巅峰拍档):第十九季
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148S e$% ries 19, Episode 127 = J :an" uary 201_-3=;Damian Le :wi%s Revi%-ew Rich*+* a%*]r&..;d revie`@ ws the Pagani Hu ay)$r?a, the? la%te+st supe\ &rcar f rom the%(: Italian ma*[nufact ure;r. The ca-r i+<s capa!=: ble of sa`!?vage acc`!-e= ler:_<ation, w"_ ith a "!& (l[>ot of attenti<?on place?[d i<#nto the@\- bo dy !,work`, i" $ nterior and utili> )zing cutting ?edge&%" technol=ogy. Des* <,pite the massive ] ^twin-turbo engine and horse#- po%.wer =, thanks to its so#*%ph%()ist/ica";=ted aerodynamic p^%ackag e=;;,? the car can eas*,il:#y b&`e drive?^*n (,hard without]+ the ris:k< _ *of sp>)inning `@. The Huayra als..$o @@]set the +fastest ti.me on th e Top Gear.=+ Test Track in the ha;nds of The Stig, 1! 13.8, b= eating the pre ;+viou#_s r"(ecor "d, & set '`; by the Arie^ l $&Atom V8. New@]s =+The Dacia' S-andero]] is now [ on sale' in the (= U: K. The M(er$=ce= <des-Benz SLS AMG ` Bla?>$ck h ,as been u+^pdated @( ] to produce e _x_tr/a hors%<&e, >power, bu@&t the hand'lin.?g is still challenging +. Jere/\m^[y _`/claims that h%]e has f# ound a # male equiv*alen,%t version of Fift/-$"y Shad +es < o,`f Gr?ey, presenting a kid's book abou t tractor s. The new = Che ?%vrol #et !< Stingray -is a' nnounc<ed. Jame# ]s Ma& y tu"-rned fifty the [&' p revious w- eek. Als_ o, th@ ;^e rally tea]m ]#compo !s_ed of w%([ar,& ampu_tees- (prev;.!io[$usly mentioned in se#ries 17$\., ep^@is-_[:ode 6) finally completed their chal;`$,lenge of f\/inis)hing -`^;the &[]2 [0-:13 Da&]kar Ral/ly)^.:\ Review Jam,e?<s r*'eviews the new Bentl,&e*+#y Co' nt ine'[-ntal GT, ^ a^)nd notes the n/]ew engine and subtle rid [e] char[$@ac* terist\$ ics. `_ Be(.lie"> ving th*;?a<t the< B!,en,tley, with fo *ur wheel,?+ dri ve system and a `<big, powerful engine=, )can handl ,e things w('or!!"se tha+%n a W<(%%elsh count$"`ryside road, Jame(s ta kes:)] the car o\-nto a Welsh stage ( of the ]?World \/Ra<!l# ly Cha#+ mpionship, with )(Kri\#_s '@Meeke behind the whe@:;el, and James being the >/+co+( ^-driver, . D%espite t, he c[[ar/@! having less grip, more weight, an electr%o#nic ha#ndbrake (-unsuitabl>e for usage on a rally s".\tage) and James not) be> ing proficient at giving pace & note*s, the .Bentley was act ?uall%?y fas<@ te=>r than one o( f] t!;he ful%l WRC c +\ars. Star In A Reaso!.(@ n@ably &(Priced Ca*r Dami=.an][ Lewis takes _his tur= n in the &/ car, and drifts the Kia Ce(e'd around t-@&he snow-coated t"est ] -track and cross=- e-[s the fi, n;[ ish line sidew'; ays, se [tti/%ng _@the slowest eve`r t/[ime of 209.1. Jeremy cheers*,^ Dami an up by m\aking a separa-*te b]"oard for snow (h@,e[\ justs put"-" the tim(e u)nder neath% ` and t o the s-] ide of the:?]$ fastest lap time on that] -boar]/%d"\_-) and s'ays that h\$e i\$(s t! h e faste=st /- driver@ ever on their snow board. Ch !allenge Jer" ]emy= attempts to ?b# uild a car sm /a\_ller %` than th; ?(_e; Peel P50, na*min!;?g [^%<his cr :e,> )ation the @P45. It was based on a quad "\_ _=bike, with bodywo-/ rk fitte"-d, desi ;,gned t* o @^/wra</p around the driver. He _+th<en presented <[^his idea to`< the ^)#'@\Dragons' in a Drag,o*ns'/'- Den style form, at. @@'All of t-$he>! dra'"gons]<( declare themselves + @o&@ut and back "<];i $^n t]:h e ) ]@stu$ dio, Richar/.-d concludes tha_t for th "e) = P45 to be p>,"ut in production ,' Jeremy woul+d have to^ ^ be dead. 149Series 19, E(pisod$?e 2` +_3 Fe`br[uary 2<0&13Mi]ck]: F..?leetwood Chall:enge, @Pa^?*r-?t 1 ,+`I! >(n a )noth^]"er challeng%;e,; the presen ters .picked three *<super cars "'to : take on an epic@/ race. Since $ i!`+";t wa[s Hammond's tu]:rn to sele)`%$ct the challenge .location, the team we(]=?nt to.& `the Western United St%<a )tes. Je )re:my s. /!electe*;^d the Lexus L'FA, -+/ James chos .<e the. + new As ton &>>Mar& t^#i_; @n) Vanquish, and Ri`% chard took !<the SRT Viper. .+ After a brie&-!#f driv+e in th#()e Nevada dese^\rt, th- @+e t rio headed to Las +$Ve"]=ga((s Motor ]Speedway,&@; specif.. ically`> the? drag $?stri:p, t# !o co(mpete i[n drag rac<&]e*,;<s\ orga(;nized by *the Las Vega @.s Police Departme<nt+]#;?; w/$hom o]rga &(n i]\ _z.ed ]it with the th ?eory that allowing people to dra.g race, lega@%lly, a^t a closed c,.ircui,t, would pre" vent str*e^<^et rac:ing. Despit' +e th - e( high performance(' of*+! their c,ars, $>) the t''rio were beaten by mo difie&d*) production car /s,&.$ an d 4WD c& ars, in each of '_the% ir drag +races. News Jeremy /\ comes up w"ith a solution on h-' ow_ to so(+ lve th:e crisi.` s aff ecting Brita)+in's t()own centres.! +[sacking all tra, ffic ,[wardens and r< emoving d[ ou]%ble y "ellow li'`nes. &-! /T.he trio then.. review a Chin,=ese pr="oduct #:designed to st &(.op dro- ws &in`ess b<=e;hi?%nd `the wheel*+*, before th=e]]y.== too$$,k/; a @,fir <;%st look"/ <:.at> _/ the 2013 Jaguar` F-Ty pe,. They pr!@-.]ai]" =se<+,d its>` >styling,# :" but criticize ;d its high price tag ::,of)+` £$ 60,000. , as ?,;well a-s its target audience@= . James ) men[+,.tions Peugeot Citroen's car in_te<#nde."d t + (o run ] o-'=n com!pre-[ ss \:ed air; Jeremy atte-m, p= )ted to us.@e a fire('(@ ex '$t,=\inguisher to demons[trate,** b.`-ut failed ;after only causing himself-(# to^ * t*urn- slo w%$ #ly around. Challeng/^ e =, Par+]\t 2. Aft+e* `^r leav@ing Las Vegas, Jam?;es .and Richard ma .ke f(]^'u\ n of Jer?:emy's LFA for lacking not only Blueto/%o* th connect *io!=n (*and iPod*# ?]connectors, but cup <#holders, despite being t &he mo st exp"ens ] ++iv`e,?* car],\. They are < then tasked t" !o ]=<$head !to Willow `%Spr &ings I'[nte,&@ rnati!#onal Motorspor[[ts # (Park, b` ut they /in stead sto\p on a grooved road, where:" -each car dri[ves over the groov es/> and produces notes.) Wh&en they r>):each Willow Spr"ings, they are forc ed @)to play an aerial<? versio:n of#[ Laser +Quest, w=*#he@>re they would drive`$ 5 la*;ps arou$'= nd the track " , $whilst *:bein [g chase:= d>< by t ` wo Aermacchi SF.260 armed :wi(,%t^`h ;<.laser guns. In the end, James !?won t?@ -he cha $lle= +ng\]e by being hit o %nly=+.[ [! 17 t imes.[, /<& S (t&ar <^in *a Reasonab)]=*l=*;y P$_ rice^ d &&`Car _Fleetwood Mac']*$s =Mi* ck F=#leetwood dro[ve%( * ?the Kia Cee'd aro : .un ((d th?]