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A look back to some of the best moments from the last seven series. Highlights include a look at some of the show's best challenges, including the difficulties faced in finding a second-hand Italian, Mid-Engined Supercar, the Range Rover Sport vs. Challenger 2 Tank duel, and the Renault Clio's race
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Top Gear does the Winter Olympics from the former venue at Lillehammer, Norway. Clarkson and May get to work with three car-based events - cross-country racing, speed skating, and off-road slalom. Meanwhile, the Bobsleigh challenge from the fifth series is revisited, and theres a survival challenge
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After the series concluded, it was followed by a "Winter Olympics" special, featuring the presenters doing their own version of sporting events with cars, which aired on 12 February 2006, and a compilation series titled "Best of Top Gear" aired that same year between 13 March and 4 April, looking
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A look back to some of the best moments from the last seven series. Highlights include best moments from past special guests, getting a Transit Van around the Nurburgring, the supercar shootout between the Aston Martin Vanquish S and the Ferrari 575M, and the Audi RS4's race against the Speed
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A look back to some of the best moments from the last seven series. Highlights include the Heathrow To Oslo Race between the presenters, and the reviews of the Ford Focus ST, the Volkswagen Golf R32, and the BMW
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A look back to some of the best moments from the last seven series. Highlights include some of the best British moments from the show, including the review of the Ascari KZ1, and the laps in the Liana by
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The presenters embark in another car vs. transport race, seeing which can get a truffle from Northern Italy to a restaurant in London - Clarkson in the
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during 2005, consisting of six episodes between 13 October and 27 December. This series' highlights included a race involving the
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A look back to some of the best moments from the last seven series. Highlights include the best moments with supercars driven on
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between Hammond and a car in Arctic temperatures. Finally, the presenters conduct "Car Ice Hockey", and getting a
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by replacing the first name of the presenters and production crew members with those of the group's members.
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on 25th November 2005, this episodes news segment was made into a video montage tribute for Burns.
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on the Test Track, while there's a look at the results of the Top Gear survey for 2005. Finally,
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Clarkson attempts to recreate a lap time from a video game, using the same car – the
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cars made from real cars, and there's a brief look back to the history of
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Course, and the 2005 Top Gear Awards are announced, Finally, comedian
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to compare a new set of sports coupes to see which the best – the
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Old generation vs. New generation car culture • Lap times from a
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injures the Liana as he tries to set a time on the test track.
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in France. Meanwhile, Hammond and May try out some life-size
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makes a lap in the Liana and breaks a wheel in the process.
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The presenters go on a road trip across France to see the
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Best Moments from Last Seven Series – Part 2 • Tour of
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Index

Jeremy Clarkson
Richard Hammond
James May
The Stig
BBC Two
Series 6
Series 8
List of episodes
Top Gear
factual television
BBC Two
Bugatti Veyron
List of Top Gear (2002 TV series) episodes
Ascari KZ1
Aston Martin V8 Vantage
BMW M6
Porsche 911 Carrera S
Isle of Man
Trevor Eve
Isle of Man
Aston Martin V8 Vantage
BMW M6
Porsche 911 Carrera S
Ascari KZ1
Trevor Eve
Porsche Cayman S
Audi RS4
British racing green
Ian Wright
Porsche Cayman S

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