@Logik426 F1 cars have high profile tyres because the teams use the tyres as part of the suspension. Next season there will be low profile tyres on 18 inch wheels.
@Logik426 The size of the wheels is strictly limited in f1, the size of the tyre is limited on width but not height. They will have done a shed load of testing and found the profile they use to be the best within the rule limitations.
An ultra low profile trye on a small wheel would not have enough rubber on it and would have problems dissapating heat, too tall a trye would be too flexible.
That said the front tryres are a 55 profile, the rears a bit lower, 45 or so on a bigger, wider rim.
The faster a car is moving, the less the wheel actually has to turn. They are actually steering though (obviously). You can see this in any F1 race, just watch a lap around the track as opposed to when they go into the pit lanes.
Wow a response based purely upon the bile that top gear spews. Its a very very geeky track car. that happens to be road legal as well. Yes plato was unfortunate, but Clarkson cannot drive, particularly a car like this. You drive it like a nob and keep the speed to a level where not enough air is cooling the car and it will certainly catch fire. Its a very very very highly tuned car that requires being driven at high speed all the time to make it work. Its insane
the do two models, one with 575hp and another with 620hp. they also do some kind of convertible like the white one in the vid and one with a full glas roof.
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i agree that is quick but its terribly agly!!veyron is a wonderfull car and its as quick as this agly monster.you cant compere them.veyron is the best car in the world.this is my opinion
first, this car is designed to be an F1 car for the road, so who gives a crap about the looks. Second, the veyron is the muscle car of supercars, it only looks good going in a stright line. The second it gets near a turn, its terrible.
No! The handling is immense. Stop listening to clarckson, He cannot drive a car that requires to be driven within its limits of downforce to work. 3.5g on the skidpan. For your record an F40 does about 1.2g and a formula one car on slicks is about 5g. This car is crazy difficult to drive because for it to work you have to drive it crazy crazy fast.
@littletrigger You're right, it is a drivers car without all the bells and wistles people expect from other supercar manufacturers. The someone to ask is a real racer or owner of one not some fat assed stump toothed tv host....lmao
if u're talking about looks you're lost dude, thats a completely subjective thing, it can be ugly for half of the world and beautyful for the other half and either can't be proven wrong. and that about that best car ever thing im not quite shure the veyron's breakthroughs have already been beaten by some cars like the Aero tt, the 9FF GT9, the Vector WX-8, the koenigsegg CCXR SE etc.
My personal opinion: The veyron looks like a VW Beetle with steroids
THIS WILL OUT ACCELARTAE A VEYRON FACT! DONT GET IT TWISTED !
the cars in this video are the earlier prototypes (2 seaters) they have since made a lot of engine changes and have relaesd the single seater for sale in uk!
the veyron is a road car you can take on a track this is a track car you can take on the road!
try and take this car on the road, see how far you get before rip of the front wing, this thing would be terrible on the road. the veyron on the other hand has had alot of positive reviews on how good it is on the road
l@@k you say that your dads the designer then good for you ! dont reall care i was just stateing that the figuers you posted dont do it justice! this car is awsome say thanks to your dad for me and rest of the real car fans
oh yeah and for anyone hating on this being a legal car McLaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron are supercars for the ROAD that also perform on the track, the Caparo T1 is a track car that can be driven on the road!!!!!
@ wolfmother4eva you are stupid mate this will smoke a veyron ! and tishtosh if your step dad is the designer you would know that it gets to 60 mph in 2.4 sec on road legal tyres and under 2 sec,s with slicks it can reach 160mph in just over 5 secounds
I do know that. But if you think that's done with a small race driver, and when I was in it it was a 6'1" very well built man (designer) and a not-so-small 16 yr old (me), you'll see why the acceleratoin decreased slightly.
