SeriesEighteenstartsairingon29January2012withsevenepisodes(notincludingtheIndiaSpecial),[1]followingonfromthe2011Christmasspecialwhichairedon28December2011.[2]InthespecialtheytakearouteacrossIndia,thefirstofthemanycountriesTopGearplanstovisitoverthecourseofthenewseries,accordingtoJeremyClarkson.ShootinginIndiabeganon2October,withthefirstlegoftheshootingbeginninginsuburbsofMumbai.[3][4]TheshowwasalsoseeninLecce,ItalywithaNobleM600,McLarenMP4-12CandaLamborghiniAventador.[5]HammondannouncedduringtheTopGearLiveshowsinBirmingham,thatadditionalrecordingsforthenewserieshadbeendoneintheUSA.TheJanuary2012editionofTopGearMagazinefeaturedapreviewofwhattoexpectinseries18.[6]ItincludedapiecewhereRichardHammonddrivesaNASCARsafetycarforarealrace,latergoingontodriveanactualNASCARracecar.Themagazinealsofeaturedapartofsomeofthepowerteststoexpect,includingJeremyClarksondrivingaMercedes-BenzC63AMGBlackEdition,aMercedesSLSAMGRoadsterandaMaseratiGranTurismoMCStradale.Hammondmeanwhilewilldrivea2012BMWM5F10,andMaywillhaveaVauxhallCorsaNürburgringEdition.AnotherfeatureisgoingtoChinatotestdriveChinesecars,Italyin3super-cars,LamborghiniAventador,NobleM600andaMcLarenMP4-12C.AlsoJamesMayistakingatriptoUSAtotestsportshybridsupercarFiskerKarma,meetAC/DCfrontmanBrianJohnsonanddrivehis1928BentleyVandenPlasLeMansTourer.AccordingtoTopGearExecutiveProducerAndyWilman,Clarkson,HammondandMayaregoingtonorthernSwedenaswell,wheretheywillracethenewFerrariFFacrossaSilverstoneCircuit-shapedicetrack.AlsoJeremyClarksonandRichardHammondwillattempttofilmacarchasesequenceforTheSweeney.

第一集：三贱客就开始飙车 第二集：黑中国车好惨 第三集：鼹鼠怕是真的被那个导演打了? 第四集：大猩猩的八轮驱动四轮转向老年车可还行，船长直接复制霍金啊！鼹鼠造履带 第五集：猩一起成语大会。猩猩相惜、猩高采烈（云联想都有这词了...）、猩满意足，猩态爆炸、猩灰意冷

第六集：v12飞机引擎强行装在轮子上真的好么?结果便是大猩猩喝机油 第七集：rallycross好玩儿～而且车好便宜啊那边。（片尾曲还是电吉他?funny