Season 23
Episodes • 2013

1. Episode 1
44 minThe team track test the most powerful diesel, the Range Rover V8. Plus, which of the new Cabrios combine supercar speed and movie-star glamour?
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2. Episode 2
44 minJonny is in Spain to test the Jaguar F-type, the spiritual successor to a motoring legend. Jason turns car-doctor for the day, trying to bring a tired engine back to full health.
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3. Episode 3
44 minJonny is given unprecedented access to the secret world of 21st century crash-testing before staging a spectacular van vs. car head on smash to reveal which vehicle is safest.
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4. Episode 4
44 minTiff Needell is in Los Angeles to look into the new trend of restomodding. Jason takes on Brazilian ace-race Bruno Senna in the new Aston Martin Vanquish.
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5. Episode 5
44 minVicky is in the Netherlands to test-drive the countries latest home-grown supercar, the Donkervoort D8 GTO. The team tests the brand-new Jaguar XF Sportbrake.
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6. Episode 6
44 minThe team is joined by German racer “Queen of the Nürburgring” Sabine Schmitz to test-drive road legal extreme-machines, including the Caterham 7 Supersport R.
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7. Fifth Gear.S23E07
44 minThe team is celebrating Aston Martin’s 100th anniversary. What is it really like to be behind the wheel of James Bond’s very own Aston Martin DB5?
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8. Episode 8
44 minIt’s Jonny vs. Swedish touring car champion Frederik Ekblom. Jonny is driving the champion’s Volvo race car while Frederik drives its road car cousin, the Volvo S60 polestar.
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9. Episode 9
44 minVicky is at the Nürburgring Grand Prix track in Germany, joining the crews of double European champion Jochen Hahn and former British Truck Racing Champion Dave Jenkins.
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10. Episode 10
44 minTiff and Jason are joined by Bruno Senna for the fastest track test ever conducted on the show, between the new Porsche 911 Turbo, Nissan GTR and the brutal Noble M600.
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11. Episode 11
60 minJason travels to Italy to take the Pagani Huayra sports car for a spin.
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12. Episode 12
44 minJonny heads to the mecca of driving: the Indianapolis 500. Tiff takes on an Aston Martin in Mercs's new explosive hot hatch. Meanwhile Vicky visits a state of the art laboratory to see why it’s important to change a car’s engine oil.
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13. Episode 13
44 minTiff and Jason find out who makes autobahn best storming executive express. Jonny conducts a jumbo-sized test of the brand new Range Rover Sport. Meanwhile, the team find out if the new Seat Leon is the best sporty hatchback you can currently buy.
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14. Episode E14
44 minFormer marine sniper Aldo Kane teaches Vicky the techniques of special forces driving. Then Jonny checks out a modified home version of a Capri that will challenge a Nissan GTR.
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15. Episode 15
44 minVicki joins Norwegian rally driver Andreas Mikkelsen for a motoring triathlon.
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16. Episode 16
44 minVicki travels to Italy to push the new Ferrari F12berlinetta sports car to the limit.
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17. Episode 17
44 minTiff and Jason take the new vs old Golf challenge, there’s a drag race between the Mercedes E55 AMG and the Mercedes E250 CDI, and the Audi Quattro is pitted against the Audi A5.
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18. Episode 18
44 minGerman racing legend Sabine Schmitz joins Tiff for a head-to-head battle between the BMW M6 and the Porsche 911.
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