Jeremy Clarkson tests the McLaren Mercedes SLR supercar. Going green is the theme of this episode, in which Jeremy, Richard, and James all attempt to build an electric car and put it through the stringent safety testing process such cars must go through before being sold to the public. The boys return with a high-octane race to Monte Carlo. Though never given a name upon its original airing, much like every other episode of Top Gear, a name was retrospectively applied to the episode by the BBC years later Top Gear's own website calls it " The one with the hundred-quid cars". These are the 50 best episodes of Top Gear. It would later appear on streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and IPlayer.
It was then cut into a series of compilations known as " The Best of Top Gear", before indefinitely ending up as a permanent fixture on Dave from the channel's 2007 debut onwards, albeit in a cut 45-minute version. Series 4, Episode 3 originally aired on the 23rd of May, 2004, on BBC 2. Ferrari and Porsche go to war on our track.Once they had done so they were instructed to meet up at Toddington Services on the M1, so that they could be given a number of challenges. To combat this problem, the producers gave the trio £100 to buy a road-legal, somewhat fully-functioning car. Metacritic TV Episode Reviews, Series 10, Episode 4, The boys find the fastest way across town and it’s worth a look just to see Stig gets on the Tube. A number of people have mentioned there are too many expensive and fast cars on the show.