On a caring-and-sharing Top Gear, we tried to become all eco-friendly
by showing you how the Government thinks we should behave in our cars.
We searched for the fastest faith in the UK, a rocker tried out our
reasonably priced car, and we learnt how to drive a Lotus Elise
properly.
Diesel cars are a lot better than they used to be, and we looked at a
diesel sports car by Peugeot. Other green goodies in the studio
included a LPG-powered Bristol and Ford's Th!nk.
Richard road-tested the Saab 9-3, which scored well on
eco-friendliness. But, green issues aside, Richard's reception to the
9-3 was fairly lukewarm.
Better news was that you can drive a car the Government approves of
and still have a laugh. The Lotus Elise had a few creature comforts
(such as carpet and electric windows) and fitted in the same tax bracket
as a Ford Fiesta.
Next, we invited various Men of God to lap our circuit. After
extensive research using a tuned Subaru Impreza, we officially announced
that Britain's fastest faith was the Church of England.
The star guest of the show was Status Quo's Rick Parfitt, who drove
our reasonably priced Liana. He took to the track for a surprisingly
short while, but that was all he needed to post a seriously competitive
time of 1.52.
First shown on: 01/12/2002
