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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and the the mighty Stig road test the latest and greatest,  supercars, fast hatches and more. Also the great and hilarious challenges are fantastic.

For more information read the Top Gear article at Wikipedia

Top Gear Show Guide

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 9 – 2007.12.09
In this episode:

  • The Top Gear team compete in the Britcar 24 hour race at Silverstone in a BMW 3-series diesel powered by bio-diesel that they grew last season
  • James races some BMX bikers through Budapest to test out the brand new Fiat 500
  • Since too many supercars have been on Top Gear lately, Jeremy tests a family car called the Daihatsu Materia and brings along a “similar” car to test it against — the Ascari A10
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Keith Allen

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 8 - 2007.12.02
In this episode:

  • Jeremy powersliding in the Vauxhall VXR8
  • Jeremy and James head to the Beaulieu Motor Museum to find out what was the first car ever to have a modern control layout
  • Richard goes driving in Fernando Alonso’s 2005 championship-winning Renault Formula 1 car
  • Lewis Hamilton in the studio and in the old Suzuki Liana on the track
  • Jeremy rides in a self-driving BMW as it does a lap of the Top Gear track
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: musician James Blunt

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 7 - 2007.11.25
In this episode:

  • With next year being the 40th anniversary of the formation of British Leyland, Jeremy, Richard, and James set out with £1,200 of their own cash to prove that some good cars did come out of the car company
  • Jeremy drives the Aston Martin DBS, James Bond’s car
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: comedian Jennifer Saunders

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 6 – 2007.11.18
In this episode:

  • Jeremy in the new Honda Civic Type R to see if it lives up to the previous generation
  • James reviews the not-so-new Alfa Romeo 159 by racing a man across the Humber estuary
  • Jeremy puts the BMW M5 Touring and Mercedes E63 AMG Estate head-to-head on the main runway of Manchester Airport
  • Richard invents a new motorsport, mobile home racing, and brings along a bunch of touring car and such racers to drive them
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: England rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 5 - 2007.11.11
In this episode:

  • Richard races a man on roller skates and a jet pack while he pilots the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster
  • Jeremy spanks the Caparo T1 and the Stig sees if the Top Gear track reord can be beat
  • What is the fastest way to get across London — a car, bike, public transport or a boat
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Simon Cowell

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 4 – 2007.11.04
In this episode:

The boys head to Botswana in Africa to buy cheap two wheel drive cars to use in a series of challenges

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 3 – 2007.10.28
In this episode:

  • James cruises in the new £307,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe convertible
  • The Lamborghini Reventón is in the studio
  • Jeremy tests the new Ferrari 599 GTB and the Stig gives it a lap time on the track
  • Jeremy goes to work in the world’s smallest production car, the Peel P50 microcar from 1963
  • Richard, while wearing our helmet, races a Bugatti Veyron against a Eurofighter Typhoon
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 2 – 2007.10.14
In this episode:

  • Jeremy tries out the new Audi R8 on the track against Richard in his own Porsche 911
  • The boys bring back their amphibious cars with some modifications and use them to attempt to cross the English Channel
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Jools Holland

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 1 – 2007.10.07
In this episode:

  • Jeremy attempts to drive the 641 horsepower Volkswagen Golf W12
  • Jeremy, Richard, and James drive from Monaco through the Alps in three lightweight supercars — a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, and Aston Martin N24 V8 Vantage — to find the best driving road in the world
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Dame Helen Mirren

Top Gear – Season 10, Episode 0 – 2007.07.25
Polar Challenge Special
In this episode:

Jeremy and James in a Toyota Hilux (known as the Tacoma in North America) pickup truck race Richard on a dog sled to the 1996 magnetic North Pole

Top Gear – Season 9, Episode 6 – 2007.03.04
In this episode:

  • Jeremy, Richard, and James make limos out of cars available in the UK and put them through a series of hilarious tests
  • Richard drives the Ford Mustang Shelby 500 and compares it to his 1960’s Ford Mustang
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Actress Billie Piper

Top Gear – Season 9, Episode 5 – 2007.02.25
In this episode:

