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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 28 July '19
The world's best McLaren F1 goes up for sale, and a drag race with a difference
Following Hunt's footsteps in a classic Formula Ford
"Oh God, I’m stuck. I wonder if Emerson Fittipaldi or James Hunt got their shins wedged solidly beneath the dashboards of their Formula Fords some 50 years ago? I rather suspect not. But before the engine has even turned over in this Crosslé 90F, I’ve made a complete tit of myself by proving unable to get in the thing."
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: Audi RS5 Sportback
"A car that makes going fast incredibly easy. But rivals do the whole 'fun' thing much better."
The rarest McLaren F1 of all is up for sale. For $23,000,000
"This one is rarer and more special than most F1s. It’s an F1 unicorn, in fact: chassis 018. One of only two F1s in existence to have received the factory’s ‘LM spec’."
Advertisement - Page continues belowWatch someone use The Force on a track day
"There are a few ways to overtake someone on a track day. You can dive down the inside on the brakes, slipstream them and go around the outside, or – like the dude in the video above – harness your Jedi powers and use The Force."
The Jannarelly sports car will finally be launched this year
"Remember the Jannarelly Design-1? Nope? We’ll forgive you. We first saw this little 1960s-inspired sports car back in January 2016 – and it’s fair to say we were rather excited. After that though, things all went rather quiet from the Dubai-based company. That was until the recent announcement that Jannarelly is set to launch the Design-1 at this year’s Salon Privé. Hurrah!"
How would you spec your C8 Corvette?
"Remember, all cars get a 6.2-litre, naturally aspirated smallblock ‘LT2’ V8, sending 495bhp and 470lb ft to the rear wheels via a rear-mounted eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox. But where you go from there is up to you. Fancy a nice juicy red? Or Accelerate Yellow paint? Carbon Flash or black wheels? Competition seats or the more comfortable GT1 buckets? Big wing, little wing or no wing?"
Toyota’s new LMP1 car will be restricted by the FIA
"At the hands of Sebastien Buemi, Fernando Alonso and Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota’s dominant TS050 has won the previous two Le Mans 24hrs races, as well as last season’s WEC title. Now though, the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest have moved to bridge the gap between the updated version that you see above and its competitors."
Advertisement - Page continues belowTake the wheel in Top Gear’s VW Campervan jump!
"The second instalment of Top Gear’s stunt driver auditions has, um, landed, and your mission is thus: pilot a hardy little Volkswagen T25 Campervan up a ramp, and over a music festival."
This is a new, road-going 1960s V12 Le Mans car: the LM69
"Ecurie Ecosse tell us the car is lighter than the original XJ13, gets wider wheels and tyres and 'experimental aero devices'. Only 25 will be built, at a likely substantial cost. 'Each one will be individually hand-built in the West Midlands by the best British craftsmen in their field,' we’re told."
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: Nio ES6
"Isn't available in Britain, and you should be sad about that. Not quite there yet, but ES6 shows a lot of promise for Nio's future."
The new V8 Audi SQ7 gets a fresh face, is still rapid
"Following Audi’s refresh of the main Q7 model line, the company has glitzed up the fastest one. The highly complicated and very clever 4.0-litre V8 biturbo diesel and electric compressor setup remains, but the bottom line is that it’ll still pump out 429bhp, a whopping 664lb ft of torque and punch you from 0-62mph in 4.8s. Same as the new SQ8, FYI."
This is the all-new Audi Q3 Sportback
"There are three certainties in life. Death, taxes and German carmakers filling a niche. This car then, the Audi Q3 Sportback, was an inevitability. Audi couldn’t sit by and watch Mercedes and BMW take all of the compact SUV coupé sales, could they?"
Here’s your first look at the FWD BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe
"This is the BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe and it is a small, four-door saloon; an area of expertise BMW practically built its reputation on. Only this one isn’t a rear-drive small, four-door saloon which is an area of expertise BMW practically built its reputation on, but – as we told you in a previous instalment – a front-drive saloon."
The Austro Daimler Bergmeister is a 1,198bhp plug-in hybrid
"There’s plenty of Mercedes SLS and AMG GT in the styling with those gullwing doors and long bonnet, and the double-bubble roof and shooting brake-style rear end are two retro features of car design that we absolutely love here at TG."
The Megane Trophy R is 5s faster around Spa than a Type R
"That time is mainly down to the lack of weight in the Trophy R. Remember, there’s full carbon wheels, Sabelt bucket seats, a carbon bonnet and an Akrapovic titanium exhaust, as well as the fast Megane tradition of deleted rear seats. All in all, that means a 130kg saving over the standard Trophy."
Here’s how Gordon Murray’s V12 T50 supercar might look*
"This isn’t Gordon Murray’s new T50 supercar, but it’s a good – if unofficial – look at how the fabled McLaren F1 designer’s newest creation might just turn out."
Ginetta G58 review: is this the ultimate track day car?
"It’s the Ginetta G58 – a purpose-built prototype racer from Yorkshire with Le Mans pedigree and enough downforce to leave your organs looking like pea purée. And we mean anyone. As long as you’ve got a driving licence, any Tom, Dick or Harry with a set of fireproof pyjamas can rock up and buy one, making it quite possibly the fastest car in the world that’s open to anyone to buy."
Review: Lotus Elise
"If you really, truly care about driving, the Lotus Elise is about as obvious an answer as water being wet and fire being hot."
The next Merc-AMG C63 will be 4WD and get Drift mode
"The next generation Mercedes-AMG C63 will be 4WD, bringing to an end the era of Merc’s fast rear-wheel drive super-saloons. Following in the footsteps of the current E63, a source confirmed to TopGear.com that the next generation hot C-Class, due in 2021, will be equipped with Drift mode, AMG’s system that decouples the front driveshafts."
TG drag races: Mercedes-AMG G63 & trailer vs Suzuki Jimny
"The 577bhp G63 can easily outstrip the Suzuki Jimny - but what if it’s hauling another one at the same time? Rory Reid puts it to the test."
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