Season 38 (1997)

Episode 1
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September 4, 1997

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...Read more

Episode 2
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September 11, 1997

Tiff Needell plays rough on tonight’s edition of the motoring magazine with the tough guy’s off-roader. The armour-plated Hummer w...Read more

Episode 3
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September 18, 1997

In tonight’s edition of the motoring magazine, Jeremy Clarkson compares the new midsize coupe from Mercedes, the CLK, with Peugeot...Read more

Episode 4
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September 25, 1997

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 ...Read more

Episode 5
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October 2, 1997

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 exe...Read more

Episode 6
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October 9, 1997

Jeremy Clarkson takes delivery of the Range Rover Autobiography, the latest gadget-laden luxury off-roader from Land Rover. While ...Read more

Episode 7
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October 16, 1997

Jeremy Clarkson and Quentin Willson are at Earls Court for this year’s London Motor Show. They look at the new Porsche 911, Land R...Read more

Episode 8
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October 23, 1997

Since its first appearance in the sixties, the Porsche 911 has become a design classic and a motoring legend. Now aged 34, it has ...Read more

Episode 9
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October 30, 1997

The A Class is Mercedes’s first entry into the crowded small car market. Flouting conventional ideas of small-car design by enlarg...Read more

Episode 10
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November 6, 1997

Steve Berry visits the International Bike Show in Birmingham, where he looks at the latest models including BMW’s new cruiser, the...Read more

Episode 11
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November 13, 1997

Land Rover hope to overturn their rural image with the launch of the long-awaited new utility vehicle — the Freelander. It has spo...Read more

Episode 12
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November 20, 1997

Quentin Willson looks at a BMW 7 Series that has been round the clock twice, and argues that buying high-mileage cars can represen...Read more

Episode 13
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November 27, 1997

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 Pr...Read more

Episode 14
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December 4, 1997

When the stock market trembles, the effects on the classic-car market are never very far behind. With auction prices falling, ther...Read more

Episode 15
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December 11, 1997

With two new models on the British market, Lexus is trying to change the ways of top people who prefer a more prestigious badge. Q...Read more

Episode 16
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December 18, 1997

Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell and Quentin Willson select their favourite cars of 1997. Among the contenders for top car are the Po...Read more