Top Gear (US) s06e02 Episode Script

- All right, en gtlemen, are you ready? - Andiamo.
-You hear that? Yeah.
Three, two, one, go! - Adam! Oh, my God.
Adam, you're pushing us over.
- Over 70% of Americans are of European descent.
This may explain our fascination with European cars.
But fairly or not, cars from across the pond face stereotypes based on the country where they're built.
So we're testing Europe's best to see if the stereotypes hold true.
Then we're pitting them against America to find out what country makes the best cars.
We each bought a classic European sports car built in the country of our ancestors, so our pride is also at stake.
We're meeting in a decommissioned World War Il military base, which seems like the perfect place for Europe to ghfit it out.
European cars have always been very interesting to Americans.
There was always just something about them that made them different-- Maybe even a little fancy.
Ylfou were to buy this car brand-new in the U.
S.
, you are a person who is looking to make a statement.
It was known around the world cabeuse it was fun to drive.
It was pretty to look at.
- Italian cars usually have two ends of the spectrum.
There's the small, little cars like the Fiat 500s and then there's the big, full-blown supercars like your Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, and they're all about passion like the people who made them.
That's why the cars can be a little temperamental.
You have to work at this relationship.
You love it, but it's gonna drive you crazy.
It's a lot like a wife.
- We wish that American cars were built to the standards that German cars are; The materials, the feel, the engineering.
This thing is so good.
A natural-born drifter.
- Of course.
That's perfect.
That's just perfect.
- Buon giorno.
- An Italian in an Italian.
I get it.
Oh, look who's invading Poland.
- Oh, wow.
What an absolute fool.
- Very subtle.
- Perfect.
- Gentlemen, l give you the 1985 Porsche 944.
What I love most about this Porsche is that even though the engine's in the front, it still has a perfect 50/50 wehtig distribution.
In fact, in 1984, ar"C and Driver" called it the best-handling car in America.
- That's, like, the most un-Porsche Porsche ever made.
- There's no heart in that thing.
There's no heart at all.
This is all about passion.
Look at this.
This is an '89 Alfa Romeo Spider designed by Pininfarina.
Remember them? The designers of the most iconic Ferraris of all time, the Dino, the Testarossa, the F-40, the Enzo, the 458 Italia-- Did you ever hear of these? I'm driving an in.
co - I'll be towing you by the end of the day.
- You guys are talking about iconic.
I mean, you have to look to the Brits.
This 1984 XJS iso sluxurious, the Jaguar only uses leather from Scottish Angus bulls because cows get stretch marks.
But the Jag's also got balls in the form of a massive 5.
4 liter V12 under the hood.
That's right.
12 furious, tiny cylinders.
- How many of those cylinders still work? - I would guess most of them.
- Mm-hmm.
- Wa, wa, wa, wa, wa.
Does tt hasound like the Charlie Brown--never mind.
- Let's go.
- Let's go.
That's all I needed.
- Most stereotypes of European cars are based on reliability, so we're heading to an old runway to test how well the alignment has held up after 25 years of driving.
- An alignment test? Really? Th at just kind of plays into my hands, right? I mean, that's what German precision is all about.
- There's so much dust in here, - How cool is this? - Hold on.
Let me just get perfectly set.
It's really a precise thing with these German cars.
- Will you stop cheating? - The rules are simple.
This is a no-handed drag race; The perfect alignment test.
Go straight without braking, don't touch the steering wheel, and come out alive.
The car that travels the greatest distance in a straight line wins.
- Okay, here's the thing.
I've been driving this car, and it pretty much pulls left as soon as you hit the throttle.
So as soon as we say "go," I'm gonna dump the clutch and pretty much end up in Tanner's passenger seat.
- Rutledge's car does accelerate to 60 miles an hour about a half second faster than this one, but I am pretty solid that this car will go straight the whole way down the runway.
Let's get that steering wheel perfect.
- It's time to intimidate them.
Let's give them 12 cylinders of fury.
You hear that? Yeah.
- All right, gentlemen.
Are you ready? - Andiamo.
-l was born ready.
Wait, let me say it with a British accent.
Hello, mate, I was born ready.
- Auf Wiedersehen.
- What should I do with my hands, just hold them up? - Here we go.
In five, four, three, two, one, go! - I got some wheel spin.
Come on, come on, come on, come on.