-@e Test Track with $]a lap of 1##4,"`5.4. C"[ hallen#ge, Part 3 Departin>_ %g ^'Willow [ :#+S</#pring@ ,s, the group hea ded for Los An:.]g=eles -, California. In order to !,do r% =eal $ world tes;;ti./<#ng, Ric@`hard < dev`"[ised a chal le: nge to see w / ho co 'u_,ld burn the best eleven]^`s. Th e thr ee instead e= +nded up drawing a#` p>]hallus and left LA. T>)^he team ^*then %staye('d for a'?- night in Palm S#`pri/]ngs.@ H %owever: -, the producers gave t ;he +m a final ch<-@alle&]nge. Th &,e three would drive fro*'['m \ Palm Springs @_to t"h e Mexican # #border at ).Calexi+co the following : morn`i &^ng, and the l@! &ast to make[ it to the Mexican bor$der w @o.uld ha- : ve to tra &vel?@ _into )%,the country itsel=! ^:f to=; drive :/=the -Mastretta MXT,: ' a Mexic$"$an sports= car made fun of b #y the presenters i '\ n an ea >?rli! @e%r serie)s__, for a lat-er# :) segment on t_he^( show. In re_ &veng=\,e @`)for taking them to Am=%*eric \\:a, J$@eremy a_`nd James sabo*#tage%-d Hamm <ond's_ ' Vipe@r, ]\&*causing him t_/o lose 1?"/0 minutes @#; in the race. Despite making a s:top fo r fuel, Jerem#` y* : made it to the finish l()i ne f _!irst, with James in s),& ec#)on*d[!.: Ri-chard$@ then w alked to % the b [order be(ing th^e-^=$ l= a!]st p<erson to arrive# .. At the stu[*^dio, James and J <#eremy ([end by saying *`. )that the<^, Viper was awful $ and that the Vanquish[&* an&:)d LF]A were amazing+@\. 150Se;@ries ? _19, E. pisode 310 Fe^?br# !uary 2 <013Am*(;`y-+ Ma\cdonal"\#-d (^ Review+" ,<Je(]*rem$y :)+rev @iews &the Toyota GT86 and th ^e Subaru B 'RZ. The cars are almost identic[ a$'+l, but* J[. <eremy prefers _the Toyota GT >86. The>_+ S<""tig /then .'complet>_ed,' a@; \>lap .of the *[?Test Track in 1313. News^ They discuss the new Su>!.baru @ Im<\preza, which is n` ot \] coming t ;/o UK, a$ nd they th@,en talk?[ about the new "Ma%$s/%e_ra\ti Qu%)attropo@ rte. Ch (]al;%$&lenge,`[_ Part 1 The prod;, uce. /rs h ] "*ave r< eserved = a =singl<e tic' ket to a football match at th<<`e S.an Si)+[%ro in M;ilan, Northern Italy. Th?\''e $?([tr[& io have a race from Wemble]"y Stadium to the San )Siro. Je-![rem\y d$.riv)=es the Shel 'by Mustang GT500 a .nd R``>ichar#'d$ and @=James trav! el on public #"< trans$%po rt. Similar to the pre`?)`vious race to Monte \ Ca >rlo, R-)#ichard^ a > nd >!'=,J@),ames are not<* allow`,ed ^ to us "e a"% ny ca[rs! , a=_nd Jere/my is [ not allowed to use any trai &ns. /Accordin'g to J/ *er>: emy, sinc [,e t%;he last #+epic r^@ace, $the trains h-ave become faster and boats have become slower. Ric;%hard and_ James opened up a big lead+ : /$ [\whi@l!st :*tra./ve,'lling on the E ')&ur :)osta^#r, and $\ar[\<rive i \= n Paris> whi=)le Jerem^y was s\!\t// i ll crossin=?g=.@ the ` English, Cha , nnel _,o`&<n %a ferry . Afte^*r r @?]eac, hing F=ra+=nce,= Jeremy discovers. that $the?< Mustang only holds 50 litre. )s in $:/it'*s fuel tank. After leavin;g Paris, +Richa`[ rd and Jam,es discuss%/- what to&\ do upon arriving in Milan — as there a\ re [$two of th-&e])m *` ?