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Season 25  "Episode 3"  25x3

Aired 6 years ago - Mar 11, 2018

There is a Japanese flavour to this week's show, as Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris buy second-hand sports cars at auction for a big road trip across Honshu, while Rory has one night to discover the weirdest car culture Tokyo has to offer. Out on track, Chris compares the Honda Civic Type R and Lexus LC500.

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Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 1
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Look at this stick down here with a perfect Type R aluminium gear knob,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 4
And then, of course, there's the way it looks.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 5
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 6
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 7
Oh, he's running wide, he's running wide! This is my chance, my chance!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 8
OK, now, earlier today we put both cars around our test track in the
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 9
Problem is, the ones that made it to the UK have been mostly crashed or
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 10
here you won't see anywhere else on the planet, man.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 11
and two, why take the subway? This is a car show, not a train show.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 12
Excuse me, do you speak English?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 13
Oh, man, there's just so much great stuff,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 14
Oh, Supra! Now, that... That might be right in my price range.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 15
I want it. Come on! There we go, there we go.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 16
Only Japan shouldn't have made this car.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 17
Am I crazy about the body?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 18
Second of all, pop-up headlights.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 19
Now that's the kind of technology you really only find on your latest
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 20
- I guess so. - I have wanted to come here all my life.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 21
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 22
Feel that smooth, rotary power, my friend.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 23
My Japanese is very weak.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 24
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 25
Oh, crikey. So we're actually quite close to, erm...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 26
but until you come here and just see the way people have abandoned
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 27
Whoa.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 28
unusual side of Japanese car culture.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 29
It was introduced in 1949 as an affordable post-war alternative to
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 30
A small corner of automotive self-expression
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 31
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 32
we end up with these.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 33
Oh, my lord!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 34
This is the same thing.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 35
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 36
no, demands - a proper road.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 37
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 38
It was just the most incredible 12 hours.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 39
to try and turn a profit.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 40
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 41
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 42
To compete, we'd need to do it in tandem.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 43
lashing our cars together had turned us into a rolling road block.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 44
Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 45
So, what race is this?
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- She ate 700 bowls. - 700 bowls?
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But they're a dime a dozen.
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I should be able to get there quicker.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 49
It is the perfect weapon in which to beat Matt LeBlanc.
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Come on!

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Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 2 #2 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 3
Look at this stick down here with a perfect Type R aluminium gear knob,
#3 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 4
And then, of course, there's the way it looks.
#4 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 5 #5 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 6 #6 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 7
Oh, he's running wide, he's running wide! This is my chance, my chance!
#7 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 8
OK, now, earlier today we put both cars around our test track in the
#8 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 9
Problem is, the ones that made it to the UK have been mostly crashed or
#9 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 10
here you won't see anywhere else on the planet, man.
#10 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 11
and two, why take the subway? This is a car show, not a train show.
#11 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 12
Excuse me, do you speak English?
#12 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 13
Oh, man, there's just so much great stuff,
#13 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 14
Oh, Supra! Now, that... That might be right in my price range.
#14 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 15
I want it. Come on! There we go, there we go.
#15 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 16
Only Japan shouldn't have made this car.
#16 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 17
Am I crazy about the body?
#17 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 18
Second of all, pop-up headlights.
#18 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 19
Now that's the kind of technology you really only find on your latest
#19 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 20
- I guess so. - I have wanted to come here all my life.
#20 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 21 #21 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 22
Feel that smooth, rotary power, my friend.
#22 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 23
My Japanese is very weak.
#23 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 24 #24 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 25
Oh, crikey. So we're actually quite close to, erm...
#25 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 26
but until you come here and just see the way people have abandoned
#26 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 27
Whoa.
#27 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 28
unusual side of Japanese car culture.
#28 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 29
It was introduced in 1949 as an affordable post-war alternative to
#29 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 30
A small corner of automotive self-expression
#30 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 31 #31 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 32
we end up with these.
#32 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 33
Oh, my lord!
#33 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 34
This is the same thing.
#34 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 35 #35 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 36
no, demands - a proper road.
#36 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 37 #37 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 38
It was just the most incredible 12 hours.
#38 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 39
to try and turn a profit.
#39 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 40 #40 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 41 #41 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 42
To compete, we'd need to do it in tandem.
#42 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 43
lashing our cars together had turned us into a rolling road block.
#43 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 44 #44 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 45
So, what race is this?
#45 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 46
- She ate 700 bowls. - 700 bowls?
#46 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 47
But they're a dime a dozen.
#47 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 48
I should be able to get there quicker.
#48 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 49
It is the perfect weapon in which to beat Matt LeBlanc.
#49 Recap of Top Gear Season 25 Episode 3 (S25E03) - 50
Come on!
#50