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10 Episodes 1986 - 1986
Episode 1
The carnage at last month's Portuguese Rally, exposed the need for tougher action from rally organisers to control the crowds. Top Gear asks what can be done to stop it happening again, and William Woollard tests the new Ford Escort.
Episode 2
Tonight William Woollard revs up in the Sierra Cosworth, the first road car to carry the famous name, Road tests on the Peugeot 309 and Vauxhall Belmont, and Chris Goffey travels to Holland to try out an amazing in-car navigation system.
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
William Woollard reports on a controversial scheme to re-educate drink-drive offenders who can't kick the habit. Chris Goffey and Russell Bray take to the track for a side-by-side comparison between the Porsche 924S and its new Japanese look-alike, the Mazda RX7. Frank Page drives the new breed of Hondas and Sue Baker takes to the high seas to report on some of the dos and don'ts of taking a car abroad this summer.
Episode 7
How fast can your car accelerate from 0-60 mph? Well, whether it's fewer than seven seconds, or slightly more than 30, it's the one magic figure which manufacturers sell and motorists believe is the true test of a car's potency. But is it all that important? How do the testers achieve such dazzling figures; do the results accurately reflect what average motorists can expect from their cars? Chris Goffey reports. One hundred years on, Top Gear looks at the pioneering achievements of Karl Benz and how to give accident victims a safer ride in Britain's ambulances.
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10