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Clarkson (in a Bugatti Veyron) raced Hammond and May (in a Cessna 182) from Alba to the restaurant on the 42nd floor of Tower 42 in London to deliver a truffle. The main difference in premise between this race and previous iterations was that, with James May having become a trained pilot since the Series 5 race to Verbier, Hammond and May would ...
The presenters embark in another car vs. transport race, seeing which can get a truffle from Northern Italy to a restaurant in London - Clarkson in the Bugatti Veyron supercar, against Hammond and May using a Cessna 182 light aircraft. Meanwhile, there's a review of the Marcos TSO GT2, and comparisons of two Porsche 911s at the Millennium Stadium.
Marcos TSO • Bugatti Veyron: Epic race: Bugatti Veyron versus Cessna 182 light airplane from Alba, Italy to London • RWD vs. AWD Porsches debate: Porsche 911 Carrera 4 vs Porsche 911 Carrera 2: Nigel Mansell: 11 December 2005 () 4.76: 65: 6: Volkswagen Golf R32 • BMW 130i • Mazda MX-5 • Honda NSX: Old generation vs.
In a Top Gear episode, Clarkson drove the Bugatti Veyron in a race across Europe against a Cessna 182 piloted by co-presenter James May. The Veyron was an £850,000 technology demonstrator project built by Volkswagen to become the fastest production car, but a practical road car at the same time. In building such an ambitious machine, Clarkson ...
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is a faster, more powerful version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. Production was limited to 48 units. The Super Sport has increased engine power output of 1,200 PS (882 kW; 1,183 hp) at 6,400 rpm and a maximum torque of 1,500 N⋅m (1,106 lb⋅ft) at 3,000–5,000 rpm and a revised aerodynamic package. [ 49 ]
The Cessna 182 is an all-metal (mostly aluminum alloy) aircraft, although some parts – such as engine cowling nosebowl and wingtips – are made of fiberglass or thermoplastic material. Its wing has the same planform as the smaller Cessna 172 and the larger 205/206 series; however, some wing details, such as flap and aileron design, are the ...
Pierre Veyron enrolled at university to study engineering. Veyron's friend, Albert Divo, convinced Veyron to take up racing and introduced Veyron to André Vagniez, an industrialist who provided financial support to Veyron. Vagniez purchased a Bugatti Type 37A that Veyron drove to his first racing victory, winning the 1930 Geneva Grand Prix. [2]
Elsewhere, Stephen Fry is the latest star in the reasonably priced car, while Hammond is in Abu Dhabi to see if the new Lamborghini Murciélago LP670-4 SV [broken anchor] is a hypercar in a race against a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition, before taking on the Stig in a drag race between the McLaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron.