The BEST episodes of Top Gear (US)
Every episode of Top Gear (US) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Top Gear (US)!
Featuring super-cars, extreme stunts and challenges, car reviews and celebrity interviews, Top Gear is the home for anyone with a love of cars. The U.S. version will be chock-full of high-adrenaline action entertainment as it tracks the colorful history of the automobile as well as the eccentric adventures of its hosts with Top Gear’s customary wit and humor.
#1 - Desert Trailblazers
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/10/2014
Tanner, Adam and Rutledge meet in the Arizona backcountry with three of the most technologically advanced off road machines available, where they are challenged to find their way to the Grand Canyon like the trailblazers of old - without GPS.
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#2 - Can Cars Float?
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2013
Is it possible to make a vehicle that's as good on land as on the water? Rut, Adam and Tanner build their own and put them through a series of road tests before embarking on a huge water challenge, attempting to cross Lake Ontario from Buffalo to Toronto.
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#3 - American Muscle
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/3/2014
Drag racing runs in America's blood, and now Ford, Chevy and Dodge make production drag cars that anyone can buy and race. Two of the hosts will get the chance to compete in the Gatornationals drag race in these vehicles, but to find out which two, they must compete a series of challenges in "resto-mod" muscle cars designed to see which of them has the skills it takes to race in the big leagues.
#4 - Cool Cars for Grownups
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/8/2014
Is it possible to have a family vehicle without giving up your high horsepower dreams? Tanner, Adam and Rutledge each choose a brand new car and push them to their speed and maneuverability limits to find out which is the best family friendly super car. In the end, the guys take their vehicles to the edge in a race up the legendary Pikes Peak.
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#5 - Need for Speed
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/7/2014
Tanner, Rut and Adam travel to Germany for the ultimate high speed road trip. The tour sees them battling it out to reach top speeds amongst traffic on the legendary no-speed-limit Autobahn and competing to set the fastest time on the famous Nürburgring road course.
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#6 - Weekend Race Cars
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/14/2014
One of the best ways to get into professional auto racing is to start racing with your personal car. But what if you want to try different kinds of racing? Could there be a daily driver that is competitive in many types of races? Tanner, Adam and Rutledge decide to find out when they each pick a competent daily driver then compete in a series of different races.
#7 - Off Road Racing
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/2013
Tanner's favorite motor sport is Rally racing... but how hard is it really? Rut and Adam enroll themselves in a rally school and with the help of professional driver Bucky Lasek, prepare themselves for a race against Tanner. Meanwhile, Tanner takes part in a genuine rally race in a stock Mini Paceman S, before they all meet up for the final race, which doesn't go the way Tanner is expecting.
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#8 - America's Toughest Trucks
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/16/2011
Tanner, Rutledge and Adam set out to answer the question of which is America’s toughest truck, in Americas toughest state, Alaska.
#9 - Police Cars
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2012
It's the battle of the big 3 as the guys compete over which is the best new police car to replace the Crown Vic, in a series of madcap challenges around Detroit, Michigan. The winner gets to race the fastest Police Car in the country -- the Corvette ZO6 -- in an action film style chase through the Long Beach docks as he tries to catch a "perp" riding the ultimate escape vehicle.
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#10 - Cult Classics
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/28/2012
Could you own a classic car and not know it? The guys each get a car that they think is seriously undervalued and set out to rehabilitate its image before creating a live commercial in San Diego and attempting to make money on it. The two losers have to entertain two celebrities in a crazy race in equally crazy vehicles, and it gets out of control fast.
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#11 - Taxis
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/26/2013
Being a taxi driver always ranks among the most challenging jobs in the country, so the guys head to Las Vegas on a quest to create the ultimate taxi, aiming to keep both driver and passengers happy. After getting some experience riding along with real cabbies, they reveal their creations, put them through a series of tests and then hit the Vegas strip to see who can get the most tips. Then we review the newest supercar to come out of the UK--the McLaren MP4-12C, and see how it stacks up against a good old American NASCAR Cup car.
