Top Gear is back! The new series of the world’s biggest motoring show now sees Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid at the helm, with appearances from German race ace Sabine Schmitz, F1 supremo Eddie Jordan, and the international man of mystery referred to only as ‘The Stig’. Because that’s his name.
The show is part of motoring season on BBC Brit and will screen on Wednesday 8 March, 2017 at 8pm on BBC Brit, channel 120 on DStv
Series overview
In this new seven-part series, Top Gear’s presenters journey across wildest Kazakhstan in cars with half a million miles on the clock, tackle old-school motorsport in Cuba, blast through America’s wild west in the latest convertible supercars, and attempt to turn an ugly South Korean people-carrier into a luxury yacht to rival Monaco’s finest.
Matt, Chris and Rory also review the latest and greatest cars from around the globe, from the Ferrari FXX K to the Aston Martin DB11, Porsche Cayman and Alfa Romeo Giulia. Oh, and an eight-wheeled, all-terrain monster from Russia, because no series is truly complete without an eight-wheeled, all-terrain monster from Russia.
It’s all brought to you from Top Gear’s famous test track and famously draughty studio, where a fresh crop of celebrities will attempt to impress with their driving skills.
Cars and locations featured in the series
Locations
UK (Wales, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Isle of Man)
Montenegro
Germany
Kazakhstan
USA (Nevada, California, Florida)
Monte Carlo
United Arab Emirates
Cuba
Vehicles
Avtoros Shaman (Wamah)
Porsche 718 Cayman/ Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrafoglio
Aston Martin DB11
Mercedes S63 AMG
Ferrari FXX K
Lamborghini Huracan Spyder
VW Golf Clubsport S
Ssangyong Rodius
Renault Twingo GT
Abarth 124 Spider
Facts and behind the scenes of season 24
£2,000,000 – The value of the most expensive new car tested in Series 24. Tune in to find out what it is
£4,500,000 – The value of the most expensive new vehicle tested in Series 24. Tune in to find out what it is
1 – The number of heroic rough collies featured in the new series
570,000 – The miles on the clock of this season’s leggiest car, Chris Harris’s venerable Volvo
40 – The number of Ferrari FXX K race cars that will ever be built. And Top Gear’s driven one of them
What: Top Gear
Where: BBC Brit, channel 120 on DStv
When: From Wed, 8 March, 2017 at 8pm
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