Next, though, our mums took us for a drive
to see what the cars were like on the move.
Can we go really fast?
As fast as you like. It's a pretty safe track.
Yeah, but there are things coming the other way.
You've got a steering wheel.
-Did you bring me a fruit cake? -I brought you two.
I brought you one fruit cake, one date and walnut cake.
-Oh, for goodness' sake! -You adjust the mirrors... there!
-No, that's the door. -There.
-No, that's the windows! -No, there.
-No, it isn't. -It is!
-Ah. -It just is!
Both hands on the wheel.
Why the sliding doors? What's the idea behind it?
It's supposedly so that in car parks and places,
you don't have to open the door out,
It slides so it doesn't clonk the car next to you. Right.
But it is very nice. It's very smooth. The gear change is easy.
Some of this car...
Some of it, if I were reviewing it...
The designers obviously thought,
"For crying out loud, what can we do now? We've done everything."
What you haven't got is as much access to get in the back seat
as you would have in a four-door car.
That's a good point.
The Renault is the safest if you're in the front,
the safest for children in the back,
but it's not so good if you run someone over.
-Oh, no! You know the boot chute? -Yes?
-200 quid. -No.
It is... I think it's slightly noisier. That's why I don't like low-profile tyres,
-because you can feel the road, can't you? -Low-profile tyres?
-Low-profile wheels, isn't that...? -Where did you learn that?
Crikey! And on that bombshell, it was time for a lap of our track.
Not the whole one, obviously. We don't have time for that.
So, just the bottom end.
Mrs Hammond was first, in the Honda Jazz.
-What was the veering off to the left? -Getting lined up.
-She's indicating! -She's a safe and sensible driver!
I don't see anything wrong...
I think we should stress at this point
that we're not going to learn anything from this exercise.
And it's a...
A 1.17.9.
So, can Mrs May beat that in the Renault?
James, she's so much faster than you!
I've never seen you drive this aggressively.
Well, that's why I don't.
I was traumatised as a small boy in the back of a Mark 1 Cortina.
Double de-clutch!
She just did a 1.11.8.
You know there's global speculation as to the identity of the Stig?
And then it was my mum's turn.
-What you're going to see now... -I'm expecting aggression.
No. You're going to see now a 70-year-old woman in a very heavy car.
It doesn't pull away quickly, does it?
That is such a slow car.
She'll be on the phone by now.
-She's into the Hammerhead. Not lost. -This is quick!
Pretty much stationary there, to be brutally honest.
Here it comes. 1.11 to beat.
-A 1.17.3. -It's not bad!
So, what we've proved here is the slowest car is the second-fastest.
With all the tests completed,
we asked our mums to retire and consider a verdict.
Unfortunately, they got side-tracked.
-Six letter, beginning with A. -It's not cryptic?
So, we got them seated round a table.
-So, come on. -You've driven all the cars.
I would have the Jazz, because it handles well.
There's lots of space in the back...
When the back seats were down, there was very little room for your legs.
I couldn't get the seat back far enough for me.
I didn't notice.
Although we think those sliding doors are great, bzz,
I guarantee you, like having an old internet connection,
after two days you'd get really impatient. They're too slow.
There's another thing.
They're good for anybody getting into the front, but as you pointed out...
No good for getting in the back. They don't come back far enough.
Okay, so we've got the Renault and the Honda Jazz.
You've declared your support for the Honda Jazz,
even though the Renault is plainly...
Cheaper, faster, bigger.
Well, I was all for the Jazz, until I drove the Renault.
-You liked it? -I started to waver.
Although I wasn't driving Top Gear speeds on the track...
-Oh, I don't know! -Ooh!
We're not...
Going around those bends, it stuck like glue to the road.
That was a one minute, 11 second lap you did there.
I still think overall I would go for the Jazz,
because it's a more attractive car to look at.
I still want the Jazz.
And there we are, a unanimous verdict in favour of the Honda Jazz.
-Well done, our mums! -Well done, Mums.
Well done, Mummies.
Now, yes. That was...
That was a predictable verdict and wrong.
Oh, no, no, hang on. I think they were right about the Peugeot.
If we'd tested this, we'd have spent all day going bzzz with the doors
going, "Hey, this is like Star Trek."
But out mothers were able to see beyond that
and recognise that the rest of this car is rubbish!
-It is. -Peugeot really is rubbish.
Thing is, though, I don't think the Jazz is the best.
-I think the Renault's the best. -I think you're right.
-I think the Renault's best. -So, we all think the Renault's best.
Interesting, isn't it? Your mother knows best,
but not on this occasion.