So that’s it. Eighteen hours of mechanical torture across city, country and track in an army of 11 cars totalling 4,791bhp. And, as you’ll know if you’ve got a copy of Top Gear magazine, no winner.
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TG GP ‘09: the results
at 5:18 pm on Thursday August 27, 2009TG GP ’09: the poll
at 10:00 am on Thursday August 27, 2009UPDATE: VOTING NOW CLOSED.
…so this post turns into an official results list for those that care about the numbers. For an easier-to-digest look at the results, follow this link.
Lotus Evora
at 11:44 am on Wednesday August 26, 2009
What an extraordinary company Lotus is. These few chaps from Norwich have managed, not for the first time, to build a car that does the very hardest things with transcendent brilliance.
Ford Focus RS
at 5:51 pm on Tuesday August 25, 2009
If there had to be a winner of this ‘group test’, if ‘group test’ is what you want to call it, then you could construct a valid argument for every one of the TG GP ‘09 cars to win.
Lambo Murciélago SV
at 12:06 pm on Tuesday August 25, 2009
The SV is not a subtle car. As soon as it appears, childish you starts jabbering and capering about in your head: ‘Look! It’s got a massive wing! And look, the exhaust is a lozenge-shaped cave… And it’s so BIG, and WIDE and NOISY and orange’. You are reduced to a state of pure gawp.
Stig Showdown: one day to go
at 12:20 pm on Friday August 21, 2009
UPDATE: Just one day to go before our TG GP ‘09 poll closes. If you’re not one of the 7,500 who have voted so far, get clicking.
Audi R8 V10
at 10:14 am on Tuesday August 18, 2009
Control. That’s what this R8 is all about – control of your emotional reactions, control of traction, poise, efficacy, efficiency, attention to detail.
This is going to be fast
at 11:52 am on Thursday August 13, 2009
On the cover of Top Gear magazine this month it says, ‘18 hours, 11 cars, 4,791bhp, our track and the ultimate driver’. But of course, it was much, much more than that.
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