Wednesday 24th October 2012

Time For Tea? GT86 moose test

Animal lover? Best not watch this then...

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Ah, the elk test. The undoing of more than one mainstream car, not least the famous A-Class incident. That car still exists, deep in the Mercedes collection. On a tour of some amazing artefacts there it was, hiding in the corner, crumpled and ashamed of itself. "Is that really-" we asked, our guide cutting us off with a curt, "Yes it is."

That's not going to go, is it

Anyway. Over the pond they've been having fun with it. Obviously we're talking moose, not elk but, hell, it amounts to the same thing. And tried a more fun way of dealing with the moose test with a GT86. This inspired an amusing chat on Jalopnik about whether or not you could actually drive under a moose in a GT86 and, if not, what car might be suitable for the job.

Proximity to Richmond Park and its (currently randy, admittedly) deer does get us thinking. Will our colleagues at Autocar miss their Caterham Supersport long termer for half an hour? Any volunteers? Has Fenton got a driving licence, possibly?

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Sources: Jalopnik, FASTLAPracing, BBC for the irresistible retro Richmond Park pic

[JamesHayward]

Haha Excellent!

[simonigrale]

I like the video after it

[central]

Cheers.

[tommy vercetti]

lol

[Rawwr]

Love the expression on the moose's face.

[gofasterrosssco]

Bet the moose didn't think it needed more power...

[IDrinkPetrol]

Needed a tiny cup of tea for that...

[Small Car]

"FENTON!"

[hotmelt]

Despite just 4 stars in Evo this car is very likeable(NA engine, tiny tyres, looks).

[ktm301p]

IDrinkPetrol said:

Needed a tiny cup of tea for that...

[Garlick]

IDrinkPetrol said:

Needed a tiny cup of tea for that...

I had an espresso and I still didn't finish it.

[LordFlathead]

Funny how something like that can make your day

[KM666]

Brilliant stuff! I wonder if this will become a standard component of Euro NCAP testing?

Edited by KM666 on Wednesday 24th October 22:15

[Sivraj]

So was that a pass of fail?

[trando]

simonigrale said:

I like the video after it

Both of them.... Looks like something Eastern European? Lithuania maybe??

[Marf]

gofasterrosssco said:

Bet the moose didn't think it needed more power...

No but he did think it was too expensive.

[037]

That is funny. Can't wait to show my son!

[RichyBoy]

Came first in autocar best driver's car.

[V8A*ndy]

Marf said:

gofasterrosssco said:

Bet the moose didn't think it needed more power...

No but he did think it was too expensive.

Actually he thought it was another moose

[Marf]