Top Gear

Season 39 Episode 8

45 SeasonsApr 09, 1998TV-PG30m8.4

Quentin Willson discovers the people’s choice in terms of performance, reliability, economy and customer care with the announcement of the results in the fifth annual survey gauging customer satisfaction. In Europe, motor-racing grew on road circuits. In America its home is the oval, where fans are treated to the incredible sight of nose-to-tail racing at speeds of 200 miles per hour. Tiff Needell travels to the US to find out what it takes to be a Nascar racer.

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Season 39 Episodes:

Episode 1

1.

Aired: Feb 19, 1998

Jeremy Clarkson looks at the new Volkswagen Beetle. Will its combination of r...

Episode 2

2.

Aired: Feb 26, 1998

The VW Golf continues to be one of the most popular small cars as Quentin Wil...

Episode 3

3.

Aired: Mar 5, 1998

The new Toyota Avensis enters a fiercely competitive market where sales reps ...

Episode 4

4.

Aired: Mar 12, 1998

Jeremy Clarkson test-drives the star of the Geneva Motorshow the new Rolls-Ro...

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Mar 19, 1998

Tiff Needell takes to the track to test road cars with a racing heritage, suc...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Mar 26, 1998

Jeremy Clarkson attempts to prove his assertion that fast cars are the safest...

Episode 7

7.

Aired: Apr 2, 1998

Jeremy Clarkson test-drives America’s 170 mph Vector, which boasts a powerful...

Episode 8

8.

Aired: Apr 9, 1998

Quentin Willson discovers the people’s choice in terms of performance, reliab...

Episode 9

9.

Aired: Apr 16, 1998

Jeremy Clarkson squeezes inside the sleek MX5 to find out whether Mazda have ...

Episode 10

10.

Aired: Apr 23, 1998

One-third of the half-a-million cars stolen annually in England and Wales are...

Episode 11

11.

Aired: Apr 30, 1998

Jeremy Clarkson reports on successful women and the cars they drive. Have roa...

Episode 12

12.

Aired: May 7, 1998

Why is it so difficult to import cheap cars from the continent? Quentin Wills...

Episode 13

13.

Aired: May 14, 1998

In the last of the series, Jeremy Clarkson looks at the opposition that the C...

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Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary