TV season

Season 11

2007-04-30

Episodes

Episode 1

2007-04-30 • 60 min

Jason takes the £230,000 Brabus Rocket, the fastest four-door car on the planet, to the German Autobahn to see if he can crack 200 MPH. Vicki drives the new Fiat Panda 100HP and sees if it’s actually faster than a Ferrari (mind you, on a very small and tight track). Jonny crashes a perfectly good Ford Focus into another Focus that had been previously crashed and repaired. Tiff heads to Las Vegas to drive the totally awesome Audi R8. Tom tests the new Kia Ceed by using to become a paparazzo.

Episode 2

2007-05-07 • 60 min

Tom drives the Alfa Romeo Spider around the Sahara desert. What happens when you remove all of the oil from an engine? Fifth Gear finds out. World Superbike leader James Toseland and Tiff Needell race around a track with a Honda Fireblade CBR 1000RR and the new Honda Civic Type R. Jonny tests the new Mercedes C Class. A motorcycle stunt team performs in the Fifth Gear parking lot. Actor Chris Barrie gets to drive his dream car, an old Jaguar D-Type worth £3 million.

Episode 3

2007-05-14 • 60 min

Tom checks out the gadgets on the new Lexus LS460 and then sees if he can get the same gadgets for less on an older Lexus. To test the durability of a windshield, Fifth Gear lobs chickens, rocks, and a road cone at one. Jonny spends 12 hours locked in the new smart fortwo to see how comfortable it is. Virgin Radio Breakfast Show DJ Christian O’Connell gets a stunt driving lesson from Russ Swift. Vicki attempts to replicate the infamous C’était un rendez-vous using a diesel powered Citroën C3. Tiff takes the new Bentley Continental GTC out with two models in the back to see if going faster makes their hair get blown around less.

Episode 4

2007-05-22 • 60 min

Tom and Jonny along with help from Tiff decide which hot hatch they like best — the Renault Megane F1 Team R26, the Mazda 3 MPS, the Ford Focus ST, the Honda Civic Type R, the Seat Leon Cupra, the Vauxhall Astra VXR, or the Volkswagen Golf Gti. Fifth Gear drives a car to destruction in reverse to test it’s gearbox. Comedian Paddy McGuinness does the CBT (Compulsory Basic Training) required for people who want to get a motorcycle permit. Vicki tries to break 200 MPH in an A1 Grand Prix car.

Episode 5

2007-05-28 • 60 min

Tom drives the new Porsche Cayenne Turbo Vicki sees if she can live without a car for a day. The Fifth Gear Shootout returns with the Renault Clio 197 taking on the brand new Vauxhall Corsa VXR. Jonny drives a Rolls Royce Phantom to Italy for a classic car show at the Villa d’Este on Lake Como. Yorkshire cricket captain Darren Gough goes head-to-head with Jason on an off-road track in a Volkswagen Touareg.

Episode 6

2007-06-04 • 60 min

Jonny drives the new Ford Mondeo, the most high-tech Ford you can buy (at least in the UK). Driven To Destruction: Vicki finds out which cars are the most crash worthy by dropping them from a crane. Shootout: Tiff races the Mini Cooper against the Suzuki Swift Sport. Tom drives 1500 miles in the new BMW M5 Touring to Valencia, Spain to deliver some clothing to the Oracle America’s Cup team. Olympic sprinter and BMX biker Iwan Thomas is tasked to do a stunt challenge with help from Russ Swift. Jason Plato in the awesome sounding Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster.

Episode 7

2007-06-11 • 60 min

Tom drives the latest Land Rover Defender around Iceland to a glacier. Jason and Tiff race a Ford GT against a Formula Ford with 150 horsepower. Driven To Destruction: Vicki chains a car to a heavy truck and trashes it about from a cold start. Fifth Gear visits the home of Alex James, the bass player in Blur, where he goes bungee jumping from a crane. Jonny drives to Italy in a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti to deliver a birthday cake to Ferrari’s CEO.

Episode 8

2007-06-18 • 60 min

Jason tests the recently facelifted Jaguar XJR by dressing up for the part of a common Jaguar owner. Dom Joly, creator of Trigger Happy TV, rents a tank for the day to drive around his home village. Vicki drives the new Vauxhall VXR8 to the limit Tom and Jonny take two Reliant Robins and modify them to their liking for racing against each other. Tiff finds out which is quicker around Castle Combe, the street legal Porsche 911 GT3 RS or the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car.

Episode 9

2007-06-25 • 60 min

Fifth Gear Shootout: Renault Sport Megane 230 F1 R26 versus one-off Ford Transit Connect X-press. Yvette Fielding, British televesion presenter and owner of 3 Aston Martins, gets to drive her dream car, a Chesil Speedster — a replica of the rare Porsche 356 Speedster. DTM driver Susie Stoddart races her DTM Mercedes-Benz race car against her company car, a Mecedes-Benz CL63 AMG. Jonny races the Fifth Gear chip-fat powered Merecedes-Benz against a Jaguar powered by methane created from rotting apples. Jason tests the brand new Lotus 2 Eleven, a very, very quick track day car. Tom finds out what happens when a Limo crashes into a concrete barrier. Vicki tests the latest BMW X5 by towing a wakeboarder.

Episode 10

2007-07-02 • 60 min

Fifth Gear Shootout: Tiff trashes two rental cars around, a Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Focus, to see which is faster. Tom spends a day with wheel clampers to find out ways to beat them. Vicki drives the latest generation Nissan 350Z A very short Q&A with John Travolta about his passion for cars. Jonny, under the cover of darkness, fills in a pothole himself. Tiff and Jason take four car loving cast members of the British soap opera Hollyoaks out for a series of boys vs. girls challenges Various motorcycle stunts in the cafe’s parking lot including stunts by Shane Lynch.