Episode
Top Gear: Episode 8
Overview
Tonight’s show reveals the results of a special customer satisfaction survey — a study into buying, owning and running a car that reveals the very best and worst of different models, including which car registered an amazing 1,800 faults.
Details
- Series
- Top Gear
- Season
- Season 45
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2001-04-12
Episode context
Episode 8 is Episode 8 in Season 45 of Top Gear. It aired on 2001-04-12.
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