AND a clutch but anyways, flappy paddles if you WISH to change gear, the clutch to start at high rpm, don't touch anything and everything goes by itself
It is the the same guy who drove that Porsche 997 GT3 RS on mountain road being outdone by the Bugatti Veyron. He was completely surprised by the Veyron handling on twisted road. As the other poster said, Caparo T1 is not in the same category.
he ment journelists coz its been in the news and stuff saying its fast but no one has said what it feels like. He is the first person to give it a test for the news and shit.
Because there are two seats... They're not right next to each other though, the passenger seat is offset back behind the driver's. Granted it's not particularly comfortable, but hey it works.
Acceleration and launch are two different things. The Veyron has AWD, so it launches faster, but accelerates slower. The T1 is RWD, so the tires spin, and it launches slower, but accelerates faster. This car weighs as much as a Formula 1 car, with only about 200 less horsepower.
Does this car come with alternative engine mappings for the ECU? I don't I would dare drive this car with full power on the road.. Not with the infamous throttle response it got.
@TVRnGTR horsepower has absolutely nothing to do with handling, and the enzo is a stripped track car, so considering all the luxury the ssc has its pretty good
@@Vacaneu Hahaha I truly appreciate the dedication :-D In those past 9 years in the meantime I graduated as an engineer and can confirm my own guesses haha. What a wonderful world.
@husnainanwaar1992 he is not the stig my friend he is from lescter tht man ecause i used to no him his name is rob scherle his company is cirtek at malloy park
the nardos 5 mile straight is just a 5 mile straight, it's not a track, it's just a strip so that supercar manufacturers can set top speeds. The caparo makes so much down force and the veyron is so powerful that at high speeds the t1's power to weight ratio means absolutely nothing, and the veyron would reel it in. But thats on a 5 mile straight track. I dont think that that really matters
@bill3rdshift autocar co uk CarReviews FirstDrives Caparo-T1-3.5-V8 227530 i dont deny your choice, but the caparo t1 is the Ultimate race car, not the ultima. besides, if you have $100k to spend on a car you can afford $300k as well. the caparo t1 is a production car, the ultima is a kit car manufactured from prefabricated parts.
@Modax42 I will tell you, because the veyron could match the acceleration of the T1 the most. On all other aspects s you are right. Its just about the acceleration comparison.
@TVRnGTR everything a luxury car has, a/c, 10 speaker bose stereo, sat nav, rear view camera, cd/dvd player, leather or alcantara interior, recardo seats and more. it actually has more toys than a veyron
yeah i agree wth u and i get ur point the buggatti veyron is used as the performance bench mark for all cars way to much these days and in terms of track performance the veyron is to heavy for causeing the most devastateing performance the veyron doess most of the dammage on str8 lines and u could compare the caparo t1 to an areil atom 3 but come the caparo T1 will embaress the atom and i love the atom and when u think about it barelley anything can even touch the capoaro t1.
i can;t imagine where cars will go next...i bet in 20-30 years, family cars will be able to go from 0-60 in 3-4 seconds, and supercars will be able to do it in >1. incredible.
Yes they can, and they do. The Veyron is miles faster off the line than the F1. Here are some times of the Bugatti Veyron: 0-100 km/h / 62 mph: 2.5 secs 0-200 km/h / 125 mph: 7.3 secs 0-300 km/h / 186 mph: 16.7 secs
Koenigsegg CCX did Top Gear test track at 1m20.4 With 'Top Gear suggested rear wing CCX did TG track at 1m17.6 Caparo T1 did Top Gear track 1m10.6 anyone have TG track time for CCXR??
0:29 "as yet nobody has driven in it but 1 or 2 people have had *passenger* rides in it, and we will be the first to drive behind the wheel" how the hell does that work?
This guy obviously isn't running it all out...direct steering? How come everyone else (jason plato and Jeremy clarkson) complain about the serious understeer?
