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Season 18  "Three Stripped Out Track Cars at Donington"  18x6

Aired 12 years ago - Mar 04, 2012

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hit Donington in three stripped out track cars - the KTM X-Bow, the Morgan Three Wheeler and the Caterham R500. Back at the Top Gear airfield, Jeremy recreates the battle of Britain in an insane aero-engined Bentley and a flame spitting retro BMW. Blur bassist and professional cheese maker Alex James is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.

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Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 1
You see, if you want a car built purely for fun, you want this.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 2
I have got to ask, how much? With taxes and things? Yes. £30,000.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 3
Running? It is not a school sports day. Will you have an egg and spoon?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 4
Yes, but that is just because you are the fittest.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 5
James went on two.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 6
This is impossible.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 7
A ditch near a bend.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 8
And the time is? 69.419 miles an hour. Is that good? I have no idea.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 9
They're better. Why? They just are. Yes, but why?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 10
I am not sure, with these tyres, which are so sticky, that this is going to work.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 11
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 12
But if I've got one criticism of this car,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 13
It's just better.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 14
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 15
And he's off. The single rear wheel fighting for grip.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 16
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 17
It's got a 730-horsepower V12.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 18
it has a cut chassis, it's got, you know, stiffened springs,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 19
Ooh, hey, listen. Hammond and I went to Moscow last weekend.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 20
These are real pictures! It's not just cars either.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 21
but I was watching it from a grassy knoll, and...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 22
You're an idiot. Anyway, that is the end of the news. Now,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 23
to power the Heinkel He 111 bomber.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 24
This is the decompression. Oh, Christ, right!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 25
that if you even go near the throttle, you get massive wheelspin.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 26
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 27
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 28
'But can it really be faster than the insane Brutus?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 29
echoing to the sound of an Anglo-German dogfight.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 30
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 31
People are going to notice you following them.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 32
You know that Eagle E-Type Speedster we had on the show last year?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 33
Stig actually has to look through the steering wheel of that thing.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 34
in 2:02.5.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 35
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 36
Of course you are getting back together because of the Olympics.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 37
Obviously after you'd been a Brownie
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 38
Yeah. I mean, they threw it at me in Japan,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 39
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 40
Yes. Doing world tours, you spend so much of your time in airports.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 41
TV screens? No, not TV screens.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 42
Oh, nuts!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 43
so we'll never know what happened at the end.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 44
Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 45
And what I'm saying to onlookers is, "Driving is my hobby,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 46
Ah. Speed humps, let's... Woo-hoo! Ooh, yeah.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 47
Right. So, they'll have... Let's think about this.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 48
The "stop" being the button to start it, is,
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 49
and the rain is going up my trouser legs.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 50

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Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 2
I have got to ask, how much? With taxes and things? Yes. £30,000.
#2 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 3
Running? It is not a school sports day. Will you have an egg and spoon?
#3 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 4
Yes, but that is just because you are the fittest.
#4 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 5
James went on two.
#5 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 6
This is impossible.
#6 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 7
A ditch near a bend.
#7 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 8
And the time is? 69.419 miles an hour. Is that good? I have no idea.
#8 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 9
They're better. Why? They just are. Yes, but why?
#9 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 10
I am not sure, with these tyres, which are so sticky, that this is going to work.
#10 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 11 #11 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 12
But if I've got one criticism of this car,
#12 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 13
It's just better.
#13 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 14 #14 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 15
And he's off. The single rear wheel fighting for grip.
#15 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 16 #16 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 17
It's got a 730-horsepower V12.
#17 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 18
it has a cut chassis, it's got, you know, stiffened springs,
#18 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 19
Ooh, hey, listen. Hammond and I went to Moscow last weekend.
#19 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 20
These are real pictures! It's not just cars either.
#20 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 21
but I was watching it from a grassy knoll, and...
#21 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 22
You're an idiot. Anyway, that is the end of the news. Now,
#22 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 23
to power the Heinkel He 111 bomber.
#23 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 24
This is the decompression. Oh, Christ, right!
#24 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 25
that if you even go near the throttle, you get massive wheelspin.
#25 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 26 #26 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 27 #27 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 28
'But can it really be faster than the insane Brutus?
#28 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 29
echoing to the sound of an Anglo-German dogfight.
#29 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 30 #30 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 31
People are going to notice you following them.
#31 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 32
You know that Eagle E-Type Speedster we had on the show last year?
#32 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 33
Stig actually has to look through the steering wheel of that thing.
#33 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 34
in 2:02.5.
#34 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 35 #35 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 36
Of course you are getting back together because of the Olympics.
#36 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 37
Obviously after you'd been a Brownie
#37 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 38
Yeah. I mean, they threw it at me in Japan,
#38 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 39 #39 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 40
Yes. Doing world tours, you spend so much of your time in airports.
#40 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 41
TV screens? No, not TV screens.
#41 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 42
Oh, nuts!
#42 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 43
so we'll never know what happened at the end.
#43 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 44 #44 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 45
And what I'm saying to onlookers is, "Driving is my hobby,
#45 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 46
Ah. Speed humps, let's... Woo-hoo! Ooh, yeah.
#46 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 47
Right. So, they'll have... Let's think about this.
#47 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 48
The "stop" being the button to start it, is,
#48 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 49
and the rain is going up my trouser legs.
#49 Recap of Top Gear Season 18 Episode 6 (S18E06) - 50 #50