Top Gear (series 7)
| Top Gear (series 7) | |
|---|---|
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 13 November 2005 – 12 February 2006 |
| Series chronology | |
The seventh series of Top Gear was aired during 2005 and consisted of 6 episodes, beginning on 13 November and concluding on 27 December. The series contained six specials that were aired in 2006, with the first being a Winter Olympics special that aired on 12 February, in which the presenters did their own version with cars, and was filmed in Lillehammer, Norway. The remaining five were all "Best Of Top Gear" specials that aired throughout March and the beginning of April, charting some of the best moments from the past seven series of the show; four of these were themed around Supercars, Special Guests, British Motoring and Challenges.
The presenters travel back to the Isle of Man to compare a new set of cars - the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, the BMW M6, and the Porsche 911 Carrera S. Meanwhile, Hammond takes a look at the Ascari KZ1, a British supercar that can be found around the £235,000 bracket, while there's a look at the "How reliable is your car?" poll, and Trevor Eve makes a lap in the Liana and breaks a wheel in the process.
Top Gear hosts its own version of the Winter Olympics in the former venue at Lillehammer, Norway. First up, Clarkson is in an Volvo XC90 in a "Biathlon", competing against May in a Audi Q7, as they endure a cross-country course complete with 2 shooting rounds, before Clarkson tries to see if he can beat a human skater in the "Speed Skating" event, in a Jaguar XK. The pair then compete against each off in the "Off-Road Slalom" event, in a battle between a four-wheel drive Land Rover Discovery and a two-wheel drive Jaguar XK against the clock, on just about five inches of frozen lake. Meanwhile, there's a look back to the Bobsleigh challenge from Series 5, before Hammond subjects himself and a Citroën C1 to Arctic temperatures to see which will give out first. Returning from Daytime Television, Hammond competes against May in a game of "Car Ice Hockey" with several Suzuki Swifts, before assisting his colleagues in seeing if a Mini can jump further than a skier from a downhill slope.
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