Being a car finatic I was totally in shock to see such a thing in my hood. Now it has me on a huge supercar kick again and youtubing all kinds of shit I can never afford. Anyone want to buy me that sweedish meatball in the pic?

buy me a Jaguar XJ220 and i'll buy you that.

I'd settle for a black on black on black 08 Z06 if you will settle for a cheaper Jag...

Isn't there a Lotus place in Brighton?
You can probably rent one of those suckers for a day or two.

I remember seeing a Lotus Esprit (Sp?) V8 in Rome. The dude stopped and allowed us to take pics of it. Those aren't nearly as expensive as that car but they're an awesome car.

koenigsegg(sp?) ccx


holds the record for the most expensive speeding ticket.

it was the fastest car in the world for like 10 seconds after the mclaren f1 and before the bugatti veyron and ultimate aero.

oh man, for a while there the McLaren F1 was my dream car. Those things shot up to like 230+mph.

I was in front of a lime green Lamborghini Murcielago the other day.

Mouth: "More amazing than the time Michael Jackson came to your house to use the bathroom."

Chunk: "Ok, ok, guys, Michael Jackson didnt come to my house...but his sister did."

Car still holds some of the fastest track records ever for a factory stock car. Still right on the top of the boards at top gear. Stig drove it to the fastest laps any production car has ever seen at their testing grounds. Veyron may give it an 8-10mph smackdown top end, but the new CCXR is only a month away from letting out it's top speed numbers. CCX did 245mph with 800 horse... they are saying the CCXR is going to have 1100 horse. I think the Veyron and aero better look out!

i can't imagine driving that fast.

fastest I have been my self before letting off on two occasions was 175-180 somewhere. First time on my GSXR, second time in my Audi.

The ccx has quite a few stacked up against it on the TG board now if you've been following the 10th season.

the ascaris, caparo, zonda, atom, mercialago, carrera, and a few other cars were faster. They fitted an aftermarket spoiler and it took the top of the board yet, but the stock ccx didn't grip well enough in the turns.

I'd like to see it romp the aero and veyron. I think it's a much nicer car.

The Mclaren is still the better car to me. considering it's naturally aspired and was the fastest car for like.. 20 years makes it more impressive then a car with 8 turbos and intercoolers.

weren't only 2 McLaren F1s made a year?

I heard it took 6 months just to build one of them..

what car is running 8 turbo's and intercoolers? The top gear wing is now a 100% factory option on the CCX which means the CCX is on top of their board of production cars. There are just some nutty cars out there today.


3 seater Mclaren carbon fiber instrument of beautiful destruction gets a huge vote from me too. I'd still like to see what GM could do with the vette platform if they went true supercar. I'd also like to see how a bad ass factory five GTM would do against the other upercars on the track. You know, Invest as much in the GTM as you would for an entry level italian car like the 360 modena, then pin it against the best in the world.

3 per month with 6000 man hours into each one of them.

8 turbos was sarcasm.

The Veyrons got 4.

I think the mclaren is the only nat aspired car that would hit the top 5 on the board.

and I'd be willing to bet if the CCX with the spoiler had a sequential tranny like the ascari, it would be the fastest car on their board.

I can't remember the figure off the top of my head, but VW lost something like 6 million dollars on all of the veyrons they made and sold.

I thought you were bringing up that 8 turbo LS1 street rod, I was about to say "these cars are out of that cars league" haha.



Have you looked into the factory five GTM at all?

I would LOVE to see what the GTM and Saleen S7 would hit on the topgear board.

I wish they used strictly american engineering the the GTM though.

and better yet:

found it:

The Power Board:



