About this season
Getting viewers up to speed on all the latest automotive information, with new car reviews, second hand bargains and industry tidbits being the focus of this magazine show.
Episodes (18)
1. Episode 1
Aired 16 September 2013 • 44 min
The team track test the most powerful diesel, the Range Rover V8. Plus, which of the new Cabrios combine supercar speed and movie-star glamour?
2. Episode 2
Aired 23 September 2013 • 44 min
Jonny 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.
3. Episode 3
Aired 30 September 2013 • 44 min
Jonny 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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 7 October 2013 • 44 min
Tiff 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.
5. Episode 5
Aired 14 October 2013 • 44 min
Vicky 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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 21 October 2013 • 44 min
The 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.
7. Fifth Gear.S23E07
Aired 28 October 2013 • 44 min
The 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?
8. Episode 8
Aired 4 November 2013 • 44 min
It’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.
9. Episode 9
Aired 11 November 2013 • 44 min
Vicky 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.
10. Episode 10
Aired 24 February 2014 • 44 min
Tiff 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.
11. Episode 11
Aired 18 February 2013 • 60 min
Jason travels to Italy to take the Pagani Huayra sports car for a spin.
12. Episode 12
Aired 10 March 2014 • 44 min
Jonny 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.
13. Episode 13
Aired 17 March 2014 • 44 min
Tiff 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.
14. Episode E14
Aired 24 March 2014 • 44 min
Former 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.
15. Episode 15
Aired 18 March 2013 • 44 min
Vicki joins Norwegian rally driver Andreas Mikkelsen for a motoring triathlon.
16. Episode 16
Aired 25 March 2013 • 44 min
Vicki travels to Italy to push the new Ferrari F12berlinetta sports car to the limit.
17. Episode 17
Aired 14 April 2014 • 44 min
Tiff 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.
18. Episode 18
Aired 8 April 2013 • 44 min
German racing legend Sabine Schmitz joins Tiff for a head-to-head battle between the BMW M6 and the Porsche 911.