Singer Nena is carried away by 99 balloons before getting to the tent, so instead, the trio find out how mciuh electricity they can produce by carrying out every-day activities. Hammond and May both call it rubbish so to prove them wrong, Clarkson drives them through Chelsea before it’s sold at an auction for only £4,000, even though it cost £14,000 to build. He replaces the body with a 1980’s Mercedes-Benz SL and calls it The Excellent. He fuses the body of a 1978 MGB Roadster to the chassis of a Land Rover Discovery but eventually it falls apart. Jeremy Clarkson Invents An SUVĪfter complaining about the current SUVs on the market, Clarkson sets out to develop his own SUV. In this episode they discuss German laws and how easy it is to undertake a lane hogger compared to in the UK. It’s then taken around the Eboladrome by the American who does a 1:26.0 wet lap. He concludes by describing it as a baby hypercar and how finds himself wanting one ‘quite badly’. He then takes it to the Eboladrome and explains how it doesn’t feel dull, instead it feels ‘tremendous’.
It’s 3.2 seconds which isn’t as fast as a 911 Turbo S or Ferrari 488 GTB. James takes the NSX to a drag strip to find out the car’s 0-60mph time. He says the cars are built perfectly in Germany, in fact, everything is perfectly built, apart from the wine. James May tests the Honda NSX, Jeremy Clarkson invents a new type of SUV, and Hammond creates an apocalypse-safe vehicle.Īt the beginning of the show Jeremy describes the location as the cradle of the automobile. In this episode, the tent is pitched in Stuttgart, Germany.