Re: I love "top Gear" but
by request, I don't know if this is the best lotus segment but it was first up so probably the most viewed, if there's a more entertaining segment you've seen on the tube try to find it and post
I remember the first time I saw the louts on the road I was really impressed with the way it moved and it's visual impact
I still love the car though it has taken on a slightly more cartoonish look to me over time
still a pretty car, 0-60 in 4 seconds, not too shabby!
I would title this tube "susi vs a hamburger"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL2MYm1bjto
to be fair, the race pits a two seat sports car tha enjoys race suspension against a 4 seater which is underpowered (when considering weight to power ratio), and suffers a decades old live rear axle, on top of that it's priced at quite a few "quid" less then the lotus
not a fair test by anyone's idea of a competition and even with all those performance deficits, from what I can tell in the clip, the lotus even had semi slicks (stock)and the mustang to be stock would have had all weather or summer tires
talk about a set up to win, there it is right there
this type of competition would be the same as pitting these two cars against each other, the driver would have to takie along a guest, two children and some luggage on an overnighter..the lotus would have to make two or three trips there and would have to sit till till the rain or even damp subsided if he wanted to take some corners with speed
one has to admit, the driver of that stang really knows what he's doing, he drifted in and out of corners even with his live axle and over weight four seater, for a brick like that with only 300 horsepower (at the crank) he did MUCH better then I thought he would