On Top Gear's man-sized blast from the past, James pondered the
cabrio question and we discovered which takes longer to change, a
gearbox or a woman's outfit?
Anne Robinson was our star who drove the Liana around the track and
proved a welcome antidote to a testosterone-fuelled show and,
thankfully, she even drove like a girl and a got a laptime of 1.57.
Next, James asked the question: "Are soft-tops really girl's cars or
can a bloke get away with driving one?" If you own a StreetKa, the
answer's 'no', but if you're brave enough to buy a Triumph TR6 it's an
entirely different story.
Staying with the subject of girlieness for a minute - could a bunch
of Pirelli girls get ready for a night out faster than Ford's rally team
could change most of the running gear on a WRC Focus? Initially we
thought that pitting them against a gearbox change might be a little to
close to call. What we forgot was that universes have been created and
destroyed in less time than it takes four beautiful women to get ready.
First shown on: 08/06/2003
