Top Gear - Season 20 - Episode 2

1988-10-06? min⭐ 7.872/10

Forty years to the day after the first post-war British Grand Prix was held there, William Woollard visits a much developed Silverstone circuit for the final round of the Formula 3 Championship. To complete his reports on the various training formulas leading to Grand Prix status, Tiff Needell track tests a Formula 3 and Formula 3000 racing car. Forty years ago this month, the motoring world was astonished by the arrival of the Jaguar XK120. Frank Page reassesses a classic sports car that lifted a little of the gloom of post-war Britain. Plus a road test on the new Vauxhall Cavalier, and Chris Goffey investigates the arcane world of the salvage trade.

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About Top Gear

Top Gear

Title: Top Gear

First Air Date: 1978-07-13

Last Air Date: 2009-08-02

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.872/10 (from 109 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 45

Total Episodes: 530

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: BBC

Synopsis

Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

Cast

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson

Self - Host

Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond

Self - Host

James May

James May

Self - Host

Ben Collins

Ben Collins

The Stig

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