S7E5
The Bugatti and the Plane
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
Jeremy (driving the new Bugatti Veyron) races James and Richard (in a plane) from Alba in northern Italy to the top of London’s NatWest Tower. Richard also tests the new Marcos on the Top Gear track. The star in a reasonably priced car is Nigel Mansell.
Our Take
This is Top Gear doing what it does best, taking one absurdly simple premise and squeezing every drop of spectacle out of it. The Veyron versus plane race is genuinely tense even though you know the answer is “car wins somehow,” and the London arrival lands a real payoff. The Marcos review and Nigel Mansell chat are solid but forgettable. Watch it for the race.