@@CricketEngland Take the gold/gold flake look from the JPS and put it on a BRG color car. BRG is dark enough that it will still give you the WOW factor like the gold does on black.
not built for drifting and watching him drift supercars makes me & all the other manufacturers cringe .. Like passing a 100yr old violin to a destructive adhd kid and standing back and watching it get destroyed 😂
I love that they are making a manual transmission version available. I'd much prefer this to lots of other things. I'd want mine in green with a yellow stripe in honor of Jim Clark. Lotus did a Jim Clark Esprit in the 90's. Its very encouraging to see cars like this coming out, instead of the usual hybrids and electric cars. Thanks.
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drifting is nothing more then supply & demand sped up 5fold 😂 , i dont know anyone who actually likes drifting , mostly because its a drivetrain killer..
I think most adolescents grew out of 24 inch chrome spinners at the end of the 2000's. Nowadays the best of European sports cars manufacturers are pushing engine technology to the limit to see how much power the car can handle. Every supercar engine has the potential for 1000+ horsepower, but what matters is if the car can handle it. Koenigsegg don't just put 1200+ horses into the Agera RS because they can, but because they knew the car can handle it. Hence why it sits rock steady at 284 mph. The Agera also has proper downforce. It has canards, an active rear wing a big diffuser. The fluorescent paint is just the consequence of poor taste.
@@CricketEngland why is that right? If you’re going to correct people; please get your spelling right: Not «your», but «you’re» and I with a capital «I». I’ll see my coat.
What a sympathetic movie! It get's better every minute, the initial review of the design makes you really appreciate the specialness, and then the later description is very revealing.
I want to see a lot of cars with classic designs in the future. Hope manufacturers are going back to classics like the Kimera EVO37. Reject modern, return to classics.
2 things. 1. This car is achingly beautiful. Like drop dead gorgeous, dare I say satisfying. It has a face. It has emotion. It's just...done right 2. Radford just shot up the list of my favorite car brands to like top 10
That JPS livery one is da bOmB !!! I'd have one of those over any Lambo , Ferrari etc. Just need to see the interior. Hope it's on point...... Excellent first effort 8.5/10
Looks like a Ford GT, a Ferrari 360 Modena and a Bughatti Veryon had a three way and this is the result. Not bad. Front end =The Ferrari Overall side profile = Ford Rear end = Bughatti
When I saw the car ,my first thought was “ wow somebody reworked the Europa “, and damn you did, very nice, I owned a Europa back in the late 60’ s , this looks like a much better version of the Europa, can’t wait to see this vehicle in person. 👍
Genuinely excited to see what else they come up with. This red and white model is stunning. So glad its not another £2m ridiculous display of wealth but they actually want people to own them and drive them.
Love this, I always love to draw and fiddle with cars. This THIS is looking amazing retro fast cool not overstated and nut to understated. High-quality build that I would have loved to be a part of, I pack my bags tomorrow. If I got the opportunity to work with this type of build. Just amazing work Love to see more of this.
Thanks, but no thank you very kindly. I admire the work of Richard Winter who has been building tributes and homages of the Lotus 62 for decades at Europe Engineering. The Radford 62-2 is no doubt an amazing car, but I would have liked to watch Jensen Button driving it aggressively,. Why wait for Top Gear? And, I would have liked to see the interior and rhe engine and undercarriage as well as - instead of an extended sales pitch based on opinions of the aesthetics.
Really liked this and a good tonic right now with so many horrible things going on at the moment. I love the idea that they could take attainable cars in the future and give them the Radford treatment.
I don't have a use for the JPS or Gold Leaf editions because I don't drive on track, but the Classic in BRG with some gold touches like the the JPS would be awesome. I'd have to win the lottery though to even come anywhere close to ever being able to afford one of these.
Spectacular, definitely on my list, even though it's not a £million it's a little out of my range since my illness, pre ill no problem, but I am building a GT40 replica, it's not really a replica that's just the shape of the outside, it's based on the Audi R8 V10 & I have high hopes for it, I'm currently designing an all aluminium chassis for the future that should take plenty of weight out of it while still giving me the all the rigidity I need, & even with the V 10 & the "Nanny Systems" that I have opted to keep it should still come in under the Ton, with regards to performance it should bang along quite nicely, if not I will be "Snailing It", or going for a ProCharger, they do sound amazing. It is so nice to see someone building a Cool looking Quality build that is heading to be affordable to the people that actually appreciate the car & what it can do instead of those guy's that buy a beautiful car that they don't appreciate because they have no idea of its history, capability, or anything else about it, they just buy it for an investment that is tucked away in the corner of a fortress & sentenced to never turn a wheel ever again, I know a lot of people with far more money than sense & I get to drive a lot of "SuperCars" so I thank them for that, but the amount of beautiful cars & motorcycles that are just sat in peoples flats or houses is truly heartbreaking. What an excellent post, thank you.
