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* [[Nitro Boost]]:

{{quote|'''Clarkson:''' Why don't we use nitrous?

'''Hammond:''' Do you remember what happened to [[Continuity Nod|the first Stig]]?~~ ~~

'''Hammond:''' Do you remember what happened to [[Continuity Nod|the first Stig]]?

'''Clarkson:''' He fell off an aircraft carrier.~~ ~~

'''Clarkson:''' He fell off an aircraft carrier.

'''Hammond:''' Be''cause''?~~ ~~

'''Hammond:''' Be''cause''?

'''Clarkson:''' ..yeah, we used nitrous. }}

* [[Noble Bigot]]: Clarkson in particular has made many homophobic and racial remarks on the show, he's also a patron for the charity Help For Heroes.

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* [[No Sense of Direction]]: James May. He [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2674954/Top-Gear-stars-interview-each-other-for-The-Sun.html had claimed] that he has an electrical imbalance in his brain which causes him to visualize Britain upside-down.

** He's recently received another nickname because of this; Captain Sense-of-Direction.

* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: May did a segment in which he drove around and reviewed his bedroom poster hero, the Lamborghini Countach, and found that its merits consisted of a [[Most Wonderful Sound|good engine note]] and good looks... and nothing else whatsoever, since shifting gears required a hammer for the shifter and a companion to help depress the clutch, it was impossible to see out of, and impossible to parallel park -- except for a technique apparently developed by Lamborghini test drivers, which Clarkson demonstrated, that involved sitting on the door sill and driving ''while not actually inside the car''. This is [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Clarkson had done a piece three years previously on the Countach, in which he discovered pretty much exactly what May had to suffer through. Either he didn't warn May beforehand, or put him up to it deliberately. Also, Clarkson apparently thinks elephants are "nice to look at" in the same way a Countach is.

* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: May did a segment in which he drove around and reviewed his bedroom poster hero, the Lamborghini Countach, and found that its merits consisted of a [[Most Wonderful Sound|good engine note]] and good looks... and nothing else whatsoever, since shifting gears required a hammer for the shifter and a companion to help depress the clutch, it was impossible to see out of, and impossible to parallel park -- except for a technique apparently developed by Lamborghini test drivers, which Clarkson demonstrated, that involved sitting on the door sill and driving ''while not actually inside the car''.

:This is [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Clarkson had done a piece three years previously on the Countach, in which he discovered pretty much exactly what May had to suffer through. Either he didn't warn May beforehand, or put him up to it deliberately. Also, Clarkson apparently thinks elephants are "nice to look at" in the same way a Countach is.

* [[Not a Scratch on It]]:

** The presenters did a two week feature to see how durable the Toyota Hilux pickup truck is<ref>In the U.S., a Tacoma is a rough equivalent to the Hilux</ref>. In the first week, Clarkson drove it down a staircase, rammed it into a tree, drove it down to the low water mark of the Bristol Channel's ten meter<ref>thirty foot</ref> tides and left it there (it actually broke loose from the moorings that were supposed to hold it on the jetty; they didn't find it until the tide went out -- six hours later -- half buried in the silt and sand), dropped it from a crane, drove it through a modular building, dropped a caravan on it, swung a wrecking ball at it and -- finally -- ''set it on fire.'' The next week, May set it atop a tower of flats several hundred feet high... which was scheduled for demolition. It went down with the building and had to be pulled off the debris pile. And it ''still'' started. The cast realised the magnitude of the achievement and now display the disfigured Hilux prominently in their studio, on a tilted podium. The Hilux they used was a used one they picked up for 1000 pounds, 13 years old and with 195,000 miles on it. Toyota subsequently released a model called ''The Invincible''. Clarkson and May used two which had been specially modified for Arctic use (one for themselves and one for the camera and support crew) in the Polar Special. James May then took the Hilux that had been used by the camera crew in the Polar Special, had it further modified, and drove it to the rim of the erupting volcano Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland. May and the camera crew had left the volcano just hours before it ''really'' blew its top, shutting down air traffic over much of the Atlantic and Europe, in April of 2010.