And if you really want to quote figures at me, I can up that and show the the complete design of the car if you want,every specification there is to know about the car, even the designs of the prototypes.
dude i saw one of those at the sema car show do u kno how much fuckin downforce those things have if it was goin fast enough in a tunnel it could ride on the top for like 15 seconds u fuckin noobs
The most unreliable supercar ever made...on the tests done by british motoring shows they have always broke down, and on one occasion it exploded....and they expect people to pay £235,000 for one of these.
Heard about Jason Plato from channel 5's Fifth Gear got his face burned during a filmed testing; also, Jeremy Clarkson from BBC's Top Gear had the car broken down numerous time during filming.
NOT a good start. Nice concept, but Caparo should check their Quality Assurance Dept.
Well, the situation is not hopeless. That's not a good start. But they are delaying this car. They don't have a deadline other than one they set themselves. When they release it, it should be reliable.
And please don't forget, that this is the first car of that kind. It merges high power with a minimalistic low weight low drag design. It's a great challenge to build something like that. ;-)
Well for crying out loud haven't you ever read "Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorstein Veblen? You should, it's hilarious. Veblen mentions lighting a cigar with a $100 bill; this is lighting a cigar with a briefcase full of $100 bills, so no wonder you're apt to get your eyebrows singed!
All the cars reviewed so far were prototypes.. show me a reliable prototype.. even the like of Audi, BMW and Merc have issues with Prototypes. That's the point of them, so you can iron out all the problems BEFORE you release them on sale.
at the end of the day od rather have an f50 than a t1 cos a t1 would feel like an f1 car, you know it has to be cained, but an f50 has a roof and you can cruise it and just laugh at other cars but race it if you want the T1 always reminds me of a superbike with 4 wheels rather than supercar- not my thing
its the same thing for me with caterhams- i see them on the road and people always redline them, wheelspin etc but it dont impress me cos i just look at it and think- its tiny! of course its gona be fast off the line, its gona have twitchy handling too. id just rather have a beasty car ive never understood the obsession with these things
the Bugatti is faster, but is riddled with electronics and turbos (maintanance worry for me), and it prob wont turn that many heads cos i wouldnt say they stand out compared to a ferrari. also you would be left with (possibly) quite a low bank balance
someone said its a pig to get off the line i read it does 0-60 in less than 2.5 seconds, got 1000bhp per tonne top speed of 200mph and it only costs 180 grand which is cheaper than most supercars specially the bugatti which costs nearly 5 times as much even if i was rich id go for one of these anyday over bugatti cos you aint gona get to 240 on any street road
yes you can lol i know a man that done 200 in the UK on a Hayabusa the T1 is a good novelty car but a bit too "prototype" for my liking id still rather have a ferrari F50- its fast, looks good, has a roof, sounds amazing,is a raw basic car and will turn heads,
It starts using a single button, is road legal and covered the 0-100-0 in 7 a and bit seconds, absolutely awesome car. Other then one of autocars reporters no one has driven it except the makers. According to the review it isnt a pig to get off the line and is good to potter around town in.
come on guys...a super-lightweight naturally aspirated V8 pumping out an amazing 575HP at a screaming 13500RPM and a curb wight of only 470Kg?! we've got the greatest car ever made on our hands! PS. It was designed by F1 designers. 2 Ex-Mclaren guys actually.
Yeah takes as many people to get the engine running too!. I love light, powerful cars, but i think they've tried to go a step too far with this. It's a pig to get off the line and seriously unreliable too.
They should've spent more time refining it instead of rushing a half finished car out just so it can claim records etc.
I don't know why this is even an argument, this thing is surely going to rape the atom in every single performance category. Don't get my wrong, the Atom is a foul car, but this is out of its league. It pulls over 3Gs under braking and cornering, generates 800 kg of downforce (pretty sure the Atom produces 0), and has a 3.5L V8 that revs to 10,000+ RPM ftw.
you can't quit compare this with the atom, the design concepts are different. The atom is minimally designed to give a fun driving experience. While the T1 was made to break track records, and is rather lavish compared the Atom.
