The one with… the grannies again

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The one with The grannies again

Series 1, Episode 6 (2002)

Donuts mastered, the grannies return to have a go at handbrake parking. Richard tests the BMW Z4, Jeremy moans about the hard ride in a Renault Vel Satis and Tara PT drives our Suzuki…

TestsRenault Vel Satis

Armed with Renault’s most bizarre-looking executive car Jeremy goes looking for some executives to test it on. Can the suits of Swindon get excited by the Vel Satis?
TestsZ cars

Hammond wants to like the BMW Z4 but is acutely aware how chintzy the Z3 was. Anxious to avoid an image blunder, he pits the two Zs against each other.
TestsVW Golfing

Jason runs the rule over the car that invented the hatch sector and then gave us the hot hatch too. How hard would you have to try to go wrong with a used VW Golf?
TestsJeremy drives his Mercedes SL55 on track (series 1, episode 6)

Jeremy breaks his own golden rule by allowing his own car – a Mercedes SL55 AMG – onto the TG test track. Will he go faster than 5mph and risk his own tyres?
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CelebsTara Palmer-Tomkinson drives our Reasonably Priced Car (series 1, episode 6)

Frankly, the Suzuki Liana is something so ghastly she would normally get someone to scrape it off the bottom of her Jimmy Choo, but Tara’s still game.
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StigThe Stig drives a Honda NSX Type R (series 1, episode 6)

Easy listening mayhem as our helmeted hero puts rubber down onto the TG test track via the playful chassis of a true great among Japanese supercars.
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StuntsGrannies handbrake park a Mini part 1 (series 1, episode 6)

Our donutting grannies get to grips with stunt driving in a Mini. Can the blue-rinsed old heroes really spin it into a parallel parking space at high speed?
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