0:59.0 – Renault R24
1:08.6 – Aston Martin DBR9
1:10.6 – Caparo T1
1:17.3 – Ascari A10
1:17.6 – Koenigsegg CCX (with "Top Gear Spoiler")
1:18.4 – Pagani Zonda F
1:18.9 – Maserati MC12
1:19.0 – Ferrari Enzo
1:19.5 – Ariel Atom 2 300
1:19.8 – Porsche Carrera GT
1:19.8 – Lamborghini Murciélago LP640
1:20.4 – Koenigsegg CCX [6]
1:20.7 – Ascari KZ1
1:20.9 – Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
1:21.2 – Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
1:21.9 – Ferrari Enzo (wet track)
1:21.9 – Ford GT
1:22.3 – Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale
1:22.3 – Porsche 911 GT3 RS
1:22.4 – Chevrolet Corvette Z06
1:22.5 – Noble M15
1:22.9 – Ferrari F430 F1
1:23.2 – Ferrari F430 Spider F1
1:23.7 – Lamborghini Murciélago (retested)
1:23.8 – Pagani Zonda C12 S 7.3
1:23.9 – Aston Martin DBS
1:23.9 – Koenigsegg CC8S
1:24.3 - Prodrive P2 (Active diff. on)
1:24.4 – Audi R8
1:24.6 – TVR Sagaris
1:24.8 – Mitsubishi Evo VIII MR FQ-400
1:24.8 – TVR Tuscan Mk.II
1:25.0 – Noble M12 GTO-3R
1:25.1 – Lotus Exige S
1:25.2 – Audi RS4[7]
1:25.7 – Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
1:25.8 – Lamborghini Gallardo (wet)
1:25.9 – Morgan Aero 8 GTN
1:26.0 – BMW Z4 M Roadster
1:26.0 – Mitsubishi Evo VIII MR FQ320
1:26.2 – BMW M5
1:26.2 – Porsche 911 Carrera S
1:26.2 – BRABUS SV12 S Biturbo
1:26.4 – Lotus Exige (mildly moist)
1:26.7 – Porsche Cayman S
1:26.8 – Chevrolet Corvette
1:26.8 – Ferrari 575M Maranello HGTC
1:26.9 – Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG
1:27.1 – Aston Martin Vanquish S
1:27.1 – Aston Martin DB9
1:27.2 – Porsche 911 GT3 (mildly moist)
1:27.3 – Spyker C8 Spyder
1:27.5 – TVR T350C
1:27.9 – Wiesmann MF 3
1:28.0 – BMW M3 CSL (very wet)
1:28.0 – Roush Mustang
1:28.2 – Marcos TSO GT2
1:28.5 – Dodge Viper SRT-10 (very wet)
1:28.6 – MG XPower SV
1:28.7 – Porsche Boxster S
1:28.7 – Audi TT MTM Bimoto (cold tyres)
1:28.9 – Porsche 911 C4S (wet)
1:28.9 – Mitsubishi Evo VIII FQ300
1:29.0 – Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG
1:29.0 – Alpina Z8
1:29.0 – Lamborghini Murciélago (wet)
1:29.4 – Subaru Impreza WRX STi WR-1
1:29.4 – AS One (cold tyres)
1:29.6 - Volkswagen Golf GTI W12-650 Concept
1:30.0 – Autodelta Alfa Romeo 147 GTA 3.7
1:30.0 – Ford Shelby GT500
1:30.1 – Subaru Impreza WRX STi
1:30.1 – Vauxhall Monaro VXR
1:30.4 – Aston Martin DB7 GT (full tank of petrol)
1:30.4 – Volkswagen Golf R32
1:30.9 – Audi S4 quattro 4.2
1:31.0 – Porsche 911 Turbo (very wet)
1:31.4 – Audi TT Mark II 2.0T
1:31.3 – Vauxhall VXR8 (wet)
1:31.6 – 2003 Honda NSX Type-R (very wet)
1:31.8 – BMW M3
1:31.8 – BMW 535d
1:31.8 – Nissan 350Z
1:31.8 – Mazda RX-8
1:31.9 – BMW 130i
1:32.2 – Ford Focus RS
1:32.2 – Mazda6 MPS
1:32.5 – Lotus Esprit V8 (cold tyres)
1:32.5 – Renault Mégane Renault Sport
1:32.7 – Audi TT 3.2 quattro
1:32.8 – Modernized Jaguar E-Type
1:32.8 – Honda Civic Type-R (EP3-2004 Facelifted)
1:32.9 – SEAT León Cupra R
1:32.9 – Mercedes-Benz SLK350
1:33.0 - Audi RS6 (very wet)
1:33.0 – Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG (mildly moist)
1:33.0 – Vauxhall Astra VXR
1:33.1 – Noble M12 GTO (very wet)
1:33.3 – Volkswagen Golf Mark IV R32
1:33.4 – Cadillac CTS-V (very wet)
1:33.5 – Honda Civic Type-R (FN2-2007)
1:33.7 – MG ZT 260
1:33.7 – Volkswagen Golf Mark V GTI
1:33.7 – 2002 Honda NSX-R (wet)
1:33.8 – Clio Renault Sport 182
1:33.9 – Holden Monaro (wet)
1:34.0 – Renault Mégane 225
1:34.2 – MINI Cooper S Works
1:34.5 – Ford Mondeo ST220
1:34.7 – Jaguar XKR (very wet)
1:34.9 – Ford Focus ST (foggy)
1:35.0 – Volvo S60 R
1:35.2 – Ferrari 575M Maranello (very wet)
1:35.3 – Vauxhall Vectra VXR
1:35.6 – Alfa Romeo 147 GTA
1:35.6 – Lotus Elise (very wet)
1:35.8 – Citroën C4 VTS
1:36.2 – Aston Martin V12 Vanquish (very wet)[8]
1:36.2 – Renault Clio V6 Renault Sport (very wet)
1:36.5 – Honda Civic Type-R (EP3) (wet)
1:36.9 – Alfa Romeo Brera 2.2
1:37.0 – Porsche Boxster 2.7 (very wet)
1:37.3 – BMW Z4 3.0i (very wet)
1:37.4 – Honda S2000 2.0 (very wet)
1:37.9 – Saab 9-5 Aero
1:38.0 – Maserati Coupé Cambiocorsa (very wet)
1:39.4 – Bowler Wildcat
1:40.8 – Bentley Arnage T (very wet)
1:44.0 – Overfinch Range Rover 580 S (very wet)
1:46.0 – Aston Martin DB5

