The BEST episodes of Top Gear
Every episode of Top Gear ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Gear!
Tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. Travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. Celebrity guests appear on some episodes to help test the vehicles. Things don't always go as planned, though, with broken bones and mechanical mishaps sometimes part of the experiments.
#1 - Bolivia Special
Season 14 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/27/2009
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May attempt to drive from the heart of Bolivia to the coast of Chile in three 4x4s bought from the local small ads.
#2 - Episode 8
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/28/2008
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May go to Vietnam and are told to travel the length of the country in eight days - a task the US military failed to do in ten years.
#3 - Winter Olympics Special
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/2006
The team hit Norway for a Winter Olympics special in which they attempt Olympic events, but with cars. The team fire a rocket-powered Mini off a ski jump.
#4 - Episode 5
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/25/2010
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz set lap times, Richard races Swedish snowmobilers and James May attempts to break his personal speed record in a Bugatti Veyron.
#5 - Burma Special (2)
Season 21 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/16/2014
Jeremy, Richard and James head for the volatile Shan state and towards their final challenge - to build a bridge over the River Kwai.
#6 - Episode 6
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/2007
This week they build their own stretch limos out of the most improbable cars.
#9 - Episode 9
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2007
Jeremy, Richard and James enter a 24-hour endurance race in what turns out to be one of their toughest challenges to date. James tries the new Fiat 500 on the mean streets of Budapest, and the Ferrari 430 Scuderia hammers around the test track.
#10 - Episode 5
Season 21 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2014
Richard Hammond is in Abu Dhabi to drive a new hybrid sports car from Porsche. Jeremy Clarkson judges a hot hatchback showdown between a Volkswagen Golf GTI and the BMW M135i.
#11 - Episode 1
Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/2009
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head to Romania in search of a fabled stretch of road. Eric Bana is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
#12 - Africa Special (2)
Season 19 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2013
Having survived insane traffic, lethal mudslides and dubious map reading, the trio reach the climax of their quest to find the definitive source of the Nile.
#13 - Episode 3
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/21/2006
The team attempt to build a truly amphibious car that works as well on water as it is does on land.
#14 - Africa Special (1)
Season 19 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2013
In the first of a two-part Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in Africa with a simple mission - to find the definitive source of the Nile.
#15 - Burma Special (1)
Season 21 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2014
This special edition of the motoring show sees Jeremy, Richard and James drive across Burma in three suspect lorries, on a mission to build a bridge over the River Kwai.
#16 - Episode 7
Season 18 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/2012
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to discover if you can go motor racing for less than it costs to play golf. Slash and F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen are guests.
#17 - Episode 2
Season 21 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/9/2014
A jam-packed show featuring Italian sports cars, military manoeuvres and a trip to Belgium. Actor Tom Hiddleston is out on the track as the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
#18 - Episode 5
Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/28/2013
Jeremy Clarkson and James May investigate an increasingly popular type of tall hatchback often referred to as a 'crossover'.
#19 - Episode 1
Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/29/2012
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head to Italy for a supercar shootout featuring the Lamborghini Aventador, the McLaren MP4-12C and the Noble M600.
#20 - Episode 4
Season 21 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/2014
Jeremy Clarkson celebrates the return of the handcrafted, coach-built car with a trip to Italy to drive the Alfa Romeo-based Touring Disco Volante.
#21 - Episode 8
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2007
Motoring magazine show with James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson. Includes interviews with Lewis Hamilton and James Blunt, and a BMW that can drive itself.
#22 - Episode 6
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/27/2008
In the last show of the current series, Jeremy, Richard and James take on their rivals from the German equivalent of Top Gear, James drives some Japanese sportsmen in a very strange Japanese car, and Richard attacks the track in a remarkable new supercar from Gumpert.
#23 - Episode 1
Season 17 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/26/2011
Jeremy Clarkson celebrates the 50th birthday of the Jaguar E-type by driving a modern half-a-million pound interpretation of this classic sports car.
#24 - Episode 4
Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/2013
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bring relief to flood-stricken areas of Britain by building a car that can turn into a hovercraft.
#25 - Episode 4
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/2007
Jeremy tries out a Porsche 911 Turbo, and Richard and James try to build a space shuttle out of a Reliant Robin.