That black John Player edition looks bonkers! Absolutely beautiful.
I was thinking of Gulf livery until I saw the JPS, and now I want nothing else. Such a good look!
Would look much better if it came in British Racing green
@@CricketEngland Can't argue with that.
@@CricketEngland Take the gold/gold flake look from the JPS and put it on a BRG color car. BRG is dark enough that it will still give you the WOW factor like the gold does on black.
I honestly prefer the Gold Leaf decals. Gorgeous.
The Radford Pontiac Aztec is gonna be groundbreaking I can’t wait
That is deeply disappointing. I have £350,000 ready for the Radford 'Austin Allegro'. 😒
YES! Finally, 500hp, less than 1000kg, proper downforce and manual gearbox, what a car! Can’t wait too see Chris sliding this one around
not built for drifting and watching him drift supercars makes me & all the other manufacturers cringe .. Like passing a 100yr old violin to a destructive adhd kid and standing back and watching it get destroyed 😂
You only get the manual in the lowest spec
@@TheCraigy83 So drifting now destroys cars?
@@DuBstep115 they change parts often ?
@@TheCraigy83 Not more than racers. For example S55 bmw M3 engine lasts about 35k on track before block cracks.
I love that they are making a manual transmission version available. I'd much prefer this to lots of other things. I'd want mine in green with a yellow stripe in honor of Jim Clark. Lotus did a Jim Clark Esprit in the 90's. Its very encouraging to see cars like this coming out, instead of the usual hybrids and electric cars. Thanks.
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best regards
That’s one of the nicest things I’ve seen in a long time!! I’d love to have a John player special with manual gearbox
So if Jenson says Harris will enjoy drifting this car. When can we see Chris sliding this about?
+2
@@abdullabashir007 ?
@@CricketEngland i meant , +1 😅
@@abdullabashir007 ?
drifting is nothing more then supply & demand sped up 5fold 😂 , i dont know anyone who actually likes drifting , mostly because its a drivetrain killer..
WOW the John Player Special version looks Orgasmic ! That is easily the best looking small mid engine supercar I have ever seen.
One of the best looking cars I’ve seen in a while. Best of luck to them
JPS without the massive front lip UNTIL I DIE. Incredibly excited for this brand and so cool to see JB get his name behind it. Can't wait.
If you have the money to buy it you have enough money to tell them not to add it
After all these years i still enjoy this show.
Livery really tugs at the heartstrings.
Good to see a sportscar that doesn't aim for adolescent tastes (22" wheels, 1000hp, fluorescent paint)
It knows what it is. Just like singer. This speaks to true petrolheads
no s************************ lmao couldn't agree more
I think most adolescents grew out of 24 inch chrome spinners at the end of the 2000's.
Nowadays the best of European sports cars manufacturers are pushing engine technology to the limit to see how much power the car can handle. Every supercar engine has the potential for 1000+ horsepower, but what matters is if the car can handle it. Koenigsegg don't just put 1200+ horses into the Agera RS because they can, but because they knew the car can handle it. Hence why it sits rock steady at 284 mph. The Agera also has proper downforce. It has canards, an active rear wing a big diffuser.
The fluorescent paint is just the consequence of poor taste.
Oh man that John Player Special spec is SMOKING!... 😁
I'll see myself out.
Haha, nice save !
If your going to use a quote please get it right - “i’ll get my coat”
@@CricketEngland why is that right?
If you’re going to correct people; please get your spelling right: Not «your», but «you’re» and I with a capital «I».
I’ll see my coat.
@@Mechabjornis because “l’ll get my coat” is the right quote to use not “I’ll see my self out”
@@CricketEngland «i» stand corrected.
What a sympathetic movie! It get's better every minute, the initial review of the design makes you really appreciate the specialness, and then the later description is very revealing.
Gorgeous in the GLTL colours. Saw the original Lotus 62 driven by John Miles in 1969.
Restomods are in vogue now and I'm all for it!
I want to see a lot of cars with classic designs in the future. Hope manufacturers are going back to classics like the Kimera EVO37. Reject modern, return to classics.
