Michelin's top secret test track is located at Centre de Technologie de Ladoux, Rue Orange, 63118, Cébazat, France. But don't tell anyone.
Jeremy's opening monologue in the show was carefully backtimed to take place just as the Dubai fountains went off.
Electric car purists believe ordering the range extender version of the BMW i3 with the back-up petrol engine is cheating and call the front-mounted fuel filler cover the 'flap of shame'.
When James says Jeremy's VW Golf seats are made from 'Jackie Stewart's old trousers' he's referring to the seat fabric, which is very tartan. As are most of the clothes worn by multiple F1 champion and none-more-Scottish person Sir Jackie Stewart.
Iniquitous - Unfair, unjust, morally wrong. A word used by Jeremy Clarkson upon discovering that James May is getting free electrical petrol.