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Season 24  "Episode 2"  24x2

Aired 7 years ago - Mar 12, 2017

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris embark on an all-season US road trip in the latest convertible supercars from Lamborghini and Porsche, journeying from broiling desert to snowy mountain. Back at the test track, Rory Reid sets the toughest of driving challenges for Chris and the Alfa Romeo Giulia, while actor David Tennant takes a spin in the new Reasonably Fast Car.

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it has 1,050 horsepower.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 3
It's not like a normal car experience of acceleration.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 4
Fortunately, changing them is easy,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 5
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 6
And this ultimate Ferrari thoroughbred is so extreme,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 7
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 8
Unbelievable. I'll never get to do that again.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 9
Also correct.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 10
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 11
and made me feel like a drug dealer.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 12
- I guarantee it. - Yeah, so do I. From experience I can guarantee it.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 13
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 14
a little bit later. But first, here's a question...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 15
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 16
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 17
Withnail is set in 1969, OK?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 18
"New cars can't be reliable. They're new.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 19
Some kind of mental issue.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 20
- CHRIS LAUGHS - He's got it!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 21
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 22
"which is home to the Soviet Union's space programme.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 23
you think, right, time to get a new one, that's pretty much worn out.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 24
Look at it, it's just acres and acres of nothing.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 25
Oh, that's hopeless. I've just been overtaken by a bloody London taxi!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 26
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 27
Coming up the hill, the transmission kind of let go.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 28
I removed a quarter of the front of the car
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 29
The Kazakhs were also the first people to domesticate the horse,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 30
"If you get tagged, you're out.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 31
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 32
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 33
Yeah, I think so. We'll get there. We'll get the old girl to Baikonur.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 34
that you once owned Idi Amin's Mercedes SL?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 35
'The grip levels there are terrible.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 36
Honestly...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 37
- A fine effort. - Congratulations. - I'm the only one in the wet.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 38
and just trying to preserve the rear end of this Mercedes.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 39
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 40
There's 120.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 41
Like a fine wine.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 42
Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 43
It says, "Tomorrow you drive to Baikonur.
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LAUGHTER
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 45
Meanwhile, in Harris's Volvo...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 46
'Now, while the others wasted valuable time
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Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 48
but she's got heart, she really does.
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wasn't.
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Where's Harris?

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Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 2
it has 1,050 horsepower.
#2 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 3
It's not like a normal car experience of acceleration.
#3 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 4
Fortunately, changing them is easy,
#4 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 5 #5 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 6
And this ultimate Ferrari thoroughbred is so extreme,
#6 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 7 #7 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 8
Unbelievable. I'll never get to do that again.
#8 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 9
Also correct.
#9 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 10 #10 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 11
and made me feel like a drug dealer.
#11 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 12
- I guarantee it. - Yeah, so do I. From experience I can guarantee it.
#12 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 13 #13 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 14
a little bit later. But first, here's a question...
#14 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 15 #15 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 16 #16 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 17
Withnail is set in 1969, OK?
#17 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 18
"New cars can't be reliable. They're new.
#18 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 19
Some kind of mental issue.
#19 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 20
- CHRIS LAUGHS - He's got it!
#20 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 21 #21 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 22
"which is home to the Soviet Union's space programme.
#22 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 23
you think, right, time to get a new one, that's pretty much worn out.
#23 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 24
Look at it, it's just acres and acres of nothing.
#24 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 25
Oh, that's hopeless. I've just been overtaken by a bloody London taxi!
#25 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 26 #26 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 27
Coming up the hill, the transmission kind of let go.
#27 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 28
I removed a quarter of the front of the car
#28 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 29
The Kazakhs were also the first people to domesticate the horse,
#29 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 30
"If you get tagged, you're out.
#30 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 31 #31 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 32 #32 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 33
Yeah, I think so. We'll get there. We'll get the old girl to Baikonur.
#33 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 34
that you once owned Idi Amin's Mercedes SL?
#34 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 35
'The grip levels there are terrible.
#35 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 36
Honestly...
#36 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 37
- A fine effort. - Congratulations. - I'm the only one in the wet.
#37 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 38
and just trying to preserve the rear end of this Mercedes.
#38 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 39 #39 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 40
There's 120.
#40 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 41
Like a fine wine.
#41 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 42 #42 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 43
It says, "Tomorrow you drive to Baikonur.
#43 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 44
LAUGHTER
#44 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 45
Meanwhile, in Harris's Volvo...
#45 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 46
'Now, while the others wasted valuable time
#46 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 47 #47 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 48
but she's got heart, she really does.
#48 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 49
wasn't.
#49 Recap of Top Gear Season 24 Episode 2 (S24E02) - 50
Where's Harris?
#50