead was a mile and a half of pavement.
Time to floor it.
I'm doing 120 miles an hour.
Up ahead was my turn into the open desert.
The asphalt blast had me back in the game.
Ahead, 2 miles of track and open desert to the finish line.
Every twist and turn, I tried to get a glimpse of the tiny, black dot above me.
I don't see him yet.
But how could I? He was using gravity as his jet pack.
[Choir vocalizing.]
He was ahead, but the advantage was mine, because now the halo jumper had to pull his chute or become Darth Mincemeat.
As the canopy opened, he decelerated violently to 60 miles an hour.
This was my chance.
No more twisting and turning.
Halo guy was just 1,000 feet above the finish line.
I could see the flags ahead.
We were neck and neck.
Whoa! Too hot into that corner.
Suddenly, he threw his parachute into a dive, spiraling straight towards the ground at 90 miles an hour.
No! There he is! [Laughing.]
No way! Coming up, we revisit our favorite road trips.
If you'll slow down, get in the right-hand lane, and the three of us get together, then no one will sound like [bleep.]
Too late.
[Chuckles.]
[Applause.]
Welcome back to "Top Gear.
" Today we're going over some of the best moments from the past season.
Including one of the great American traditions The road trip.
And I think I speak for all of us in saying that "Top Gear" is proud to continue that tradition.
And one of our favorites was a quick and, for me, very hot trip across Michigan in out-of-production g.
M.
Cars.
I'm so excited we're doing a road trip.
This really is one of the best road-trip cars you could have.
When this was new, this is a car you would pack the family into and head across the country to walley world.
[As Marty moose.]
Sorry, folks.
Park's closed! [Lindsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road" plays.]
Even though we were in separate cars, I felt like we were one big family taking a road trip.
Whew.
Damn.
This thing is comfy.
It's like a la-z-boy with a steering wheel in front of it.
Adam was already complaining Hot! And Tanner was enjoying his toy.
I'm impressed.
For a 24-year-old car, it runs nice.
Not on fire or anything.
["Holiday Road" continues.]
If you brought back this ca, you could not only save g.
M.
, but you could also make some cool cars.
You make the wagon.
Off that, you build the caprice, a hot-rod Impala SS, and then cut off the back of the wagon, and what do you got? Dun-da-da-da! Your new El Camino.
G.
M.
is saved.
Thank you, Rutledge wood! Wow.
[Disco music plays.]
So if I was gonna upgrade this car, I'd lighten it up a little bit.
Maybe a fiberglass hood or carbon fiber, depending on my cost.
I'd turbocharge and direct-inject the rocket 350, and I'd fix the friggin' air conditioning.
Hot! Tanner, are you gonna put another tiny, hard-to-work-on v-6 back there? Negatory, my friend.
Ls7.
Are you gonna change that in your redesign? The redesign's gonna be epic.
Believe me, it's gonna start with a race car, and it's gonna trickle the technology into the road.
It's gonna establish g.
M.
As a world racing power and change the brand altogether.
The majority of y'all's target market was conceived in the back of a Roadmaster wagon.
I know that much.
Granted.
You got that one.
75 miles into our journey across Michigan, our family dynamic began to break down.
Papa bear was getting annoyed because the cubs were wandering.
Tanner, you might want to just slow down just a hair.
All right, dad.
I'm going the speed limit.
Slow down! [Bleep.]
[Bleep.]
Don't make me separate you two.
You guys can't keep up? This will help if you'll slow down, get in the right-hand lane, and then the three of us get together, then no one will sound like [bleep.]
Too late.
[Chuckles.]
It's like 8-year-olds with licenses! That's what a road trip is like with these two.
[Applause.]
Honestly Honestly, driving with you two is like herding cats.
[Laughter.]
Driving those g.
M.
Beasts across Michigan wasn't the only road trip that we did this season.
No we also took a trip across the south in cars that cost less than $1,000, in which we became modern-day bootleggers.
Adam, I'm gonna help you with your hood.
It looks funny.
Ferrara: No, don't.
No, I know what you're doing.
What are you talking about? Okay.