  • Jemery has a train at about 75 MPH crash into a Renault Espace parked on the tracks
  • Another installment of the news
  • Richard, Jeremy, and James pick some big farming tractors and compete them in a series of competitions
  • Jeremy drives the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 and the Stig gives it a lap time
  • Richard, Jeremy, and James use their tractors to grow some bio-gasoline
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Kristin Scott Thomas

Top Gear – Season 9, Episode 4 – 2007.02.18
In this episode:

  • Richard and James try and turn a Reliant Robin into a reusable space shuttle by launching it into the air with rockets and then safely returning it to the ground
  • Jeremy sees if the new Porsche 911 Turbo will win him over
  • Jeremy drives a Brabus tuned Mercedes-Benz SL600 that has 730 horsepower
  • An update to the Cool Wall
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Actor Simon Pegg

Top Gear – Season 9, Episode 3 – 2007.02.11
America Special
In this episode:

The Top Gear crew heads to America for a road trip from Miami to New Orleans to see if it’s better to buy a cheap car and then sell it rather than renting a car. Lots of antics, competitions, and the likes.

Top Gear – Season 9, Episode 2 – 2007.02.04
In this episode:

  • James drives the fastest car in the world, the Bugatti Veyron, to it’s top speed of 253 MPH
  • The news is back!
  • The gang takes the new Audi TT, an Alfa Romeo Brera, and a Mazda RX-8 to Scotland where they play Golf and talk to art critics in an effort to determine which is best
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: actor Hugh Grant 

Top Gear – Season 9, Episode 1 – 2007.01.28
In this episode:

  • James and Jeremy welcome Richard back to Top Gear
  • Richard, Jeremy, and James attempt to prove that repaving a road shouldn’t take so long by repaving a road in just 24 hours
  • Jeremy drives the new Jaguar XKR, compares it to the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, and then gives it to the Stig
  • Footage of Richard’s 288MPH jet car crash is shown
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: chef Jamie Oliver

Top Gear – Season 8, Episode 8 – 2006.07.30
In this episode:

  • Jeremy, Richard, and James test three vans (a Volkswagen Transporter TDi, a Renault Master, and a Ford Transit) by becoming roadies for The Who
  • Jenson Button drives the Suzuki Liana for the F1 power laps board
  • The Rolls-Royce 101EX Concept is in the studio
  • Richard drives the new Noble M15 and the Stig gives it a lap time on the Top Gear test track
  • Jeremy, Richard, and James are each given £1000 and told to go buy a van which they will use in a number of challenges
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: British actor Ray Winstone

Top Gear – Season 8, Episode 7 – 2006.07.23
In this episode:

  • Richard and James drive the Ford SMAX, Mercedes B 200, and the Vauxhall Zafira VXR to find out which of the sporty, turbocharged MPVs is the best
  • Jeremy races around in the new Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
  • James races the new Peugeot 207 against two parkour guys through an urban setting
  • Jeremy, James, and Richard see if they can fully assemble a Caterham before the Stig can drive a already built
  • Caterham the 465 miles from the Caterham factory in Surrey to the race track in Scotland where they are
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Actor Steve Coogan

Top Gear – Season 8, Episode 6 – 2006.07.16
In this episode:

  • Jeremy compares three hot saloon cars – the Ford Mondeo ST220, the Mazda 6 MPS, and the Vauxhall Vectra VXR followed by the Stig giving them all a lap time
  • The Top Gear crew go on a caravan (camper trailer) trip to try and figure out what the appeal of it is
  • Richard sees how fast a Formula 1 car can go indoors
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Actor Brian Cox

Top Gear – Season 8, Episode 5 – 2006.06.04
In this episode:

  • Jeremy examines the Prodrive P2, a crazy sophisticated car, and the Stig blazes around the track with it
  • Jackie Stewart wrote in to claim that he could shave 20 seconds off the lap time of any of the Top Gear presenters, so they send Captain Slow (aka James) off to see if indeed he can
  • Jeremy reviews the new Citroen C6
  • An update of the Cool Wall
  • More car soccer (aka football), this time with the Toyota Aygos facing off against Volkswagen Foxes
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Sir Michael Gambon who has a corner of the Top Gear test track named after him

Top Gear – Season 8, Episode 4 – 2006.05.28
In this episode:

  • Richard compares the new BMW Z4 M to the Porsche Boxster S and the Stig takes it around the track for a laptime
  • Jeremy examines the new Mercedes S Class to see what technology might appear on normal cars in 10 years
  • Richard races in a Porsche Cayenne Turbo S at the Cyprus rally course against a skydiver jumping out of a police helicopter
  • Jeremy redesigns the interior of a older Mercedes S Class to his liking, complete with a concrete floor
  • The Stig takes the Koenigsegg CCX around the Top Gear track again, but this time with it sporting a rear wing
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Ewan McGregor

Top Gear – Season 8, Episode 3 – 2006.05.21
In this episode:

  • Jeremy, Richard, and James are given a challenge to take a car and make it amphibious
  • Jeremy drives the new, more powerful Lotus Exige, the Lotus Exige S
  • The Cool Wall is updated
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Philip Glenister

Top Gear – Season 8, Episode 2 – 2006.05.14
In this episode:

  • Jeremy reviews the new Corvette Z06 and the Stig gives it a lap time
  • Richard goes to Iceland to race a jet-ski-style powered Kayak in a off-road 4×4 race car called a Tomcat
  • Jeremy takes the stunning new Jaguar XK to Yorkshire Dales National Park for a test drive
  • The Top Gear crew heads to a local radio station to host a 3 hour afternoon drive-time show and produces a pretty hilarious result
  • The Stig, having never set a lap-time in the old Suzuki Liana, gives it a go
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Gordon Ramsay

Top Gear – Season 8, Episode 1 – 2006.05.07
In this episode:

  • The boys introduce the show mascot [Dog] named Top Gear Dog
  • Richard road tests the Nissan Micra Convertable [Pink] with hilarious results
  • The boys make a convertible people carrier from a Renault Espace
  • The news
  • James May road tests the new Honda Civic
  • Top Gear introduce the new reasonably priced Car – Chevrolet Lacetti
  • Top Gear hosts a drop in coffee morning to get new celebrity lap times
  • The JCB Diesel land speed record attempt car
  • Jeremy drives the Koenigsegg CCX and the Stig has a second speed lap on the Top Gear track with mixed results

Top Gear – Season 7, Episode 7 – 2006 02 12
In this episode:

Winter Olympics Special

Top Gear – Season 7, Episode 6 – 2005.12.27
In this episode:

  • Jeremy test the BMW 130i series and the VW Golf R32 in hatchback shootout
  • Top Gear battle of the generations, tweed jackets V the hoodies as car cultures meet head on
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: David Walliams who is an English comedy actor, best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas in the sketch show Little Britain.
  • Richard road tests the new Mazda MX5 to see if it lives up to its heritage and that trys to answer the question, is it faster than a greyhound around a track.
  • Top Gear awards
  • Jeremy attempts to see if a lap time in playstation in an NSX can be duplicated live at the track. See him reach the limits at the formidable Laguna Seca

Top Gear – Season 7, Episode 5 – 2005.12.11
In this episode:

  • Richard road tests the British TSO GT2 with a small block chevy for power and lap time by the Stig
  • The news
  • Top Gear Race: The Bugatti Veyron V a plane in a race from Italy to London
  • Star in a reasonably priced car:Nigel Mansell OBE, a British racing driver from England who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). He is the only person in history to hold both titles simultaneously, and was the first person to win the CART title in his debut season.
  • The Stig completes a shootout indoors in Wales between the Porsche Carrera and the Porsche Carrera 4

Top Gear – Season 7, Episode 4 – 2005.12.04

  • In this episode:
  • Richard takes the incredibly hot Pagani Zonda F out onto the airfield, and the Stig sets an amazing lap time with it
  • A tribute to Richard Burns, a rally champion who recently passed away
  • Jeremy, Richard, and James are given £10,000 each and told to go out and buy a mid-engined Italian supercar and then are given a series of challenges to compete in with them
  • James races the new Renault Clio against a bicycle
  • A preview of next week’s Jeremy vs. Richard & James race where Jeremy drives a Veyron
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Ellen MacArthur 

