Top Gear DVD Covers

2009-06-29T15:58:00.001-07:00

I am an avid fan of Top Gear and over the years have been downloading all of the episodes and burning them to data discs that can be played on my DVD player. However it has become increasingly difficult to locate a particular episode or in some cases a particular disc. As a result I have created a complete set of custom DVD covers for both my own and your enjoyment. Each cover is of the correct proportions for a standard sized single DVD case.

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Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 6

2009-01-01T16:38:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 22/05/2005 - 07/08/2005

Episode 1

Review: Mercedes CLS AMG, Honda Element 2.4.
Feature: Two teams of Toyota Aygos play car football.
Challenge: Jeremy takes on a tank in the new Range Rover Sport.

Episode 2

Review: The Maserati 250f race car and the Maserati MC12 road car and the Jaguar XK.
Challenge: The boys have to buy a £1,500 none Porsche sports coupe and meet up for a series of challenges.

Episode 3

Review: Maserati Bora (70's) vs Lamborghini Countach and the Wiesmann Roadster vs TVR Tuscan Mk. II.
Review: Richard takes the Aston Martin DB9 Volante to Wales.
Feature: Jeremy opens a new swimming pool Kieth Moon style.

Episode 4

Challenge: Can a limo jump over a wedding party?
Review: Cadillac CTS-V (vs Audi S4 4.2) and the new BMW 3 Series (320d E90).
Feature: The boys get their moms in to test some new city cars.

Episode 5

Review: Nissan Murano and the Jaguar E-Type vs Aston Martin DB5 vs Honda Accord 2.5.
Challenge: Jeremy tests the new Porsche Boxster S and the Mercedes SLK 55 AMG with the help of a military sniper team.

Episode 6

Challenge: Jeremy races the boys in a boat to Oslo in the the McLaren Mercedes SLR.
Review: Aston Martin DBR9.

Episode 7

Review: TVR Sagaris.
Challenge: Can Jeremy beat a marathon runner across London at rush hour in the Fiat Panda 4x4?
Challenge: Sabine attempts to beat Jeremy's time around the Nurburgring in a Transit van.

Episode 8

Review: Ferrari 430 coupé and convertible.
Feature: The boys take the Audi TT, Nissan 350Z and Chrysler Crossfire to Iceland for a thorough test and an argument.

Episode 9

Review: Golf GTI Mk V vs Renault Megane vs Vauxhall Astra VXR.
Feature: Richard and James offer their services on fold away scooters to people who are too drunk to drive home and proceed to road test their cars.
Challenge: Top Gear break the world record for rolling a car over at high speed.
Review: BMW M5 E60.

Episode 10

Review: BMW 535d vs BMW 545.
Challenge: Richard attempts to drive across a lake in a truck.
Feature: The boys test a variety of off road machinery including quad bikes and hover crafts. Jeremy gets killed.

Episode 11

Review: The Vauxhall Monaro and a drift team visit the track.
Feature: James composes the Top Gear theme using only car exhaust sounds.
Review: Ford F-150 SVT pickup truck.
Feature: Richard goes to the bull run and tests the Lambo Murcielago.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 5

2009-01-01T16:27:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 24/10/2004 - 26/12/2004

Episode 1

Review: Porsche 911 S 997 and the Vauxhall 3-door Coupe making Jeremy eat his hair.
Feature: The Vauxhall Monaro VXR, Chrysler 300C and Jaguar S-Type R are taken to Pendine Sands for a battle.
Challenge: Can an ice cream van jump over a bouncy castle?

Episode 2

Review: The new Ford Focus takes on the Vauxhall Astra and VW Golf.
Feature: Jeremy finds an innovative way to drive the Ferrari Enzo and then puts it up against the Porsche Carrera GT, Pagani Zonda S, Jaguar XJ220, McLaren F1 and Ferrari F40.
Review: The Mitsubishi Evo VII takes on a boy on an offroad skate board and the Bowler Wildcat.

Episode 3

Challenge: Can Jeremy drive the new Landrover Discovery to the top of the highest hill in Scotland?
Review: Aston Matrin DBR9 600bhp and Dodge Viper SRT-10.
Feature: The craziest cars in the world: Rinspeed Beduin, Presto & Splash

Episode 4

Review: Pagani Zonda Roadster.
Challenge: Richard and James play caravan conkers.
Challenge: Can Richard and James spend 24 hours inside a Smart ForFour?
Review: Steve Coogan helps Jeremy compare the Aston Martin Vanquish S and the Ferrari 575M.

Episode 5

Review: Morgan Aero V8 GT.
Feature: Richard invents people carrier racing and invites some friends along for a race.
Review: Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing (1954).
Challenge: Can Jeremy get a diesel Jaguar S Class around the Nurburgring in under ten minutes?

