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[email protected] February 2012 Highlights Top Gear Series 15 – From Monday 6 February at 21:10 Series continues every Monday at 21:10 Get ready for more thrills, spills and mayhem as television‟s most daring trio return for the 15th series of the world‟s biggest car show. In the first episode, Jeremy Clarkson asks why there aren‟t more three-wheeled cars in the world, and investigates the issue with a closer look at the 1980s comedians‟ favourite, the Reliant Robin. Meanwhile, James May gives Top Gear’s favourite warhorse, the Toyota Hilux pick-up, one final assignment as he attempts to drive one up an active volcano in Iceland, and the Stig rips up the track in the new Bentley Continental Supersports. Plus, Richard Hammond gives the old Chevrolet Lacetti a dignified send off before he and Jeremy host a star studded tea party to welcome in a shiny new Reasonably Priced Car. Elsewhere in the series, Jeremy, Richard and James attempt to find a trio of cars which are equally at home on the race track as they are at transporting a family to the shops, all for a budget of £5000. They then put them through their paces in Europe‟s home of speed; Germany. James makes a rare visit to the Top Gear track to test the Porsche 911 Sport Classic and Boxster Spyder, and the boys embark on a road trip across the South of England and end up undertaking a rather special chauffeuring job.