@TVRnGTR mclaren = no traction controll ssc = no traction controll mclaren = insane hp ssc = insane hp mclaren = manual transmission ssc = manual transmission mclaren = rear wheel drive ssc = rear wheel drive mclaren = 550 hp per ton ssc = 1030 hp per ton
That may be true, but I think a T1 with 190kg on board would still beat a Veyron with a 50kg driver under braking, it would accelerate faster up to probably 150 at least and would be cornering faster too. The only track the Veyron would beat the T1 around is the Ehra-Lessien. Though if money was no object I would much rather have a Veyron or better still a McLaren F1. The T1s reliability record is pretty terrifyingly bad at the moment
No it doesn't! The Bugatti Veyron is a completely different type of car, one that's meant to be both fast and luxurious. The Caparo T1 will be a road car, but it's definitely a track-use designed car. Two awesome cars, and two different purposes.
I laugh at people that compare this to the Ultima GTR. The Ultima is a GT style car. As in it is NOT OPEN WHEELed. I just think that it looses it's Road Car status when you have a open wheeled chassis. Plus did I research correctly? Caparo T1 is $480,000 AHaha The Ultima GTR720 can be had for $120k
Yeah I can easily see family cars doing that in 20-30 although most wont cos theyll be made for economy. Cant really see cars ever getting under 2 seconds, because of the limitations of rubber and tarmac, but I could easily see a bunch of cars doing it in 2 in 30 years. I think the new McLaren is the biggest jump we've seen for a while. A junior supercar as fast as anything to 60 and keeps up with most stuff to 100. The 300k+ hyper cars are going to look very silly when that thing comes out
@EatmyDust1311 they're just baggin' the newbie, so am i really, but we've all done it before. i was baggin the bugatti when it surpassed the mclaren (has'nt surpassed it in my opinion) and i hope the ssc has the same good run as the mclaren did.
comparisons with the Veyroni are pointless. You have to wear a helmet in this for a kickoff and as far as comfort goes.. well there isnt any. This is just like a radical or any other completely stripped and lightweight cars with a big engine in the back. Veyron still the king of cars :)
ya. the real way to get a faster car is to reduce the weight. not to add hp. its simple logic.less wt= less complexity and handling problems. the caparo t1 has 500 hp and goes 0-60 0-100 faster than a veyron and an ssc with 1000 and 1200hp. The mclaren f1 GTR has 600hp and goes 125-190 in 5s. Thats even faster than a porsche 9ff which has 950hp.And guess what, they were both built by Gordon Murray.
@bill3rdshift the ultima gtr cant corner and brake at 3g. it cant do 0-100-0 in less than 7.5s. The caparo is in a totally different league. this car is faster round a track than a formula 3 car. the only cars which are supposedly faster are f1: words by steve himself in autocar website. wud you rather own your own f1 team for $100 million or your own road legal f1 for $300k?
stupid comments about the environment. that engine is designed for le mans prototypes and so is relatively efficient. the MPG will be much better than all your horrific 'yank tanks'. and as for crash safety, did you see Kovalainen's crash in a mclaren formula 1 car. same principles employed in this car. i've been waiting for years for someone to have the balls to make a car like this. i hope it generates some real business for Caparo Vehicle Technologies. Would like to have seen more of a LMP
The reason its faster than the Veyron is because it has about erm... zero luxuries? The veyron is so special because it is pretty much a normal car with the special stats. The Caparo is just a racing car made legal. Good, but its like comparing two different species. Pointless?
@TaPaTaaa How old are you? Give me an honest answer please, I wanna know if I must be ashamed of the human race or just understand that a young kid maybe have gotten the wrong idea of the car. In that case, I can tell you that the Caparo T1 was built to be the most extreme roadlegal trackdaycar. As for the speed bump thing, it can actually go over them, the Caparo team fitted electronic noselifters for every T1.
No one is going to drive it to the track because it really doesn't make sense to do so-what if you wreck? And the first thing an owner would do is change the tires for ones that are much grippier but not street legal. This car makes no sense because it does not conform to any spec so the only people you would ever race against would be other T1 owners. If you love single seater racing just buy a paid seat in Formula 3 for $100-200K a season, much faster and you're actually competing.
ahh the good old days when you could drive a caparo in jeans and a tshirt. now you can't get within 10 feet of one without a fireproof suit and a flack jacket.
@TVRnGTR that doesnt stop me likeing the caparo, but i wouldnt like it if it was f40 stripped either. honestly tho, there are a lot of ssc haters that dont know a damn thing about the car
its all well and good having this or a bugatti but it costs way too much and even though you may say oh yh it looks nice which they both do..your paying fro the speed and can you really you the speed on the road? NO You have to pay to use it on a track
Very much slower then an F3 car. Braking performance and cornering performance are much inferior to an F3. Straightline speed isn't that different, especially with so much power and little weight. Braking is where the speed comes from when comparing the two. Carbon brakes ftw.
@ASSHOLELA See I think of the Ultima as a production car, they sell it in a fully assembled car. Besides how can you call the Caparo a production road car? It is open cockpit, basically open wheel, and no a/c, radio, etc etc. What did the Caparo T1 record on the Top Gear track 1min 10.6sec? The Ultima did 1min 9.9sec. Top Gear tested the T1 they said it handled poorly unless it is going really fast. Jeremy said that is has lots of under steer and I quote he said "Oh God this is a Disaster".
I don't know about that, the veyron does handle really well, and is fast around the track. You can't criticize it for being luxurious. It is a bit of a show off car, but the people who end up buying the caparo are going to be just as big a twats as the veyron bunch.
This car is honestly breathtaking ever since it rolled of the production line
it’s too bad nobody gives it the credit it deserves
Bugattis are for the weaker but more civilized man. This is for the really hardcore, strong, gutsy guys...therefore, this car is more fun.
"you can see from this big grin" what big grin may i ask?
AND a clutch
but anyways, flappy paddles if you WISH to change gear, the clutch to start at high rpm, don't touch anything and everything goes by itself
It is the the same guy who drove that Porsche 997 GT3 RS on mountain road being outdone by the Bugatti Veyron. He was completely surprised by the Veyron handling on twisted road. As the other poster said, Caparo T1 is not in the same category.
he ment journelists coz its been in the news and stuff saying its fast but no one has said what it feels like.
He is the first person to give it a test for the news and shit.
I see the point of it too. Steve, you have a fantasy job for many of us. Really enjoy your reviews.
Because there are two seats...
They're not right next to each other though, the passenger seat is offset back behind the driver's.
Granted it's not particularly comfortable, but hey it works.
Acceleration and launch are two different things. The Veyron has AWD, so it launches faster, but accelerates slower. The T1 is RWD, so the tires spin, and it launches slower, but accelerates faster. This car weighs as much as a Formula 1 car, with only about 200 less horsepower.
new model weighs 470 kg with fuel and oil
700 bhp on methanol
2017 f1 750 kg 950 bhp
weight/horsepower ratio is actually better for the new caparo
Does this car come with alternative engine mappings for the ECU? I don't I would dare drive this car with full power on the road.. Not with the infamous throttle response it got.
@TVRnGTR is that your opiion? explain the ssc ua then
there is a seat slightly back and to the right of the driver. check out topgear's video for a better review
1:16 I'ts called a Semi-Automatic transmition, not fully Automatic.
so this car is automatic right?
that is a obvious result b/c of the rwd of the caparo, but from there on bye bye veyron, thats is called power/weight ratio
@TVRnGTR horsepower has absolutely nothing to do with handling, and the enzo is a stripped track car, so considering all the luxury the ssc has its pretty good
@bill3rdshift the caparo t1 does indeed pull 3gs in a line and 3gs cornering. fact.
