[During the opening sequence.]
Tonight: Richard drives a green Lamborghini; James drives a blue Lamborghini; and I drive a yellow Lamborghini.
“November 16th, 2003” · Season 3, Episode 4
In this episode: Jeremy Clarkson (6), Richard Hammond (4), James May (4)
[voiceover] And as befits the decade that celebrated being young and groovy, youth created the Miura. The man who designed its gorgeous body was just 22.
Think about that. What were you doing at 22? At that age the cars I was drawing still had guns on them.
So, beautiful and ingenious it may have been, but in terms of driving, you were still at the wheel of a bit of a dog's breakfast. The fuel tank was over the front wheels, so as it ran low on fuel, it went light at the front end, which meant you couldn't steer. Nice touch, that. Keeps you on your toes. The interior is, well, tiny, and every now and again the carburettors would spit petrol onto the hot engine and the whole thing would go up in flames. Gooood.
Lamborghini knew their masterpiece wasn't perfect, and they steadily improved it throughout its life, culminating in this: the SV of 1971. It had a better gearbox, better differential, better tyres, better rear suspension, and these better gold wheels. D'you know what it was? It was better.
[examining Jay Kay's Miura SV]
Um, Jay, I did notice there's, uh, there's no window in.
JJay
Well, I'll tell you what I did with the window. [opens driver's door]
Re-enact it for us.
JJay
I will re-enact it.
Go on, then.
[Jay shuts the door normally and mimes the window shattering]
Oh, you closed the door! You mad, impetuous rock star fool. You were asking for trouble, Jay!
JJay
You know, I mean, that's rock 'n roll, hey?
This is a man with a two-tone beard who's come here to tell us about style.
This wasn't just a car, it was a pin-up. And you might like to know that countach is a bit of Italian slang. It translates roughly as phwoar!
[voiceover] So it looks fantastic and it sounds fantastic, and that's what matters when you're 15 and dreaming. But I'm not 15 any more, and after an hour at the wheel in 2003, my dream car turns out to be a bit of a nightmare.
It never occurred to me, for example, that I'd need a hammer to change gear. Or that depressing the clutch pedal would be a lot easier if I got a friend to help me. It's absolutely baking hot in here - look, I've got the window fully open [puts fingers through tiny slot of driver's window] - and there's also a really alarming smell of petrol.
God in Heaven, this is hard work.
I'm absolutely gutted. But you know what, it's not the car's fault, it's mine. I've broken a golden rule: You never, ever meet your childhood heroes.
[on the Lamborghini LM002]
When I started in this business, writing about cars, I was earning... about 40 quid a week. OK? I borrowed one of these, took it into a petrol station, to fill it up... £147!
[indicating a board covered with photos of rock stars]
Problem is, what do all of these people have in common?
AMAudience member
They're all dead.
This, then, is the £117,000 Gallardo. Lamborghini's idea of being sensible.
[Talking about Lamborghinis]
Let me put it this way: a picnic, okay? If you went, you'd want the Germans to make the hamper so the handles don't fall off, but you'd want the Italians to make the food, yes? That's what you get with that [points to Murciélago]; it's a German-Italian picnic where the Italians have done what they're good at and the Germans have done what they're good at. With this [points to Gallardo], the Germans have done ze food.
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