巅峰拍档(\第十九季

剧情简介

148Series 19,+^ Epi/[#sode 12[7 Januar(y 2013Dami_,an Lewis　!　Review Richa+rd rev+` +iews+\ th
^e _Pagani Huayra: , the latest supe*)rcar from the Itali\an m/=.anufacturer. The c/_,ar [=\is cap_(able of +sava-g e* acc.=$$eleration,
* .wit%+h a lot of attenti$on` placed)= into t!_he bod\.y.work, interior and util:izing cutt--=[ing *.edge tec(,hn(olog*]y/`.+- Despite the massive twin$$-turb*?o engine a+nd ho)^.rs:#;epower, thanks t.$] o its 
sop/ histic.!ated aerodyna.mic packag#@e, the`* `c @`ar c ?an?* ea s?i$ly be driven hard witho. ut the risk of s(pin
n %)i(=n-g. The Huayra also set the fastest tim$,,e .`%-on the Top $
_ Gear )T?* e,
st Trac#k in t
#he hands o
f The S[:$$tig, ,! 113.^+^8, beating the previou*s]/ record, set by t
he$ Ar@-ie!l Ato#!m V8.　　News /The [ )Dac.ia@ S a`n dero?( =is no!w on s!.ale in*^ th,e #UK. The Merc=`ede s-Benz SL;-S AMG (Black ha]_/s been up%^!dated to$:^^ _pr`(#oduce extra horsepow.e[ /\r , but the han( ?dling is st_:$i+ll ch!alleng.ing. Jerem_*_y claims th+at h e ]ha^
)s f+ound,% a ma(l?e equivalent versio]n of F#@ifty Shades %#o+f Grey, presenting a kid'_s book abo?
u_t tr
actors. The n]]e%-w [;C:hevr%)o.let#[ St in^?\gray is announce-(d. James M
!@ay turned fifty the previous we@ek. Also, the rally; team composed ]+`of war amputees !(previously -  mentione,d in serie-,@s ^:*17, epi/sode [6#) fina,)ll[y comp=leted the ir chal*]le+nge of fini +s[)!hing the 2013 Dakar Rally,.　　R[ evi]ew]( Ja +mes revie_ws t;he new Bentley =Con+ tinent al( GT, a(@`nd [n*.o% $te`s th _e new engi`:ne@ and su[[btle=!`? 
.+rid
.e charac_((teristics. \;]Believin^g that the Be.n\)%t=(ley, ? wi] th four wheel drive system and +;a big, +]pow^erful engine
\,]#= can handle thi_,?ngs w?ors:e than a! We lsh cou (ntr=`@yside road%
, J]*ames takes the car on^[to a Wel@,*sh-!),) s_tage of the `World, Rally C@hamp? io^nship, with` Kris Meek@@e behind t+@=\he w heel, and Ja,me#.#s` bei -n \,g -th\]e$$ co-driver. Despi`%+ te,; the car( having ^les+ s grip, more weigh)@t, an(( elect-$ronic -h/andbrake (un\(sui(-=table for us -age on) %a rally stage) and Jam$es not being pr[o [ficie ^nt :at gi/ving pace notes, the Bentley was act_ually]/ @ faste@/r than one of the f]#@ull WRC cars.　　Star,+ -I/\n A R $e$$asonably Priced Car Damian Lewi%s )takes his turn in the\ car,(; and d*rifts ?+the Kia Cee'd ar ;`o+ `und )+*[the s?.now-coated test tr-;:ack and c?]rosses the) fini:/sh line side(ways[), setting th@_e ]slo[west ever ^%time of^ 2];09.1.
_] =Jer_emy cheers Damian up by making a separate board for *!snow (he justs p)ut th
^e time und#)er#neat^ -(h and @#/to the) side*]:\ of @?th]@?e\,( fa:
stest lap time o n th at^ /boar `d) and s(!ays/
%/; t+hat he i/s\] t:**/he_ fast,est driver ?^ever o=n their ,;snow b)/,.oard.　　Chal\_len^:ge Jeremy a+tte (mpts` to build a car #sma(l ?:le_r th\ an the Pee=(!l P5
]
0, nam[ing his creation t;he# P45. It wa:.s based on a ]qua:[)d bike, wi_#=th bodywork fitted, designed
/% to:/ wrap ar @o,un.#\d: the driver. He t+ %?%hen presented his id(ea to th%,e 'Dra,gons' in]+ a Dragon`s' Den style forma t. All of th])\e dragons d]eclare themselves out and bac *k in ;(th @e st.ud,/io, Richard co?
