Recap of "Top Gear" Season 28

SEASON

EPISODE

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Season 28

28x5 "Episode 5"

Aired 4 years ago - Feb 23, 2020

Paddy, Freddie and Chris take the latest sports cars from Ferrari, Aston and Porsche on a Yorkshire road trip. On track, Chris tests out Volkswagen’s fearsome ID-R electric racer. YouTube sensation KSI is the studio guest.

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With a German engine. That doesn't matter. Everybody loves an Aston.

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Glad you asked, fratelli.

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And the roads to get there weren't too shabby either.

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Put a bit of lippy on me and call me Coleen Rooney.

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In 1.4 miles. That...

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I did 176. That's shocking.

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the brakes just didn't work. Whoa, whoa, don't blame brakes,

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So, let's see what those batteries can do.

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a tonne of downforce, and with its electric motors also

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Driven hard, the IDR will manage just 12 miles before needing a...

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So, if you want to get really high, electricity is what you need.

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No. Nothing comes close.

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Wow. Amazing.

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we've got a ball, we've got some steering wheels.

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It's about to get faster.

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Yeah! Hey?

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Ohh!

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Yeah, yeah, definitely. Like, look at it.

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Yeah, after that.

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I've seen you... I've seen you box.

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Oh, OK. I'll take that. Oh!

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All right. Who wants to see JJ's lap?

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Doesn't sound it. I'm the fastest YouTuber doing this!

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Wait. Oh, no.

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..and Harris had been given racing driver Damon Hill...

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Then we're going round the outskirts of York.

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..because with Flintoff still working on HIS communication...

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and we just re-crossed the start line.

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# I've come to talk with you again... #

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Ah! This is good!

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Here we go, the Humber Bridge. Look at this. Look out the windows.

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But despite my iffy directions, Team 911 was about to hit...

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..it looked like Damon might be slowing down.

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this was shaping up to be one hell of a test of our sports cars.

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Ohhh!

28x4 "Episode 4"

Aired 4 years ago - Feb 16, 2020

Freddie and Chris tackle the toughest off-road race on the planet: The brutal Baja 1000. Out on track, there’s a showdown between a Renault hot hatch, a Porsche sports car… and an old Lamborghini. Laurence and Emilia Fox are the studio guests.

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But you've got to remember, Baja will bite you.

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But it's not... It's not a total rookie squad here.

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I actually like nerves.

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ENGINE STOPS

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This thing hasn't found our signal.

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changing drivers and running repairs at pre-agreed checkpoints,

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and he's spoken about that.

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..which would normally be a pretty quick fix,

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I'm going to be going down the side of the beach,

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We'd found our way back on to the right track.

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With dusk falling, we finally reached mile 70.

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They found some loose wires but they don't know how that happened

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Within 70 miles, we had no power steering, we basically had no GPS -

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ordinary-looking hatchbacks.

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to go in and it's soft, rubbery plastic.

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and it has a CVT gearbox. Those are the ones that make your car sound

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That's what happened to the styling of that. It looks absolutely awful.

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You lend me those teeth, I could be a rat.

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- You don't want him. - ..is Andrew Flintoff. You don't need him.

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So sorry, Fred. I'm so sorry.

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- Yeah. Now, then. - You were amazing. - Laurence... - Wow.

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Laurence! That was unbelievable!

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How many miles in 16 years?

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So if someone's going 160 without realising it, don't tell them.

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and a lady in an X5,

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Round the corner. That's a good line.

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I know where I am, I'm right there, down the bottom.

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I mean, we could hear you screeching and braking, everything else,

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- We're looking for commitment. - Come on, Loz. Get through here.

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..5... Yes, get in! ...6. Just under Vicky McClure.

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What I have got is a 300 horsepower turbo-charged four-cylinder engine.

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is down to a crash diet.

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probably leave it alone cos you'll just end up ruining the handling.

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And you know what? It is brilliant.

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A family hatchback with back seats ripped out.

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- Drag race. - Oh. - Yeah?

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Get past the Megane.

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- Made by Audi, you big fraud! - Listen, I'm phoning Neil up at Lamborghini.

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- Young kids don't have a picture of that on their bedroom wall. - I did.

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Three, two, one, go!

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- Am I going next? - Yeah.

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So you've just set a totally arbitrary target

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- He's on the grass, he's on the grass. - Oh, no, Paddy.