By lavish i meant by it is made from carbon fiber, expensive light weight alloys and other advanced composites. It also has paddle shift gear change control and i think has traction control. While the atom is much simpler, the chassis made from steel, no traction control, not body panels, its basically a road legal go kart. I personal, like you, would take the atom too over the T1. The T1 is for people who want a hardcore track car.
im just using these figures to prove my point. On the other hand, you are stating ur opinion and not backing it up. Like i said before i like the atom more than the T1.
I don't think so. The atoms aerodynamics are inferior to the T1's. Thats why all fast cars, like the mclaren F1, Veyron, Enzo have body panels, they in prove aerodynamics. The flow of air is smoother over cars with panels than cars without them. The atom does not have a great top speed because of this, and nor it will be faster than the T1 even with extra power.
well if u care so much about acceleration why wont u get a rocket sled, that will beat everything. But it still could not handle better than a semitruck.
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ASSHOLELA 6 months ago
That's the Top Gear test track, isn't it?
clevershark 7 months ago
why does this sound like a GSXR1000?
barcode0954 1 year ago
this is the red bull x1 in gt5 lol
prout12369 1 year ago
Is this where I think it is?
JSnyder49428 1 year ago
British car, whoop whoop!
manmadeSniper4 1 year ago
thats at the top gear test track
oniontom1324 1 year ago
WHY F1 cars have high profile of tires???? every sport car has low profile!
Logik426 1 year ago
@Logik426 bridgestone choose the shape and size of tyre, but things will change next season
oniontom1324 1 year ago
@Logik426 F1 cars have high profile tyres because the teams use the tyres as part of the suspension. Next season there will be low profile tyres on 18 inch wheels.
blinkyboy00 1 year ago
@Logik426 The size of the wheels is strictly limited in f1, the size of the tyre is limited on width but not height. They will have done a shed load of testing and found the profile they use to be the best within the rule limitations.
An ultra low profile trye on a small wheel would not have enough rubber on it and would have problems dissapating heat, too tall a trye would be too flexible.
That said the front tryres are a 55 profile, the rears a bit lower, 45 or so on a bigger, wider rim.
LiamE69 1 year ago
This is a dreamcar!!!
Sembee83 1 year ago
amaizing car,caparo t1 nice car
rurmundo 1 year ago
needs a bigger back wing and more downforce then it would be sweet!!!
thegoodguy001 2 years ago
on a totally non related to cars subject
nice camera angles
GoHabs13 2 years ago
German mags using the Top Gear Test track too ?!
hsvracer 2 years ago
wow how does it turn left and right i did not see the tyres moving in front
DrAgOnBoY63 2 years ago
The faster a car is moving, the less the wheel actually has to turn. They are actually steering though (obviously). You can see this in any F1 race, just watch a lap around the track as opposed to when they go into the pit lanes.
TheLoneJester 2 years ago
i live near the headquarters of this company
DjJsD1995 2 years ago
Is this car still street legal or did they ban it?
supersonic122286 2 years ago
no i think its still street legal. i think they will not ban it.
baujahr90er 2 years ago
@supersonic122286
Well and truley street legal. Its mental 3.5g cornering?!!!!
littletrigger 2 years ago
wow, 40 seconds of video without it catching on fire
BubblesTroubles 2 years ago 27
If you watch the full video it dose catch on fire a the end.
sh0rtertalks 2 years ago
@BubblesTroubles
Wow a response based purely upon the bile that top gear spews. Its a very very geeky track car. that happens to be road legal as well. Yes plato was unfortunate, but Clarkson cannot drive, particularly a car like this. You drive it like a nob and keep the speed to a level where not enough air is cooling the car and it will certainly catch fire. Its a very very very highly tuned car that requires being driven at high speed all the time to make it work. Its insane
littletrigger 2 years ago
@BubblesTroubles These are known to catch on fire?
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
@NebunLaCap That was a faulty sealing component on one of the oil lines. It failed on the prototype. It's fixed.
Echoboy2002 10 months ago
is that a standard model? or do they make them in different models?
