Top Gear - Season 17

Top Gear - Season 17

Season 17

The seventeenth series of British motoring program Top Gear began on BBC Two and BBC HD, on 26 June 2011, with the usual presenting team of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig.
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Episodes6
DatesJun 26, 2011 - Jul 31, 2011
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Episodes

E-Type 50th Anniversary
Season 17Episode 160 min

E-Type 50th Anniversary

Jeremy Clarkson celebrates the 50th birthday of the Jaguar E-type by driving a modern, half a million pound interpretation of this classic sports car before putting on a typically low key birthday party involving live music, classic fighter planes and a group of Royal Marines.

Meanwhile, Richard Hammond is in South Africa to test a bigger, even more rugged alternative to the famous Hummer, while James May meets up with gold medal winning British Olympian Amy Williams for a wintry test of the latest Mini rally car.

Plus, the power crazed BMW 1-series M is on the test track and another top celebrity guest takes their place in the Reasonably Priced Car.

Jun 26, 2011
Hot Hatchbacks in Italy
Season 17Episode 260 min

Hot Hatchbacks in Italy

Motoring show. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in Italy to take part in a series of tricky challenges and increasingly loud arguments as they attempt to find the world's best hot hatchback.With Clarkson in the Citroen DS3 Racing, Hammond championing the Fiat 500C Abarth and May making the case for the Renaultsport Clio Cup, the trio attempt to navigate their way around baffling Italian towns and take part in a scavenger hunt before heading up to Monte Carlo where they're faced with a surprise test of their cars' performance.

Also in this show, Jeremy is out on the track in the McLaren MP4-12C supercar, while petrolhead comedian Ross Noble is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.

Jul 3, 2011
Cheapest Car in the UK
Season 17Episode 360 min

Cheapest Car in the UK

Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond look at some second-hand bargains for the price of Britain's cheapest brand new car, the £6,995 Nissan Pixo.

James May tests the toughness of the new Range Rover Evoque bydriving it through Death Valley, and then gauges its stylishness by using it to chauffeur a global megastar across Las Vegas.

There's also a full track test of the incredible McLaren MP4-12C as it meets its deadliest supercar rival - the Ferrari 458.

Plus reigning Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Jul 10, 2011
The TG V12 Express
Season 17Episode 460 min

The TG V12 Express

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May attempt to make train travel cheaper, faster and more interesting by replacing the conventional carriages and locomotive with a series of caravans attached to a specially modified car. Also, Jeremy is out on the track comparing the rip-snorting Jaguar XKR-S to the recently updated Nissan GT-R, while British comedy legend Rowan Atkinson is the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car.

Jul 17, 2011
The Interceptors
Season 17Episode 560 min

The Interceptors

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are challenged to knock down a row of derelict houses in less time than it takes a team of demolition experts to do the same job. Jeremy tests an updated version of the classic Jensen Interceptor and finds himself transported back to a 1970s world of leather driving gloves and droopy moustaches. The show also features the Lotus T125 which brings F1-style performance to the track, plus another celebrity guest attempts a record lap in the Reasonably Priced Car.

Jul 24, 2011
Sensible Electric Car Test
Season 17Episode 660 min

Sensible Electric Car Test

Jeremy Clarkson and James May embark on a trip to the British seaside in two new electric cars, taking an impromptu and thoroughly informative visit to Lincoln along the way.

Richard Hammond meets the world's most extraordinary rally team and another celebrity guest hits the track in the Reasonably Priced Car. Plus the Lamborghini Aventador flexes its muscles on the track.

Jul 31, 2011

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