Top Gear in 2002: Difference between revisions

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The following article contains dates of important events, premieres and real-world occurrences concerning Top Gear during the year 2002.

4th: The very last episode of original format Top Gear airs in the form of the 2002 Awards Special, with Jason Barlow as sole presenter.
19th: At 11 AM, Richard Hammond attends^[1] his screen test for a new version of Top Gear with Richard Porter.

22nd: Jeremy Clarkson is officially announced to be returning^[2] to host a new series of Top Gear following a 3 and a half year hiatus.

The first pilot for Top Gear is filmed to disastrous results.
21st: The BBC release^[3] their press pack for upcoming factual programming on BBC Two.
23rd: The upcoming programme's first ever road test of the Renault Vel Satis is filmed in Swindon.

5th: The track test between a Lamborghini Murciélago and Pagani Zonda is filmed at the Top Gear Test Track.
9th: The show's first Reasonably-Priced Car, the Suzuki Liana, is registered^[4] as GX52 HFN.
12th: The speed camera challenge is filmed at the Top Gear Test Track. At 14:46, the Honda Civic Type-R is captured at 128 MPH, and at 15:31 a Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG is captured at 148 MPH. Sometime after this (likely around 16:15), a TVR Tuscan S successfully speeds past the camera at over 170 MPH, where it does not flash.

20th: Top Gear returns to TV in a brand new format, starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe, alongside The Stig.
27th: Episode 2 airs.

3rd: Episode 3 airs.
7th: It's reported by journalist Julia Day that sales of the Citroën Berlingo Multispace have significantly risen^[5] as a direct result of Jeremy Clarkson's beaming review.
10th: Episode 4 airs.
11th: No Limits, the 7th home video release by Jeremy Clarkson, comes out on VHS and DVD.
17th: Episode 5 airs.
24th: Episode 6 airs.

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 *5th: The track test between a [[Lamborghini Murciélago]] and [[Pagani Zonda]] is filmed at the [[Top Gear Test Track]].
 *9th: The show's first [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Reasonably-Priced Car#Suzuki_Liana|Reasonably-Priced Car]], the [[Suzuki Liana]], is registered<ref>[https://www.mycarcheck.com/car-history-check/c945cd7cead21c67078b6266e1c838f5 MyCarCheck - GX52 HFN.]</ref> as GX52 HFN.
-*12th: The speed camera challenge is filmed at the Top Gear Test Track. At 14:46, the [[Honda Civic Type-R#Second_generation|Honda Civic Type-R]] is captured at 128 MPH, and at 15:31 a [[Mercedes-Benz CL-Class (C215)|Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG]] is captured at 148 MPH. Sometime after this (likely around 16:15), a [[TVR Tuscan#Tuscan S|TVR Tuscan S]] successfully speeds past the camera at over 170 MPH, where it does not flash.
+*12th: The speed camera challenge is filmed at the Top Gear Test Track. At 14:46, the [[Honda Civic Type-R#Second_generation|Honda Civic Type-R]] is captured at 128 MPH, and at 15:31 a [[Mercedes-Benz CL-Class (C215)/CL55 AMG|Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG]] is captured at 148 MPH. Sometime after this (likely around 16:15), a [[TVR Tuscan/S|TVR Tuscan S]] successfully speeds past the camera at over 170 MPH, where it does not flash.
 ==October==