I drove one close to 40 years ago when they were the Lotus Seven. Even the with the 1600 cc Ford engine you could do 45 degree power slides on dry pavement. That was long before drifting was even though of. The only problem was the windshield, it was like trying to push a barn door through the air, so your top speed was about 80 mph or 130 kph. But on a twisty road they are a huge amount of fun.
@groundloss
4 жыл бұрын
I got one of these old ones last year. Under german rule, a car that got its first license plates 30y ago may be now registered with reduced tax rates, is cheaper in insurance and can ignore environment protection zones which otherwise would only be driven through with "modern = cleaner engines".
@scottjones8726
10 жыл бұрын
Awesome car control, stig is great!
@melbguy1
2 жыл бұрын
The Stig was hooking!
@iantownsend5480
7 жыл бұрын
They look such good fun to drive
@Butterfly5657
10 жыл бұрын
Difference in tracks with 500r is always 2-3 sec faster so imagine the time in dry !!!
@underballbutter
10 жыл бұрын
As exciting as this lap was you Top Gear NEEDS to give it a fair dry lap. How can they accept that lap when it's almost 5 seconds slower than the r500?! Not cool. I want to see if caterham can still shame the big dogs for a fraction of the price
@furionese
10 жыл бұрын
Its an entertainment show. None of these lap times should be taken seriously. I dont see top makers ever allowing their cars to run in wet. I no longer watch TopGears so I dont know if thats still the case though.
@dreray4077
10 жыл бұрын
It most likely would have lost to the MP4.
@givemeajackson
10 жыл бұрын
Drake Switzer doubt it.
@worldhello1234
10 жыл бұрын
furionese The first sentence is correct, the second one doesn´t conclude from the first one.
@underballbutter
10 жыл бұрын
furionese yea but with the same driver and track and similar conditions, it does give you a good basic understanding of how they stack up against each other. so yea you can take the times seriously.
@marekkonrad9965
3 жыл бұрын
This is incredible beast.
@josephlewis9237
Ай бұрын
1 min 22.3 on a wet track is amazing. That's got to be the fastest wet lap they've ever had. Take 4 seconds off, the stig could very possibly have got a 1 min 18 lap time.
@klinesausage88
10 жыл бұрын
But what was its lap time?????
@Jack-lg9mq
8 жыл бұрын
01:22.3
@Jack-lg9mq
8 жыл бұрын
by my stopclock anyway
@bigmorg1267
7 жыл бұрын
Looking at how long the video is I would say the lap time was around the 1:14?
@oks1358
6 жыл бұрын
İt must be something like 1,12 also 1,22 is not even possible cuz video is 1,14 xD
@hbi1994
6 жыл бұрын
It's 1:22.3. The video has multiple cut scenes so can't go off of the length of the video.
@hirokishiba1269
6 жыл бұрын
Amazing driving !!
@baumzaubertraum
8 жыл бұрын
that is what's called a 'flying' lap :D
@Xzonza1
5 жыл бұрын
This is constructive hatred in automotive form.
@Lammeleo
9 ай бұрын
You missed the best part of it..
@qasimmir7117
4 жыл бұрын
What a shame it was a wet track.
@C.Q_Wilkenson
3 ай бұрын
I agree, I always wish that they brought it back for another attempt. I know it would have been the fastest.
@Rudolf.Aigner
8 жыл бұрын
The moderator sucks with his comments.
@coltonholiday4872
3 жыл бұрын
Ok...
@jackthebarb
10 жыл бұрын
it would be a better video with out the #ucking commentary
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