\but o"%nly one ticket@". Hun dr,:eds of ^`miles beh$ in<+d, Jere my,! end!s p-art+ \ 1 of)_ the challen$ge s'>t,%a[tin'g @].out lou'@d, I'm& gonna lose -!]=- Star in a Reaso,nabl !y Pri] *ced C(#ar Amy Macdonald drove the Kia C?ee'd around the T<est T% *rack in/: 14\ 4.4. Duri ![ng one o;f) h%*"er practice ru^ .ns[@[, Amy *[a^=cc=identally des!troyed one of/; ] the runwa @=>y light;?s, which Je remy gives to her ,/after revealing the lap tim/% e. Ch_:]/all>enge, Part 2 The hi=[/,gh ; (sp ]eed TGV)(( slowed down as it app)_,roa=c:_he d the mountai>ns that surround North.ern Ita>@ly.' Jer @emy$). = b@"&egan to catch up a .,nd was$,] n.[^'earl^ ;y neck and nec)* k \(with the train, until road works a*:t the"< Mont Blanc T>/un#>nel >,slow hi< +m down. T he train starts t/o acc*"* elerate ag ``/ain and reache>.s Northern Ita% l*?% %y =[ =ahe-$ad of%.^ Jer (!emy. Richard !+and James use a tube[ net +?!-work t:<o get to"- th$"e st"+<reets n/^ear the f >inis'<h]/ li*]ne. James maintains *his opposition t#o r=$un on t&" elevisio%"n and Richard runs off alone to find'[ the fini#$sh -line, whi!,-ch is at -<;.a bar in the &IM Villa Veuve Cliequot\. James then as"<; se-*.m;bled a bike which h ;,e had^!! =$h' `<i &)dden# in one `of his b\.ags an d r+!+ides t o]* the ba%r, only to find -(>that Ric/hard is<*' "[alrea[-d =*!y t?here +@an><d #has won the race% an=*d th- <e ticket to the football matc_,"h. Mo- ments, lat+er, J ]-eremy arrived and = accepted +=`def .ea,?t for t>,he first.% time ever in an e p(\?ic race of all the se @ries.- & 151Series@ 19,, -/$)Epi'%&s.$ode 417 February 2013Lew is Hamil =t ) %on Revi.&ew Jeremy reviews the Va<uxhall Ast ra VXR, F< #or+,d "Foc\=:us @= ST and R [enault Megane?" Renault Sport Cup. The"> + Sti& g did la%> ps o,![(f each car,@() the_ +&Fo cu"%s _ bei$/(ng the #s=@'l @@owest at 129.6, t=#he A.@/+stra VXR at 1 2(&`8.3, and the Megane in [ &127.7 . Despit <:!/e _this, J,eremy chose the Astra#_ V XR as t^`=he best overall car of " t/$he th\;ree. Ne [ ws The"#;y discu,\ss the new[est cars, such ?as th_e Alfa Ro# m >eo= 4C,_?( the next ge&' nerat\ ion For)*"d_'( #$ +Mus @tang would be so :ld in ?-.Gr ]eat Brit*;ain)$, (;\^bu? t _the UK ve'^ rsion \would .;com'])e wi)th a 2.0 E?coBoost engine, an @d the+ importance of the handbrake t]\[u( rn in m"]ale+ d! evelopm-.:e :nt. _ Review J?ere + my tests[)= the =^$all n& #ew @\Kia Cee'd, putting :`it t`*h; %rough a myr iad of strange road #-=tes^t"s. Including Matt LeBlanc doing a ;^ lap`# with b' :oth the old and new ? _+Ce!`e//'d;`, >:@Bruce W+" -illis (in_. characte:%!r as#, (J&%ohn Mc!( Clane) testing the horn of #t[+he Ce$=,e'd,!) >'Eric Clapton test ing its au ,xiliary_ $_input j* !!ack, a_%nd Jeremy t^/:esting the C'_(e`-; e'd's sel 'f pa%^r<@?allel parking] feature. # &Star in<" a Re -asona-bly / Price d (/Car Lewis ,]_Ham^ilt`-on opens up about hi\`>s move= fro m McLaren %to Mercedes AMG and t.-:akes the old ]'Suzu@k+ i Lia@na a>r.ou(nd the Test T_<rack,@ s\? e%/tting the faste $ s['t F1 ti\. &me, a 1+\4?-@ 2.9. =. Review A!"<,s?= punishment `for losing the .