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ultrabeat
I'm surprised how long the SL55 AMG took to lap the circuit.
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faster than a ferrari 575 by the looks of it. and remember its totally heavy, all amg really do is upgrade the engine and susp. right?
 
DQuaN
The Radical SR3 is road leagal here in the uk. And in most of Europe.
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And the other "requisite" is that the car be usable on real roads.. Their "main" test is whether the car can get over a speed bump. The pics of the Radicals I've seen show that the body of the car is about an inch and a half off the ground.... that can't go over a speed bump, hence it's not on the list.
 
Jedi2016
Just out of curiosity, what is an "ASONE"? It's not exactly something you can just Google (I tried).

There are also several cars on your list here that aren't on the official list on Top Gear's site. Most of them appear to be trackday cars (like the Radical), not road legal and hence, not eligible for the official list, which is for road cars only. A few of them (like the Bimoto TT) appear to be normal road cars, but aren't on the official list. Any ideas?
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The BImoto TT has two engines which is illegal here in the UK :)
 
So, technically the Toyota Prius is illegal?
 
thats a good question :odd:

💡 maybe because the prius' "save the earth" type two engines are ok, but the bimoto TT twin 400hp (i think) engines are destroying the planet who knows :crazy:
 
So the term engine can only be used for combustion engines?
 
ultrabeat
So the term engine can only be used for combustion engines?
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Yes, because an engine (in the mechnical sense of the term) is a motor that converts chemical energy into kinetic energy -- horsepower and torque...
 
But technically, electric motors can do that?
 
MrktMkr1986
Yes, because an engine (in the mechnical sense of the term) is a motor that converts thermal energy into mechanical work -- horsepower and torque...
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im sorry what? im sure an engine converts one form of energy into another, the latter being useful energy? A combustion engine converts CHEMICAL energy into KINETIC energy. Kinetic being movement. When petrol ignites in a cylinder, the heat doesn't do anything useful, unless it's keeping you warm in winter. The cooling system in an engine is used to remove that heat as quickly as possible. The explosion in the cylinder is used to MOVE the cylinder hence MOVEMENT (kinetic) energy.

As for electrical... a powerstation burns coal, to make heat, to heat water into steam, that drives a turbine, which creates movement that makes electrical energy. Now im sure there is heat->electrical somewhere there... 💡
 
Nightmage82
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im sorry what? im sure an engine converts one form of energy into another, the latter being useful energy? A combustion engine converts CHEMICAL energy into KINETIC energy. Kinetic being movement. When petrol ignites in a cylinder, the heat doesn't do anything useful, unless it's keeping you warm in winter. The cooling system in an engine is used to remove that heat as quickly as possible. The explosion in the cylinder is used to MOVE the cylinder hence MOVEMENT (kinetic) energy.

As for electrical... a powerstation burns coal, to make heat, to heat water into steam, that drives a turbine, which creates movement that makes electrical energy. Now im sure there is heat->electrical somewhere there... 💡
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OK, I stand corrected. I'll edit it.
 
Jacks
The BImoto TT has two engines which is illegal here in the UK :)
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No it's not, I know of a few cars with two engines that are licensed and Mot'd for the UK, including the Tiget T100 or whatever it's called (the one that Tiff broke the 0-60 in a production car record in), that had two bike engines, two gearbox's ect. Also I now of aa twin engined Mini based car a guy used to own not too far from me and I've read about a few in different car magazines. I'd love you to explain why and show where it shows that twin engined cars is illegal.
 
Shadow Fox
Theres a video in their website called "STIG dies." Is this significant? Did they just kill off his character?
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i saw the episode, they just let him drive that jaguar off the edge of an aircraft carrier right?

he just came back in the next episode, as supposedly the "new stig" :sick:
 
live4speed
No it's not, I know of a few cars with two engines that are licensed and Mot'd for the UK, including the Tiget T100 or whatever it's called (the one that Tiff broke the 0-60 in a production car record in), that had two bike engines, two gearbox's ect. Also I now of aa twin engined Mini based car a guy used to own not too far from me and I've read about a few in different car magazines. I'd love you to explain why and show where it shows that twin engined cars is illegal.
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My bad, i could swear i have heard that somewhere but can't remember where. Anyway i was talking to someone and they corrected me. Sorry :dopey:
 
Who saw the feature they did hen they bought three saloons for £100? Jeremy had a V6 Volvo 760 GLE, May had a Golf-engined Audi 180 1.8E and Hammond had (IMO the best of the three) a Rover 416 GTI (British Honda CRX - had the 1.6 litre Honda D-series twin-cam 16v engine, 130bhp) They did power laps with them as well!

Rover - 1:42:000 (fastes car, smallest engine!)

Audi - 1:46:000

Volvo - 1:48:00
 
Elstro
Who saw the feature they did hen they bought three saloons for £100? Jeremy had a V6 Volvo 760 GLE, May had a Golf-engined Audi 180 1.8E and Hammond had (IMO the best of the three) a Rover 416 GTI (British Honda CRX - had the 1.6 litre Honda D-series twin-cam 16v engine, 130bhp) They did power laps with them as well!

Rover - 1:42:000 (fastes car, smallest engine!)

Audi - 1:46:000

Volvo - 1:48:00
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I saw this. Jeremy said he got his Volvo for £1! Most of the electronics didn't work, even the speedo.

I thought the best car was the Audi (because I HATE Rovers :yuck: ).

The funniest bit was Jeremy hitting the wall much faster than 30mph which they were supposed to. And out of the cars, the Volvo survived. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 

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