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Season 14, Episode 1 — Originally aired on August 11th, 2008
- World snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan asked Fifth Gear to help him choose a new car to spend his winnings on, so Vicki takes him out onto the track in a Mercedes C63 AMG and a BMW M3
- Tiff and Jason put the Mitsubishi Evo X FQ300 and the Subaru Impreza WRX STi head-to-head on the track
- Tom tests Ford’s new SUV, the Kuga, by driving it on snow, road and mud
- Jonny investigates if cars are worth more as scrap than as a functioning car
- Tiff tries out the world’s first underwater car, the Rinspeed Squba, which was inspired by James Bond’s white Lotus Esprit in “The Spy Who Loved Me”
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Season 14, Episode 2 — Originally aired on August 18th, 2008
- Shootout: Tiff puts the latest Mazda RX-8 against the Nissan 350Z
- Tim investigates why it can cost up to £200 just to change a headlight bulb on a Renault Mégane
- Vicki spends a day with Lewis Hamilton at the Brooklands Motoring Festival
- Jonny sees what kinda car you can get if you swore off drinking alcohol for 3 years and saved the money up instead
- Jason goes powersliding in the new Porsche 911 GT2
- Tom drives the new Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG
- Tom crash tests a second-hand convertible in a rollover crash
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Season 14, Episode 3 — Originally aired on August 25th, 2008
- Shootout: Jason puts two powerful wagons head-to-head, the Volkswagen Passat R36 and the Audi A4 3.0 TDI
- Vicki investigates how Kia’s new hatchback, the Pro Ceed, stacks up against the popular Volkswagen Golf
- Jonny heads to the Ulitmate Street Car Show to judge the customized car entries
- Tiff takes on Formula One driver Jarno Trulli in a competition to see who can get best fuel economy out of a Toyota Prius
- Tim sees if he can match the 0-62 MPH times claimed by car manufacturers
- Tom drives to Ireland in the new Honda Accord Tourer to deliver parts for the Honda motorcycle team
- Jonny sees what kinda luxury car you can get for £1,000
- Tiff heads to the Belle Vue Speedway (a dirt track) to race world champion Jason Crump in motorcycle versus car races
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Season 14, Episode 4 — Originally aired on September 1st, 2008
- Shootout: Jason pits the Honda Civic Mugen RR, imported from Japan, against the Honda S2000
- Tim shows some loopholes in the new 2009 UK car tax code
- Jonny sees if the new Volkswagen Passat CC can match the Mercedes-Benz CLS 500 in terms of refinement
- Tom drives the new seemingly-pointless BMW X6
- Jonny examines the new Citroen Berlingo Multispace’s practicality by turning it an ice cream van at an amusement park
- Vicki heads to the Goodwood Festival of Speed to race the electric Tesla Roadster and the Breckland Beira
- Tiff in the crazy looking KTM X-Bow
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Season 14, Episode 5 — Originally aired on September 8th, 2008
- Tiff and Jason put the BMW M3 and the Lexus ISF head-to-head to see which is faster and more exciting with some help from some girls
- Tom sees if the new Subaru Forester is as good as the Land Rover Freelander 2, the benchmark in small SUVs
- Bruno Senna, nephew of F1 driver Ayrton Senna, is a special guest presenter this week and compares the Porsche 911 Turbo to the Nissan GT-R on the track
- Vicki participates in the Subaru convoy in tribute to the late Colin McRae
- Tom drives the Dodge Challenger SRT-8
- Shootout: Vicki in the Vauxhall Astra Nurburgring and the Ford Focus ST
- Jason teaches John Prescott to drive a race spec Jaguar XKR
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Season 14, Episode 6 — Originally aired on September 15th, 2008
- Tom drives the new Volkswagen Scirocco around Wales
- Jonny compares the Hyundai i800 to the Chrysler Grand Voyager
- Tim investigates people who call up car sellers offering to help sell their car for a fee
- Jason teaches Moto GP star James Toseland to drift in the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage
- Jonny finds out if new Jeep Wrangler is better or worse than a Willys Jeep from World War II
- Shootout: Vicki in the brand new Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder and a last-generation Porsche 911 Carrera 2
- Tiff attempts to set an alternative-powered quarter mile record in a Lotus Exige 270E TriFuel
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Season 14, Episode 7 — Originally aired on September 22nd, 2008
- Jonny updates a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk2 to more modern standards
- Tim compares how different prices tires affect stopping distances
- Tom drives the new Mk7 Ford Fiesta
- Simon Pavey puts Tiff and Vicki through a series offroad motorcycle challenges
- Jonny helps Light Welterweight boxer Ricky Hatton restore his Reliant Robin van used in the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses
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Season 14, Episode 8 — Originally aired on September 29th, 2008
- Vicki tests the new Honda Jazz by using it as a support vehicle for The Tour of Britain, one of the United Kingdom’s biggest cycling events
- Tim finds out if he can service a modern car instead of paying to have a dealership do it
- Tom compares Renault’s new Laguna GT sporting four wheel steering to the Ford Mondeo
- Tiff and Jason race head-to-head in seriously quick go-karts
- Tom checks out the Fiat Grande Punto Abarth, a little hot hatch
- Jonny with help from Dirk “Face” Benedict of the A-Team compare a brand new Mercedes-Benz S-Class to a second hand one
- Jason sees if the top pilot of the Blue Eagles helicopter aerobatics squad is as good in a car as he is in his Lynx helicopter
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