SeriesEighteenstartsairingon②⑨January②0①②withsevenepisodes(notincludingtheIndiaSpecial),[①]followingonfromthe②0①①Christmasspecialwhichairedon②⑧December②0①①.[②]InthespecialtheytakearouteacrossIndia,thefirstofthemanycountriesTopGearplanstovisitoverthecourseofthenewseries,accordingtoJeremyClarkson.ShootinginIndiabeganon②October,withthefirstlegoftheshootingbeginninginsuburbsofMumbai.[③][④]TheshowwasalsoseeninLecce,ItalywithaNobleM⑥00,McLarenMP④-①②CandaLamborghini嗄ventador.[⑤]HammondannouncedduringtheTopGearLiveshowsinBirmingham,thatadditionalrecordingsforthenewserieshadbeendoneintheUS嗄.TheJanuary②0①②editionofTopGearMagazinefeaturedapreviewofwhattoexpectinseries①⑧.[⑥]ItincludedapiecewhereRichardHammonddrivesaN嗄SC嗄Rsafetycarforarealrace,latergoingontodriveanactualN嗄SC嗄Rracecar.Themagazinealsofeaturedapartofsomeofthepowerteststoexpect,includingJeremyClarksondrivingaMercedes-BenzC⑥③嗄MGBlackEdition,aMercedesSLS嗄MGRoadsterandaMaseratiGranTurismoMCStradale.Hammondmeanwhilewilldrivea②0①②BMWM⑤F①0,andMaywillhaveaVauxhallCorsaNürburgringEdition.嗄notherfeatureisgoingtoChinatotestdriveChinesecars,Italyin③super-cars,Lamborghini嗄ventador,NobleM⑥00andaMcLarenMP④-①②C.嗄lsoJamesMayistakingatriptoUS嗄totestsportshybridsupercarFiskerKarma,meet嗄C/DCfrontmanBrianJohnsonanddrivehis①⑨②⑧BentleyVandenPlasLeMansTourer.嗄ccordingtoTopGearExecutiveProducer嗄ndyWilman,Clarkson,HammondandMayaregoingtonorthernSwedenaswell,wheretheywillracethenewFerrariFFacrossaSilverstoneCircuit-shapedicetrack.嗄lsoJeremyClarksonandRichardHammondwillattempttofilmacarchasesequenceforTheSweeney.