The gearbox is fully automatic, with the flappy paddles... Isn't that semi-automatic? :/
9 years late but
that is a semi auto (sequential gearbox)
@@Vacaneu Hahaha I truly appreciate the dedication :-D In those past 9 years in the meantime I graduated as an engineer and can confirm my own guesses haha. What a wonderful world.
@@BoonBreyne LMFAO
@@BoonBreyne Congrats 😁
Nice video. Lots of information on the details.
@husnainanwaar1992 he is not the stig my friend he is from lescter tht man ecause i used to no him his name is rob scherle his company is cirtek at malloy park
the nardos 5 mile straight is just a 5 mile straight, it's not a track, it's just a strip so that supercar manufacturers can set top speeds.
The caparo makes so much down force and the veyron is so powerful that at high speeds the t1's power to weight ratio means absolutely nothing, and the veyron would reel it in. But thats on a 5 mile straight track. I dont think that that really matters
@bill3rdshift
autocar co uk CarReviews FirstDrives Caparo-T1-3.5-V8 227530
i dont deny your choice, but the caparo t1 is the Ultimate race car, not the ultima.
besides, if you have $100k to spend on a car you can afford $300k as well.
the caparo t1 is a production car, the ultima is a kit car manufactured from prefabricated parts.
@Modax42 I will tell you, because the veyron could match the acceleration of the T1 the most. On all other aspects s you are right. Its just about the acceleration comparison.
@thnk4urself actually...someone just took this on a 400 mile roadtrip and it didnt malfunction aat all
and ya i think this is a race car
@drplbiftin Actually, the Red Bull X1 looks like the Caparo, since that was here first.
@TVRnGTR everything a luxury car has, a/c, 10 speaker bose stereo, sat nav, rear view camera, cd/dvd player, leather or alcantara interior, recardo seats and more. it actually has more toys than a veyron
yeah i agree wth u and i get ur point the buggatti veyron is used as the performance bench mark for all cars way to much these days and in terms of track performance the veyron is to heavy for causeing the most devastateing performance the veyron doess most of the dammage on str8 lines and u could compare the caparo t1 to an areil atom 3 but come the caparo T1 will embaress the atom and i love the atom and when u think about it barelley anything can even touch the capoaro t1.
@luddesk8 um, the "big and hairy" is a bit descriptive, but in a general sense, you're right.
@Modax42 idbuy the atom then twin urbo charge it and itll still coost less
i can;t imagine where cars will go next...i bet in 20-30 years, family cars will be able to go from 0-60 in 3-4 seconds, and supercars will be able to do it in >1. incredible.
Lol this aged well
This car needs some slicks, a turbo, giving it 150 more hp, one seat, and a F2 car to race against.
Yes they can, and they do. The Veyron is miles faster off the line than the F1. Here are some times of the Bugatti Veyron:
0-100 km/h / 62 mph: 2.5 secs
0-200 km/h / 125 mph: 7.3 secs
0-300 km/h / 186 mph: 16.7 secs
Apart from the fact that it caught fire when Jason Plato drove it for 5th gear, and a floorpanel came loose when Clarkson drove it on Top Gear.
Actually, I bet I can do some shopping in this thing. Just gotta find a way to install a trailer hitch and I'm good to go!
Is that an X2010?
Has he wet himself at the end?
the burger was pretty much the same but the fries had semen on them. 1/10 would not go to again.
Koenigsegg CCX did Top Gear test track at 1m20.4
With 'Top Gear suggested rear wing CCX did TG track at 1m17.6
Caparo T1 did Top Gear track 1m10.6 anyone
have TG track time for CCXR??
The T1 is like no other car ever made.
0:29 "as yet nobody has driven in it but 1 or 2 people have had *passenger* rides in it, and we will be the first to drive behind the wheel"
how the hell does that work?
@EatmyDust1311 i actually might like the ssc now i thought it was just seats and a steering wheel
never been to MacDonalds, is it anything like McDonald's?
lol the camera sucked into the vent
This guy obviously isn't running it all out...direct steering? How come everyone else (jason plato and Jeremy clarkson) complain about the serious understeer?
