12 Facts About Fifth Gear

Fifth Gear is a British motoring television magazine series on Discovery+.

Fifth Gear was first broadcast on 8 April 2002 as 5th Gear, and as a continuation of the original incarnation of the BBC show Top Gear, which was cancelled in 2001.

Several of Top Fifth Gear's ex-presenters, including Quentin Willson, Tiff Needell, and Vicki Butler-Henderson, were hired by Channel 5 to present the series.

On 14 June 2018, Needell announced on his official Twitter account that he had been doing some filming work for a new series of Fifth Gear which aired in September 2018 on Quest, but by 2019 had left the show to join Lovecars.

Fifth Gear claimed to be 'world renowned' for its 'infamous' shoot-outs, between similarly priced, similarly powerful cars, or, recently, cars versus bikes.

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Fifth Gear is being broadcast in the United States on the MotorTrend channel.

Fifth Gear is a continuation of the original BBC Top Gear.

At its launch, Fifth Gear had the same format and topics as Top Gear, with long-time Top Gear presenters Needell and Willson, as well as Butler-Henderson and Simpson.

The new Top Fifth Gear has a strong focus on comedy and general entertainment by comparison.

Fifth Gear has been broadcast on the Speed Channel in the United States for a short period in 2004 to early 2007.

Fifth Gear began broadcasting in Australia in November 2009, on Seven Network's free-to-air digital channel 7mate .

Fifth Gear started Canadian broadcast on Discovery Channel Canada in 2008, beginning with 2006 series.