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Friday, November 11, 2011

Top Gear (UK) Season 8


Season 8 of the most famous car show in the world.
May 7, 2006 - July 30, 2006
contains 8 episodes
comedy | talk show | car show

Episode 1:
Richard drives the embarrassing Nissan Micra CC
The boys make a convertible people carrier
James May reviews the new Honda Civic
Jeremy Reviews the new Koenigsegg CCX
SIARPC: Multiple guests to get some times in for the new Laceti

Episode 2:
Jeremy reviews the new Corvette Z06 and the Stig gives it a lap time
Richard goes to Iceland to race a jetski-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 drivetime show and produces a pretty hilarious result
The Stig, having never set a laptime in the old Suzuki Liana, gives it a go
SIARPC: Gordon Ramsay

Episode 3:
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
SIARPC: Philip Glenister

Episode 4:
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
SIARPC: Ewan McGregor

Episode 5:
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
SIARPC: Sir Michael Gambon who has a corner of the Top Gear test track named after him

Episode 6:
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
SIARPC: Actor Brian Cox

Episode 7:
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
SIARPC: Actor Steve Coogan

Episode 8:
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
SIARPC: British actor Ray Winstone

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