Top Gear - Season 38
Run Time: mins
Air Date: Thu, 4 Sept 1997
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.9 (107 votes)
BBC Two16 Episodes
Episode 1
Season 38 - Episode 1
The motoring series returns for a 17-week run with Jeremy Clarkson test-driving Ford’s new Puma — a tiny coupe based on the Fiesta-through t...
Episode 2
Season 38 - Episode 2
Tiff Needell plays rough on tonight’s edition of the motoring magazine with the tough guy’s off-roader. The armour-plated Hummer was develop...
Episode 3
Season 38 - Episode 3
In tonight’s edition of the motoring magazine, Jeremy Clarkson compares the new midsize coupe from Mercedes, the CLK, with Peugeot’s new 406...
Episode 4
Season 38 - Episode 4
Jaguar are 75 years old but show no sign of slowing down. Jeremy Clarkson drives the fastest version of the new V8 XJ series, the new XJR, a...
Episode 5
Season 38 - Episode 5
For those who cannot wait six months for the brand new BMW 5 Series or who feel that buying a German car is just following the executive her...
Episode 6
Season 38 - Episode 6
Jeremy Clarkson takes delivery of the Range Rover Autobiography, the latest gadget-laden luxury off-roader from Land Rover. While he decides...
Episode 7
Season 38 - Episode 7
Jeremy Clarkson and Quentin Willson are at Earls Court for this year’s London Motor Show. They look at the new Porsche 911, Land Rover’s Fre...
Episode 8
Season 38 - Episode 8
Since its first appearance in the sixties, the Porsche 911 has become a design classic and a motoring legend. Now aged 34, it has had a majo...
Episode 9
Season 38 - Episode 9
The A Class is Mercedes’s first entry into the crowded small car market. Flouting conventional ideas of small-car design by enlarging the ca...
Episode 10
Season 38 - Episode 10
Steve Berry visits the International Bike Show in Birmingham, where he looks at the latest models including BMW’s new cruiser, the R1200C. M...
Episode 11
Season 38 - Episode 11
Land Rover hope to overturn their rural image with the launch of the long-awaited new utility vehicle — the Freelander. It has sporty looks ...
Episode 12
Season 38 - Episode 12
Quentin Willson looks at a BMW 7 Series that has been round the clock twice, and argues that buying high-mileage cars can represent value fo...
Episode 13
Season 38 - Episode 13
The Lotus 49 changed the face of motor racing. Driven by Jim Clark and powered by the V8 engine, it gave Ford their first Grand Prix victory...
Episode 14
Season 38 - Episode 14
When the stock market trembles, the effects on the classic-car market are never very far behind. With auction prices falling, there are barg...
Episode 15
Season 38 - Episode 15
With two new models on the British market, Lexus is trying to change the ways of top people who prefer a more prestigious badge. Quentin Wil...
Episode 16
Season 38 - Episode 16
Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell and Quentin Willson select their favourite cars of 1997. Among the contenders for top car are the Porsche 911,...