1 00:00:01,909 --> 00:00:11,708 <font color="#3399CC">Subtitles by MemoryOnSmells http://UKsubtitles.ru</font> 2 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,399 Tonight, Raikkonen... Oops. 3 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,119 Evans... Can't believe it. 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,599 Slash... 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,400 and bash, as we do proper motor racing. 6 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,919 Hello and welcome to the playground. 7 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,279 Welcome, everybody. Thank you. 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,640 Thank you so much. 9 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,960 Now, we begin with the BMW M5. 10 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:49,279 For the last 25 years, it has been the best fast saloon. 11 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:54,999 Erm, which is a bit of a problem for BMW every time they replace it, 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,840 as Richard Hammond shall now explain. 13 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:09,159 This is the outgoing M5 in action and, straightaway, 14 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,479 you can see the problem. 15 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,919 It's brilliant. 16 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,959 Big, 500 horsepower, V10 upfront, 17 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:21,039 naturally aspirated, 18 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:27,439 it's just distilled essence of single-malt driving pleasure. 19 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:32,279 And that gives BMW a problem much like that faced by the makers of Die Hard 4, 20 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,399 or of Cheryl Cole's 2011 calendar. 21 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,999 This is a personal analogy, but it works for me. 22 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,120 The problem is this... where to go next? 23 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,759 Well, this is where they've gone the next. It's the brand-new M5. 24 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,439 It costs £73,000 and, on paper, 25 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,519 it sounds like a much tamer beast. 26 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,359 For starters, the magnificent V10 27 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:03,440 has been replaced by a more polar bear-friendly V8. 28 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,679 When you're driving along, you can certainly hear it. 29 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,239 But then you would as it's fitted with a system 30 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:13,999 piping a synthesised version 31 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,680 of the exhaust note through the stereo. 32 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,400 That's kind of cheating, isn't it? 33 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,199 Thanks to additions like the seven-speed double-clutch gearbox, 34 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,359 this new M5 now weighs 90 kilograms more than the old one. 35 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,759 At first glance, then, it seems like the M5's 36 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,520 rock 'n' roll days are over. 37 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:43,959 Oh, dear. 38 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,319 I seem to have accidentally pulled up alongside the old M5, 39 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,079 for what looks like the makings of a drag race. 40 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,839 Yeah, there's a man in a white coat and everything. 41 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:59,279 Three, two, one, go! 42 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,559 Oh, ho-ho ho! That's some power! 43 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,639 Getting ahead. 44 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:11,999 Yeah, this is probably a good time to tell you more about that V8. 45 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,039 It's got two turbos which gives it 552 brake horsepower, 46 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,999 52 more than the V10, 47 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,999 and more torque. 48 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,199 A lot more torque. 49 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,000 And it's quick! 50 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,719 Ya-hah-ha! 51 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,199 Had you worried for a moment, then! 52 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,519 More firepower in the engine bay 53 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,039 is just the first piece of good news. 54 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,639 In the old M5, you got a techno-overload 55 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,479 of 11 gearshift settings. 56 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,879 In the new one, it's a more sensible three. 57 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,639 And, with that new twin-clutch gearbox, 58 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,639 the shifts are so fast, the gap between them 59 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,479 can't even be measured. That's good, 60 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:01,680 But it's not as good as the way this car simply devours corners. 61 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,239 Unlike Porsche, with their new 911, BMW has not gone for electric 62 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:21,239 steering, but instead stuck with old-fashioned hydraulics. 63 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,679 And it's so much better for it. There's much more of that feedback. 64 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,039 It actually lets you know which way the front wheels are pointing. 65 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:33,560 With these settings in full track mode, you can smoke all day long. 66 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,679 And, when you've had enough of that, 67 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:45,600 at the touch of a button, it becomes a completely different car. 68 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,879 The old one was always a bit, you know, "Grr-argh", 69 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,319 always straining at the leash. 70 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,919 But this one, it can be a proper lunatic M5. 71 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:04,239 Or a soothing companion when you just want to drive along the M5. 72 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,039 See, the motorway? The M... 73 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,999 It's also more economical. 74 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,039 It has a bigger fuel tank so it can go harder for longer, 75 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,399 and then there's the ride. 76 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,639 It's really, really good, comfortable. 77 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,159 There's no stupid rock-hard run flat tyres. 78 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,240 It feels better than a normal five series. 79 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,839 The new M5, then, is not only better than the old one, 80 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:33,999 I'd say that, as an all-rounder, 81 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,079 it's actually the best car in the world right now. 82 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,920 And, in some ways, it reminds me of this... 83 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:45,400 The BMW M1. 84 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,639 In 1984, BMW actually took the engine out of that 85 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,919 and put it in a five series 86 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,959 and the original M5 was born. 87 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:02,239 The point is the M1 was the first supercar 88 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,639 that could also be civilised in the real world. 89 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,399 And that's what they've done here. 90 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,080 Meet the new boss, same as the old, old boss. 91 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,159 I see what you did there. It's a heck of a thing! 92 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:26,279 I have to say, that car... I drove it the other day... is epic. 93 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:29,759 It is amazing. Phenomenal car. You like the M5, as well, don't you? Yep. 94 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,839 The only problem with it is that in the past, 95 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:37,719 an M5 was worth it because it was 96 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,519 so much better than an ordinary five series but the normal five 97 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,599 series now is so good, it's hard to justify spending the extra. 98 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,639 Well, you're quite right. Have you driven the 530 diesel? 99 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,559 It's stupendously good. 100 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:56,119 And it's £30,000 less than an M5 and it's an almost completely perfect car. 101 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,879 Did you know that in the diesel, if you're careful, 102 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,399 you can go almost 1,000 miles on one tank full of fuel. 103 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,559 That's all you want. 1,000 miles. God! How old are you two? 104 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,479 Well, I haven't spent the last 10 years being 38, unlike some people I know. 105 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,479 I like 38. It's a nice age. I'm going to do it again this year. 106 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,239 Hammond, we don't have time to cut you in half 107 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,399 to see how old you are cos we've got a very busy show. 108 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,959 We also don't have time, I'm afraid, to show you The Stig going 109 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,519 round in the M5 but we can tell you he did it in a 1.29.2. 110 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,839 Pouring with rain, meaningless time. 111 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,479 So what we'll do is move on, swiftly, and do the news. 112 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,519 Yes. And we begin with this. 113 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,319 If you drive a car without a windscreen at 50 miles an hour, 114 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,319 your face looks like this. 115 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:43,039 We established this very c...
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