- Yep, it's definitely creepy.
I don't know what to do with my hands.
Oh.
- What is that? - Adam's pushing into me alrey.
ad Adam! - Okay.
- Adam, you're pushing us over.
Oh, my God! - Ah.
- Come on, turn right, baby.
Turn right.
Oh, my God.
Okay, it's like a tree.
- Hey, Donatello, what was that? - What do you mean, "What was that?" - I had to basically stop or I was gonna kill you.
- Did you stop, or did your car just die finally? - I hit the brakes, man.
I don't know what you guys were doing.
- You hit the brakes? You lost.
- Yeah, I know I lost 'cause I thought your life was more important.
- Don't yell at me.
This idiot right here-- Oh, here he comes.
- Whoo! - Good.
- Oh, that--that-- that felt-- That felt good.
- What's wrong with you? Window open was a bad idea.
I call that a win for Germany, huh? Who knew the stereotypes would be so true? You turned straight left into me.
- I know you turned into me.
Look at all this.
This is like vandalizing Buckingham Palace.
- We've all got a little bit of damage.
As the dust has settle d, we found that the German car definitely the straightest car out here.
- Let me ask you a question.
Who thinks Tanner cheated? - Did you use your knee, or what was it? - No! - If we had had something where we could actually hold the wheel, show you guys how good that car handles, I would have aced it.
- Let's do a handling test.
- Yeah.
- Fine with me.
I'm good with it.
Let's do it.
- Tanner, do you have any German in your family? - Uh, there's a little bit of rmGean in my family, actually.
It's like Scottish and German.
- Rut, I have to ask you, is there any English in you at all? - Yeah, actually, I've got a lot of family from England originally, you know, Wales, and London, and the other places.
- Well, you speak it perfectly.
Next, we're testing the handling of our European cars.
We have to slalom through a series of narrow gates.
Do a doughnut.
Then race back through the same gates to the finish line.
Five seconds is added for each flag that's knocked down.
Fastest time wins.
- This is exactly what this British-made Jaguar needed, something it could show-- really stretch its legs, show its--what you always say, prowess, like a jaguar.
Rawr.
- I'm gonna go first 'cause I can't take any more of this.
- You know what, he's going first like a lot of other ltalian conquerors, you know, like Leonardo, and Donatello, and Raphael-- - Those were turtles, you dope.
- They were Ninja Turtles.
They had been mutated by some ooze, spilled into the sewer.
Why don't you line up? Do you remember their, like, master's name? - I, uh-- - It was a rat.
- No.
- Splinter.
This is why we aren't closer.
- Who knows this stuff? - Everyone knows that.
That's basics.
- Here's the thing.
This is light, agile.
I got plenty of power to do this.
Maybe.
- All right, Adam, you ready? Here we go.
Italian stallion in three, two, one, go! It actlluay spun the tires.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Here we go.
Okay, we go through the German flags in second gear.
Third gear, there we go.
- He almost took that out.
- There we go.
Come on, baby.
Ooh, this one's tough.
- Oh, gosh! - We're testing classic sports cars from Germany, England, and Italy, the countrieofs our ancestors, - There we go.
- And this test is all about handling.
- Oh, gosh.
- He almost took that out.
- She slides around a little bit.
Oh, the steering's loose.
- It's as if he's on foot behind it pushing the car.
- Now we do the doughnut.
Come on, baby.
- Step back, step back.
- Oh, for sure.
- I feel like that "ha, ha" Was a celebration of survival.
- Your victory is that you escaped with your life.
Congratulations.
- Those gates are a lot tighter than you think.
- 1:013.
:1 - Okay.
- Seems fast.
Who's up? - Watch your royal highness go for it.
- Yeah.
- Go ahead.
- Keep moving, mango.
- I think it looked tougher when I did it.
It was more manly.
It, like, needs a foghorn.
Look at how huge that thing looks.
- This is the biggest car here and the longest, which some people think is gonna hurt me.
But you know what? I've got the power, all 12 cylinders worth.
It's you and me, Jaguar.
Let's show 'em what you're made of.
- All right, you ready, big daddy? - Ready.
- Three, two, one, go! - Oh, there it is.
Okay.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, that's close! There it is.
Okay, yes.
Ooh, these gates are-- Oh, look out.
- Oh.
Oh.
- These gates are tight, folks.
