- Jeremy tests the Noble M600.
- The boys make their own automotive art gallery to prove cars are more popular than traditional art.
- Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Jenson Button.
Episode Guide
Review: Clarkson reviews the Noble M600. Clarkson noted that it is faster than any supercar within its competition range, including a Porsche 997 GT3, a Ferrari F430, a Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni, an Aston Martin DBS and a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 S. He was amazed by its speed and cornering abilities, even though he couldn’t find its handling “sweet spot” and have fun with it. The Stig lapped it in 1:17.7 (in the cold), beating the Enzo Ferrari, the Bugatti Veyron and the Pagani Zonda Roadster F.
Challenge: The trio attempted to prove that cars are more popular than traditional art. They hired the use of mima, a Middlesbrough gallery, and fill it with motoring-related works, and vehicles they have made from past series of the show. Their attempts at producing their own works end in varying degrees of disaster; James accidentally sets his sculpture on fire, Richard’s re-creation of The Hay Wain ends up in a lake, while Clarkson accidentally shoots himself in the crotch with a paintball fired by a Red Bull RB1 operated by David Coulthard. Another attempt at creating art that involves cutting a car in half ends when Clarkson helpfully points out that they have just destroyed a rental. Their efforts at setting up the gallery follow a similar tack as Jeremy crashes their BMW “art car” en route, Hammond spends most of his time as a PR agent talking about his career as a radio host and promoting his new show Blast Lab and talks about Total Wipeout instead of the art exhibition, and May attempts to create an audio guide to the gallery that contains no information, sends visitors on a route that goes nowhere near the actual exhibits and is frequently interrupted by irate phone conversations. After some disastrous initial visiting figures, they eventually manage to greatly improve the figures by appearing at a Middlesbrough F.C. match (originally wearing Newcastle United shirts, to an expected chorus of booing). They set a target of 30,000 visitors in one week, and although they only managed 15,000, it was a record high for Mima.
Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car: Jenson Button did the lap in 1:44.9 in damp conditions, failing to beat his previous time.
Some say…
“Some say that you shouldn’t go ’round to his house for ya Christmas Lunch unless you enjoy the great taste of Seagull, and that the reason he always wears a helmet is that a man once smashed him in the face with a model of Salisbury Cathedral. All we know is he’s called the Stig.”
Stig Power Laps
Noble M600
1:17.70
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
Jenson Button
1:44.90 (wet)
Music
Noble M600 Review:
00:57 – 01:29 – U.N.K.L.E – Cut Me Loose (String Reprise)
01:29 – 01:39 – Sigur Rós – Leit Að LÃfi
01:39 – 02:28 – The Big Pink – Frisk
02:28 – 03:09 – Philip Glass – Wish I Would See You Again
03:13 – 04:16 – Paul Haslinger – Tit-4-Tat
04:16 – 05:11 – Clint Mansell – Welcome to Lunar Industries (Three Year Stretch…)
05:11 – 06:07 – Arctic Monkeys – Brainstorm (Instrumental)
06:08 – 06:49 – U.N.K.L.E – Nocturnal
06:49 – 07:54 – John Murphy – Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)
‘The Stig’ Lap:
09:04 – 09:10 – Chas & Dave – In the Bleak Mid-Winter
09:25 – 09:32 – Chas & Dave – In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Auto Art Exhibition, Pt. 1:
18:58 – 19:09 – Nine Inch Nails – The Day the World Went Away
19:03 – 19:21 – Max Richter – Into the Airport Hallucination
19:21 – 19:33 – John Debney – Warrior Woman
20:52 – 21:14 – David Holmes – Grand Opening
21:26 – 21:39 – Bonobo – Transmission 94 (Parts 1 & 2)
22:03 – 22:16 – Hockey – Curse This City (Instrumental)
22:16 – 22:22 – Noah and the Whale – 2 Atoms in a Molecule
22:30 – 22:47 – Danny Elfman – Serena
24:05 – 24:28 – Noah and the Whale – 2 Atoms in a Molecule
24:29 – 24:54 – U.N.K.L.E – Hold My Hand (Instrumental)
24:54 – 25:23 – The Herbaliser Band – CC Prelude (Instrumental)
25:29 – 25:35 – You Me At Six – Kiss and Tell (Instrumental)
25:40 – 25:54 – You Me At Six – Kiss and Tell (Instrumental)
26:11 – 26:26 – David Holmes – Zippo’s
26:51 – 27:01 – David Holmes – Zippo’s
27:40 – 27:49 – Beastie Boys – Off the Grid
28:10 – 28:38 – Beastie Boys – Electric Worm
28:50 – 29:06 – John Murphy & David Hughes – I’ll Kill Ya
Auto Art Exhibition, Pt. 2:
41:09 – 41:33 – The Presets – Aeons
41:34 – 41:56 – The Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom
41:57 – 42:08 – Get Shakes – Sister Self Doubt (Original Mix)
42:24 – 42:42 – L7 – Shitlist
42:42 – 42:59 – Hans Hammerschmid – Secret Affair
43:00 – 43:09 – The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Sun Ain’t Shining No More (Instrumental)
44:03 – 44:23 – Terence Blanchard – Thrown a Bone
44:39 – 45:26 – U.N.K.L.E – Blade in the Back
45:27 – 45:49 – The Dust Brothers – Marla
46:09 – 46:35 – Beastie Boys – Dramastically Different
46:37 – 46:57 – D. Sardy feat. Liela Moss – Giant
47:23 – 47:55 – Beastie Boys – Electric Worm
47:55 – 48:05 – Brian Eno – Untitled
48:15 – 48:50 – LCD Soundsystem – Big Ideas
48:51 – 49:20 – Terence Blanchard – Good and Ready
50:05 – 50:25 – Hans Zimmer – Beverly Hilton
50:26 – 50:49 – Brian Eno – Untitled
50:53 – 51:13 – Gianni Ferrio – One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato)
51:28 – 51:36 – Nathaniel Mechaly – Later That Night
51:37 – 52:19 – Ilan Eshkeri – Prologue (Through The Wall)
52:25 – 53:08 – Philip Glass – The Secret Plot
53:16 – 53:23 – Terence Blanchard – Dr. Phil
53:30 – 53:41 – Terence Blanchard – Dr. Phil
54:07 – 54:17 – Terence Blanchard – Dr. Phil
54:27 – 54:33 – Terence Blanchard – Dr. Phil
54:42 – 54:52 – Blur – Sing
56:19 – 56:38 – Bombay Bicycle Club – Evening/Morning
56:53 – 57:15 – Terence Blanchard – Nice Talking to You
57:20 – 57:28 – Terence Blanchard – Nice Talking to You
57:30 – 58:00 – Hans Zimmer – Beverly Hilton
58:18 – 59:03 – Ennio Morricone – The Surrender (La Resa)