I don't do torrents.

If you download it on your PC, it will stay there for a month from iplayer

I've got it recorded on my PC. If it's not on iPlayer by the time you get back, let me know & I'll ship it to you somehow.

A really good episode all round I thought. Mick Fleetwood made for an excellent guest (although I do very much like Fleetwood Mac so may be a little biased).

The dicking around / stupidity was actually funny this time, and struck me as being the sort of thing they'd actually get up to naturally on such a trip were the cameras not actually there. I think my biggest gripe was the colour of that Aston Martin; it looked ruddy awful, which for such a naturally pretty car is quite an achievement.

I know, think how nice it'd look in racing green...

Incidentally, is it just me, or is the new fiesta entirely ripping off Aston's signature grill design?

No it is not just you.

I liked that shade of blue on it.

As far as the Fiesta goes, well, there's only so many shapes you can stick on the front of a car.
And given the number of rules manufacturers have to follow these days, it's hardly surprising that some are gravitating towards a sort of bland average.

Take, for instance, the 2008 Jag XK.



Now, it's not as striking as your example with the Fiesta, but...




And that's one reason I like older cars with a bit of a personality.

Thank's for that.
I can't download it here as the rig internet connection is way too slow for that.

Nope, the Mondeo had it on Top Gear (and the Focus too IIRC), I guess it's related to the period Ford owned AM

It tarnishes the AM brand from the grill being copied to every other Ford car. Stupid decision.

Ford don't own AM any more though do they?

I think that they were sold to a private buyout. There may have been middle east money from memory, but not sure without googling.

Yes they are independent of Ford and have been since 2007.

I know JC normally comes out with loads of [LIFTED] but I had to agree on his town center shopping predicament answer (well most of it).

We currently find it almost impossible to go into our town centers to do to a bit of shopping without having to pay a fortune for parking and not forgetting the hassle getting into town in the first place with bus lanes, restricted access, restricted parking etc.

Town councils need to have a rethink and possible reverse there long term plans on reducing car volumes if they want to keep their town centers alive.

That look is going to be product wide eventually.
http://www.ford.com

A few people have had a whinge over Clarkson drawing a gentleman sausage in the storm drain.