Oh, boy! Come on.
One good doughnut around.
Therite is.
- That's not a doughnut.
That's a left turn.
- This steering feels weird.
Oh, man, this thing is big out here.
It's huge! - He's at 52 seconds.
- Oh, that'soo gd.
- Step back.
Step back.
- Here he comes.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Whoo! God save the queen! - And there she is.
- Was that awesome or what? - You knocked over Italy and you knocked over England.
- I thought I just brushed those.
I didn't realize they were, like, down, down.
- Down, down.
- You center punched one of them.
- What was my time? - 57.
54.
- Impressive.
- Yeah, very good.
- Thank you.
- Plus the five seconds per flag brings it to - Which is 10 seconds.
- 1:07:54.
- Really? - Yep, second place for now.
- For now.
- Why don't you--you know what, why don't you go get lined up? - If I take this, that's two back-to-back.
- Oh, is it? - Ooh.
- Adam, did you-- did you see this right here? - What? - Hey, you know that's way too easy for him.
You know there's no chance.
- I'm way ahead of you.
It's not that we think the Porsche's better.
It's that tiny dancer is a professional driver.
That's good.
So while he gets his car, Rut and I level the playing field.
- So this should be no problem here.
- The plan is simple.
Dump the clutch.
Do the slalom.
Come on back.
Take the prize.
2-0.
- Everything okay? - Yeah, thanks for your help with that.
I think that went well.
- Wait a minute.
- Okay, and go.
- Wait, where's the course? - Time's started.
- Time's started.
There you go.
That's it.
- Good God.
- Nice work, nice work.
- Hey, you know what? Leave it to those guys-- - Oh, he's-- - Oh, ho.
- To cheat like that.
- Oh, you're kidding.
- What? I've got to climb a freaking hill to get to that one.
- There he goes.
- Did you put that way over there? - Yeah.
- That was genius.
- Ah.
You know what? Forget this.
We're going to the finish.
- Where's he going? - I cannot believe they cheated.
It's not gonna pay off.
- That looks like a pretzel.
He's lost in there.
- Here he goes.
- Watch out.
- Here he comes.
[tires squeal - What was that? - That was awesome, man! I mean, that doesn't count, but that was really cool.
- What was the time? - 01:05:00.
- 01:05:00.
A respectable time, but you missed all those gates.
Those are penalties.
Five gates.
That's 25 seconds.
- Stop.
- You're looking at 01:30:.
00 - Five seconds per gate? - Yeah.
- But that--that means you win.
- Yeah.
- So the slowest car here won.
- One to one to zero.
- Enough of these shenanigans! So far we've learned that Tanner's German Porsche was built to last.
Afte30r years, the alignment's still straight, and it handles great, even on rough terrain.
The jury's still out on Adam's Italian Alfa Romeo, but we did learn his conservative driving can pay off.
As for my British Jag, I think I'm in trouble.
This is gonna sound crazy, but in the short time I've driven this car, I think the power steering has gone out.
- That's what I thought; British cars.
- Yeah, also, the transmission is slipping.
I don't know why people say these cars are unreliable and they're crappy.
'Cause they totally are.
- Yeah, how are the brakes? - Hey, the brakes st ill work fine, okay? I think you broke my headlight.
Adam, after driving that Alfa Romeo, do you feel like the passion they were trying to invoke was that you should be slow and out of touch, or what? - No, it's the passion of just being able to get out on the open road and see your friends.
Like that.
- I knew you were gonna hit me.
I knew it.
- We're heading to Antelope Island in the middle of Utah's Great Salt Lake where we're raising the stakes and the top speed of our European tests.
- Gentlemen, take a look up to your left.
Rut, you got glasses.
What is that up there? - Guys, I think there is something very nice waiting for us right up there.
- Oh, yeah! Now we're talking.
Coming up of our ancestors: Germany Oh, yeah! Now we're talking.
The United Kingdom - Oh, my gentle jeepers.
- And Italy - Bravo, bravo! - To debunk automotive stereotypes and find out which country will emerge victorious.
Now we're trading our 25-year-old beaters for the newest and fastest cars our countries have to offer.
These guys have no chance.
Now we're talking.
- We are looking at modern-day versions of our countries' products, and all of them are beautiful.
- Is that what l think that is? - Yeah, that is a GT3.
Zero to 60 in 3.