** The presenters did a two week feature to see how durable the Toyota Hilux pickup truck is<ref>In the U.S., a Tacoma is a rough equivalent to the Hilux</ref>. In the first week, Clarkson drove it down a staircase, rammed it into a tree, drove it down to the low water mark of the Bristol Channel's ten meter<ref>thirty foot</ref> tides and left it there (it actually broke loose from the moorings that were supposed to hold it on the jetty; they didn't find it until the tide went out -- six hours later -- half buried in the silt and sand), dropped it from a crane, drove it through a modular building, dropped a caravan on it, swung a wrecking ball at it and -- finally -- ''set it on fire.'' The next week, May set it atop a tower of flats several hundred feet high... which was scheduled for demolition. It went down with the building and had to be pulled off the debris pile. And it ''still'' started.

:The cast realised the magnitude of the achievement and now display the disfigured Hilux prominently in their studio, on a tilted podium. The Hilux they used was a used one they picked up for 1000 pounds, 13 years old and with 195,000 miles on it. Toyota subsequently released a model called ''The Invincible''. Clarkson and May used two which had been specially modified for Arctic use (one for themselves and one for the camera and support crew) in the Polar Special.

:James May then took the Hilux that had been used by the camera crew in the Polar Special, had it further modified, and drove it to the rim of the erupting volcano Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland. May and the camera crew had left the volcano just hours before it ''really'' blew its top, shutting down air traffic over much of the Atlantic and Europe, in April of 2010.

** Richard Hammond complained to Jonathan Ross during an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es8sqgkiedo interview] that he was disappointed he had [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished|no cool scars]] resulting from his near fatal crash.

* [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now]]: "How hard can it be?" [[Hilarity Ensues]].

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{{spoiler|It did, being the only one of the three not to sink}} }}

** When [[Torches and Pitchforks|circumstances demanded]] a quick exit from a gas station in the [[Deep South]]...

{{quote|'''May:''' Hammond! [[My Car Hates Me|Jump leads]]!~~ ~~

{{quote|'''May:''' Hammond! [[My Car Hates Me|Jump leads]]!

'''Hammond:''' ...[[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!|You're]] ''[[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!|joking.]]'' }}

** And when Clarkson discovered that the Vietnam challenge meant driving the length of the country... on motorbikes.

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* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: All we know is... he's called The Stig. Because...some say his first name really is "The".

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: When the presenters and crew are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynbITr_eoFE chased out of a small Alabama town], the seriousness of the situation is brought home for the viewer when Clarkson is ''polite'' to the gathering mob in an attempt to defuse things.

* [[Oop North]]: Locations in the north of England are featured fairly regularly. This probably has to do with [[Author Appeal]], since Clarkson was born in Doncaster, May lived in Rotherham for most of his early years, and Richard Hammond's early journalistic days were spent working for the BBC's radio station in York~~. In the Polar Special, May and Clarkson pointed out they were the most northern people in the world...apart from chat host Michael Parkinson~~.

* [[Oop North]]: Locations in the north of England are featured fairly regularly. This probably has to do with [[Author Appeal]], since Clarkson was born in Doncaster, May lived in Rotherham for most of his early years, and Richard Hammond's early journalistic days were spent working for the BBC's radio station in York.

:In the Polar Special, May and Clarkson pointed out they were the most northern people in the world...apart from chat host Michael Parkinson.

* [[Overdrive]]: The Britcar 24-hour endurance race.

* [[Overly Long Gag]]: The special gearbox on a new Porsche Boxster Spyder. Hammond has to spell it out because he claims he cannot pronounce it.

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* [[Picky Eater]]: Richard Hammond, in contract to James May's [[Extreme Omnivore]]. In some of their visits to other countries, Richard has trouble finding food he can eat, including Japan (he does not like fish) and Vietnam (where food included snakes, among other things).

* [[Pimped-Out Car]]: A frequent feature, taken to such extremes as the convertible limo, the ninja truck and the Toybota/Nissank amphibious vehicles. Hilariously reversed in a special segment called "Quaint My Ride," in which Clarkson had an old Merc equipped with stone floors, comfy armchairs, a chandelier, a tea service and a ''functional fireplace.''

