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In September that year, the trio entered the Britcar 24 Hour Race at Silverstone in a race-prepared BMW 330D. With four months off in order to facilitate Hammond's further recovery, as he was still suffering from its effects at the time, the series entered production in July 2007, with the Botswana Special being the first episode to be filmed. With the Summer 2007 series skipped out as a direct result of Hammond's Vampire Dragster Crash from the year prior offsetting production even a year later, the decision was made to move Series 10 back by half a year. James drives the new Jaguar XF while Richard attempts to see if the G-Wiz is any good as a remote control car. The presenters head to Spain to see which small German Performance Saloon is best with help from the Stig. Meanwhile James races the new Fiat 500 against some Bikers. They burn this and race in the Britcar 24hr race at Silverstone. Lewis Hamilton (Liana), James Blunt (Lacetti)įollowing the tractor challenge, thanks to James, the presenters discover they ended up with bio-diesel. Also Richard sees how tough it is to drive an F1 car at Silverstone. Jeremy and James try to find the first car which had the control layout that is familiar to modern cars, before Jeremy has a go in a computer controlled BMW.

The presenters attempt to prove that British Leyland made a good car buy buying one with their own money and then set a number of challenges to claw some of their money back.

Jeremy compares the new BMW M5 Touring to the Mercedes E63 AMG Estate and Richard has a race at Essex Raceway to see if Motorhome Racing would catch on. James races the new Alfa Romeo 159 against a man across a lake without attempting to swear. Richard also races an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster against a Jet Propelled Roller Skater. The presenters see what is the fastest method of travel by racing across London - James defending the honour of the car with the Mercedes GL500, Jeremy using water with a Cougar Speedboat, Richard using a bike and the Stig using public transport. James drives the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, Jeremy has a go in the world's smallest car the Peel P50 and Richard races a Bugatti Veyron against a Eurofighter Typhoon.įerrari 599 GTB, Ferrari 275 GTS (Jeremy)

The presenters have another go at rebuilding Amphibious cars and attempt to cross the English Channel.Īudi R8 (Jeremy) vs Porsche 911 Carrera S (Richard) The presenters head through continental Europe to find the best driving road in the world in a selection of Lightweight Supercars.