This has long been a passion of Murray’s; at the time of the launch of the McLaren F1, he was driving around in a 1960’s Fiat 500 with a 250cc single cylinder engine from a quad bike just to prove the concept.

Jebus Cripes, sort your cuffs out.

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Jay Leno Jr?

Right at the start of the video!

They say what it is several times in the video. It is a sabot round holding a chunk of metal of the same material as the wheel, and of the same mass as the maximum amount which could fall off without leading to catastrophic wheel failure... And if that happens, they have bigger problems to deal with ;)

Weight isn't an issue with this kind of thing; if I recall correctly, they're aiming for a mass of around 7.5t. A lightweight vehicle just wouldn't be effective at high speed runs. You want absolute material performance rather than material compromise in the name of mass.

That'd be Clarkson from Doncaster, and May from Bristol...

If you think Hammond has a 'regional' accent then you must be so posh that you communicate in nothing more than vowel sounds.

Louise Aitken-Walker did it better:

That'll do.

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I daily drive a 1981 Austin Mini Metro http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1981-Mini-…

1275cc (approx 78 cubic FREEDOMS).
Around 65hp.
Beige velour upholstery.
Hydrogas suspension (bouncy yet handles well, and grips brilliantly).
Had a GPS-verified 90mph out of it when loaded up with two people, and a load of luggage and car parts.

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Compound charged, not twincharged.

Autostick? PFFT!

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/standrivetrans…

STANDRIVE!

What I find weird is that WRC regs for most of the last 15 years have been virtually the same as the proposed Group S regs... Strange how things come full circle.

Ebola is fluid-transferred rather than airborne (insert passenger jet pun here) so whilst deadly, it's not as scary as some make out.

My work here is done...

i just woke up, checked jalopnik and misread the title of this to include 'sandwich'...

Planting his left foot so he can deliver a full-bore punt into the kid's stomach. That'll teach the little shitbag not to run into traffic.

It is so you (or rather your driver) can clean up if you have to do some fettling under the bonnet. Heaven forbid you get some engine oil on the inside of the car!