1 00:00:12,734 --> 00:00:15,413 Tonight, Richard Hammond buys a cup of coffee. 2 00:00:15,414 --> 00:00:19,293 James May slips on some snow. I hate snow. 3 00:00:19,294 --> 00:00:22,494 And we show a picture of Steve McQueen. 4 00:00:31,334 --> 00:00:35,933 Hello! Hello, everybody. We're back! 5 00:00:35,934 --> 00:00:40,613 Thank you so much. Thank you. 6 00:00:40,614 --> 00:00:46,093 It is a whole new series featuring many things. 7 00:00:46,094 --> 00:00:52,053 We go to Las Vegas, Italy, Monte Carlo, Albania, Loughborough... 8 00:00:53,574 --> 00:00:58,453 But we start tonight with General Motors, which is a big company in America. 9 00:00:58,454 --> 00:01:04,853 Many people say that last year they stopped making the Hummer because it was too big and too silly. 10 00:01:04,854 --> 00:01:12,534 However, Richard Hammond says the reason it's gone west is because it wasn't big or silly enough. 11 00:01:22,214 --> 00:01:24,613 This is one of the deceased Hummers. 12 00:01:24,614 --> 00:01:26,133 The H3. 13 00:01:26,134 --> 00:01:31,573 And it is, you'll notice, a pretty sizable car. 14 00:01:31,574 --> 00:01:34,773 However, if you mourn its passing, 15 00:01:34,774 --> 00:01:39,094 don't worry because happily you can now buy something a bit bigger. 16 00:01:44,054 --> 00:01:49,133 It's called the Marauder, which is quite a scary sounding name. 17 00:01:49,134 --> 00:01:52,773 But, hey, Buttercup didn't feel quite right so, hey, live with it. 18 00:01:52,774 --> 00:01:57,693 I can't imagine it ever having one of those Christian fish symbols on the back bumper. 19 00:01:57,694 --> 00:02:02,933 The Marauder, which is built in South Africa, weighs ten tonnes. 20 00:02:02,934 --> 00:02:08,493 It's also 21 feet long and 9 feet high. 21 00:02:08,494 --> 00:02:11,014 So in traffic it does tend to stand out a bit. 22 00:02:20,014 --> 00:02:22,493 Ooh, don't people get out of your way! 23 00:02:22,494 --> 00:02:24,014 Don't they! 24 00:02:25,574 --> 00:02:28,133 Yeah! Hmm... 25 00:02:28,134 --> 00:02:35,133 Tell you what, you do get some people telling you about how they feel a bit nervous in Johannesburg. 26 00:02:35,134 --> 00:02:36,654 I er... I don't, no! I don't. 27 00:02:39,694 --> 00:02:45,053 It's a weird feeling because I'm both worried about bumping into things because it's big, 28 00:02:45,054 --> 00:02:47,333 and NOT worried about bumping into things 29 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:49,374 because, well, frankly, who cares? 30 00:02:52,454 --> 00:02:59,373 Like the original Hummer, the Marauder is a military-spec vehicle that ordinary civilians can buy. 31 00:02:59,374 --> 00:03:01,733 All you have to do is pass a background check 32 00:03:01,734 --> 00:03:06,573 to prove you're not a villain living in a hollowed-out volcano, 33 00:03:06,574 --> 00:03:10,014 and come up with a cheque for £300,000. 34 00:03:12,574 --> 00:03:14,933 That is Rolls Royce Phantom money, 35 00:03:14,934 --> 00:03:18,933 for a machine that's not exactly the last word in luxury. 36 00:03:18,934 --> 00:03:21,653 Take the back seats, for instance. 37 00:03:21,654 --> 00:03:24,093 There are eight of them, which is good, 38 00:03:24,094 --> 00:03:28,293 but I don't think you'll be renting this out as a wedding car any day soon. 39 00:03:28,294 --> 00:03:35,253 And as for the dashboard, they clearly decided not to go for the walnut and leather option on here, 40 00:03:35,254 --> 00:03:38,133 partly because they need to leave room for the switches, 41 00:03:38,134 --> 00:03:41,254 partly because the wood might clash with the machine guns. 42 00:03:43,214 --> 00:03:48,413 However, the Marauder does compensate in other areas. 43 00:03:48,414 --> 00:03:52,733 Take this annoying slow traffic that I'm stuck in now. 44 00:03:52,734 --> 00:03:58,093 Normally this is where you need some expensive sat-nav system to give you alternative routes. 45 00:03:58,094 --> 00:04:00,974 The Marauder doesn't need sat-nav. 46 00:04:08,494 --> 00:04:10,854 There you go. There you go. 47 00:04:13,054 --> 00:04:14,174 Oh, yeah! 48 00:04:15,734 --> 00:04:19,774 It really does control its immense weight very well. 49 00:04:21,414 --> 00:04:22,654 Yes! 50 00:04:25,534 --> 00:04:29,934 It really is like offroading quite a large building. 51 00:04:32,854 --> 00:04:34,094 Right, now... 52 00:04:38,174 --> 00:04:39,974 That gap's big enough. 53 00:04:44,014 --> 00:04:45,334 I-It is now. 54 00:04:51,614 --> 00:04:52,854 Oh, Lord! 55 00:05:02,534 --> 00:05:04,294 This is a good town car. 56 00:05:11,454 --> 00:05:16,214 In fact, the Marauder has several benefits as a city runabout. 