1 00:00:01,493 --> 00:00:04,193 Top Gear UK 16 x 06 2 00:00:05,169 --> 00:00:07,669 Edit and Resync © ROmuLAN 2011© 3 00:00:12,025 --> 00:00:15,918 Tonight: a spaniel and a Moon buggy 4 00:00:15,919 --> 00:00:20,360 A fat man in a KIA... Woah, there she goes! 5 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:24,440 ..and a race against the Lord God Almighty. Come on! 6 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,320 Hello, everybody! Thank you so much. 7 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,240 Thank you very much. Thank you. 8 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:46,520 Richard Hammond says that back in the 1980s, when he was a small boy, - there were only two cars that 9 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:53,280 caused him to run about his house in Birmingham clutching feverishly at his as yet unformed tinkle. 10 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,680 So you can imagine how excited he was when 11 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,880 the producer said to him this week he could drive both of them. 12 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,440 We've been wanting to get these two together for as long as I can remember, 13 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,480 We've been wanting to get these two together for as long as I can remember, 14 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,320 and we've finally got hold of them. And, well, 15 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,560 which is why I've kipped the night at the track. 16 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,720 And I believe they are here. 17 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,040 In 1986, Porsche launched the greatest supercar 18 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,680 the world had ever seen, the 959. 19 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,600 And then, a year later, Ferrari responded with the greatest supercar 20 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,400 the world had ever seen, the F40. 21 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,559 Oh, my word! 22 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,520 Would you just look at that?! 23 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,840 I can't recall ever seeing these two- together on television before. 24 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,160 So let's get cracking, beginning with this one. 25 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,760 Come on, Richard, stay professional!- Oh, ho! Oh, ho! 26 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,880 When the 959 first came along in 1986, 27 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,920 it was the most advanced and most high-tech car ever made. 28 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:34,680 I'm not talking about the upmarket pleasantness of my surroundings, the- air-con, electric seats and so on. 29 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,400 No, it's cleverer stuff than that. 30 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,280 For example, it had adjustable suspension 31 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,840 and a complex four-wheel-drive system. 32 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:53,040 You could split the power between the front and back wheels not just according to how much grip you had 33 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,480 but how you were cornering, how much- G-force you were putting down. 34 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,580 You can just feel... 35 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,660 I mean, I've driven - I have owned... 911s from this period, 36 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,240 I mean, I've driven - I have owned... 911s from this period, 37 00:03:07,241 --> 00:03:09,840 and this thing just feels so much more! 38 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,680 And the tech fest didn't stop there. 39 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,480 The 959 came with a million things we'd never seen before... 40 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:26,600 Tire pressure sensors, for example, and magnesium wheels with hollow spokes. 41 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,320 No wonder Bill Gates bought one. 42 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,480 And while we're on the subject of Billy Microsoft, 43 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,320 he was one of the few people back then who could have afforded to pay 44 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,200 the proper price for one of these things. 45 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,800 Because in the 8os, Porsche asked £150,000 for a 959, 46 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,720 but it actually cost them £300,000 to make, it was so advanced. 47 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,600 Other famous owners included my style hero Don Johnson, 48 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:02,440 and a young Boris Becker, who maxed out his 959 on the Italian Autostrada, 49 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,920 which must have been lively! 50 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,760 A 959 was fast. 51 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:10,560 Really fast. 52 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:17,920 Thanks to its 444 brake horse power, - 2.9 liter flat six turbocharged engine. 53 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:24,040 In fact, the top speed was 197 miles an hour... 54 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,720 ..which in 1986 made it the fastest production car in the world. 55 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,400 Oh! When the turbos come on! Oh, ho! Ha, ha, ha, ha! Oh! 56 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,920 However, its reign as the speed king- was short-lived... 57 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,800 ..thanks to this. 58 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,080 The 201 mile an hour Ferrari F40. 59 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:56,640 God! 60 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,040 It's the ONE that gets me. 61 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,040 Not 200, 201. 62 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,560 It's like when kids say, "Everything you say plus one!" 63 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:19,880 So we know that Ferrari has a higher top speed than the Porsche, - but what about acceleration? 64 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,720 You know, I feel a drag race coming on. 65 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,000 I am, as you know, a big fan of Porsches. 66 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:32,480 And it's not that I think that 959 is going to lose or anything, 67 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:38,040 but it's a cold day, and I think it's best if I stay here in this car, 68 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,440 the one that's 250 kilograms lighter 69 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:48,040 and has got 478 brake horse power instead of 444. 70 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,000 Both these cars have twin turbos. 71 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,200 Both 2.9 liters. 72 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,520 Oh, it's going to be close! 73 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,880 It's going to be close! 74 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,160 I think the Porsche is taking it! 75 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,680 The Porsche is going to win! 76 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,600 Enzo would not like that result. 77 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,000 I'll be honest, a couple of my gear changes could have been slicker. 78 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:46,440 Dial out my iffy gear changes, though, and these two would cross the line neck-and-neck. 79 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,680 And that's odd, because they are very different. 80 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,680 Where the 959 is all hi-tech and luxury, 81 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:02,480 the F40 has string for door handles, - no carpets and wind-up windows. 82 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:07,800 What you get in this car is a twin turbo V8, some windscreen wipers, 83 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,080 and that's about it. 84 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:19,480 It was the first car to be made entirely of carbon-fiber, 85 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,040 which is only just starting to happen in Formula One. 86 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,880 The lightness and the stiffness of it, allied to that colossal power, 87 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,280 made it a bit of a hyper go-kart through the corners. 88 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,000 As a Porsche fan, it pains me to say this, 89 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:41,040 but in the corners, the F40 is far more exciting. 90 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,520 God... The steering wheel is alive! 91 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,240 Oh! Ho, ho! 92 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,360 This thing is so sharp. 93 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,720 Oh, God! 94 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:01,680 I'm sorry to keep squeaking 95 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,480 and making noises, and if it's disturbing you, I apologise. 96 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,720 So often it is, "Don't drive your heroes." 97 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,720 Not this time. 98 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,440 It's better than I could have imagined. 99 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,120 Better than I ever knew as a kid looking at pictures of it. 100 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:34,760 Choosing between these two is like choosing between shirt or trousers... it's pointless. 101 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:39,000 But I will stay this, we simply wouldn't be where we are now without them. 102 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:45,480 Because these two cars are, I believe, incredibly important. 103 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:52,520 It's this pair that took road cars to and beyond the 200-mile-an-hour barrier. 104 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,800 Before them we had Countaches and Testarossas, 105 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,880 and in evolutionary terms they were like man first making it into space. 106 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:05,600 With these two, it was man walking on the moon. 107 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,600 They really are that important. 108 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,480 Sorry. What? No, I'm sorry. Sorry. 109 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:30,120 Woah, woah, woah. Did you... 110 00:09:30,320...
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