TV Top Gear - Season 18 Episode 8 : Episode 8 Top Gear - Season 18 Episode 8 : Episode 8 7.893/10 by 112 users Britain’s motorway network seems constantly clogged by road repairs. William Woollard asks why the surfaces need rebuilding so frequently, and looks at an alternative way of funding road repairs being tried out in Arizona. Also in America Chris Goffey reports on a glimpse into the future shape of the car, through the eyes of design students at Detroit’s Centre of Creative Studies. What was it like to race motor cars at the turn of the century? The first car to carry the British Racing Green, a Napier, has just returned to Britain, and Tiff Needell test-drives it over the tracks and lanes round its new home at Beaulieu. In the car of the decade series, it’s the 50s and a car whose shape and engineering would make it remarkable 30 years later; the Citroen DS. Details Casts Posters Images Title Top Gear - Season 18 Episode 8 : Episode 8 Alternative Titles 巅峰拍档, 疯狂汽车秀, Top Gear Classic (Original Series) First Air Date 1978-07-13 Last Air Date 2009-08-02 Number of Episodes 530 Number of Seasons 45 Genres Documentary, Networks BBC Two, Casts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, Ben Collins Plot Keywords , Self - Host Jeremy Clarkson Self - Host Richard Hammond Self - Host James May The Stig Ben Collins Episodes List Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 1 Episode 1 Episode 1 1987-09-10 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 2 Episode 2 Episode 2 1987-09-17 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 3 Episode 3 Episode 3 1987-09-24 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 4 Episode 4 Episode 4 1987-10-01 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 5 Episode 5 Episode 5 1987-10-08 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 6 Episode 6 Episode 6 1987-10-15 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 7 Episode 7 Episode 7 1987-10-22 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 8 Episode 8 Episode 8 1987-10-29 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 9 Episode 9 Episode 9 1987-11-05 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 10 Episode 10 Episode 10 1987-11-12 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types. Top Gear Season 18 :Episode 11 Episode 11 Episode 11 1987-11-19 Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.