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Getting viewers up to speed on all the latest automotive information, with new car reviews, second hand bargains and industry tidbits being the focus of this magazine show.
Episode 14 : Series 9, Episode 14
July. 31,2006
Episode 13 : Episode 13
July. 24,2006
Vicki tests the limited edition BMW 320Si which was made to celebrate BMW’s success in the World Touring Car Championships.
Jason finds out if the skills of a racing driver will transfer to the cockpit of a aerobatic stunt plane.
Tiff drives a race-spec McLaren F1 and a Ferrari Enzo on public roads.
Behind the scenes of the Pixar film Cars.
Jon Bentley examines a new safety device for motorcyclists, an airbag jacket.
Tom drives the new Ferrari 599 1200 miles from Belgium back home to the Ferrari factory in Italy.
Episode 12 : Episode 12
July. 17,2006
Vicki examines all things braking including the differences between different people when it comes to braking and how much worn tires affect your braking in the wet.
Jason drives the awesome new Porsche 911 Turbo.
Behind the scenes of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Tiff teaches Tom to drive a Lamborghini Gallardo really fast around a track in order to bring his skills up to the Fifth Gear standards.
Jon Bentley checks out the top three ultimate car sound systems and evaluates each.
Vicki races two small pickup trucks, the Mitsubishi L200 and the Nissan Navara (aka the Nissan Frontier), against each other offroad.
Episode 11 : Episode 11
July. 10,2006
Vicki attempts to set a new world record for the most distance traveled in one hour by seven people in a mini-MPV (minivan).
Tiff races a Dakar rally BMW motorcycle with it’s BMW X5 support vehicle to see which would win on a known offroad course, the 4×4 or the motorcycle.
Jon Bentley gives a 60 second driving review of the Volkswagen EcoRacer.
Tom flies to Austria in Alan Sugar’s private jet to test drive the new Audi TT on the road up Austria’s highest mountain, Großglockner.
Conclusion of the Fifth Gear concept car competition where the winner is announced.
Tiff learns to drift and enters the UK’s inaugural Drifting competition, the D1GP, in a 590 BHP 1991 Toyota Soarer which is fitted with a turbo from a truck.
Jason drives the very quick Brook Double R, a brand new British sportscar which is styled like a 60’s grand prix racer, on Britain’s bendiest road.
Episode 10 : Episode 10
July. 03,2006
Fifth Gear Shootout: Tiff races a BMW 130i M Sport against a Volkswagen Golf R32.
Tom examines the new Citroen C6 and gets driven around by Tiff while having a flat tire.
Vicki does some budget racing in Rallycross
Jason drives the latest generation of the Honda Legend and pits it against it’s rivals, the Audi A6 and a BMW 530i.
Guest presenter Tim Lovejoy asks Carl and Didz from the rock band Dirty Pretty Things to pass judgement on the new Radford Mini.
Tom’s final report from Japan where this time he visits the world’s largest car dealership which is actually more like a theme park than an actual car dealership.
Vicki finishes off the Mercedes E Class from a previous episode.
Episode 9 : Episode 9
June. 05,2006
Jason drives the Lexus GS450h, the first high performance hybrid.
Tom sees if 22 people can cram into the new Fiat Grande Punto, a small city car.
An update on the winners of all of the cars given away this season by Fifth Gear.
A small teaser trailer of a segment that will shown later in the year of behind the scenes of the new James Bond film, Casino Royale, and the new James Bond car, the Aston Martin DBS.
Tiff races an Aston Martin DBR9 at Silverstone in the brand new GT3 Championship, against rivals driving Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis, Corvettes, Maseratis, and Ascaris.
Jon Bentley looks into what happens if you put the wrong fuel type into your car.
Vicki races a gas (petrol) powered Vauxhall Astra VXR against a tuned diesel powered one driven by Paul O’Neill, an aspiring racing driver and brother of former Spice Girl, Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice).
Episode 8 : Episode 8
May. 29,2006
Vicki tests out how reliable a 16 year-old Mercedes E Class estate (station wagon) by giving it some very serious punishment.
Tom visits a service station in Tokyo where at night, some crazy cars show up for a car party
Behind the scenes of the car stunts in M:I:III (Mission Impossible: III).
A look at the day in the life of Nick Freeman, a hugely successful defense lawyer who’s been dubbed “Mr. Loophole” because of his ability find holes in the law.
Tiff gives the brand new 620 horsepower Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano a thrashing about in Italy.
Episode 7 : Episode 7
May. 22,2006
Fifth Gear follows around Britain’s leading automotive spy photographer for a day to see what his life is like.
Jason drives the new Volkswagen Eos, a hard top convertible, in Athens.
Guest presenter Holly Samos reports from the start line of the Gumball 3000.
Fifth Gear Reverse Gear Shootout: Tiff races a Volkswagen Golf GTi against a Skoda Octavia vRS, all in reverse gear!
Tom drives the fuel cell powered Honda FCX
Tiff learns that not all American cars are crap thanks to the Chevrolet Corvette Z06.
Episode 6 : Episode 6
May. 15,2006
Tiff heads to Italy to drive the latest version of the Maserati Quattroporte, the Sport GT which features a much better gearbox.
Jason gives the girls of the pop group Girls Aloud a lesson in driving supercars on a racing circuit which ends in a crash (who woulda guessed?).
Jon Bentley investigates how young drivers can get cheaper insurance rates.
Fifth Gear Shootout: Vicki races the BMW M5 against the BMW M6.
Tom participates in a world record attempt for the most number of cars doing donuts simultaneously.
Episode 5 : Episode 5
May. 08,2006
Tiff tests a Ford GT40 replica, Jason drives the Audi S6 on the German Autobahns, Tiff and Vicki attempts to find Britain's best small car and Peter Saywell reveals his supercar collection.
Episode 4 : Episode 4
May. 01,2006
Tom visits America's most exclusive supercar club, Tiff and Jason test the Audi RS4 and BMW M3 CS on the track and Vicki drives the Alfa Romeo Brera.
This episode's shootout is between the Mercedes A200T and the Toyota Verso T180.
Episode 3 : Episode 3
April. 24,2006
Vicki drives the Ferrari F430 Challenge, Jason drives the BMW Z4M Roadster, Tom experiences what it's like to buy a Maybach and Tiff takes part in the G4 Challenge.
This episode's shootout is between the Ford Focus ST and the Vauxhall Astra VXR.
Episode 2 : Episode 2
April. 17,2006
Tiff and Jason compete against each other in 50's style Le Mans racers, Tom tests the Audi Q7 and Paul Dalton shows the clinical precision with which he cleans and polishes a car.
This episode's shootout is between the Subaru Impreza STi and the Subaru Forrester STi.
Episode 1 : Episode 1
April. 10,2006
Jason helps a lottery winner choose his dream car, Tiff tests the Jaguar XK and Tom reports from the Geneva Motor Show.
This episode's shootout is between the first and latest generation of the Mazda MX-5.
Seasons
Season 28
Series 28 sees regulars Jason Plato, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jonny Smith and Jimmy De Ville as they test, review and compare a huge range of cars, from hot hatchbacks to versatile 4x4s and more. Also new to the team, ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok will add his talent and experience to put a host of cars through their paces.
Season 25
A motor magazine with the recent driving news, expert opinions, and practical & reliable advices. The hosts have motorsport backgrounds and take you under the hoods of the latest speedsters and conduct tests and stunts to see what different cars are capable of [+]more
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