Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode, Jason Barlow drives BMW's well-awaited Mini Cooper, Tiff Needell drives the Rover 75 Estate (75 Tourer to be exact), and Vicki Butler-Henderson finds out what it's like to be a track marshal for a day.
Production code: NBHQ008K
Vicki also drives the Fiat 600 and Punto Abarth to see how Fiat has brought Abarth up-to-date, and the Top Gear Verdict gives the spotlight on the Hyundai Elantra.
Top Gear Fun Fact: This episode is just one of the few Series 44/45 episodes that were badly edited in post production, which could be seen by the delayed "still to come" ident, the sudden cut-in to the marshal segment and the ending being rather poorly edited together. Not to mention the VT clock for it was glitchy.
This is the restored version by Lanxtot, from start to finish, which includes new stereo audio for the episode provided by @cysjunkarchive from an alternate BBC2 recording, in combination with the extra footage that wasn't available on @assortedvideos4899's copy.
#topgear #topgearuk #cars #mini #minicooper #rover #ford #bmw #fiat #abarth #hyundai
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Mini Cooper Road Test
08:12 Still to come... (end of part 1)
08:29 Rover 75 Tourer Road Test
14:51 The Return of Abarth
19:38 Coming up... (end of part 2)
19:52 Top Gear Verdict: Hyundai Elantra CDX
23:19 Vicki does Marshall Training
28:36 Outro
In this episode, Jason Barlow drives BMW's well-awaited Mini Cooper, Tiff Needell drives the Rover 75 Estate (75 Tourer to be exact), and Vicki Butler-Henderson finds out what it's like to be a track marshal for a day.
Production code: NBHQ008K
Vicki also drives the Fiat 600 and Punto Abarth to see how Fiat has brought Abarth up-to-date, and the Top Gear Verdict gives the spotlight on the Hyundai Elantra.
Top Gear Fun Fact: This episode is just one of the few Series 44/45 episodes that were badly edited in post production, which could be seen by the delayed "still to come" ident, the sudden cut-in to the marshal segment and the ending being rather poorly edited together. Not to mention the VT clock for it was glitchy.
This is the restored version by Lanxtot, from start to finish, which includes new stereo audio for the episode provided by @cysjunkarchive from an alternate BBC2 recording, in combination with the extra footage that wasn't available on @assortedvideos4899's copy.
#topgear #topgearuk #cars #mini #minicooper #rover #ford #bmw #fiat #abarth #hyundai
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Mini Cooper Road Test
08:12 Still to come... (end of part 1)
08:29 Rover 75 Tourer Road Test
14:51 The Return of Abarth
19:38 Coming up... (end of part 2)
19:52 Top Gear Verdict: Hyundai Elantra CDX
23:19 Vicki does Marshall Training
28:36 Outro
