Top Gear - Season 37

Run Time: mins
Air Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.9 (107 votes)
BBC Two20 Episodes

Episode 1
Season 37 - Episode 1
Aston Martin’s story is one of engineering triumph in the face of financial adversity. In a special profile of the company, Jeremy Clarkson ...

Episode 2
Season 37 - Episode 2
Contestants in last November’s Network Q RAC Rally faced some of the worst weather conditions for decades, and more than half the entries fa...

Episode 3
Season 37 - Episode 3
Three thousand people have already put money down for the BMW Z3, which is scheduled to hit the road in February. Tiff Needell visits Madeir...

Episode 4
Season 37 - Episode 4
Quentin Willson considers the merits of buying an accident-damaged car and repairing it to become a runner. Andy Wilman looks at the controv...

Episode 5
Season 37 - Episode 5
Since 1991 the Ford Explorer has been the world’s biggest selling off-roader, and now it is finally available in Britain — Tiff Needel finds...

Episode 6
Season 37 - Episode 6
Jeremy Clarkson chooses the best of the latest small hatchbacks. Plus Quentin Willson offers some tips for picking up a bargain at a classic...

Episode 7
Season 37 - Episode 7
Jeremy Clarkson tests the Honda Legend and Toyota Camry, and asks whether these cars have sufficient pulling power to become alternatives to...

Episode 8
Season 37 - Episode 8
Jeremy Clarkson assesses the flood of sports cars that have recently appeared on the market and decides which one should be top of an enthus...

Episode 9
Season 37 - Episode 9
For thousands of sales reps travelling up and down the country a company car can often feel like a second home. Tiff Needell tests the comfo...

Episode 10
Season 37 - Episode 10
Jeremy Clarkson gets behind the wheel of the latest juggernauts. One of the vehicles he tries out is the 1997 Truck of the Year the Mercedes...

Episode 11
Season 37 - Episode 11
Jeremy Clarkson and Michele Newman report from Geneva on the highlights of this year’s International Show, including new coupés from Mercede...

Episode 12
Season 37 - Episode 12
Quentin Willson takes a chauffeur-driven ride in a Mercedes 600 stretch limousine once owned by John Lennon, and discovers that the car stil...

Episode 13
Season 37 - Episode 13
Jeremy Clarkson asks whether the new A6 will be another overnight success for Audi. Will the combination of cutting edge design and class-le...

Episode 14
Season 37 - Episode 14
Michele Newman checks out the latest in a tradition of cars bent on stealing tiny parking spaces — the Seat Arosa and weighs up how it compe...

Episode 15
Season 37 - Episode 15
Eighty-seven different cars come under scrutiny in the fourth annual survey into customer satisfaction. Quentin Willson reports on the M-reg...

Episode 16
Season 37 - Episode 16
In the Swinging Sixties Roger Moore cruised the streets of London as The Saint in his white Volvo P1800. Will the new C70 coupé turn heads i...

Episode 17
Season 37 - Episode 17
There’s a new star in Hollywood — the Spectre EV1, which is the first electric car to make it to the showrooms. Although the vehicle is in g...

Episode 18
Season 37 - Episode 18
Despite his aversion to driving diesels, Jeremy Clarkson tries out the Mercedes E-Class Elegance Estate and the BMW touring version of the s...

Episode 19
Season 37 - Episode 19
As Ferrari celebrates its 50th anniversary, Jeremy Clarkson joins the party by driving the Maranello, the motor giant’s new front-engined su...

Episode 20
Season 37 - Episode 20
In the last programme of the series, Steve Berry assesses the market potential of three new models from Daewoo. Jon Bentley looks at the bes...