IPSCrazyWood 3 years ago
caparo have a closed and a cabrio model
badman1997 2 years ago
its just a a hat ;b
patrickh499 2 years ago
the do two models, one with 575hp and another with 620hp. they also do some kind of convertible like the white one in the vid and one with a full glas roof.
baujahr90er 2 years ago
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i bet no one here knew this was an eletric car
Ferrari295 3 years ago
electric car? wot is that v8 doing in the back then?
aarondinas 3 years ago 7
@aarondinas electric beats gas....until the battery dies
jake1231108 1 year ago
@aarondinas Charging the batteries? xD
kekke2000 11 months ago
@aarondinas keeping the car down.. DUH!
shooterman619 1 week ago
wow. i guess i'm not the only 1 that nos what a Caparo T1 is. Yay! YAY! YAY!
elpotrot 3 years ago
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i agree that is quick but its terribly agly!!veyron is a wonderfull car and its as quick as this agly monster.you cant compere them.veyron is the best car in the world.this is my opinion
ponokilos 3 years ago
first, this car is designed to be an F1 car for the road, so who gives a crap about the looks. Second, the veyron is the muscle car of supercars, it only looks good going in a stright line. The second it gets near a turn, its terrible.
nacb4uf 3 years ago 3
but the handling of this car is poor because of the tire spec and other issues.
babylon2233 2 years ago
@babylon2233
No! The handling is immense. Stop listening to clarckson, He cannot drive a car that requires to be driven within its limits of downforce to work. 3.5g on the skidpan. For your record an F40 does about 1.2g and a formula one car on slicks is about 5g. This car is crazy difficult to drive because for it to work you have to drive it crazy crazy fast.
littletrigger 2 years ago 3
@littletrigger You're right, it is a drivers car without all the bells and wistles people expect from other supercar manufacturers. The someone to ask is a real racer or owner of one not some fat assed stump toothed tv host....lmao
JAG03064 1 year ago
more like a F3000
patrickh499 2 years ago
if u're talking about looks you're lost dude, thats a completely subjective thing, it can be ugly for half of the world and beautyful for the other half and either can't be proven wrong. and that about that best car ever thing im not quite shure the veyron's breakthroughs have already been beaten by some cars like the Aero tt, the 9FF GT9, the Vector WX-8, the koenigsegg CCXR SE etc.
My personal opinion: The veyron looks like a VW Beetle with steroids
Peace everyone :)
imguitarguy183 3 years ago 4
thats my family name CAPARO
Noelnoel123 3 years ago
in straight line veyron is a bit faster... don't watch what they declare.
best time caparo 0-160km/h 5.7
veyron 5.5 EVOmagazine both
vanishingNINJA 3 years ago
its faster 0-100 kmh tho
gino800 3 years ago
hahaha but what about where it matters on the track
aarondinas 3 years ago
Track doesn't really matter one bit in the veyrons case, it's a GT.
Malc180s 3 years ago
so the veyron is the fastest gt car??
no
round the track??
no
top end?
no
aarondinas 3 years ago 5
What else would you tour Europe in that's faster?
Malc180s 3 years ago
legally? any diesel car with a big tank, haha
aarondinas 3 years ago
i agree...it goes from zero to 80 and back to zero in 8 seconds thats the fastest car in the world...
hobosunited8 3 years ago
the Caparo T1 is pure sex in car form :D
RoboTekno 3 years ago 6
It has the same lap times as gt3 to gt2 in lemans it was 4 sec slower than lemans prototypes and 21 sec slower on nuremburg than f1
sesarathor 3 years ago
huge acceleration+loads of grip=1 hell of a fast car!
JUNIORROTAX55 3 years ago
why does the veyron come up under every car video? i can't even think of any two sports cars that are less similar...
vinniedelpino 4 years ago
British made
(0--60 mph) under 2.5 seconds, that is equal and maybe faster than the veyron depending on the setup
john477h 4 years ago 2
It has a way better hp/weight ratio ^^
fickie321 4 years ago
more that twice that of the veyron
3Lcorrado 3 years ago
When under 200mph the Caparo T1 will smoke anything.