57 00:05:18,414 --> 00:05:23,254 Imagine, for example, that you nip off to get a coffee and this happens. 58 00:05:26,654 --> 00:05:31,133 Oh! That's not nice, no. 59 00:05:31,134 --> 00:05:36,693 Now, normally the towaway people leave you powerless and penniless, 60 00:05:36,694 --> 00:05:38,493 but not this time. 61 00:05:38,494 --> 00:05:42,293 The Marauder has got 290 brake horsepower 62 00:05:42,294 --> 00:05:46,133 and a top speed of just 70 mph, which admittedly isn't brilliant. 63 00:05:46,134 --> 00:05:49,613 However, the torque figure is astonishing... 64 00:05:49,614 --> 00:05:53,933 1,100 Newton metres of it, which is... a lot. 65 00:05:53,934 --> 00:05:57,774 And that makes it pretty good in a towaway tug-of-war. 66 00:06:07,494 --> 00:06:09,174 We're going this way. 67 00:06:15,814 --> 00:06:17,774 Yes, there you go. 68 00:06:18,814 --> 00:06:20,453 Another everyday irritation, 69 00:06:20,454 --> 00:06:23,653 popping into the supermarket 70 00:06:23,654 --> 00:06:27,653 and coming out to find yourself blocked in. Again, 71 00:06:27,654 --> 00:06:32,053 no problem for the Marauder, thanks to its vertical climbing system. 72 00:06:32,054 --> 00:06:36,893 Low range, four-wheel drive, div lock, 73 00:06:36,894 --> 00:06:39,654 drive, handbrake off. 74 00:07:09,374 --> 00:07:13,014 It's really kind of the ideal shopping car. 75 00:07:15,494 --> 00:07:20,853 But let's not get carried away because, like everything, 76 00:07:20,854 --> 00:07:23,093 the Marauder has its weak points. 77 00:07:23,094 --> 00:07:26,173 Visiting a drive-through, for example. 78 00:07:26,174 --> 00:07:29,613 Normally at about this point you'd roll down the windows 79 00:07:29,614 --> 00:07:32,733 and get ready to say, "Cheeseburger and chips, please." 80 00:07:32,734 --> 00:07:37,453 But the problem is the Marauder's windows are for tough situations, 81 00:07:37,454 --> 00:07:42,013 they're 90 mm thick. They can shrug off an RPG 82 00:07:42,014 --> 00:07:45,814 and as a result you can't open them, so this is where it gets a bit awkward. 83 00:07:50,654 --> 00:07:53,053 Good morning, can I take your order please? 84 00:07:53,054 --> 00:07:54,693 Hello? If you're there... 85 00:07:54,694 --> 00:07:58,613 I'd like a cheeseburger and some chips, please. 86 00:07:58,614 --> 00:08:01,173 This isn't a riot situation, don't be alarmed. 87 00:08:01,174 --> 00:08:07,294 But the real problem comes when you drive around to collect your order. 88 00:08:08,734 --> 00:08:10,134 Right. 89 00:08:12,374 --> 00:08:14,174 Don't be alarmed, I'm not shooting. 90 00:08:21,374 --> 00:08:24,053 So, a mark against the Marauder there. 91 00:08:24,054 --> 00:08:29,133 And if you happen to visit a safari park... 92 00:08:29,134 --> 00:08:33,814 you might find that the windscreen wipers aren't that tough. 93 00:08:35,414 --> 00:08:39,294 But is this the only weak spot? Let's see. 94 00:08:41,894 --> 00:08:46,933 Now, this is where we're going to do a little test you won't find 95 00:08:46,934 --> 00:08:52,373 in the NCAP ratings, and we start not with this but with that. 96 00:08:52,374 --> 00:08:54,534 Our old friend, the Hummer... 97 00:08:57,614 --> 00:09:02,734 whose underside was packed with seven pounds of plastic explosive. 98 00:09:04,894 --> 00:09:06,293 Oh, dear. 99 00:09:06,294 --> 00:09:12,053 Really not much point trying to see if it'll start because some pretty important bits are missing. 100 00:09:12,054 --> 00:09:17,813 So the H3 is, like Hummer itself, very dead. 101 00:09:17,814 --> 00:09:21,693 But the important question is what happens to the Marauder 102 00:09:21,694 --> 00:09:25,614 when you put the same amount of explosives underneath it? 103 00:09:45,294 --> 00:09:48,173 Right, well, clearly, what has happened here is there was a fight 104 00:09:48,174 --> 00:09:53,893 between the Marauder and the earth, and the earth lost and the explosives have just dug a big hole. 105 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:58,813 The question is, can it still be driven? 106 00:09:58,814 --> 00:10:02,373 OK, fingers crossed. 107 00:10:05,534 --> 00:10:07,053 Ha-ha-ha-ha! 108 00:10:07,054 --> 00:10:12,054 That was definitely an inconvenience but really nothing more. 109 00:10:22,414 --> 00:10:23,934 Oh, yeah. 110 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:36,173 Good car. 111 ...
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