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Top Gear

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Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and entertainment television programme about motor vehicles, primarily cars, and is now relaunched as a general motoring magazine show as of 2002, and becoming the most widely watched entertainment television programme in the world.

Season 16 Episode Guide

9 Episodes 2010 - 2011

Episode 0

Middle East Special

Mon, Feb 14, 2011 76 mins

The boys were given 3500 pounds each to buy cars that cost less than 3500 pounds and must be a convertible sports car. The result is Jeremy buys a Mazda MX-5, Richard purchases a Fiat Barchetta and James a BMW Z3. Once they have purchase their cars, they travel to the Middle East to follow the path of the Three Wise Men from Northern Iraq to Bethlehem, Palestine.

Episode 1

Yeti Road Test

Mon, Feb 7, 2011 52 mins

The Ariel Atom, with a V8 engine, 900bhp-per-ton and a 0-60mph time under 2.3 seconds, is driven on the track by James. Will it reach 60mph? Richard plays with a Porsche - again. This time, the new 911 Turbo S Cabriolet, which he races against a VW Beetle. A race with a Top Gear twist... Jeremy drives a practical car that you can afford - the Skoda Yeti, and puts it through some rather unusual tests. John Bishop is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Top Gear Season 16 Yeti Road Test

Episode 2

Top Gear Ashes - British Hosts Vs Top Gear Australia Hosts

Mon, Feb 14, 2011 61 mins

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May go head-to-head against their opposite numbers from Australian Top Gear in a car-based version of The Ashes. With disciplines including rallying, drifting and an Aussie version of double-decker car racing, it's an all-out grudge match that will almost certainly end in tears. Also in the show, Jeremy is on the test track in Ferrari's new 599 GTO and another celebrity guest takes their turn as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

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Episode 3

Albania Road Trip

Mon, Feb 21, 2011 50 mins

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head to Albania to test the super luxurious Rolls-Royce Ghost, Bentley Mulsanne and Mercedes S65 AMG. Back on home soil, Jeremy is out on the track in a trio of high-powered hatchbacks, the Ford Focus RS500, the Prodrive Impreza CS400 and the one-off Volvo C30 PPC, whilst Jonathan Ross is the star in the reasonably priced car.

Top Gear Season 16 Albania Road Trip

Episode 4

Second-Hand Four Seater Convertibles For £2,000

Mon, Feb 28, 2011 61 mins

The boys are tasked with buying cheap second hand convertibles to see which is best, but all end up buying BMW 325i convertibles so have to come up with different tests; Jeremy pays tribute to the "final" Pagani Zonda and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are in the reasonably priced car.

Episode 5

Convert A Combine Harvester Into A Snow Plough

Mon, Mar 7, 2011 51 mins

The boys find a use for unused combine harvesters during the snowy winters, Jeremy tests the Audi RS5 and latest BMW M3 and Amber Heard is in the reasonably priced car.

Episode 6

Sunset to sunrise race in a Jaguar XJ 5.0 V8 Supersport across England - NASA's latest Space Exploration Vehicle

Mon, Mar 14, 2011 51 mins

Setting off at sunset, Jeremy tries to drive a Jaguar XJ from the most westerly point to the most easterly before the sun rises; Richard drives the Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40; James drives NASA's latest lunar rover and John Prescott is in the reasonably priced car.

Episode 7

Episode #16.7

51 mins

Compilation show featuring the boys taking a Rolls Royce Ghost, Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG and "Bentley Mulsanne" to Albania to see which would be best for the local mafia; Jeremy tests the Skoda Yeti and John Bishop in the reasonably priced car.

Episode 8

Episode #16.8

Compilation show featuring the boys finding a use for unused combine harvesters during the snowy winters, Jeremy paying tribute to the "final" Pagani Zonda, Richard racing a Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet against a VW Beetle and Jonathan Ross in the reasonably priced car.

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