{1}{75}movie info: XVID 624x352 25.0fps 549.9 MB|/SubEdit b.4066 (http://subedit.com.pl)/ {277}{377}Tonight, Cameron Diaz in|our reasonably priced car. {378}{477}I repeat, Cameron Diaz in|our reasonably priced car. {478}{564}Sorry, Stig, totally|BLEEPing it up! {565}{650}And she's brought Tom Cruise along! {826}{864}CHEERING AND APPLAUSE {865}{908}Hello and welcome! {909}{952}That is later. {977}{1014}That is later. {1015}{1049}But now... {1050}{1125}we start once again with a letter. {1126}{1226}It's from some Swedish youths|and it says, "Dear Top Gear, {1227}{1300}"we are some Swedish youths, {1301}{1377}"and we've been given the|run of a whole ski resort {1378}{1425}"for a weekend. {1426}{1477}"Do you a race fancy having?" {1527}{1602}Plainly this was a job|for Richard Herring. {1700}{1751}This is Riksgransen, {1752}{1839}the world's|northernmost ski resort. {1839}{1925}120 miles INSIDE the Arctic Circle. {1926}{2050}It's so far north that the ski season|doesn't finish here until June, {2051}{2124}when the rest of us|are on the beach. {2125}{2225}I'm here to defend the honour of the|car against some extreme snowmobilers {2226}{2302}who are so extreme they're...|still in bed. {2302}{2401}Still, meanwhile, let's meet the car|I've chosen to take them on with. {2502}{2575}It's the Volkswagen Touareg. {2576}{2702}A big off-roader that for many|years we've... absolutely hated. {2702}{2777}We tested it when it first|came out, seven years ago. {2777}{2850}And we didn't like a|lot of things about it. {2851}{2976}The ride, the gearbox, the fact|you couldn't see out of the back. {2977}{3026}We didn't like the|ridiculous thirst, {3027}{3101}and we didn't like that|some of the design felt like {3102}{3152}they'd done the most|un-German thing possible. {3153}{3201}A half-arsed job. {3325}{3375}But this is the brand new Touareg. {3376}{3451}And already I can report|many improvements. {3451}{3525}You can, for instance,|see out of the back. {3551}{3600}The ride is much smoother. {3601}{3701}The gearbox, the old one changed|according to a geological timescale. {3702}{3751}This new eight-speed affair {3752}{3777}is a big improvement. {3876}{3952}The Touareg also looks more|Golf-like than the old one. {3953}{4025}And besides the full|off-road hardware, {4026}{4126}standard kit includes sat-nav,|electric leather seats, {4127}{4250}climate control, and a|ten-speaker stereo system. {4277}{4327}But we've come here to race {4327}{4402}so none of that is|important right now. {4402}{4477}What is important is|that the new Touareg {4478}{4551}weighs 200 kilograms|less than the old one. {4600}{4651}Which makes it altogether|more sprightly. {4676}{4751}This is a 3.5 litre|V6 turbo diesel. {4752}{4801}Cost, L37,000, {4802}{4874}0 to 60 in 7.8 seconds, {4875}{4926}so it's faster than the old one. {4927}{4951}Top speed, 136 mph. {4952}{5025}So you're better off there, too. {5075}{5152}All in all, I think this is the|machine to take the snowmobilers on {5153}{5201}in our big race. {5202}{5276}Which, as they're still in|bed playing computer games, {5277}{5302}will happen tomorrow. {5526}{5551}So, race day. {5552}{5626}And I'll confess, I|went to bed last night {5626}{5651}full of confidence. {5652}{5752}And then, in the middle of the night,|I sort of got cold feet about it. {5752}{5852}So I got up, got dressed, came|downstairs, and I made... this. {5926}{5974}It's still a Touareg. {5975}{6051}But one built to take|on the infamous Dakar. {6052}{6100}The toughest rally in the world. {6100}{6189}With a carbon fibre|body, bionic suspension, {6190}{6296}and a twin-turbo, 300|horsepower, diesel engine, {6297}{6411}it can do 130 mph over|just about any terrain. {6412}{6507}It's also the first diesel|ever to win the Dakar. {6508}{6602}Which is odd, given that I|built it only last night. {6651}{6727}But no matter, I think this|is probably the better tool {6728}{6776}to see off those snowmobilers, {6776}{6826}who have finally emerged. {6902}{6977}They are Daniel Bodin and Dan Lang. {6977}{7001}Local snowmobile legends {7002}{7126}whose racing skills have won them|silver medals at the X-Games. {7202}{7277}Best let them get it|out of their system. {7350}{7401}'Eventually the teenagers|calm down long enough {7401}{7451}'for me to explain the race route {7452}{7524}'across the ski resort. ' {7525}{7575}Right, we're going|to start from here. {7575}{7627}Then we're going to move around|here, sweep around there, {7628}{7677}down there, then|eventually we'll finish {7678}{7740}with a sprint across the ice lake, {7741}{7801}end up, finish line,|at the ski shop. {7850}{7902}So, that's 12 gruelling|miles down ski slopes, {7903}{8001}through forests, and|across frozen water. {8050}{8076}Yeah? Happy? {8076}{8139}Yeah. Fine with that. OK. Good. {8140}{8202}Um... where is here, exactly? {8202}{8251}It's up there. {8426}{8476}Oooh. Yeah! {8477}{8526}ENGINES REV {8527}{8575}All right. Fair enough. {8651}{8750}Ooh, erm, I guess, 3...