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Caparo T1 is fastest car on TV

Wednesday, 21 Nov 2007 15:19
Caparo T1 is fastest car on TV
The world's fastest ultra-high performance road car has broken the lap records on the BBC's Top Gear programme.

The Caparo T1 - built from lightweight materials and employing technology usually found in F1 cars – set a new record time of one minute and 10:60 seconds.

This was some seven seconds faster than the previous record, held by a modified Koenigsegg CCX.

"Caparo's engineers have utilised some of the most advanced materials and technologies available," said Richard Butler, managing director of Caparo Vehicle Products," said Angad Paul, chief executive officer, Caparo Group.

"The cars are constructed using a carbon composite tub, giving it a dry power to weight ratio of more than 1,000bhp per tonne.

"The car's high performance brakes, built and designed by Caparo AP Braking, also provide awesome stopping power.

"High-strength aerospace grade aluminium billet is used for the six pot race callipers on the front and the four pot callipers on the rear, capable of bringing the car to standstill from 100mph in less than three seconds."

However, the vehicle will not appear on the top of the Top Gear leader board.

The programme's rules state a vehicle must be able to traverse a speed bump in order to qualify, and the T1 was unable to do this.

"We certainly hope that the Caparo T1 is given another chance by Top Gear to take its rightful place at the top of the leader board; even if they put a speed bump on the track we are confident of our success,” continued Mr Paul.

"To have beaten the previous leader by seven seconds is a truly astonishing achievement."

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