Mustang Roush Vs Lotus

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a race between the mustang roush and lotus.
as shown in top gear

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Mustang Roush Vs Lotus

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  • equivalent

    Look, the Roush us great but it cannot compare ON A CIRCUIT to the Exige because it just THE BEST HANDLING CAR IN THE WORLD

    By Barnsey101 1166390616 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • excuse me but

    you havent tested the camaro z28 and the corvette lingenfelter witch will kill any freaking british car german car , italian car or any fucking car u throw at it.. thank u that is all u american car hater

    By ESBG 1195368253 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Horse Thief Mile

    This is the same track where Best Motoring does their American Tougue specials.

    By HashiriyaGDB 1177950827 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Well

    The Lotus won here. But you have to addmit that the bigger heavier bulkier muscle from America is pretty impressive! That lotus is about as good as it get on the track! Just one thing though the Lotus is no match for it in a drag race! Which American muscle is known for!

    By kepley 1171686189 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • engine

    so the fxxxxxxing shell in the lotus is british and the engine Japanese so the credit goes to Japan. So why are you british pxxxxks so excited about.

    By cheetah4speed 1170538481 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • pfft

    it totally depends on what u wanna do with it being as im in the us and i dont have winding roads i would chose the roush because it and the lotus cost about the same plus cmon its a roush but i assume if u did live where u have roads like that the lotus would be ok, but imo i think the driver fucked that up on the end that roush can take the lotus

    By sniffmapoopi 1173752311 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • who wants a lotus?

    would you rather be seen in a rouche or shelby huge piece of american muscle, or a whimpy little yellow penis-mobile? I'd rather whip that shit than hug the road, how boring is that?

    By doogy21 1173499109 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Where was he going?

    what the heck!

    By zzzz:-D 1172119166 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • wow

    try it against the Ford Saleen, or Dodge Viper.

    By cheetah4speed 1170538298 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ahahahah

    Cute Cars For the win!!

    By Undid 1170136663 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • No american car can out perform any Euro...

    Lets face it no Yank car can out pace out turn out drag an Euro or Jap car.
    I own a pretty basic euro Box that out dragged a Yank Tank Mustang from the lights in The UK and It was an American driving the mustang. (He still had his silly fucking Airforce Camoflage fatigues on(whats that all about in Suffolk ??)
    Oh and my cars a Diesel.

    By bladeuk 1169842809 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • whatever

    The roush mustang is built and sold to you and me. We could go out and buy all the parts that are on that car and turn our mustangs into that same car. It is BUILT FOR THE STREET

    By pnypwr 1168957226 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • handling sucks

    That Mustang would make a great drift car cause it's handling sucks arse.

    By StudLife27 1168940532 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • why not try a gt

    lets give one of the most powerfullest cars in the word a try. lets see if the lotus has a chance with the ford gtX1. one of if not the latest model gt on the market. make no mistake ford will triumph

    By matty mad dog 1167742320 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • DUDE

      u r halucinating! r u thinking? ur talking about putting a 325936497246 hp car against a 1,5 hp car! no matter how many horses u put against it, at some point there's a limit when to many horses hurts the performance!

      By by_jeu21 1176334589 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • They r both great cars

    if i had the money it would be the mustang, just starting it would put a smile on my face the hunkin great v8 i would rev it like shit doin 20 mph through town.
    but cumon that lotus is nice they are cheapish compared to the mustang and they are easy to replace body panels and so on and it would be a car u could over take that mug chav in round a roundabout and be happy leaving him standin in his suped up fiesta, and they both look sooo nice. would still rather the ford shelby mustang gt500. the old one. ELANOR

    By minimanlewis23 1166839670 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Living in the past.

      I still have a soft spot for the AC Cobra. Why are the cops moving toward the Dodge Charger from the Mustang anyway? Haven't heard musch about it. Anyone want to bash it around.

      By KZ1000 1166891781 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • lol

    Its not about car its about driver...

    By ussi 1166650732 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • NO FAIR

    The stig drove the lotus

    By @nonimous 1166463865 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • huh....

    which year/episode was this? I thought i had all.. or is it one of the 'jeremy clarkson's best' dvds?

    By sliq1 1166252225 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • wow

    race and religons just always have to come into play, but anyways, too many people think what makes a car good is how fast it goes in a 1/4 mile or something, that only proves power and acceleration, that is so little to whats important about a true racing car, as someone already said. if it was about acceleration, dont u think jeromy could have just chosen an aston martin or jaguar or something, its not hard to see the winner there. im not gonna start saying american cars suck, its just that i guess the lack of racing experience and stuff, comare roads of italy to roads of new york? not too concerned about handling and stuff here, North america isnt part of much racing, other then NASCARs, and honestly. no skill there, just going in circles in one direction in one gear. but there are exceptions, the ford gt40, amazing car, i think the styling was copied and pasted completly from the old gt40's, just raised. but it is a good car, and compares to astons, ferraris, etc. but at least american cars are unique, most british cars nowadays are just british styling, and american money, german parts, etc. jaguar, aston, landrover, all ford. rolls royce, mini, are bmw. bently, is voltswagon, and all the others are like made in garages of 5 employess, ariel, noble. caterham...anyways, hopefully point made

    By hummzer 1166223773 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • you dont even know

      So if theres no skill in Nascar why is Juan Pablo Montoya racing in Nascar now. same as Sam Hornish Jr? Its because they are bored with F1 and Cart and Indy car. F1 is supposed to be the primer drivers right? so why is someone who had success there going to Nascar??? and if its so easy he should win all the races right? i mean its not the equipment because hes got that! you are wrong about no skill in Nascar!

      By kepley 1171686451 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • u'r right

      there's some skill in nascar, but think again about montoya, he wasn't really succesful in f1, and he's starting to kick some ass in nascar

      By by_jeu21 1176334930 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • well

      Montoya did pretty darn good if you look at other drivers on the series. We all know Shumacker is the one to beat and is dominants but after him montoya did pretty darn good. He also did well in cart! And where did you come up with him "kicking ass" because last time i checked his average finish was 20th... He will be good but hes not dominating as was my point before!

      By kepley 1176437798 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • dude

      u must not have a life. just look how long ur comment is!

      By ITALIA_4_EVA 1166494940 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • fake!

    try racing on a straight line!!!, Lotus????., not from uk!!, it has a toyota celica engine....

    By robby&judith 1166198886 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • what?

      alright first off lotus is from the uk just becaus it has a toyota engin doesn't mean jack. wanna know what else uses the same parts lexus. and everyone knows that the mustang would win in a drag race but obviously it handles like shit. i mean i love mustangs but they just arent agile and thats a big attribute to a performance car.

      By Gt200hp 1166216990 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Is there another part to this one too?

    looks like a great episode of topgear

    By England82 1166149464 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Try the Ford GT !!!

    Lets see who wins that race british prick !!!

    By Mysteryman1 1170124172 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • OOOoooooooo SHIT

      u just sead some crazy shit!!!! U wanna know what's american about the Ford GT???? IT'S BADGE and engine , the wheels are german, and the brakes are italian, and the gearbox is british, and the body is british, and the steering rack is from an aston vanquish, and the chassie is set up by a couple of guys from lotus, ssooo... the GT is as american as the american national anthem, wich is written by a brit!
      SO next time u go running you're mouth please do some searching, somebody else might belive you
      And one more thing I'M NOT BRITTISH! so don't comment me on that!

      By by_jeu21 1176337063 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • PopyCock !!!!!!!!!

    Stupid Britts just wanna try and say something of theirs is better than USA made because they lost the war and everything else to USA !!! HAHAHAHAH Stupid Britts !

    By Mysteryman 1167964682 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Uneven matchup

    One of the lightest and best handling car in the world againts a heavy weight muscle car on a road course? Why not do a 1/4 mile run?

    By sunnee 1166097331 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • What a car is really for.

      What for? Driving in a straight line, how hard is it to make cars do that. Americans think racing is about not turning the wheel to much. I don’t think you will get to many places if you only went straight ahead.

      By Brian Maximus 1166100326 Reply Spam [+3] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • ...

      What Sunnee is saying I think is the the stang can hold its own but it really shines in a straight line.

      By ggnewb 1166141736 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Well

      A bit like a dragster or funny car then?? Built for straight lines?? Americans know as much about handling as their president does about leading his country

      By JohnTheNutter 1170120590 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • ignorance is bliss

      all the cheap shots taken towards americans are petty. sure "we" have done a few things that make us look selfish, but alot of americans have good hearts. if your mother was drowning and the hand that reached for her was american would it make a difference? the point is: mort aka death you are going to hate us no matter what and that makes you the biggest hippocrit of them all. you ARE doing everything you find fault in other people. please think about it. if you knew me you would probably like me, until i told you i was american. thats just shallow.

      By cragrat 1166152599 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Because

      The 1/4 mile is gay. Get off your american muscle horse.

      By At Work Doin Nothing 1166141658 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • So jeremy

      is gay because he put the M5 against the 300C in the 1/4 mile in this same episode.

      I am not American and hate American cars but just because I did not agree with this race every guy with a stick up his arse assumes that I am American.

      Before any other uptight person gets all pissy about Americans and their cars, just try to remember its just a TV show. Jeremy is just having his fun. Jeremy himself owns a Ford GT. So is he a yankee lover or a hippocrite? Maybe he knows that the GT40 tore Ferrari 3 new arseholes so the latest GT can't be all that bad.

      By sunnee 1166147328 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • What??

      For starters I have no idea who Jeremy is. If hes the host of the show, and I think the show is top gear, we dont get that here in America (unfortunately. It looks like a pretty insightful show.) Second I was replying to the comment that sunnee left about wishing they would have done a 1/4 mile instead of a road course. I was pointing out that a 1/4 mile is about the worst way to match up 2 cars. Of all the perfomance aspects such as acceleration, braking, handling, traction and durability, the 1/4 does a piss poor job of even testing a few of those. It looks to me like sunnee was bitter because his american pony lost to a 4-bangin bee lookin thing (I actually love the lotus though). He wishes they would have put them in a straight line and granted, in that scenario, the pony would have won. But thats all american cars are ever good at. In fact I just read a hilarious article in Car and Driver where they tested 7 bottom line econo cars, and the shoe-box-looking Honda Fit actually out performed a Z06 in their lane change test. Anyway, I think the road course was a fine idea. If you really want to match up two cars youre going to have to put them through a bunch of tests but the 1/4 deffinitely would have been a terrible way to match these two cars.

      By At Work Doin Nothing 1166218057 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Oh,

      Dont I look silly, I didnt realize that it was actually sunnee responding to my comment. Well all the same, redirect towards you then ;).

      By At Work Doin Nothing 1166218141 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Definately Right

      i love the mustang and the elise but the only way to fully compare them would be through a # of different tests. its almost a given that the elise would win in a race like this one because its designed for those conditions. a mustang on the other hand would certainly win in the 1/4 mile cause its engineerd for that purpose, as were all the great muscle cars

      By lil newf 1166248675 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • check out history buddy

      CAROL SHELBY....hmmmm i recall....coming to brit and kicking ass with the AC Shelby the Daytona and then coming back home to AMERICA and inproving the mustangs into drag cars and road course cars.

      By pnypwr 1168956883 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • then it would be an

      uneven match up for the lotus. you really wouldnt be accomplishing anything. but i see what u meen...

      By gixxer600 1168630627 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • You DUMB american.,.

      .,

      By TegzesRomania 1169773409 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Puteai

      sa zici mai mult decat american prost in plm, io le dau la ashtia peste nas in plm shi tu doar atata zici?

      By by_jeu21 1176337567 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
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