Jeremy and James say you can't be considered a car enthusiast until
you've owned an Alfa. What they lack in reliability they more than make
up for in bling. Now, you've probably seen the videos: attractive women
gyrating, fast cars and deep beats. It turns out they're all singing
about one thing: the Cadillac Escalade. Odd, because it does something
stupid like 300 metres to the gallon, and the interior looks 'like a
wheelie bin'.
It's a rule in the Top Gear production office: each week the person
who comes up with the most outrageous idea gets off making the tea. This
time the idea was so silly we couldn't resist doing it. The result? A
monster truck, a nun, and a row of cars. Did Sister Mary rise to the
challenge? Of course she did. After all, she probably had God on her
side.
Even James got in on the act of being 'bling' when he took Lady
Penelope's car from the Thunderbirds film out for a spin. Except there
wasn't much spinning going on; it's hard to spin a car that's 8m long.
But it did have an amazingly cool automatic roof and door-opening
mechanism.
