Nubwo yibwira ko atari umufana ukomeye wimodoka za kera, James May yakoze ibintu bidasanzwe maze yongeraho icyitegererezo "cyakera" mubyo yakusanyije. Uwatoranijwe yari, ntawundi uretse ,. Volkswagen Buggy hamwe ninde wagize uruhare mubibazo bya gahunda "The Grand Tour".
Byakoreshejwe mubice aho Gicurasi, Clarkson na Hammond bambutse Namibiya, iyi Volkswagen Buggy ni kopi ya Meyers Manx izwi cyane. Kubishyira mu bikorwa, nkuko byatangajwe nu Bwongereza, moteri ifite 101 hp.
Ku bijyanye n'icyemezo cyo kugura ibintu bya kera ntabikunda cyane, Gicurasi yagize ati: "Mvugishije ukuri ntabwo nkunda imodoka za kera, ariko iyi ntabwo ari classique (...) ni urukundo rwihariye rwakuze. . "
Buggy? iherezo ry'inyenzi
Muri videwo yose yerekanamo amateka ye, James May akunze kwerekana inzangano afite zijyanye na moderi ikora nk'ishingiro rya Buggy, inyenzi ya Beetle.
Nk’uko uwatanze ikiganiro mu Bwongereza abivuga, hari ibintu bibiri bituma Volkswagen Buggy idasanzwe. Iya mbere ni uko ari Buggy naho iya kabiri ni uko, kuri buri Buggy yakozwe, habaho Beetle imwe ku mihanda, kandi ko, nk'uko James May abibona, buri gihe ni ikintu cyiza.
Ariko hariho izindi mpamvu zituma James May akunda Volkswagen Buggy: imwe murimwe ni uko, nkuko bivugwa muri Gicurasi, "ntibishoboka ko utishimira iyo utwaye imwe muri izo moderi".
Igishimishije, muri videwo yose, James May ahishura ko adakoresha Volkswagen Buggy ngo agendere aho yari igenewe, ku mucanga. Kandi ishingiro ryibi, nkuko bisanzwe, byumvikana: umunyu wangiza imodoka.
Kuri iyi ngingo, Gicurasi yagize ati: "Mubyukuri, ntabwo nigeze njyana ku mucanga (…) wigeze utekereza kubyo umunyu wakora kuri chrome yose? Urashobora kwiyumvisha icyo umunyu wakora kumurongo wihuta wihuta? Fata buggy yanjye ku mucanga? Bagomba kuba abasazi! ”.
Niba wibuka, ntabwo aribwo bwa mbere umwe mubatanze “The Grand Tour” ahitamo kugura imodoka yitabiriye kimwe mubice byiyi gahunda cyangwa “Top Gear” batanze mbere. N'ubundi kandi, mu myaka mike ishize, Richard Hammond yaguze kandi agarura Opel Kadett, ayita mu buryo bwuje urukundo “Oliver”, yakundaga kugendera muri Botswana.