ncludes that for the P^45 to ,b()e put  i-n p rod-=)uction, Je]^r:emy would % have to@_ be[ dead)).　　149Series 19, E@+pisode 2`@3 Febru$#a#`r? y :_201]+3Mick F=+leet(+woo@,d　　Cha
lleng^$e, Part;^* 1 I*n another? / c
halle*nge, the p!re
#-(senters picked thre!) !e super cars to tak(e #,on an epic ra;)ce`[. S* in,ce# it w]@as Ham;mo =,*nd_'s turn) to select t];he challeng.(_:e locatio!n, the team went to ,\
the Western +$!United St!/\ates. Jeremy se^l.ec% ted the Lexus L$*FA,@? Jam(es chose t;` h e ?? new Asto#n =Martin* Vanquish, an. d Richard t*=*ook the SRT Viper. ?\] Afte@r: a brief :=drive^+( in the Nevada desert, the tri$`o hea
 *ded to$ Las Vegas$% Moto\r Sp,,eedway, specific :ally th,_.$e drag strip, `to co$mpete in drag rac?@/? es o_??rgani_\zed by t;he Las Vega%s `/
Po-*lice  De?.partment; w$+hom organized it ,with the `,theory t.`/hat allowi;ng people= to drag race, l ^]?=egally, at a clos^ed circuit, w%:ould pr[/?-eve^*nt street`( r`acing. Despite@, the high perform
+ance /+ =o@ $f their \cars, th;
e t/rio were%*_ beaten ^/* by] modifie;.d prod@uction cars, -;\and 4=\W, ,D ]#*ca@]rs, in each of _their dra:)g
,^race,_s.　　N$#ews*/] ,%`Jere@*my comes up with a solution on how to !
solve the ,!crisis  $[aff)(`ecting %Britain's town centr\@es sackin+?g all traf/[fic war dens and remo vin?% g /double yellow lines. The tr%=^io_[`] then review a(` Chines;e prod!uct designed to #stop drowsiness behind:[ th
%e =/wheel, before they too%_k=  a fi@rst look
;@ at,) # the 2013 Jagu`ar F-Type. =They *\)pr 
aised/?) its s%)ty(ling, but cr_ iticized )it]s hi+:gh pric`.-e tag .of £60*.,000, [ as well% as ]its target+* audien;ce. J\ =ames ment,i!,ons P$]euge@%]ot `-Citroen'
/s c,,ar intended to ru!^+;*n on co(mpress#-`ed
.air@ -; Jere\!my attemp`ted to@ us# e -.a fire ex`ti*@nguisher to demon.s trate, but failed. after only:$ causing himself to turn* slowly aro_-und.　　Ch(-(al[l :enge, *=$Pa(rt 2..= Aft er leavi !ng Las Vegas, James an]*d Richard make fun of Jeremy]=)'s LF/ A for la+]?cking not only: @@B !luetooth c?]onnecti+#^on ;_)and iPod con/nectors, but * cup 
holders, desp\[%$ite being ^_the mo**s
_t e:xpens^,ive car. They :=)are t  \hen. tasked? to head to %_=@Willow Sprin(_gs International Moto._ rsports Park$]*+, but they -`instead stop on a g-
roove ^d road :],! where each car drives!- over the` gr.o`\oves and produces /$
*notes. `When they r[each Wil]*-low Sp+rin%^gs, they? @a% re for../^ced to play an a%er
^#ia]l version[+:, of$* [(La ,ser Quest;., where th
ey would drive 5 lap\s around th (-e tr:
ack, whilst be[ing chased by tw.o( Aermac]  c=$hi SF.@
2/ 60 armed wi=`;th laser guns. In the end, J%am[^es won the  /challenge by b;eing h#it only*: 17 times.　　Star in a(%) Reasona^+=?b](ly. Priced Car!* $,/F@ le ))etwood Mac's Mic+-;k Fleetwood drove `/the K;i ,a Cee'd a:roun [d the -@Te)]st Track with a@); lap of 14/+5.4..　　@ Cha[(llenge, Part
?[ 3# Dep#artin?g Willow S!pring/* s, 
the_?_;+ group headed f*$ .or Los Angeles, (#Calif(_ornia. In order to do % - real wo$r=ld testi$$ng, R`,ich.+ard dev]-]ised a?  challenge to see who c],ould burn the best elevens.]_ The three instead^  :e !?n*?ded up dr/awing a phallus `;and +left,= LA. The team then s=tayed _#fo*r a nigh?_`t in P)%;alm Springs. However, the p(*ro(\ducers gave them .\a fin^^al challenge. The three w(`-ould drive [fr/ om ]!Palm Sprin%?gs to ,th*^e Me!:^x^ ic