Top Gear – Season 7, Episode 3 – 2005.11.27
In this episode:

  • The Top Gear crew heads to that new huge bridge in sothern France — Jeremy in his Ford GT, Richard in a Pagani Zonda S, and James in a Ferrari F430
  • In the news: Top Gear won an Emmy, some weird fish car, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, and Mercedes crashing their new S-Class by accident
  • Jeremy drives the cool Ford Focus ST
  • Jeremy and Richard update the Cool Wall
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Minister of State for Transport, Dr. Stephen Ladyman 

Top Gear – Season 7, Episode 2 – 2005.11.20
In this episode:

  • Jeremy drives the new Porsche Cayman and the Stig sets a lap time with it
  • Richard talks about the history of British racing green and drives a 1958 Formula 1 replica
  • Richard and James race full-sized remote control cars in a quarry
  • Richard drives the sweet new Audi RS4 and races to the top of a cliff against a rock climber
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Soccer player Ian Wright  

Top Gear – Season 7, Episode 1 – 2005.11.13
In this episode:

  • A preview of the upcoming season
  • Richard drives the £235,000 British Ascari KZ1, later followed by the Stig taking it around the Top Gear track
  • Jeremy drives the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage and then compares it to a BMW M6 driven by Richard and a Porsche 911 Carrera S driven by James
  • Results of the Top Gear 2005 Car Survey
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Trevor Eve

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 11 – 2005.08.07
In this episode:

  • Richard drives the new Vauxhall Monaro VXR and sees how well it can drift by giving it to the D1 drifters followed by them doing some drifting in their own cars, all followed by the Stig giving the car a go on the test track
  • James sees if he can record the Top Gear theme using just exhaust notes (we’ve mirrored the end result MP3 right here)
  • James announces the winner of the Greatest Driving Song competition
  • Jeremy drives the Ford SVT F-150 Lightning
  • Jeremy and Richard update the Cool Wall
  • Richard runs with the bulls in Spain and then compares that adrenaline rush to that of driving the Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Actor Timothy Spall

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 10 – 2005.07.31
In this episode:

  • Jeremy drives the BMW 535d (diesel), a surprising car, and the Stig sets a lap time with it
  • Richard goes to Iceland again and hydroplanes across a lake in a Jeep thing while racing a hydroplaning snowmobile
  • James sums up the Greatest Driving Song competition finalists
  • James goes to Dubai to drive the new 4-door Bentley Continental Flying Spur and takes it out onto the back roads where he hits over 180 MPH on roads closed down just for him by the police
  • Jeremy, Richard, and James examine the best way to have fun in a field by test driving quad bikes (ATVs), buggies, hovercrafts, and others
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Big Brother host, Davina McCall

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 9 – 2005.07.24
In this episode:

  • Jeremy drives some “hot hatches” – a Volkswagen Golf Mark V GTI, a Renault Mégane Sport Hatch, Vauxhall Astra VXR which the Stig takes around the track
  • Richard and James play “Road Test Russian Roulette” where they ride to a bar on a minibike and then drive drunk people home in the person’s car, all the while reviewing it for us
  • James finishes covering the Greatest Driving Song competition finalists with Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
  • Richard sees if a stuntman can roll a call at least 5 times in order to get into the Guinness Book of World Records
  • Jeremy drives the all-new, but apparently disappointing, BMW M5
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Chris Evans

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 8 – 2005.07.17
In this episode:

  • Jeremy drives the amazing Ferrari F430 and of course, the Stig takes it around the track
  • The Top Gear crew go to Iceland to compare the Audi TT, Nissan 350z, and Chrysler Crossfire
  • James goes over Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell for the Greatest Driving Song competition
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Sir Tim Rice

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 7 – 2005.07.10
In this episode:

  • Jeremy drives the insane TVR Sagaris and the Stig takes it around the track
  • Jeremy sees which is faster across 26 miles of London, a Fiat Panda or a man
  • James covers another finalist in the Greatest Driving Song competition, Deep Purple – Highway Star
  • Jeremy and Richard update the Cool Wall
  • With the Ford Transit van turning 40 years old, Richard examines it’s history and sees if Sabine Schmitz can get one around the Nüburgring in less than 10 minutes
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Darkness singer Justin Hawkins

