Top Gear

Season 17 Episode 5

45 SeasonsMay 05, 1987TV-PG30m8.4

Nostalgia is the order of the day as Top Gear looks at yesterday’s road sweepers, fire engines, steam lorries and buses. William Woollard takes part in this year’s London to Brighton run of historic commercial vehicles. Frank Page tests the latest in ‘hot’ hatchbacks, the Peugeot 309 GT and the Vauxhall Astra 2000 GTE. Sue Baker drives two versions of a new small car from Japan, the Daihatsu Charade — one very fast, the other very economical. Chris Goffey rides in the new taxi, the Metrocab, ...

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Season 17 Episodes:

Episode 1

Aired: Apr 7, 1987

Is the increasing cost of motor racing discouraging young British talent? Chr...

Episode 2

Aired: Apr 14, 1987

As the Eurotunnel consortium prepares for the second phase of its fund-raisin...

Episode 3

Aired: Apr 21, 1987

As Jaguar prepares to launch its new Sovereign in the United States, William ...

Episode 4

Aired: Apr 28, 1987

‘Discretion is probably exercised more in traffic law enforcement than in any...

Episode 5

Aired: May 5, 1987

Nostalgia is the order of the day as Top Gear looks at yesterday’s road sweep...

Episode 6

Aired: May 12, 1987

William Woollard tests one of a new generation of stepless transmissions, soo...

Episode 7

Aired: May 19, 1987

The Skoda Trophy, the Lada Challenge, the Astra-Nova Challenge — some of the ...

Episode 8

Aired: May 26, 1987

In the last of the series, as a celebration of summer William Woollard, Sue B...

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Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary

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