Main review: Smart 'R' - James May's old Bentley

Challenge:

Hammond used a drag racer with a jet engine to incinerate the car he considered to be the worst of all time, an automatic, mid-eighties Nissan Sunny. At the end of the show he also used the racer to burn a caravan. New presenter - James May - makes his first film about his Bentley.

Main review:

Challenge:

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Chef Jamie Oliver who was set a challenge of cooking salad in the back of his campervan whilst being driven by the Stig (couldn't do it). Wanted to beat Gordon Ramsay in the Suzuki Liana, came exactly the same time, 1:50

Main review: BMW Z8 Alpina

Challenge:

Star in a Reasonably priced car: David Soul off Starsky and Hutch, who was the first American and first guest to break not only one, but two Suzuki Lianas. He finally posted a time of 1:54

Main review: Clarkson briefly looks at a Jaguar R Coupe prototype, May shows the 1953 Le Mans Jaguar C-type and Hammond drives a 1960s Jaguar Mark 2.

Review: The new Jaguar XJ is cunningly tested by Clarkson, looking at how far he can drive it before he gets bored. He managed to get all the way to Duncansby Head before saying "Oh dear, I seem to have run out of country."

Review: Clarkson drives the Jaguar XKR-R, a racing version of the Jaguar XKR, before looking at the Aston Martin DB7 GT.

Main review:

Challenge: Can a Ford pit team change an engine faster than four women can get ready for a night out? They can, a lot faster

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Anne Robinson, 1:57

Main review: Jeremy drives the Subaru Impreza STi against the Mitsubishi Evo 8 in Scotland but, depite having a lot of fun, is unable to give any reason to choose one over the other. The Stig drives both around the track where the Mitsubishi comes out fastest with a lap time of 1:28.9 (faster than the Lamborghini Murcielago). Jeremy also tests the Vauxhall VX220 Turbo. The Stig posts a time around the track 1:31.3. Richard Hammond goes on a track day and has a great time. A track time shoot-out of track-day specific machinery follows (Radical SR3, Ariel Arom 2, Caterham R400, Westfield XTR2, Lotus Elise Sport 2)

Challenge: To set a land-speed record for a caravan

Main review: Clarkson tested the Koenigsegg CC8 which, with a top speed of 242 mph (389 km/h) was at the time the world's fastest production car. Clarkson did a speed run on the test track. The record was 170 mph (274 km/h) set by the Pagani Zonda. This was broken, with the Koenigsegg managing 174 mph (280 km/h). Clarkson later commented how he felt nervous before the run because engineers from Koenigsegg had asked him if they could put tape around the windscreen; he thought that the tape was to keep the windscreen from flying off.

Car Safety: Hammond test drives the new Renault Megane in London and then brings it to the Top Gear test track where they simulate a crash test with a real driver.

Challenge:

Main review:

Challenge: A "race for the universe" between the Cyberman from Doctor Who, the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker), Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon, Darth Vader from Star Wars, a Klingon from Star Trek and Daleks from Doctor Who.

Star in a Reasonably priced car: Supermodel Jodie Kidd talked to Clarkson about Horses and Gumball 3000 ralley, came top at 1:48

Main review: Vandenbrink Carver (a three-wheeled bike with tilting tandem cockpit), Hammond and Clarkson try to fit in it at the same time

Review: Volvo S60R

Review: Vauxhall Signum

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Patrick Stewart, 1:50

Main review: Bentley Continental GT

Other Reviews: Overfinch Range Rover, VW Phaeton W12 Sedan

Challenge:

Star in a Reasonably priced Car: Alan Davies, Jonathan Creek star, 1:54 in "mildly damp" weather

Best of Top Gear: A review of series 1 & 2.

Main review: Ford GT, filmed in Detroit

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Singer Martin Kemp, comparisons between him and Ross Kemp discussed: Both on Eastenders, both moved to ITV, both called Kemp and both set a time of 1:54.0

Challenge: Can you do a lap of the M25 in a diesel Volkswagen Lupo

Skit: The original (black-suited) Stig goes 109mph in a Jaguar XJS on the HMS Invincible, flying off the deck. All that is found of the Stig is his glove.

Main review: The team visited the Isle of Man to test four BMW sports cars, the M1, M3, M5 and M3 CSL. Volvo Jumping Caravans, BMW Z4 vs. Porsche Boxster vs. Honda S2000

Skit: New "white Stig" is introduced

Challenge:

Main review: Bentley Continental GT

Other reviews: Jeremy reviews the Saab 9-5 and James reviews the Subaru Legacy

Challenge: The Stig drives a Saab 9-5 vs a Harrier Jump Jet

Using a swimming pool, Hammond showed the dangers of being in a car that is sinking in water; and demonstrated that you should open the car doors as soon as it strikes the water, rather than waiting for the car to fill with water and the pressure to equalize.

Main review: Hammond tests several new Mini Cooper S. The powerful Works Cooper S, the Hartge Cooper S, Digi-tec Cooper S and the sporty BBR Cooper S.

Documentary and Review: Due to the 40th anniversarry of car company Lamborghini, Hammond and May test some classic cars. Hammond tests the 1967 Miura, commenting on its controversial styling and engine positioning; and the improved 1971 SV version. May tests his childhood dream car the 1980s Countach, remarking on its unforseen awkwardness and unpracticallity.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Comedian Rich Hall set a time of 1:54.0

Review: Clarkson tests the new Lamboghini Gallardo. Stig sets a lap time of 1:25.8.

Main review: Clarkson tests the 1.3 litre Wankel Mazda RX8 228 bhp coupe on the track, saying that despite the mixed styling it performs well and for £22,000 is good value for money. The stig sets a lap time of 1:31.8, being the same as the Nissan 350Z coupe and the BMW M3, to which Clarkson remarks that the Mazda be the better car performance and handling-wise.

The Mazda Rx8

Documentary/Review: Hammond looks at several cars deemed to be good investments as future 'classic' cars. These include the Volkswagen Corrado VR6 and the Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Cosworth.

Challenge: The team set the challenge of finding the best wig for a fast drive in an open top convertible.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Sony BMG executive Pop Idol/X Factor judge Simon Cowell joins the leaderboard with a time of 1:47.1.

Review: May reviews the new Fiat Panda citycar, car of the year.

Challenge: How tough is a HiLux Toyota Pickup truck? Clarkson performs a number of tests on the robust vehicle including drowing, rammed into buildings and a tree, and set fire to. The car still works afterwards.

Main review: Holden Monaro

Review: Citroen C2

Challenge: James May tosses a Toyota Hilux off a tower block being demolished, it survives, and drives, triumphant, into the studio

Main review: MG XPower SV

Challenge:

Review: Jeremy reviews the new Porsche Cayenne Turbo and tests the off-road abilities in Bovington, Dorset. It is a brilliant car, only to have faults with the practicality, price, and looks.

Review: Hammond reviews the Mclaren Mercedes SLR in South Africa. He absolutely loves the car, but there are plastics everywhere in the interior, too firm a ride, and the brakes are not that great - its just on or off.

Main review: Richard compares a Nissan Micra to a Boeing 747

Other reviews: '60s Mercedes SL280, Audi TT v6, Aston Martin Lagonda

Challenge: 'Top Gear Generation Game' 5 of Richard Hammonds more modern cars versus 5 of Jeremy's older cars, the old cars win 3-2

Star in a Reasonably Priced car: Comedian Johnny Vegas who doesn't have a driving license, comes in 1:58.6, beating Harry Enfield and Richard Whitely who both have driving licenses

Main review: Honda NSX, Which the team 'auction off parts off the set to pay for', including a Calendar of Milton Keynes Roundabouts and an e-mail asking for Hammonds signed photo signed "love Stuart".

Challenge:

Best of Top Gear: A review of the series.

Review: Jaguar XK RR vs Aston Martin DB7 GT

Challenge: Capt Slow has the Hilux placed on a tower block...

Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car: Martin Kemp

Review: May reviews the new BMW 5 Series

Review: Hammond reviews the Porsche 911 GT3, and then Stiggy takes it around the track

'Skit: The Death of the Stig

Review: James reviews Aston Martin Vantage

Review: Jeremy is jetted off to Detroit, and begins his doomed love-affair with the new Ford GT

Challenge: The Hilux survives the demolition of a tower block, and drives, triumphant, into the studio

Main review: Lotus Exige

Challenge: Hammond and May take public transport while Clarkson attempts to beat them in a car in a race to Monte Carlo. Hammond and May take the Eurostar and TGV, while Clarkson drove the Aston Martin DB9, winning by a significant margin.

Challenge: Clarkson undertook a challenge to see if he could evade being caught in missile lock from an WAH-64D ApacheLotus Exige. The helicopter failed to lock in on the Exige when remaining within the confines of the test track. However, when allowed to move further away, the helicopter acquired lock within seconds. anti-tank helicopter while driving a

A hypnotized Hammond thinks his Porsche 911 has just been rammed by Clarkson.

Main review: The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is taken round the track. Ends up with the fastest time at 1:20.9 and also the fastest automatic ever!

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Paul McKenna takes on the Suzuki Liana. Normally, guests are interviewed by Clarkson talking about their cars and then they show their timed lap and that's it. But this week, since the star is a hypnotist, he will also hypnotize one of the 3 presenters. According to Clarkson, it can't be him because apparently they tried and he couldn't be hypnotised. And it can't be James (for whatever reason). So it has to be ... well ... you guessed it. "Oh boy are we going to have some fun!" - Jeremy Clarkson

Review Jeremy Clarkson reviews the Alfa Romeo 166 V6 Selespeed, which he unashamedly loves and praises, and then takes it to a near-abandoned village in West Yorkshire coal mining country, where it gets its wheels nicked and is left on bricks! This is a very big Alfisti (Alfa Romeo aficionado) insider joke, as Alfa Romeo wheels are non-compatible with almost all other car makes.

Review Richard Hammond reviews the Cadillac Escalade, of which he first says that as a car, its very poor indeed, but is the ultimate bling car.

Challenge: Richard Hammond finds out if a nun can drive a monster truck.

Clarkson crash tests his £1 Volvo.

Main review: Cars for track days, Porsche 911 GT3 RS versus Ferrari Challenge Stradale. Both cars are heavily stripped down with minimal amenities. Jermey remarks that the Porsche is very plain, while the Ferrari is very complex, and finds the Ferrari is the more astonishing track car. Both cars scored a Power Lap time of 1:22.3 in the hands of the Stig.

Review: Richard Hammond reviews a 1968 Dodge Charger 440 R/T and was tempted to buy one, but found out it won't fit in his garage. Jermey promptly tells Hammond that the Charger is rubbish and the Dodge Challenger is the right Dodge muscle car to buy.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Jordan, 1:52

Challenge: The guys are asked to buy road-legal cars for less than £100. Then they will be set a couple of challenges. Clarkson turns up in a Volvo 760 (2.8 V6 GLE). James turns up in a Audi 80 1.8E. Hammond bought himself a Rover 416GTi.

Main challenge: Jeremy tries to find out if he can drive a diesel Audi A8 from London to Edinburgh and back again on one tank of fuel (The round-trip distance between the two cities is 800 miles). So he tries to drive the car economically, and manages to complete the task even though the fuel tank is visibly empty for the last 30-40 miles.

Skit: Hammond and May attempt to play darts by firing cars from the edge of a gorge towards a large horizontal target. After one attempt each, May decides to place a caravan over the bulls-eye. Hammond destroys the caravan on his final attempt and wins the match.

Main review: The Porsche Carrera GT is given a run round the track against the automatic gearbox time of 1:20.9 from the McLaren 2 weeks ago, and beats the SLR by 0.9 seconds, with a time of 1:19.8. Clarkson is taken by surprise by the car's qualities while comparing it to other German fast cars.

Challenge: Can a Ford Sport Ka with satellite navigation beat the racing pigeon? Unfortunately, James forgot to use the postcode and wasted 25min just to get to the right place. The pigeon won with 30mins to spare, even without James' mistake.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan who came second at 1:47.3, but proved he can play a frame of snooker (with four reds instead of 15 and the rest as normal) faster than the Stig can drive his car around the track.

Hammond's Golf being hit by lightning.

Main review: Clarkson, May and Hammond tested the BMW 645i, Jaguar XK-R and Porsche 911 on Pendine Sands in the rain. Clarkson successfully made an allusion to the nature of each car, and also had each presenter matched to their cars "You've (May) got the Business jet (the 645i), I've got the Tornado (The Jag) - where's Hammond with the Messerschmitt (the 911)."

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen, who manage to break the car, 1:53.4 which Jeremy moves up to 1:53.2 because there were two people in the car.

Challenge: Hammond demonstrated that it was safe to sit in a car struck by lightning by sitting in Volkswagen Golf in a huge lightning generator.

Clarkson reviews the most popular car in Japan, the Nissan Cube, and generally makes fun of its styling, poor performance and handling. Quote: "They really have thought of everything. For instance when you put the key in the ignition (does so) it beeps to tell you that you've just done that!"

May drives a modernized Jaguar XJS that actually works, unlike the original ones.

Hammond looks at the Cadillac CTS, which is not available in Britain. He tests it on some windy roads, referring to "corners: an American car's natural enemy." The results are favorable but Clarkson disagrees, saying, "Cadillacs are for pimps and pensioners."

Main review: Clarkson reviews the Renault Clio 182. He likes it even though he considers it unrefined, cheap and unsafe. They conclude that it is like a puppy dog - just plain fun despite its poor manners.

Challenge: Hammond investigates: "Could you run your car on poo?" The answer is yes, but the savings are not worth it.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Radio presenter Terry Wogan who did it in an embarrassing 2:04

Main review: Jeremy drives the Mercedes CL 65 AMG.

Challenge: James and Richard pose as minicab drivers to test the Renault Scenic and the Ford C-Max.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Lionel Richie, who breaks the wheel off of the Suzuki Liana

Review:Spyker C8

Main review: Clarkson takes a look at the Toyota Prius, and then promptly ignores it. May tests the Maserati Quattroporte, trying to figure out if the car wants to be a luxury saloon or a performance car.

Obituary: Hammond bids a fond farwell to the Rover V8 engine. Hammond then sends off the engine by entering a Touring car race in an unmodified Rover SD1.

An issue with height.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Martin Clunes took the Liana around the track, with a time of 1:50.0.

Challenge: To see if Diesel technology has caught up to Petrol technology, Clarkson and Hammond race on the track, with Clarkson in a Skoda Fabia, while Hammond raced the Mini Cooper.

Skit: Hammond makes fun of motorists that block the yellow box.

Review and Challenge: Clarkson reviews his dream car, the Ford GT. He makes numerous comparisons with the Ford GT40, and graphically illustrates that he barely fits into the GT, while part of his head lies above the door of the GT40. Hammond and May ridicule the GT, on its fuel economy and lack of ease of getting into the car parked in a parking stall. The Stig drives it on the track, clocking a lap time of 1:21.9.

Skit: In a possible response to the US television show Mythbusters failed attempt to replicate their Jet Taxi myth a few months back, Hammond takes a Boeing 747 and demonstrates the power unleashed by two of its four engines at maximum thrust.

Main review: Jeremy drives the new Jaguar X-type estate. Richard and James go to the Isle of Lewis and Harris, where less convertibles are bought per capita than anywhere else in the UK. They go there to test convertibles, of course.

Challenge: Can you parachute into a moving car?

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Sir Ranulph Fiennes goes through an overview of his remarkable life with Jeremy. Turns a 1:51.

Review: James tries to get a sofa in a Volvo V50. Review: Richard tests the new Corvette. Review: Jeremy finds out how good the BMW X3 is.

Skit: Olympic Games for cars: Long Jump

Challenge:Is the new Peugeot 407 any good as pace car?

Review: Jeremy reviews the Porsche 911 Carrera S. He declares that it is the laziest design job ever. However, he also says that this is a car for keen drivers; a 911 from the old school. The Stig sets a power lap time 1:28.9, on an extremely wet track.

Restoration Rip-Off: James introduces James Dean's Lotus Ten, one of only seven made.

News: Top Gear is up for a National Television Award. They show the new Ferrari F430. Jeremy has to eat his hair because of a bet he made that the new Vauxhall Astra would not look like the concept. Chef Antony Worrall Thompson begins fixing a hair omelette for Jeremy.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Bill Bailey talks about owning a 2CV, and his fondness for wrecking hire cars. He sets a time of 1:53.4 in the Liana, on a wet track.

Challenge: An old ice cream van attempts to jump over four bouncy castles. The van manages to clear none of the castles.

Review: May reviews the Vauxhall Monaro, Clarkson reviews the Chrysler 300C, and Hammond reviews the Jaguar S-Type R. They take the cars to Pendine Sands, and driving each of the cars around for a bit on the beach, they come to the conclusion that the Monaro is the best of the three. Jeremy then eats a bite of his hair omelette.

Review: Hammond looks at the Ford Focus, comparing it to the Vauxhall Astra, and the VW Golf. He decides that the Focus is the best of the three, apart from the styling.

News: May goes on a rant about Bill Bryson. Ferrari gives the Pope an F1 Car. They discuss the new BMW 3 Series.

Restoration Rip-Off: May introduces the Adams Probe 16 from A Clockwork Orange, one of only three made.

Review: Clarkson reviews the Ferrari Enzo. He muses that supercars today may be approaching engineering perfection, but the cars from fifteen years ago are more fun to drive. The Stig sets a lap time of 1:19.0.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Geri Halliwell talks about all the cars she has wrecked. She goes around the track, in the wet, in 1:55.4.

Challenge: A world champion all-terrain skateboarder is pitted against a Group N Mitsubishi rally car. The car loses soundly. They then switch out the rally car with a Bowler Wildcat, and the Wildcat wins by a considerable margin.

Cool Wall: The Vauxhall Monaro is declared to be cool. The Porsche 911 is uncool. The Mercedes SLK, and the Ferrari Enzo are very uncool.

Review: Jeremy compares two trios of supercars: three older supercars, the Jaguar XJ220, the McLaren F1 and the Ferrari F40, and three newer supercars, the Pagani Zonda, the Porsche Carrera GT and the Ferrari Enzo, coming to the conclusion that the simplicity of some of the older cars makes them more fun, even if they are slower around a track. Clarkson is very critical of the attitude of current supercar makers, claiming that they "held back" with cars like the Porsche Carrera GT, but is also critical of the McLaren F1, saying that driving it resembled trying to recapture control of a rogue nuclear missile.

Main review: The new Viper writes its own name.

Challenge: Jeremy tries to drive a Land Rover Discovery up a mountain in Scotland. The summit he finally reaches is that of Cnoc an Fhreiceadain (Watch Hill), above Coldbackie, and not Ben Tongue as widely reported at the time.

Various: Richard finds the world's maddest car, in Switzerland. It's the Rinspeed Splash, which becomes a hydrofoil boat.

Restoration Rip-Off: Keith Moon's 1938 Chrysler Wimbledon

Main review: Pagani Zonda S Roadster, Which Jeremy says Richard fell in love with and that girls who came there showing their bare midriffs there were wasting their time

Challenge: Richard and James spend 24 hours in a Smart ForFour to see if the brochure claim 'designed like a lounge' makes the experience tolerable. They find it handles well, that it turns heads well enough to get people to buy them food, Hammond goes for a wee in it and they sleep in Britain's most haunted village, Pluckley

Skit: Hammond and May attempt to play conkers with 6 caravans, appearing to take great skill in their choice of caravans for the game. Hammond ends up as the winner of the game.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: comedian Jimmy Carr, who comes faster than anyone else at 1:46.9

Review: Aston Martin Vanquish S, which Jeremy tests in a race against Steve Coogan in a Ferarri F575

Main review: Morgan Aero 8 GTN. Lap time: 1:25.9

News: Hammond finally gets a Dodge Charger, more precisely, a 1969 model.

Restoration Rip-Off: The Fender Stratocaster guitar and the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing both celebrate their 50th birthdays this year, so as a result, instead of talking about a restored car, May talks about the reasons why the Gullwing is the first supercar, with songs performed with the Stratocaster playing in the background.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Actor Christian Slater takes the Liana around with a lap time of 1:51.4.

Down to Earth Board: The presenters show the excellent charcteristics of the Subaru Legacy

Challenge: Hammond starts a people carrier race series, with the inaugural race featuring two Renault Espaces, a Toyota Previa, a Toyota Spacecruiser, a Mitsubishi Space Wagon, and a Nissan Serena. The Espaces win the race.

Challenge: After much practice, Clarkson took a diesel Jaguar S-Type around the Nürburgring in just under ten minutes. His instructor, Sabine Schmitz, exclaimed "I could do that in a van". She then took the Jaguar out and recorded a lap time almost a minute quicker on her first try. In the following series she was given the opportunity to prove her "van" boast, and using a standard diesel Ford Transit posted a lap time only seven seconds slower than Clarkson's Jaguar lap.

Main review: Volkswagen Golf V GTI. Clarkson compares it to the previous versions and especially to the Mark I GTI, claiming that the Mark V is a return to "the true spirit of the GTI" (this leads to the naming of this as the "2004 TG Car of the Year").

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Cliff Richard, 1:50

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car 2: Army veteran and blind land speed record holder Billy Baxter. Clarkson guided him around the track and he came in at 2:02, faster than Terry Wogan and Richard Whitely who both have sight. His name on the board is written as "Blind Man".

Challenge: How much Porsche can you get for £1500? The presenters each have to buy a Porsche for less than £1500 and put it through a series of tests. Hammond buys a van-engined 924, May buys a 2.5 liter 4-cylinder 944, and Clarkson buys a broken-down 928. Jeremy wins in the end by selling his car as spare parts and as "furniture", although the better car, it seems, was James' 944.

Main review: The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 8 MR FQ400 takes on the Lamborghini Murcielago. The Evo was driven by Jeremy whilst the Lambo was driven by James Kay, the British touring car champion. It was shown that Lambo could not shake off the Evo after several laps. It came down to the final lap where the Lambo spun out. Afterwards, the Stig posted a time of 1.24.8 for the Evo.

Challenge: The long age answer of 'which boxster is the best' is answered. The Porsche Boxster or the Mercedes Benz SLK 350? In the end, the Boxster won the bragging rights.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Musician Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, takes the Liana around with a lap time of 1:49.7.

Review: Clarkson reviews the Toyota Prius admiring the quietness but not the overall fuel efficiency when compared to diesel cars.

Review: Hammond reviews the Ford Mustang.

Lancer Evolution versus Bobsled.

Challenge: Are today's showroom cars faster than race cars from "not that long ago"? Three pairs made up of one classic racer and one showroom car race against the clock in the Stig's hands:

• Ford Focus RS against a 1970's Ford Escort rally car; the RS takes the win with ease.
• Noble M400 against the 4-times Le Mans winning car, the Ford GT40; a photo finish sees the GT40 win by half a second.
• Mitsubishi Evo 8 FQ against the original Audi Quattro rally car; the Evo wins and makes it 2-1 for the showroom cars.

Main review: Can a Renault F1 car get around the track in under a minute? The Stig was given the car and it went around in exactly 59 seconds.

Challenge: Can a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Rally car beat a bobsled? James was in the car, driven by Henning Solberg, with Richard in the bobsled. The bobsled won with 59.68 seconds whilst the Evo came in under 1.02.24.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Comedian Eddie Izzard, who did it in 1:52 and suggested swearing Sat-Nav.

Challenge: Hammond and May, using a plane, raced Clarkson who drove a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti from London to Verbier in Switzerland. Clarkson won again but this time only by minutes, overtaking the others on the road of their destination.

Main review: Ariel Atom, from a company in Somerset. The Stig takes it around the track in 1:19.5

Review: Richards tries out the Mercedes G55 AMG, which is, according to him, the coolest car in the world.

Review: James tests the new BMW 1-series, and decides that its much too expensive.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Trinny (1:54 in the wet) and Susannah (in 1:55.6 in the wet)

Comparison: James and Jeremy go out to review a collection of cars from the Pacific Rim: Cars from Malaysia and Korea. Among these are the Kia Rio and the Hyundai Accent, in a 3-cylinder diesel version. They conclude that none of them are worth buying, due to being "built like white goods." This is followed by a demonstration of a custom vehicle constructed from used home appliances.

Best of Top Gear: A review of recent series.

Review: The Porsche Carrera GT, from Series 4, Episode 4

Challenge: James and Richard go minicabbing

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Sir Ranulph Fiennes, from Series 4, Episode 9

Challenge: Can you parachute into a moving car, from Series 4, Episode 9

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Joanna Lumley, from Series 5, Episode 3

Review: May reviews the Vauxhall Monaro, Clarkson reviews the Chrysler 300C, and Hammond reviews the Jaguar S-Type R. They take the cars to Pendine Sands, and after driving each of the cars on the beach, they come to the conclusion that the Monaro is the best of the three. from Series 5, Episode 1

A Comic Relief special, presented by Hammond and May, with competitors Clarkson, Jodie Kidd, Patrick Kielty, Jimmy "Carrnage"Darren Jordon. and

Served as the pilot upon which the short-lived BBC Three series was based.

Main review: Clarkson tests the Mercedes CLS55 AMG

Challenge: Clarkson attempted to see whether a Challenger 2 tank could lock its main cannon onto a Range Rover Sport.

Hammond and May played a football match using the new Toyota Aygo.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: James Nesbitt

Main review: Clarkson tested the £412,000 Maserati MC12.

Challenge: The team was asked to buy a 2-door coupé that wasn't a Porsche for under £1,500, mirroring a competition they had in series five where they each had to spend £1,500 to buy a Porsche. They were then set a series of challenges to see who had got the best deal, scoring points for each challenge. The challenges included trying to get to 140 mph (225 km/h), having to drive at 30 mph (48 km/h) over Belgian cobbles with a bucket of water on their lap, and an endurance race set on a farm. The winner turned out to be May, with a Jaguar XJS. Hammond bought a BMW 635CSi, while Clarkson went for a turbocharged Mitsubishi Starion. May, however, offered to give the title to Clarkson if he admitted "I'm a clot and I ruined my car", as he had installed a highly uprated turbocharger without any change to the cooling system, during the endurance race; The result was the engine coolant boiled repeatedly, destroying hoses and putting Clarkson out of the running.

Main review: Aston Martin DB9 Volante

Challenge: None

Jeremy's Ford GT finally arrives and is shown in the studio alongside Hammond's dream car, a half-timbered Morgan. They talk about the sacrifices needed to make in order to enjoy owning "the car of your dreams".

Review: May drives the Maserati Bora and Clarkson reviews the Wiesmann MF3 and the TVR Tuscan. They also present the new Batmobile in the studio.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Christopher Eccleston, who opts for an automatic (as he is only qualified to drive an automatic car) and does his lap in 1:52.4, beating Vinnie Jones to his surprise. The team had a hard time finding a automatic Liana in the UK, finally securing one of the five available. In a parody of his then-position as Doctor Who, the video was edited to make his car 'materialise' on the track, accompanied by the TARDIS sound effect.

News: Jeremy's Ford GT and all the problems it has caused him during the week, starting from the engine not working when he wanted to set off home in it, continuing with the alarm starting off with no reason and the tracker device sending SOS calls while Jeremy was in the car. Clarkson concludes by threatening the people at Ford if they don't mend his car, after mocking the courtesy car they gave him.

Main review: The guys hand over duties to their mothers to review a range of new small cars including the Renault Modus, Honda Jazz and Peugeot 1007. They're tested by seeing how much space there is, how fast they are (to which Richard guesses James' mother is The Stig) and how easy they are to get into. Their mothers' decision is the Honda is the best, while the presenters favour the Renault.

Review: Jeremy tests the Cadillac CTS-V and mocks the claim that it handled like a European car (after development had been done, surprisingly for an American car, at the Nürburgring), before racing it against an Audi S4 driven by the Stig. Surprisingly, the Cadillac wins.

Review: Richard tests the new BMW 3 Series and describes it as "a great piece of machinery"; he also talks about the 3-Series outselling the Ford Mondeo, this diminishing the "snob value" of the badge.

Challenge: Can a 3-ton stretched limo jump over a wedding party? The party was consisted of an outdoor wedding setting, a few caravans and the guests' cars. The limo clears the wedding setting, but smashes into the caravans.

Damon Hill appears as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Main review: Jeremy returns to the 60's to define cool with the Aston Martin DB5 and Jaguar E-type (a modernized version). The Stig takes both of them around the track; the DB5 claims the slowest time ever at 1:46, while the modernized E-type sets the same time as a V6-engined Audi TT.

Challenge: Snipers of the Irish Guards try to shoot Clarkson, as he drives the new Mercedes SLK55 AMG and Porsche Boxster S around a deserted village.

Greatest Driving Song of All Time: For the remainder of the series, May will be presenting five songs the viewers nominated to find out what song is the "Greatest Driving Song of All Time." This week, it is Golden Earring's "Radar Love".

Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car: 1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill tries to disprove the claims that he is the Stig, then talks to Jeremy about the 2005 United States Grand Prix 6-car fiasco; they discuss the bad tastes in cars of people that "have lived at 300mph" (Hill's car at the moment was an Audi A3), then Clarkson tricks Hill when he's about to learn his time. Damon's time of 1:46.3 starts the F1 drivers' board.

Main review: Aston Martin's DBR9 is given a race around the track after a long list of endurance tracks.

Challenge: A race from Heathrow Airport to Oslo with Jeremy driving the Mercedes SLR, while James and Richard took a flight to Newcastle, and then a ferry to Kristiansand. Initially, it looked hopeful for them as they planned to complete the trip by speedboat; however, in heavy seas, they broke down in two speedboats and had to complete the journey by bus. They eventually arrived more than five hours after Jeremy.

Greatest Driving Song of All Time: Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild"

Main review: TVR Sagaris

Challenges:

1. Richard goes to the Nürburgring to see if Sabine Schmitz can do a lap of the infamous track in a Transit van in under 10 minutes.