Imagine Ducati doing another 916 or Honda doing a new RC30
This is literally perfect.
So great to see Jenson Button again sich a great fella!
The double ducktail looks amazing!
2 things.
1. This car is achingly beautiful. Like drop dead gorgeous, dare I say satisfying. It has a face. It has emotion. It's just...done right
2. Radford just shot up the list of my favorite car brands to like top 10
That’s Future and Classic at its finest it’s clean but simple looking but it just has the presence of just wow
The way you placed your hands on the car was like a lovers caress... We can tell you love it . So do we
That JPS livery one is da bOmB !!! I'd have one of those over any Lambo , Ferrari etc. Just need to see the interior. Hope it's on point...... Excellent first effort 8.5/10
Really cool to see how obviously excited they are about the second car too.
Just saw this at SEMA, one of the few cars that actually caught my attention. Glad there is a video to give more back story.
Radford - Please can we see a Mustang Mach-1 re-bodied/interior to resemble a Capri.
OMG, can you imagine them redoing a '74 Capri or a Mustang II? That would be bloody brilliant!
I just wrote that too! It's such a great idea!
Yes please
the red goldleaf one looks reeeally nice... i dont normall like cars like these but this design hs something thats working for me
I'd love to have a diecast model of the JPS.
Hope you acquire one 👌
Looks like a Ford GT, a Ferrari 360 Modena and a Bughatti Veryon had a three way and this is the result. Not bad.
Front end =The Ferrari
Overall side profile = Ford
Rear end = Bughatti
Front end = Porsche 918
Bugatti, no "h"...
@@christopherdean1326 crap. You're right. My bad
@@nicholassmith7048 I see it
The rear 1/3 looks like the 250LM
“Brembo’s finest” brakes but it’s fitted with AP Racing ones
AP is owned by brembo
@@mabee7ify well said. 👌👌👌👌
the rear view looks heavenly
Always loved the '62, but it seemed a bit forgotten. So great to see it reborn and reimagined!!
We love Ant here in America!! Great car guys!!
I would love to see a big resurgence of small, engaging, but hopefully now more reliable, British sports cars.
They are built in America.
This is the type of car that should be sold in bulk and used by many to make the car fleet world wide a lot more beautiful
Its rare that I see a super or sports car that I like, but this is lovely.
Ant Anstead on Top Gear? A stunning retro-futurist racecar? Am I dreaming? I'm in love..!
The front of the car just looks pleased and happy with itself. It’s not overly aggressive like most supercars nowadays.
That's bloody gorgeous. No hybrid nonsense either.
When I saw the car ,my first thought was “ wow somebody reworked the Europa “, and damn you did, very nice, I owned a Europa back in the late 60’ s , this looks like a much better version of the Europa, can’t wait to see this vehicle in person. 👍
Looks a bit like the 917K Living Legend Study from Porsche. Its aboslutely beautiful. I really love those retro styles
It is SO disappointing that more mainstream car companies aren’t doing this!
Apart from Opel of course :3
10:25 really like the _"limited edition toy"_ you'd really want. how georgeous.
What a great project. I’m excited for more from Radford in the future
All I have too say is wow what a beautiful looking car and being a ford guy I'm digging the gt40 vibes
The JPS is a properly executed livery. Stunning.
Now we need to see it drive.
Great stuff Top Gear 👍
You mean: "Deep-down to Reverse Gear Bottom Gear."
JPS livery on that type 62-2 is a stunner!
A JPS Radford Lotus turned up to eleven with active aero bits please!!! Just when I thought Ant was stuck in LA!!
Wow. What a genuine thing of beauty
Guy's nailed it
Oh man, I saw this at SEMA last week and didn't have time to stop and get a closer look. It looks incredible.
I liked the style of this interview. A great watch
i love they filmed this at Spike Ferestein's hangar.
That background music is majestic. Name?
Beautiful !
Looks like a "vintage" 918, I mean look at that thing, it's gorgeous
Wow! At last, I’m actually interested again. Bring them on Jensen, bring them on….👌🇬🇧
Stunning, blown away by its looks.
I wouldn't expect lotus to put America muscle in the back but they said with a blank check you can put a supercharged ford flat-plane 5.2 L Voodoo🤷♂️
soon as I saw this I knew it would be incredible
The 2nd car is going to have to be a reimagined Jenson. It ticks all the boxes and the name is too convenient 👍🏻
Love that Serge Gainsbourg sample
One of the best looking modern cars, in my opinion.