Episode 6

Review: VW Golf GTI Mk V.
Challenge: Can you buy a decent Porsche for less than £1,500?
Challenge: Can a blind man beat the slowest lap time set on the Top Gear track so far?

Episode 7

Review: Toyota Prius, Ford Mustang and the new Porsche Boxster vs New Mercedes SLK.
Feature: Top Gear awards 2004.
Review: Mitsubishi Evo VIII MR FQ-400.

Episode 8

Challenge: Richard and James take a plane to Verbier whilst Jeremy tries to beat them in a Ferrari 612.
Challenge: Richard joins a Bobsleigh team in Lillehammer whilst James tries to beat him in a downhill race using a Mitsubishi Evo.
Feature: How do ancient race cars compare to todays road cars?
Feature: The Renault F1 car comes to the Top Gear track.

Episode 9

Review: BMW 1 Series, Mercedes G55 AMG and the Ford Fiesta ST-150 vs Citroen C2.
Feature: Cheap cars from Korea and Malaysia: Kia Rio, Hyundai Accent Diesel, Daewoo Tacuma, Kia Magentis, Proton Gen2, Produa, Kia Picanto, Hyundai Getz.
Review: The face distorting Ariel Atom.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 4

2009-01-01T16:18:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 09/05/2004 - 01/08/2004

Episode 1

Review: James goes undercover to get a review of the new City Rover.
Challenge: Jeremy races the boys on a train to Monte Carlo while he takes an Aston Martin DB9.
Challenge: Jeremy battles an Apache helicopter in the new Lotus Exige.

Episode 2

Review: Alfa 166 and Alfa 147 GTA (328PS 3.7L).
Challenge: Can a nun drive a monster truck?
Review: Cadillac Escalade and McLaren SLR.

Episode 3

Challenge: The boys have to buy a car for £100 and prepare for a series of challenges....
Review: Dodge Charger 1968, Rolls Royce Phantom 100EX Convertible V16 and the Porsche GT3RS takes on the Ferrari F360 CS.

Episode 4

Challenge: Is it possible to travel 800 miles on a single tank of diesel in the Audi A8 4.0?
Challenge: Can James beat a homing pigeon in the Ford Sport KA?
Review: Subaru Impreza STi WRX WR1 vs Mitsubishi Evo VIII MR FQ320.
Feature: Car darts with James and Richard.

Episode 5

Review: Vauxhall Astra vs Mazda 3 vs VW Golf V and a look at the MG ZT-260.
Challenge: Richard tackles an 800,000 volt lightning strike in a VW Golf.
Review: The BMW 645i, Porsche 911 Carrera 2 and Jaguar XKR are taken to Pendine sands in Wales for a showdown.

Episode 6

Review: Nissan Cube, a modernised Jaguar XJS and the Cadillac CTS.
Challenge: Can you run a car on cow poo?
Review: Renault Clio 182.

Episode 7

Review: Mercedes CL65 AMG V12 BiTurbo vs an eight man tug-of-war team.
Challenge: James and Richard try mini-cabbing for a night.
Review: Spyker C8.

Episode 8

Review: Maserati Quattroporte, Mercedes CLS.
Challenge: Top Gear takes on people that stop in hatched yellow boxes at junctions.
Review: Ford GT40 and Ford GT.
Challenge: What happens if you drive behond a Boeing 747 whose engines are at full throttle?

Episode 9

Review: Roadsters: Mercedes SL 600 vs Mazda MX 5 vs Toyota MR2 vs Fiat Barchetta.
Challenge: Parachuting from a plane into a moving car.
Review: The latest cabrios are taken to northern Scottland: Mini Cabrio vs new Vauxhall Tigra vs new Mercedes SLK 350 vs Audi S4.
Review: Skiing behind a Jaguar X-Type Estate.

Episode 10

Review: Roadsters: Mercedes SL 600 vs Mazda MX 5 vs Toyota MR2 vs Fiat Barchetta.
Challenge: Parachuting from a plane into a moving car.
Review: BMW X3, Corvette C6 (vs TVR 350C vs Honda NSX vs Porsche 911)

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 3

2009-01-01T16:09:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 26/10/2003 - 28/12/2003

Episode 1

Review: Ford GT concept car, BMW 5 Series, VW Lupo Diesel, Porsche 911 GT3.
Challenge: Stig on an aircraft carrier attempting 100mph in 200m.

Episode 2

Review: BMW M3 CSL on the Isle of Man.
Challenge: How many caravans can a Volvo jump over?
Review: BMW M1, M3 E30 and M5 E34 on the Isle of Man and the BMW Z4 vs Porsche Boxster vs Honda S2000.

Episode 3

Review: Bentley Continental GT.
Challenge: Richard is submerged underwater in a car and attempts to escape.
Review: Subaru Legacy, Saab 95.

Episode 4

Review: A Lambo special featuring the Lamborghini Miura, Lamborghini Countach, Lamborghini Murcielago, Lamborghini LM002 and Lamborghini Gallardo.

Episode 5

Review: Mazda RX-8, 1990's VW Corrado VR6, 1980's Mercedes Benz 190E 2.5 16v.
Challenge: Toupee test in cabrios and Jeremy attempts to destroy a Toyota Hilux.
Review: Fiat Panda.

Episode 6

Review: Citroën C2.
Challenge: James attempts to finish off the Toyota Hilux with the help of high rise flats.
Review: Aston Martin Vantage, Holden Monaro GTO.

Episode 7

Review: Porsche Cayenne Turbo, McLaren Mercedes SLR.
Challenge: Clever men doing burn-outs.
Review: Morgan 8 vs Noble M12 vs Rover 75.

Episode 8

Review: Classic Mercedes SL, new Nissan Micra, Aston Martin Lagonda and the Audi TT 3.2 DSG.
Challenge: Are new cars as fast as their original incarnations?

Episode 9

Review: Chrysler Crossfire, Brabus Smart Roadster V6 BiTurbo.
Feature: Top Gear awards of the year.
Review: Jaguar XJ6, Honda Civic Type R and Honda NSX Type R.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 15

2009-01-01T16:07:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 27/06/2010 - 01/09/2010

Episode 1

Review: Jeremy drives the high performance Bentley Continental Supersports and the Stig takes it around the track.
Feature: Before the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull started making it’s massive ash cloud, James took a drive up it in a Toyota Hilux to the mouth of the volcano to fetch a piece of hot lava.
Feature: The Reasonably Priced Car Chevrolet Lacetti is retired, the new car is introduced, and a bunch of celebrities drop by to set lap times in the new car.
Feature: Jeremy asks why there aren’t more three-wheeled cars in the world and investigates further with a closer look at the Reliant Robin.

Episode 2

Challenge: The boys are given £5000 each to go out and buy 4-door saloons that could be used every day but that could also be used on a track. They then head to Germany to test them in a series of tests.
Review: James drives the beautiful Porsche 911 Sport Classic and the Porsche Boxster Spyder which the Stig takes around the test track.

Episode 3

Feature: The boys compare three high performance 4-door saloons — the Maserati Quattroporte GTS, Aston Martin Rapide, and Porsche Panamera Turbo.
Feature: Can the Germans really make a better muscle car than the Americans? Richard drives the Chevrolet Camaro SS and the Mercedes E63 AMG to find out and the Stig takes them around the track.

Episode 4

Review: Jeremy compares two supercar convertibles, the Audi R8 and the Porsche 911 Turbo, and the Stig gives them lap times.
Challenge: The boys are challenged to build their own cool motorhomes and put them through a series of challenges.

Episode 5

Challenge: Richard races two snowmobiles over snow and ice in Sweden using the Dakar Volkswagen Touareg.
Feature: James takes the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to 259 MPH and the Stig races it around the Top Gear track.
Feature: Jeremy looks back at F1 driver Ayrton Senna’s career.

Episode 6

Review: Clarkson reviews the Ferrari 458 Italia in classic Top Gear style.
Challenge: The boys are given £5000 each to go out and buy a classic British car which they put through a series of challenges.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 2

2009-01-01T15:57:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 11/05/2003 - 20/06/2003

Episode 1

Review: Smart Roadster, Smart Roadster Coupe, VW Beetle convertible, Ford StreetKa.
Challenge: Burning a caravan with a jet car.
Review: Bowler Wildcat, James May's used Bentley.

Episode 2

Review: Rolls Royce Phantom.
Challenge: The fastest british political party using an MG ZR rally car.
Review: New Audi S4 vs BMW M3.

Episode 3

Review: VW Touareg, Lexus SC430 vs Hyundai Coupe.
Challenge: Which country makes the fastest supercar? Porsche 911 Turbo vs Honda NSX vs Chevrolet Corvette vs Venturi Atlantique vs Ferrari 360 vs old stripped-out Jaguar.
Review: Perodua Kelisa, Alpina BMW Z8.

Episode 4

Review: A Jaguar themed special featuring the Jaguar R-Coupe concept, Jaguar C-Type racer (1953), Jaguar Mk 2 (1959) and the Jaguar XJ. The new Jaguar XKR-R concept is pitted against the Aston Martin DB7 GT.

Episode 5

Review: Porsche 911 Turbo, Porsche 911 4S and the Triumph TR6.
Challenge: Pirelli girls vs Ford's rally team.
Review: Renault Clio V6.

Episode 6

Review: Mitsubishi Evo VIII vs Subaru Impreza WRX STi in Scotland as well as the Peugeot 206 GTi 1.8 and the Palmer Jaguar JP1.
Challenge: May tries to set a new speed record for towing a caravan.
Review: Vauxhall VX220 Turbo.

Episode 7

Review: Koenigsegg CC8.
Challenge: A Renault Megane crashes into a standing car @30+ mph with a human driver.
Review: Aston Martin V8 coupe (2005 model), Hummer H2, Talon riot control vehicle.

Episode 8

Review: Nissan 350Z and a comparison between the new cabrios VW Beetle, Daihatsu Copen, Audi A4 Diesel, Mercedes CLK and Citroen Plureal.
Challenge: The fastest master of the universe in Honda Civic Type-R: Darth Vader vs Cyberman vs Ming The Mercyless vs Dr. Who vs Klingon.
Review: Alfa Romeo 147 GTA 250bhp (vs Ford Focus RS vs VW Golf R32).

Episode 9

Review: A high tech special featuring the GM Hy-Wire (hydrogen engine), Segway 2-Wheel Human Transporter (Gyroscope), Van Den Brink Carver and Vauxhall Signum.

Episode 10

Review: TVR 350c vs 3.0 litre Noble. VW Phaeton.
Challenge: Britains fastest disabled driver in a Porsche 911.
Review: Range Rover 580S Overfinch (vs Mercedes SLK V6 320).

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 1

2009-01-01T15:40:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 20/10/2002 - 29/12/2002

Episode 1

Review: Citroen Berlingo, Ford GT40 concept, Pagini Zonda.
Challenge: Can you travel faster than a speedcamera?

Episode 2

Review: Ford Focus RS vs Honda Civic Type-R vs Subaru Impreza WRX.
Challenge: A bus jumps over motorbikes.
Review: Noble M12 GTO, Ford RS200, Ford Escort RS1800.

Episode 3

Review: New Mini One, Toyota Yaris Verso.
Challenge: Grannies doing doughnuts in a Honda S2000.
Review: Aston Martin DB7, Westfield XTR2.

Episode 4

Review: Aston Martin Vanquish vs Ferrari 575M (Damon Hill).
Challenge: Armed James Bond Aston Martin Vanquish vs armed Jaguar XKR.
Review: Mid-range 2-litre 4-door family saloon cars: Renault Lagoona vs Ford Mondeo vs Toyota Avensis vs Jaguar X-Type vs Mercedes C Class vs BMW 318i vs Honda Accord.

Episode 5

Review: Mercedes S-Class vs Audi A8 (vs Jaguar XJ).
Challenge: Budget £300 James Bond car.
Review: Maybach 62, Bently Arnage T.

Episode 6

Review: Honda NSX Type R, Renault Vel Satis.
Challenge: Grannies doing handbrake parking.
Review: BMW Z4 Roadster, Mercedes SL55 AMG.

Episode 7

Review: Saab 9-3, Peugeot RC Diesel Racecar.
Challenge: Fastest faith in a Subaru Impreza rally car.
Review: Lotus Elise 111S.

Episode 8

Review: Audi RS6 vs Mercedes E55 AMG.
Challenge: Britain's fastest van driver.
Review: Ford Fiesta, Citroen C3, Honda Jazz, Nissan Micra, MG ZR.

Episode 9

Review: People carriers: Renault Espace, Toyota Land Cruiser, Volvo XC90.
Challenge: Making a £500 Jaguar lighter and faster.
Review: Golf IV R32 vs Ford Focus RS vs Honda Civic Type R vs Seat Leon Cupra R.

Episode 10

Review: 4x4's: £300 Land Rover vs Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon vs BMW X5 vs Isuzu Trooper vs Jeep Grand Cherokee vs Range Rover.
Challenge: Fastest faith continued - an Islamic, a Druid, a Rastafarian and a 7th Day Adventist.
Review: Lotus Esprit, TVR T350C.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 14

2009-01-01T15:16:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 15/11/2009 - 03/01/2010

Episode 1

Feature: Jeremy, Richard and James take an Aston DBS Volante, a Ferrari California, and a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder to Romania in search of an obscure stretch of tarmac that some hardcore drivers claim is nothing less than the greatest road in the world.
Review: James compares two powerful limos, the BMW 760i and Mercedes S63 AMG.

Episode 2

Challenge: Jeremy, Richard and James attempt to save the planet by building their own electric car, and then put their latest “green” creation through the rigors of the new car testing process.
Review: Jeremy pits the Corvette ZR1’s muscle against the finesse of Audi’s R8 V10.

Episode 3

Challenge: James explores a new way to get a caravan to it’s destination and Richard drives the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni.
Feature: Jeremy and Richard drive all of Lancia’s great cars.
Feature: Jeremy drives a Lancia Stratos kit car.

Episode 4

Challenge: Richard finds out which airport vehicle is the fastest by having a race.
Feature: Jeremy drives the new BMW X5M, Audi Q7 V12 diesel, and the latest supercharged Range Rover.
Challenge: Jeremy heads to Belfast to do another “sensible” review involving a Renaultsport Twingo 133, a sewer tunnel, a ferry, and actor Ross Kemp.

Episode 5

Review: Jeremy drives Noble’s latest creation, the M600.
Feature: The annual Top Gear Christmas Gift Guide.
Challenge: The guys take over an entire modern art gallery in Middlesbrough and fill it with motoring-related works, including some remarkable creations of their own, in a quest to prove that cars can be more popular than traditional art.

Episode 6

Special: Jeremy, Richard, and James buy three cars over the Internet and then drive them over 1000 miles from the rainforest of Bolivia, over the Death Road and the Andes, to the Pacific coast of Chile.

Episode 7

Review: Richard drives Lexus’ first super car, the LFA.
Review: Jeremy attempts to do an inexpensive review of the BMW X6.
Review: James drives the new Vauxhall Insignia VXR and is accompanied by Margaret Calvert, the designer of Britain’s road signs.
Feature: The annual Top Gear Awards Ceremony.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 13

2009-01-01T15:06:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 21/06/2009 - 02/08/2009

Episode 1

Challenge: The boys race from London to Edinburgh as if it were 60 years ago using the fastest types of transport at the time — a Jaguar XK120, a Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle, and a Peppercorn A1 Class Tornado steam train.
Review: Jeremy drives the Lotus Evora.
Feature: The Stig takes the Ferrari FXX around the test track. Will it be the fastest car on the leaderboard?

Episode 2

Challenge: The boys set out to find the best cars for a 17-year old boy while being able to pay insurance and pass age-related challenges.
Feature: Richard goes to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to drive a Lamborghini Murciélago LP670-4 SV and drag races it against a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition. Richard and the Stig do a mile long drag race with a Bugatti Veyron and a McLaren F1.

Episode 3

Review: Jeremy drives the Mercedes-Benz AMG SL65 Black and the Stig races it around the test track.
Challenge: The boys play a quick game of Car Sauna where you get in a hot car and crank up the heat.
Feature: Due to the current economy, the guys try out some “cheap and cheerful” cars.
Feature: James goes to America to get a ride with Ken Block.

Episode 4

Feature: Jeremy and Richard drive the new Ford Focus RS and the Renault Megane R26.R.
Challenge: Richard and James use a Porsche Panamera to race against a letter and the Royal Mail.
Feature: Jeremy races some of the British Army’s latest toys using a modified Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII.

Episode 5

Challenge: The boys are given £1500 to buy rear-wheel drive cars for a series of challenges in France in order to prove they’re better than front-wheel drive cars.
Review: Jeremy drives Jaguar’s new 500bhp XFR and sees how it stands up against the BMW M5.
Feature: Jeremy invents something to save the environment — a no-pollution Range Rover.

Episode 6

Review: Jeremy drives the latest BMW Z4 and compares it to the new Nissan 370Z.
Challenge: The boys are given £3000 each to go buy a car made before 1982 which they will use for one big challenge.

Episode 7

Review: Richard looks for an alternative to boring German sports saloons in the supercharged Vauxhall (Holden) VXR8 Bathurst and Maloo VXR.
Challenge: Jeremy and James set out to make an advertisement for Volkswagen.
Feature: Some of the best cinematography on Top Gear ever as Jeremy drives the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 12

2009-01-01T14:58:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 02/11/2008 - 28/12/2008

Episode 1

Main Review: Porsche 911 977 GT2 vs Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
Challenge: In another “how hard could it be?” adventure, the boys are given £5000 to go out and buy a cheap lorry (semi-truck) to be used in a series of challenges.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Michael Parkinson.

Episode 2

Review: Jeremy tests the Fiat 500 Abarth SS and the Stig takes it around the track.
Feature: The guys head to America and drive a Corvette ZR-1, a Dodge Challenger SRT-8, and a Cadillac CTS-V from San Fransisco to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Will Young.

Episode 3

Feature: Richard heads to Japan to try out Toyota’s i-Real concept “car”.
Feature: James meanwhile goes to Finland to get some rally racing lessons from two-time Formula 1 champion Mika Häkkinen and then participates in an amateur race.
Feature: Jeremy unveils his Corvette V8 powered food blender.
Challenge: The guys are challenged to modify a normal car to make it beat a Mitsubishi Evo X’s lap time.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Mark Wahlberg.

Episode 4

Review: James “Captain Slow” May, in his first supercar review, drives the Pagani Zonda F Roadster and compares it to the Bugatti Veyron on the track.
Challenge: The guys race on a single tank of gas from Switzerland to Blackpool in order to turn on the annual Blackpool Illuminations.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Harry Enfield.

Episode 5

Review: Jeremy compares the Lexus IS-F to the current saloon king, the BMW M3.
Challenge: Richard does a public service by finding out which city bus type is the best for London by taking them racing.
Challenge: To celebrate the Ferrari Daytona’s 40th anniversary, Richard races it against James in the XSR 48, the world’s fastest diesel-powered production boat, from Portofino in the Italian Rivera to Saint Tropez in France.

Episode 6

Review: Richard drives the lightweight Caterham R500 and Veritas RS3.
Feature: Did Communism ever create a decent car? Jeremy and James set out to find the answer.
Review: Jeremy gives a serious and (not so) sensible review of the new Ford Fiesta.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Boris Johnson.

Episode 7

Feature: Richard takes a look back at the last 50 years of the BTCC.
Review: Jeremy finds out if the Tesla electric car is any good.
Feature: The Top Gear Awards for Motoring Achievement 2008.
Feature: James heads to Los Angeles to see the future of motoring — the hydrogen powered Honda FCX Clarity.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Sir Tom Jones.

Episode 8

Feature: The guys head to Vietnam to travel 1000 miles in 8 days via cheap motorcycles.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 11

2009-01-01T14:49:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 22/06/2008 - 27/07/2008

Episode 1

Challenge: In an effort to help viewers save money on fuel, Jeremy finds out which supercar is the most economical , by racing a Aston Martin DBS, an Audi R8, a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 and a McLaren Mercedes SLR against each other.
Challenge: Clarkson proves that the driving style matters when it comes to fuel consumption sometimes more than the actual car. To prove it, he races a BMW M3 against a Toyota Prius.
Main Review: Clarkson finds out how good the new Ferrari F430 Scuderia really is, and then the Stig takes it round the Top Gear Test Track with a time of 1:19.7.
Challenge: James introduces Top Gear Stunt Man who’s first stunt is to jump a car off a ramp going backwards.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins.
Challenge: In the first challenge of the series, the presenters were sent out to buy their own cut-price cop cars, armed with nothing more than £1,000. Clarkson turned up with a Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo, James arrived moments later in a Lexus and Hammond rolled up in a Suzuki Vitara.

Episode 2

Review: This week at the Top Gear Test Track Jeremy compares the new Subaru WRX STi against the new Mitsubishi Evo X, and after that, The Stig takes them round.
Review: Hammond in the Alps testing the new Audi RS6 Avant.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Rupert Penry-Jones and Peter Firth.
Challenge: Top Gear Stuntman returns to attempt a barrel roll like the one seen in the James Bond movie “The Man with the Golden Gun”
Cool Wall: The return off the Cool Wall, Citroen C5, BMW M3, Audi RS4, Fiat Panda, All Aston Martins moved to Uncool, BMW X6.
Review: Clarkson takes the Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG Black to Wales.

Episode 3

Review: Jeremy makes some smoke in the new £240,000 Bentley Brooklands.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: James Corden and Rob Brydon.
Challenge: The three presenters set out to prove Alfas are worth the repair bills by each buying one for less than £1,000. Jeremy turned up in a ragged 75, James managed to find a mid-90s GT1V and Hamster got himself a Spider.

Episode 4

Review: Jeremy kicks off this week by going sideways in Alfa Romeo's incredible supercar, the 8C Competizione.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Fiona Bruce and Kate Silverton.
Challenge: It's another Epic race, Jeremy in Nissan's new monster GT-R against James and Hammond on public transport. Despite the best efforts of Japan's incredible public transport system and its 200mph bullet trains.

Episode 5

Review: The Nissan GT-R returned to give Jeremy a massive neck injury, around Japan’s legendary Fuji circuit.
Challenge: Both Jeremy and James bought large, old luxury cars while Top Gear was off the air, a Mercedes 600 ‘Grosser’ and a Rolls-Royce Corniche Coupe respectively, so they decided to compare them with a series of tests.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Peter Jones and Theo Pathitis.
Challenge: Clarkson and Hammond combine fox hunting and offroading with a race using a Daihatsu Terios.