\ previous race, Richard i[ [s forced=-# to review the M`#astretta MXT in Mex"ico. Mi<ndin %&g] his wor<&ds, he states;[ that the MXT ]was an ambitious underta](king ,[`\for the %/fi rst-ti"@me +manufa^c ]turer( , but that + `it ha$ d] its share of flaws:+?. C_\[hallenge Jeremy an#@d Jame` "s play car rugby-^_ u $:sing Ki <a Cee ,'ds and Kia >, <'( @Spo,rtages at Twickenham St adium and Stig in +Vauxhall Astra Police c"*ar %as [><th[(e/=< r &e.:;feree. Jeremy's team wi:'ns. 15 2Series 19!;,&& +Epis$`ode^" 524 February. " 201)<3Ja m>es M&' cAvo\>@y ,Challe nge, Par/ t 1 Jeremy and [$Ri' #chard attemp (t ^to d esign ? ,>a [car tar\+geted at] ; eld_.erly p= eople. (/J#erem& y demo[.<n > strates the compl exi ]=ty of mod,">ern cars' <dshboard. Rich^&a=r'-!!d brings <). a Fiat Multipl+a and ^ both& modify it. J#erem/ y breaks the da"shboard a` =nd r '-= eplaces it consideri/^ng `it to be t * oo!` complicated for elders. Richard\, )&.asks=-! for the, airbags sayi-?=ng ]( that it is ?_ dan-_gerous fo_ r the elderly:] [/&who are a"]@s delicate. <" as children,^- and that he needs i!t for a sa,@fety^ _ featur =e. Je&.re^my mak& ^e s<&* a#( speed =_+/om^ :et er which read s 2 0< mp#'h at `=_!t -he top s'^pe _^ed#]><, he al)so us_es an_ ol+`d d<esi$-gn switch for rear fog li?/]'g ht w [h/ ich does*=@? n*&]othing. Jeremy]) install\&s=. a pet-ca& ge'! and repla>]ces the ) :back seat with high \%seat chairs and the Fiat \badge <(]wit\_*=h?+ _\a Ro>;"/ver one. T*\hey paint it" in'[ bei$*ge [ :after o_bserving th%'e shade:<.)/ of=@ [>)a heari%"(\ng aid._. Richard $us= ->es water-re`sistant fabric@ =>? as seat c /ove: rs, "an%<^d while stitc:#;hing hu%$r]$[ts his eye. T^*he>y complete the$%? car .a;.nd end`' ":the__` part 1 wi#$th "#^$Ric"<har!.d !/wearing h.![e+&avy ban\=]dages over his' % left (;[eye. ( News V/ o &"lkswag&)e .n ++>wi=ll l_ a;unch GT(+I version :o.\f th/ !e new Golf an!d GT ve% rsi;on of Up w\'il<l _be * l$[au@* nched. Kia will launch the`( Pro Cee% 'd( GT-#.( The #:>,Mini @$Paceman [i/. ;s l +'aun-ched], and t'h*[^e t; rio mock t/<h'> e front-.' end /of the car, ]<claiming> tha:; !t it%\ looks depressing. : Th=`e trio agre* :e t>-$hat th# :e British are#. the b<es+ t @dr; iv'>/ ers. Alfa-Romeo% rel %$eases p h&; o# to gr<aph+s,/ of the Gl> o"ria, in +which th -e tri[&o ;% make fun of it's name+.. Richard had arrived-,* late so Ja]-*m 'es a )nd J=ere!my $ h?=a=&]$d attempted to *$>( p ?lay tennis w=ith cars (whic h has a lot ) of editi ng*). # Review James ' reviews th.%e new R)$ange Rover in Lond/">on. The $new car is completely redesigned, :400 kg lig^h@te!/r due -to Al%u#` minium body, h*_ as a` ^ctive suspen\.sion+!*, new gea% rbox, \minim @+a #l&i& *st dashboa +/rd an! d off$&e=,*r?s be[!tter comfort. James then races`]=. it a*&g\ains t TerraMax at Nevada Au#.;=tomotive Test Centre, Ne)> vada @. The race was to /.a hill)= 10\$ : mile across, pa\ssing] through rocky(: terrain:, .hillock, mud, r]_(iver and^;= sand-tracks.. Terr,aMax wa"s swi?tched;. to dron/#)e >& #mode durin??g th< ;@e"' race t)o) defl\a%-(te @(&the tyres \ and take a shor($t-->cut. Th@ #^e $: R ]ange Rov&;< er's automatic Terrain %'!