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Caterham R500 - 1.17.9
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Meet the fastest Caterham you can buy. The Caterham R500 has a power-to-weight ratio of 528bhp/tonne, which betters the Bugatti Veyron and means this car accelerates like the fastest of the fast bikes, hitting 62mph in 2.9 seconds.
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29/01/2013 18:14
SOME funny comments here: A few comments stating why the hell do they make cars to have so much speed, the speed limit is only 70mph...........dumb comment.....another comment stating whats the point in making a hyper car at £500.000 when at best you can only do 40mph..............PEOPLE WHERE DO THESE PEOPLE COME FROM WRITING THE MOST DUMB ARSE COMMENTS EVER ON MSN.......
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29/01/2013 22:00
I love supercars and I love Top Gear - but these extravagances are the last gasps in an era where super-rich who don't deserve to be, are wasting money they don't understand the real value of on obscene toys. These cars depreciate like a rock, such that they cost their owners tens - perhaps even hundreds - of thousands of pounds per year to sit on their drives. Take the Bently Continental GT - you can buy one two years old for £100,000 less than the new price, but even then you'd be mad to do so - you may be able to afford a £60,000 second-hand Bently, but you not being super-rich, you're still going to find it's 10.5 MPG and £5,000 servicing costs difficult to justify. Flash cars, from whichever financial point you look at them, don't make sence.
What a shame.
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28/01/2013 14:59
Why the bloody hell they need all that speed for when the speed limit is at best 70mph, yes nice to have a little bit extra for an over take manoeuvre, but there will always be some stupid bastard will have a crash all because of speed, my frontera 4x4 2.2ltr can only manage 95 at top speed max, thats all i can get out of it but i've only done it once, as i dont see why i should knock the **** out of it just to prove a point, i try and stick to speed limits when the roads and weather permits, if the roads are congested the legal speed limit is i stick to when the roads are clear or farely clear i do admit to putting my foot down a bit more but not to the point where i cant stop safely, on dual carriage ways and motorways i just stick to 50mph or just slightly more if the road doesnt have any other roads off it, but i still cant see the point of putting all that power in a car unless your taking it on a proper reace track.
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