- You broke it! - Go, go, go.
Give me that! I don't have it! I don't have it, man! Come on! It's a Cadillac! I knew a guy that could get us some grain alcohol.
Along the way, I learned that when it comes to $1,000 cars, you get what you pay for.
Now, when the turbo kicks in, it sounds fine.
I just [banging on dashboard.]
Because the speedometer quit working, I can't tell how fast I'm going.
In '87, a Thunderbird set the fastest lap in Nascar history 212.
8 miles per hour with Bill Elliott at the wheel.
My coupe has heritage.
Ferrara: I love this car.
It reminds me of when I was a kid.
My father always had a Cadillac.
And I could sleep on the back deck right below the rear-view window.
So, for $1,000, I got a Cadillac.
I knew it was gonna be comfortable, I knew the ride would be smooth, and I knew that it was built like a tank.
Foust: My air conditioning does work.
That is a huge bonus 'cause it is hot and humid out there.
Clutch feels pretty good.
Radio's on eternal seek, as it should be.
The dome light is eternally on.
Maybe A little bit of a vibration up front.
Transmission [shifts.]
Not so good.
Rutledge led us to a shady barn in the middle of nowhere.
- Man: How many we have to pack in? - That'd be 25 gallons.
Okay.
Whoa, Adam, you gonna be able to get out of here? That boat she's laying anchor, my friend.
Thanks to Rutledge's kinfolk, each of our cars was loaded with 100 quarts of white lightning.
And at over 50% alcohol, it was the highest-octane fuel these cars had ever carried.
We have all owned crappy cars.
They may have been stinky, filthy, dangerous rust buckets, but when called to perform, our cars rose to the challenge, and we grew to appreciate them.
These cars may have only cost $1,000, but they gave us everything they had.
[Laughter and applause.]
One of the shortest road trips we took was when we decided to become used-car salesmen and picked up some cars at a police auction.
The auction rules dictated that we couldn't drive our cars before we bought them.
So the 15-mile drive to the lot was the first chance we had to get to know our investments better.
The air conditioning works.
Shifts pretty smooth.
Rides pretty nice.
It's comfortable.
I'm gonna make a fortune.
At $870, my car seemed a steal.
Over in the Lexus, the extra $1,500 Rutledge spent on his granddad car made the drive a little less eventful.
Wood: It feels great.
They put a lot of effort into this car.
They started working on the idea of the ls in 1983.
The project took five years, and they think it cost just over $1 billion.
That's a lot of engineering just to make sure the car did well on the American market.
[Engine sputtering.]
Come on, baby.
Up to speed we go.
[Horn blaring.]
This is so dangerous.
Giant freaking gas rig almost running over me.
You know, you never realize how big the other cars are out on the road till you're driving a small one.
Lord, we are gonna die.
Coming up, we highlight the things we did that made our moms proud.
Oh! Oh! Oh, come on! [Applause.]
Welcome back to "Top Gear.
" In this episode, we're taking a look back at some of the best new and old cars we've driven all season.
We've also remembered some of the incredible races and the amazing road trips we've had.
Now, though, it's time to look back at some of the more unusual experiences.
Our producers have us doing a lot of things that they didn't tell us we were going to do when they hired us, so now we'd like to show you something they like to call, "making mom proud.
" We've decided to level the playing field on you, my fast and furious friend.
- Yeah, you're not gonna be driving.
- Mnh-mnh.
You are gonna be a driving instructor, and we have got you a great teammate.
I get carsick.
That's a real manly statement.
- Do you want to meet your teammate? - Yeah.
Who is it? Hey, Brian! Come on out! He's pretending to be blind, right? This way, Brian! Fischler: It's been a long time since I've sat behind the wheel.
Okay, let's keep those comments maybe to a minimum if we can.
Know how to drive a manual? I've never driven a stick, so The clutch is this thing on the right? [Chuckles nervously.]
They didn't tell you that, huh? They wanted to make it more complicated.
- Apparently.
- Yeah.
That's that's awesome.
All right, it's the one on the left, actually.
- Is it really? - Yeah.
That's not the brake? So, what do you do you drive with two feet or one foot? Good question.
