Top Gear 01x07

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“[01x07]”
The Breaktime Treats
Episode no.	Series 1 Episode 7
Music used	–
Guest stars	Rick Parfitt
Production no.	0107
Original airdate	December 1, 2002
Episode chronology ← Previous Next → "[01x06] November 24, 2002" "[01x08] December 8, 2002"
List of Top Gear Series 1 episodes

In this Episode

The theme of this episode is "The Environment".

Studio: Jeremy introduces the camera on the M4 bus lane, which will be running throughout the show, to prove that it is never used.

Review: Richard looks at the new Saab 9-3 by driving it in an eco-friendly manner. He finds it has a 'solid, premium car feel', which it needs to compete with the Germans.

News: The new Daihatsu Copen seems a bad import. The SL55 AMG has some work done by Brabus. It's still gay. Renault know how to make a 5-star Euro NCAP car, as the list ever increases. We hear the average car journey is now 16% longer than 4 years ago.

Review: Richard looks at diesels and briefly at the Peugeot RC; the diesel sports car.

Studio: Jeremy adds more cars to the cool wall. He introduces the Kristin-Scott Thomas rule.

Studio: They look at electric cars. Richard proves that the Ford Th!nk is pointless by staging a race between it and Jason. Jason wins because the Th!nk ran out of power. He then looks at the Toyota Prius. And puts it on the cool-wall under 'the deep dark recesses of hell'.

Review: Jason takes a bunch of supercars to a primary school as a breaktime treat to prove that the next generation don't want an eco-friendly Prius. He shows them a Ferrari 360, a Nissan GT-R R34, a Pagani Zonda and a TVR Tuscan, however they all prefer the Lamborghini Countach.

Main Review: Jeremy finds out that the Lotus Elise is a brilliant way to evade the government. It is cheap to buy, run and returns fairly high MPG figures. He then learns how to drive round Top Gear's Lotus built test-track properly with the help of the chief chassis engineer at Lotus. The Stig then takes it round the wet track in 1:35, the same as a Ferrari 575.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Rick Parfitt, Status Quo frontman, talks about music, crashes and his love for Porsches. Nowadays however he doesn't after his mother advised against it following a large accident. He manages a 1:52.

Studio: Jason and Richard look at great deals with the Fiat Stilo, Ford Ka and Isuzu Trooper.

Challenge: Richard looks for the fastest faith. The contenders are the Hare-Krishnas, the Catholic Church, Judaism, Buddhism, and the Church of England (two contenders, a Reverend and a Bishop). The Bishop has a large crash, but the winner is the Reverend from the Church of England.

Screenshots

Jeremy gets shown how to drive an Elise properly.

The Peugeot RC concept.

Richard tapes up uneconomical gadgets in the new Saab 9-3

Tags

Rick Parfait, Lotus Elise, Saab 9-3, Electric Cars, M4 Bus Lane, Religions, Faiths