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Sports cars are all about posing. They're all about being stylish

28x3 "Episode 3"

Aired 4 years ago - Feb 09, 2020

Paddy, Freddie and Chris are sent on a high-altitude mountain expedition across Peru in second-hand American cars. Back at the track, Chris tests out the latest electric car from Porsche.

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it's just a legend.

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Look at the size of the steering wheel.

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If you want to... Yeah.

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Whoa!

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V8, five litres, what's not to like?

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Don't know what he's playing at.

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Good as new, boys!

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Brakes, well they are very...

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Thankfully, the storm soon cleared

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Go.

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Erm, there appears to be no wheel.

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..the wheels have fallen off.

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Yeah. Thanks for having me.

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And one of them was up for sale -

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..gold chain for this. Shut up!

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Decorate the front... Todo rojo? Todo rojo?

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Yeah, it's good, good. Yeah?

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in all of South America.

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This might be the best hour's driving I've had on the road...

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Come on, Fred, let her run, let her roll.

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What is wrong with you?

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That Pontiac was terrible. Yeah.

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Special moment, this, and I mean a really special moment

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that familiar electric car recipe

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Now, the lower the voltage, the lower the pressure

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The only problem is...

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turbo doesn't mean turbo any more.

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have to go and cool down for a bit before having another go,

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It has no right to drive like this,

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Whoa!

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Four-wheel drive, so traction is immense.

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And I can tell you,

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This is good. I think this is the fastest I've been, so far.

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Sitting somewhere between sidecar and traditional motocross racing,

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Good luck, Chris.

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..was up next.

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That's horrible! Oh, Fred, come on!

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Oh, you prick. I'm in the wrong gear.

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that climbs to an altitude of over 4,500 metres.

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overnight, Flintoff had been busy working on a secret weapon.

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ENGINE TURNS OVER

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That's my rear view gone.

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So, we pulled over and braced ourselves for the big moment.

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Come on...

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Don't stop there, son.

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It feels like we are in the gods at the moment.

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Can you see him?

28x2 "Episode 2"

Aired 4 years ago - Feb 02, 2020

Paddy reveals his ultimate cheap, luxurious off-roader: the homebuilt Dirty Rascal. Chris races the £2.5m McLaren Speedtail against the RAF’s newest fighter jet. Romesh Ranganathan is the studio guest.

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The car that, back in the '90s,

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Now I'm clocking along.

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Every inch of the Speedtail's streamliner bodywork

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..the way the Speedtail generates its 1,000 horsepower

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McLaren, they just do chassis so well.

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Bugatti Chiron - 13.6.

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I thought you were supposed to be a fan of the car.

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put the bank on. It'll be a limiter pull to get to 35 alpha

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As I'll ever be.

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I don't stand a chance - he's already there!

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Wow.

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we'll do that next series - but straight off the bat,

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That's not luxury. This is proper luxury, lads.

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Lambing? I've seen people put their arms in livestock.

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Right, then. Let's open the taps.

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Three, two, one, go!

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He's really happy with himself there, isn't he? Yes, baby!

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I think he could roll it. Oh, it's a rough ride, this.

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What about the handbrake turn?

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I'm just a northerner they've stuck in the other car!

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How about a splash? Yeah, go on.

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And then my underpants were just obliterated.

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Um... Mongolia was pretty bad,

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the show goes out, I get a text message from Freddie.

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your clothes are different. No... It's a compliment.

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and I went and bought a really old Volvo,

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I mean, I would say he's wired differently to any other human.

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when I got behind the wheel, my main goal

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Romesh, great drivers excel in wet conditions.

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across the moorland...

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A gruelling race hiking across the Highland wilderness

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What have we missed? What have we missed?

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Sucking the smoke out.

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Problem is, though, I think it's about to get a hell of a lot harder.

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rubble to our left. You're driving up a river!

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Right! Push on that front there.

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Oh, God. Don't worry about it.

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out of trouble,

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the Von Trapps were making a breakthrough.

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Whoa-oa-oa! Paddy! Don't worry.

28x1 "Episode 1"

Aired 4 years ago - Jan 26, 2020

Paddy McGuiness, Chris Harris and Freddie Flintoff go on a road trip in a trio of affordable second-hand convertibles. On the test track, Chris puts the new Ariel Atom through its paces, while Freddie goes bungee jumping off a dam in an old Rover.