Top Gear raced a GT & Lotus Elise
#4
RE: Top Gear raced a GT & Lotus Elise
Was it an Elise or was it the new Exige? I thought it was the Exige when I saw it but I may be mistaken. You figure though for a car that's about half the weight of a GT and just about 200hp it should do that well.
#5
RE: Top Gear raced a GT & Lotus Elise
It was an Exige S and a Mustang GT. Top Gear has been using the new Mustang models as the butt of a running joke on their show. I'd gladly take on Clark in his mighty Exige on the Top Gear course. I don't think he'd be as pleased with the results though.[sm=lildevil.gif]
BTW, they redid this test with a s/c Roush....on a course that was nothing but winding hairpins (don't remember where it was). The driver behind the wheel of the Roush looked like he'd never been behind the wheel of a street car before.......drove it like he was trying to wreck it.
Either way, you do the math:
Exige S: 2077 lbs; 220 hp; 1.5 seats; MSRP 59K
Mustang GT: 3500 lbs; 300hp; 4 seats; MSRP 26K
Yea, these two cars are really in the same class alright. We should run a Mini Cooper against a C6 Z06 and then brag about "American Domination" when the poor lil Cooper gets bitchslapped on the road course. But what can I say........I'm a bitter person.[8D]
BTW, they redid this test with a s/c Roush....on a course that was nothing but winding hairpins (don't remember where it was). The driver behind the wheel of the Roush looked like he'd never been behind the wheel of a street car before.......drove it like he was trying to wreck it.
Either way, you do the math:
Exige S: 2077 lbs; 220 hp; 1.5 seats; MSRP 59K
Mustang GT: 3500 lbs; 300hp; 4 seats; MSRP 26K
Yea, these two cars are really in the same class alright. We should run a Mini Cooper against a C6 Z06 and then brag about "American Domination" when the poor lil Cooper gets bitchslapped on the road course. But what can I say........I'm a bitter person.[8D]
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