* [[Pixellation]]: When presenters or guests let loose with a profanity, their mouths will be pixellated (along with the audio being bleeped, of course), no doubt to prevent lipreaders from taking offense. Happens a ''lot'' during the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment, as the celebrity drivers often get a bit excited doing their fast lap around the ''Top Gear'' test track. The survival instructor in the Arctic episode, an ex-special forces guy, is described as "a man with a pixelated face". Finally, the Porsche-branded pipes were pixellated in re-runs, as the segment was filmed following a ban on smoking indoors. This elicited complaints.

* [[Pixellation]]: When presenters or guests let loose with a profanity, their mouths will be pixellated (along with the audio being bleeped, of course), no doubt to prevent lipreaders from taking offense. Happens a ''lot'' during the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment, as the celebrity drivers often get a bit excited doing their fast lap around the ''Top Gear'' test track.

:The survival instructor in the Arctic episode, an ex-special forces guy, is described as "a man with a pixelated face". Finally, the Porsche-branded pipes were pixellated in re-runs, as the segment was filmed following a ban on smoking indoors. This elicited complaints.

* [[Please Don't Leave Me]]: May to Hammond in the Bolivia special. Justified because May had to follow Hammond on [[wikipedia:Yungas Road|Yungas Road]] ''at night'' with only two torches to light the way

* [[Plummet Perspective]]: During the South American Special on the [[wikipedia:Yungas Road|North Yungas Road]], also known as El Camino de la Muerte -- [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place|The Road of Death]].

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'''May''': Are we beyond the [[Watershed]]?

'''Clarkson''': Yes.

'''May''': You're a [[Curse Cut Short|fu--]]~~ ~~

'''May''': You're a [[Curse Cut Short|fu--]]

[''hard cut to'']~~ ~~

[''hard cut to'']

'''Hammond''': Guys! }}

* [[Author Appeal|Presenter Appeal]]: A surprising number of the vehicles that come up for review are boyhood Dream Cars or contemporary vehicles that have captured the interest of one of the presenters.

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* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]: In one episode, the hosts travel to the North Pole, and are given a variety of firearms in case they need to defend themselves from polar bears. At one point, though, James May earnestly looks down the barrel of his shotgun, and is yelled at by their guide, who grabs the weapon out of his hands. In a Series 14 outtake, May defended himself, claiming it was the only way to see whether the barrel is unblocked.

* [[Red Baron]]: "All we know is, he's called The Stig."

* [[The Red Stapler]]: Inversion; for a show which spends most of its time talking about unaffordable supercars, ''Top Gear'' has a reputation as being able to destroy an everyday car's sales with a single negative word. Manufacturers will occasionally refuse to provide a car for the show to review, fearing they will hate it, but this tends to rile the presenters more, and they will often name and shame such cars before going on to review them "covertly" anyway.

* [[The Red Stapler]]: Inversion; for a show which spends most of its time talking about unaffordable supercars, ''Top Gear'' has a reputation as being able to destroy an everyday car's sales with a single negative word. Manufacturers will occasionally refuse to provide a car for the show to review, fearing they will hate it, but this tends to rile the presenters more, and they will often name and shame such cars before going on to review them "covertly" anyway. One notable case is the Vauxhall Vectra (Opel in Europe). The Vectra was trashed roundly by Clarkson and Vauxhall/Opel actually blamed him for their poor sales. BTW, for American car fans, the Vectra's American mutation is the Saturn Aura. '''Clarkson (in a 90s article)''': "There are only three objective reasons for not buying any particular car. It is unreliable; it is hideously expensive; it is a Vauxhall Vectra." The presenters spent an entire series mocking the forthcoming Dacia Sandero before it had even been finished. By the start of the next series, Renault had cancelled the UK release (of course, this was probably for "unrelated reasons".) And who was complaining three years later in Romania that the Sandero was not sold in the UK? I'll give you three guesses but you'll need only one, if you read the [[Cargo Ship]] entry above. Poor guy wanted to take it home with him. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the American Muscle Cars special (San Francisco to the Bonneville Salt Flats); Richard Hammond noted that Chrysler refused to loan him a Dodge Challenger on the grounds that ''Top Gear'' always criticizes their cars. Hammond got around this by going to a local dealership and buying one. (Ironically, Hammond loved it.) During one episode May joked that certain dealerships have started asking "Do you know Jeremy Clarkson?" and denying entry to anyone who does. On the other hand, when the team demonstrated the durability of the Toyota Hilux pickup truck, Toyota released a new model, named in honour of the achievement, called The Invincible. In fact, there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVqQw1OCMXg a television commercial] in the U.S. for the American version of the Hilux, the Toyota Tacoma, which features footage from that episode. They don't mention that it's ''Top Gear'', only that the stunt was done by "some automotive experts in Europe" (grossly underestimating ''Top Gear'''s American fanbase and its ability to recognize the scene).