Episode 6

Review: James drives a couple of oddball cars from Japanese motoring-misfit Mitsuoka.
Review: This week Hammond sampled the raw power of the world's ugliest supercar, the Gumpert Apollo.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Jay Kay got called in to challenge Simon Cowell's time.
Challenge: Top Gear meets up with its Teutonic counterpart D-Motor for a series of challenges to see who rules the motoring show.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 10

2009-01-01T14:39:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 07/10/2007 - 23/12/2007

Episode 1

Review: Jeremy attempts to drive the 641 horsepower Volkswagen Golf W12.
Main Review: Jeremy, Richard, and James drive from Monaco through the Alps in three lightweight supercars to find the best driving road in the world.

Episode 2

Review: Jeremy tries out the new Audi R8 on the track against Richard's Porsche 911.
Challenge: The boys bring back their amphibious cars with some modifications.

Episode 3

Review: James cruises in the new £307,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.
Review: Jeremy tests the new Ferrari 599 GTB and the Stig gives it a lap time on the track.
Review: Jeremy goes to work in the world’s smallest production car, the Peel P50.
Challenge: Richard races a Bugatti Veyron against an Eurofighter Typhoon.

Episode 4

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

Episode 5

Review: Richard races a man on roller skates and a jet pack using the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster.
Review: Jeremy tries to not catch fire while driving the Caparo T1.
Challenge: The boys find out which is the fastest way to get across London — car, bike, public transport, or boat.

Episode 6

Review: Jeremy in the new Honda Civic Type R.
Challenge: James reviews the not-so-new Alfa Romeo 159.
Review: Jeremy puts the BMW M5 Touring and Mercedes E63 AMG Estate head-to-head on the main runway of Manchester Airport
Challenge: Richard invents a new motorsport, mobile home racing.

Episode 7

Main Review: Jeremy reviews the Aston Martin DBS, and can't work out what it's for.
Challenge: The three presenters want to celebrate the British Leyland's 40th anniversary.

Episode 8

Review: Jeremy powersliding in the Vauxhall VXR8
Review: Jeremy and James head to the Beaulieu Motor Museum to find out what was the first car ever to have a modern control layout.
Review: Richard goes driving in Fernando Alonso’s 2005 championship-winning Renault.
Additional guest: Lewis Hamilton in the studio and in the old Suzuki Liana on the track.

Episode 9

Challenge: Jeremy, James and Richard enter the Britcar 24 hour race at Silverstone.
Review: Jeremy drives the Ascari A10.
Review: James races some cyclists in the new Fiat 500.

Episode 10

Review: James drives the new Jaguar XF, the replacement for the S-type.
Main Event: Clarkson, Hammond and May go on holiday with the new BMW M3, the Mercedes AMG C-Class, the Audi RS4 and The Stig to find out which car is best.
Top Gear Awards: Celebrating all that's good and bad in the world of cars in 2007.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 9

2009-01-01T14:26:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 28/01/2007 - 04/03/2007

Episode 1

Feature: James and Jeremy welcome Richard back to the show.
Challenge: Richard, Jeremy, and James attempt to prove that repaving a road shouldn’t take so long by repaving a road in just 24 hours.
Review: Clarkson drives the new Jaguar XKR, compares it to the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, and then gives it to the Stig.
Feature: Footage of Richard’s 288MPH jet car crash.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: chef Jamie Oliver

Episode 2

Review: James drives the fastest car in the world, the Bugatti Veyron, to it’s top speed of 253 MPH.
News: Jeremy, Richard and James talk about stupid laws that have been introduced in Britain, and look at some of the best cars they have seen since the last series.
Main Feature: 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.

Episode 3

Special: 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.

Episode 4

Challenge: 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.
Review: Jeremy sees if the new Porsche 911 Turbo will win him over. He seems to like it, but he'll never admit it.
Review: Jeremy drives a Brabus tuned Mercedes-Benz SL600 that has 730 horsepower.
Feature: An update to the Cool Wall, Clarkson style
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Actor Simon Pegg

Episode 5

Review: Jeremy makes a public safety video to highlight the danger of not wearing high visibility clothing (we think), which involves crashing a train into a Renault Espace parked on the tracks.
Challenge: The boys pick some big tractors and are set a series of challenges to find out which on is best.
Review: Jeremy drives the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 like a mad man and the Stig gives it a lap time.
Challenge: The challenge continues when the trio try to use their tractors to plant seeds, which will grow into some fresh and healthy bio-fuel, with a little help from TopGear dog, a Yorkshireman and some explosives.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Kristin Scott Thomas

Episode 6

Challenge: Jeremy, Richard, and James make limos out of cars available in the UK and put them through a series of hilarious tests.
Review: Richard drives the Ford Mustang Shelby 500 and compares it to his 1960’s Ford Mustang, and The Stig finds out how fast it is on the track.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Actress Billie Piper

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 8

2009-01-01T14:17:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 07/05/2006 - 30/07/2006

Episode 1

Review: A very embarrassed Richard drives the Nissan Micra C+C in Ledbury.
Challenge: Jeremy, Richard and James turn a Renault Espace into a convertible.
Review: Jeremy blasts around the track in the awesome Koenigsegg CCX.

