Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Vicki Butler-Henderson covers the fall and rise of Skoda, the car manufacturer from the Czech Republic that was revitalized back to life by Volkswagen, Jason Barlow reports on disposable cars and the car dumping epidemic, and Adrian Simpson looks at the pleasures and pitfalls of buying a car in left-hand drive in the UK.
Production code: NBHM202F
Plus, Tiff Needell gives the Top Gear Verdict on the Daihatsu YRV, and drives the new Mercedes C-Class Coupé. The Top Gear Autobiography focuses on the history of the A1.
Top Gear Fun Fact: The "Frenchman" in the C-Class coupé road test was Top Gear's series director, Ewan Keil. Ewan, unlike the other Top Gear production members (such as Kulvinder Chudge, Benedict Peissel or most importantly, Richard Pearson), did NOT move to Fifth Gear after producing the final "old Top Gear" remnant being the 2002 Motor Show coverage on the 27th October 2002, which starred Jason Barlow, Dominic Littlewood, and Suzi Perry.
Comic Relief Competition Winner: Rosemary Hills, from Herefordshire
Great thanks to @assortedvideos4899 for the episode.
#topgear #topgearuk #cars #daihatsu #skoda #bmw #audi #mercedes #mercedesbenz
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Disposable Cars & the Car Dumping Epidemic
06:34 Top Gear Verdict: Daihatsu YRV
09:11 Still to come... (end of part 1)
09:27 The Fall and Rise of Skoda
16:17 Second Hand Cars: Left-hand Drive Cars
20:21 Still to come... (end of part 2)
20:33 Top Gear Autobiography: The A1; "The Great North Road"
22:59 Mercedes C-Class Coupé Road Test
28:19 Outro
Vicki Butler-Henderson covers the fall and rise of Skoda, the car manufacturer from the Czech Republic that was revitalized back to life by Volkswagen, Jason Barlow reports on disposable cars and the car dumping epidemic, and Adrian Simpson looks at the pleasures and pitfalls of buying a car in left-hand drive in the UK.
Production code: NBHM202F
Plus, Tiff Needell gives the Top Gear Verdict on the Daihatsu YRV, and drives the new Mercedes C-Class Coupé. The Top Gear Autobiography focuses on the history of the A1.
Top Gear Fun Fact: The "Frenchman" in the C-Class coupé road test was Top Gear's series director, Ewan Keil. Ewan, unlike the other Top Gear production members (such as Kulvinder Chudge, Benedict Peissel or most importantly, Richard Pearson), did NOT move to Fifth Gear after producing the final "old Top Gear" remnant being the 2002 Motor Show coverage on the 27th October 2002, which starred Jason Barlow, Dominic Littlewood, and Suzi Perry.
Comic Relief Competition Winner: Rosemary Hills, from Herefordshire
Great thanks to @assortedvideos4899 for the episode.
#topgear #topgearuk #cars #daihatsu #skoda #bmw #audi #mercedes #mercedesbenz
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Disposable Cars & the Car Dumping Epidemic
06:34 Top Gear Verdict: Daihatsu YRV
09:11 Still to come... (end of part 1)
09:27 The Fall and Rise of Skoda
16:17 Second Hand Cars: Left-hand Drive Cars
20:21 Still to come... (end of part 2)
20:33 Top Gear Autobiography: The A1; "The Great North Road"
22:59 Mercedes C-Class Coupé Road Test
28:19 Outro
