Top Gear Patagonia Special Subtitles

00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,Hello and welcome

00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,to the 11 th Top Gear Special,
which for once

00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:32,is actually being transmitted quite
close to the birthday of baby Jesus.

00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,Unless you're watching a repeat.

00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,Yes, James.
Unless you're watching the repeat.

00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:37,Well, it's quite confusing...

00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:42,Anyway, 2014 marked the 60th anniversary
of the cheap to make,

00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,maximum-bangs-for-your-bucks
small-block V8.

00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,And the producers thought
it would be a good idea

00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,for us to celebrate the moment.

00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,Yes, especially since,
as a lot of people are saying,

00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:53,owing to environmentalism,

00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,the need for greater fuel economy,

00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,the V8 could soon be
a thing of the past.

00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,Quite, so the producers told us

00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,to buy three old V8-powered cars

00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,and report with them
to a hotel near the town of Bariloche

00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,here in Argentina.

00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,This was
the meeting point, in the middle

00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,of what's billed as
Argentina's Lake District.

00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,And I was the first to
arrive in a magnificent Porsche 928 GT.

00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:43,That is quite a view
and this is quite a car.

00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:51,I have always loved 928s,
'cause they were just so futuristic.

00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,I mean, this car is 23 years old

00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,and it looks like it was
designed yesterday.

00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,And it was the last
good-looking car that Porsche ever made.

00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:06,And, although it's a V8,
it's quiet and dignified and elegant.

00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,If this were a person,
it would go to embassy

00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,cocktail parties and know many things.

00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,Traditional V8s would

00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,push you in the swimming pool

00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,and then fart and think it was funny.

00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,Traditional V8s,
well, like this, for example,

00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,they're brash and they're loud
and they're childish.

00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,What have you done, Hammond?

00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,There it is, not just a V8,

00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,the definitive V8.

00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,- Is it?
- Ford Mustang, the Mach One.

00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,Look at it.

00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:46,It's a bit...

00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,- It's brilliant.
- Unnecessary.

00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,No, it's not.
That's the whole point of it.

00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:53,It's stripped down. Everything on it
is functional, purpose...

00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,- Is it?
- Yes.

00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,This rear spoiler, what does it do?

00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:56,Nothing.

00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,Does the front splitter do anything?

00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,- No.
- Racing fuel filler cap?

00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:02,No, it's just a cover.

00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,Is the engine 19 feet long?

00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:06,No, no, it's not.

00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,Why then has it g***t a 19-foot bonnet?

00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,Well, because they decided they wanted
to make the Mustang bigger in '71,

00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,so they did and they did that by

00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:17,just making it bigger.

00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,- This is alljust pointless?
- No, it's bigger.

00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,And that is the ram air, and that's
a Edelbrock carb underneath it,

00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,the plenum there, it works.

00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:27,I mean, if I were nine,

00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,it would be tremendous, but I'm not.

00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,I mean, it's alljust preposterous.

00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,It's brilliant is what it is!

00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,It's the essence of V8ness.

00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,Shall we just
turn our attention now

00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,to the elephant that isn't in the room.

00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,- Uh, yeah.
- Captain Lost.

00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,- What do you think...
- I don't know...

00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,I've been thinking, I don't know.

00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,Had to be a V8, so I thought
it'll be a Mercedes.

00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,He'll have gone, like
he did in Botswana, solid.

00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,Er, I thought, I reckon
he's gone for Range Rover.

00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,In fact, we couldn't
have been more wrong.

00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,No way! That is not him!

00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,Not serious!

00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,He's gone completely mad!

00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,- I bet he thinks he's Bond.
- He does think he's Bond.

00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,Don't say anything about his suit.

00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,- No.
- Hi.

00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,- Gentlemen. The Lotus Esprit.
- Isn't it?

00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,Twin turbo V8.

00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,Have you been on
a Top GearSpecial before?

00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:29,- I've seen you on them.
- Yes.

00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:30,You have, I've seen you there.

00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,- Yes, I have, I have.
- He definitely has.

00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,- James, they're tough.
- Yeah.

00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:35,Some viewers don't know this

00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,but Lotus does not have
a good reputation for quality.

00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,Some say that this stands for,

00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,"Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious."

00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,It has a hand-built V8 engine
with two turbo chargers

00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,designed by a specialist
small British car-making company.

00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,And that is a byword for reliability

00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:56,and motoring pleasure.

00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:57,- We know that.
- It's just not, and you know that.

00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,Can we just run through
some of the detailing on it?

00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,- Carry on.
- The door handles on this model

00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,- are from a Vauxhall Cavalier.
- Correct.

00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,Door mirrors
are from a Citroen.

00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,Don't touch it.

00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,The gearbox in this
is from a Renault 25.

00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,Correct.

00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,Because that was
the best gearbox they could find?

00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,- Or the only one that would fit?
- It was the only one that would fit.

00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,And of course,
the body is made from exactly

00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:21,the same material as a lavatory seat.

00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,Or a bucket.

00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,Anyway, have you finished
being envious of my car?

00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,If I can move on, the Porsche 928.

00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,- Yes.
- Fascinating.

00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:29,Hammond!

00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,Wowzers! I do like that,

00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,in a slightly
Richard Hammondy sort of way.

00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,Is that a Mach One?

00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:36,It certainly is.

00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,- Yeah, yeah.
- Look at that.

00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,- Tell me that isn't magnificent...
- ...ly boring.

00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,- It isn't.
- I'm glad it's grey, though.

00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,- Why?
- Well, because it's very business-like.

00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:48,You can advise me on
my mortgage later on.

00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:53,I **, as always, the voice
of reason and wisdom on this programme.

00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,We couldhave
bickered forever but at this point

00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,our challenge arrived.

00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:05,"You will now drive 130 miles
to the house where Butch Cassidy lived

00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,"when he was on the run from the law."

00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:09,130 miles?

00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,- Hang on, that's it?
- That's somewhere interesting.

00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:12,I thought there was going to be another,

00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,you know, there's usually
the other paragraph.

00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:17,- "...to where Butch Cassidy lived."
- I love Butch Cassidy.

00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,My favourite film
in the...