# Top Gear (series 1)

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## Series 1
### October 20th, 2002 [1.1]

    [The first opening sequence.]
    Jeremy: This... is a car programme. There will be no cushions, there will be no rag-rolling, no-one will sing, and at the end of the series, no-one will have a recording contract. This is our new base, and this is our purpose-built test track. There are no traffic jams here, ooh... apart from this one, and no bus-lanes either. THIS... IS Top Gear!

### November 24th, 2002 [1.6]

    [During the opening sequence.]
    Jeremy: In tonight's Top Gear: Evidence that the French have gone mad; evidence that the Germans have gone mad; and as an oasis of sanity, the grannies are back!
    [Presenting the new BMW Z4]
    Richard: You can stick a BMW badge on a dead cat - and people would still buy it.
    Jeremy: The star we have tonight in our reasonably-priced car may look like a boy, but he is, in fact, called Tara. And that, I suppose, makes him a girl.

### December 1st, 2002 [1.7]

    [on the fastest faith]
    Jeremy: It's the 16th Century all over again! The Catholics come in second!

### December 8th, 2002 [1.8]

    Jeremy: I got a ticket the other day, and I kid you not, for being parked badly. Since when did it become like ice skating? Where they're all standing there, well, no, I don't think that is well parked, 4 out of... and only 3 from the Nigerian judge!
    Jeremy: Used to live in Fulham right next to the car pound in London. so you could drive up the west end, have a few drinks, leave the car, wobble home best way you could, wake up in the morning, they've towed it home for you. It was pricy, but kind of worth it.

### December 22nd, 2002 [1.9]

    [During the opening sequence.]
    Jeremy: In tonight's Top Gear: The ultimate family cars; what is the best hot hatchback; and the Stig meets his match on our track.
    Jeremy: No, you see I had one last week: Boxster S, new car, fantastic really, the most beautifully balanced... I felt like a prat.
    [On the news of the MV Tricolor sinking with nearly 3000 new cars on board]
    Jeremy: But there's plenty to talk about. Most important of all, of course, Jacques Cousteau opened a dealership in the English Channel.
    [On the MG SV.]
    Jeremy: If Oliver Reed and Russell Crowe made mad man-love on the set of Gladiator in an angry brawl, this would be the result.

### December 29th, 2002 [1.10]

    [During the opening sequence.]
    Jeremy: In tonight's top gear: The Mick Jagger of supercars; our quest goes on to find Britain's fastest faith; and the Stig sorts out TVR's new coupe.
    [talking about the problems on the Range Rover]
    Richard: They did suffer a few problems, I mean it was with stuff like the paintwork. Interior trim, bit rattly. Engines, they can be a problem.
    Jeremy: Yeah, the 4-litre.
    Richard: And the 4.6.
    Jeremy: And the diesel.
    Richard: All the engines.
    [reviewing the nominations for the 'Weirdest Renault' category]
    Richard: The Vel Satis. It's a businessman's car, but only if your business is Enron. The Mégane; a family car, but only if your family is The Osbournes. And the Avantime; it's a sporty coupe, but only if you don't want a car that's sporty. Or a coupe.