What's quicker
Range Rover
Caterham
Vote first watch after
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8uSplGroo&sns=em
Depends on who's driving
That 4x4 is really ugly btw
[Edited on 2/7/13 by Mr Whippy]
Cracking machine!
Shame he kept referring to it as a back passage though.
Don't really get the point of that.
The caterham looked effortless round corners.
That "range rover" was all over the place. Only kept up because its 500bhp on the straight line. Tyre squealing etc.
Didn't hear the caterham squealing didn't seem that he was really pushing it. Then again it wouldn't be entertaining to some if the
caterham wiped the floor with the range rover.
also the caterham they used was a 1.6 roadsport. would be funny to watch it again using an r500.
£155k highly modified 4x4 vs off-the-shelf £15k caterham
Great comparison, not.
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Originally posted by daveb666
£155k highly modified 4x4 vs off-the-shelf £15k caterham
Great comparison, not.
Take it for the entertainment it's meant to be - it's well filmed, the drivers are having fun and the vehicles are interesting.
Cost aside, the comparison between a real lightweight car and a hulking 4x4 are interesting (to me anyway).
The fact the Caterham has to keep on the tarmac and the Bowler can rag about on the grass and hook itself on the edge of the tarmac make it fun to
watch. I'd love a chance to drive either car in that setting.
i say stick the bowler engine in the seven!
We took one of the 4wd cars to Oulton a while back, and at the chicane we pretty much only had two wheels on the white lines - almost straight lining
it.
On one of the in-laps a Caterham followed us around, I don't know if he was trying to learn the lines or whether he just wasn't paying
attention, but I bet his dentist had a hell of a job after listening to it bang and bounce off the kerbs 
Anyway, if you're spending that sort of money on a Land Rover(ish), I'll have this one:
[Edited on 2/7/13 by PhillipM]
If there giving them away, The Rangy for me please 
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Originally posted by ashg
also the caterham they used was a 1.6 roadsport. would be funny to watch it again using an r500.
Its not a Range Rover, its not even a land rover. Its a space frame that uses lights from a Range Rover.
Its like down badging a car to make it look slower than its.
The Bowlers do actually use quite a lot of the LR drivetrain (well, depending on your exact model + spec, you can have one with almost nothing if you
wish), although admittedly most of it is modified for strength.
[Edited on 2/7/13 by PhillipM]
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Originally posted by PhillipM
The Bowlers do actually use quite a lot of the LR drivetrain (well, depending on your exact model + spec, you can have one with almost nothing if you wish), although admittedly most of it is modified for strength.
That'll depend on which circuit you go on. Obviously the range rover will win out on the off road routes and forest route but I would expect the 'catering van' to do better on the handling route and the hill routes.
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Originally posted by chillis
That'll depend on which circuit you go on. Obviously the range rover will win out on the off road routes and forest route but I would expect the 'catering van' to do better on the handling route and the hill routes.
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Originally posted by loggyboy
VERY modified.
I could never claim my kit was a ford (sierra or focus) just beacuse it has quite a few parts from one.
Applying the same logic the above race is acctually Range Rover Vs Metro! lol