|2... 1... go? {9001}{9026}Right, come on. {9051}{9125}0 to 60 in this, about six seconds. {9126}{9251}This thing has more torque|than a Lamborghini Gallardo. {9252}{9277}Have they got that? No! {9376}{9451}'We plunged out of the|clouds neck and neck. ' {9525}{9625}I have taken the precaution of|fitting it with studded snow tyres. {9626}{9652}Obviously I did that. {9800}{9851}Come on! Find grip! {9901}{9950}Blimey! Where have they...? {10000}{10026}'The snowmobilers promptly vanished {10027}{10127}'because whilst I had to|stick to the ski runs, {10128}{10176}'they didn't. ' {10575}{10652}Come on, you've crossed the|desert, you can do this. {10727}{10802}'As it turned out, the|Dakar was as fast on snow {10803}{10852}'as it would be on sand. ' {10853}{10901}Oh, yes! That worked! {10902}{10949}I thank you! {10950}{11001}'So when I hit the lower slopes, {11002}{11052}'we were still neck and neck. ' {11275}{11327}'I then decided to|take a short cut. {11328}{11375}'Which went well. ' {11427}{11475}Oh! Oh! {11526}{11577}This is going to cost me time! {11626}{11652}Move, move, move! {11876}{12026}'Despite my cock-up, I was just ahead|as we entered the forest stage. ' {12026}{12050}Yee-hah-hah! {12051}{12101}Keep up with that, then, boys! {12177}{12251}'But the teenagers were able to|whizz off between the trees. ' {12327}{12377}Come on! Where the hell are they? {12477}{12600}'Which meant they had the lead as we|reached the final part of the race, {12626}{12701}'a six-mile dash across|the frozen lake. ' {12752}{12776}Ooh, tree. {12777}{12827}Come on, come on! {12925}{12951}Yes, finally! {12952}{13050}I've got the top speed|of best part of 130 mph. {13051}{13125}This is where I have the advantage. {13175}{13227}'But up ahead, the snowmobilers|could still hit 90 mph. {13276}{13352}'So I'd have to give it|everything to close the gap. ' {13426}{13525}This is where the|race is won or lost. {13526}{13552}This thing's got some grip! {13650}{13702}I'm just floating over this stuff. {13852}{13914}'With less than four miles to go {13915}{13975}'the snowmobilers|were still ahead. ' {13976}{14001}Where are they?! {14052}{14176}'But then, joy of joys, the snow|on the ice started to thin out. ' {14177}{14201}Ha-ha-ha-ha! {14202}{14276}Their machines will|have problems on this {14277}{14351}because the belts|themselves overheat {14352}{14451}running on straight ice, so|they can't give it everything. {14500}{14552}'And sure enough, they|started slowing down. ' {14552}{14602}I'm going to catch them! {14727}{14799}That's them! That's them! Oh, yes! {14800}{14877}Oh, yes! What do you think of that?|Yee-hah-hah-hah! {15001}{15051}'The snow on the|lake thickened again, {15052}{15126}'and the snowmobilers|were back in the game. {15176}{15275}'But now the Touareg|had the edge. ' {15275}{15339}That, I think, is the|finish line. That's it! {15340}{15401}This thing has conquered|sand and desert, {15402}{15501}now it's conquered snow,|mountains and frozen lakes. {15501}{15526}I'm going to win! {15577}{15651}Yes! Yes! {15652}{15725}Ha-ha! {15726}{15826}I did it! It's won through! {15827}{15852}What a machine! {15901}{15950}You've got to be...! {16000}{16051}CHEERING AND APPLAUSE {16127}{16201}I could've done that.|I could've done that. {16251}{16276}What?! {16277}{16326}Did you... did you win that? {16327}{16425}Yes. Yes, I did. I'll admit they|did finish with a bit more of a... {16426}{16450}flourish, thing, there, {16451}{16475}but I won. {16476}{16550}I'm not really interested|in whether you won or not, {16551}{16626}I'm interested in that bit where|they said that their tracks, {16627}{16676}on their snowmobiles, got hot, {16677}{16724}cos they were running on ice. {16725}{16800}Yes. And they told you that?|Yeah, it's the friction. {16801}{16827}Ice generates a lot of friction, {16828}{16851}so they heat up. {16852}{16902}If you slide over|ice in your clothes, {16903}{16950}they'll actually burn off you. {16950}{17027}Do they also tell you things|like, Jimi Hendrix was in Abba? {17028}{17102}No! It's... Did theysay|that a Volvo 244 {17103}{17176}holds the lap record|at the Nurburgring? {17176}{17276}No, stop, it's true, and you know|full well it is. Let's do the news. {17277}{17375}No. What I'm going to do is put|a piece of ice down the front {17376}{17476}of your trousers, to see if it sets|fire to your gentleman's sausage. {17477}{17575}No! I'm not saying ice is hot, just,|it can create a lot of friction! {17576}{17676}This is science, and you|don't understand that. {17677}{17750}So leave it, it's true.|OK? Yes. Yeah. {17751}{17775}Anyway, let's do the news. {17776}{17874}Oh, now, hey. This is an|important piece of news. {17875}{17951}A lot of people imagine the most|dangerous time of year to drive {17952}{18001}is... November, or|perhaps February, {18002}{18050}dark n...
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