Ah, the old Top Gear, when they did test everyday cars that the likes of you and me could afford, and occasionally test a few exotica, like this magnificent Porsche 962.
The Tiff of another era. Somewhat more polite and accommodating. I like the older Tiff who doesn't really give much of a stuff about what people think as he has "been there done that - nothing to prove". Good on ya Tiff. You're a crack up on "LoveCars" :)
That was based on gearing and engine revs alone. They didn't factor in tyre slip. The highest speed ever recorded by a 917 at Le Mans was 362 km/h (224.4 mph): www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.html Corrected for tyre slip, the speeds are pretty much identical. But in any case, those speeds are a lot less important than finishing races and winning championships.
@Mr Calcium Right. It’s funny how people talk as though 362 km/h is somehow not fast. The Jags did up to 389 and that made them the fastest non-turbo cars (in a straight line). They had excellent brakes and acceleration. Reliability was good too. 🙂 From the XJR8 on, they were always a threat and Walkinshaw always had excellent drivers.
top-level sportscar racing goes in boom/bust cycles. it becomes popular, loads of manufacturers enter, big manufacturers spend ever increasing amounts on it, private entries leave, manufacturers who aren't winning begin to leave, only one manufacturer is left (peugeot/mercedes/audi), then the series gets cancelled or becomes an essentially one-make series (almost the entire 2000s). and as porsche has thrown in the towel now.....we're there again.
you are so fucking stupid or just trolling. It was never even popular enough to be considered a "real rival" to Formula 1, as awesome as it was..... The FIA is far bigger than you realize, not everything is a conspiracy you idiot.
in the year befor the rule change (ordered by Bernie) Group C was indeed more popular and attracked more viewers... Bernie forced FIA to push Group C rules that all had to use F1 sourced 3.5l V10... that killed the Mazda rotary, Mercedes V8, Jag V12, Porsche flat 6... the next season Group C was dead
I noticed in 1986/87 that after the success of the TWR Jaguar XJR9 that some of the other manufacturers went to sort tails and rear wheel cover on the rear body works.
take into mid that a 956 holds the record for the fastest lap on the Nurburg ring. This car is its off spring. then remember a modern day Formula 1 car has never beat the record of 6 min 11.13 seconds set by Stefan Belloff
Remember, top gear was cancelled because of Low entertainment value, Clarkson understood this when he restarted Top Gear and successfully pumped the show full of entertainment value.
By 1989 the 962 was a bit old in the tooth and had run its course. Major manufacturers had surpassed it technologically. Porsche themselves had stopped racing them. Only privateers were running them trying to get the most out of them with whatever tweaks they could find. The 956/962 had done its job winning Le Mans six times in a row from '82 to '87. Would be seven in a row if you include the 936 win in '81.
@@thethirdman225 No the '89 race went to the Sauber-Mercedes-Benz. The 962 did win in the GT category in 1993 though, and it was the last Le Mans race win for the 962/956 a full twelve years after its first. Pretty impressive.
+Carlos A but now Top Gear is dumbed down to stupid challenges like racing cars against airplanes and trains or Volvos through African jungles, No car enthusiast cares about that kind of nonsense
I do agree, I watch Top Gear but when challenges happen -I tend to change the channel and come back when they are testing a car. Did it use to be more about the cars and less about the entertainment?
