RedM Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 The noise! http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/videos/65/broadband_wm.html Choose the option for a standalone player. It's jerky if you stream it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 How many weeks of filming did they do in order to manage over a minute of Caparo reliability? Respect. Otherwise it's an utterly pointless trinket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_mcevoy Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 About three days, it was filmed on the Isle of man at the end of July / start of august where they had a load of supercars.... and a Megane?? They were blasting all around the island in audi R8, Lambo Gallardo Superleggera etc looked like good fun, shame I was just running around in my clio at the time Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbonut Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Sounds like he broke it at the end Lx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 As you say Martin, noise is just awesome. Would love to see one on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieren1234 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Me too, imaging pulling up next to that when your out driving!!! Awesome sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Thats no good its an auto rofl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 It's probably not as fast as a well sorted small single though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 It's probably not as fast as a well sorted small single though. ah, but is anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 It's probably not as fast as a well sorted small single though. You have that saved dont you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Would love to see one on the road I have. They are built in my home town I had to look twice though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsZY90ekUo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Yeah very nice... hang on no its not its just a shell on wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Looked nice:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsZY90ekUo Brilliant video ta Michael. I'll send that round work tomorrow. I write embedded code for the ECU in that car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 It's the first half decent test I've seen, I still wouldn't spend my own money on one if I had it spare but I'm guessing it's quite a rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Haggas Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Just noticed this thread,I had a phone call today to see if I was available to help build the Caparo! I already did a test day with them. Shame Im too busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Stolen from another forum where it was already stolen material from somewhere else... Jason Plato has been hurt in an incident filming for the Channel 5 Fifth Gear programme. SEAT Sport UK’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship driver was testing a road-going Caparo T1 supercar at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground near Lutterworth in Leicestershire when it burst into flames at an estimated 150mph. The car has a maximum top speed of 200mph. Jason was taken by private car to the nearest accident and emergency facility at the Market Harborough and District Hospital. After initial treatment he was transferred by ambulance to Kettering General Hospital. Following further treatment there, he was transferred by ambulance to the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he received treatment in the specialist burns unit. He was released later the same evening and spent the night resting at home in Oxfordshire, before seeing a burns specialist again this morning. Jason has received burns to both hands (the right hand being more badly injured), his face and the back of the neck. He has vowed to race at this weekend’s final BTCC race meeting at Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire on Sunday 14th October, which is also his 40th birthday. Jason, who races a SEAT Leon, goes into the final three races of the season leading the BTCC Drivers’ category, nine points ahead of Italy’s Fabrizio Giovanardi (Vauxhall). Jason said: “We were testing the Caparo T1 for Fifth Gear, and we took it to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, a private testing facility, which is common practice. There was a slight loss of power, I looked in the mirror and saw some smoke, there was a slight smell of oil and then suddenly there was this intense heat. The car spontaneously erupted into a ball of flame and I was sat in the middle of a fireball. I hit the brakes, brought the car to a stop as quickly as I could and jumped out. “We found the nearest hospital on our sat nav and Phil Bennett [former BTCC racing driver who was at the test] took me to the local A&E. I would very much like to thank Phil, all the staff at Market Harborough and District Hospital, Kettering General Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital for all the excellent care and treatment they so quickly administered. “The back of my neck is burnt and so are my face and hands. I obviously couldn’t take my hands off the steering wheel whilst braking and my right hand is more badly burnt than my left. I’ll have to dig deep, but I’m still looking forward to the BTCC finale this weekend. It’s been a hard-fought season and I’ve led the Drivers’ Championship almost unbroken since winning the opening round, so this isn’t going to stop me winning the title on Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Ouch. Bad luck to Jason, but... ...it just goes to show those guys at 5th Gear will do anything to try to emulate Top Gear. First they get Miss Vicky to burn all the TG props. Then Tom Ford injures himself AND does it by rolling a Bedford Rascal just like Hammond did. Now there's Jason doing this - at precisely half the speed of Hammond's crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Can't see the sales of that car going too well now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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