:One notable case is the Vauxhall Vectra (Opel in Europe). The Vectra was trashed roundly by Clarkson and Vauxhall/Opel actually blamed him for their poor sales. BTW, for American car fans, the Vectra's American mutation is the Saturn Aura. '''Clarkson (in a 90s article)''': "There are only three objective reasons for not buying any particular car. It is unreliable; it is hideously expensive; it is a Vauxhall Vectra."

:The presenters spent an entire series mocking the forthcoming Dacia Sandero before it had even been finished. By the start of the next series, Renault had cancelled the UK release (of course, this was probably for "unrelated reasons".) And who was complaining three years later in Romania that the Sandero was not sold in the UK? I'll give you three guesses but you'll need only one, if you read the [[Cargo Ship]] entry above. Poor guy wanted to take it home with him.

:[[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the American Muscle Cars special (San Francisco to the Bonneville Salt Flats); Richard Hammond noted that Chrysler refused to loan him a Dodge Challenger on the grounds that ''Top Gear'' always criticizes their cars. Hammond got around this by going to a local dealership and buying one. (Ironically, Hammond loved it.) During one episode May joked that certain dealerships have started asking "Do you know Jeremy Clarkson?" and denying entry to anyone who does.

:On the other hand, when the team demonstrated the durability of the Toyota Hilux pickup truck, Toyota released a new model, named in honour of the achievement, called The Invincible. In fact, there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVqQw1OCMXg a television commercial] in the U.S. for the American version of the Hilux, the Toyota Tacoma, which features footage from that episode. They don't mention that it's ''Top Gear'', only that the stunt was done by "some automotive experts in Europe" (grossly underestimating ''Top Gear'''s American fanbase and its ability to recognize the scene).

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The presenters (particularly Clarkson) live and breathe this trope.

** During a contest with the hosts of ''D Motor'', a similar German motoring show, Clarkson commented the BBC had asked them not to mention [[World War Two|the war]]. Clarkson, Hammond, and May then turned up in Supermarine Spitfires, the theme tune to ''633 Squadron'' was played twice, they held an "Axis v. Allies" drag race contest (during which Clarkson cracked a joke about the Italian Lamborghini changing sides) and had one contest where the winner was the first to complete a lap, then ''place a towel on a sunbed'' to claim ownership. That's just some of the gags...

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* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]]: Very much on the "silly" side.

* [[Smart Ball]]: In contrast to the cast's normal complete lack of preparation for trips in specials, Clarkson bothered to learn basic Vietnamese before the Vietnam special.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Jeremy Clarkson, in every sense. During one episode the studio audience actually booed his success at a task, a reaction which Hammond ''loved''. The Clarkson / Simon Cowell interviews: battle of the [[Smug Snake|Smug Snakes]]!~~ And from Season 12:~~

* [[Smug Snake]]: Jeremy Clarkson, in every sense. During one episode the studio audience actually booed his success at a task, a reaction which Hammond ''loved''. The Clarkson / Simon Cowell interviews: battle of the [[Smug Snake|Smug Snakes]]!

