大世界之旅（2016）

The Grand Tour S03E05

Part 1 May 6, 2021, 12:13 p.m.

Hello! Hello!
大家好
What a surprise!
真是个惊喜
Thank you. Thank you very much.
谢谢谢谢大家
Thank you so much.
你们太热情了
Thank you. Thank you.
谢谢谢谢各位
Thank you very much.
谢谢大家的到来
Welcome. And coming up in this week's show:
欢迎各位在这期节目中
Abbie is sideways on ice in a 911 Turbo...
艾比驾驶着保时捷911 Turbo漂移
...Richard drives Jim Clark's beautiful Lotus 25...
理查德驾驶着吉姆克拉克的迷人的路特斯25型
...and I nearly fall over.
而我差点摔了一跤
That...
真的是
Exciting looking show. Right.
令人振奋的一集没错
That is all to come. Now...
精彩内容马上呈现现在
Hang on a minute. Does that mean Howard and Adrian aren't coming on?
等一下这么说霍华德和艾德里安不会来了吧
No. Haven't got time.
是的时间不够
We actually begin with the French.
首先我们要从法国车厂说起
Er... now, they don't make a sports car very often,
他们现在都不怎么造跑车了
but when they do, literally nobody buys it.
即便他们造出来了也没人买♥♥
We've had the Venturi Atlantique,
比如这辆Venturi Atlantique
and then there was the Matra Murena,
再比如这辆Matra Murena
and then there was the Simca Sport.
还有这辆Simca Sport
And all of them fell down the back of the sofa of history.
这些车都被淹没在历史长河中了
Yeah, yeah, but you're conveniently forgetting to mention
说的没错但你很容易就忽略了
the best of the French sports car makers.
法国最好的跑车制♥造♥商
That's like saying the best of the airborne plagues.
这就好比说最好的靠空气传播的瘟疫
No. The best of the...
不是最好的
No, it isn't. There is one French maker
不是这样的有家法国车厂
that's been consistently good at making sports cars,
一贯擅长制♥造♥跑车
and they've made a new one, and I've been testing it.
他们刚造出了一台新车而我已经试驾过了
It's called the A110,
它的名字是A110
and it's made by Alpine,
是由阿尔派制♥造♥的
a French sports car firm
一家拥有光辉历史的
who have a history of hitting the spot.
法国跑车制♥造♥商
The original A110, for example,
比如说原版的A110
won the World Rally Championship in 1973.
在1973年夺得了世界拉力锦标赛的冠军
And it's that car that gives the new one
不仅继承了它的名字
not only its name but also its looks.
这辆新车在外观上也致敬了原版
So, what we have here
简单来说
is a small, pure, no-nonsense sports car
这是一辆小巧纯粹不花拳绣腿的跑车
aimed squarely at the Porsche Cayman and the Audi TT.
直接对标保时捷Cayman和奥迪TT
And this, unfortunately, is where the problems begin.
没错很遗憾的是问题就来了
You see, this launch version of the Alpine costs £51,000.
要知道这辆阿尔派的起售价是51000英镑
£51,000.
51000镑
Now, for £1,000 more, you can have the TT RS.
再加1000英镑你就能买♥♥到TT RS
That's the one Clarkson was driving in the last series.
也就是克拉克森在上一季开过的那款
And that's more powerful, and it's faster.
而且比阿尔派动力更强也更快
And the Porsche Cayman you buy for £51,000
保时捷Cayman花51000镑可以拿下
is also more powerful than this, and it's a Porsche.
同样比这辆车动力更强而且那可是保时捷啊
Whereas this is an Alpine.
鉴于这是一辆阿尔派
That's something you're going to have to explain when you're down the pub.
当你在酒吧泡妹子的时候需要好好解释一番
Even the engine sounds a bit lame.
发动机听起来也有点疲软
I don't mean the noise it makes,
我并不是说声浪的问题
I mean when somebody asks you, "What's that got, then, mister?"
而是当有人问你请问这辆车的动力如何
Because the answer is, "A four-cylinder 1.8-litre turbo, sonny!"
你只好回答 1.8升四缸涡轮发动机老弟
For over £50,000. I mean, is that it?
我花了5万英镑只能买♥♥到这些吗
Also, I'm not sure about the looks.
而且它的外观也有点奇怪
The original 1960s version was a masterpiece.
上世纪60年代的原版是一款杰作
But for me, this modern reboot doesn't quite work.
但对我来说这款致敬版并没有抓住精髓
The problem, I think, is that on modern cars
我觉得问题在于当代的汽车
there are rules about things like how high the headlights are above the ground,
受制于外型限制比方说大灯必须多高
how forgiving the bonnet is if you run into a pedestrian.
保险杠在撞上行人时要有多少保护性
And once you stretch modern legislation over 1960s design language,
当把这些规定强加在60年代设计语言之上
you end up with a sort of slightly lame tribute act.
最终的成品难免会显得不伦不类
So, is there anything good to report?
话说回来这辆车有优点吗
Well, thankfully, yes.
幸好还是有的
For starters, although Alpine is owned by Renault,
首先尽管阿尔派隶属雷诺旗下
