Tập
Top Gear: Episode 15
Tóm tắt
With two new models on the British market, Lexus is trying to change the ways of top people who prefer a more prestigious badge. Quentin Willson tests Japanese claims to a place in the executive car park.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Top Gear
- Mùa
- Mùa 38
- Tập
- Tập 15
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1997-12-11
Thông tin tập
Episode 15 là tập 15 trong Season 38 của Top Gear. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1997-12-11.
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When the stock market trembles, the effects on the classic-car market are never very far behind. With auction prices falling, there are bargains to be snapped up. Quentin Willson looks at highly desirable models available at knockdown prices.
Tập 16
Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell and Quentin Willson select their favourite cars of 1997. Among the contenders for top car are the Porsche 911, the new Corvette, the Ford Puma and the Land Rover Freelander.
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Tập 12
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Tập 11
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Tập 10
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Tập 9
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Tập 8
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Tập 7
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Tập 6
Jeremy Clarkson takes delivery of the Range Rover Autobiography, the latest gadget-laden luxury off-roader from Land Rover. While he decides on the colour scheme and tries out its satellite navigation system, Michelle Newman investigates the latest four-wheel-drive models from Honda. Toyota and Subaru.
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Tập 4
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