What a bunch of whingers
 

If you don't like it don't watch it. Simple ;)

Top Gear is entertainment. I love it.

"This is Toyota's new hybrid, lets have a look at it..........ok we've looked at it, moving on"....!! ;)

Comparing BHP and torque figures of petrol and diesel cars is pointless and very misleading.
Diesel cars have to have much higher torque than petrols just to have the same performance.

PAUL PALMER.....

Easy to say but as my very first post in this thread stated...... some weeks its naff, some weeks its good, some weeks its excellent , some weeks its purile cr@p....... so until you watch it you 'll never know ~~~~~~~~ will you?

I was refering to others ;) There are always too many users on here that obviously have too much time and need to have a whinge about something (rally coverage/Top Gear/ fith gear etc) to make their day better. If they think they can do a better job I'd love to see it.

Not strictly true.

Diesels do have to have much higher torque to achieve decent bhp because they don't rev very high. BHP is only torque X revs anyway.

Much more depends on torque curves, gearing, weight and aerodynamics.

The new 1.9TTD Vectra is faster than the 3.2V6 petrol and they have very similar power outputs. Most diesels are going to appear slower on paper as they need an extra gear change to reach 60mph. On the road it can be very different

Lee

Aren't you just proving my point that simply putting BHP and Torque figures down as proof that one car is obviously faster than the other is misleading.