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Recap: episode 2 of Top Gear TV, series 26

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Recap: episode 2 of Top Gear TV, series 26 | Top Gear

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BMW M5 vs Mercedes-AMG E63, and tuk-tuks in Sri Lanka

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Recap: episode 2 of Top Gear TV, series 26

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BMW M5 vs Mercedes-AMG E63, and tuk-tuks in Sri Lanka

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Recap: episode 2 of Top Gear TV, series 26

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BMW M5 vs Mercedes-AMG E63, and tuk-tuks in Sri Lanka

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Better than the train

The government has a plan to speed up business in Britain. It’s called HS2, a high-speed train line between London and the North, and is expected to cost about 56 billion pounds. Chris Harris has a cheaper plan to speed up business in Britain. Buy the whole of Manchester new BMW M5s. Which, yes, would cost less than HS2. And it’ll get you from London to Manchester quicker than the government’s shiny new train. Assuming you’re allowed to break a few speed limits on the way, which we’re pretty sure they’ll be fine about.

Versa-tuk-tuk-tility

What’s the most versatile vehicle on the planet? According to Matt LeBlanc, it’s the good ol’ pickup truck, the good ol’ American icon that’ll do the good ol’ school run, help you move good ol’ house, and do a spot of loggin’ and huntin’ for good ol’ measure. But according to Chris Harris, the most versatile car in the world is something rather tinier.

Specifically, it’s the humble tuk-tuk, the three-wheeled motorised rickshaw that ferries much of Asia about its daily life.

And to prove to our sceptical American just how very multi-faceted the tiny tuk-tuk is, Chris volunteered to take Matt on a road trip across its natural habitat: Sri Lanka. The tropical island known, according to this guidebook we’ve just opened, as the Teardrop of India…

A landscape of dense jungle, craggy mountains, white-sand beaches and – of particular excitement to Matt – elephants, big hulking pachydermic friends. Turns out Matt really, really likes elephants.

Anyhow, tuk-tuks. Having bought a couple, what better way to test their versatility than with a race across a tea plantation? And a polo match? And an ascent of Sri Lanka’s most notorious mountain track?

And crossing a bridge which, in fact, turned out not to be a bridge at all but rather a medium-sized ocean?

Episode 2's guest is musician Professor Green. Catch up now on BBC iPlayer

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Better than the train

The government has a plan to speed up business in Britain. It’s called HS2, a high-speed train line between London and the North, and is expected to cost about 56 billion pounds. Chris Harris has a cheaper plan to speed up business in Britain. Buy the whole of Manchester new BMW M5s. Which, yes, would cost less than HS2. And it’ll get you from London to Manchester quicker than the government’s shiny new train. Assuming you’re allowed to break a few speed limits on the way, which we’re pretty sure they’ll be fine about.

Versa-tuk-tuk-tility

What’s the most versatile vehicle on the planet? According to Matt LeBlanc, it’s the good ol’ pickup truck, the good ol’ American icon that’ll do the good ol’ school run, help you move good ol’ house, and do a spot of loggin’ and huntin’ for good ol’ measure. But according to Chris Harris, the most versatile car in the world is something rather tinier.

Specifically, it’s the humble tuk-tuk, the three-wheeled motorised rickshaw that ferries much of Asia about its daily life.

And to prove to our sceptical American just how very multi-faceted the tiny tuk-tuk is, Chris volunteered to take Matt on a road trip across its natural habitat: Sri Lanka. The tropical island known, according to this guidebook we’ve just opened, as the Teardrop of India…

A landscape of dense jungle, craggy mountains, white-sand beaches and – of particular excitement to Matt – elephants, big hulking pachydermic friends. Turns out Matt really, really likes elephants.

Anyhow, tuk-tuks. Having bought a couple, what better way to test their versatility than with a race across a tea plantation? And a polo match? And an ascent of Sri Lanka’s most notorious mountain track?

And crossing a bridge which, in fact, turned out not to be a bridge at all but rather a medium-sized ocean?

Episode 2's guest is musician Professor Green. Catch up now on BBC iPlayer

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BMW M5 vs Mercedes-AMG E63, and tuk-tuks in Sri Lanka