Jeremy Clarkson takes an Audi A8 Diesel across Great Brittan in an 800 miles trek from London to Edinburgh on one tank of gas . . . this means he will be averaging 40 mpg in a car that can go from 0-60mph in 6 seconds and has a top speed of 150mph. We need these cars in the USA badly!
Here’s the clip . . .it’s very cool . . . you have to see this. . .
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Why, when there is so much to risk, do we desire to go fast . . . Jeremy Clarkson explores this question in his documentary about speed on BBC. This is part one of his series called “The Century of Speed.”
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The TopGear presentors (James May, Jeremy Clarkson, and Richard Hammond) are participating in a 24 hour endurance race at Silverstone. Their car, a used BMW 330i turbo-diesel. In leiu of Audi’s successful R10 TDI leMans victories, they set out to see how a road going car will fair in this grueling race of will and test of reliability.
Part 2
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=h0q2SHL…
Part 3
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=yoSjmdY…
Part 4
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=e-gW5j6…
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Here’s a fun little video clip I made with a few friends out in the Austin hill county.
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This is an actual road car that is faster that most race cars. . . watch and drool
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James May and Jeremy Clarkson take a special Toyota 4X4 Hilux diesel for a race against Richard Hammond and a team of dogs to the North Pole. This has been broken into 8 parts and they are all here. Just scroll down sequentially and enjoy 🙂
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8 (final)
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