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Top Gear: Series 2, Episode 5

On Top Gear's man-sized blast from the past, James pondered the cabrio question and we discovered which takes longer to change, a gearbox or a woman's outfit?

Anne Robinson was our star who drove the Liana around the track and proved a welcome antidote to a testosterone-fuelled show and, thankfully, she even drove like a girl and a got a laptime of 1.57.

Next, James asked the question: "Are soft-tops really girl's cars or can a bloke get away with driving one?" If you own a StreetKa, the answer's 'no', but if you're brave enough to buy a Triumph TR6 it's an entirely different story.

Staying with the subject of girlieness for a minute - could a bunch of Pirelli girls get ready for a night out faster than Ford's rally team could change most of the running gear on a WRC Focus? Initially we thought that pitting them against a gearbox change might be a little to close to call. What we forgot was that universes have been created and destroyed in less time than it takes four beautiful women to get ready.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series2episode5.s


Episode Info


Episode number: 2x5
Airdate: Sunday June 08th, 2003

Director: (Unknown)
Writer: (Unknown)


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Guest Stars
Anne RobinsonAnne Robinson
As Herself
Main Cast
Jeremy ClarksonJeremy Clarkson
As Himself
Richard HammondRichard Hammond
As Himself
James MayJames May
As Himself
Perry McCarthyPerry McCarthy
As The Stig (Black)
Episode Notes
Stig's Lap Times:

Porsche 911 Turbo:
1:31:0 (wet)
Renault Clio V6: 1:36:2 (wet)

Star In A Reasonably Priced Car:
The celebrity guest this week was Anne Robinson, presenter of The Weakest Link. Her time was 1:57



Episode Quotes
Anne Robinson: Don't you think actually, that anyone who's ever owned a red Ferrari, is a bit of a plonker?

James May: When I was a boy and other boys were lying awake wondering how girls worked, I was lying awake thinking about the Triumph TR6. What's wrong with that?

James May: [referring to his co-presenters] These two - these two are not men OK? This one, Richard Hammond; every morning sticks his head in a bucket of hair product, he's got a dog but it's a poodle and I don't know what you're laughing at Clarkson because you won't drink brown beer and this is the man that says flatulence: 'oh it's not funny', when clearly it is isn't it?

James May: I am actually the only proper bloke on this programme

Richard Hammond: [referring to the amount of time the women are taking to get ready] They have been talking for seven and-a-half minutes - without a single fact or piece of information being exchanged or imparted.



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