Former French Prime Minister François Fillon drives a Romanian Dacia Sandero in the first episode of Top Gear’s French version.

The show will be broadcasted by RMC Découverte on March 18, reports bfmtv.com. It will be based on the same principle as the original Top Gear show: try to beat speed records on a low-cost vehicle. Filon tested the Romanian car on a race track.

Dacia Sandero also appeared in the original Top Gear. In the episode filmed in Romania, James May, one of the show’s stars, received a Sandero from his colleague Jeremy Clarkson. Watch the scene below.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com