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Top Gear :: Series 1, Episode 6 (01x06)

Episode Information

Title:

Series 1, Episode 6

Episode #:

01x06

Original Airdate:

Sunday November 24th, 2002

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Episode Summary

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In Top Girl, sorry, Gear, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was our star in a reasonably priced car, and the show was given over to image and style as we launched our 'Cool Wall'.

But first - grannies. Our silver-haired superstars were back to take on handbrake parking. Anne was the most accurate with the handbrake on the day - some thought better than instructor Russ Swift himself.

Jeremy dreamed up the Cool Wall - designed to develop into the definitive guide to what's cool and what isn't. Dividing the nation's cars into different classes of cool, we decided how cool they actually were. Remember, there were no rules to the Cool Wall, as Jeremy explained: "'Cool' has nothing to do with good looks, build quality or driving dynamics - just, well, 'coolness'. Cars can fall into one of four categories: seriously uncool, uncool, cool or sub-zero cool. Take the Fiat Multipla, for example - ugly, but cool. The Mitsubishi Evo VII, however - uncool. Why? Because it's just a bit too nerdy - unless you're a woman driving one, then it'd be cool. So do you see where we're coming from?"

After a few gentle practice laps in the rain, Palmer-Tomkinson fooled us into expecting a very slow lap. We were well and truly hussled as she set a seriously quick time of 1.54.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series1episode6.s

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Tara Palmer-Tomkinson	played	Herself

Episode Notes

Stig's Lap Times:

BMW Z4 Roadster: 1:26:0

Star In A Reasonably Priced Car:
The celebrity guest this week is socialite Tara Palmer-Tompkinson. Her time was 1:54 (wet lap)

Episode Quotes

Richard Hammond: You can stick a BMW badge on a dead cat - and people would still buy it.

Jeremy Clarkson: In tonight's Top Gear: Evidence that the French have gone mad; evidence that the Germans have gone mad; and as an oasis of sanity, the grannies are back!

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