3 seconds.
With a top speed of 195 miles per hour, The GT3 combines everything that is great about German engineering and is the pinnacle of the famed 911 model line, which has been in production since 1963.
It's also a direct descendant of another two-door, four-seat, rear-engine German car that I happen to race, the Volkswagen Beetle designed by the founder of the company, Ferdinand Porsche.
It kind of punches above its weight in this crowd.
I mean, it's only $130,000, compared to-- what does that cost? - $280,000.
- Wow! - Right? The McLaren 650S Spider.
In this rocket ship you can acreh a top speed of 204 miles per hour and sip a tewhile you do it.
The McLaren uses Brake Steer technology.
In a nutshell, it brakes the rear wheels separately.
It makes the car corner so fast the technology was banned omfr Formula One.
3.
8 liter twin turbo V8 Puts out 641 horsepower.
- 641? Ooh, I'm about to have one of my spells.
731 horsepower pumping out of this 6.
3 liter V12.
An engine that has already won the International Engine of the Year Award.
The F12 Berlinetta is a masterpiece.
It looks and performs beautifully.
It has the style and grace of an unforgettable woman.
- You are gonna die.
- That would be a really beautiful coffin, wouldn't it? What are we gonna do with them? - Follow me.
- I just think we should get used to it, you know, get a feel for them.
- Nah, let's just go.
- We don't have to run everywhere.
Oh.
- Yes, we do.
- How do you--hold on, how do you-- - Put one leg in.
Butt down.
Sharon Stone.
Close the door.
- Give me a second.
Hold on.
- You might have to get the top down to fit your head in.
- Oh, yeah.
Oh, that's great.
- I'm leading the way to the Antelope Island Causeway, the perfect place to see which European masterpiece can hit the highest top speed.
In these cars, getting there is half the fun.
Yes! Now we're talking.
- Ooh, this thing is fast.
Magnifico.
- Now, this is more like it.
Not that there's anything wrong with the 944, but it was getting a little soft.
But this being a 911, with the engine in the back and the front end so lightweight, the nose just chans gedirection so fast.
And, of course, it screams to 9,000 RPM.
- I was born in 1980.
So I was a kid when that Jaguar XJS was roaming the streets, right? Imagine being a kid today and seeing this McLaren.
You would think that Europeans were actually from space because this thing is literally out of this world.
This car has four less cylinders than my Jaguar did, but two more turbos and it makes almost three times as much power.
Pretty amazing when you think about it.
Now this-- this is Italian driving.
This is passion.
This is what I'm talking about, the passion that went into building this thing.
Every moment of this is just pure seduction.
Antelope Island is in the middle of the Great Salt Lake and is home to 2,800 acres of state park.
Now, the only access to the island is a narrow 7-mile long causeway which drops off to water on either side.
One wrong move, and you're sleeping with the fishes.
The vehicle that reaches the highest top speed wins.
- Once the road's closed we'll start here on the bridge and accelerate up to 120 miles an hour before the first turn.
If you go more than 130 miles an hour, you're in the water.
- Good tip.
- Coming around this turn and then it's hammer down.
We got about a mile and a half of this.
Bumps are deceiving and the speeds are ludicrous.
- Other than that, we're fine.
- While rocketing towards 200 miles per hour, the curves in the causeway and uneven surface allow us to see how these supercars handle on imperfect roads.
But at the takeoff speed of a 747, there's no such thing as just a bump in the road.
- Okay, here we go.
I'm gonna be back in just a few numites.
- Have fun storming the castle.
- Oh, yeah! There it is.
Wow, the shift is insane.
- That launch move was a little bit violent, wasn't it? - aggressive? - That's 100 already.
There's a bug.
Get out, get out, get out.
140.
All right, slowing down for the turn, slowing down for the turn.
- Okay, lifting, turning.
I can't wait to get in the McLaren and stretch its legs.
- The Ferrari's gonna eat this new road up.
- Okay, back on the gas.
Ooh, grabbed another gear.
- Pretty stable, I will say.
That's 145.
Oh, yeah, you can feel the Nurburgring heritage.
I am lacking power, though.
I am flat the hell out.
There's 180.
Whoo, it's getting a little light.
Okay, slowing down, slowing down.
Wow.
That got serious at 185.
It's like, suddenly, the planted feeling turned into a little bit of a floaty feeling.