TheOfficialKC 3 years ago 2
this car is... crazy...
pregnantnproud 3 years ago
my bad i meant Accelerate!
McRIDER007 4 years ago
THIS WILL OUT ACCELARTAE A VEYRON FACT! DONT GET IT TWISTED !
the cars in this video are the earlier prototypes (2 seaters) they have since made a lot of engine changes and have relaesd the single seater for sale in uk!
the veyron is a road car you can take on a track this is a track car you can take on the road!
McRIDER007 4 years ago
And what exactly is ACCELARTAE ?
Is it a French word?
uktottys 4 years ago
try and take this car on the road, see how far you get before rip of the front wing, this thing would be terrible on the road. the veyron on the other hand has had alot of positive reviews on how good it is on the road
ruderussell1990 4 years ago
don't compare this to the veyron, they are complety different things
ruderussell1990 4 years ago
This car is hardly meant to be driven on the road. They dont expect you to. But when you do it gets 33 mpg.
TheOfficialKC 3 years ago
around the nurburgring in nordshlife the caparo t1 would smoke the veryon coz of its weight and handling!!!!!!!
Tobymitch2201 4 years ago 3
i think that street legal is used a bit loosely when referring to this car, but it still looks nice
ScottySkyrice 4 years ago
Yeah, but for practicability..... I would be scared to take it on the interstate!
mustangman442002 4 years ago
I am not hating anything i love this car !
l@@k you say that your dads the designer then good for you ! dont reall care i was just stateing that the figuers you posted dont do it justice! this car is awsome say thanks to your dad for me and rest of the real car fans
McRIDER007 4 years ago
oh yeah and for anyone hating on this being a legal car McLaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron are supercars for the ROAD that also perform on the track, the Caparo T1 is a track car that can be driven on the road!!!!!
McRIDER007 4 years ago
i agree on that one...
trogodo 4 years ago
@ wolfmother4eva you are stupid mate this will smoke a veyron ! and tishtosh if your step dad is the designer you would know that it gets to 60 mph in 2.4 sec on road legal tyres and under 2 sec,s with slicks it can reach 160mph in just over 5 secounds
McRIDER007 4 years ago
I do know that. But if you think that's done with a small race driver, and when I was in it it was a 6'1" very well built man (designer) and a not-so-small 16 yr old (me), you'll see why the acceleratoin decreased slightly.
And if you really want to quote figures at me, I can up that and show the the complete design of the car if you want,every specification there is to know about the car, even the designs of the prototypes.
So don't be hating...
tishtosh 4 years ago
To be honest, when you've been in it and you're accelerating from 0-60 in about 3 seconds, you're not comparing it to the Veyron.
And I know what I'm talking about because my stepdad is the designer. :D
tishtosh 4 years ago
surprisingly the veyron can still accelerate quicker BUT this thing would thrash a veyron on a tight circuit because of its cornering.
wolfmother4eva 4 years ago
the veyron can't accelerate quicker.
pedrothecruel 4 years ago
the veyron can accelerate quicker to 60 mph because of the torque the veyron can put out thats what i meant.
wolfmother4eva 4 years ago
looks like a f1 car with extra body panels.
intensejesse 4 years ago 3
looks like a very nice oversized go cart
still amazing
ElBussEl 4 years ago
yeah go to the supermarket on that toy car!!!
willysdesign 4 years ago
that car is danderuos if u dont go fast in it u crash
Dominykas14 4 years ago
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do they mean like street legal like bugatti legal like u can drive it out of your driveway or its street legal 2 race.
