Hot Metal was the name of the ninth Clarkson home video release, as part of a series which would be released yearly through to 2011. It was filmed around the same time that Series 5 of Top Gear was being filmed, and came out a day after the third episode aired.
Synopsis[]
This video, contrary to its predecessor, somewhat returned to its older format of driving supercars around an airfield alongside destroying a car that Clarkson disliked. With regards to the latter, three cars were the recipient of Clarkson's punishment, each used as a target for "clay" shooting; an Austin Metro was shot at with a shotgun, a Nissan Bluebird was shot at with a machine gun, and a Ford Scorpio was blown up with an RPG. Elsewhere the main theme of this video is comparing older sports cars with their modern-day contemporaries, weighing up which of the two is better.
Trivia[]
- This is the the first Clarkson home video to be released exclusively on DVD.
- Along with Shoot-Out, this release reused footage recorded for Top Gear to drive production costs down.