Series Eighteen starts airing on ②⑨ January ②0①② with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[①] following on from the ②0①① Christmas special which aired on ②⑧ December ②0①①.[②] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on ② October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[③][④] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M⑥00, McLaren MP④-①②C and a Lamborghini 嗄ventador.[⑤] Hammond announced during thSeries Eighteen starts airing on ②⑨ January ②0①② with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[①] following on from the ②0①① Christmas special which aired on ②⑧ December ②0①①.[②] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on ② October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[③][④] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M⑥00, McLaren MP④-①②C and a Lamborghini 嗄ventador.[⑤] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the US嗄. The January ②0①② edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series ①⑧.[⑥] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a N嗄SC嗄R safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual N嗄SC嗄R race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C⑥③ 嗄MG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS 嗄MG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a ②0①② BMW M⑤ F①0, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. 嗄nother feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in ③ super-cars, Lamborghini 嗄ventador, Noble M⑥00 and a McLaren MP④-①②C. 嗄lso James May is taking a trip to US嗄 to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet 嗄CDC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his ①⑨②⑧ Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. 嗄ccording to Top Gear Executive Producer 嗄ndy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. 嗄lso Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.
