Tag Archives: Fifth Gear
Video: Fifth Gear test drives the new Honda CR-Z Mugen

Video: Fifth Gear test drives the new Honda CR-Z Mugen

The Honda CR-Z Mugen is pretty much everything that the original Honda CR-Z should have been. Power for the Honda CR-Z Mugen will come from a 1.5L i-VTEC gasoline engine that will get a supercharger, pumping output to 200-ps (197-hp) with a maximum torque of 181 lb-ft. Click here for more news on the Honda CR-Z. [...]

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Video: Tiff Needell test drives the Ferrari FF

Video: Tiff Needell test drives the Ferrari FF

In the latest episode of Fifth Gear, Tiff Needell got behind the steering wheel of the new 2012 Ferrari FF – yes, the new station wagon, all-wheel-drive supercar from Italy. Hit the break for the video. Click here for more news on the Ferrari FF. Refresher: Power for the Ferrari FF comes from a 6.3L V12 [...]

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Video: Fifth Gear pins Ferrari 458 Italia against McLaren MP4-12C

Video: Fifth Gear pins Ferrari 458 Italia against McLaren MP4-12C

When we kicked off our ‘Let’s Talk Numbers‘ segment here on egmCarTech – our first battle consisted of the Ferrari 458 Italia vs. the McLaren MP4-12C. Well, it seems like Tiff Needell and Jason Plato were thinking the same thing when they launched the new season of Fifth Gear. Check out the video after the jump. [...]

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Video: Fifth Gear reviews the Infiniti M30d

Video: Fifth Gear reviews the Infiniti M30d

While diesel sales are on the rise in the United States, Americans are still a bit hesitant when it comes to shopping diesels – which is why we miss out on such impressive diesel models like the Infiniti M30d, currently on sale in the UK. Powered by a 3.0L V6 diesel making 234-hp with a [...]

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Video: Fifth Gear’s Vicki Butler-Henderson whips BMW M3 GTS around the track

Video: Fifth Gear’s Vicki Butler-Henderson whips BMW M3 GTS around the track

We love the BMW M3 GTS and we love British car TV shows like Top Gear and Fifth Gear. Vicki Butler-Henderson of Fifth Gear recently took the new BMW M3 GTS around the track for some fun in the rain and discovered that the M3 GTS is ‘an amazing, amazing car.’ Click here for more [...]

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Video: Tiff Needell test-drives the Zonda R

Video: Tiff Needell test-drives the Zonda R

Before Pagani puts the Zonda supercar to rest, Fifth Gear host Tiff Needell wanted one last crack at it. In the latest segment of Fifth Gear, Tiff gets behind the track oriented Zonda R to give it his last farewell. The Pagani Zonda R recently beat the Ferrari 599XX’s Nurburgring lap time of 6:58.16 and managed [...]

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Video: Fifth Gear gets behind the wheel of the 2011 Audi A1

Video: Fifth Gear gets behind the wheel of the 2011 Audi A1

While the guys at Top Gear are busy helping Bugatti break the top speed record with the new Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, the folks at Fifth Gear are taking another Volkswagen Group brand’s newest offering – the Audi A1 – and giving the ‘normal’ car shopper a little taste of what the new compact hatch [...]

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Video: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS reviewed by Fifth Gear

Video: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS reviewed by Fifth Gear

We’ve already seen Top Gear’s review of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS and we weren’t too sure why Richard Hammond decided to pin the Camaro SS against the E 63 AMG – we guess they just happened to have both on the set at the same time. Either way, the other automotive TV show on [...]

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Video: Fifth Gear reviews the Honda CR-Z… or CR-Zed

Video: Fifth Gear reviews the Honda CR-Z… or CR-Zed

The folks at Fifth Gear are back and today they give us their take on the new 2011 Honda CR-Z hybrid hatchback. Check out their review of Honda’s latest hybrid model. Click here for more news on the Honda CR-Z. Refresher: The 2011 Honda CR-Z is powered by a 1.5L i-VTEC mated to Honda”s Integrated Motor [...]

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Fifth Gear cancelled, not officially…

Fifth Gear cancelled, not officially…

Fifth Gear, the main competitor to BBC’s Top Gear, has been cancelled. According to a report by Daily Mail, channel Five cancelled the program, which ended in July, after it failed to attract more than a million viewers. Sources at the station said that the decision has nothing to do with budget cuts but more [...]

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