Series 11 countdown: Audi RS6 vs skier
In the last series, Jeremy got very excited by the Mercedes E63 estate and the BMW M5 Touring, which he successfully proved were superior to a large 4×4 when it came to that most realistic of all tests - blasting down the runway at Manchester Airport.
Clearly someone at Audi was paying attention to this and decided to crash the fast estate party with the RS6 Avant, boasting a turbocharged V10 and wheel arches nicked straight off Gene Hunt’s Quattro.
So we sent Richard to the Alps to find out if it was good enough to overthrow the Merc/BMW axis of power.
And to make things more interesting, we organised a race against two fearsomely fearless French professional skiers.
It was always going to be a close fight, but Hammond had two things on his side. Firstly, the small matter of 572bhp. And secondly, the hope his adversaries would get distracted by some chalet girls and waste half an hour demonstrating how sensitive they are by running through Jack Johnson songs on their iPods.
Warning: This item may contain a Top Gear presenter speaking French. Badly.
The new series of Top Gear kicks off at 8pm on Sunday June 22
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