:And from Season 12:

{{quote|'''May''': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}_wxn2cTlW3I And now the news.] And it's great news ladies and gentlemen, it's news to warm the hearts of nations. Jeremy Clarkson has lost his voice! [''Audience cheers and applauds'']}}

* [[So Bad It's Good]]: In-universe. James May wrote a [http://www.topgear.com/uk/james-may/james-may-the-old-masters-2008-07-01 column] about how, while he does get a kick out of getting to drive incredible supercars, he's grown to love absolutely ''terrible'' cars and he said Clarkson agrees with him, because of the challenge, triumph, and nothing-left-to-lose freedom that comes from driving them.

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** After making a [[Refuge in Audacity|particularly audacious]] joke on ''The One Show'' that those on a recent strike "should be taken out and shot in front of their families" which caused minor controversy, OFCOM cleared Clarkson of breaching regulations by stating that it was clear that he wasn't being serious. Clarkson then made fun of how overblown the incident had become in 18x06.

{{quote|'''Clarkson''': I think if we need an adjudicator, I think OFCOM should do it, for they are ''most wise''.

'''Hammond''': [[Too Soon|Don't go there]]!~~ ~~

'''Hammond''': [[Too Soon|Don't go there]]!

'''Clarkson''': And ''you'' should be taken out and shot in front of your family, which it turns out, you ''can'' say on television!~~ ~~

'''Clarkson''': And ''you'' should be taken out and shot in front of your family, which it turns out, you ''can'' say on television!

'''Hammond''': See, what you've done there Jeremy, is take your leg out of the bear trap... and turn around and stuck your head in, instead!~~ ~~

'''Hammond''': See, what you've done there Jeremy, is take your leg out of the bear trap... and turn around and stuck your head in, instead!

'''Clarkson''': *''winks at the camera''* }}

* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: Clarkson yet again (also in his newspaper articles). The effect is amplified by the fact that many of them reference random subjects pulled out of nowhere apparently on the spur of the moment.

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* [[Technology Marches On]]: The "flappy-paddle" gearbox. When ''Top Gear'' was first relaunched, over a ''decade'' ago, the presenters were all unimpressed by and dismissive of the idea. Then, as the tech improved, they started praising a few individual ones for being better than most. Nowadays they tend to describe them, more often than not, as an option worth considering.

* [[Technology Porn]]: Basically what the show is for, and what they do pretty much all the time, especially with the camera swooping over the glossy curves of expensive cars.

* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Rare is the co-operative ''Top Gear'' project that does ''not'' go this way. Perhaps the best example is the episode where the boys [http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/videos/index.shtml?cat=more_challenges&id=55 built their own Caterham]. The rare exception is the series of challenges in several episodes where the three presenters team up to 'prove' that the production team's low opinion of old British cars is unjustified - using [[Blatant Lies]] of course - in which they all effusively praise each other for their choice of cars.

* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Rare is the co-operative ''Top Gear'' project that does ''not'' go this way. Perhaps the best example is the episode where the boys [http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/videos/index.shtml?cat=more_challenges&id=55 built their own Caterham].

:The rare exception is the series of challenges in several episodes where the three presenters team up to 'prove' that the production team's low opinion of old British cars is unjustified - using [[Blatant Lies]] of course - in which they all effusively praise each other for their choice of cars.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Whenever Clarkson sets his jaw, looks into the camera, and says, "How hard can it be?" Inevitably, [[Hilarity Ensues]]. For a while now they've been [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] this by having Richard Hammond shout "Don't say that!" (or similar) when Clarkson says his [[Catch Phrase|catchphrase]].

{{quote|'''James May:''' With the score at 2-1 to the ''Grosser'', we were given the easiest challenge in the history of Top Gear.}}

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** Clarkson when sewing a new roof for their home-made convertible;

{{quote|'''Clarkson''': You never forget how to sew...

