Jeremy and James attempt to create an advertisement for Volkswagen, without falling out with each other or blowing up some sheep. Richard drives the Holden Maloo and the Vauxhall VR8 Bathurst. Jeremy drives the new 510bhp, 6.0 litre, V12 Aston Martin Vantage, but it makes him rather sad...

Jeremy, James and Richard are each given a budget of £3,000 to buy at auction, a car built before 1982. They then drive to Majorca to take part in a Regularity Time Trial Rally.

A budget of £1,500, a rear-wheel drive coupe and some French ice. Undoubtedly a Top Gear challenge equally as daft as any which have gone before. Jeremy drives the new 500bhp Jaguar XFR.

Jeremy, driving a Mitsubishi EVO 7, which has a 'colourful' former owner, is on the run from the British Army, which undoubtedly want to shoot him with an array of interesting, live ordinance.

Bankers, large dogs and the Police. These are the things Top Gear needs to test sensibly-priced small cars that people can actually afford to buy, without making you turn over to watch Hope Springs.

In what sounds suspiciously like a proper motoring item, Jeremy, James and Richard attempt to find the perfect car for a 17 year-old. This involves looking at insurance, accident repairs and most importantly of all for a 17 year-old: the car parking facilities at a music festival.

An improbable race can only mean one thing: Top Gear is back. This race is from King's Cross station in London, to the bar of the Balmoral hotel in Edinburgh using three different modes of transport. Jeremy will travel on the Peppercorn A1, a modern replica built to the exact specifications of the original Peppercorn A1; James drives the exquisite Jaguar XK120 and Richard rides the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.