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The one with The Top Gear Generation Game

Series 3, Episode 8 (2003)

What’s best, old or new? Clarkson and Hammond slug that out while James gets all square about the Aston Lagonda. Richard also compares a Nissan Micra to an hour’s private jet hire

TestsMicra vs Boeing 737

What’s the best way to spend nine grand – on a new Nissan Micra or an hour’s hire of a private jet? Ever the scientist, Richard sets out to compare like with unlike.
TestsMercedes 280SL

Jeremy gets whimsical about the greatness of classic touring Mercs, and ends up borrowing one from a Chelsea dealer so he can swan about in the countryside.
TestsAston Martin Lagonda

It may be a design classic that was way ahead of its time, but has it got enough charm to persuade James that it’s worth a punt at £15k, when everything could, and will, go wrong?
CelebsJohnny Vegas

Probably the first star guest not to have a driving licence – and possibly the first who wanted to be a priest – the big man squeezes into a not very big car and sets a time.
TestsAudi TT V6

It’s a fashion car, but what should you wear to drive Audi’s trinket coupe? Jeremy asks Trinny and Susannah for a spot of sartorial advice, and then gets ready for a drive.
Other-StuffTG Generation Game

Jeremy vs Richard, old vs new. Richard argues that new cars rock, Clarkson praises the originals. Featuring Golf, MR2, hot Fords, hot Peugeots and Nissan coupes.