*[[Gilligan Cut|Five seconds later]]*~~ ~~

<nowiki>*</nowiki>[[Gilligan Cut|Five seconds later]]*

'''Clarkson''': Damn and blast! I've sewn myself to the machine! }}

* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: Clarkson's V8 Engine powered blender. And the "Manly V8 Smoothie" he concocted with it, which contains beef (with bones in it), peppers, bovril, Tabasco, and (for extra bite) a ''brick''.

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** Several of the crap car challenges have the presenters "accidentally" rear-ending or banging their doors into one another's cars. James got particularly irate about this during the Alfa Romeo challenge on the way to the concourse, since his car did look rather good. He also gave the other two a serious warning about rear-ending his car during the South America trip. By "serious warning" we mean [[Axe Crazy|threatened with a machete]].

** Despite the dangers of driving cross country through the spine of Africa, and despite Clarkson and May's best efforts in the lorry challenge episode, no harm has yet befallen Oliver.

** Played straight with Hammond's Dino... er...Ferrari that he bought for the "Italian Supercars Cheaper Than A Two Year Old Ford Mondeo" challenge, as after he lovingly restored it, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8En7Qooyx0 it was damaged] on the horrible BBC game show ''Petrolheads''. He didn't react well~~. It's a good job this was before he "met" Oliver. If they had used his Opel for that, he probably would have become violent~~.

** Played straight with Hammond's Dino... er...Ferrari that he bought for the "Italian Supercars Cheaper Than A Two Year Old Ford Mondeo" challenge, as after he lovingly restored it, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8En7Qooyx0 it was damaged] on the horrible BBC game show ''Petrolheads''. He didn't react well.

:It's a good job this was before he "met" Oliver. If they had used his Opel for that, he probably would have become violent.

** The trio's homemade convertible, having survived the car wash fire in its first appearance, finally met its demise during the tractor challenge when it was fatally smashed by the Top Gear Production Office, which Hammond was dragging along with his tractor. Hammond gave an [[Oh Crap]] reaction, but Clarkson said that he had been meaning to destroy the convertible for several weeks, and thanked Hammond for saving him the job.

* [[Weaponized Car]]: The '[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUe_7-j4qpI Turn A Car Into A Bond Car]' segment in 01.05, as well as the Cheap Cop Car Challenge in series 11.

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*** Clarkson's ''mum'' does it while attempting to start a Peugeot 1007 during a test to see how user-friendly the car is to normal people who aren't car bores.

* [[Women Drivers]]: The team aren't averse to recommending what they would consider "a girl's car" if it's a [[Rule of Fun|whole lot of fun]].

** Subversion. Sabine Schmitz, who Clarkson would replace Hammond with because she's a better driver, better looking, speaks better English and is taller. Sabine mocked Clarkson's 9:59 time around the Nürburgring in a diesel Jaguar with "I tell you something, I do that lap time in a van," and then hopped in the Jag to beat his time by over 45 seconds -- without ever having driven that car before. When the time came to do Clarkson's lap time in a van, Sabine came up just a bit short. Try as she might, she couldn't get the Ford Transit to do the lap any faster than 10:08, even though she'd stripped the van (by removing the hub caps, spare tyre, toolkit, ''and'' Richard Hammond) and attempted slipstreaming behind a Dodge Viper. Granted, they did supply her with a UK-spec right hand drive one.

** Subversion. Sabine Schmitz, who Clarkson would replace Hammond with because she's a better driver, better looking, speaks better English and is taller. Sabine mocked Clarkson's 9:59 time around the Nürburgring in a diesel Jaguar with "I tell you something, I do that lap time in a van," and then hopped in the Jag to beat his time by over 45 seconds -- without ever having driven that car before.

::When the time came to do Clarkson's lap time in a van, Sabine came up just a bit short. Try as she might, she couldn't get the Ford Transit to do the lap any faster than 10:08, even though she'd stripped the van (by removing the hub caps, spare tyre, toolkit, ''and'' Richard Hammond) and attempted slipstreaming behind a Dodge Viper. Granted, they did supply her with a UK-spec right hand drive one.

{{quote|'''Clarkson:''' You said you were scared; was it dangerous?

'''Schmitz:''' Yes, it was really dangerous.