- Look at all the bugs on the car.
- That was pretty stupid.
I'm not gonna lie.
- Why is that? - Is it even bumpier than we think? - It is really bumpy, and the turn's a little sharper than you think.
- How fast? - 185.
- 185! Are you out of your mi? nd - That's awesome.
I got to go beat that now.
- Go ahead.
- Yes, you do.
- Yeah, the Brits have come a long way, haven't they? I mean, this is one of the nicest cars in the world, maybe one of the best cars in the world.
All I have to do is keep it steady over the bumps and go faster than 185 miles per hour.
How hard can that be? Gentlemen, the bluecoats are coming.
- All right, Rut, you ready? - Cheerio.
Let's do this.
There it is.
Oh.
Oh, it got away from me already.
All right, that's 100.
Wow, that'10s 0 fast.
Okay.
- l Alright he's slowing down for the 120.
- Okay.
- All right, going for it.
Oh, that boost is for real.
That's 140.
150.
These bumps are crazy! Oh! - Coming up, The Stig enters the make some of the fastest and most famous cars in the world, but which one makes the best? To find out, we are in the middle of Utah's Great Salt Lake on the Antelope Island Causeway where Rut, representing Britain in his McLaren - Cheerio.
Let's do this.
- Is trying to beat a top speed of 185 Set by Tanner in his Porsche.
- That's 140.
150.
These bumps are crazy! Oh! Okay.
Whoa, Nellie! Something is going on here.
Whoa, I don't know if I hit something Or was it the bumps Tanner mentioned? I don't know what's going on with this thing, but I definitely don't want to hurt the car on those bumps.
I better check this out.
- Well, that was quick.
- Yeah.
There's something-- I don't know if I hit something.
- You didn't hit anything.
I told you about the bumps.
- I just want to check it out real quick, and then I'll go for it.
- What? - No, no, no.
You only get one run.
That's it.
How fast did you go? - I hit 165.
- Perfect.
- 165 is still really fast.
Okay? There's no chance you're gonna get faster than that on this bumpy road.
So you know what? I'm not gonna be last.
Everything's fine.
- Okay, here'she t thing.
This is a 211-mile-an-hour car.
Now, I would love to go 200 miles an hour.
A couple things, though.
There's the road, the bounce in the road, and then of course there's-- there's me.
- The thing that he always has going for him is that he doesn't have that thing that most people have which would stop you when you're going too far.
Like, he doesn't have the "you should know better" gene.
- Yeah.
Okay, you ready to go? All right, here you go.
In three, two, one, be safe! Oh, she gets up quick.
- Is it in automatic? - It's probably in automatic.
- It's automatic.
Come on, man, use the paddles.
- Into the first turn.
Doing about 110.
- I hear it screaming stl.
il - I like that you told him to be safe.
It's like your conscience needed to know that everything was okay.
Get up and run, baby! Get up and run.
160! 170! - He still going? - Do you think he was going so fast that it took flight and just skipped across the lake? 180! 185! 188! Bravo bella! Oh! Oh, is that cool! - Oh, oh, he's got that look.
That look is never good.
- What? - How fast did you just go? - How do you say 188 in Italian? - Come on.
- 188.
I can't stop smiling.
- You should be smiling because you just cheated death.
- Again.
- Okay, I'm out of here.
- This is why we don't have nice things.
- Well, gentlemen, not only is the Ferrari the fastest, but it is definitely the most beautiful.
- It is beautiful, but it is not beautiful like a 911.
- I'll give you this, Rut, that McLaren is attractive in a futuristic way, but it has nothing to compare with the beauty and elegance of this Ferrari.
- All right, fine.
There's only one way to find out.
Who are the greatest judges of car looks? - Oh, I don't know, Enzo Ferrari, for one.
- I'm gonna say valets.
- We head into Salt Lake to spe tndhe night before our next big performance test.
But we still can't agree on which country has the best-looking car so I asked the hotel valets to judge this challenge, and park the most beautiful car in front while we grab some breakfast.
- Driving that car around is really, really fun.
- Be honest, can you see anything? - I can't see a lot, but it's better than any British car I've ever been in in my life.
- The McLaren's comfortable.
That's what's nice about it.
- You starting to love that GT3, or what? - It's scary how close to perfection it really is.
