Three middle-aged men with too much budget and not enough sense. What could go wrong?
Can a rocket propelled Mini take on an Olympic ski jump and survive? Can an Italian supercar be bought for just £10k and driven round a track without exploding? Can a Volvo beat an Audi in a snow bound biathlon? And can a Triumph Herald be turned into a monstrous cross breed with a dinghy and then sailed across a lake? And more to the point, Why? These are the challenges facing Jeremy, Richard and James. Will they fall at the first, er, hurdle?
Practical Effects
Real cars genuinely destroyed in increasingly unhinged ways
Editing
Razor-sharp cuts that make failure look like art
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This era of Top Gear essentially invented the 'challenge episode' format that every car show now shamelessly copies.
The chemistry between Clarkson, Hammond and May was so potent because they'd genuinely worked together for years before becoming household names — this wasn't manufactured camaraderie.
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