Fifth Gear - Season 5
Season 5
Network
Episodes10
DatesMar 29, 2004 - May 31, 2004
Episodes
Season 5Episode 160 min
When New Cars Hit Old Cars
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.
Mar 29, 2004
Season 5Episode 260 min
Cars v Planes
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.
Apr 5, 2004
Season 5Episode 360 min
Scared Drivers
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.
Apr 12, 2004
Season 5Episode 460 min
High-Speed Blow-Out
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.
Apr 19, 2004
Season 5Episode 560 min
Ultimate Minis
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.
Apr 26, 2004
Season 5Episode 660 min
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.
May 3, 2004
Season 5Episode 760 min
Britain's Best 4x4
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.
May 10, 2004
Season 5Episode 860 min
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.
May 17, 2004
Season 5Episode 960 min
Celebrity Cars
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.
May 24, 2004
Season 5Episode 1060 min
Motor Show Special
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.
May 31, 2004
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