Two feet.
Bring the clutch until you feel it bite a little bit.
Good.
Now you can take your foot away from the clutch.
- You're in gear and rolling.
- Okay.
- I take it off the clutch, or just - Yep.
A little to the right.
To the right, to the right.
And to the left.
Sorry.
Right.
[Laughs.]
Right.
Left, left, left.
Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake, brake! Hard left.
Clutch, clutch, clutch.
We broke out the good stuff.
Clink.
[Coughing.]
Oh, my God! That is so smooth.
Mmm.
Mmm.
[Snorts.]
That is awesome.
Yeah, take a big ol' It does kind of sting a little bit.
You think it's flammable? Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Oh, you're gonna spit on it? Hell yes.
[Laughing.]
Oh! [Spits.]
Oh! - [Laughter.]
- Take it! Oh! Oh, it burns my whole face.
I think my beard's falling out.
Ferrara: This is fun.
I am the God of hellfire.
Whoa! [Laughs.]
You spit on the fire already, tough guy.
You know the scariest thing, though, right? Sasquatch.
Cannonball coming at you.
Why don't you say that to my face? - Oh! - Oh! Oh! It's 9:00 A.
M.
you know what that means.
Car time, baby.
Doors are open time to sell.
And time to put our marketing plans into action.
Now, stress-free motors is supposed to be effortless, so I need you to spin the sign effortlessly.
Big smile.
Big smile.
That's it.
Free pony rides.
Test-drive a car, and you get a free pony ride.
Does that say "buy a car punch a clown"? Ferrara: Yes.
It's brilliant, isn't it? Think about it.
People are gonna read that and go, "what's that all about?" My marketing plan was a bit more obvious Morning, guys! But got results Okay, I'll bring Tanner in for you right now.
And got me my first customer of the day.
- I'm Tanner, by the way.
- Patrick.
So, this is it.
The keys are in it.
Let me just go grab something out of the showroom - real quick, and climb on in.
- Sure.
Did you know Alaska is one of the only few states where you can see all three types of bears? Ferrara: That's great.
Yeah, there's over 45,000 of them in these woods.
Foust: You know, it's not the bears, I think, that you got to be worried about.
- It's the moose.
- [Howling.]
Did you hear that? What was that? There's three times as many people killed by moose as bears.
What are you wearing? This is for the bears.
This is bear spray.
This will knock a grisly down Like bear pepper spray.
And these are bear bells.
[Bells jingle.]
- Bear bells? - They hate this.
Salsa? No, these are bear bells.
It's like Christmas.
Bears hate Christmas.
Bells are kryptonite for bears? It works.
You see any bears? It might not have been a superbike, but the little Honda did have a top speed of 22 miles an hour.
Now we're cooking.
Now we're cooking.
That, my friends, is 91 miles an hour on the water.
In this part of the world, the seaplane reigns supreme.
Foust: Down here in Key West, there used to be a Navy base where seaplanes would essentially go out into the ocean, looking for German submarines, and when they found them, they'd drop grenades on them.
Inspired by history, we went hunting, but we had a much larger target in mind than a submarine Rutledge's bobbing head.
Holy [bleep.]
[Laughs.]
Tanner just gave me a haircut with a plane.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Get him, Adam.
Oh, come on! This is a 1977 Chevy El Camino SS.
Look at the armaments on this car Two dedicated rear guns, two front guns, and they're all controlled by this instrument panel.
Look at this.
360 degrees of fiery paint raining down on foghorn.
I am gonna paint him like a subway car.
Rutledge wood, what in the Sam hell are you thinking? It's a log cabin.
I wanted to bring a little piece of home with me, so I wanted to be comfortable.
This is my porch.
- I hang out here.
- [Laughs.]
Look, I've got a minibar, stove, complete with a stove exhaust.
You ready? Voilà  ! Oh, Rutledge.
[Applause.]
I mean, the fact is, is we really did do some strange, strange things in the show.
Yes, but we've had an amazing time doing it, and we hope you enjoyed watching.
Until next time, thank you and goodbye! [Cheers and applause.]
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