Car looks gorgeous 😍
Very cool, and 650hp out of the Toyota Camry V6 architecture is pretty damn impressive. Curious how it sounds versus the lower end spec/Lotus Exige.
The John Player Special... Wow 😲❤️
8:30 was wondering same . Can't wait to see him behind the wheels ❤️
This thing is art...
This is my favorite moderator of Top Gear!
Entry-level is $400,000. Looks amazing and is very appealing. But over half a million for a decently specced Exige is silly money.
Cool car and bet it's fun. Hope to see Chris tearing it up on track in the future.
Genuinely excited to see what else they come up with. This red and white model is stunning. So glad its not another £2m ridiculous display of wealth but they actually want people to own them and drive them.
You say Brembo brakes, but that sure look’s like AP racing brakes 😅. But beautiful car 😍
Yep Lotus use AP.
Brakes, not breaks.
That series LR looks gorgeous also..
Wow... That car is so well finished it's ridiculous.
Love this, I always love to draw and fiddle with cars. This THIS is looking amazing retro fast cool not overstated and nut to understated. High-quality build that I would have loved to be a part of, I pack my bags tomorrow. If I got the opportunity to work with this type of build. Just amazing work Love to see more of this.
This car is sooooo gorgeous!!!!
My jaw is on the floor, god damn this thing looks good.
Thanks, but no thank you very kindly. I admire the work of Richard Winter who has been building tributes and homages of the Lotus 62 for decades at Europe Engineering. The Radford 62-2 is no doubt an amazing car, but I would have liked to watch Jensen Button driving it aggressively,. Why wait for Top Gear? And, I would have liked to see the interior and rhe engine and undercarriage as well as - instead of an extended sales pitch based on opinions of the aesthetics.
this is blessed
Bruv ! This is insanity ! Absolutely stunning !
That John Player version🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
If you have the money that’s the. One for me
Hey that's Spike Ferestens hangar!
Top gear just made a 12 minute car video without showing it being driven or how it sounds? What.
Welcome aboard the car industry hype train...
That is stunning. Let us hope it delivers as good as it looks.
I love everything about this, each detail and colour are just right. 👌🏽perfection.
Radford Matra Rancho is going to be 🔥
Absolutely stunning. JPS is the one for me. Look forward to the new Radford Mini!
As a very proud owner of an Elise S1 (MMC) and our second, and a huge fan of JB I approve and desire.
Yo they made the 500GT from burnout paradise a real thing
Really liked this and a good tonic right now with so many horrible things going on at the moment. I love the idea that they could take attainable cars in the future and give them the Radford treatment.
Interesting about the extra length. I spun both an Elise and an Exile trying too hard (on track)!
"With a blank cheque there's nothing you can not alter on the car".
Deal of the century.
This hits all the right spots
I love this car and where they are taking the Radford brand. I would have liked to have opening windows for my half a million dollars though...
I agree but custom automotive glass can get very expensive in small numbers. Regulations, testing of crashworthiness, etc.
I don't have a use for the JPS or Gold Leaf editions because I don't drive on track, but the Classic in BRG with some gold touches like the the JPS would be awesome. I'd have to win the lottery though to even come anywhere close to ever being able to afford one of these.
Spectacular, definitely on my list, even though it's not a £million it's a little out of my range since my illness, pre ill no problem, but I am building a GT40 replica, it's not really a replica that's just the shape of the outside, it's based on the Audi R8 V10 & I have high hopes for it, I'm currently designing an all aluminium chassis for the future that should take plenty of weight out of it while still giving me the all the rigidity I need, & even with the V 10 & the "Nanny Systems" that I have opted to keep it should still come in under the Ton, with regards to performance it should bang along quite nicely, if not I will be "Snailing It", or going for a ProCharger, they do sound amazing. It is so nice to see someone building a Cool looking Quality build that is heading to be affordable to the people that actually appreciate the car & what it can do instead of those guy's that buy a beautiful car that they don't appreciate because they have no idea of its history, capability, or anything else about it, they just buy it for an investment that is tucked away in the corner of a fortress & sentenced to never turn a wheel ever again, I know a lot of people with far more money than sense & I get to drive a lot of "SuperCars" so I thank them for that, but the amount of beautiful cars & motorcycles that are just sat in peoples flats or houses is truly heartbreaking. What an excellent post, thank you.
Wow, this is just utterly beautiful.
Both red/white and JPS look stunning 🔥
From listening to Jenson, can't wait for their next project 💪🍻
This thing just put the new countach to a shame.. what a masterpiece