The car is absolutely central to our approach. Everything we do begins with the automobile, whether it's old, new, bizarre, weird, strange, or cool. We're not going out to make a comedy show, and that's great, certainly from my point of view because obviously I'm totally obsessed with cars and I don't really like people.

Chris Harris

Porsche is the last bastion of cars for petrolheads. So when they start making electric cars, you realise the world really is changing.

Chris Harris

The one thing I'm a firm believer in is that cars are the best thing to be around on television. They are exciting. They're fun. They elicit emotions. They can take you on adventures. They can make you laugh, make you cry. They're the best medium.

Chris Harris

The Road & Track audience is basically me, you know, the car geeks. But, we have to acknowledge that most people find that, socially, very, very boring. We huddle in corners and we talk about differentials and final drive ratios, and most people just don't care. You have to acknowledge the fact that 'Top Gear' can't be about that.

Chris Harris

If you mess around with your mates, you get into rough and tumble then you remember you're in your mid-40s and you can't land the way you used to, so it's great fun.

Chris Harris

The ecstasy of driving a new Ferrari is now almost always eradicated by the pain of dealing with the organisation.

Chris Harris

A lot of sports cars are just not designed for the larger gentleman.

Chris Harris

Sometimes you just have to do stupid things because you want to do stupid things.

Chris Harris

If you tried to transplant an internal combustion engine and gearbox into another car, you have to bring with it all the systems and everything else to communicate with each other. But in an electric car, it's much simpler.

Chris Harris

We like to be involved vaguely in the creative process so we know what's going on and we have some input, but actually, 'Top Gear' is at its best when the producers spring something on you and we respond naturally to it. The more you know, the less realistic your reactions.

Chris Harris

I don't know much about football but I know when Alex Ferguson retired this guy called Moys came in and he was doomed to fail. He could have been the best manager in the world, but karma tells you that after that prolonged success you're always going to have problems.

Chris Harris

As parents we all have that underlying guilt about how much time we give to our careers.

Chris Harris

You set yourself a nice problem when you're faced with: 'Is our show too exciting? How do we make it even more exciting?'

Chris Harris

You don't reinvent something that had three amazing presenters without a few bumps along the way.

Chris Harris

I'm not really into houses, well other than I'd just like to have somewhere to live.

Chris Harris

Top Gear' is a huge brand. We were always going to come across negative comments.

Chris Harris

To generate positive creative friction, you need people who'll tell you 'No.'

Chris Harris

I just want to be part of something people can watch with their family at 8 P.M. on a Sunday night, and be proud of it.

Chris Harris

Matt LeBlanc thinks his own jokes are funny which is problematic when you're driving along - he expects you to laugh and often they're not funny.

Chris Harris

Rory... well Rory likes winning. No one has ever won with less grace than Rory Reid.

Chris Harris

I like drifting stuff that shouldn't be drifted. When someone tells me 'that's not a car that should be drifted,' I'll go against that and say 'yes, it is.'

Chris Harris