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The challenge included driving from London to Brighton, fuel economy, using the car in a lonely-hearts column, lap time, selling the car, and using the change from the £1,500 to modify the cars for judging by the Porsche Owners' Club. Clarkson won the challenge (despite bringing the most unreliable of the three cars) when he earned more by ...
1:43.0 – Porsche 944 (May's car in the '£1500 Porsche' Challenge.) 1:44.0 – Porsche 924 (Hammond's car in '£1500 Porsche' Challenge, time not stated, but they did say it was slower than May's 944. Hammond's score on the board stated he scored -9 points in the challenge, meaning he finished 9 seconds over the target time of 1:35.0.)
Clarkson, Hammond and May prove that front-wheel drive are no good by buying three second-hand rear-wheel drive cars on a budget of £1,500 - Clarkson uses a Porsche 944 S2, Hammond drives a Nissan 300ZX, while May buys the Ford Capri 2.8L.
The list does not include shorter spin-off episodes produced for charity (Top Gear of the Pops, produced for Red Nose Day; Top Ground Gear Force and Stars in Fast Cars, produced for Sport Relief; and an Ashes to Ashes parody and Children in Need does Star in a Reasonably Priced Car for Children in Need), 'Best of' special episodes, and some ...
Following the Porsche cheap car challenge, the presenters each buy a two-door coupé for less than £1,500 that isn't a Porsche - a Jaguar XJ-S, a BMW 635CSi, and a Mitsubishi Starion - and then put then through a series of tests, including a race on a grass circuit.
Series 5 of Top Gear, a British motoring magazine and factual television programme, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two during 2004, consisting of nine episodes between 24 October and 26 December; [1] a compilation episode, titled "Best of Top Gear", was aired on 2 January 2005, and charted the best moments from Series 4 and 5. [2]
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Top Gear: US Special is a full-length, special edition episode for BBC motoring programme Top Gear, and was first broadcast on BBC Two on 11 February 2007, as part of the 3rd episode of Series 9, with the special repeated in an edited version for UKTV channel Dave.