RE: Caparo Lays Claim To Top Gear Power Lap

[tinman0]

10 Pence Short said:

zagato said:

If you pick a track small enough a 1/10th scale electric rc car will be quicker than Hamilton's F1.

So why would you choose to take a large GT like a veyron on a cramped little track?

I wouldn't have said the TG track was cramped, its just appears short.

I still don't get why people are slating Caparo for making the car, either. All they wanted to do was showcase the engineering. Whilst the (very public) failures might not have done much good demonstrating their engineering prowess, it certainly won't have harmed the sales figures as it was not about sales figures in the first place.

Personally, I think the Caparo is great Its about time someone produced something just a little more adventurous than some of the big super cars around at the moment.

[moleamol]

flemke said:

moleamol said:

CommanderJameson said:

zagato said:

If you pick a track small enough a 1/10th scale electric rc car will be quicker than Hamilton's F1.

So why would you choose to take a large GT like a veyron on a cramped little track?

ISTR that the Veyron did a leisurely 7:40 round a much larger track.

So it did it slower than a 50k Nissan GT? Impressive.

I don't think you will find that a standard GT-R on standard tyres did anything like 7:40.

Well I suppose we'll have to wait for a proper production version for verification but my point was simply that it's not that quick considering some of the straights it would demolish. Especially the longest straight, it must make up a huge amount of time there compared to pretty much any other car, even race cars.

[flemke]

moleamol said:

flemke said:

moleamol said:

CommanderJameson said:

zagato said:

If you pick a track small enough a 1/10th scale electric rc car will be quicker than Hamilton's F1.

So why would you choose to take a large GT like a veyron on a cramped little track?

ISTR that the Veyron did a leisurely 7:40 round a much larger track.

So it did it slower than a 50k Nissan GT? Impressive.

I don't think you will find that a standard GT-R on standard tyres did anything like 7:40.

Well I suppose we'll have to wait for a proper production version for verification but my point was simply that it's not that quick considering some of the straights it would demolish. Especially the longest straight, it must make up a huge amount of time there compared to pretty much any other car, even race cars.

I would put it another way - considering how heavy the damn thing is, it is amazingly agile and controllable.