*an border at Calexico the f:@,`ollowing mornin%g, and the l=:.)as t to mak# e it =to th e Mexic;an borde+r :would have to travel into the country ,/its)?el:[f %?to drive the Mastret]/ta MX=` T, a Mexica)=[n sports_^% car made fun of by the p?,r`$esent,_ers i:%[n  an earlier s_^
er[@ies\\, for ((;a later :,.segm\ent ?on th!]e sh**[ow. I^n revenge f/or tak;)_ing them %;t[/o@+ A
merica, Jeremy and ^_J)[ames# s#a^b\_#,otag .ed Ha:mmond';s Viper, causing-,
^? him %to #.@lose 10 (minutes in the race.# Despit^@e mak.!ing a s)top for fu-el,): Jeremy*, $ma?de +it to ^\:t\##he finish#: line first, with , Jam-_es i[n second. Richard then w` alked to the bo+* rder !\b)@ eing the  last# pers-@%on to arrive.)?. At $ the studio, James an`d =/ Jeremy`.% .`end by saying t/h\at t*he V$*iper was awful+ $.an@*d _t#hat the Vanquis_ h and LFA _^(wer :.e am?#*azing.　*@　150Ser$](`ies 1]9), E;@p`is,
ode 310 F .ebruary% 20 *13Amy Macdo-nal@(]d　　Revi]ew Jeremy]*/ revi[ew-];s th ).%e)^ `Toyo!@`ta GT8!^6 and the Sub?:aru# BRZ. ?The cars *;.a;re almos$t identical, but Jeremy p% r%*efer\s the Toyota GT86.? ).#(The Stig then completed a lap of $^the Tes?*t Track in 1313%\(=.　　Ne\^([ws T?+:hey  $%d(@iscu) ^ss the new S;_ub]#]aru @-Impre\za, which(, is?-_ not c:omi],ng to[ UK, an d they then #talk about th;@e new Maserati
,Q.uattroporte.　　Cha/llenge, Par\=t 1 The p.ro/\=d,(#uc#)__ers ha?ve reserved )+a si@ng^le ticke/]t to a footb\all match at the San Siro i +n;@ Milan, =Northe? rn Italy. The tr+io have (a race from Wemb$ ley S !tadium t/*!o the San Siro.( Jer +\emy drives `] the Shelby Mu#stang )_GT500 ]*and R?ich(-;ard%\$ and James travel o `n public tr//@ans[$#po
rt. S=imilar- t
!)o the  previous race *.to Mont e^ C;%.a-+rlo\`, Ric`hard a!;:n,d)* J=;am_[*es
_@ar] e not allowed +,to use any cars, and= Jeremy is :not a.llowed ]+to use any trains. According to Jere)my, s]ince the las$t epic \@r#**ace, =the (% trains have #!become fa/-ste!r an^d #boats have bec?,#+ome %-% `s?`/l!:
ower;;`.=![
Richard an$
,:d = James opened up a bi!g lead -whils._t travelling o n the^(( [ `Eurostar, and^ arr:\i[-ve in P$\aris whi\)`le Jere(.:my w .]as still cr ossi
!)ng the Engli`sh Chann ,el on a f#^erry.\+$ ] -After r* =eachi]_ng F;=rance, J:erem) \y discovers #;tha=+t the 
Mustan`?,:g o !nly h\@!o?lds 50 %litres in its fuel ta?:nk. After leaving Par is, Ric]hard and James disc;uss what to do% u::pon ar#-riving i /:n Milan +— as ther^\e are two o+_f [[t$\hem b;-)ut on` ly one  t%ic*ket. Hund(`red[s ?o)f miles% b; eh;*]ind, Jeremy ends par\(t@. 1 o
^f the challen\ge stating out loud,( I'm gon
?;na
:# lose!%　　Star in a ]_ R)=#ea]sonab
^%ly( P_ric;ed Ca
r Amy Macdonald d[rove %the Kia Cee'
@=d a=[\rou,-+nd  the# Tes;[t Tr:/..a))#ck i\`\n 1)^44.4. During one of her prac=tice r]uns, Amy a)ccidental^,ly destr\oyed# one of the ru]* nway ligh@ :ts, (]which Jerem@[ +y :.gives to her /a f$=
