On safety-concious Top Gear, we had a man behaving badly (while
obeying the rules of the road) in our reasonably priced car, and lots of
safe and responsible stuff.
It's been brought to our attention that we're a bit gung-ho, perhaps
irresponsible. Frankly we're a bit confused by this, but we thought we'd
redress the balance and dedicate an entire show to safety. So, Richard
tested the safest family car you can buy, the Renault Megane. And he
tested it by crashing into another car. It really was very safe indeed,
killing absolutely nobody, which will keep the insurance premium down.
If you're talking safety, you automatically think Sweden. After all,
they gave us Saabs and Volvos favoured by safety-concious people the
world over. And now the super-safe Swedes have come up with a new
supercar called Koenigsegg. Fast and no doubt very safe too.
Cheerfully continuing his blatent disregard for this week's safety
theme, Jeremy also introduced a brand new Aston Martin V8 coupe to the
world. The whole Top Gear team's pretty much agreed it's about the best
looking car that's been launched for a long time.
Finally, the star in a reasonably priced car was a man who used to
behave badly, Neil Morrissey. A bit of discipline paid off on the track
with a decent laptime of 1.49.
First shown on: 22/06/2003