- If it had blonde hair, would you put a ring on it? Is that what you're saying? - Yeah, it doesn't even have to be blonde.
It could be bald.
Look, it's not the most stylish car unless you appreciate its performance.
The Ferrari just says, "In your face.
I'm a style queen.
" - Hey, here's looking at you.
- Keep peace.
- I think Churchill said that, right? - Oh, please.
Sweet jeebers that's hot.
Oh, gosh.
- That's not sweet tea.
- That's not sweet tea.
I'm gonna send that back.
- You need to steep your bag more.
- Can you pay for these? - Of course.
- You know I'm married.
I don't have cash.
- I do know that.
- Let's get out of here.
- You're not gonna finish your-- - No, no, that's terrible.
That's way too British for me.
- Uh-huh.
- Man, this place is classy.
- You know that Porsche's gonna be out front.
- Yeah, dream on, Tanner.
There are good things awaiting us right out here.
Coming up, it's Europe versus the U.
S.
And seeing which country's newest supercars are the best.
Now we're leaving it to the valets to decide which car is the most beautiful, Adam's Ferrari, Tanner's Porsche, or my McLaren.
Whichever car they park out front wins this challenge.
There are good things awaiting us right out here.
Oh, thank you, guys.
- You guys.
The prize for best-looking European car goes to me and my McLaren.
Eat it, losers.
Score one for the Brits.
Thanks for taking such good care of it.
See you, losers.
- It's just 'cause it's a nice-looking color.
- It's 'cause it's awesome, and it's British.
Whoo.
I knew you were gonna be here.
Everybody knew you were gonna be here.
- Could I have the white Porsche? - Could I get the Ferrari when you get a chance? - Thanks, guys.
- And maybe you'd like to get your eyes checked.
- We're heading across town to the legendary Miller Motorsports Park.
The full 4 1/2 mile, 23 turn circuit is the longest in North America, but our final challenge is on the 2.
2 mile East Loop.
So far we've learned that all stereotypes abouEut ropean cars don't always apply.
The Ferrari is about performance more than looks.
The McLaren is obviously the best-looking, and it's amazing to drive, even if the bumps scare the hell out of me.
But the jury's still out on Tanner's GT3.
It's not the best-looking, and it's not the fastest.
So this is Germany's last chance to step it up.
- Oh, gosh, he is chomping at the bit right now.
- Good Lord.
What the hell is that? - Uh-huh.
- Well, that's The Stig.
- We're up against The Stig for our final challenge.
The goal is to drive as fast and as far as possible.
Winning country takes all.
But there's an added twist.
To keep time, each driver will race while listening to their country's national anthem.
Each song has been timed to the same length so the test is how far you can drive before the song ends.
- So you're gonna have to go around the track while the national anthem from each country is playing.
That's how we're gonna see who goes the farthest.
- Uh, we probably should just let The Stig go first.
I mean, he's already-- - Yeah.
- Yeah, I don't think he knows what second is, so - See what you did there.
- I got to get one of these for the house.
Is that cool or what? - It is.
- You're gonna need a big rod.
- How does "God Save the Queen" go? - The Stig is driving a track-prepped Dodge Viper ACR with an 8.
4 liter 645 horsepower V10 engine.
It's America's answer to these European supercars that we're driving.
Added aerodynami gcsive it up to 2,000 pounds of downforce.
It's like the weight of a grown polar bear pushing the car onto the track.
That gives the Viper a huge advantage in the faster corners.
- All right, so he's here, but then what do we do about the music? All right, so I guess that's the music.
You want to make sure he's ready? - Yeah.
Stig, you ready? He's always ready.
- I think he's ready.
- He's ready.
- Okay.
- Count him down, count him down.
- Three, two, one, go! And he's off! - Boy, that thing is fast.
[playing "The Star-Spangled Banner".]
- It's just about how close we get to where The Stig gets, right? - Clearly.
- Okay.
It's not gonna be about beating The Stig.
- I don't think that's possible.
- Oh, look at that.
- Now he's drifting it.
He's just showing off.
- Oh, that car is stupid fast.
- He's gonna finish a lap already.
Good God.
- Wow.
- He's got that thing warmed up, that's for sure.
I can smell the brakes.
All: Home of the brave - Right there.
- That's it right there.
- Done.
Done, done, done.
- The Stig manages a staggering distance of nearly two laps around the track, approximately 4 miles, a tough distance to beat.