$ter reve*aling t@?he;] la,_#p t@im_?)e.　　Challeng/:e, Part 2 The# high s$[p-[eed TGV sl+o we d ? do] wn as  it$@ approa?/ched th:`_%e m\(-;ountains that s+ur `round Northern Italy. Je@(r%= emy began t  o c a=tch up and;- was nearly neck and nec:+k wit_^
h the t\]r,[;ain, until r_[@o\^a.d w)#@or #ks at the Mont B[[^lanc Tunn=el slow him dow n. Th#%#e train sta rts to +accelerate -a)gain a
nd reaches Northern It aly ahead of Jeremy. Ri`chard and Ja\mes u?se a tube ne#tw# ork $^?%to g`e!?t to the s?tre!e+
ts%$ nea`]r the finish (:/line. Jam_;es\%_ maint+)]ains h^is oppos`!ition to run on tel evision ,and Ri chard runs+- off +?*#alone*= to find the finish line, wh(`ich @
?is at,/]$ *a bar in th./e,^ IM @Villa V +$eu_+).ve Cliequ ot. Jam_es th@%
)en assembled %:a bi `ke`= which^, he had hidden in one of hi[,%\s bags and_, ri% !des t+o (the bar, only to find tha\/!t (Richa r(d is alre+@a,*(dy th(]er%e*_ and has w[on= t`.
he ,=r,ace and the t![ick%et to the footba
ll match. Moments
later, ]#Jerem;%y arrived and acce=pted def):eat fo^=r the first time ever in,%) an[\ (\`epic  =@race of%)[ all the serie ;_s.　　151Seri( es 19, Episode 417 February  2013Lewis? Hami^/;lto=\)n　]　Revie:/@
w Jerem[=!y review^s the V+auxhall Astra VXR, Ford ,/.Focus ST an/[ d Ren)`ault Mega.ne Renault Sport Cup. The Sti$!`g d,$id laps of ea)$c!=#h car, the Focus
; be] ing th [e sl@owest at :$ [129.6, the@  Astra VXR at 128.3, and t+he Megane in_ 127-;.7. Despit/e /!]#this, Jeremy chose [/_the-: Astr a VXR a^s the ]*??best overa#l#l car o`f the- thr ) (ee[...　　#?News The_y, discuss th
%e newes ?t c/:]ars .,^` **s?
uch a*,s the]# Alfa Romeo 4C, the `)@^next gene/ration Ford Mustang -wou^!ld be sold in Great `Britain, .^but *@/the UK[/; version[*. _would come with a 2.0: EcoBoos;=t engine,] a=%nd the importan:ce of the han^*_dbrake turn in male de%/\:vel_o/ pme)/ nt.　　^ ^Review Jeremy tests*=
the al;$*:l .^new Kia \Cee'%d, pu *$;tting it throu]*/gh a myriad of s
tran_ge road tests. I[ncl# din$g@ Matt LeBlanc d!o)ing ^a lap with both the old and n)+.ew- Ce+;e'd, Bruce Willi+_s (in c-harac`ter #)\a)s John= ]
@[McClane) t=e-+sti[*ng the h/%orn of the Cee'd,+ Er#ic %(-Clapton  te]]sting it*`s auxili$#a!(ry *input jack],`, and ^?Je;:remy test-]ing the $/ Ce e'd's self parallel! parking(  feature.　　Star in a_# =:Reasona;,bly!` Pr(*$iced Car Lewis Ham%ilton opens -u#p abo]ut his move fr ^)#om  `McLar!en t%o Me:rc?edes AM`=G and take+^s th[e ;./old Suz+?((uki Liana a`^\r_ound the Test @!Track%,%_ =[s etting the fa 
stes`t#/ F1 t \@im+%e*@, a 142.9.　　Review= As pu@.+/nis@$hment for losing the $$previou:?*s race, ;( `% R.;
ich=ard `_is ^.forced to review the _Mastretta MXT in,-] Mexico.]@^` _;;Minding his words, he% \]stat[?:e@s that the !\ MXT was an ;#amb)@\itious un!]-dert )!aking f$^or the firs)t-t$+i\[
me manufacturer=@, ;@*bu?t that it had it+^s share o@$f flaws.　　C)halle^n[(ge Jer#e*?%my and(+ James p- ,la%:]?y ca+r rug%$?by usin((*g _] Kia Cee'ds! and/ Kia Spor
^.tages at Twic!^/kenham Stadium a-
nd Stig in Vaux!+hall A,\=stra \Police /car as the /referee. Je.$re`,(.my's t\]eam-/ wins_.　　1^[52-_S)e_ ri *es 19, Episod@^e 52!*#4 Fe %/bruary 2013James Mc.$Avoy　　Chal#lenge, Part ]]1 Jeremy and $Ri ]cha%:rd attempt to design a ca-`r targeted a-t elde)=rly!