Attacking the Nürburgring in a van.

1. Jeremy races a Fiat Panda against a marathon runner around the London Marathon circuit during the morning rush-hour.

Greatest Driving Song of All Time: Deep Purple's "Highway Star"

Main review: Ferrari F430

Challenge: Clarkson' Hammond and May take some convertibles to Iceland. Specifically the Crossfire, Nissan 350z and the Audi TT.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Tim Rice

Greatest Driving Song of All Time: Meat Loaf's "Bat out of Hell". In addition, this song has been ridiculed by the presenters.

Main review:E60 BMW M5

Review: Clarkson drives three hot hatchbacks, the VW Golf GTI, RenaultSport Mégane, and the Vauxhall Astra VXR. Clarkson thinks the Astra is too powerful for a front-wheel drive car, which cannot transfer its excessive power efficiently, resulting in large amounts of uncontrollable torque-steer. He likes the Mégane, but would still buy a Golf instead.

Challenge: Hammond and May play a game called "Road Test Russian Roulette", which involved them having to test cars while driving the cars' owners (which are supposed to be drunk) back to their homes. They try to avoid telling people that some parts of the car are rubbish, instead talking about spices and that part of the car. Jeremy tells them that they've cocked it up because of this approach.

Challenge: A new world record was set for the number of complete sideways rolls in a car. A stuntman managed to make a Ford Sierra estate complete 6 rolls - and survived.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Radio presenter Chris Evans who does it in 1:47.6

Greatest Driving Song of All Time: Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now"

Main review: Jeremy tests the BMW 5 Series diesel version. It's compared to the petrol version, which are few and far between. The Stig takes it to a 1:31.8 time.

News: Clarkson reveals that radar guns are now being pressed into service to catch speeders on rivers.

Challenge: Hammond goes back to Iceland to race a modified off-road vehicle against a Snowmobile over Lake Kleifarvatn.

Greatest Driving Song of All Time: A retrospect of the five finalists.

Mark Webber is ridiculed as being The Stig.

Star in a reasonably priced car: Big Brother host Davina McCall tries to invite Clarkson onto Big Brother and admits she owns an eco-unfriendly Range Rover, she also tells about her shoes and how the Stig said they were slowing her down and made her do a lap barefoot. She gets a 1:57.1, slower than the completely lost Jonathan Ross in wet conditions.

Review: May takes the Bentley Continental Flying Spur to Dubai, as he can think of no other place to respectfully test the car. May defies his Captain Slow nickname by bringing the Bentley to 180 MPH on roads specially closed off for him.

Star in a reasonably priced car, take two: Mark Webber complains that the wet conditions would hurt him, despite Clarksons reassurances that he could've gotten 4 seconds faster in dry. His time of 1:47.1 is disputed after Clarkson suggests that he could have gotten a 1:43 in dry conditions. Afterwards, Clarkson gives Webber a shirt proclaiming I AM THE STIG.

Review: The Trio reviews several off-road toys, including a Quad Bike, the 8-wheeled Argo Cat, a Hovercraft, and others in a bid to find out, which one of them is fun?

Main review: Hammond tested the Vauxhall Monaro VX-R and was taught how to drift in the same car by D1 Grand Prix driver Yasuyuki Kazama, despite being unable to speak English (he had to teach using hand signals). Kazama then took the VX-R and showed Hammond how to drift properly (the making of this segment can also be seen on JDM Option vol. 18 & Video Option vol. 138)...

News: ...and it's revealed that Vauxhall has discontinued the distribution of the Monaro VX-R, making the former segment a complete waste of time.

Challenge: James tries to re-create the Top Gear theme tune using car engine noises. Ranging from the supercar Ferrari EnzoChevrolet Corvette to modern cars like the Suzuki Swift and the Mazda RX-8 and even a construction dumper, James result is childed by Clarkson, who compares it to "a fat shop assistant farting." to a classic

"Still sideways....still sideways..."

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Timothy Spall talks about his movie roles with Tom Cruise, and manages to take the Liana to a respectable 1:51.1 time.

Greatest Driving Song of All Time:

• Rankings:
  1. (WINNER) Queen - "Don't Stop Me Now"
  2. Golden Earring - "Radar Love"
  3. Meat Loaf - "Bat out of Hell"
  4. Steppenwolf - "Born to Be Wild"
  5. Deep Purple - "Highway Star"

Review: Clarkson reviews the Ford Lig