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Old 10-28-2005, 11:43 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by AL123
Originally Posted by levensnevel
Well Zonda,

think we now know what Tiff's verdict is:
:shock: a bucket on ballbearings :shock:

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I tend to disagree with you on that one.
To be quite frank I can't remenber any footage of TG presenters actually slipping and sliding in factory supplied 'super' cars for quite some time now. When they 'test' a supercar on their track it is nearly always a privately owned one.
well the enzo was privately owned, not sure about the CGT, SLR etc...... who knows my point was that they don't film press launches that often they seem to prefer waiting to get hold of one that they can give the full treatment, including stig test
i guess it depends on your defenition of a supercar... but what about the F430, the Spyker C8, Ford GT? those three are cirtainly factory press cars.
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Old 10-28-2005, 11:47 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by nthfinity
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Originally Posted by levensnevel
Well Zonda,

think we now know what Tiff's verdict is:
:shock: a bucket on ballbearings :shock:

@ AL123

I tend to disagree with you on that one.
To be quite frank I can't remenber any footage of TG presenters actually slipping and sliding in factory supplied 'super' cars for quite some time now. When they 'test' a supercar on their track it is nearly always a privately owned one.
well the enzo was privately owned, not sure about the CGT, SLR etc...... who knows my point was that they don't film press launches that often they seem to prefer waiting to get hold of one that they can give the full treatment, including stig test
i guess it depends on your defenition of a supercar... but what about the F430, the Spyker C8, Ford GT? those three are cirtainly factory press cars.
Yup well I suppose it depends on how confident the manufacturer is they will get a good review/ compare well to the equivilant competitors when given the top gear treatment. Certainly i think the show is all the better for not going to loads of press launches/ foriegn short tests where they can't do everything they want to
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Old 10-28-2005, 12:26 PM   #18
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foriegn short tests where they can't do everything they want to
remember how boring the South Africa SLR with Richerd Hamster was?
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Old 10-28-2005, 01:25 PM   #19
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Check this out, a video from the norwegian Autofil tv-show recording of Koenigsegg CCR at Rudskogen yesterday;

http://www.vg.no/video/videoplayer/player.hbs?id=1935

(a small commercial before the video itself begins)
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Old 10-28-2005, 01:53 PM   #20
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i always find it funny (yet logical) how much it sounds like a Mustang Cobra
too bad the edit: oops, 5th gear review wasnt as much driving footage as this one was
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Old 10-28-2005, 02:59 PM   #21
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There will be lot more driving footage in the tvshow itself. But could be months away.
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Old 10-29-2005, 12:36 AM   #22
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Damn, that is another disappointment from that car. But to give it some credit, back when Tiff try out the 911 GT2, the fan belt broke too....so I guess shit can happen when u have so much horsepower.
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Old 10-29-2005, 12:55 PM   #23
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i heard that the ccr broke down twice during the 5th gear test.
yet another proof that an overtuned american engine isn't the ideal engine for a supercar
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Old 10-31-2005, 09:04 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Zonda^
i heard that the ccr broke down twice during the 5th gear test.
yet another proof that an overtuned american engine isn't the ideal engine for a supercar
well.... i would agree with you, but the engine didn't break... the clutch did

and with the C8S on TG, the supercharger belt broke... again, not the engine

in the US Gumball, nothing broke so much that it couldn't be fixed by po-dunk hicks with a knack with tools in a trailer
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