##pe#:ople. Jere;+`my@* dem/ (onstrates the compl*_!:e,/xity of modern cars' dshboard. Rich\\ard brings a Fiat Multipla= a[ n,)!d both modif$y it. Jeremy breaks the da:/@shboard and replace= $s 
i[,t c#onsiderin`*$g it(@- to b[@\e t*=,oo co)^?mpli@)cated *:]for eld*ers. Richard %as?)+ks fo^`?r t^?@he airbag s sayin:
g  ( that i#t i :? .s dange]%^rous for the `, elderly -who are as de,%/licat)(?e as childre
^n, and that$\ he need
\*!s it $_for a safety fe( ature. Jeremy\_` ?%makes a speedometer:@%, which re\]@a,?d
.s 20 mph at the top speed, $ he also uses an old design switch for rear fo^;)g ligh*t which d!%o!\`es noth! ing. Jer:e#my insta!lls a pet-cage and replaces th^e back seat with high s% ea_t chai+rs =and! the \Fi)%`at badge w-ith a R_ #+o:.ve,[r one.*),. :They paint it in beige afte[r(] observ$?_ing t()he ._sh!,: ade o=f a,(; hearing a=id. Richard *.^-uses w,ater(-r_)es_istant fabric a-`@s s^+ eat  covers, a=?;nd w!hil=%e s titchin(g hurt,(-s [ ?his e$ye. They comple[te the car an.d end the part 1 with Richar;d wearing h;%eavy( =ba$\ndage` s o
,ver :[hi^s  :/left ey@e.
　　News Volkswagen wil)?l _)launch ^-GTI v]e.$/rsi o!$:]n of the $+new !@Golf .#a.$:;n\@d GT v :ersion of Up w=\:,ill, ]!be la^unched. Kia will lau
nch t he
/-Pro C ee'd GT. The Mini Pac\eman is l%_aunc/h:ed, and \th-/e tr?i*^*o mock the fr+ont end@ of  ^the car,$ claim!ing that it looks )depre($+ssing. T/%h!(e trio\%\ agree, that ?the British are the best ?dri:vers.  Alfa)#-Ro?me]?_o releases photograph.s of the Glor[`ia, in w, h* /$(ich t_=(-he !tri:!o make fun ^  of it(-+'s nam*)e. Richard had arrived ^. late so Ja _ mes an!^(;d Jeremy had attempted to play  tenni? ]s wit)
`h c,ars (whic]h h]as ,! a lot of  +%-e;
d=)iting).　　Review James reviews the new R(,%ange Ro-ve!+r in L=]o
ndon. The new car^;` is completel.-=y -`re@,designed, 400 kg lighter due$:[ to/, Aluminium bo \dy, has a(]c?,t+iv^e suspension,=\  new gearb@ox, minimalist das@$ hboard and offers better c(:omfo: =r+t.)+ James?/ then races i \t a gainst Te^(rraM_ax -at Nevada Automotive Te/st ^ Cen_^tre,% Neva.da. The;/ race was$* t_+:o a hill 1!*+[0 mile acr+)oss, pass([ ing thr$o:/ug$%%h rock(@y terra$*_in, )(hill`[ock, mu@; *d,(
 river and] %@sa^nd-track_s. _?.T*[-(er_.raMa!x wa;s swi%tched 
+to drone m
:!o=de;, =/du++ring the race *to %_ def/late the tyres :( and`# -,take a short-;cut`. The :Range Rover]
's- =) automatic Te##(r

,rain Response System is demon (strated. James tak*%!es a l
$%onger )!- route to asce!]nd the hill but still wins( = th -!
