Top Gear

Season 32 Episode 12

45 SeasonsDec 08, 1994TV-PG30m8.4

Within the next decade, South Korea could be making many of our basic cars. Marques like SsangYong, Daewoo, Hyundai and Kia may not be big names on the British car market in 1994 but they seem to be poised for massive expansion. They already make nearly two million vehicles a year between them, significantly more than Britain’s motor industry, and even the mighty Japanese are worried by Korea’s manufacturing potential. But this rapidly advancing nation has some quaint ways of doing business —...

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Season 32 Episodes:

Episode 1

1.

Aired: Sep 22, 1994

In the first programme of the autumn series Jeremy Clarkson test drives the £...

Episode 2

2.

Aired: Sep 29, 1994

On tonight’s programme, Jeremy Clarkson is in the Highlands to test drive the...

Episode 3

3.

Aired: Oct 6, 1994

The work of an almost forgotten design genius is reviewed on tonight’s progra...

Episode 4

4.

Aired: Oct 13, 1994

On tonight’s programme, Jeremy Clarkson tests the new ultra-light aluminium-b...

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Oct 20, 1994

Jeremy Clarkson and Quentin Willson run the rule over the star exhibits at Br...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Oct 27, 1994

Jeremy Clarkson hands over the driving seat to Michael Schumacher, who pushes...

Episode 7

7.

Aired: Nov 3, 1994

Volkswagen’s Beetle and Golf were trendsetters in their day but the Polo was ...

Episode 8

8.

Aired: Nov 10, 1994

Jeremy Clarkson drives Alfa Romeo’s interesting and odd-looking 145, and Stev...

Episode 9

9.

Aired: Nov 17, 1994

Tony Mason follows the careers of two drivers taking part in next week’s RAC ...

Episode 10

10.

Aired: Nov 24, 1994

Steve Berry visits the East Los Angeles Car Show for the low-down on Lowrider...

Episode 11

11.

Aired: Dec 1, 1994

Quentin Willson tests BMW’s new Compact — at £13,000 something of a step down...

Episode 12

12.

Aired: Dec 8, 1994

Within the next decade, South Korea could be making many of our basic cars. M...

Episode 13

13.

Aired: Dec 15, 1994

Would James Bond approve of the new DB7? At £80,000 it is cheap for an Aston ...


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