Top Ten Top Gear Stunts

7: Very silly ski jump

Can a car perform a ski jump? Will extra propulsion be required to ensure success? These are the kinds of questions which haunt every right-thinking person, but only Clarkson, May and Hammond have the courage and intellectual audacity to answer them. The car in question was a rusty, 20-year-old Mini which they decided to rig up with rockets ("This is actually rocket science," Clarkson marvelled, as scientists looked on blankly). The car was then placed at the top of the ski slope and sent hurtling down with fire surging out of its backside – enough power to send it to its doom. It was certainly more exciting than an actual ski jump, and it was a daring feat never accomplished before. As Hammond said: "We are now at the cutting edge of cocking about."