Gallery: Top Gear series 28, episode 3

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...

When Paddy, Chris and Freddie mentioned they’d like to do the original American roadtrip, they were doubtless picturing a gentle blast down Route 66, taking in a drive-in cinema and a couple of diners, perhaps ending at the Pacific Coast Highway.

If only it was that simple. Because – as the producers delighted in pointing out – the first roads in the Americas were, of course, built by the Incas in the Andes. So our presenters were each ordered instead to buy a classic American roadtrip car for the original American roadtrip, an expedition across the highlands of Peru.

Paddy chose a Pontiac Trans-Am, or at least a car created by someone who might once have seen a Pontiac Trans-Am. Chris bought a Dodge Dart, because someone’s got to. And Freddie went for a VW bus, which no one had the heart to tell him wasn’t really an American roadtrip car in any shape or form.

Cue a car-destroying trip through brutal terrain. But it’s not all bad… at least the lads got to have an ice lolly.

Elsewhere, Harris goes up against Porsche's brand new Taycan sportscar. Catch the episode on BBC Two, Sunday, 8pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer. Before that, click through for a preview...