e race(\. At +!$the _!studio, the tr-? (io con/*(sider_ th e d #riverless cars to be not_ _ver(@y __practical.　　Star In A Rea- -sonably P];r iced Car James McAvoy drove% */ the @),[Kia Cee'd aro]#und the Test Track with a
*. _lap^; of 14 $*3.6 de@:%spite having ,less experi]!ence o, f driv_i,ng c ?ars.;( He drov^?e -$=over grassy (patch in the== last corner^\ bu_ ;t m%/anages to k+-eep the car und/!
er cont:r /\ol.　　)^Challenge/`,/ Part =)\`2 Je# remy and! Richard road-test [_(their car at Christchurc;+h, =-Dors].)\et. The [:_car has large front.* bumpers made up/  of f @oam, large$
rear
,-v\iew mirrors`, squeaking ball ;:under :/the brake-pedal, l=;arge magnify]/ing-glass] on t]\ he dashboard, sat _nav (voiced by; R`ichar[\d Briers) with 
_o/( nly four destinatons. The+`$@ c(\a $r has an(+\ arti ficial cat on the+-:+ roof
#\
whi+ch `later fell_* o)ver on) th e[` way #_of Bingo hal@l. Richard late
+r shows his -sy ?stem to f];ind the]# loc (ation of p/]arked (\#car (*the car !%activate[s a f@/lare an)#=d
 then releases a balloon). Jeremy sh)\-ows that, the radio o]]nly p lay s Horse*?$ of t%h_e Year S%how the$
me on a l_?oop, %which@ - both \later f/ in`d :to be
+ irresisti/ble ; to clap along%. The /name of th!:e car/%`- i+,s: reveale%% d* /to be The /(Ja$, mes. T.@)hey ;p@\!`\i [ck up three - el derly +$ladies from a pensioners' :+home f]or r?/o[+a,d-testing and drive@)/ them t?@o a:% =bowling [^club where it is _=shown that` Richard fitted  +the airb= /a)/g at  [^the rear for [%:pa$rki?;$ ,ng assist w hich inflate##)s t\he a*!i?r`bag%(! o+n clos@;e +
p /rox@[im* ity. Jeremy and Richard@ buy food fo[r p icn.ic, choosing  o% nly@; `\Bri
`tish foods. They,: att !ach th;e shoppin,[$[g t@`roll
*e[y_$( to Tow /!@#hitch a(;nd head[( for picn
i
c. The ro_,-of - of_! t$`he car leaks as it? rain:s./ Jeremy a] nd= Richard  en/=*d up (`]choosi[^n[)#g \
a pic+ nic spot on roa-dsid$e where-.( the;-y find `the tro;lley to b.?\e damaged during r*e@(versing a?n$*/d the foo;/d to b %e soak,-#e\d, how ?*+ever they ate the food wh!
ich was n#(o!t ru_!]ined. (:The next day bo$^th l^eave C:h#_ristchurch and Je)?!remy s/$hows his sys$tem  ;=to p:revent the`  ca;+)r from being dr^*iven=_ -on the) wro$ng$: si@_de $+]of , :the r;oad(+, the car i$-nitially sounds alarm and lat+?er the tyres, %
doors#
\ and other  \parts of the car explode which[ /$stops the car a(]:n ^:!d!` rend!:e]rs it immo-%bile. At the studio, James considers the he
#at].er to be c- !o$;mpl!icated, the trio thank$] Richard @:/Bri+ers and ^]annou[n )@_c e the Africa spec(%ial.　　153#Se
. rie?s 19, Episo@\de 6;_3 M,$arch 2013No G?u
]/est　　F irst of the two-episo-de Africa Speci$al, taking\*]] p,`[lace/ i*%n A(=f`+.rica.
