Highlights include a race a 200mph tgv train versus an aston martin to the south of france, playing darts with cars, using the jet wash of a boeing 747400 to blast away a citroen 2cv, pitting a satnav against a homing pigeon, and an attempt to parachute into a moving car. It represents the lotus exige s, a car that made an appearance on series 8, episode 3 of top gear. Aug 16, 2008 jeremy and richard introduce the new lotus exige, which has been specifically engineered for america. Mercedesbenz slr mclaren, alfa romeo 166, cadillac escalade, ford fab1. The lotus elise is a lightweight sports car manufactured by the norfolkbased company lotus.
The series i exige was launched in 2000 and had a 1. The challenge was to see if the gunship could get missile lock on the exige as jeremy did a single lap around the top gear test track which lotus engineers. Clarksons metaphors the lotus exige is like putting a saturn 5 rocket in a food blender and insane showdowns. The new lotus exige s is given the freedom of the top gear. Lotus exige can the helicopter get missile lock fay ripley.
Jeremy pits the japanesepowered lotus exige against the allamerican ford mustang on a two lap race of the top gear track. Lotus built a roger mooreinspired exige for tg to take skiing. Though used sparingly compared to other segments, the basic premise involved former host jeremy clarkson in a sports car being chased by some military equipment such as a helicopter or tank. Highlights of series 8 of this baftawinning show include a car versus a jetpowered kayak race in iceland, three selfbuilt cars assembled in the futile hope that they will work on water, richard racing the rafs freefall parachute display team in cyprus, our car football champions playing a team from brazil, and the presenters holidaying in their mostdespised vehicle the caravan.
This episode combines two of top gear s best features. The card is the thirtythird in turbo challenges initial series of 276 cards. Mouse over thumbnail for slideshow or scroll and see one by one. Actor philip glenister, who portrayed gene hunt in the original life on mars, is the star in a reasonably priced car.
The following is a comprehensive list of times cars were chased on top gear. Season 4 of top gear promises some spectacular and outrageous stunts. Alfa romeo 147 gta alfa romeo 8c competizione alfa romeo brera 2. Clarksons metaphors the lotus exige is like putting a saturn 5 rocket in a food.
Nov 26, 2016 jasons in a lotus, tiffs tries nascar and tom tries a jaguar in this weeks fifth gear. The best top gear episodes of all time digital trends. Jeremy then takes it out for a test drive and decides to see how it compares to an apache. May 10, 2020 this episode combines two of top gears best features. The lightweight lotus exige was the follow up the elise, manufactured by the norfolkbased sports car company lotus. Leno finally makes an appearance on top gear in this episode, albeit to try out a reasonably priced car. But now theres a 1,054kg sport 410 the lightest v6 exige ever to bridge both the performance and.
However, rover wouldnt let anyone on top gear drive one, so an ingenious plan was hatched to test the car using covert tactics. Top gears unique 007spec lotus exige is for sale top gear. Top gear define a qualifying vehicle as a roadlegal production car on roadlegal tires that has sufficient ride height to clear a standard speed bump. Jeremy dodges an apache helicopter gunships goodie bag of destruction in a lotus exige. May 09, 2004 the boys race an aston martin db9 against the tgv from london to monte carlo. The lotus exige is chased by the apache helicopter. Aug 01, 2002 around that time, in the old top gear halfhour programme, series 26 19 sep. Bmw z4 m porsche boxster s mercedesbenz s500 porsche cayenne turbo s. This is the full list of official power lap times on the top gear test track. But which speed racer will dash across the finish line first.
Jeremy power tests the lotus exige and sees if it can avoid missile lock from. The evora has been around since 2009, but the car that lotus is making today is about as different as the carpenters and carpenter brut. James does a sneaky road test on a rover cityrover. Jeremy power tests the lotus exige and sees if it can avoid missile lock from a apache gunship helicopter. The lotus exige s was the thirtythird card in the top gear turbo challenge trading card collection, launched in january 2010. The best, most hilarious top gear episodes ever aired digital. The lads attempt to answer one of the worlds great unanswered questions is it possible to build a truly amphibious car that works as well on water as it is does on land. An apache helicopter gunship tries to get missile lock on a lotus exige driven by jeremy obviously. Jeremy road test the lotus exige and challenges an apache helicopter to get a lockon target on the lotus as it races around the track. This episode combines two of top gears best features. Also, actor philip glenister is the star in the reasonably priced car and the lotus exige s is powertested by on the track by jeremy and the stig.
Lotus goes to many pernickety lengths to make its cars as lightweight as possible. Rory reid is in the twinturbo, 4wd audi rs5, battling the porsche cayman gts and lotus exige cup 430. Writing offensive things on their cars such as country and western is rubbish and man love rules ok while driving around alabama was both incredibly brilliant and. The exige is a rarity, in the fact its a car thats as happy on the track as it is on the road. Clarkson and a lotus exige race the stig in a ford mustang. Racemode race in lotus exige s vs f1 driver fifth gear duration.
The top gear team britain take on the hosts of d motor germany in a series of car challenges to decide the best motoring country series eleven, episode six bus racing series twelve, episode five hammond oversees an attempt by top gear stuntman to beat rival show fifth gear s distance record for jumping a car while towing a caravan series. Bmw m8 competition completed a lap of top gear track in 1 minute and 26. Originally a morehardcore coupe version of the lotus elise roadster, since the series 3 the exige has been the largerengined model of the family using a v6 engine in place of the elises straight 4 with convertible versions of both available. Jeremy clarkson takes the pocket sized but punchy lotus evora out on to the top gear track. List of top gear test track power lap times wikipedia. Its an epic race from england to monte carlo, france as richard and james traveling on a train that goes at the speed of 200mph against jeremy in an aston martin db9. Lotus cars is a british car company based in near norwich, norfolk, england. Tgv and eurostar french fast trains london to monte carlo, apache gunship helicopter vs. May 21, 2006 jeremy, richard and james each attempt to make an amphibious car, then face a challenge. It possesses average performance values on the whole, with a belowaverage power rating and. The new lotus exige s is given the freedom of the top gear track and philip glenister is the star in a reasonably priced car. This top gear drag race features three performance vehicles with very different strengths, namely the audi rs5, porsche cayman gts and lotus exige cup 430. Jeremy then takes it out for a test drive and decides to. Its matured over the years, losing weight and gaining.
The new jaguar xk goes to yorkshire and jeremy goes mad in the flyweight lotus exige. Jeremy clarkson and a lotus exige s race the stig in a ford mustang. The potty, downforceladen cup 430 the quickest streetlegal lotus ever. The best, most hilarious top gear episodes ever aired. Jeremy pits the japanesepowered lotus exige against the allamerican ford mustang on a two. But with electronic gizmos in the front where an engine would normally sit, back seats and a.