Clarkson in a 944 turbo
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morris944s2john
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Clarkson drives three very expensive cars and slates them all for various reasons. He has nothing but praise for the 944 turbo, except for the turbo lag, and being a 220 turbo, the answer is obvious- to avoid the lag and have almost all the performance ;-)
He even likes pop up headlights!
I still dont like the fact that he destroyed a classic 1950's routemaster bus though[
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He even likes pop up headlights!
I still dont like the fact that he destroyed a classic 1950's routemaster bus though[
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Great clip, but I reckon Jezza's 944T needs some tweaking if it will only do 150, or is it because it's red []. The comparison with the Cosworth is interesting, I owned a tweaked 3 door for 13 years and whilst the straightline performance is similar the cars are chalk and cheese everywhere else.
]. The comparison with the Cosworth is interesting, I owned a tweaked 3 door for 13 years and whilst the straightline performance is similar the cars are chalk and cheese everywhere else.
Clarkson is reputed to be a pretty poor driver (certainly not of the standard of Tiff or Plato) so he may have struggled with the extra power (and lag) of a 250. He certainly did well to avoid the S2, as the dramatically superior performance of one of those could have left him extremely embarassed.ORIGINAL: poprock
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Great clip, but I reckon Jezza's 944T needs some tweaking if it will only do 150, or is it because it's red [
Nah, it's because it's only a 220 Turbo. Factory standard for a 250 model was 162mph, I think.
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morris944s2john
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Yes, thats why they have "The Stig" to get decent track times as none of the three presenters is any good as a racing driver. I believe "the Stig" at least some of the time is "The Tiff", who incidentally learnt to drive on a Morris Minor and used to race 944 turbo's..
georgethackray
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There's a video somewhere on Youtube of him praising a 944 turbo.
morris944s2john
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"The Tiff" on 5th Gear did a feature on the 944 turbo and concluded it by saying he wouldn't mind having one now.
BTW, I think you modified 944 guys should get together and approach Top Gear about doing a feature on the 944 scene, modified cars and all. If aired on TV's most popular program I'm sure it would do the public image of the 944 a lot of good.
BTW, I think you modified 944 guys should get together and approach Top Gear about doing a feature on the 944 scene, modified cars and all. If aired on TV's most popular program I'm sure it would do the public image of the 944 a lot of good.
sawood12
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Would he give it a fair go though? He didn't give the Porsche for £1500 feature a fair go - the fact is you can get a good 924/944 for £1500 but that wasn't the conclusion he came to.
I'm quite happy to accept that JC doesn't like Porsches. I find it quite funny really - especially Sunday's TG. After blowing sunshine up the Lambo's exhaust and slating the GT2 it seems the GT2 was the quicker car afterall.
I'm quite happy to accept that JC doesn't like Porsches. I find it quite funny really - especially Sunday's TG. After blowing sunshine up the Lambo's exhaust and slating the GT2 it seems the GT2 was the quicker car afterall.
It's a nice idea, but it would never fly for a couple of reasons:
Firstly it's not the sort of feature TG runs.
Secondly if they did want to run such a feature there are any number of "scenes" that would have equal or likely more attraction as one to feature.
TG doesn't do old cars. Even the Alfa feature they did where all 3 presenters claimed to be Alfa fans they were driving them into each other just like they always do when they get old stuff out
Firstly it's not the sort of feature TG runs.
Secondly if they did want to run such a feature there are any number of "scenes" that would have equal or likely more attraction as one to feature.
TG doesn't do old cars. Even the Alfa feature they did where all 3 presenters claimed to be Alfa fans they were driving them into each other just like they always do when they get old stuff out
Neil Haughey
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I sometimes seriously question if they are really into cars at all. JC took what has been reported to be a mint Alpline A610 and smashed it up to get a few seconds fun on a video, now smashing up any classic sports car for fun is perverse but to do it to a mint example of a rare car is criminal.
morris944s2john
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I agree with everything that has been said, I really, really don't like to see anything smashed up classic vehicle wise.
However, Top gear HAVE run positive articles about classic cars they like, eg JC in a 1960's mercedes SL and Hamster in his Dodge Charger etc, they once featured Escort cosworths and had a drag race amongst a load of owner modified cars, plus the feature where a classic car club (modified Frog eye) beat a chav club with their boy racer car on a hill climb. There are other examples.
Clarkson really does seem to like the 944 turbo, and I'm sure if he realised the S2 was (almost) as quick as a 220 turbo, but without the lag, he would like that too. I believe they would be interested, even amazed to see a modded 944 turbo beat a much newer 4wd 911 turbo on the track.
In this cynical modern, media driven world, you need to take advantage of any publicity you can get at all.
However, Top gear HAVE run positive articles about classic cars they like, eg JC in a 1960's mercedes SL and Hamster in his Dodge Charger etc, they once featured Escort cosworths and had a drag race amongst a load of owner modified cars, plus the feature where a classic car club (modified Frog eye) beat a chav club with their boy racer car on a hill climb. There are other examples.
Clarkson really does seem to like the 944 turbo, and I'm sure if he realised the S2 was (almost) as quick as a 220 turbo, but without the lag, he would like that too. I believe they would be interested, even amazed to see a modded 944 turbo beat a much newer 4wd 911 turbo on the track.
In this cynical modern, media driven world, you need to take advantage of any publicity you can get at all.
Diver944
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I agree.
You have to bear in mind that TG is an entertainment programme these days and it just happens to include cars. Most (if not all) of their features are staged so far removed from the real world that I often feel cheated when I start believing in them. All their races are so close it's unbelievable, their behaviour during the Britcar 24HR was outrageous according to some of the other competiors and plenty of drivers who were at their Rockingham trackday confirmed it was all completely staged and was not filmed during an actual track session.
If you remember it's an entertainment programme you'll be fine (unless you are one of the prostitute murdering truckers they mentioned this week [
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