Richard takes part in the Pamplona Bull Run and drives the Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster. Jeremy drives the Ford F150 Lightning pick-up truck, which, inexplicably, is the world's best-selling car and describes it as the worst car he had ever driven.

Jeremy went to meet his maker, Richard nearly went to meet his maker, and James exhibited a level of daring not yet seen from everyone's favourite gentleman.

James and Richard spend the evening as 'scootermen'. Scootermen provide a service whereby they will drive you home in your own car if you have had too much to drink; they arrive on tiny scooters which can be folded away and placed in the boot of the car. By doing this, they get to drive different cars and test them at the same time.

The lads take three convertibles to Iceland - the land of geological lunacy. Specifically, they are the Chrysler Crossfire, Nissan 350Z and the Audi TT.

Richard goes to the Nürburgring Nordschleife to see if Sabine Schmitz can do a lap of the infamous track in a Transit van in under 10 minutes. Jeremy races a Fiat Panda against a marathon runner around the London Marathon circuit during the Tuesday morning rush-hour and the TVR Sagaris is featured.

London to Oslo: Jeremy drives the Mercedes McLaren SLR from London to Oslo, while Richard and James take the ferry across the North Sea. This is the third of the epic Top Gear races designed to prove that the car is better than public transport. The Nissan Micra, Citroën C6 and Alfa Romeo Brera are featured, as is the Aston Martin DBR9.

Former F1 World Champion Damon Hill sets a time in the Liana as a Racing Driver in a Reasonably Priced Car. The Aston Martin DB5 and Jaguar E-Type are compared; the snipers of the Irish Guards try to shoot Jeremy as he drives the new Mercedes SLK and the new Porsche Boxster 2 around a deserted village.

The lads hand over testing duties to their mothers to review a range of new small cars:. They test the Renault Modus, Honda Jazz and Peugeot 1007. Jeremy drives an American car; the Cadillac CTS-V and will probably hate it. Richard tests 'Mondeo man's' new favourite car, the new BMW 3 Series and there's an incident with a limo, a caravan and a wedding party.

Jeremy makes a splash when he drives a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow MK1 to the opening of a local swimming pool; Richard drives the Aston Martin DB9 Volante and James goes back to the decade that to this day, provides Jeremy's wardrobe - the 1970's - to drive the Maserati Bora.

The challenge this week is to buy a coupé that is not a Porsche for a maximum price of £1,500. Richard buys a BMW 635i, Jeremy a Mitsubishi Starion and James bought a "grandfather clock". Or the Jaguar XJS as it was better-known.

Jeremy puts the 4-door Mercedes CLS to the test an Stig takes the AMG Mercedes CLS around the Top Gear track for a power lap. James likes the Honda Element, which will not be sold in the U.K. Richard and James play 5-a-side Aygo football and the new Range Rover Sport goes head-to-head with a Challenger II tank.