For The Love Of Cars

Phil and Ant discover an Aston Martin DBS, the legendary motor driven by James Bond in Her Majesty's Secret Service, rotting in a driveway in Hertfordshire. They have just 10 weeks to complete the bare metal restoration, before the car is sold at auction. Ant takes on the mammoth task of rebuilding. Phil explores the story behind Roger Moore's infamous DBS in the classic The Persuaders.

Phil & Ant discover a Rover SD1 Police Car rotting on a driveway in Essex. The owner Larry wants them to restore his car, but with only 10 weeks until auction, will they have enough time to do it justice?

This week, Phil & Ant celebrate the car that dominated the 80's -the Hot Hatch. They have had a desperate call for help from world renowned rally engineer Walter to fulfil his dream to turn his Mk1 Golf GTi into a rally car. Phil & Ant come to the rescue, but there's a major problem -Ant has never restored a car to rally spec & with only 10 weeks until auction, it's going to be tight.

This week, Phil & Ant embrace the world of the micro car -risking life & limb driving a tiny 1960 Messerschmitt through rush hour traffic. They explore how bubble cars like the Bond mini car & Trojan got post-war Britain motoring & ask whether small cars really are the future.

This week, Phil & Ant explore Swedish Cars, celebrating them as the unlikely trail blazers in the motoring world. Together they drive a Saab 96 along one of the highest and most treacherously winding roads in the Scottish Highlands; dodging sheep and mountain mist before visiting international renowned Millbrook Testing Ground to put a 25 year old Saab 900 Turbo through its paces.

Phil & Ant are restoring the very backbone of Britain, the revolutionary van as big as a lorry that drove like a car -the Ford Transit. From the armoured car via the humble black cab through to farming stalwart the Ferguson tractor, Ant and Phil celebrate the country's unsung heroes -the Great British Workhorse.

The VW Beetle, the VW Camper Van, the Porsche & the 2 CV all caused a revolution in the motoring world -not because of how they looked, but becauseof what was under their bonnet -an air-cooled engine. Plus, Phil & Ant answer a call for help from Paul, an avid Beetle fan. Won over by the Herbie films as boy, he bought his VW Beetle 5 years ago.

Phil and Ant look back at the 12 hard weeks of backbreaking labour that was needed to put the classics back on the road and ready for auction. Phil and Ant visit an auction to discover the tricks of an auction trade that's worth £7.5 billion and meet some of the lucky car owners from Series 1 for advice on how to win at the auction game.