Ngaphandle kokucinga ukuba akanguye umlandeli omkhulu weemoto zakudala, uJames May wenze okungafaniyo kwaye wongeza imodeli "yexesha lakudala" kwingqokelela yakhe. Onyuliweyo, akukho wumbi ngaphandle, ngulo I-Volkswagen Buggy nabathathe inxaxheba kumceli mngeni wenkqubo “UKhenketho oluKhulu”.
Isetyenziswe kwisiqendu apho uMeyi, uClarkson kunye noHammond banqumla iNamibia, le Volkswagen Buggy ingumzekelo weMeyers Manx yantlandlolo edumileyo. Ukunika amandla, ngokutsho kweBritish presenter, injini ene-101 hp.
Ngokuphathelele kwisigqibo sokuthenga iklasiki ngaphandle kokuzithanda kakhulu, uMay uthe: “Xa ndithetha inyani, andizithandi iimoto zakudala, kodwa le asiyonto yakudala (...) luthando olunzulu lobuqu oluthe lwadubula. ."
Eyona Buggy? ukuphela kwebhungane
Kuyo yonke ividiyo apho abonisa iklasi yakhe, uJames May uhlala ecacisa inzondo anayo ngokumalunga nomzekelo osebenza njengesiseko seBuggy, i-Beetle ephawulekayo.
Ngokutsho komsasazi waseBritane, zimbini izinto ezenza iVolkswagen Buggy ibe yokhethekileyo. Eyokuqala yinto yokuba i-Buggy kwaye okwesibini kukuba, kuyo yonke i-Buggy eveliswayo, kukho enye i-Beetle encinci ezindleleni, kwaye, ekuqondeni kukaJames May, ihlala iyinto enhle.
Kodwa kukho izizathu ezingakumbi zokuba uJames May athande iVolkswagen Buggy: enye yazo yinyaniso yokuba, ngokukaMeyi, “akunakwenzeka ukuba ungonwabi xa uqhuba enye yezi modeli”.
Okubangel 'umdla kukuba, kuyo yonke ividiyo, uJames May ubonisa ukuba akasebenzisi i-Volkswagen Buggy ukuhamba kwindawo ekujoliswe kuyo, elunxwemeni. Kwaye ukulungelelaniswa koku, njengesiqhelo, kunengqiqo: ityuwa iya kuyonakalisa imoto.
Ngokuphathelene noku, uMay uthe: “Enyanisweni, andizange ndiyise elwandle (…) wakha wacinga malunga nokuba ityuwa iya kwenza ntoni na kuyo yonke ichrome? Ngaba unokuthelekelela ukuba ityuwa iya kwenza ntoni na kwiikhonkco eziveziweyo ze-accelerator yangasemva? Thatha inqwelo yam uye elwandle? Inokuba bayaphambana!”
Ukuba uyakhumbula, esi ayisosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba omnye wabasasazi be "Grand Tour" athathe isigqibo sokuthenga imoto ethathe inxaxheba kwesinye seziqendu zale nkqubo okanye "iGear ephezulu" abayivezileyo ngaphambili. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo uRichard Hammond wathenga kwaye wabuyisela i-Opel Kadett, awayibiza ngothando "i-Oliver", eyayisetyenziselwa ukukhwela eBotswana.