Don't say we're not ambitious. If this one goes wrong, we're breaking every known record for Spectacular and Expensive Crashes In The Spurious Name of Journalism.
Yes, TopGear is at the wheel of the Oasis of the Seas, the biggest, most expensive ship ever created, on its maiden voyage out of Miami; TG, whose boating experience has been limited to a couple of ill-advised forays in self-made aquatic cars
There are, be warned, quite a few big numbers shortly to appear in this Extreme Drive, so let's start with the biggest of them: 800 million. That's how much, in British pounds, it cost Royal Caribbean International to build the Oasis. A hundred thousand Fiat 500s, in other words, making it, by several zeroes, the priciest thing we've ever laid our grubby mitts on.
This is, quite simply, a monster of a thing. The Oasis measures 360 metres from bow to stern - longer than any aircraft carrier in the US navy and 23 metres longer than any other cruise ship in the world. If you stood it on its end - a task which might require a few friends - it would stand taller than Canary Wharf, taller than New York's Chrysler Building. Finding a parking space in your local Tesco may prove tricky