Episode 2

Review: Jeremy reviews the new Corvette Z06 and can't figure out why the Ferrari 575 is so much more expensive.
Challenge: Richard races a TomCat against a jet-powered kayak in Iceland and crashes into some icebergs.
Challenge: Top Gear takes over the afternoon drive-time show on BBC Southern Counties Radio in Brighton.

Episode 3

Challenge: Richard, Jeremy, and James attempt to turn 3 normal cars into amphibious ones.
Review: Clarkson drives the new Lotus Exige S.
Challenge: The boys meet up on the M6 with their amphibious cars and are then given the challenge to drive to a reservoir and cross the 2 mile stretch of water.

Episode 4

Review: Richard compares the new BMW Z4 M to the Porsche Boxster S.
Challenge: Richard races in a Porsche Cayenne Turbo S at the Cyprus rally course against a skydiver jumping out of a police helicopter.
Challenge: Jeremy redesigns the interior of a older Mercedes S Class to his liking, complete with a concrete floor.

Episode 5

Review: Prodrive P2.
Challenge: 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.
Challenge: More car soccer (aka football), this time with the Toyota Aygos facing off against Volkswagen Foxes.

Episode 6

Review: Jeremy compares three hot saloon cars - the Ford Mondeo ST220, the Mazda 6 MPS, and the Vauxhall Vectra VXR.
Challenge: The Top Gear crew go on a caravan trip to try and figure out what the appeal is.

Episode7

Review: Richard and James drive the Ford SMAX, Mercedes B 200, and the Vauxhall Zafira VXR.
Challenge: James races the new Peugeot 207 against two parkour guys through an urban setting.
Challenge: 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.

Episode 8

Review: Jeremy, Richard, and James test three vans (a Volkswagen Transporter TDi, a Renault Master, and a Ford Transit) by becoming roadies for The Who.
Review: Richard drives the new Noble M15 and the Stig gives it a lap time on the Top Gear test track.
Challenge: Jeremy, Richard, and James are each given £1000 and told to go buy a van which they will use in a number of challenges.

Top Gear DVD Cover - Series / Season 7

2009-01-01T14:03:00.000-08:00

Broadcast 13/11/2005 - 27/12/2005

Episode 1

Review: Ascari KZ1.
Feature: The boys take the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, BMW M6 and Porsche Carrera S to the Isle of Man for a thorough comparison test and a fair amount of arguing.
Feature: Top Gear car survey results.

Episode 2

Review: Porsche Cayman S.
Feature: What are the origins of British Racing Green?
Challenge: Richard and James play with life size remote control cars. Who can get round a course the fastest?
Challenge: Can Jeremy get to the top of a valley in the new Audi RS4 faster than two speed mountain climbers can?

Episode 3

Feature: The boys take the Ford GT, Pagani Zonda and Ferrari F430 on a road trip through France to try and make sense of what a supercar is.
Review: Ford Focus ST.
Feature: The Ford Iosis concept car is in the studio.

Episode 4

Review: Pagini Zonda F.
Challenge: Can you buy a decent Italian supercar for under £10,000. The boys have a go with a Ferrari Dino 308 GT4, Maserati Merak and Lamborghini Uracco.
Challenge: James takes on a downhill mountain biker in the new Renault Clio.

Episode 5

Review: Marcos TSO GT2.
Challenge: In an epic race the boys attempt to find the quickest way of getting a truffle from the south of Frace back to London. Jeremy uses the Bugatti Veyron whilst Richard and James fly, with James as the pilot!
Feature: The Porsche 911 Carrera 2 is pitted against the Carrera 4 on an indoor rally stage to see which is best, 2 wheel or 4 wheel drive.

Episode 6

Review: BMW 130i vs VW Golf V R32.
Challenge: Can a 1961 Austin Healey beat a highly modified Peugeot 306 3.0 V6 in a hill climb event?
Challenge: Can the new MX-5 beat a greyhound around a track?
Feature: Top Gear awards.
Challenge: Jeremy attempts to beat his virtual time around Laguna Seca on his playstation by tackling the real thing in a Honda NSX.