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Series 7 of Top Gear, a British motoring magazine and factual television programme, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two during 2005, consisting of six episodes between 13 October and 27 December. This series' highlights included a race involving the Bugatti Veyron, and a motoring challenge involving budget second-hand supercars.
Clarkson (in a Bugatti Veyron) raced Hammond and May (in a Cessna 182) from Alba to the restaurant on the 42nd floor of Tower 42 in London to deliver a truffle. The main difference in premise between this race and previous iterations was that, with James May having become a trained pilot since the Series 5 race to Verbier, Hammond and May would ...
Series 32, Episode 04 01:16.8: Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: Series 15, Episode 05 01:17.1: Gumpert Apollo S: Series 11, Episode 06 01:17.3: Ascari A10: Series 10, Episode 09 01:17.5: Mercedes-AMG GTS: Series 22, Episode 04 01:17.6: Koenigsegg CCX (with Top Gear Wing) Series 08, Episode 04 01:17.6: Honda NSX (second generation) Series 23, Episode ...
Meanwhile, May attempts to prove that the Bugatti Veyron can reach its top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph) on Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test track, and actor Hugh Grant is talking about his car history before seeing how he fared in the Lacetti.
Notably, the top speeds of the Veyron and the McLaren F1 were recorded along this straight. In Episode 2 of Season 9, aired on 4 February 2007 on BBC Two's Top Gear, presenter James May reached 407.5 km/h (253.2 mph) in a Bugatti Veyron thus breaking the world land speed record for a road legal vehicle. [2]
Meanwhile, May tackles his first ever power test by seeing how good the Pagani Zonda F Roadster is, the Stig finally gets to step into the Bugatti Veyron and do a power lap around the track to see how fast it is, and Harry Enfield returns to redeem his honour by hoping he did better this time in the Lacetti.
Former Top Gear host James May has criticised the show’s die-hard fanbase for their response to Freddie Flintoff’s crash, which occurred during production.. The cricketer-turned-presenter was ...
James May described the Veyron as "our Concorde moment". Clarkson test drove the Veyron from Alba in northern Italy to London in a race against May and Richard Hammond who made the journey in a Cessna 182 aeroplane. A few episodes later, May drove the Veyron at the VW test track and took it to its top speed of 407.16 km/h (253.00 mph).