But would it be perfect for a leading light in the Albanian Mafia?
Or would he prefer one of the others?
We realised we didn't know.
So that night, James and I dreamed up one more test
and then, in the bar, we explained it to Hammond.
What do you mean we're going to rob a bank?
It's a great test. We rob a bank, okay? Use our three cars as the getaway cars.
The ones that get away from the police
and on to the ferry and back to Corfu are good cars.
If you're caught by the police and you spend the next 40 years in jail--
You've got the wrong car and you know what to blame.
-The Bentley might suddenly come good. -No, it won't.
The next morning, we found a bank full of money... and robbed it.
Going for a stroll. Look normal. Look normal. Look normal.
Yeah. Take the Merc. It's the quickest.
Oh, God. Hammond! Hammond!
There we are, completely normal.
My Merc...
Clarkson, you... [bleep] Right, Rolls it is!
Seatbelt safety.
You utter... [bleep]
What a pair of utter, utter cars!
Where's the sign to Sarandë? I want Sarandë.
Oh, zebra crossing. Not ideal.
Take your time, chum, why not? I would.
Sarandë? Sarandë? This way?
That's the first time ever in history
someone escaping from a bank job has asked directions.
Right, can we make it to the ferry to Corfu without being caught?
Police! Police!
No! Come on!
-Hello. -Come on!
Why did we rob a bank at rush hour, Hammond?
Why didn't we use a cashpoint like everyone else?
Undercut. Yes.
Meanwhile, in the Mulsanne...
I can't see a bloody thing.
Come on!
Oh, crikey, it's the Albanian rozzers.
Really annoying me now, keeps dropping down.
How do women wear tights?
Oh, squeezing, squeezing...
They're getting closer.
Eventually, the road began to open out.
Right. Go, go, go, go, go!
Everything you've got, old Roller, come on!
Move!
Don't pull out. Do not...
Strewth! How a bank robber lives to be beyond 25 years old,
I don't know because it is stressy.
In a Bentley, it's very stressy.
The heat's all over me.
Come on, Bentley.
Climbing. Climbing. Ears popping.
Big drop.
Annoyingly, on the damp switchback road, Albania's five-0 could keep up.
It rolls a bit more than the Merc.
God. It's like trying to escape in a bed! I might fall out.
It's got the power. But then you get to a corner, and this is a biggy,
see, front's gone.
Any curve, any dampness and you've... Whoa.
Mercifully, though, the road soon straightened out
which meant Hammond and I could absolutely fly.
Right! Go, go, go, go, go!
Oh! What a machine!
Yes! More like it. It's faster than I was expecting, this Rolls.
It is genuinely jaw-dropping, this thing.
It feels so fast.
I think I just got air in a Rolls-Royce. I think I did.
For James, though, things weren't going so well.
They're gaining. They're gaining.
No!
Catastrophic understeer.
Up front, Richard and I had left the rozzers far behind.
The ferry is near now.
Good car, this.
Not as good as my Merc, but a good car nonetheless.
This is the getaway car of the century.
If you are a leading light in the Albanian Mafia, look no further.
Eventually, we made it to the ferry terminal
and could taste the freedom.
-Go! Just go! -Hang on! Shouldn't we wait for James?
But James was in big trouble
because the cars chasing us had stopped and formed a road block.
You'll never take me alive, copper.
I'll see you in Spain, lads!
See you, James. -It probably didn't hurt much.
No...
So, James May is dead.
Anyway...
-I love Albania. -Yeah.
Could we have made that in any other country in the world?
Exactly.
Anyway...
we must now choose which of the cars is best.
Yes, I suppose we must. I mean, I prefer the Merc, definitely.
I know that the late James May preferred the Rolls-Royce. He made that very clear.
And as the Bentley is plainly rubbish, I think you have the casting vote.
If you were a leading light of the Albanian Mafia,
which car would you buy?
Well, if I was a leading light in the Albanian Mafia,
I wouldn't buy either of them.
Good point. Okay, which do you prefer?
I'm minded to say the Rolls-Royce.
But the problem is, if you have one of these,
one day you will pull up at a set of lights
and alongside will slide Simon Cowell in his bigger Phantom and he'll go...
I know what you mean, because be honest,
you would only buy the Ghost because you couldn't afford the Phantom.
I know. Because I don't want that, I'd have the Mercedes. Yes!
-Yes. -It's not really a bombshell, is it?
James's death is a bombshell.
-It's an inconvenience, -Yes. That's true.
So, on that inconvenience, it's time to end.
Thank you so much for watching. See you next week. Good night.