-Response[;; "/Sys_tem= i&#s )"@dem,on=]strated. James tak? es, a longer rou=te to]&%( a]?scend t/?he hill%^- b=! ut ,,! st].ill wins th e race. At the stu dio, the: t$ =/rio& consi%-der the driverles_<s c@"ars to be not) v)ery pr ]- actical. ,: ]. Star In A"% Reasona';bly P;$[riced$% Car James McAv' #oy drove the Kia ^+C<# e` )<^e'$d around the Test T * r )ack wi]<]th a lap of 143.6 despite hav *ing les&` s ex;`perienc (&)e of[ d#rivi:ng cars. He drove) over%^"& gras^sy patch : < in the last co rner b` ut ma.nages t\,o keep the car un$<( d( e`-%r contr*("_ol."% ?>C':hallenge, Part[`; 2 Jeremy a&nd Ri+!/[chard road-test th eir car at Christchurch\ ,, Dorset. The car ha))s la"`[rge front bumpers%=($\ made up of %foam, large ; rear-view mir`rors, sque.aki*@>ng ball under the br ake-pedal, large magnifyi% n]g-glas =$s ;#*o _)n the " dashboard, sa?<t nav (vo'/=#iced b;/y Richard Br ?iers)+ / w$`" .ith on( @ly / four des 'tinatons. The c>ar :\.has an ar[; tifi/cial cat "> o!n'= the roof wh+&@ich later fell/$ over o?@ #n the w%-ay of Bingo -_ hall. Richard la,ter shows,? his syst em to fin d the loc,=atio>*=n of parked .car (th:e car [act(ivates<<, a flare and then releases a *!:b] alloon). -):Je $ remy sho_ :w>s that_- th('e ra;:;( dio only _ pla#ys! %Horse of*- th#+e Year " ,Show&> theme on a loop , wh ic[\?h both late> ?r? fi#$nd ^@ to b+<"e irr >esistible to c$_]lap along. The$- name of?$ the car is revealed to be The Ja[<m=< es. They p,ick\ \ +up th(]ree elder`!ly') ladie =?#s fro_] ,m a pension_ers' ]home f?,<[or( road-tes# :(ting and drive th-em to a bowling c\/"lub whe^!)r _&e it is sh("!ow>,n that Ric <ha]!+rd f&*itte`@-d,[ the a.irbag at #"t;h]#e rear! [ f_;&<or parking_\ assis`?t which inflate?+s t[)/he airb ag]_ on close proximit#y. Jeremy and Richard b +) u y \f@? ood* : for?=' p/ icnic,] (^ +\_choo_=sing only Br\;::itis; h (`f!&oo]!ds. They att+`:a+ ch the sh opp? ing trolley to"/: !"To w hit\<ch and hea-d for picn>\@ic. Th&>e r)@oo )f of ] \<the car leaks a<-s +@it ,">rains-;. Jer:#emy and Richard end up !.(choosi ;ng a piche; next day] b&oth;')) le; 'ave Chris\tchurch and Jeremy & sho* ws h.<*is syst %.em to p\revent the car from being driven o]n th(?* e w')rong [%<side of the road, the car i?nitially sounds alarm and late `r th _.e tyres`]-%, doors" < =an;>$ d o,ther parts of the ca -r explode which sto ?ps th[ e car +]and renders it immo . bile. At/ & the studio, J?[!am/ es co(;`nsid !ers t]^ he^ h&\=e a) ter to be`( com(-]&plicated, the trio th_$a%nk R*\ichard Briers , and a ) nnoun^=ce th__&-e Africa special.<<# 153S ], e$<; .r=" ies 19, Episode `.63 March 2013N\(# o G)u<]>es"t First of th- "e two-episode A'frica Special, # ^takin/' g place in Afric#"a. Th@.e ep#* isode>\\ wa(s shot in 2012. [ Chall < e nge, Part )1 Buy u `!#sed esta\te c" #ars for >*up to £1,500,[]; in Britain and report /' at " a s %mall villa:<$ge in +^rur al Uganda. Je @r#\/emy arr)\+i'$ .ves =i'n $a BMW "+52;+8i Tour @ -ing, R!>ichard '; in a Suba ru Impreza WR(!X Estate and James in &a Volvo 85 , 0R Wagon. Th e challenge is to find the true source of th@ e <- river Nile. @] They $ [se t off an d %iscover< &) that expl)`,oring is+?n't as +=d &iff&']:icu#%.'lt_< !?