World Superbike leader James Toseland gives Tiff Needell a run for his money when they race the CBR 1000RR Honda Fireblade against the brand new Honda Civic Type R.
Jason Plato puts his foot to the floor when he takes the Brabus Rocket, the world's fastest four-door saloon, to the German Autobahn to try and top 200mph.
Tom Ford plays in the amazing new Lexus LS460 - a car so clever it can drive itself down a motorway, automatically steering between the white lines. It's laden with impressive technology, but at £71,000 we came to the conclusion you could do better for less.
They crash a 15 year old Volvo 940 estate, for many people the epitome of a solid and safe family car, into a 3 year old Renault Modus, notable as the first small car to earn a maximum 5 Star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP).
Tim Shaw finds ways of spending less money on fuel. As petrol and diesel prices near £6 a gallon, he softens the blow for some lucky drivers in Bedfordshire by personally refunding them while they fill up on the forecourt. Then Tim gets scientific, testing some of the different ways to make cars more economical.
Jonny Smith tests the new Mercedes C Class. Mercedes reckon this is the safest car in its class and every detail has been designed with military precision - over a period of five years! You can't argue that it certainly has resulted in a few quirky details.
Jason Plato and Tiff Needell go head to head on the track in one of their famous "Dogfights" to find out which car is fastest - the Mitsubishi Evo X FQ300 or the Subaru Impreza WRX STi.
The new smart fortwo is now supposedly more comfortable than ever before and better suited to long journeys. To test whether this is true, Jonny Smith locks himself inside a smart car for 12 hours.
World snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan gets the fright of his life as Vicki Butler-Henderson takes him for some high-speed test drives. Ronnie has asked Fifth Gear to help him spend his snooker winnings on a new car, so Vicki takes him for a spin in the Mitsubishi Evo X, the Mercedes C63 AMG and the BMW M3.
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