much more relaxed and people are celebrating the allied campaign, and people come here, hundreds fokkerficant vehicle. no, this is a very significant vehicle. this vehicle was hand—picked by winston churchill to be used by field marshal montgomery as swiftly as possible after d—day so that it built confidence in the allied forces and gave a sense of victory and permanency. to the french people as well as our own troops. and the car was brought over juno beach three days past d—day 80 years ago. yeah. so this is a really special vehicle. what was it like to actually drive it? because, you know, with these vintage motors, they don't necessarily run smoothly. no, it's magic. she runs like a dream, and she runs like a rolls—royce should. and because of her presence and what she stands for, it's really quite emotional. you know, even if people don't actually realise the history of the car, they're looking at, the warm reception it receives long before they might recognise richard hammond in either the driver's seat or the passenger seat, itjust gives a real sense ofjoy, which is, of course,