Top Gear 34

Episode 1 (1995)

In the first of a new 14-part series, Jeremy Clarkson drives the first all-new MG sports car for two decades, the long-awaited MGF, and asks if we are about to see the rebirth of the two-seater open-top sports car. Plus, Steve Berry visits Pebble Beach in California for the most prestigious concours d’elegance event (competition for high-pedigree marques like Rolls-Royce and Bugatti) in the world.

Episode 2 (1995)

This week, Jeremy Clarkson drives the most important new car to be launched this autumn, the Vauxhall Vectra. It replaces Britain’s favourite fleet car, the Cavalier, but how good is it? Meanwhile, Tiff Needell tries the new Saab with electronic kit that enables the driver to change gear without the tedium of using a clutch pedal. Plus, Michele Newman finds out what it takes to enter a motor race when you’re a complete novice.

Episode 3 (1995)

Jeremy Clarkson visits Blackpool to test the new TVR Cerbera, “the noisiest, fastest and most exciting car this side of a Lamborghini Diablo”, and to interview TVR’s boss, Peter Wheeler. Plus, Tony Mason meets “Babs”, a monster car that broke the world speed record twice before turning over and killing its driver. Fifty years on, it has been lovingly rebuilt and restored.

Episode 4 (1995)

This week, Jeremy Clarkson aims to realise a long-held ambition — to drive a GT40, the supercar that Ford built in the 1960s to beat Ferrari at Le Mans. In case he has trouble handling all that raw power, former Top Gear presenter Noel Edmonds is on hand to help.

Episode 5 (1995)

Tonight, a preview of the London Motor Show, which opens at Earls Court tomorrow. Presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Quentin Willson and Steve Berry at the show, with reports from the field by Chris Goffey and Tiff Needell.