Top Gear - Drag Race Compilation

Jeremy and I decided to leave Hammond and do a run from the north to 100 and then back to n so we could test our car's power and brakes. Here are the vital statistics 2.5L straight 6 170 horsepower or at least when it was new you can I've lost some Jeremy has a 2.5L inline six with 170 horsepower or at least when it was new you can Having lost a few since then, the difference is that it has a large concrete slab in the trunk, not the cobblestone in the back. I'm worried it's the automatic

gear

box. Doing a

drag

race

with a car is like doing a 100 sprint in wellies full of Tad poles, yes the steering wheel wobbles, no concrete is the answer, here we go, not at 60, that was about it. 20 5 seconds 90 you should be able to do 100 there it is there no brakes no brakes this won't stop please stop the gap between our supposedly identical BMWs was staggering 77 78 79 80 81 281 yards there is another conclusion we can draw from This is which well, as expected, I have done it correctly and have proven to be better than you buying second hand BMWs.

Well, yes, your brakes are better, my engine is better and my

gear

box is better. Speed ​​is not everything. It is not like this? So, I decided we should have another

drag

race

where James would go all the way and I would go old school by doing manual gear changes. Manual start without traction control. The machine and I this is a serious test actually of the endurance of these cars. racing them in this heat 107° F 3 2 1 come on Bley come on come on I'm hot on the Nissan's heels oh my god I'm passing it come on Bamber I've got the daxson that Bentley is incredibly fast but I'm going to catch him oh this is the closest that I've seen Bieber, you can't lose to that monster, no way, no way, yeah, what a machine you are, BMW, okay, it's a 1km endurance race for workers, we'll do it.

Pit a typical Australian commercial vehicle against a typical pom-pom commercial vehicle to see which is the faster drag racer. Yes, what he said was that it was fine. It is a 1 kilometer endurance race for workers. This was a clever move by the Australians because they could go straight. at bat with the truck Bad, I see there is a 6 L V8 380 horsepower in the United States they use the engine of this in a Corvette, hey, unfortunately, we had not thought about bringing a commercial vehicle, the type that just came and painting my house had a Jack is that any good, just turn it into a commercial vehicle, we can't really get away with any of these.

They're just going to say we're cheating. Luckily, Jeremy then remembered that he had a mate with a Transit, so they brought it over. and a pessimistic Hammond got on board AB, this is not a good start for us, this exhaust is blowing bad, that really suits you, I can't, I can't imagine you in anything else, Bruce, it's just Bruce in a Bruce mobile and look. in Nigel, can we just take a step back because this I'm afraid is going to be a bloodbath it's a bloodbath exactly right are you still sure you want to do this why do I have to do the first event and why does it have than being in an old tub?

All we have to do is look at that little green light and then win. What the hell is in that truck? What is this thing? It's crazy. What are you in the wind? Please gone with the wind yes yes a clear victory for the nigels sorry Bruce we took that first Blood for Nigel sorry Bruce oh yes about the traditional gesture it's not a van it's a van it sounds like a van did you see the expression on Nigel's face? when it took off they don't think it's a pretty impressive truck I like your truck and everyone is like that this look I'll show you that it's a truck and it's clearly a truck what even managed to beat you, while you have an engine in the back, ready , wait it says Jaguar, yeah ok this might be a bit yeah and it's also turbo CH, it's slightly turbocharged, that's actually what it is, if I'm honest it's a Jaguar xj220, did you say we?

They weren't allowed to bring a Jaguar-powered truck, well, no, no, it's a truck, it's a commercial vehicle, they could have warned me. I got the scare of my life, honestly, traction control out of the gearbox to manual launch control, left foot on the brake. If the lights go full throttle this is wait one give me 20 seconds while the drag racing goes on you'll agree this is pretty good we're far away we're neck and neck I'm running away I can't believe it I'm looking in waa. I could feel a jet of the Jet and that's it, so I'm fighting for the Germans in a battle against the RAF.

If you're watching thinking this is cool, it was after only 18 seconds I was doing it. 188 mph and getting ready to brake for the mile turn, that's as late as a challenge, just confirm cross rb29, this is where it's one. Lo, I'm on the mile back now, this is the best race ever if I miss this one. I could get a newspaper. I was going 196 mph, but it was enough. I still have to be ahead. I can't see the plan, no, no, I suspect I may be abused by this. Should be fine here, got the best power to weight ratio got the fastest car sequential gearbox good view forward 2 a great start in second oh they get away 100 that Jeremy stopped on the way I'll have to pass I'm not sure what be miles and now that could be the fuel pressure, so we went back to the starting line to try again.

Not two. James made two. Oh, this is ridiculous, so we line up for attempt number four. How difficult can it be for three grown men to see which one is the fastest? no to 100 and then back to n again 3 2 1 I got it sh why did that happen? what is 100 now 100 why did it break so soon ow it turned out that James's celebrations were premature because he had been reading his speed in kilometers per hour oh co it could still be worse it's five o'clock oh now there's a curve I'm going to have to take oh 17 80 Curve oh this is impossible James decided that instead of redoing the test he would prove that his car was the fastest using math, it's that simple, I have a data sheet with all the data, okay, yours weighs almost twice as much as mine, yeah ok mine wait it still doesn't work 100 75 80 85 oh another speedo died it has a better power to weight ratio than a Bugatti Veyron 517 horsepower per ton.

I was forced to agree with James' conclusions, even though we weren't done because James came up with the idea that it's a drag race, but because of the weather, especially what it's doing today, you have to start with your roof down and you have to end up with the roof up and that's not as simple as it sounds good no it's not because I can operate this roof while driving so can I? you have to, you have to stop, which means wait, no, actually, this is quite interesting. I can do 19 M per hour, yes, and raise the roof.

How fast can you go? 31. You're joking, but I officially think your ceiling goes up. in 14 seconds and mine is 19 this is very complicated so lower the flag yes I go out but I can only go at 19 m per hour while the roof goes up so I can go and you go at 31 m per hour but I have to stay there longer because your roof takes longer to go up, you can't start at all until the roofs go up, but then you have, yes, you throw the controller and go like hell, yes, having established a distance of half a mile, We lined up and our Spanish.

The starter started the countdown We start We start We start I Dam put It They're driving away I'm not going anywhere less than 19 18 M one hour 19 18 come on hurry up oh I've exceeded the speed of the roof ah oh God struggling to grab the windows are going up now roof closed I'm far away I'm P James is stuck I did it wrong we lined up for a second try glasses on so we can read when the roof is closed keep your finger on the button focus on the speed here we go, keep it below 1990 thousand per hour 18 19 wait until the roof is up and just before the rear hatch goes down I'm going to press the launch control button there oh come on this feels amazingly slow night oh Roof operation in progress that's it below.

I can go now, go up to the closed roof, changing my left hand to you. What multitasing it was, I'm moving on to James May. They're getting closer to the line. I think Jeremy is going to cross now, but I'm getting closer. to the AI ​​for a second hm he comes I'm going to catch him I'm going to catch him the second victory has been mine