I dont think I've ever seen so many different spellings of 'hamster'. The only horsepower I'm familiar with is the large hairy kind with four legs and the gas guzzler which pulls his trailer, but my son (16) and I always watch Top Gear and find it mainly hilarious. My husband who is a mechanic and professional engineer thinks its total tripe and never watches. As I said in my original post I hope Hammond makes a full and speedy recovery, I wouldn't wish that sort of injury on anyone, regardless of how it occurred.