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Agreed although the DMC back story has been done to death was still a good bit of telly. Cracking episode this week, loved that Aston!
Really good episode I thought.
Same here, Flintoff getting his license was very illuminating, I learned a lot from that, and I was impressed with just how focused he was. A real shame the car died on them, he was clearly improving lap on lap, it would have been interesting to see just where they ended up.
The AM was insane!
They could’ve stretched that out over 2 shows I reckon. Was quite a jump to go from zero to GT4. Licence and a lower level race in one episode, followed by the bigger race with Harris in the next could’ve been really good. Still enjoyed it though
It was like an actual car show rather than people with a dodgy script pissing about in caravans. More what I am after in a car show but not as much fun for others I suppose.
Yep another good episode. My kids will find the Delorean piece informative I think, nonsense like that needs to be kept alive.
I thought the last two episodes were poor vs the previous ones of the series (personal taste but I have no interest in what it takes to become a racing driver, or the inevitable outcome of the exams he took - he wasn't going to fail it was he?). The Aston though... I've always said if I won the euro millions I wouldn't bother with a supercar even though I'm a petrolhead but I think I'd make an exception for that thing...
Enjoyed last night’s. Would like to see Fred have another crack at a race or two with Harris.
Since I was a kid, even before Back To The Future, I thought that the Delorean was a great looking car. Kind of sad that it turned out to be junk though. A speedo that only went up to 85mph? How fast could it actually go? Could it make it to 70? My 1981 Austin Metro could, just.
If I had the money I’d still have one.
I didn't know all the backstory of DeLorean, as I was only 6 in 1981 and I've obviously never been bothered to look up or watch anything specifically about the subject, so that was informative for me.
That was weird about the speedo going to 85. Back in the 80's me any my mates assumed that the speedo indicated the top speed of the car. IIRC, someone's dad had a Renault 25 that was good for 170mph!
Well it had the Renault 25 engine
Tbh I didn’t know that lotus were involved on it and that it was based on the esprit,although I knew it was fibreglass with a stainless cladding but to take something like the esprit and make it handle like a pig 🙂
Still to get a car from 0 to production in 2 years is stunning.
Colin Chapman and Lotus didn't like the Delorean. It used the metal and composites the wrong way around (plastic chassis and metal body). They reengineered it to use the Esprit chassis and essentially doubled up.
Chapman hated the doors as they were style over substance and the antithesis of his "simplify and add lightness" philosophy.
Lotus wouldn't do any work on the Delorean unless they had nothing else to do and would only pull the dust covers off the prototypes and get the blueprints out if Delorean was paying a visit to Hethel.
Chapman resented the govt investing in a foreign car company instead of his.
One thing did occur to me last night as I was watching, that Ginetta would make an awesome road sports car with a few creature comfort additions.