[arguing that the Mazda RX-8 should be considered cool]
But you get to say "Wankel". That's cool! - On telly!
S3 E5November 23rd, 2003
Right, the Italians. What have they ever done for us?
St. Albans. The Romans came here in 43 and built some nice ruins.
[on the Fiat Panda]
Well, it is very small, just three and a half metres long, but more importantly, it's got really quite a lot of space in it. You could get a couple of full-size adults in the back here, or - more importantly - about half a dozen children. Now this is vital in your small Italian car, and all because of another of their great inventions: the Catholic Church.
Now, you'll be able to buy a basic 1.1-litre Panda for £6000. £6000! This, however, is the 1.2-litre Dynamic. This is a posh Panda. But it's still only six thousand, five hundred pounds. Six and a half grand. And it's a whole car!
I quite like this 1.2-litre engine, it's sort of feisty and eager. Makes a great deal of fuss without really achieving very much. Bit like the Italian government, really.
[on the Toyota Hilux]
So it's very popular in Australia and all the other various bits of the third world.
[On the Hilux]
We love cars like this on Top Gear. That's why we love the Citroën Berlingo and the Daihatsu Charade; they're simple, honest-to-God engineering.
[After driving the pick-up down the steps]
[Voiceover] It damaged my spine quite badly, doing this. And then it set about damaging Bristol.
[tapping on a mangled fender after running the Hilux into a tree]
That'll buff out.
[when the Hilux starts after having been washed out to sea in the Severn estuary]
[shouting over the engine roar] I do not believe this! It works!
[At the grassy part of the test track]
The problem is, what can we do here that we haven't already tried? [The pick-up then drops behind Jeremy] Difficult one.
[Before the caravan drop on the Hilux]
The Americans have used daisy cutters on these things, to no avail. But I have something much more powerful... [cuts to a parked caravan; voiceover] The Mistral GT... [shows the same caravan dropped on the Hilux]
[After the caravan drop]
[crawling in through the window] Lordy lord, I'm too old for this.
[...]
I honestly can't believe this; the steering is fine, the gearbox is fine, the low-range box is fine, the brakes are fine... Even the speedo's telling me we're doing thirty.
[Announcing the result of the Hilux torture test]
All of which makes it more of a shame that in the end you killed it with fire.
That was churlish.
Well, that's the thing. You probably won't believe this, ladies and gentlemen. I want a huge round of applause, IT IS STILL WORKING!
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