Air Date: 28 December 2008
Top Gear: Vietnam Special Episode
The Top Gear guys (James May, Jeremy Clarkson, and Richard Hammond) take up the challenge to travel 1000 miles from Saigon in the South of Vietnam to Hạ Long city, near Hanoi (Hà Nội) in the north in eight days.
The final destination for this challenge was [...]
Clarkson and James May team up to create a commercial for VW. Jay Leno is the star in a reasonably priced car, the cool wall returns and Jeremy says goodbye while testing thew new Aston Martin.
*Update: Someone pointed out that there was a problem at about the 3/4 mark in the video. Thanks & It’s been fixed now.
Brian Johnson is the star in a reasonably priced car, the guys get 3000 pounds to spend on a classic car. Jeremy reviews the new BMW z4 and the Nissan [...]
The guys seek petrolhead heaven in three £1500 rear-wheel drive coupes and somehow find themselves entered in a terrifying French ice race. Meanwhile, Richard tries to speed up summer holiday flights by inventing the sport of airport vehicle racing, Jeremy walks with dinosaurs in the new BMW Z4, and actress Sienna Miller is the Star [...]
It’s here -apologies for the delay folks!
Guest: NO Jay Leno – must be next week. So much for our exclusive leaked source!
Watch TopGear on a shiny new Samsung NC10 netbook. The small, portable NC10 ideal is ideal to watch TopGear wherever you go – be it on the train, in a waiting room, or [...]
In Episode 3 – Season 13
Jeremy drives the Mercedes-Benz AMG SL65 Black and the Stig races it around the test track
The boys play a quick game of Car Sauna where you get in a hot car and crank up the heat
Due to the current economy, the guys try out some “cheap and cheerful” cars
James goes [...]
Air Date: 28 June, 2009 Feature: Finding a car for a seventeen year old with a £2,500 pound budget. Guest: Stephen Fry Richard Hammond in Dubai with Bugatti Veyron vs McLaren F1
Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SV is reviewed.
Air Date: 21 June, 2009
Feature: Top Gear Race to the North.
Guest: Michael Schumacher driving the Ferrari FXX around the track. The Lotus Evora is reviewed.
The Top Gear Race to the North was a three way race between a Jaguar XK120 car, a Vincent Black Shadow motorbike, and No. 60163 Tornado, [...]
Air Date: 28 December 2008
Top Gear: Vietnam Special
The Top Gear guys (James May, Jeremy Clarkson, and Richard Hammond) take up the challenge to travel 1000 miles from Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon), in the south of Vietnam to Hạ Long city, near Hanoi (Hà Nội) in the north in eight days.
The destination for this [...]
Air Date: 14 December 2008
Car Reviews: Tesla Roadster • Honda FCX Clarity
Features: Fifty years of British Touring Car racing: the memories and the crashes
• TG Stuntman takes on Fifth Gear’s caravan jump record
• TG Awards 2008
Guest: Tom Jones
Air Date: 07 December 2008
Reviews: Veritas RS III • Caterham R500 Superlight • Ford Fiesta
Features: Did the communists ever make a good car? • A not-so-ordinary road test of the Ford Fiesta
Guest: Boris Johnson
Jeremy reviews the Ford Fiesta in a “serious” road test. He tests practicality, fuel economy, quality, and driving enjoyment. [...]
The 40th birthday of the Ferrari Daytona is celebrated in true Top Gear style – with a race. Richard, driving the Daytona, will race James, who is in a power boat, from Portofino in Italy, to St. Tropez. Grand Designs presenter, Kevin McCloud, is this week’s Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
This week’s challenge is to drive from Basel in Switzerland, to the north west coast of England. This must be done on just one tank of petrol – no splashing and dashing in France, just one tank. The first to arrive – if any do – gets the honour of switching on Blackpool’s illuminations. Stig finally gets to set a lap time in the Bugatti Veyron and James drives the Pagani Zonda F Roadster on the track. Seriously! Harry Enfield is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
Finland has produced some of the finest drivers in both Formula 1 and rallying. James travels to the country and meets Mika Häkkinen to try to find out why this is so. Richard travels farther afield – to Japan – to drive the Toyota iReal. Which is not so much a car, as a chair with wheels. This week’s challenge is to try and make a second-hand car lap the track faster than a Mitsubishi 300. The (second-hand) car in question is the distinctively unsport Renault Avantime. Jeremy finds a new use for a V8 engine; he thinks it will provide a suitable amount of power for a food blender. Benefiting from the suspension of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Top Gear gives Mark Wahlberg a place to plug stuff and a go in the Reasonably Priced Car.
They have never been too fond of American cars on Top Gear, so maybe a trip from San Francisco to the Bonneville salt flats in Utah, driving American muscle cars will change their minds. James drives the Cadillac CTSV, Jeremy drives the Corvette ZR1 and Richard drives a Dodge Challenger, which he had to buy because Dodge wouldn’t lend one to them, as they are always rude about their cars.
Back in Blighty, Jeremy drives the Abarth-tuned Fiat 500 and Will Young is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
You would imagine, quite rightly, that Jeremy, James and Richard know very little about lorries. That hasn’t stopped each of them buying a second-hand lorry and entering the world of the HGV driver.
Normal service is resumed with Jeremy behind the wheel of a Porsche GT2 and a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4.
The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is former chat show host, Sir Michael Parkinson.
Reviews: Bentley Brooklands
Challenges: Cheap Car Challenge: Alfa Romeos for £1000
Guests: James Corden • Rob Brydon
Air Date: 6 July 2008
Reviews: Mitsubishi Evolution X • Subaru Impreza WRX STi • Audi RS6 • Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series
Challenges: Race: Audi RS6 vs French Skiers • TG Stuntman: MG Maestro Cork-screw Jump
Guests: Rupert Penry-Jones • Peter Firth
Air Date: 29 June 2008
Reviews: Ferrari 430 Scuderia
Challenges: £1000 Police Car Challenge • TG Stuntman: Austin Allegro jump in reverse world record • Fuel economy investigation – Clarkson style
Guests: Alan Carr • Justin Lee Collins
Air Date: 22 June 2008
Feature: BBC’s Top Gear crew drive a motor vehicle to the Magnetic North Pole.
The project was co-ordinated by the car manufacturer Toyota and Top Gear, with the help of Arctic Trucks, an Icelandic vehicle modification company. The vehicle used was a modified Toyota Hilux. Toyota promoted the event under the name Hilux Arctic Challenge.
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