this car is not just a hot Mégane dressed up in some fancy suit.
这辆车并不是套壳的梅甘娜
The A110 is in fact a mid-engined, rear-drive sports car
A110是一辆正经的中置后驱跑车
designed from scratch, on a clean sheet of paper.
是从草图阶段开始一点点设计出来的
The body and the chassis are made entirely of aluminium.
车身和底盘都由全铝打造
And the reason for that is simple - its lightness.
这样做的原因很简单轻量化
And from that starting point, the Alpine engineers
从一开始阿尔派的技师们
nerded their way through the rest of the car
就在执着地审视全车
and shaved off every spare gram they could find.
不放过任何一个能够减重的地方
The seats, for example, are half the weight
比如说这些座椅它们的重量
of the ones you'll find in any hot Renault.
比任何雷诺性能车都要轻一半
The handbrake is built into the main callipers,
手刹被整合进卡钳里面
rather than being separate, saving another 2.5 kilos.
而不是分成两部分又减轻了2.5公斤的重量
Even the stereo is a bespoke, lightweight design.
甚至连车内音响都是定制的轻量化版本
And then there's this boot at the front,
接下来再说前面的行李箱
which is just deep enough for a small suitcase like this one.
正好能放下一个这样的小箱子
But now I think about it, putting the suitcase in there would just add weight.
但我转念一想把箱子放进去会增加额外的重量
So what I would do is just pack my overnight stuff straight in there.
因此我决定把过夜用的东西直接放进去
The only downside is that in the morning,
这样做唯一的缺点就是
I have to go outside if I want a fresh pair of pants.
第二天我得走到外面才能拿到干净内♥裤♥
So, thanks to Alpine's fanatical diet regime,
拜阿尔派狂热的轻量化举措所赐
this car is 300 kilos lighter than a Cayman or an Audi TT.
这辆车比Cayman和奥迪TT轻了300公斤
And that has a profound effect.
轻量化的效果十分显著
Suddenly, it doesn't really matter
瞬间你就可以把它
that you've only got 1.8 litres and 248 horsepower.
只有1.8升以及248匹马力这些事抛在脑后
This thing absolutely zips along.
这车开起来顺畅无比
Nought to 60, four and a half seconds.
百公里加速时间 4.5秒
Top speed limited to 155 miles an hour.
极速被限制在每小时250公里
And then, when you get to a corner...
当你过弯的时候
...you find out just how agile this thing is.
你会发现这个小家伙有多灵活
It's like driving a feather.
像是在驾驶一根羽毛
It is like a cartoon car. It should come with those little bubbles saying...
得像漫画那样给它配上拟声词的特效
But even though the A110 is built to minimalist principles,
即使A110是遵循着极简原则制♥造♥的
you never feel like you're in some miserable,
舒适度上却没有做太多妥协
Spartan track-day car.
不像那些硬核的赛道日车
It has air-con, sat-nav,
空调和导航俱全
phone connectivity
可以连接手♥机♥
all the modern things you want.
各种你想要的高科技功能
This whole lightness and smallness thing
这种轻量化和小巧的设计
cascades down in a sort of waterfall of pure joy.
使得纯粹的愉悦感倾泻而出
Lower weight means you don't need such big tyres,
低车重意味着你不需要很大的轮胎
you don't need so much grip.
你不需要那么多抓地力
That gives the car more feel.
这就增加了驾驶乐趣
Low weight means you use less fuel, you make lower emissions.
低车重意味着烧更少的油从而减少排放
It's just win-win-win-win all the way.
在各个方面都堪称完美
This is actually the most intelligent car I've driven for years.
这是我近年来开过最聪明的车
And I love it for that. I love it.
正因为此我爱这辆车
Thank you.
谢谢各位
Erm...
那个
So... So despite the ordinary engine,
这么说尽管它的发动机很普通
the looks that you're not sure about,
外形也不能让你满意
and the high price, you liked it?
价格还很高但你仍然喜欢它
I did. I loved it, yeah.
没错我很爱这辆车
Yes, but would you buy one? I have.
好的但你会买♥♥它吗已经买♥♥了
You've bought one of those? I have.
你已经买♥♥了辆这车吗是的
And actually, so has Gordon Murray.
事实上戈登穆雷也买♥♥了一辆
I've brought a picture of him along. Him.
我这里有一张他的照片
He designed the McLaren F1, so he knows.
他设计出了迈凯伦F1 所以他是懂车的
Yeah, so it's the sports car of choice for old men with terrible shirts.
没错所以这车是花衬衫老年人之选
So that's good to know. Evidently.
很明显幸好我们知道了
But, now let's see how fast it goes round the Eboladrome, shall we?
现在我们要看看它能在埃博拉赛道上跑多快
And she's off.
她出发了
Brisk start, and a parp from the exhaust on the up-change.
轻快的起步升档时排气管发出了低吼
Immediately onto the Isn't Straight.
瞬间就来到了不直道
And actually, that's not hanging around.
说实话还真有两下子