TV season
2005-03-21
Episode 1
2005-03-21 • 60 min
Tiff drives the new Porsche Boxster and goes against Jason driving his BMW Z4 to compare the two. New presenter, Jon Bentley, looks into GPS based speed camera detectors. Vicki learns how to be a stuntman from a professional.
Episode 2
2005-03-28 • 60 min
Jason drives the new BMW 3 series on a 1000 mile, 48 hour road trip through Spain and France. Fifth Gear Shootout: Vicki compares the Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG to the Mercedes-Benz SL55. Tiff flys to Northern Sweden to try out some winter driving in a Jaguar and shows how well ABS, traction control, and the electronic stability program (ESP) work.
Episode 3
2005-04-04 • 60 min
Vicki drives the new Mercedes-Benz A 200, compares it’s quality to the Mercedes-Benz SL 500, and compares it to the BMW 1 Series. Tiff attends the launch party for Gran Turismo 4, drives the Toyota Supra race car from the game a little, checks out how realistic the game is, and then races head to head with the game’s designer. Jason goes to Dubai to check out A1 Grand Prix and to race one of the cars around the new race track there.
Episode 4
2005-04-11 • 60 min
Jason checks out the new TVR Sargaris and TVR Tuscan 2 and races them with Vicki. Tom drives the new Fiat Panda 4×4 and races it against a Range Rover. The Fifth Gear crew return to their 200 MPH car project and continue work on their 1999 Lotus Esprit V8 GT. Tiff meets up with the VMax car club and rides with 19 year-old Adam in his dad’s RUF Porsche 911 to try to hit 200 MPH.
Episode 5
2005-04-18 • 60 min
Tiff examines the new Range Rover Sport and races it a horse. Vicki sees if her mom can get around the Anglesey race circuit in under 1 minute 30 seconds in the new automatic Lamborghini Murcielago. Tom takes a ride in Frank Mountain’s new £500,000 Maserati MC12 on a snow-bound circuit and witnesses Frank hit a wall.
Episode 6
2005-04-25 • 60 min
Tiff and Jason compare the Dodge Viper SRT-10 and the Corvette C6. Vicki drives the new contest car, a classic 1964 Volkswagen Beetle 1300. Tom tests an Ariel Atom 2 that has 300 horsepower thanks to a supercharger and then takes it through a car wash. Jon Bentley examines a new, safer type of lamp post and what happens when you crash into a regular style pole vs. the new style.
Episode 7
2005-05-02 • 60 min
Tom examines the new Peugeot 1007 which has sliding doors. Fifth Gear Shootout: Vicki races the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR FQ 400 with its sophisticated electronics against the Noble M400. Jon compares diesel powered cars to those powered by gasoline and explains what the advantages of each are. Tiff teams up with British supermodel Jodie Kidd to go racing in the Maserati Trofeo series.
Episode 8
2005-05-09 • 60 min
Jason drives the new Jeep Grand Cherokee Vicki drives the £85,000, 207 MPH Superformance Le Mans Coupe, a replica of the Shelby Daytona Coupe. Fifth Gear Shootout: Tiff races two hot hatches, the Honda Civic Type-R versus the Renault Clio 182. Jon Bentley examines what happens in crash compatibility problems - where cars with different bumper heights and strengths collide like with a SUV and a small car.
Episode 9
2005-05-16 • 60 min
Fifth Gear Shootout: Tiff finds out which is quickest, the Porsche Cayenne or the BMW X5. Jon finds out what Britains think the most prestigious car in Britain is. Vicki drives the new Citroen C4 VTS. Tiff follows a competition where the Renault Formula 1 team will choose one young person to become a new engineer on their team.
Episode 10
2005-05-23 • 60 min
Tiff drives the incredible new BMW M5 to the famous Pau circuit in the South of France. With MG Rover having gone out of business recently, Vicki examines which models are good deals with the serious dealer discounts. Jason goes to Monaco to check out the Top Marques Monaco Motorshow, a motorshow for high rollers featuring tons of really expensive cars including the Pagani Zonda F, Bugatti Veyron, and others as well as a £20 million yacht. While in Monaco, gets an exclusive look at the £300,000 Venturi Fetish, a radical new sportscar, and then bumps into former James Bond and Monaco resident Roger Moore who is interested in buying one.