! The episode was shot_ in 2$012.　　Ch allenge@$=, %Pa($+r!]\t 1 Buy use]d estate cars for up /[t[\o £,1,500 in )%!Brita+_\in_ an/]d report@( at a small vil
lage in rural Ugand a. Jeremy arrives in[, a BMW$(,^ 528i Tour?in*/g, Ric ?hard in a*[ S=ub@_aru Impr\ -eza WR)/X Estate# and James i n a^( Volvo 850R Wa!gon. The challenge. is to fi^(#nd ^@*,the) tru.e source of the river Ni\le.　　They set off an disco;. .ver that exploring isn't as dif ficult a_s fir!=st :thou]`gh* -t when th  ey go on !;(a ];,n.(ice)[*, e`
as!y drive a_nd find Lake Victoria%/, ;#of whom the Victorian  (Explorers thoug/ht )\`w-a[+s t[he source \.of the Ni]le._ How[//ever they
%a re [the%!n t#)!ol d that i[t is no#%t *!the a-^]ctual s= :!ourc(,-e of the Nile and there were t`.w`@o othe=$ r ]%:*[dis*put/ed loca
tio( n=$/s! for it, one 
 in Rwanda and o?ne -]in Buru: n*
,di. However, Jeremy Clarks% on(( insisted ) that both of these loc*]atio$;,n@s ^*:were wrong;+/ an*\^d decided to head west to,=;[war *ds Lake E,%dwar]d
!to see whe)(^+ther$ there was a+ l.^ink betw:een that lake and Lake Kivu in Rwa;:?^nda.　　In thei_r .journey west, wher /` e $the?\y vis:+it the Ente+bbe A)
irport and == from t_h(ere[[+( see the \Ford *Scorpio Esta -.te $%)b,]ack-up car:
.. They  contin-
ue into Kampala,?* Uganda's Capit;= al City whe^r,_e t[hey get he?$#ld u]p in .@:a traffic j;:[[am overnight, the most hurren^dous .traffic they'd ever see! ^)n.　*　They conti\nue. : on well-maintaine^%$d highways w, ^?est$  f^]i^ nding ,t=?hei[r trip :i/ ncredi=!bly eas :y; (before reaching
, the town +-of Mbarara_-. i`n the so,`)uthwest of the countr[y, v;ia :#a# stop in Jezza, :a village in Mpigi District. H,^ere(! they sta-y in a di==sgusting hotel,*/? a_fter,% driving through te/$ \a pla
ntati[ons in an a #@ttempt t)`o d(-$ iscove r a *lov$%ely^)- tea!@house)]; h`;ote/l, wh+ich^ in the mind of Richar@d,, wa,_ s bound t
?/`o foun*d due to tea$:^ programmes he'd seen.　　I+)$n Mbarara they([.( staye$[d in: the Economic _Lodge with Jer[emy# hav?=!]ing /:.[a bed with faeces on it. )$)$T,(:*hey =lef*)t the hotel* disgusted before`
: Ric/hard has the idea to make =$the. cars 'h^*ote=%l =-s'. James
 mod\?ifi @ +]e:!#s/\? ), h i#)s Volvo by a!dding a library, Ric],hard adds =a coo( ker `(and Jeremy ad/=ds a coffi]n!. The coffin he uses to *#)put ` h*]is clothes in, -he sleeps]* on E !]gypt:#ian ^_Cot#.ton.　　@:^They leave for ;_Lake E]dward$ , camping ove/:rnight there -
because `of i$?:ts beauty befor(e heading in search# of@ the @! riv_?/er [$ (heading f[ o@-?r Lake (?Kivu.+ None  o;+f the river# %s connect the lake =as they all head#] east rather than south. They give up, lea(*vi# /*ng the
)m disappoint];,ed.#_ Then -?J?eremy look _s# \ \at: a ma\]p ;and disco[ver s th`e s#/o/urce of t*he Ni`)le !_mus ^(!t be on t; !he oth:$er side of L%ake Victori a. His r]eason@;-ing is[]- t
hat the Med,-it;
erran ean \Sea  is effectiv-ely an in\land sea and so Gib( ra?*ltar is the true mo*]]uth of,: the-$ +N-/il \e, r: at, her t(han Alexandri#a in Egypt.　　After dis$covering th]+i[s .+the*_[y dec@-+ide#)
$ +tha\(`t the=y m@) ust drive straig^=ht to the other sid#)e o_f(%: Lake V_ictoria to[ get t o the southeas)t coast%\  in Tan#]zania:,- nea-%r th
+e Sere,[ngeti=:. T]h]=?ey s#:tar.=t this jo.urn e/y by heading\ ].]s:*.o:;uth into$:@ t[ he `R^=wenzori Mou+-+#ntains, finding the goin@/`g h
ard and -most of the time getti -#/ng their? +vehicles stuck in mud.