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Rewatching the Top Gear Middle East Special (Series 16, Episode 4) and it still holds up as one of their greatest road trips.

Why the Top Gear Middle East Special (S16E04) is peak road trip TV

Three convertibles. Zero maps. 1,000 miles of desert, Dead Sea floating, and one very suspicious "ancient" temple. Clarkson's Porsche broke down before the border. Hammond got sunstroke. May wore a cardigan.

Three men. Three cheap, hopelessly impractical cars: 🇬🇧 Jeremy in a front-engined Porsche 911 (because of course) 🇬🇧 James in a BMW Z4 (the sensible choice) 🇬🇧 Richard in a Nissan 350Z (the loud one)