Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Jason Barlow drives Citroen’s funky C5, Adrian Simpson delves into the experience of buying used Swedish cars, Tiff Needell drives the prototype Jaguar XKR-R, and Andy Wilman investigates the Shamrock; the Irish-built car, which didn’t catch the spotlight it deserved.
Production code: NBHM201L
Plus, the Top Gear Autobiography focuses on the history of the Range Rover, and Vicki Butler-Henderson gets dreary as she gives her verdict on a metaphorical “box on wheels”, the Kia Sedona 2.9 TDi.
Top Gear Fun Fact: This episode had the first ever appearance of the Jaguar XKR-R concept car on television. And after the XKR-R segment, one frame of the video doesn't have the background used for the "coming up" bit, or even at the end for the "next week" bit.
The 3 seconds before the intro plays, there is a faint countdown beep that could be heard - TGCC V3 has that ;)
As well as that, the Top Gear Infax (which is a document provided by Des & Mick for the previous, released-in-2020 TGCC V2, sourced using the BBC Written Archive for the Programme-as-Complete (PasC) listings), had this episode's segments placed in the wrong order after the third item, resulting in the old restoration of that episode by @gearknobofficial rather incorrect, listing the Top Gear Verdict of the Sedona as the fourth item, the Shamrock item as the fifth item, and the XKR-R track test as the final item.
#topgear #topgearuk #cars #citroen #volvo #saab #landrover #rangerover #jaguar #kia
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:46 Citroen C5 Road Test
06:07 Second Hand Cars: Swedish Cars
10:51 Coming up... (end of part 1)
11:06 Top Gear Autobiography: The Range Rover
13:43 Jaguar XKR-R Track Test
18:43 Still to come... (end of part 2)
18:55 Top Gear Verdict: Kia Sedona 2.9 TDi
21:20 Ireland's Rarest Car
28:02 Outro
Jason Barlow drives Citroen’s funky C5, Adrian Simpson delves into the experience of buying used Swedish cars, Tiff Needell drives the prototype Jaguar XKR-R, and Andy Wilman investigates the Shamrock; the Irish-built car, which didn’t catch the spotlight it deserved.
Production code: NBHM201L
Plus, the Top Gear Autobiography focuses on the history of the Range Rover, and Vicki Butler-Henderson gets dreary as she gives her verdict on a metaphorical “box on wheels”, the Kia Sedona 2.9 TDi.
Top Gear Fun Fact: This episode had the first ever appearance of the Jaguar XKR-R concept car on television. And after the XKR-R segment, one frame of the video doesn't have the background used for the "coming up" bit, or even at the end for the "next week" bit.
The 3 seconds before the intro plays, there is a faint countdown beep that could be heard - TGCC V3 has that ;)
As well as that, the Top Gear Infax (which is a document provided by Des & Mick for the previous, released-in-2020 TGCC V2, sourced using the BBC Written Archive for the Programme-as-Complete (PasC) listings), had this episode's segments placed in the wrong order after the third item, resulting in the old restoration of that episode by @gearknobofficial rather incorrect, listing the Top Gear Verdict of the Sedona as the fourth item, the Shamrock item as the fifth item, and the XKR-R track test as the final item.
#topgear #topgearuk #cars #citroen #volvo #saab #landrover #rangerover #jaguar #kia
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:46 Citroen C5 Road Test
06:07 Second Hand Cars: Swedish Cars
10:51 Coming up... (end of part 1)
11:06 Top Gear Autobiography: The Range Rover
13:43 Jaguar XKR-R Track Test
18:43 Still to come... (end of part 2)
18:55 Top Gear Verdict: Kia Sedona 2.9 TDi
21:20 Ireland's Rarest Car
28:02 Outro
