Car knowledge. How’s yours

[Tom]

nooo lol

Give yas a clue its german

 

[Boucherie]

missus says a merc, and i say Z4?

 

[Tom]

Closer with the z4

 

[Scudetto]

new 6 series coupe?

g

 

[Tom]

Yeay!!!

ooo testme testme!!

 

[ChavyBoy]

Now take your time, what do you think this is

 

[Tom]

I got it!!! 206 180gti

 

[ChavyBoy]

Very Close There is a tiny clue in the photo, can you see it ?

 

[Scudetto]

Its the Puppy!!!

g

 

[ChavyBoy]

OK I am cheating here..



Its actually a Fiat 126 with a Clio 172 Body kit

 

[Tom]

ooo its a renault erm....twingo...erm its a 25 Monaco!!!

 

[McBunny]

easy one this one

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1061566230__lights.jpg

first person gets £5 at next meet if they also tell me the engine size

 

[Tom]

TVR Cerbera Speed Twelve

7.7 ltr

 

[McBunny]

nope need full name

 

[Tom]

TVR Cerbera Speed Twelve

7.7 ltr

 

[Slugger]

7730cc V12

TVR Speed 12

 

[Tom]

800 bhp @ 7250 rpm and 650 ft lb of torque at 5750 rpm

 

[Slugger]

My info says 800bhp @ 8250rpm hmm

 

[Tom]

thats the racing one used in the gt champs

(tvr timeline eh?)

But the picture given is not the racing version it has a nascar gearbox too!!

 

[McBunny]

depends on version hehe

tom you at trax ???

 

[Tom]

Yes

 

[Scudetto]

i though the Clio V6 is a Fiat 126 with a 172 body kit? correct?

g

 

[Tom]

Not thats an x1\9 with v6 kit

 

[Slugger]

ah right

 

[McBunny]

tom remind me to pay up then will ya

id love to see the speed 12 round the top gear test track hehe

would have been great if they built more ya gotta love a car thats gotta be de tuned for the race track lol

800bhp was a safe figure they had a standard one on a dyno that like a skyline broke it but was measured at 1000bhp not bad 1000bhp per tone lol

 

[Tom]

Respect is due. it was supposed to upstage the f1 but it had rubbish aerodynamics hence the wing. predicted top speed 287mph thats a good 46mph more than the f1 which "only" has 555bhp/tonne

 

[Scudetto]

yeah whatever, the 172 is still faster at all times

g

 

[Tom]

true once you tell the ecu its not french the 172 becomes the 1172

 

[Scudetto]

if you tell the 172 its not french, it will go on strike.

g

 

[Infinicar]

Funny this - I can recognise cars in the dark from the shape of the headlights.

10/10 in the day no problem.

And 9/10 in the night - we was having a go at it the other night, and from quite a way, I correctly identified a LDV van (the ones the post office use) by the shape of its headlights - was a bonus it was liverie up in PO stickers too! I actually said thats a LDV van used by the PO....

How sad

Paul