Episode guide
Top Gear: Season 17
8 episodes · premiered Apr 7, 1987
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Apr 7, 1987 Is the increasing cost of motor racing discouraging young British talent? Chris Goffey reports from Brands Hatch on Formula First - a new, cheaper formula designed to solve the problem by…
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Apr 14, 1987 As the Eurotunnel consortium prepares for the second phase of its fund-raising effort, William Woollard examines the full-scale models of the special car and truck wagons that could be…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Apr 21, 1987 As Jaguar prepares to launch its new Sovereign in the United States, William Woollard compares it to its deadly rivals from Mercedes and BMW. At the cheaper end of the market, a look at…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Apr 28, 1987 ‘Discretion is probably exercised more in traffic law enforcement than in any other single area of the law.’ William Woollard asks whether this Oxford University research conclusion means…
- Episode 5: Episode 5 May 5, 1987 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…
- Episode 6: Episode 6 May 12, 1987 William Woollard tests one of a new generation of stepless transmissions, soon to be available in the Fiat Uno. With the approach of summer, Frank Page looks at a range of camper vans…
- Episode 7: Episode 7 May 19, 1987 The Skoda Trophy, the Lada Challenge, the Astra-Nova Challenge — some of the championships where car manufacturers support would-be works rally drivers; William Woollard evaluates the…
- Episode 8: Episode 8 May 26, 1987 In the last of the series, as a celebration of summer William Woollard, Sue Baker, Chris Goffey and Frank Page take to the hills of North Wales in four British designed and built sports…