GTM is a 100% american engineered.

Out of German parts.

1 single german part in the entire car. Granted it is a rather signifigant part, but it made the most sense to the consumers.

wow my old car did it in 1:25 stock! Makes me wonder what my car would have did with a real driver and proper suspension set up!

Arent the suspension, transaxle, subframe, and steering all german designs?

I thought I read that somewhere.

they snagged the porsche g50 transaxle and the german ends there. Everything else is built off of the c5 corvette or custom factory five parts. The steering, frame, interior, exterior, and 75% of the suspension are factory five original design. It uses an LS1 motor mid mouted to a porsche g50 transaxle with a custom adaptor plate. C% vette steering column it's self, c5 vette brakes (or factory optional willwoods) vette gas tanks, vette a arms, hybrid FFR/vette wiring harness, vette door handles, and a few other little odds and ends here and there.

Word. the review I read made it sound like a porsche with a vette motor.

If you gotta call it anything you need to call it a vette with a porsche tranny. Personally I think they created one fine budget supercar. get a cracked up vette for 7k, a 20k dollar FFR kit, some time, paint, and you got a legit supercar. Factory vette running gear doesn't do the design justice by any means though. That shit needs an LS7, big brakes etc etc.

Who the hell has that kind of money in New Bedford? Sure it wasn't stolen? Hahaha

I bet you it was some rich dude from Westport.

someone around my neighborhood that goes to WPI has a new Maserati, i almost shit myself when i saw it.

I live in Acushnet now and there are tons of rich people hiding out in NB. I see all kinds of exotic cars hanging around there for some reason.

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better than any supercar in my opinion.

Does it have the seats in the back that face backwards? That would make it more awesome.

I love it when I'm at a red light in Worcester, and someone in a ghetto-fabulous sports car acts like they want to race me. Then, the light turns green, and my 1993 Toyota Corolla leaves them in the dust. Ha ha! After about 181,000 miles, that car can still kick butt.

yes it has the 3rd row seats that face the rear. that and an LT1 5.7 liter 350.

ok, did anyone else think that josh was sitting at his computer? I didn't even think that he meant real mail. I was picturing him sitting in his window on his computer and this car drove by.

hahahaI didnt even think of that. No I was at the mail box seeing if a money order showed up for me yet.