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Tom Ford’s challenge this week is to put the BMW M5 Touring through its paces. He has just 24 hours to deliver essential equipment to the Oracle America’s Cup sailing team in Valencia. With 1,500 miles to cover in a 200mph estate, he will have to push the machine to its limits to meet the deadline, or else he will leave the multi-millionpound yacht team high and dry. Elsewhere, Jason Plato test drives the sexiest car of the moment, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster. Meanwhile, Jonny Smith gets to live out his movie fantasies by taking a spin in the hire car used by James Bond in ‘Casino Royale’ – the new Ford Mondeo. Also this week, Vicki Butler-Henderson investigates the durability of top cars by dropping them nose-first from a 100-foot crane. And Tiff Needell discovers which car is quickest in a shootout: the Suzuki Swift Sport or the new Mini Cooper. Last but not least, the programme catches up with racing babe Susie Stoddart, who has her hands on the DTM race car.

hmm, seems like quite a good episode, could the quality be coming back?