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01:03:45
Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond, Mike Skinner
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The presenters head to the area around Grand Junction, Colorado, staying at the Gateway Canyons Resort & Spa, and eventually travelling to Telluride, Colorado with a variety of old Jaguar cars to establish the manufacturer's reputation for reliability with Clarkson buying an XJR, May taking an XK8 convertible and Hammond bringing a Mark X. During the course of the trip the cars are driven around a dirt track (where Hammond's car is badly damaged, and is replaced by an XJ6), along the runway at Telluride Regional Airport, (where May's car is destroyed, and is replaced by an XJS) and down the slopes of the Telluride Ski Resort. At Hanging Flume overlook, Clarkson experiences a traffic stop by a Mesa County police officer and reads the "Her Britannic Majesty" text from his British passport. Despite Clarkson's car being the best, May admitting his car had poor brakes deemed the challenge pointless. The presenters discuss the annoyance of Firemen cutting the roofs of cars in Conversation Street. Kiefer Sutherland beats Luke Evans to become "the fastest actor with a middle name of George".
the brake pedal judder for you, so you know you're braking.
RICHARD: It's got a jemmy in it!
Rich pickings for a man with a Jag.
in which we're proving that Jaguar's reputation for unreliability
or the slight squint to one eye that makes a person beautiful.
JEREMY: How much excrement?
Swiss watchmaker, they gasp sometimes when they look at an old Jag and go,
eager to demonstrate the magnificence of our cars.
They had a bit of a shunt. I think we've got a picture.
RICHARD: Anyway, this was favoured by every villainous bank robber and baddie
Jason Statham's got through 148 million quid's worth of cars.
Oh, yes, I'm slalom skiing now is what I'm doing, and I'm doing it well!
but right now it's time to slide across an icy puddle of chat
It has got some shove, that.
help yourself to all their belongings
- Yeah, they do. - Are there any firemen here?
the Mercedes gearbox, has gone wrong.
It's not necessarily the fastest way to have the arse of it hanging out like that,
And it is just the last word in sophistication.
Yeah, I lost my front teeth, but it was the walnut veneer that was the...
That was a sad lapse of judgment on Jaguar's part.
we resumed our fuss-free journey,
It's still got tons of poke. Look at that!
- (ENGINE SPUTTERING) JEREMY: Do you see the sandstone has been
The forehead lamps, the narrow grill.
JEREMY: It's a beautiful day once again in the heartland of England.
You're at the front. You're the head of this caterpillar!
It's like watching a really, really old drunk pour himself a Scotch!
Oh, bollock! It didn't.
The people were unhurt but it was raining.
Now, what fascinate me about this Fast and Furious business is somehow
The gearbox has overheat, OK? So I'm gonna put some fluid in it.
I kerb the wheel on my car the other day and I thought,
Yep, and we rejoin the action just as we are about to embark
And there we are! I have unleash 385 horsepower!
- They applaud your death. - They did.
can have carve such an extraordinary gorge.
Perched on the summit of a rocky mountain,
- They're tricky to drive, I presume. - Very tricky.
You're supposed to be uphold the reputation of the Jag driver.
tuck it into his trousers and then he's cut his seats, that's what's happened.
- Jeremy, where are you going? - You're the one that steer us going backwards.
You're disconnect from the world, that's the point. Anyway...
Just go in a straight line, you bastard.
This is character that has evolve over the years.
You smash your face in on the dashboard?
- So, your dad-- - My father owe a lot of people money!
And that's brilliant, because Jaguar obviously realise when they made this car
Once we were fully equip with suitable clothing,
He's simply borrow a wheel from another car to use.
RICHARD: Anyway, this was favour by every villainous bank robber and baddie
How long would you last before you declare war if you had the ability?
Richard steal some sun cream...
Ha-ha, slope.
JAMES: Smells terrible.
JEREMY: Because the problem was bound to be minor,
To be brutally honest, they're doing it because they can.
And, I'm not a mechanically-inclined guy
I can, they are tremendously well-made cars, they really are.
and continued onwards to our next destination.
(GASPS) Oh! That's genuinely alarming!
Luckily, James then had a brainwave.
- Jeremy, where are you going? - You're the one that steers us going backwards.
how environmentally damaging and expensive it is to wash them,
Surprisingly hard to find contenders for this one, but we've managed it.
Oh, yeah. Just feel the tail going nicely.
Some incredibly strong smells in this car.
Three, two, one, gently go.
Turns out the actual damage was nowhere near as bad as we thought.
He's moving. I mean, just barely but...
I literally have guilt even now and I was only five at the time.
Meanwhile, quite a few miles further back...
Now, what fascinates me about this Fast and Furious business is somehow
I'm afraid I can't do that because everything in here works perfectly.
It's basically like a door wedge, basically,
JEREMY: Having found somewhere to park,
They teach you how, but then you've got to go solo. You have to do it.
That's because he went to stay with some friends, obviously,
It's definitely corked.
Unfortunately, for once, speed and power didn't seem to do the trick.
Which, eventually, he did.
JAMES: Normally I'd say at this point, now we're alone, viewers,
JEREMY: Absolutely spectacular.
They didn't work properly when they were super-charged and lower
It's caddish without being laddish.
He's come out of it unharmed and the car pretty much, too.
It's baffling, isn't it, how a simple stream
Oh, exuberant! Coming wide through there, that looks good.
Oh, my giddy aunt.
- We got a rowdy bunch in! - They are, they are.
and driver aids like this would be unwelcome and unnecessary.
It is quite snug in here. Look, really.
because that's gonna be un (BEEP) ing editable, that is!
Smashed rear window. Boot lid, no other word, off.
he had a 1600E Cortina in azure blue,
JAMES: Yeah, it's absolutely terrifying.
(GASPS) Oh! That's genuinely alarming!
It's a staggering statistic, it really is.
That is Jaguar's embarrassing attempt to recapture their own design
It's... violent without being vicious.
that my car has gone into "limp home" mode,
how environmentally damaging and expensive it is to wash them,
Just a 1,000 foot drop to an uncomfortable end.
It's just his was stellar, absolutely stellar.
Yeah, I've actually got the sales figures here and they are pretty tragic,
- I'm not being racist! - Just cos you want him to be called Paddy O'Malley!
But there's a bit of... It gets really steep.
without a single problem, and with a very definite conclusion.
eager to demonstrate the magnificence of our cars.
that intuitive bond that links us.
- Thing is-- - It's memorable, isn't it?
It actually encourages you to go faster because you're so relaxed.