Please can the man from Caparo explain how the gearbox works again, that was a bit complex for me: the right paddle does what?
@TVRnGTR mclaren = no traction controll
ssc = no traction controll
mclaren = insane hp
ssc = insane hp
mclaren = manual transmission
ssc = manual transmission
mclaren = rear wheel drive
ssc = rear wheel drive
mclaren = 550 hp per ton
ssc = 1030 hp per ton
@Modax42 Comparing performance.
@xismxist depends on the tyres, this thing on slicks would beat a formula 3 i reakon.
That may be true, but I think a T1 with 190kg on board would still beat a Veyron with a 50kg driver under braking, it would accelerate faster up to probably 150 at least and would be cornering faster too. The only track the Veyron would beat the T1 around is the Ehra-Lessien. Though if money was no object I would much rather have a Veyron or better still a McLaren F1. The T1s reliability record is pretty terrifyingly bad at the moment
No it doesn't! The Bugatti Veyron is a completely different type of car, one that's meant to be both fast and luxurious. The Caparo T1 will be a road car, but it's definitely a track-use designed car. Two awesome cars, and two different purposes.
TWIN-TURBOED!!! imagine that hell yeahhh
I laugh at people that compare this to the Ultima GTR.
The Ultima is a GT style car. As in it is NOT OPEN WHEELed. I just think that it looses it's Road Car status when you have a open wheeled chassis.
Plus did I research correctly? Caparo T1 is $480,000 AHaha The Ultima GTR720 can be had for $120k
144p is this 4k
@minionsannh No reviewers have driven it.
Yeah I can easily see family cars doing that in 20-30 although most wont cos theyll be made for economy. Cant really see cars ever getting under 2 seconds, because of the limitations of rubber and tarmac, but I could easily see a bunch of cars doing it in 2 in 30 years. I think the new McLaren is the biggest jump we've seen for a while. A junior supercar as fast as anything to 60 and keeps up with most stuff to 100. The 300k+ hyper cars are going to look very silly when that thing comes out
I wonder how the two would compete in such a race, untill 160mph or so.
no 1:03 the other man is standing just like the stig so i am thanking that may be he is the stig
@EatmyDust1311 they're just baggin' the newbie, so am i really, but we've all done it before. i was baggin the bugatti when it surpassed the mclaren (has'nt surpassed it in my opinion) and i hope the ssc has the same good run as the mclaren did.
this is why i like britain they experiment with new ways of getting cars faster unlike america where they throw in the biggest engine they can find
comparisons with the Veyroni are pointless. You have to wear a helmet in this for a kickoff and as far as comfort goes.. well there isnt any.
This is just like a radical or any other completely stripped and lightweight cars with a big engine in the back.
Veyron still the king of cars :)
nice pixels
@drplbiftin this one came much earlier than Red Bull so Red Bull looks like Caparo
The best thing about this car is that you can drive it to the race track, not tow it
does it give you F1 sensation? Yes.
ya. the real way to get a faster car is to reduce the weight. not to add hp. its simple logic.less wt= less complexity and handling problems.
the caparo t1 has 500 hp and goes 0-60 0-100 faster than a veyron and an ssc with 1000 and 1200hp. The mclaren f1 GTR has 600hp and goes 125-190 in 5s. Thats even faster than a porsche 9ff which has 950hp.And guess what, they were both built by Gordon Murray.
