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Season 17  "Cheapest Car in the UK"  17x3

Aired 12 years ago - Jul 10, 2011

Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond find second-hand bargains for the price of Britain's cheapest brand new car, the Nissan Pixo. James May is in Nevada to test the toughness of the Range Rover Evoque and chauffeuring a megastar through Las Vegas. Also, the McLaren MP4-12C is compared with its rival, the Ferrari 458.

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Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 1
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without crashing into it. Oh, yes!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 3
'This gives you better cornering and, more importantly, a better ride.'
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 4
'It's a simple, elegant, a truly lovely place to sit.'
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 5
'but when you drive this, it's like you're operating'
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 6
'The Ferrari, though, that is a pair of stockings.'
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 7
Some say that he refuses to acknowledge
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 8
'How much is he going to clip the corner?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 9
No, it's like a northern Goodwood Festival of Speed.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 10
Somebody else is having one at Silverstone on the weekend of 22nd July,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 11
Anyone from the MG owners' club? Not here, obviously.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 12
it's also got a multimedia system that can bring up Facebook and Twitter.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 13
At this time of year that's bad for the paintwork cos the lacquer is soft.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 14
If the cherry stones were in its gut, it must have eaten the cherry whole,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 15
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 16
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 17
I reckon it would be three, maybe four minutes
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 18
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 19
Going on this one, I could miss that rock.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 20
Still, it's quite a noble effort.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 21
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 22
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 23
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 24
'Eventually, my destination came into view.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 25
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 26
But didn't you spot the difference? I mean, the Adam's apple and the...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 27
Ladies and gentlemen, Sebastian Vettel!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 28
I mean, I enjoy it, you know.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 29
"And the first to use a lavatory..."
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 30
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 31
And you give all your cars names?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 32
And then I saw the English version and I loved it.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 33
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 34
Yeah, so that's why I'm...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 35
Tortured tyres. Going through the follow-through.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 36
40...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 37
You can lean back now. You can relax. Well done for today.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 38
You also get a radio, and a dial!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 39
if you're prepared to ferret around on the second-hand market?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 40
Back in 1988, this car cost someone £79,000.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 41
This one is now for sale with 47,000 miles on the clock
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 42
and you are driving about in a convertible Porsche.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 43
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 44
54,000. Rubbish!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 45
more aerodynamic and, in a race like this, aerodynamics matter.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 46
so I think given a longer runway, like 50 miles longer...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 47
Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 48
I held it.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 49
wet himself. Yours... Was an interesting bloke.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 50
Let me just try the linguatronic, make sure that's working OK.

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Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 2
without crashing into it. Oh, yes!
#2 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 3
'This gives you better cornering and, more importantly, a better ride.'
#3 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 4
'It's a simple, elegant, a truly lovely place to sit.'
#4 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 5
'but when you drive this, it's like you're operating'
#5 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 6
'The Ferrari, though, that is a pair of stockings.'
#6 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 7
Some say that he refuses to acknowledge
#7 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 8
'How much is he going to clip the corner?
#8 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 9
No, it's like a northern Goodwood Festival of Speed.
#9 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 10
Somebody else is having one at Silverstone on the weekend of 22nd July,
#10 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 11
Anyone from the MG owners' club? Not here, obviously.
#11 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 12
it's also got a multimedia system that can bring up Facebook and Twitter.
#12 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 13
At this time of year that's bad for the paintwork cos the lacquer is soft.
#13 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 14
If the cherry stones were in its gut, it must have eaten the cherry whole,
#14 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 15 #15 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 16 #16 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 17
I reckon it would be three, maybe four minutes
#17 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 18 #18 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 19
Going on this one, I could miss that rock.
#19 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 20
Still, it's quite a noble effort.
#20 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 21 #21 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 22 #22 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 23 #23 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 24
'Eventually, my destination came into view.
#24 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 25 #25 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 26
But didn't you spot the difference? I mean, the Adam's apple and the...
#26 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 27
Ladies and gentlemen, Sebastian Vettel!
#27 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 28
I mean, I enjoy it, you know.
#28 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 29
"And the first to use a lavatory..."
#29 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 30 #30 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 31
And you give all your cars names?
#31 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 32
And then I saw the English version and I loved it.
#32 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 33 #33 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 34
Yeah, so that's why I'm...
#34 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 35
Tortured tyres. Going through the follow-through.
#35 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 36
40...
#36 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 37
You can lean back now. You can relax. Well done for today.
#37 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 38
You also get a radio, and a dial!
#38 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 39
if you're prepared to ferret around on the second-hand market?
#39 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 40
Back in 1988, this car cost someone £79,000.
#40 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 41
This one is now for sale with 47,000 miles on the clock
#41 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 42
and you are driving about in a convertible Porsche.
#42 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 43 #43 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 44
54,000. Rubbish!
#44 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 45
more aerodynamic and, in a race like this, aerodynamics matter.
#45 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 46
so I think given a longer runway, like 50 miles longer...
#46 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 47 #47 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 48
I held it.
#48 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 49
wet himself. Yours... Was an interesting bloke.
#49 Recap of Top Gear Season 17 Episode 3 (S17E03) - 50
Let me just try the linguatronic, make sure that's working OK.
#50