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Season 10, Episode 1 — Originally aired on September 25th, 20062006-09-25T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
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Season 10, Episode 2 — Originally aired on October 2nd, 20062006-10-02T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
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Season 10, Episode 3 — Originally aired on October 9th, 20062006-10-09T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Guy Smith, a Le Mans winner, races in a Volkswagen Transporter Sportline against Tiff in an A-Team GMC van replica (I assume / hope it’s a replica)
- Superbike racer Shakey Byrne goes to Italy to drive the new Lamborghini Murcielago LP640
- Vicki teaches her older sister how to race a Lotus Elise S around a circuit
- Tim Lovejoy takes to the streets of London in an electric car called the G Wiz in an effort to find out if it’s practical or not
- Tom Ford drives the very odd looking Skoda Roomster
- Jon Bentley investigates how safe the ramped ends of motorway crash barriers are by driving a car into one
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Season 10, Episode 4 — Originally aired on October 16th, 20062006-10-16T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Jason Plato is back and he’s teaching England cricketer Kevin Pietersen how to race in a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
- Tim Lovejoy hangs out with GQ magazine editor and style guru Dylan Jones to find out what cars are considered cool for the modern man
- Tom Ford heads to Barcelona to drive the all-new version of the new Mini
- Another installment of “Wreck My Ride”, this time with a 1993 Fiat Cinquecento
- Jonny Smith checks out the world’s fastest street legal car — a highly modified Vauxhall Victor
- Vicki drives the Nissan Murano Grand Tourer Concept, a super sporty SUV that supposedly drives like a sports car
- The master Tiff works his magic on the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
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Season 10, Episode 5 — Originally aired on October 23rd, 20062006-10-23T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Jason powerslides an imported Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 around a track
- Vicki races a 1050 HP racing semi-truck
- Tiff tries out the new Suzuki Swift Sport
- Now that Quad bikes are road legal in the UK, Tom tries one out on the road
- Tim rides along with some traffic police
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Season 10, Episode 6 — Originally aired on October 30th, 20062006-10-30T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Jason drives the brand new Lotus Europa S
- Fifth Gear pick their top 5 favorite Bond car chases with some commentary from Sir Roger Moore
- Tom goes crazy in the final Vauxhall Monaro model, the VXR 500
- Pete Tong visits the Fifth Gear cafe to do a little off-road challenge in a Land Rover Defender
- Wayne Hemingway, founder of the Red or Dead fashion label, goes out on a lake with Tim in a 1960’s Amphicar
- Tiff and Vicki see who can go faster on the most powerful production motorcycle in the world, the Kawasaki ZZR1400
- Jonny Smith sees if he can mow more lawn in a Volkswagen Touareg pulling a mower than the world’s largest mower, the £250,000 Claas Cougar
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Season 10, Episode 7 — Originally aired on November 6th, 20062006-11-06T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Jason takes to the track in a Litchfield Type 25 Impreza, a highly tuned Subaru Impreza WRX STi which is based on a version of the Impreza that’s only available in Japan and that’s the base for the Group N rally car
- Since golfer Ian Poulter’s new Ford GT is not yet street legal, Tim Lovejoy arranges for him to test another Ford GT on a track
- Vicki takes a look at the Volkswagen Golf GT which has both a turbocharger and a supercharger
- Jon Bentley finds out at what speed is the best to go over a speed bump
- Tom drives the very quick, but rather bland BMW 335i Coupe
- Tiff drives a £170,000 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano in Bolivia on a leg of the Ferrari Panamerican challenge
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Season 10, Episode 8 — Originally aired on November 13th, 20062006-11-13T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Jason finds out if he can find an exciting used car for £9000 and then sell it for a profit
- Tiff drives the Lotus Exige 265E, a bio-ethanol powered car that ends up getting 50 HP more due to it’s fuel
- Tom checks out the new Volvo C30 Sports Coupe
- Exclusive behind the scenes of the car stunts in the next Bond movie, Casino Royale
- Vicki creates an ejector seat scene similar to the one from the Bond movie, Goldfinger
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Season 10, Episode 9 — Originally aired on November 20th, 20062006-11-20T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Tiff, a die hard German fan, tries to look at the Alfa Romeo 159 in a more Italian way
- Tim Lovejoy meets the new Bond star, Daniel Craig to find out more about Casino Royale, the cars in it, and Craig’s previous cars
- Tom drives the new Land Rover Freelander 2, to the most remote school in Britain
- Simon attempts to use the new Citroen C4 Picasso to recreate a famous Picasso painting in the sand
- Vicki takes on champion bike racers Leon Haslam, Jamie Whitham, Jamie Robinson and up and coming twins Alex and Sam Lowes in a Mini-Moto (little motorcycles) race
- Vicki tries waterskiing behing a motorbike
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Season 10, Episode 10 — Originally aired on November 27th, 20062006-11-27T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Jason attempts to sell the car he bought in an earlier episode for a profit
- Jonny Smith sees how fast the vegetable oil powered Mercedes-Benz from a previous episode can go
- Tom drives the new Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe, a hard-top convertible
- Previous winners of the giveaway cars are announced
- Tiff visits visits Mercedes-Benz World, the biggest car dealership in the country, and test drives Mercedes’ newest and most powerful 4×4, the ML 63 AMG
- Tim Lovejoy goes banger racing with comedian Alan Davies
- Vicki drives the new Porsche 911 GT3
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Season 10, Episode 11 — Originally aired on December 4th, 20062006-12-04T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Behind the scenes of the Euro NCAP stars and how their crash tests are done
- Tim checks out the Piaggio MP3, a three wheeled scooter
- Tiff and Jason decide which is best — the new BMW Z4 Coupe or the new Audi TT
- Vicki gets a lesson from Terry Grant on how to drive on two wheels in a car
- Jonny Smith travels to the General Motors test facility in Germany to find out how car manufacturers test airbags by becoming a live test dummy
- Tom tries to pull a Boeing 747 with a stock Volkswagen Touareg, at the Top Gear test track and the plane from Casino Royale incidentally
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Season 10, Episode 12 — Originally aired on December 11th, 20062006-12-11T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Tom drives a 4×4 that is greener than a Mini, the Honda CR-V
- Tim learns from stunt driver Russ Swift how to do the handbrake turn parking stunt
- Tiff uses an Audi S3 to give some tips on taking your own car to a track day
- Jon Bentley talks about how to buy a car wisely when it comes to depreciation
- Jonny enters a 0-60 MPH competition in the UK’s slowest-accelerating car, an 800cc Chevrolet Matiz
- Vicki takes a 15-year-old Daihatsu Charade out on a rally track
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Season 10, Episode 13 — Originally aired on December 18th, 20062006-12-18T20:00:00ZF jS, Y
- Tiff drives the very quick 3 wheeled T-Rex
- Vicki takes Theo Paphitis out to test the £145,000 Mercedes S65 AMG
- The Fifth Gear Idol competition winner is revealed
- The Fifth Gear Awards 2006 where their top picks for best small car, best family car, best fast car, best overall car, and worst celebrity driver of the year
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