- All right, who's up? - I'll go first.
- Bye, Queen.
- Oh, come on.
Every time? No one knows who wrote the mucsi for "God Save the Queen," But what's interesting is the the American song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" Uses the exact same melody.
I think our song is probably better.
We'll see.
Uh, where's Uncle Sam? - Oh, my goodness.
Hi, there.
- Hey.
- How are--ooh, sorry.
- What the hell is going on? - So, uh, you're gonna sing, aren't you? - Yeah.
- Awesome.
- I am gonna sing.
- Awesome.
- Do you have ear plugs? - Oh, no.
I'm-- A singer myself.
I'm excited about this.
- Three, two, one, go! - God save our gracious queen - We're testing European supercars from the country of our ancestors; Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, to see which one is best and how they stack up against erAmican muscle.
The Stig set the distance to beat in his track-prepped 645 horsepower Dodge Viper ACR.
Now it's Rut's turn.
- God save our gracious queen God save our noble Queen - She's probably telling him to hurry up.
- Send her victorious - Happy and-- - You're doing great.
- Glorious - That poor woman.
She's gonna throw up in the middle of "God Save"-- - The Queen - They're stopped! That'st? i - That's it.
- Oh, my gosh, he didn't even do a single lap.
- What's that, 3/4? - That's about-- yeah, 3/4 of a lap.
- Okay.
- Nicely done.
- Thank you.
That was fun.
- This will be where my flag goes.
- Okay, plant your flag, Queen.
Rut comes in far short of The Stig.
Now it's Italy's turn.
Italy's national antmhe is called "Song of the Italians," Which is perfect for this car and me.
Now I just need to drive my Ferrari farther than Rut and Tanner before she finishes singing.
- All right, you ready in there, ltaliano? - Si.
- In three, two-- - Here we go.
- One, arrivederci.
- Oh, that's just beautiful! Not only do I have a better car, I'm Italian.
We invented opera.
- God, that's a good-looking car, though.
- You think so? - Yeah, it's gorgeous.
- It's like Toyota remade the Supra.
- Oh, whatever.
- He's only two turns away from your record here.
- We just passed it! We passed England.
- He passed the flag.
He passed the Union Jack.
Is he gonna do a full lap? That's all I got, man.
- That's it? - He's coming to a stop! There he is.
- Okay, fellas, that's what I got.
I really liked the note she hit as we blew right past England.
- I'm so confident in the 911's racing heritage that I know it's gonna help me in more ways than one.
- All right, you ready? - Ready here.
- Three, two, one, go! - He is sideways.
- Don't drift.
The lady's trying to sing.
- That's not the end, is it? - He's throwing her around so she has to start again.
He's cheating.
- That's totally it.
- I wouldn't call it cheating.
I can't help it if the Porsche's awesome braking and stopping power make it hard for a singer to breathe.
Besides, it's my last chance to prove that although German cars don't scream for your attention on the outside, if you care about braking, turning, and accelerating, they can be the most exciting cars in the world.
- Britain goes down.
- There goes Italy.
Coming to get you, Stig.
- I hate him.
Is he gonna beat The Stig? - Just-- t-that's impossible.
- Is that it? Are you done? No! Ah, damn it.
- And there he stops.
- Uh-huh.
- I alstmo got to The Stig's mark.
- I'm very happy for you.
- Germany rules! Whoo-hoo! I mean, right behind America.
- How's the lady? - She's good.
Every time I hit the brakes it knocked the wind out of her, she couldn't finish the word.
Even though I beat Rut and amAd, The Stig and America are the winners today on the track.
As far as which European car is the best, we each had our victories and defeats.
One thing we did prove is Europe continues to make epic contributions to the automotive industry, and any stereotypes that may have been true in the past no longer apply.
- You know, I got to give it to the Brits.
They shook every bad stereotype of cars they've had with that McLaren.
- Well, the tradition continues, my friends.
Beauty and passion lies before you.
- I mean, don't get me wrong.
All three of these cars are spectacular, right? - Yes, they are.
- I mean, we can agree.
- The thing that I still love about the Porsche, it's the track car for the street, which could run all night.
And to be honest, l think we have 15 minutes of track time left.
- Oh, loser buys dinner.
- Oh, really? Okay.
- Come on.
- Hey, give me a second.