Episode guide
Top Gear: Season 18
11 episodes · premiered Sep 10, 1987
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Sep 10, 1987 From Press Day at the Frankfurt Motor Show — William Woollard and Sue Baker report the latest cars. Frank Page drives the new medium-sized Peugeot 405. On the road, there are test reports…
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Sep 17, 1987 Surrounded by the glories of Britain’s motoring past at the Heritage Motor Museum, Syon Park, William Woollard introduces a new feature — the Top Gear Car of the Decade — and road tests…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Sep 24, 1987 Are Top Gear viewers dissatisfied with their cars? Several hundred of you wrote in to complain last series, in response to an invitation to air your problems. William Woollard investigates…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Oct 1, 1987 Car design in Eastern Europe has lagged behind the west, but with the new Lada Samara, has caught up. Sue Baker visits the Togliatti factory in central Russia, to drive one of the first…
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Oct 8, 1987 This year’s motorcycle show at the NEC Birmingham is set against a continuing background of falling bike sales. William Woollard views the latest models the industry hopes will encourage…
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Oct 15, 1987 This week’s car of the decade is from the 30s. William Woollard tests the Citroen Traction Avant that introduced a new level of engineering to the family car, and foreshadowed front wheel…
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Oct 22, 1987 William Woollard presents the programme from London’s Motorfair 87. Sue Baker drives the latest Lotus, and there’s a report on the apparent revival in British car manufacturing — is it a…
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Oct 29, 1987 Britain’s motorway network seems constantly clogged by road repairs. William Woollard asks why the surfaces need rebuilding so frequently, and looks at an alternative way of funding road…
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Nov 5, 1987 Traditional car design in Eastern Europe has lagged decades behind the west, but with the new Lada Samara, the Russians seem to have caught up. Sue Baker visits the Togliatti factory in…
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Nov 12, 1987 William Woollard tests the new right-hand-drive version of the Honda Civic hatchback. Sue Baker returns to Birmingham’s ‘Wheels’ project to see how the scheme to give people real…
- Episode 11: Episode 11 Nov 19, 1987 In this final programme of the autumn series, William Woollard puts the spotlight on more complaints made by Top Gear viewers about car design and performance. Sue Baker looks at the way…