Top Gear (1978) Season 40

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40x01 Episode 01 aired Sep 10, 1998

Jeremy Clarkson slips behind the wheel for the new 15-part run of the motoring magazine and road-tests the Ford Focus, while Tiff Needel sees how Aston Marti... read more

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40x02 Episode 02 aired Sep 17, 1998

The Peugeot 205 was a practical, fun hatchback that many drivers found irresistible. Will the be as popular? Vicki Butler-Henderson takes it for a spin. Jer... read more

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40x03 Episode 3 aired Sep 24, 1998

As motor racing returned last weekend to Goodwood in Sussex for the first time since 1966, Tiff Needell tells the story of the circuit's revival and races a ... read more

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40x04 Episode 4 aired Oct 01, 1998

Since its launch in 1989, the original Land Rover Discovery has been Britain's best-selling four-wheel drive. Tiff Needell tries out the new model to see wha... read more

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40x05 Episode 5 aired Oct 08, 1998

Alfa Romeo are hoping to put past design problems behind them with their new saloon models. Tiff Needell test-drives the latest offering-the Executive Expres... read more

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40x06 Episode 6 aired Oct 15, 1998

Owing to concerns over safety the Mercedes A-class was withdrawn shortly after its launch earlier this year. Jeremy Clarkson test-drives the new, modified ve... read more

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40x07 Episode 7 aired Oct 22, 1998

Featuring reports from the British International Motor Show in Birmingham. Rover are hoping to steal the limelight with the 75, their first new car since BMW... read more

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40x08 Episode 8 aired Oct 29, 1998

The Ford Puma was such a hit with the Top Gear team that they voted it their Car of the Year for 1997. Now Ford has followed it up with a bigger coupe, the r... read more

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40x09 Episode 9 aired Nov 05, 1998

Volkswagen's Golf GTi first came to Britain in 1976 and soon became the choice of the fashionable set. Over the years model changes blunted the sharp edges o... read more

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40x10 Episode 10 aired Nov 12, 1998

As the latest manufacturer to enter the sports-car market, Audi hopes to take on rivals Porsche and BMW with the new TT, which goes on sale in the spring. Je... read more

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40x11 Episode 11 aired Nov 19, 1998

The appearance of the luxuriously equipped V8-engined Seville STS marks the return of the Cadillac name to the British market. But will it tempt buyers away ... read more

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40x12 Episode 12 aired Nov 26, 1998

Steve Berry travels to Seattle to look at Jeep's new Grand Cherokee, which is huge and available for the first time in right-hand drive. In contrast Vicki ... read more

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40x13 Episode 13 aired Dec 03, 1998

Tony Mason looks back at two of Britain's failed attempts to infiltrate the US market during the postwar years: the 1949 Austin Atlantic, which was considere... read more

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40x14 Episode 14 aired Dec 10, 1998

Back in the seventies the BMW 3.0, Fiat 130 and Peugeot were the coupes to be seen in-glamorous, rare and expensive. Steve Berry learns what made these model... read more

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40x15 Episode 15 aired Dec 17, 1998

In the concluding episode of the current series, Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell, Quentin Wilson and Vicki Butler-Henderson select their favourite cars of the ... read more

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40x16 Blood, Salt and Tears - Years of the Land Speed Record aired Dec 21, 1998

A special edition of the motoring magazine tracing the history of attempts to break the land speed record. Highlights include a look at the thirties rivalry ... read more

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