Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Top Gear - Spyker C8

  1. 07-16-2004, 08:37 PM #1
    @wall's Avatar
    @wall
    @wall is offline Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
    Posts
    589

    Top Gear - Spyker C8

    hey guys just saw this....

    http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/To..._Spyker_lo.wmv

    pretty amazing. i liked this car from when i first saw it. the sound of it is awsome. tell me what you think...


    ALSO vid size is 20mB
    "WHEN IT'S GAME TIME, IT'S PAIN TIME TIME BABY! WOOOH" ~ Terry Tate
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 07-16-2004, 08:48 PM #2
    Sweeney921's Avatar
    Sweeney921
    Sweeney921 is offline Enthusiast
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Fort Rucker, AL
    Posts
    3,092
    great vid!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 07-17-2004, 01:19 AM #3
    Mustang's Avatar
    Mustang
    Mustang is offline Furniture
    Send a message via MSN to Mustang
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    UNI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posts
    10,644
    I have always loved that car but didnt realise that the understeer was os bad, Maybee it was just the way that Clarkson was driving it
    Cedric - I sound like a chipmunk on there. Some friends of mine were like, "were you going through puberty?" I was like, no I was already 20, I just sound like a girl.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 07-17-2004, 02:45 AM #4
    Rijoh's Avatar
    Rijoh
    Rijoh is offline Enthusiast
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Tha Nutterlands
    Posts
    1,916
    When the Stig drove it, it didn't actually understeer at all. I readed in a magazine that Spyker made it understeery because it's safer. I guess they didn't trust their beauty without understeer (harder to handle) in the hands of mr. Clarckson but the Stig is a pro so he was allowed to drive it without the understeer and go faster. And another fact: the Stig had only 6 laps in the Spyker to set a time, but in other cars he had 10 laps. So perhaps it could've gone faster if the Stig drove all 10 laps with it. But still, the Spyker was only 1.5 seconds slower than the Gallardo and for a totally new supercar that's very good!!!
    I think Koenigsegg is Swedish for: "Oh no, my head's just exploded!"

    Jeremy Clarkson
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 07-17-2004, 11:15 AM #5
    ZerK's Avatar
    ZerK
    ZerK is offline Member
    Send a message via MSN to ZerK
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Durham, UK
    Posts
    695
    After JC made the initial test drive of the C8, Spyker acted on his suggestions that it needed more oversteery handling etc, and the car the Stig drove was an uprated version.
    Cheers,
    -Ads

    "We used to come down, doing about 180mph. We take off over the bridge and change down to 4th gear in the air. Go through the righthander with the car drifting, and let it swing out through the lefthander and then slide out to the wall, where we simply stopped it with a flick of the wrists"
    -Vic Elford, on Maison Blanche in a Porsche 917


    UCP's Most Hardcore Armchair BTCC Fan & Anthony Reid Supporter
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules