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Old 05-16-2006, 06:30 PM   #6
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From Fifth Gear website, a more detailed preview

Double 'Oh' VBH
Vicki Butler-Henderson goes undercover with Britain's leading spy photographer as he hunts for secret prototypes. Hiding out in trees and lay-bys near the Aston Martin factory, they attract some unwanted attention from the security guards - will they be able to talk themselves out of trouble?
VW Eos
Jason Plato is in Athens to try out the new VW Eos. It's a little bit bigger than a Golf and a little bit smaller than a Passat, and this coupe has a folding hard top. Jason takes the 2.0 litre turbo petrol car on a Greek marathon, through coastal rounds, congested streets, villages and mountains to tell you what the car is really like to live with.
Honda FCX exclusive
Tom Ford will be reporting from a remote island off the south coast of Japan about the car of the future. Yakushima Island has been used for two years by Honda to test the FCX, a car that runs on hydrogen, and whose only emission is water. This island is motoring's Jurassic Park - it's basically a huge lump of rock populated by 7,000 year old trees and some inquisitive monkeys. However, the range of extreme weather it experiences makes it ideal for developing a car.
Gumball 3000 Mission 1 startline
Chris Evan's former breakfast show radio sidekick, Holly Samos, joins the team and reports from the start line of the Gumball 3000. It's a celebrity-packed 3000 mile driving challenge, and Holly interviews the stars as they prepare to depart Pall Mall in a convoy of supercars worth £5 million. DJ Tim Westwood gets flirty, Maggot from Goldie Lookin' Chain shows off his replica A-Team van and the police get angry about the 18 Ferraris, 17 Porsches and 11 Lamborghinis as they smoke their tyres through
The new Corrrrrvette
Tiff Needell is in the South of France test driving the new 200mph Corvette - the car that Chevrolet claim lapped the Nurburgring quicker than a Pagani Zonda F. The Z06 has a magnesium roof, a floor made of balsa wood, and the paint on the carbon fibre wings weighs more than the wings themselves! Is this the car to finally convince Tiff that the Americans can build a supercar...?
Shootout - series 9, week 7
In next week's shootout, Tiff is racing the Volkswagen Golf GTi against a Skoda Octavia vRS. The new GTi has 200bhp, a 0-60 time of 7.2 secs and it cost's £20,835. Despite being three grand cheaper, the Skoda is built on the same chassis and has the exact same engine inside... but it is bigger. So which of these will lap our track at Anglesey quickest... backwards?
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