Fifth Gear

Tiff Needell takes two coupes onto the Fifth Gear track, the Mazda RX8 and Nissan 350Z; Vicki Butler-Henderson spends a day with Formula One star Lewis Hamilton; Tom Ford is the lucky man behind the wheel of the facelifted Mercedes SL63 AMG.

Jason Plato races two estates head to head; Vicki Butler-Henderson pits the new Pro-Ceed against the VW Golf; Jonny Smith picks up an amazing luxury car for £1000 or less; Tiff Needell runs the most exciting car vs. bike race to date.

Jason Plato pitches a lunatic Honda Civic Mugen RR imported from Japan against a Honda S2000 sports car from the UK; Jonny Smith tests the VW Passat CC v Mercedes CLS; Tiff Needell takes to the track to test the brand new KTM X-Bow.

Tiff and Jason race two V8 mega-saloons. Tom has the only television test of the Dodge Challenger.

Tim Shaw tests whether manufacturers' claimed 0-62mph acceleration times are actually true or not; Vicki Butler-Henderson heads out to the track in two Porsches.

Tom Ford tests the brand new Ford Fiesta; Vicki Butler-Henderson and Tiff Needell challenge each other on two wheels; Jonny shows us three great cars we could all suddenly afford to buy if we were to all stop drinking.

Tim Shaw tackles the horrible subject of car tax. Jason Plato meets Moto GP star James Toseland in another feature where Fifth Gear makes a sports stars dream come true. Tom Ford demonstrates the potential safety issues of convertibles.

Tiff Needell and Jason Plato race two V8 mega-saloons; Tom Ford has the only television test of the charismatic Dodge Challenger; Vicki Butler-Henderson finds out which car is quickest between the Vauxhall Astra Nürburgring and Ford Focus ST.