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Video: Top Gear Season 1 Episode 9

June 20, 2009

Filed Under: Videos

Top Gear’s Season 1 Episode 9 is now available. On this episode: The Stig raced around the track against an aerobatic plane. The Radical beats the Westfield by a time of 1:19.1.

If you stripped the body panels and all non-essential equipment off a car, how much faster could you make it go? A stripped-down Jaguar XJS cut its 0-60 time by 1.2 seconds.

Renault Espace, Volvo Estate XC90, Subaru Forester 2.0 XT, VW Golf R32, Ford Focus RS, Honda Civic Type R, and SEAT Leon Cupra R. The Stig drives the Focus RS to a lap time of 1:32.2. He then drives the R32 to 1:33.3. As shown in Episode 2, the Ford is again quickest on the track, but Clarkson prefers the Golf because it is easier to control.

Guest: Gordon Ramsay

The Hot hatch battle

Stig and the Jaguar XJ12