NOBLE M15 ON TOP GEAR
NOBLE M15 ON TOP GEAR
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mike360spider

Original Poster:

938 posts

257 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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HI GUYS THE NOBLE M15 WILL BE ON TOP GEAR TONITE I KNOW YOU WHERE ALL WONDERING THE TIME BUT HERE IS A PREVIEW CLIP FOUND ON BBC2 SITE

www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/mediaplayer/players/bbc2/bb_rm_console.shtml?package=4588054&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1


also what did you think of it

Edited by mike360spider on Sunday 30th July 23:02

mr noble

6,538 posts

262 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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Come on 8pm!!!!!!!!!!

Just been for a run, then a 15 mile cross country thrash on my mountain bike and a pub lunch (a late one) and its still no where near 8pm!!!

G

badapple

2,265 posts

283 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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Really looking forward to seeing this

slinky

15,704 posts

278 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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WOOO HOOOO

hour and a half to go..

COME ON..

slinky
587racing.com

ahaughton

729 posts

256 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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Jeez! Haven't wanted Sunday nights to go so quickly for years!!!! Come on 8pm!!!

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

282 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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If anyone calls me from 8-9pm tonight I'm in a meeting so (politely) bog off!

ahaughton

729 posts

256 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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If it goes as well as I hope it does, I suggest the likes of Giles Cooper get a second telephone line installed ASAP to take the flood of orders!

360boy

1,828 posts

251 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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Well they certainly liked it, didn't they?
Congratulations Noble.
You are here to stay. I reckon.

mr noble

6,538 posts

262 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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"It is truly brilliant" - Hammond!


Well that went very well indeed. Good lap time, but I suppose the hot temps on the day may not have helped. Would have been nice to have done a 1.21 but beating the Zonda and Lambo Merci is what people will see.

Great review! Hammond seemed very impressed.

They didn't show much of the rear! Less than 3 shots I think, I can only assume from this that its far from finished being styled. [fingerscrossed]

Greg

gadgeroonie

5,362 posts

265 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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its the same engine but now mounted longitudinally

so - which turbo's does the M15 use - I can't see any reason why they can't be fitted to a M12?

if they can get a financial backer then the M15 should be a reality - and after that review, I reckon they should !

m12_nathan

5,138 posts

288 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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GT3 RS is faster despite being heavier and 70bhp and loads of torque down, wonder what the 997 GT3 will be like with 415bhp, PASM will make that just a better road car than the old RS surely? I guess most M15 buyers might consider splashing out a bit more on a 997TT too? Was hoping for faster than that performance, no quicker than an M400 was it?

m12_nathan

5,138 posts

288 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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gadgeroonie said:
its the same engine but now mounted longitudinally

so - which turbo's does the M15 use - I can't see any reason why they can't be fitted to a M12?


The gearbox won't take the power though.

joust

14,622 posts

288 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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m12_nathan said:
GT3 RS is faster despite being heavier and 70bhp and loads of torque down, wonder what the 997 GT3 will be like with 415bhp, PASM will make that just a better road car than the old RS surely? I guess most M15 buyers might consider splashing out a bit more on a 997TT too? Was hoping for faster than that performance, no quicker than an M400 was it?
What a predictable quote

Fancy doing London to Spain in a RS? Get over speedhumps without removing the brake vents

Why bother with an RS, just get a Radical, save £60k and go much faster

Now, remind me what time a standard £75k 911 did...

J

UFO 2 NOB

4,485 posts

278 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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gadgeroonie said:
its the same engine but now mounted longitudinally

so - which turbo's does the M15 use - I can't see any reason why they can't be fitted to a M12?

if they can get a financial backer then the M15 should be a reality - and after that review, I reckon they should !
I thought they already had a financial backer in place?

gadgeroonie

5,362 posts

265 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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"The gearbox won't take the power though."

it will if you get it rebuilt with the correct internals

adrian w

15,450 posts

257 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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m12_nathan said:
GT3 RS is faster despite being heavier and 70bhp and loads of torque down, wonder what the 997 GT3 will be like with 415bhp, PASM will make that just a better road car than the old RS surely? I guess most M15 buyers might consider splashing out a bit more on a 997TT too? Was hoping for faster than that performance, no quicker than an M400 was it?


Half a second slower around knutstorp than my M400

joust

14,622 posts

288 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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gadgeroonie said:
if they can get a financial backer then the M15 should be a reality - and after that review, I reckon they should !
???

The M15 is a reality. I take delivery of mine very soon.

J

ahaughton

729 posts

256 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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joust said:
gadgeroonie said:
if they can get a financial backer then the M15 should be a reality - and after that review, I reckon they should !
???

The M15 is a reality. I take delivery of mine very soon.

J


I must admit, I was slightly bemused by gadgeroonie's 'reality' comment....

Edited by ahaughton on Sunday 30th July 21:26

m12_nathan

5,138 posts

288 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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joust said:
m12_nathan said:
GT3 RS is faster despite being heavier and 70bhp and loads of torque down, wonder what the 997 GT3 will be like with 415bhp, PASM will make that just a better road car than the old RS surely? I guess most M15 buyers might consider splashing out a bit more on a 997TT too? Was hoping for faster than that performance, no quicker than an M400 was it?
What a predictable quote

Fancy doing London to Spain in a RS? Get over speedhumps without removing the brake vents

Why bother with an RS, just get a Radical, save £60k and go much faster

Now, remind me what time a standard £75k 911 did...

J


In answer to your first question, yes please if you can convince Dan to lend me his, can't promise I'd come back though :P

Radical doesn't have any luggage space, you could easily use a 911 as your only car.

Standard Porsche 911 is 59k, GT3 is 79k so much closer to the M15 price and like it or not a car that it will be compared with, I was simply musing over the fact that a PASM equiped GT3 may well be about as fast on track as an RS but also nicer on the road, perhaps even a good enough road-track compromise to be a good alternative to the M15 at a similar price point. After all the hype about how the m15 would leave the M400 for dead I was expecting it to be faster than an M400.

Don't take any comments about the M15 so personally!

UFO 2 NOB

4,485 posts

278 months

Sunday 30th July 2006
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Before I put a deposit down does anyone know how Noble is doing financially,they appear to have sold very few cars over the past 18 months and the M15 as good as it is has taken an eternity to arrive.What's keeping them going.

With this in mind I am swaying towards a used Gallardo!!!