#TOP GEAR SEASON 10 BRITISH LEYLAND SERIES#

May goes first and successfully completes the challenge. If the car stays where it is, then they receive ВЈ100. The trio's next challenge is to park their cars on a steep hill and get out. May gets lost while driving his Leyland Princess and fails miserably.

Clarkson sets off next in his 155 bhp Rover SD1, but is a second off the Datsun's lap.

Hammond's Triumph Dolomite Sprint has twice the horsepower of the Datsun, but can only get it around in 1.16.0. The first challenge is a timed lap around a track, attempting to beat the Stig's time of 1.11.0 set in a 69 bhp Datsun 120Y.

#TOP GEAR SEASON 10 BRITISH LEYLAND SERIES#

The trio eventually arrive at the Motor Industry Research Association's test track for a series of challenges in which they can win their money back. Eventually they set off, but the throttle on Hammond's car breaks on the highway and Clarkson gets his finger stuck in a hole on his car's hood while waiting for Hammond's car to get fixed. The trio are tasked to drive forty miles to receive their first challenge, but Clarkson and Hammond are unable to get their cars started. May claims it was modern for its time, but Clarkson points out its hydragas suspension system is leaking, causing the car to lean to the right. May eventually shows up in an all-brown Leyland Princess. Hammond chose a Triumph Dolomite Sprint for ВЈ1,250 (about $2,500), going over the alloted amount of money.

For ВЈ1,100 (about $2,260) Clarkson purchased a Rover SD1 with a 3.5 L V8 engine, cruise control that doesn't work, a cassette radio that doesn't work and a sunroof that doesn't work. The Top Gear office, however, disagree and had the trio spend up to ВЈ1,200 (about $2,400) of their own money on a British Leyland car to compete in a series of challenges. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May believe some of British Leyland's designs were good.

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