The second episode of the fifth series of Top Gear aired on the 31st of October, 2004. It was presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig. Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell was the guest star. It was the 41st episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Jeremy opens up this episode by noting an unhappy viewer claimed the cheapest car on screen the previous episode was over £29,000, and that he'd be certainly unhappy with this episode's line-up of cars.
Tonight...[]
- The Ferrari Enzo...
- The Jaguar XJ220...
- The Pagani Zonda...
- The McLaren F1...
- The Ferrari F40...
- And the Porsche Carrera GT!
Segments[]
Cool Wall[]
The Cool Wall returned since its last appearance in Series 4, Episode 9:
| Car | Ranking |
|---|---|
| Vauxhall Monaro | C |
| Porsche 911 (997) | U |
| Mercedes-Benz SLK | SU |
| Ferrari Enzo | SU |
Airing History[]
Series 5, Episode 2 originally aired on the 31st of October, 2004, on BBC 2. It was then cut into a series of compilations known as "The Best of Top Gear", before being regularly reshown on channels such as BBC Prime and UKTV People throughout the mid '00s, along with the rest of Series 5, before indefinitely ending up as a permanent fixture on Dave from the channel's 2007 debut onwards, albeit in a cut 45-minute version. It would later appear on streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Episode Names[]
Though never given a name upon its original airing, much like every other episode of Top Gear, two slightly different names were retrospectively applied to the episode by the BBC years later:
- Top Gear's section on BBC's website calls it "Supercars of the Past and Present".
- Top Gear's own website calls it "The one with the skateboarder".
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