#13 - 80's Power
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/17/2014
Many insurance companies consider a car over 25 years old to be a classic, but can a car from the 1980's really be the kind of investment that a typical classic car can be? Rutledge, Adam and Tanner each choose their favorite 80's car and compete in a series of challenges to see which is the best, and seek final judgment from a mystery 80's celebrity.
#14 - Snow Show
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/24/2014
With massive storms devastating ill equipped parts of America this winter, Tanner, Adam and Rutledge decide to do their civic duty by trying to make a multi-tasking municipal hybrid in the form of a snow-plow school bus. The person whose contribution is deemed the most useful gets to race the Nissan GTR against a competition level snowmobile.
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#15 - Coast to Coast
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2013
Adam, Tanner and Rutledge race from New York City to Los Angeles on an epic 3000 mile road trip, determined to prove that their chosen 'supercar' is best. Adam drives the new SRT Viper, Rut the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Stradale and Tanner, the McLaren 12C Spider.
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#16 - RVs
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/12/2013
RVs are roomy and comfortable, but they're terrible to drive. So to solve this issue, Adam, Tanner and Rutledge design their own RV that has to be not only comfortable but also fun to drive, and take them on a southern road trip. Along the way they compete in a series of wild challenges, culminating at the famous infield of Charlotte Motor Speedway.
#17 - Muscle Cars
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/21/2012
Which is the best modern muscle car? Adam, Rutledge and Tanner fight it out on the way to a high speed attempt at a NASCAR track, and Rutledge takes Tanner into the Utah desert to prove how fast their new mustangs are in a relay race against horses.
#18 - Texas
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/24/2011
Tanner, Rutledge and Adam wrangle, haul and race their way across Texas in a crazy attempt to find an alternative to the pickup. Comedian Adam Ferrara, champion rally and drift racer Tanner Foust and racing analyst Rutledge Wood return for an all-new season of Top Gear.
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#19 - One Tank
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/4/2012
How far can you get on one tank of gas? The guys find out as they race from Portland, Oregon to San Francisco without being able to fill up. Whoever makes it closest gets the chance to drive the toughest off road machine in the world in a high-octane race in the remote Colorado mountains.
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#20 - Continental Divide
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/6/2012
The early pioneers and settlers crossed the Rockies in covered wagons, braving tough weather and harsh terrain. So how would modern day covered wagons cope with the same journey, carrying the same things and having to cross the same rivers and mountains? Rutledge, Adam and Tanner decide to find out, and set out to conquer the Rockies in soccer-mom vans.
#21 - Dangerous Cars
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/28/2012
The hosts each choose a car that has at some point earned the title of "most dangerous car in the country" and try to restore its reputation in a series of crazy challenges ending in a demolition derby. And Rutledge tries to teach Adam that it's possible to drive a car without breaking it by getting him behind the wheel of one of the quickest, most dangerous vehicles around.
#22 - Supercars
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/13/2012
The hosts have each been asked to choose what they think is the perfect high-end convertible by an anonymous celebrity buyer. On the way to meet them, they put the cars through a series of challenges which hint at the celebrity's identity.
#23 - Small Cars
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/21/2012
Small cars work in the rest of the world but will they ever work here? The guys try to answer the question and travel to Louisiana to take them out of their natural home on the narrow city streets of New Orleans and deep into Cajun Country where they have to hunt and survive alongside the locals. Whoever did the worst in their car suffers the humiliation of having to drive the world's smallest car for a day in their home town.
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#24 - Minnesota Ice Driving
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/26/2013
Getting your car ready for winter can cost a lot of cash and the brutal weather can cause serious wear and tear. So the Top Gear hosts set out to solve this issue by finding three cars that cost less than it costs to prepare your car for the snow and ice and put them through a series of tough challenges to find out which is the best winter car.
#25 - American Supercars
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2013
Can American Supercars compete against their better-known European Rivals such as Lamborghini and Ferrari? The hosts they take their favorite American supercars on a road trip from Beverly Hills into the Californian desert for an America versus Europe supercar showdown. The winner gets to put a brand new European muscle car - the $300,000 622 horsepower Mercedes SLS AMG black - to the test.
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