8/10 (even though I just voted 7/10 and then changed my mind
).
Albanian-film was mostly funny and original. Being an aviation-nut myself, I can *so* understand James wetting himself with all those old MiGs around. The fact that I would've corrected Jezza WRT flaps and ailerons just like he did, makes me feel weird about myself though..
Shame they couldn't get their hands on the real Mulsanne, I wonder what the story is behind that one. Usually, VW are very generous when it comes to having their cars participate in whacky TG-films (see the Dakar-Touareg-downhill-race).
Personally, I'd choose the Merc as well. The Ghost, like the Phantom, looks kinda ugly, heavy and not very well balanced to me. Same goes for the Bentley BTW, which IMO looks more like a chinese BYD-copy of a Bentley.
^ WTF?
The speed of the S-class was amazing.
I almost thought they'd sped up the footage when it flew by the Mulsanne...
The hatchback-review wasn't half bad either, the only thing I would criticize is the rarity of all three cars. Even the "common" RS500 was such a limited production-run and, quite frankly, came out (and sold out) quite a while back. The Volvo, being a one-off, is amazing ... but pointless. I'd much rather see another one of Jeremy's brillliant "common"-hot-hatch comparisons (see: M?gane Sport vs. Astra VXR vs. Golf V GTI in S06). He loves that kind of car and with the likes of the Scirocco R, the new M?gane/Clio RS, Mazda 3 MPS or even the Mini Cooper Works out there, he'd have tons of interesting "hot" mainstream cars to choose from.
Guest-segment wasn't all that special IMO. Felt kinda forced and wasn't really funny.
Still: A very entertaining episode, especially for one that relied almost exclusively on a long "three-cars-in a foreign-country"-clip. Well, "two-and-a-half-cars" in this case, but still ...