Top Gear (series 20)
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 30 June – 4 August 2013 |
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The twentieth series of Top Gear aired during 2013 on BBC Two and consisted of six episodes, beginning on 30 June and concluding on 4 August. This series saw the Vauxhall Astra Tech Line replace the Kia Cee'd as the show's reasonably priced car.
The trio head for Spain for a road trip, to see which of the new "budget convertibles" is the best - Clarkson reckons it's the McLaren MP4-12C Spider, Hammond believes it's the Ferrari 458 Spider, and May attempts to show it's the Audi R8 V10 Spyder. On their road trip across the country, the trio see how inconspicuous their cars can be when driving through the marina area of Puerto Banús, conduct a noise test near some abandoned, newly built flats, drive up a curving road in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, use the runway of the disused Ciudad Real Central Airport for a top speed test and a "start with the top down and finish with the top up" drag race, before squatting in an unoccupied house to discuss their cars. To end the trip, the trio convert the streets of a huge abandoned housing project in Madrid into a street circuit of their own design, and see if they can beat a benchmark time set by The Stig in a Jaguar XKR-S convertible. Elsewhere, Benedict Cumberbatch talks about his performance in the BBC's Sherlock before seeing how he fared in the new reasonably priced car.
With the First Generation Range Rover Sport discontinued, Hammond tests out the Second Generation Range Rover Sport to see if it's worthy to bear the "Sport" name, while May sees if the New Routemaster bus can be as good to use as a car by driving one around Somerset to weigh the pros and cons of owning one, Clarkson takes a look at the Jaguar F-Type, and F1 Driver Mark Webber talks about England's win in the 2013 Ashes series, two moments in racing when he flipped his car, and his departure from F1 racing, before seeing how fast he is this time in the Liana. For a series finale, the boys end the show by finding out just how much of a contribution Britain has made to motoring, and discovering how many car plants operate in the country. They see the immense work done by Rolls-Royce, the many cars and parts that the country has made, how much it has contributed to motor research and motorsport, the number of F1 teams that reside in the country, and how many nations in the world use British-made heavy equipment it makes for military and commercial use, before inviting the many manufacturers of motorised vehicles in Britain to bring what they make to a special meet on The Mall in London.
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