Episode guide
Top Gear: Season 41
12 episodes · premiered Mar 18, 1999
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Mar 18, 1999 Presenter Tiff Needell tries to break a British speed record in the McLaren F1, while new recruit James May test-drives the Rover 75.
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Mar 25, 1999 James May tries out the Jaguar S Type, a new version of the popular sixties model. Quentin Willson goes to Holland as part of the programme’s campaign to expose Britain’s high car prices…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Apr 1, 1999 James May and Julia Bradbury road-test the Yaris, Toyota’s new supermini, which contains several surprises — including a digital instrument reading pod in the centre of the dashboard. Plus…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Apr 8, 1999 Tiff Needell takes a two-seater Jaguar XK sportscar, one of only two in existence, for a trip around Silverstone. In the mould of the classic XK120 and XK140 of the forties and fifties…
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Apr 15, 1999 A new Japanese contender to be the dream car of young executives has appeared — the Lexus IS200. James May tests out the £21,000, two-litre sports salon from Toyota which has more gadgets…
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Apr 22, 1999 An average of eight million people a year buy a second-hand car. For many, it will be one of the most fraught purchases they’ll ever make. Quentin Willson continues his series of items…
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Apr 29, 1999 At an auction selling hundreds of ex-police cars, Quentin Willson reveals that they can make a surprisingly good buy — and they’re cheap too. They only come in white, and most have covered…
- Episode 8: Episode 8 May 6, 1999 The Peugeot 205 Gti was in demand a decade ago, but its popularity declined in the face of the recession and soaring car theft. Tonight Tiff Needell tests its successor, the new Peugeot…
- Episode 9: Episode 9 May 13, 1999 Tiff Needell drives Honda’s replacement for the sporty NSX, the S2000, to find out whether it lives up to expectations.
- Episode 10: Episode 10 May 20, 1999 The new Ferrari Modena coupe has all the classic ingredients — mid-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive and a sumptuous leather interior. Yet it is user-friendly, with a clutchless gearbox…
- Episode 11: Episode 11 May 27, 1999 Vicki Butler-Henderson reports on the latest Lamborghini Diablo, while Jay Kay, Ferrari fanatic and lead singer of top pop band Jamiroquai, seeks to prove his worth as a potential Top Gear…
- Episode 12: Episode 12 Jun 3, 1999 Tiff Needell flexes the muscles of the mighty BMW M5, with its 400-brake horsepower, 5-litre V8 engine, and assesses its chances against the opposition of the Jaguar XJR and Mercedes E55…