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Fifth Gear

Season 5 2004
TV-G

  • 2004-03-29T20:00:00Z on Channel 5
  • 1h
  • 10h (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
The hosts have motorsport backgrounds and take you under the hoods of the latest speedsters and conduct tests and stunts to see what different cars are capable of.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

2004-03-29T20:00:00Z

5x01 When New Cars Hit Old Cars

Season Premiere

5x01 When New Cars Hit Old Cars

  • 2004-03-29T20:00:00Z1h

Vicky and Tiff find out what happens when you crash an old model of a car into a new model of a car and which fairs better.

Guest presenter Jason Plato (a British touring car champion) drives the new Ferrari 612 Scaglietti.

Tiff finds out which is fastest, the Citroën C2 GT or the Ford Sport Ka.

2004-04-05T20:00:00Z

5x02 Cars v Planes

5x02 Cars v Planes

  • 2004-04-05T20:00:00Z1h

Adrian reviews the new Audi A6 in Italy.

A lookback at past car versus plane races - includes the race of Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari F1 race car versus a Euro Fighter.

Vicki goes to the Geneva Auto Show and checks out some cool cars - BMW Concept M5, Honda Sports Concept (new NSX?), Rolls-Royce 100EX, Land Rover concept Range Stormer; Fiat concept Trepiuno and Maserati MC12.

Tiff races a Gazelle helicopter around a track in a Porsche GT3.

2004-04-12T20:00:00Z

5x03 Scared Drivers

5x03 Scared Drivers

  • 2004-04-12T20:00:00Z1h

Tiff talks about some people’s fear of driving and with some help from a car psychologist, helps cure a woman of her fears.

Tom reviews the awesome Aston Martin DB9, the best Aston Martin yet.

Vicki gets some NOS and makes a diesel Golf compete with a Honda NSX driven by Tiff.

2004-04-19T20:00:00Z

5x04 High-Speed Blow-Out

5x04 High-Speed Blow-Out

  • 2004-04-19T20:00:00Z1h

Tiff and Vicki show what happens when tires blow, whether run flats are really any good and whether you can race on run flats.

Tom reviews the new Mercedes-Benz SLK.

Tiff sees which is faster around a track - a Mini Cooper or a diesel Skoda Fabia.

Vicki drives that British amphibious vehicle, the Gibbs Aquada.

2004-04-26T20:00:00Z

5x05 Ultimate Minis

5x05 Ultimate Minis

  • 2004-04-26T20:00:00Z1h

Vicki, Adrian and Tom go out and look for the ultimate Mini and come across some very cool mini’s.

Tiff goes to Malaga in the south of Spain to drive Klaas Zwart’s supercar, the Ascari KZ1 at his supercar track resort.

Tom talks about the new Land Rover Discovery.

2004-05-03T20:00:00Z

5x06 Buying Schumacher's Car

Tom goes to Maranello, Italy to see Frank Mountain buy and drive Michael Schumacher’s 2001 F1 car.

Tiff drives the new version of the Noble M12 GTO, the 3R.

Adrian visits one of Britain’s most secure car parks, the Bold Lane and shows how it works.

2004-05-10T20:00:00Z

5x07 Britain's Best 4x4

5x07 Britain's Best 4x4

  • 2004-05-10T20:00:00Z1h

Tiff and Vicki find the best 4×4 available in Britain for under £20,000.

Returning guest presenter Jason Plato (a British touring car champion) drives the Chrysler 300C which has a Hemi!

Adrian goes and meets Richard Hopkins, one of the top players in “World Rally Champonship 3″ for the Playstation 2 who is now trying out real rally racing.

2004-05-17T20:00:00Z

5x08 The Science of Car Jumps

Vicki and Tom head to Italy to test the new Maserati Quattroporte.

Tiff talks about car jumps and the science of it followed by a stunt driver trying to break the world record for the farthest distance jumped by a car towing a caravan.

2004-05-24T20:00:00Z

5x09 Celebrity Cars

5x09 Celebrity Cars

  • 2004-05-24T20:00:00Z1h

Tiff and Vicki go and visit Jay Kay from Jamiroquai (some British band I think) to view his car collection and race around in some buggies.

Tom reviews the new Peugeot 407.

Fifth Gear Shootout: Tiff races two vans against each other - a Ford Transit T280 and a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 213 CD1.

Season Finale

2004-05-31T20:00:00Z

5x10 Motor Show Special

Season Finale

5x10 Motor Show Special

  • 2004-05-31T20:00:00Z1h

Fifth Gear checks out the British auto show - the Motor Show at Birmingham NEC.

Tom drives the new Volkswagen Beetle convertable.

Fifth Gear Shootout: Tiff races the Lotus Elise 111R against the Lotus built Vauxhall VX220 Turbo.

Adrian trys out Internet auto auctions.

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