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 6 – 2005.07.03
In this episode:

  • Jeremy races Richard and James from London to Oslo, Norway. Jeremy goes in a Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR,
  • James and Richard go via water.
  • In the news: The new Nissan Micra C+C, new road maps, new Mercedes-Benz S Class, and the stunning Alfa Romeo Brera in the studio
  • James continues with the finalists in the Greatest Driving Song competition with this week’s song, Steppenwolf -Born to be Wild
  • The £170,000 Aston Martin DBR9 in the studio and the Stig taking it around the test track
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: David Dimbleby, a British TV personality

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 5 – 2005.06.26
In this episode:

  • James drives the Nissan Murano which yes, has been out in the States for quite some time
  • Jeremy drives the extremely cool Jaguar E-Type and Aston Martin DB5 and finds out if having one of these rather than a modern car is a good idea or not, followed by the Stig taking them around the Top Gear test track
  • Richard checks out the new Maserati Gran Sport and takes it to a race track to test it out
  • James starts going over the Greatest Driving Song finalists, starting with Golden Earring – Radar Love
  • Jeremy attempts to avoid getting “shot” by the British army in a Merecedes-Benz SLK and a Porsche Boxster
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: F1-racer Damon Hill

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 4 – 2005.06.19
In this episode:

  • Richard sees if a 3 ton stretch limo can jump a wedding setup, some cars, and some caravans
  • In the news: Jeremy’s broken down Ford GT
  • Jeremy reviews the Cadillac CTS-V and races it against an Audi S4 driven by the Stig
  • Richard drives the new BMW 3 series
  • The Top Gear crew’s moms test 3 compact cars, the Renault Modus, Peugeot 1007, and the Honda Jazz
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Comedian Omid Djalili

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 3 – 2005.06.12
In this episode:

  • James reviews the 1970’s Maserati Bora and explains why it was such a great car for it’s time
  • Jeremy shows off his brand new Ford GT and Richard his new Morgan
  • Jeremy drives the Wiesmann MF3 Roadster and the TVR Tuscan II followed by the Stig taking them aroung the test track
  • The Top Gear crew check out the new Batmobile in their studio
  • Richard drives the amazing Aston Martin DB9 Volante, the DB9 convertible version
  • Jeremy was invited to open his local recently refurbished swimming pool, so he decides to show up in a 1976 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow which he first restores himself
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Christopher Eccleston from Doctor Who

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 2 – 2005.05.29
In this episode:

  • Jeremy drives a £1 million 1957 Maserati 250F Formula 1 car and a new £412,000 Maserati MC12 – will it be faster than a Ferrari Enzo around the Top Gear test track?
  • In the news: new Honda FR-V, new Saab Estate, Hummer H3, new Mazda MX-5 aka Miata, Ferrari Superamerica, best driving song competition update, Jaguar XK in the studio
  • Jeremy, Richard, and James compete in a new £1500 2-door sports coupe competition, but this time the car can’t be a Porsche
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: Jack Dee, comedian and celebrity Big Brother winner

Top Gear – Season 6, Episode 1 – 2005.05.22
In this episode:

  • Jeremy shows what’s coming up on this season of Top Gear (it looks like it’s gonna be one kick ass season too!)
  • Jeremy drives the new 4-door Mercedes-Benz CLS AMG that has 500 horsepower and is surprisingly quick followed by the Stig setting a lap time with it
  • James drive the Honda Element which isn’t sold in the UK (who knew?) and with the help of some old people, finds out if it’s a cool car or not
  • Richard drives the new Toyota Aygos and then has a 5 versus 5 soccer game using Aygoses with a bunch of skilled drivers
  • Richard and Jeremy update the Cool Wall
  • Jeremy races a Range Rover Sport against a Challenger 2 tank and tries to avoid it getting it getting a lock on it with it’s huge gun
  • Star in a reasonably priced car: James Nesbitt