Top Gear – Lotus Exige vs. Ford Mustang speed racing from Top Gear – BBC
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{ 25 comments… read them below or add one }
It’s funny how British people have decided to compare a car that’s stripped down for racing against one that costs half as much and is meant for your 16-year-old daughter. Are they aware of that?
That’s no contest at all! The Rustang’s chassis design is over 30 years old, it still has a live axle for Christ’s sake! Maybe if Ford realized it was the 21st Century…
watch?v=ZqbCpdozZEU shows a track laid out to favor straight line speed and high top speed vehicles…shorted the track and add some corners and its still no contest….lotus all the way.
i am also a porsche fan but ON A TRACK the lotus will be faster almost every time…by a wide margin. note the qualifier about being ON A TRACK…seems many have missed that point before replying that the 130k 911 turbo can outrun the lotus in a straight line, which it obviously can.
watch?v=ZqbCpdozZEU
911 turbo top speed is nearly 200 mph… this supercharged plastic box can’t reach 150mph… my point is: given the space the 911 turbo is way… way faster then the Lotus Exige… don’t get me wrong… i like the agility of the lotus but saying it’s faster then a 911 turbo is just not true. Not metion quality… a 911 turbo will fast every day… anywhere…
They tested them on the same track and your beloved 911 was slower.
Apples and oranges. Lotus $60K Mustang $25k. One of the best handling cars in the world against a grocery getter. Given the choice I would get the Lotus because Ihave no kids and don’t play golf, but the stang is much more practical.
maybe it should’ve been.. ahaha
at the end you can see that it ran slower than the evo, when he puts the times up
evo ftw lol
slower than an evo… no suprise there
i was kind of amazed that a gt mustang held as good as it did
top gear always plays up british cars
this is the car they should use to do thear guest laps
nice car … but UNFARE test …
i would like to see it with the EVO ….
lol the Ford GT isnt made of plastic. just puttin that in there.
It was a concord. Making a comparison about british engineering.
around a track it certainly is
I like it… but it’s not faster then a 911 turbo
quicker than an AWD 911 turbo around almost any track for about half the money
He should’ve added HE IS A TAXI …
“no he doesn`t need a taxi” ;P
don’t think that was a B-1B, that’s bigger and has canards (wiskers).
Don’t care how good the Stig is – He’s never going to get the Mustang round the corners!!
Took one of these round Silverstone last year on a track day……
Only thing that came past me was a Nutter in a Catherham !!! HA HA
at 5:22, isn’t that a B-1 bomber?
Fine example of having more horsepower doesnt make it a better car.
lol look at the size difference in 3:13 the ford truly is a hamburger!