Top Gear got it wrong.
That's a crackin' tune; although it reminds me of an earlier Dire Straits song with a hint of the Scottish folk band Capercaille mixed in with it.A couple for any wagon drivers - Absolutely love this one by Mark Knopfler, what an absolutely talented musician and songwriter. Takes me back to the first wagons I ever drove, pretty basic things, you really did have to know how to drive them, with proper crash boxes on them - and I llove the line "I'm a six foot driver and you can't adjust the seat"! jeez the cabs were bassic