Sexy beast!
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:23 pm
The vehicle for sale has covered just 1,242 miles and is fitted with a six-speed ‘flappy paddle’ gearbox and brakes which will stop the T1 from 100mph in three seconds.
There are just 16 models in the UK and only a dozen of these road registered with the remainder used as high-end track cars.
The 2008 British-built supercar is designed to keep weight down, with the two-seat vehicle weighing just 550kg.
This makes the Caparo T1 20 per cent lighter than a Smart car and, with a 575bhp V8, gives it twice the power-to-weight ratio as a Bugatti Veyron.
It will accelerate from 0-62mph in less than 2.5 seconds, hit 100mph in five seconds and rocket all the way past 200mph.
When Top Gear tested the model Jeremy Clarkson he described it as having 'acceleration like he had never, ever experienced'.
He added that because of its price-tag and difficulty to drive that there '“wouldn’t be a ditch in the land which isn’t full of footballers broken or on fire'.
But in the right hands it is a phenomenal machine with The Stig lapping the Top Gear track in just 1 minute 10 seconds - six seconds quicker than the 268mph Bugatti Veyron SuperSport.
Stratton Motor Company even insist on taking the new owner on an intensive two-day driving course on road and track so they can understand the car’s incredible capabilities.
Maximum Speed: 200mph
0-100mph: 5 seconds
0-60mph: 2.5 seconds
Lateral acceleration: Up to 3g+
Braking deceleration: Up to 3g+
Weight: 550kg
Engine
• Aluminium V8
• Dry sump
• 575bhp @ 10,500 rpm /
1000bhp per tonne
Safety features
• Central safety cell with
high strength steel roll hoop
• Composite front
crash structure
• Head protection system
• Six-point harness for driver
and passenger compatible
with HANS device
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