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Season 14  "High-Performance Off-Roaders"  14x4

Aired 14 years ago - Dec 06, 2009

Jeremy puts the Renault Sport Twingo 133 through a stringent examination in Belfast with a helping hand from actor Ross Kemp. Richard samples the delights of airport vehicle racing, Guy Ritchie is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, and there is also a group test of the latest high-performance off-roaders from BMW, Audi and Range Rover.

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Our venue for this ground-breaking event
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The drivers climbed into their chosen machines,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 3
ENGINE WHINES
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 4
Ha-ha!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 5
Maximum revs!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 6
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 7
which will be brilliant
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 8
But we do not actually insist
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 9
No, that doesn't work, does it? That's the worst metaphor ever.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 10
No, I think After Eight mints.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 11
OK, get this, right.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 12
He does. What do we need to get him?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 13
They work for Bob Knob, do they?!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 14
Yeah. So let's move on. You see, it doesn't matter what sort of a person you are.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 15
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 16
We weren't expecting that. We looked up some figures in the office
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 17
..he could beat it.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 18
Still, if you want one, get your nurse to find you a crayon
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 19
Still, at least you get a lot of torques.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 20
they are completely bonkers and pointless.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 21
Little things.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 22
We don't really need a film crew or a director to make Top Gear any more.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 23
and that's jolly nice if you live in Houston or Abu Dhabi or somewhere else where petrol is cheap.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 24
you still get that amazing screen that allows you to make movies.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 25
Yes! That is just genius.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 26
Obviously! The leather is the stuff they use on the very finest business jets.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 27
..in here we find the glasses, the vodka, the whisky, obviously,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 28
Some say that the drinks cabinet in his car
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 29
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 30
So, everybody, open your mince pies, put your Bobby Sands together,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 31
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 32
I can't believe I'm talking so much about winching!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 33
Have you done the outside? The A-Team thing with the big wheels...? No, it looks like a builder's van.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 34
Tell us a bit about it. I wanted to do a bigger movie than any movie I've done before.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 35
Is that CGI? Some of it. That's a big budget thing going on right there.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 36
It was either me or Sean Penn, and I don't think Sean Penn worked in Joe's Brasserie.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 37
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 38
No question about that. No idea how fast you'd have gone on the dry, but I can tell you,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 39
"was driven at high speed through a shopping centre and then off a Royal Marines landing craft, into the sea."
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 40
Oh, has anyone got any Night Nurse?
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Its got a radio, air conditioning, electric windows
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Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 45
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 46
in a front-wheel drive car, the heavy engine is pressing down on the driven wheels,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 47
No, I'm not going to make that. I'm not going to make it.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 48
Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 49
He'll be driving along in it and he will think,
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Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 2
The drivers climbed into their chosen machines,
#2 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 3
ENGINE WHINES
#3 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 4
Ha-ha!
#4 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 5
Maximum revs!
#5 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 6 #6 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 7
which will be brilliant
#7 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 8
But we do not actually insist
#8 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 9
No, that doesn't work, does it? That's the worst metaphor ever.
#9 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 10
No, I think After Eight mints.
#10 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 11
OK, get this, right.
#11 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 12
He does. What do we need to get him?
#12 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 13
They work for Bob Knob, do they?!
#13 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 14
Yeah. So let's move on. You see, it doesn't matter what sort of a person you are.
#14 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 15 #15 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 16
We weren't expecting that. We looked up some figures in the office
#16 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 17
..he could beat it.
#17 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 18
Still, if you want one, get your nurse to find you a crayon
#18 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 19
Still, at least you get a lot of torques.
#19 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 20
they are completely bonkers and pointless.
#20 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 21
Little things.
#21 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 22
We don't really need a film crew or a director to make Top Gear any more.
#22 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 23
and that's jolly nice if you live in Houston or Abu Dhabi or somewhere else where petrol is cheap.
#23 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 24
you still get that amazing screen that allows you to make movies.
#24 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 25
Yes! That is just genius.
#25 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 26
Obviously! The leather is the stuff they use on the very finest business jets.
#26 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 27
..in here we find the glasses, the vodka, the whisky, obviously,
#27 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 28
Some say that the drinks cabinet in his car
#28 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 29 #29 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 30
So, everybody, open your mince pies, put your Bobby Sands together,
#30 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 31 #31 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 32
I can't believe I'm talking so much about winching!
#32 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 33
Have you done the outside? The A-Team thing with the big wheels...? No, it looks like a builder's van.
#33 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 34
Tell us a bit about it. I wanted to do a bigger movie than any movie I've done before.
#34 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 35
Is that CGI? Some of it. That's a big budget thing going on right there.
#35 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 36
It was either me or Sean Penn, and I don't think Sean Penn worked in Joe's Brasserie.
#36 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 37 #37 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 38
No question about that. No idea how fast you'd have gone on the dry, but I can tell you,
#38 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 39
"was driven at high speed through a shopping centre and then off a Royal Marines landing craft, into the sea."
#39 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 40
Oh, has anyone got any Night Nurse?
#40 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 41 #41 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 42 #42 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 43
Its got a radio, air conditioning, electric windows
#43 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 44 #44 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 45 #45 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 46
in a front-wheel drive car, the heavy engine is pressing down on the driven wheels,
#46 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 47
No, I'm not going to make that. I'm not going to make it.
#47 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 48 #48 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 49
He'll be driving along in it and he will think,
#49 Recap of Top Gear Season 14 Episode 4 (S14E04) - 50 #50