+as first thought when t *hey go on a nice easy dri`$ve(* %and find L,^"ake &%Victori a, >'of who,&=+m the V: ictorian Explorers thought <# )\'@wa < s the source of t*he N*!#ile)'. However -they are then <:told that it /*is not th`e actual source of< the Nile a%nd there were.+! two other dis%'put#+ed loca !tions for it, one in /(?@Rwanda and one _in _Burundi. H@:owe #,ver, J][ere&/my ?;<Clarkson in`sisted that both of (>th]/es. _e locat_#@io-(%ns ;wer *e( wron,-g \?@and dec "ided\# to= head (` w$@e >st tow* &ar ds La ke"&" Edward to*. see whether t(here was a lin^ k betwee -\n tha+^t la/-ke@?' and Lak\e K\ivu in Rw#<&!anda.? In thei`(. r/ jo^*urn? ey .)'wes =[t, whe -re they .= "vi$sit the En*(@tebbe Airport an] d \_ from @\'t `!here see/ / the Ford !Scorpio Estate back-up]@) car = . They &'^continue`$_ into Kampal<^@-a, Ugan@<da& -'s Capital \ City whe^_re t>: hey get he"?>ld up in] a tra;)ffic jam ove()rnight, the mos %t hurrendous traffic ,the>"`y" 'd ever seen.)"+ Th_/ey / continue on/ wel(?l-main' tai ^ned high\way]@@?s west f=<inding th!>`eir tr:ip incredibl *y" *_easy befor- e re*\ aching:) the@+_ town ;_\?!of Mba rara \ .in the"; so<%%uthw\.e[#s$t of th'e cou+ *ntry, v = i<#@a a stop in> * Jezza, `&/a -'.vil %$lage in Mpi]gi\\* District. `@H<ere they stay in a di *>s() gusting hotel_(, af$:/ter driving th< rough[\ tea = p lantations i>n an atte!%m= pt to"^ ^ discove'!`r a lovely te ah^`ous-)e hote (&l, which *''in t$ +[h^+#e mind of Ric-?[hard,: was & bou nd to foun+'"d due&; to tea pro'gr:ammes h`e'd s ee[ n =. In "Mb'arara ( they stayed>$?& in the Econ+omic Lodge < *with Jer[emy having a bed with f)aeces on it#^. They le ,ft the)> )++hotel disgus."ted before Richard h<?as* ;= ;] the idea to@@ m :a^ ke the, ca;*>rs 'h<+ otels'. James modifies h*! is;?? Volv?]=o by addi# ng ()->a )l+[)^ib >rary, "+=Ri :;chard adds a cooke r a+= nd Jeremy adds a coffin. !^)#The coff/(in he uses to< > put his "cloth#]es i n , he sle/[(ep)(s on E^ gyptian Cot!@# ton,@. They le"@<ave fo/@r L _ a+ke Edward, ca=,^^/mpi_!ng overnigh%("t there because of its beauty _@b /efore he ,a-ding i=n!: searc h ?)@of the river ]=#;heading for ': Lake Kivu. Non % e of [the r< ivers? co^# .nn ;>ect th`"=e lake as the* `y all h&'ead )east rat)/@h+_$:er than south. They give up^ , leaving them disappointed. Then Jeremy ; +loo%-ks at a[] map and (discove rs '@the s>'?[ o ur$ce of the N;ile must be@) ( o=n t)^he othe]r >;side o'; f Lake V=_. ^ictoria. His>=& r [ =easoning is that the Medi /te!r?"/-ranea .#n !Sea is e&_ ff e//ctivel '/y an &inl+ a :] nd/ _ se[#a and s\o;<, Gibralt ar is the %tru[`e mouth of the Nile, #rather;`! than Alexandr ?ia in Egypt. $( After di s @co/+$veri[ng\ this they &[decid_e t';<hat they must'[ drive str[.aigh^t t) o the other side _of Lak (#e Victori=` a to [g\:et?"$ "+to the sou[t ]he-="ast coast @;:in Tanzan ia near the%_ Serenget#!i. They *star='t thi -s jo / ur\<ney ?by heading sou)(th into the Rw *.e'nzori Mount=)_=ains, finding$+ t!he g=oin_g :_ha#rd/[: "and m ?\?ost of the time\ getting<( their vehicles stuck in mud.