Top Gear - Season 41

Run Time: mins
Air Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.9 (107 votes)
BBC Two12 Episodes

Episode 1
Season 41 - Episode 1
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
Season 41 - Episode 2
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’...

Episode 3
Season 41 - Episode 3
James May and Julia Bradbury road-test the Yaris, Toyota’s new supermini, which contains several surprises — including a digital instrument ...

Episode 4
Season 41 - Episode 4
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 classi...

Episode 5
Season 41 - Episode 5
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 ...

Episode 6
Season 41 - Episode 6
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. Q...

Episode 7
Season 41 - Episode 7
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...

Episode 8
Season 41 - Episode 8
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...

Episode 9
Season 41 - Episode 9
Tiff Needell drives Honda’s replacement for the sporty NSX, the S2000, to find out whether it lives up to expectations.

Episode 10
Season 41 - Episode 10
The new Ferrari Modena coupe has all the classic ingredients — mid-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive and a sumptuous leather interior. Yet it...

Episode 11
Season 41 - Episode 11
Vicki Butler-Henderson reports on the latest Lamborghini Diablo, while Jay Kay, Ferrari fanatic and lead singer of top pop band Jamiroquai, ...

Episode 12
Season 41 - Episode 12
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...