guitarazn90210 4 years ago
jesus christ ur dumb
holyshit1337 4 years ago 6
;)) :))
ramirodeva 4 years ago
brilliant lol
Asa106x 4 years ago
hahah amagine in a street race first time in japan.. person one Supra, person 2 Evo, person 3 Wrx STI, person 4 Caparo T1.. lol
yomamma228 4 years ago
i have rolling race video of t1 vs bugatti
basarg13 4 years ago
u lied dude! why?
dooskas 4 years ago 3
were
eastend1111 4 years ago
dude i saw one of those at the sema car show do u kno how much fuckin downforce those things have if it was goin fast enough in a tunnel it could ride on the top for like 15 seconds u fuckin noobs
dogtown1 4 years ago
More like Craparo
intheshitter 4 years ago
haha yeah really, when it takes off from the camera car you can see the crapy plastic fenders almost falling off... p.o.s car.
RpW87 4 years ago
Joke? no.....lets c the caparo go round the nurbugring in under 6:55. The thing couldnt go 5 mins without blowing up or the wheels dropping off.
rookhopemag 4 years ago
The most unreliable supercar ever made...on the tests done by british motoring shows they have always broke down, and on one occasion it exploded....and they expect people to pay £235,000 for one of these.
davoir2000 4 years ago 6
Heard about Jason Plato from channel 5's Fifth Gear got his face burned during a filmed testing; also, Jeremy Clarkson from BBC's Top Gear had the car broken down numerous time during filming.
NOT a good start. Nice concept, but Caparo should check their Quality Assurance Dept.
flurry 4 years ago
Well, the situation is not hopeless. That's not a good start. But they are delaying this car. They don't have a deadline other than one they set themselves. When they release it, it should be reliable.
And please don't forget, that this is the first car of that kind. It merges high power with a minimalistic low weight low drag design. It's a great challenge to build something like that. ;-)
DarkHope 4 years ago
Well for crying out loud haven't you ever read "Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorstein Veblen? You should, it's hilarious. Veblen mentions lighting a cigar with a $100 bill; this is lighting a cigar with a briefcase full of $100 bills, so no wonder you're apt to get your eyebrows singed!
wkiernan 4 years ago
All the cars reviewed so far were prototypes.. show me a reliable prototype.. even the like of Audi, BMW and Merc have issues with Prototypes. That's the point of them, so you can iron out all the problems BEFORE you release them on sale.
dmr355 3 years ago
So true
Petrolhead1984 3 years ago
Radical sr8 would kill this thing
rookhopemag 4 years ago
That's a joke, right?
porad 4 years ago
Well it's veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery ugly!!! Anyway how much does it cost in Euros?
HAXORGR 4 years ago
at the end of the day od rather have an f50 than a t1 cos a t1 would feel like an f1 car, you know it has to be cained, but an f50 has a roof and you can cruise it and just laugh at other cars but race it if you want the T1 always reminds me of a superbike with 4 wheels rather than supercar- not my thing
HerbalAbuse 4 years ago
its the same thing for me with caterhams- i see them on the road and people always redline them, wheelspin etc but it dont impress me cos i just look at it and think- its tiny! of course its gona be fast off the line, its gona have twitchy handling too. id just rather have a beasty car ive never understood the obsession with these things
HerbalAbuse 4 years ago
The Caparo has a removable roof I though?
StreeTRacR008 4 years ago
haha if you think an f50 is a good car to cruise around in think again
gtizzle101 4 years ago
the Bugatti is faster, but is riddled with electronics and turbos (maintanance worry for me), and it prob wont turn that many heads cos i wouldnt say they stand out compared to a ferrari. also you would be left with (possibly) quite a low bank balance
HerbalAbuse 4 years ago
hahahah i copyed its style and made me a smaler version of it with a suzuki hayabusa 1300 rk engine lol....dont sue me
joyboyzztodafullist 4 years ago
If that's true. Post it.
blissnabob 4 years ago
well ok so add me as friend and in one day you see it or 2
arabjoyroad313 4 years ago
looks like a top gear video exept the voice of jeremy
emoney1235 4 years ago
Buy this and use it on the road for any distance and all it's gonna say about you is that you've got more Money than Sense.........
flybywir 4 years ago
Lol its a F1 car with number plates!