I doubt the T1 would stand any chances even against a GP3 or F3 car around a track
I agree, he's being outdone by the tarmac for charisma.
yea i saw it on saints row 2 dlc cars
Sonuds just like a racing car! Fantastic.
tht or a baugatti ? easy question baugatti it is
@bill3rdshift
the ultima gtr cant corner and brake at 3g. it cant do 0-100-0 in less than 7.5s. The caparo is in a totally different league.
this car is faster round a track than a formula 3 car. the only cars which are supposedly faster are f1: words by steve himself in autocar website.
wud you rather own your own f1 team for $100 million or your own road legal f1 for $300k?
stupid comments about the environment. that engine is designed for le mans prototypes and so is relatively efficient. the MPG will be much better than all your horrific 'yank tanks'.
and as for crash safety, did you see Kovalainen's crash in a mclaren formula 1 car. same principles employed in this car.
i've been waiting for years for someone to have the balls to make a car like this. i hope it generates some real business for Caparo Vehicle Technologies.
Would like to have seen more of a LMP
Chris Harris is a superior reviewer. Focus on him guys.
ummm, how the hell can you fit two people in that?
Wow! 8-bit nintendo graphics...
The reason its faster than the Veyron is because it has about erm... zero luxuries? The veyron is so special because it is pretty much a normal car with the special stats. The Caparo is just a racing car made legal.
Good, but its like comparing two different species. Pointless?
@TaPaTaaa How old are you? Give me an honest answer please, I wanna know if I must be ashamed of the human race or just understand that a young kid maybe have gotten the wrong idea of the car. In that case, I can tell you that the Caparo T1 was built to be the most extreme roadlegal trackdaycar. As for the speed bump thing, it can actually go over them, the Caparo team fitted electronic noselifters for every T1.
i wanna see if that thing can drift
No one is going to drive it to the track because it really doesn't make sense to do so-what if you wreck? And the first thing an owner would do is change the tires for ones that are much grippier but not street legal. This car makes no sense because it does not conform to any spec so the only people you would ever race against would be other T1 owners. If you love single seater racing just buy a paid seat in Formula 3 for $100-200K a season, much faster and you're actually competing.
ahh the good old days when you could drive a caparo in jeans and a tshirt. now you can't get within 10 feet of one without a fireproof suit and a flack jacket.
Isn't the Caparo T1 the fastest street-legal Formula One car?
If I had the money I would buy myself a nice sandwich and an Atom.
@TVRnGTR that doesnt stop me likeing the caparo, but i wouldnt like it if it was f40 stripped either. honestly tho, there are a lot of ssc haters that dont know a damn thing about the car
its all well and good having this or a bugatti but it costs way too much and even though you may say oh yh it looks nice which they both do..your paying fro the speed and can you really you the speed on the road? NO
You have to pay to use it on a track
better yet, skip this video and go to top gear's review of the T1
There will never be a road car with F1 performance.
top gear is just wicked
According to Top Gear, it seems the McLaren F1 has even better low-speed accel than the Veyron!
why is the quality awful?
Because it was uploaded in 2007
fancy go kart :D
240p?
Very much slower then an F3 car. Braking performance and cornering performance are much inferior to an F3. Straightline speed isn't that different, especially with so much power and little weight. Braking is where the speed comes from when comparing the two. Carbon brakes ftw.
Ive got to get one. Im going to write santa
this has better specs then a formula 3 car, well idk about the downforce, but other then that
That would eat anything alive on a track other than a racing car
I would like to see this compared to a Pagani.....
@ASSHOLELA See I think of the Ultima as a production car, they sell it in a fully assembled car. Besides how can you call the Caparo a production road car? It is open cockpit, basically open wheel, and no a/c, radio, etc etc.
What did the Caparo T1 record on the Top Gear track 1min 10.6sec? The Ultima did 1min 9.9sec.
Top Gear tested the T1 they said it handled poorly unless it is going really fast. Jeremy said that is has lots of under steer and I quote he said "Oh God this is a Disaster".
the ultima did have slicks and it did 1:12 without them so technically, the Caparo T1 outperforms it pretty much
fast than ariel atom v8?
I don't know about that, the veyron does handle really well, and is fast around the track. You can't criticize it for being luxurious. It is a bit of a show off car, but the people who end up buying the caparo are going to be just as big a twats as the veyron bunch.
dont get to excited steve.