The cars of Top Gear series 11
 Top Gear is now in its 11th series 23 June 2008 As Top Gear returns for its 11th season, Vijay Pattni rounds up all the cars – including an Austin Allegro – from last night’s episode. The first episode of Top Gear Season 11 saw a supercar fuel-challenge shoot-out, a record-breaking Austin Allegro, the Ferrari F430 Scuderia and three used cars for the police car challenge. Austin Allegro James May introduces the newest member of the Top Gear team – the Top Gear Stuntman – and announces his daring maiden challenge: to jump over a series of cars in an Austin Allegro. In reverse. The Austin flies off a specially constructed ramp backwards over the assembled scrap cars, but fails to complete the hurdle. “That was a little bit short”, concluded James. Exclusive interview: Top Gear's James May
Aston Martin DBS
The Aston limped home in fourth place, bowing out after the Ferrari 599. Search for a used Aston Martin DBS
Audi R8
With all five supercars filled up with just one gallon of fuel, the Audi R8 lasted the longest around the Top Gear test track, returning 5mpg. Search for a used Audi R8 on Auto Trader View more images of the Audi R8
BMW M3 saloon
The challenge was to lap the track ten times over and see which one returned the most. The BMW M3 managed an astonishing 19.4mpg – 2.2mpg more than the Prius. Read our review of the new BMW M3 Search for a used BMW M3 on Auto Trader View more images of the BMW M3 saloon
BMW 5 Series
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Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Not so the Ferrari F430 Scuderia – which Clarkson says is like “driving a proper Ferrari again.”
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Ferrari 599
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Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
Jeremy chose the Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo fitted with the Italian police livery and metal ‘Bodicia’-style blades on the rear wheels, which came off when Jeremy tried to ram The Stig off road. And when Jezza tried to beat The Stig’s time set in a Vauxhall Astra, he recorded a time of two minutes and eight seconds. Search for a used Fiat Coupe on Auto Trader
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Lamborghini Murcielago
The Lambo outran the Aston, McLaren and Ferrari to come 2nd, before spluttering to the side of the road, returning 4.1mpg. As Jeremy exclaimed: “That is the sound of money… exploding!” Search for a used Lamborghini Murcielago on Auto Trader
Lexus LS
James’ Lexus had his straight-talking mission statement on the side: “Rozzers… catching crims and locking them up in your community.” And while trying to beat The Stig’s time around the track, James said: “I hope you like prison food, crims!” He managed a time of two minutes and three seconds – 17 seconds slower than The Stig. Read our car review of the new Lexus IS-F Search for a used Lexus LS on Auto Trader View more images of the Lexus IS-F
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
The McLaren finished 3rd in the first challenge to see which supercar could last the longest around the Top Gear track on just one gallon of fuel. Search for a used Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren on Auto Trader View more images of the top ten Mercedes-Benz cars
Suzuki Vitara With James and Jeremy trading insults over each other’s Lexus and Fiat for the used police car challenge, Richard Hammond pulled up in a car to silence them all – a white Suzuki Vitara with pink lettering on the doors. Richard equipped his Vitara with five sets of police lights and a rolled up tyre-puncturing ‘Stinger’ – which fell apart as soon as he deployed it. Search for a used Suzuki Vitara on Auto Trader
Toyota Prius
The challenge was set – both the M3 and the Prius had to lap the track ten times – and the Prius recorded 17.2mpg – 2.2mpg less than the M3. Read our car review of the Toyota Prius Search for a used Toyota Prius on Auto Trader
Vauxhall Astra
And The Stig’s chosen steed? A standard police-liveried diesel Vauxhall Astra. The Stig posted a lap time of one minute 48 seconds, which Jeremy remarked as being “faster than most of our celebrities in the Chevrolet Lacetti!” Read our review of the Vauxhall Astra Search for a used Vauxhall Astra on Auto Trader Check out the trailers for the new series of Top Gear:
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The first road-test feature of the new series features five of the world’s hottest supercars – including the Aston Martin DBS – in an adrenaline-charged endurance race around the Top Gear track with just one gallon of fuel each.
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Jeremy Clarkson
The trio set out to find an alternative second-hand police car and had to outrun The Stig – who was in a 1990s BMW 5 Series.
Jeremy Clarkson thinks new Ferraris are fantastically engineered cars which are amazing to drive – but not so much fun to drive.
The first car to bow out of the one-gallon fuel challenge, the Ferrari 599 spluttered out of the action-packed race, returning just 1.7mpg.
Jeremy, Richard and James set out with £1,000 in their hands and came back with three used cars – which would act as police cars.
The hot Lamborghini Murcielago was the supercar driven by Jeremy, in the race to find out which dream machine would return the best fuel economy around the Top Gear test track.
James May’s second-hand-police-car-for-less-than-£1,000 was an old Lexus – which barely had enough power to outrun The Stig in a BMW 5 Series.
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The Prius has been lauded as one of the world’s most efficient cars, using a combination of a 1.5-litre petrol engine and a battery – but how would it fare against a BMW M3 saloon around the Top Gear track..jpg)
In the used police car challenge, The Stig had to set a benchmark time around the Top Gear test track which the other cars would be measured against.Page 1
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