HiredAssasin 4 years ago
This cars well cooler than Veyrons, Koenigseggs, Zondas etc
richboy900 4 years ago
Wrong. It's 575bhp. 1200 lbs. 10,500 rev limit :-)
john2496 4 years ago
Wrong about the rev limit...
Tested to rev to 12k reliably. It has been successfully revved to 17k, and has produced 700hp on methanol.
sideez1 4 years ago
fajna rakieta :P:P
arolziomek 4 years ago
Jason Plato from fifth gear nearly got fried in this piece!
jospi69 4 years ago
someone said its a pig to get off the line i read it does 0-60 in less than 2.5 seconds, got 1000bhp per tonne top speed of 200mph and it only costs 180 grand which is cheaper than most supercars specially the bugatti which costs nearly 5 times as much even if i was rich id go for one of these anyday over bugatti cos you aint gona get to 240 on any street road
HerbalAbuse 4 years ago
whereas your bound to get to 200 :D
Ricardojr118 4 years ago
yes you can lol i know a man that done 200 in the UK on a Hayabusa the T1 is a good novelty car but a bit too "prototype" for my liking id still rather have a ferrari F50- its fast, looks good, has a roof, sounds amazing,is a raw basic car and will turn heads,
HerbalAbuse 4 years ago
do you know how we got 70mph speed limit on motorways?
because somw guy went down the M1 in an AC cobra at 180mph :)
Ricardojr118 4 years ago
thats on the top gear track. and me wantey that car =P lots!
welshdude6669 4 years ago
heres teh specs from mototrend
550bhp
1400lbs
0-60 2.5sec
0-100 5 sec
$350,000
2.5 g downforce at high speeds
dont know cornering g's but 1+ easy
mxpenguin 4 years ago
Nice one, looks fast!
jezuz12345 4 years ago
looks like formula one
what are the specs
techjoe040669 4 years ago
Just a SPACE ROCKET...murray u are a god.
shogunjosex 4 years ago
gran coche d Murray mis felizitaciones a este artista de las cuatro ruedas.
manuars91 4 years ago
Just a bit over 500kg, rev limiter on the prototype car Steve Sutcliffe drove was 12750rpm i do belive.
Frio3535 4 years ago
The Stig from Top Gear drove it on the mountain roads on a clip
peonunion 4 years ago
not to mention about his price ...150 000dollars!!for a F1?? whoot???
hooliogsmokalot 4 years ago
It starts using a single button, is road legal and covered the 0-100-0 in 7 a and bit seconds, absolutely awesome car. Other then one of autocars reporters no one has driven it except the makers. According to the review it isnt a pig to get off the line and is good to potter around town in.
Frio3535 4 years ago
come on guys...a super-lightweight naturally aspirated V8 pumping out an amazing 575HP at a screaming 13500RPM and a curb wight of only 470Kg?! we've got the greatest car ever made on our hands! PS. It was designed by F1 designers. 2 Ex-Mclaren guys actually.
TheDupuisner 4 years ago
Yeah takes as many people to get the engine running too!. I love light, powerful cars, but i think they've tried to go a step too far with this. It's a pig to get off the line and seriously unreliable too.
They should've spent more time refining it instead of rushing a half finished car out just so it can claim records etc.
Fingerebob 4 years ago
Add 500 bhp and its a formula 1 car :), looks like one too probably because the designers designed F1 cars :)
peonunion 4 years ago
nowadays are f1 cars 500bhp wat r u talkin about
hooliogsmokalot 4 years ago
what? no. try 900-1000
eaglesdood 4 years ago
I don't know why this is even an argument, this thing is surely going to rape the atom in every single performance category. Don't get my wrong, the Atom is a foul car, but this is out of its league. It pulls over 3Gs under braking and cornering, generates 800 kg of downforce (pretty sure the Atom produces 0), and has a 3.5L V8 that revs to 10,000+ RPM ftw.
ocelot6 4 years ago
he is being stupid
nickfastswim 4 years ago
Thats tight....think thats the TopGear track
thetexanstig 4 years ago
Ah and the beauty is it's still street legal... *tear*
EnragedSephiroth 4 years ago
It sounds like a Hayabusa engine
sebastianmejia17 4 years ago
Ya it has an indy-style V8. It does sound a lot like champ car.
