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Season 13, Episode 1 — Originally aired on January 21st, 2008
- Shootout: Vicki puts the Lotus Exige S against the Caterham CSR at Anglesey
- Tom heads to an auction of Bernie Ecclestone’s, the president and CEO of Formula One, car collection
- Jonny takes a Citroën C-Crosser and a Citroën 2CV to a field to see how the two fair offroad
- Tiff takes Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series to Silverstone
- Tiff teaches TV chef Heston Blumenthal how to powerslide his BMW M5
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Season 13, Episode 2 — Originally aired on January 28th, 2008
- Shootout: Renault Clio 197 R27 versus Rage Buggy R180RT
- Tom tests the all new Toyota Landcruiser
- Jonny drives the new lightweight Mazda 2
- Tiff and Jason put the BMW M3 and the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG head-to-head
- Vicki learns how a Hollywood-style car barrel roll is done
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Season 13, Episode 3 — Originally aired on February 4th, 2008
- Shootout: an eighteen year old Lotus Carlton versus it’s modern day equivalent, the Vauxhall VXR8
- Tom and Jonny enter a 100 year old gruelling 24 hour off-road driving event called the Exeter Trial in an old Volkswagen Beetle
- Tiff tests the all-new Audi A3 Cabriolet to see if it can change his opinion of convertibles
- Children under the age of 3 can travel in the back of a taxi with no child seat, so Fifth Gear crashes a taxi to find out just how unsafe this practice really is
- The new Maserati GranTurismo is coming to the UK, so Jason takes it out for a spin
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Season 13, Episode 4 — Originally aired on February 11th, 2008
- Shootout: fast van shootout with the Volkswagen Transporter Sportline against the Mercedes Vito X
- Fifth Gear checks out London’s most exclusive supercar rental club, the Segrave Clubparks, and parks three of their cars — a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, a McLaren Mercedes SLR, and a Porsche Carrera GT — on the street for 10 minutes each to see which turns the most heads
- Jonny takes a BMW 635d, the world’s first diesel grand tourer, to Poland in search of cheap diesel
- Tom goes offroading in a Unimog U500
- Tiff tests James Bond’s latest car, the Aston Martin DBS
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Season 13, Episode 5 — Originally aired on February 18th, 2008
- Shootout: Renault Twingo GT versus Fiat Panda 100HP, two entry-level hot hatches
- Travis Pastrana talks about his experiences in Freestyle Motocross and rally racing
- Tom tests the Land Rover Freelander and Nissan X-Trail at the Kinnaird estate in Perthshire, Scotland.
- Jonny goes looking for the ultimate first car for under £2400, the average spent on such a car
- Tiff and Jason put the Porsche Cayman and BMW 135i Coupe head-to-head
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Season 13, Episode 6 — Originally aired on February 25th, 2008
- Shootout: Mini One versus Fiat 500
- Volkswagen camper van comparison: Tom and Jonny test the retro Danbury Rio against the modern Volkswagen California
- Jason on the track in the new Nissan GT-R
- Tom finds out what happens when a 5 star crash rating car crashes into a tree
- Tiff in Audi’s most powerful production car, the Audi RS6 Avant, a station wagon
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Season 13, Episode 7 — Originally aired on March 3rd, 2008
- Shootout: Ford Fiesta ST versus Vauxhall Corsa SRi
- Jason goes offroading with England rugby captain, Phil Vickery
- Vicki compares the new electric powered Smart ED to it’s gasoline powered counterpart, the Smart FourTwo
- Tom Ford heads up to the Arctic Circle for some extreme testing of the new Volvo XC70
- Tiff takes the all new the Lexus IS F out onto a track
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Season 13, Episode 8 — Originally aired on March 10th, 2008
- Shootout: Porsche Cayenne GTS versus BMW X5 SE
- Jason takes British downhill skier Chemmy Alcott offroading in a Group N rally car
- Tom Ford drives the new Citroën C5 in Lisbon
- Tiff and Jonny go behind the scenes of the 50th NASCAR Daytona 500
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Season 13, Episode 9 — Originally aired on March 17th, 2008
- Shootout: Volkswagen Golf GTi versus Subaru Impreza WRX
- Jonny tries to find some sexy coupes for less than £1500
- Vicki pushes Bentley’s fastest ever production car, the 200 mph Continental GT Speed, to the limit
- Tiff drives a NASCAR race car around a track
- Tom Ford tests Jaguar’s make or break executive saloon, the XF
- Jason finds out if the Lotus Elise SC, the first model to be fitted with a supercharger, is the best version ever
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Season 13, Episode 10 — Originally aired on March 24th, 2008
- Shootout: Ford Focus RS versus Ford Escort Cosworth
- Tiff sideways in the brand new Subaru WRX STi
- Jonny heads to the Geneva Motor Show
- Tom joins a Welsh mountain rescue team for the day to put the Hummer H3 through its paces
- Tiff and Jason pit the Mini Cooper S Works and the Renault Clio Cup against each other to find out which is best
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