I'd have to go with a 7 at best. I'll start from worst to best:
- Rugby: it seemed way too long, and wasn't terribly different from the car football and car hockey that they've done before. Plus, and I'll grant this is a very personal thing, I have a bit of a problem watching all those cars get trashed in the name of a segment. I don't know if the show has to buy all those cars outright to be able to do something like this, but if they do, it seems like that's a lot of money that could go towards other segments or specials. Even if they don't, it just seems unbelievably wasteful.
- News: did they really have no other car news to cover? It seemed like they went on way too long in the "news" segment talking about handbrake turns.
- (F1) SIARPC: While Hamilton is one of the more personable and charismatic F1 stars that I recall them having on the show, having him on again seemed a bit "been there, done that" (kind of a theme with this week). Still, Hamilton does seem like a very nice chap.
- Mastretta: Not bad, although they went really soft on the quality issues. The car just looked very cheaply made. I noticed the bonnet bouncing up and down even before Hammond commented on it. For a show that continually rakes US made cars over the coals for their quality issues (for right or wrong, but mostly right) the Mastretta looked far worse.
- Cee'd: a straightforward review made interesting with the understated cameos from LeBlanc, Willis, and Clapton. I am kind of surprised at the change in attitude toward the park assist feature. As I recall, they reviewed the feature on another car and absolutely trashed it, although the change in attitude might be because this one makes the feature idiot-proof to use, while the last one was clumsy and difficult.
- Hatchback Trio: fairly entertaining. Although it was somewhat reminiscent of the style of the Fiesta review, I think this one was much more focused and delivered better information.