Top Gear.... Returning to your screens on 2nd February... BEWARE!
10 February 2014, 09:19 AM
#211
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: .
Posts: 20,035
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
With the engine and electric motors working together the car has the equivalent of 903bhp which as it weighs no more than a family hatchback makes for rather interesting performance
Last edited by f1_fan; 10 February 2014 at 09:22 AM.
10 February 2014, 09:22 AM
#212
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (41)
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: in the woods...........555 Wagon Sqn
Posts: 13,347
Received 55 Likes
on
42 Posts
P1 was amazing, could have done the whole show on that I think imo...bloody hope the Porsche is faster though
10 February 2014, 09:55 AM
#213
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Mars
Posts: 11,470
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The P1 was epic; maybe a little low though?!
That Alfa is pretty IMO but some reviews suggest handling isn't what it should be. And £45k for a 1.7 litre four pot? Ouch!
It's great that Alfa has made a decent(ish) car again after decades of turds dressed up as sporty cars.
I'd still rather have our little hatch though. If I wanted a sports car, I'd go Boxster or Caterham.
That Alfa is pretty IMO but some reviews suggest handling isn't what it should be. And £45k for a 1.7 litre four pot? Ouch!
It's great that Alfa has made a decent(ish) car again after decades of turds dressed up as sporty cars.
I'd still rather have our little hatch though. If I wanted a sports car, I'd go Boxster or Caterham.
10 February 2014, 10:30 AM
#214
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Berks
Posts: 4,224
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
10 February 2014, 10:39 AM
#216
also the technology would have been useful practise for Mclaren for this years F1, getting your head around the technology in day to day use will have been useful to them.
10 February 2014, 01:49 PM
#220
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: If you're not braking or accelerating you're wasting time.
Posts: 2,684
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Did I miss something? Why didn't the Alfa have a timed lap?
May be the weather but they didn't mention it did they?
May be the weather but they didn't mention it did they?
10 February 2014, 01:51 PM
#221
10 February 2014, 02:01 PM
#223
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: My turbo blows, air lots of it!!
Posts: 9,073
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
10 February 2014, 02:02 PM
#224
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Mars
Posts: 11,470
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
10 February 2014, 02:12 PM
#227
Maybe, I would think that the Alfa, being less hardcore than an Exige would be easier to live with everyday, for that reason I'd probably take the Alfa, plus it looks much sexier!
10 February 2014, 02:56 PM
#228
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: ....
Posts: 6,621
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I've been offered the option of taking a 4C in August/September - I'd toyed with going back to an Exige a few months back, but as I'm not getting any younger and my back isn't so flexible now, an Exige is almost out the question.
The 4C might just do it for me, although I agree that £45k+ is too much.
I may end up regretting selling my Boxster for one.
The 4C might just do it for me, although I agree that £45k+ is too much.
I may end up regretting selling my Boxster for one.
16 February 2014, 09:37 PM
#234
Scooby Regular
17 February 2014, 08:46 AM
#235
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: riding the crest of a wave ...
Posts: 46,493
Likes: 0
Received 13 Likes
on
12 Posts
I did laugh when Hammond pulled off the visor... and then ate it!
Yeah that was the highlight of the show really
nothing more than cabaret now
Yeah that was the highlight of the show really
nothing more than cabaret now
Last edited by dpb; 17 February 2014 at 08:57 AM.
18 February 2014, 08:28 AM
#236
Scooby Regular