MikaOwns 4 years ago
Any vehicle going over 80 on the highway is pointless. This thing is art in motion, just enjoy it.
vernthii 4 years ago
Sounds/looks more Champ Car World Series to me...
JimPrower 4 years ago
bet that will beat the next mclaren f1 in all but top speed
multitudinal 4 years ago
In someways it's the 21 first century version of my old favorite the mclaren and it some the men what worked on the f1 work now on this car.
If they will make this work than this will be my favorite supercar and if the they back up what the claim 3 g cornering and so fort.
Petrolhead1984 4 years ago
But it is pointless in its expensiveness compared to the ariel atom
multitudinal 4 years ago
you can't quit compare this with the atom, the design concepts are different. The atom is minimally designed to give a fun driving experience. While the T1 was made to break track records, and is rather lavish compared the Atom.
nickfastswim 4 years ago
Lavish? Its anything but. There is nothing to make it worth spending the extra money. An Atom all the way.
multitudinal 4 years ago
By lavish i meant by it is made from carbon fiber, expensive light weight alloys and other advanced composites. It also has paddle shift gear change control and i think has traction control. While the atom is much simpler, the chassis made from steel, no traction control, not body panels, its basically a road legal go kart. I personal, like you, would take the atom too over the T1. The T1 is for people who want a hardcore track car.
nickfastswim 4 years ago
It's less hardcore than the atom
multitudinal 4 years ago
How is it less hardcore?????? atom 0-60mph 2.9sec, T1 0-60 2.5sec. Atom top speed ~140mph, T1 200mph. The T1 would kill the atom.
nickfastswim 4 years ago
You figure fetishist
multitudinal 4 years ago
im just using these figures to prove my point. On the other hand, you are stating ur opinion and not backing it up. Like i said before i like the atom more than the T1.
nickfastswim 4 years ago
If you put caparo power in an atom it would go faster. End of.
multitudinal 4 years ago
But would it?
Spitfire85 4 years ago
Yes, it would
multitudinal 4 years ago
NO, it would not, he doesn't wat his taking about.
nickfastswim 4 years ago
I don't think so. The atoms aerodynamics are inferior to the T1's. Thats why all fast cars, like the mclaren F1, Veyron, Enzo have body panels, they in prove aerodynamics. The flow of air is smoother over cars with panels than cars without them. The atom does not have a great top speed because of this, and nor it will be faster than the T1 even with extra power.
nickfastswim 4 years ago
acceleration matters more than top speed in the real world
multitudinal 4 years ago
The T1 acceleration 0-60 2.5sec while the atoms is 0-60 2.9sec.
The T1 ACCELERATES FASTER than the atom!
nickfastswim 4 years ago
ACCELERATES FASTER WITH 200 EXTRA BHP! Stop bothering me about this, there are so many more important things to worry about.
multitudinal 4 years ago
well if u care so much about acceleration why wont u get a rocket sled, that will beat everything. But it still could not handle better than a semitruck.
nickfastswim 4 years ago
rocket sled is not road legal, although id happily drive it into walmart
multitudinal 4 years ago
LOL, nice
nickfastswim 4 years ago
thats what it was designed to do
nickfastswim 4 years ago
I'd like to think it is more than just a finger to mclaren
multitudinal 4 years ago
Saweet
richboy900 4 years ago
That sound is amazing! I want one!!!! Find £250,000 any way you can and get one.
AlonsoLegend 4 years ago
awesome. :)
MrHoppyX 4 years ago