Duk da cewa shi ba babban mai sha'awar motoci ba ne, James May ya keɓanta kuma ya ƙara ƙirar "tsohuwar lokaci" a tarinsa. Wanda aka zaba, ba kowa ba ne, sai Volkswagen Buggy tare da wanda ya shiga cikin kalubale na shirin "The Grand Tour".
An yi amfani da shi a cikin shirin inda Mayu, Clarkson da Hammond suka ketare Namibiya, wannan Volkswagen Buggy kwafi ne na sanannen ainihin Meyers Manx. Ƙarfafawa shi ne, a cewar mai gabatarwa na Birtaniya, inji mai karfin 101 hp.
Dangane da shawarar siyan kayan gargajiya ba tare da son su ba, May ta ce: “A gaskiya ba na son manyan motoci, amma wannan ba na gargajiya ba ne (...) soyayya ce ta mutum da ta yi girma ."
Mafi kyawun Buggy? karshen ƙwaro
A cikin faifan bidiyon da ya gabatar da nasa na zamani, James May yakan bayyana kiyayyar da yake da ita dangane da samfurin da ke zama tushen Buggy, fitaccen Beetle.
A cewar mai gabatar da shirin na Burtaniya, akwai abubuwa guda biyu da suka mayar da Volkswagen Buggy na musamman. Na farko shine gaskiyar cewa Buggy ne kuma na biyu shine, ga kowane Buggy da aka samar, akwai ƙarancin Beetle a kan hanyoyi, kuma, a fahimtar James May, koyaushe abu ne mai kyau.
Amma akwai ƙarin dalilan da ya sa James May ke son Volkswagen Buggy: ɗaya daga cikinsu shine gaskiyar cewa, a cewar Mayu, "ba shi yiwuwa a yi rashin jin daɗi lokacin da kuke tuƙi ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan samfuran".
Abin sha'awa, a cikin bidiyon, James May ya bayyana cewa ba ya amfani da Volkswagen Buggy don tafiya a wurin da aka nufa, bakin teku. Kuma hujjar wannan shine, kamar kullum, mai ma'ana sosai: gishiri zai lalata motar.
Game da wannan, May ta ce: "A gaskiya, ban taɓa ɗauka zuwa rairayin bakin teku ba (...) Shin kun taɓa tunanin abin da gishiri zai yi ga dukan chrome? Shin za ku iya tunanin abin da gishirin zai yi wa fallasa hanyoyin haɗin gaggawa na baya? Dauki buggy na zuwa bakin teku? Dole ne su zama mahaukaci!".
Idan kun tuna, wannan ba shine karo na farko da daya daga cikin masu gabatar da shirin "The Grand Tour" ya yanke shawarar siyan motar da ta shiga cikin ɗayan sassan wannan shirin ko kuma "Top Gear" da suka gabatar a baya. Bayan haka, a ƴan shekaru da suka wuce Richard Hammond ya saya kuma ya mayar da Opel Kadett, wanda ya fi so ya kira "Oliver", wanda ya yi amfani da shi a Botswana.