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0Video: Fifth Gear Follies - Tiff puts a scare into Jason aboard Porsche 911 Turbo 1280095500
Tiff Needell scares the life out of Jason Plato – Click above to watch video after the jumpWe revel in watching someone get their wits scared out of them in the passenger seat of a car. It's why we take the time to watch Subaru's slew of new ads for the 2011 WRX STI sedan any time we're ... -
Video: Fifth Gear rips it up in Chevrolet Camaro SS 1279911540
Fifth Gear hangs out with the Chevrolet Camaro SS – Click above to watch after the jumpThe 2010 Chevrolet Camaro has been in U.S. dealerships for over a year now, and demand for Chevy's newest pony car has been strong from the get-go. And though the Camaro is based off the Australian Zeta ... -
Video: Fifth Gear joins David Coulthard on the Isle of Man with Benz's SLS AMG 1279583820
Fifth Gear's Tiff Needell tries to outdo David Coulthard in the SLS AMG – Click above to watch video after the jumpDavid Coulthard was called to the Isle of Man to pilot an SLS AMG for a scene in a 3-D film. To ensure that DC could strut the coupe's stuff, some of the island's roads were ... -
Video: Fifth Gear pits Audi R8 Spyder vs. Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet 1276473900
Fifth Gear compares the Audi R8 V10 against the Porsche 911 Turbo - Follow the jump to watch the videoThe problem with physics is that it is largely immutable. Less mass plus more low-end torque and comparable power generally equates to better performance. Take, for example, the Porsche 911 ... -
Video: Fifth Gear takes a crack at the Honda CR-Z 1272301080
Fifth Gear road tests the 2010 Honda CR-Z – click above to watch the videoSo far in early drives of the new 2010 CR-Z hybrid coupe, Honda's latest has been getting decidedly mediocre to middling reviews. It's not really quick enough to be a proper sports car and not efficient enough to be ... -
Top Gear and Fifth Gear reportedly back on the air in June 1271073420
Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson with Fifth Gear's Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-HendersonBeen hankering for a little British car show action? So have we. But it looks like we've got a few months to go until our favorite shows from the Beeb return with new episodes. After having been spied filming a ... -
Five Alive! Fifth Gear reportedly set to return in April... with some changes 1269552720
Fans of British car shows take heart. Nope, we're not talking about Top Gear, but it's cross-town rival Fifth Gear. The Channel 5 car show that picked up after the original Top Gear was canceled was itself the victim of cutbacks recently. In the face of reduced viewership (compared to the five ...
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Fifth Gear: Hope yet for Britain's other car show? 1259876340
Our heart goes out to the crew at Fifth Gear. It really does. Because it's got to be tough living in the shadow of the BBC show that spawned it. We're talking about Top Gear, of course, and by any other yardstick, Fifth Gear is a fantastic car show. But its popularity has never approached what ... -
Trouble in U.K. TelevisionLand: Has Fifth Gear been canceled? 1255976880
News coming out of the U.K. today suggests that everybody's second-favorite British motoring television show may be facing the axe. According to the Daily Mail, Fifth Gear, which has never quite mustered the following of rival Top Gear, has been put on ice. Or has it? A quick check on ... -
VIDEO: Fifth Gear exercises the outlandish Tramontana R Edition 1248823620
Tramontana in fighter plane regalia - Click above for high-res image galleryYou've seen the Tramontana before, and now, you can see it in motion. This Spanish made beast sports a 100% carbon fiber chassis, a twin-turbocharged AMG 5.5-liter V12 that makes 720 hp and 811 lb-ft of torque, it ...
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