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A Caparo T1 at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The T1 was officially unveiled by Albert II, Prince of Monaco, joined by Murray Walker, at the Top Marques auto show in Monaco on 20 April 2006. [13] The show car unveiled was a prototype, painted orange as historic McLaren cars were due to the nature of the T1's designers being ex-McLaren ...
Originally called the Freestream T1, the Caparo T1 roadcar was intended to be powered by a supercharged 2.4-litre V8 that produced 480 bhp (358 kW). [7] [8] [9]After the project was taken over by Caparo, that engine was abandoned in favour of a naturally-aspirated, 32-valve, 3,494 cc (213.2 cu in) V-8, with cylinder banks at 90°, and a dry-sump oil system. [10]
For example, the Ferrari FXX owned by Michael Schumacher (1:10.7) was taken off the board because it both failed to meet road legal standards and used slick tyres, and the Caparo T1 (1:10.6) was removed because its front wing was too low to drive over a Speed bump.
Caparo Vehicle Technologies was originally founded in 2004 as Freestream Cars Limited by Graham Halstead and Ben Scott-Geddes who had both worked on the McLaren F1 project. [3] In February 2006, Freestream announced a concept car, the Freestream T1. [4] [5] In March 2006, the company was acquired by Caparo. The deal was put together by future ...
The Caparo, Radical, and Westfield are road-legal in the UK but are unable to clear a speed bump. According to Caparo, the car driven by Top Gear was a prototype that did not feature the adjustable ride height found on the production model. Because The Stig set his time in the non-adjustable prototype and the production version has not been ...
Plato was injured in a Caparo T1 supercar in October 2007 during filming for Fifth Gear at Bruntingthorpe proving ground. The car caught fire at an estimated 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph) and Plato described his injuries as follows: [10] “The back of my neck is burnt and so are my face and hands.
Fifth Gear is a British motoring television magazine series which has been broadcast since 2002. Originally shown on Channel 5 from 2002 to 2011 (and branded as 5th Gear until 2005), it began as a continuation of the original version of the BBC show Top Gear, which ran from 1977 until being cancelled in 2001.
Caparo T1 • Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster • Mercedes-Benz GL500: London race: Simon Cowell: 11 November 2007 () 7.74: 87: 6: Honda Civic Type R • Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Estate • BMW M5 Touring • Alfa Romeo 159: Motorhome racing • Alfa Romeo 159 vs. tall man across the Humber estuary: Lawrence Dallaglio: 18 November 2007 () 7.24: 88: 7