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Super Car Showdown - The Quest to Find the Most Fuel Efficient Supercar - And the Results Will Surprise You!

Agent00J submitted on 06/29/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:04 AM
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Super Car Showdown - The Quest to Find the Most Fuel Efficient Supercar - And the Results Will Surprise You!

Whether you love him or hate him, the one thing that I think we all can agree on is the fact that Jeremy Clarkson is at least amusing. Of course amusing can go either way, some see a person who is amusing and assume that person to be a moron while another can see the same person and see a genius. I fall into the second camp on this one and happen to think that if not pure genius, certainly borderline genius status can be given to Jeremy Clarkson.

He is first and foremost entertaining but it is also obvious he knows his cars as well as being a halfway decent driver. Which is what makes the premise of this segment so amusing. Earlier in the week AutoSpies.com brought you the Prius vs. BMW M3 video done by Top Gear. As amusing as the video was, in the end it was really pointless which enhanced the entertainment value. It really doesn't matter if you loved that video or hated it, the appeal of a Toyota Prius racing a BMW M3 got you to click the link and watch the video.

What we didn't show you was the entire first segment of the video that sought to find out what super car was the most fuel efficient. Anytime cars like the Lamborghini Murcielago, Mercedes McLaren SLR, Ferrari 599 GTB, Aston DBS and Audi R8, people sit up and take notice. In this case, these cars were assembled on the track and given 1 gallon of gas to find out which car would go the furthest.

You'll have to watch the video to find out the winner, what is surprising is seeing which car finished second in this video.

I know there will be those who disagree with the results, so I ask the following, how could the test been carried out differently to find the most efficient Super Car?

Super Car Showdown - The Quest to Find the Most Fuel Efficient Supercar - And the Results Will Surprise You!

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Brembo - 6/29/2008 9:18:28 AM

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Old post. Great stuffs still.

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TheSailor - 6/30/2008 7:56:57 AMView My AgentSpace

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How can this be old news?!? The Show aired last week...

Brembo - 6/29/2008 9:19:38 AM

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Off the subject. Just wander where is agent00K these day. She still recovering from her accident?

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MichaelTaylor - 6/29/2008 9:26:17 AM

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The video won't load for me so who won? What are the placements?

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EL34 - 6/29/2008 10:53:32 AM

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Time for a new computer if you can't open a Youtube video.

Monk - 6/29/2008 11:53:02 AMView My AgentSpace

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Anything but Lexus.

MercedesBenz00Z - 6/29/2008 4:58:00 PM

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Lexus is for the people who are jealous of the German cars.

SoSnootySo - 6/29/2008 9:31:39 AM

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I just wanted to say, I am enjoying articles submitted by Agent00J. It's a welcomed respite from the articles we usually get from 009. For the most part he seems objective. Keep it up 00J!

I fall into the camp that likes Clarkson and on a side note, I totally agree with Clarkson, Most American cars are rubbish lol.

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Agent00J - 6/29/2008 10:05:36 AMView My AgentSpace

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SoSnootySo

I appreciate the compliment, thank-you. I think I will boost you!

-00J

mpwr - 7/1/2008 1:43:11 PM

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"Most American cars are rubbish lol."

those are the rewards u reap from spending capital on marketing and not engineering for the last 30 years. It only takes the down fall of the entire industry for the big three to finally get there act together

Htay7500 - 6/29/2008 9:56:37 AM

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I love how people get so easily offended by clarksons views and get so hissy about them. to me, its like taking candy from a baby. lmao.

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Htay7500 - 6/29/2008 9:57:32 AM

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actually its like seeing someone take candy from a baby. keep it up!!

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silver1 - 6/29/2008 9:41:42 AM

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LEXUS LF-A

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Agent00J - 6/29/2008 10:06:34 AMView My AgentSpace

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Silver1,

You do realize the Lexus LF-A isn't for sale, don't you? It is hard to include a car not for sale in a comparison that uses cars that are for sale.

-00J

EL34 - 6/29/2008 11:33:14 AM

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Ugly cars are not invited.

damikco - 6/29/2008 2:10:47 PMView My AgentSpace

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lf-a isnt a proven car as of yet and only looks good in it concept

atomicbri - 6/29/2008 5:19:23 PMView My AgentSpace

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Alright already with this Lexus... it is not even out yet so it doe snot count one bit! Thanks!

bmwdrvr - 6/29/2008 9:47:15 AM

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not sure how the results were a surprise the car with the smallest engine, and least amount of horsepower won the test......but interesting watch though

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Agent00J - 6/29/2008 10:53:56 AMView My AgentSpace

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The point I was getting at regarded the second to last car to run out of gas, the Lamborghini with the big V12 engine. Prior to watching the outcome, I assumed that it would be one of the first to consume all of the fuel.

-00J

w209w114 - 6/30/2008 11:47:05 AMView My AgentSpace

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I agree with you BMWDRVR. The Ferrari was a given, have you looked at their MPG window stickers? 9mpg City (and thats whats claimed meaning real life will be much less and providing you dont drive it hard.)

golfer38 - 6/30/2008 12:12:42 PMView My AgentSpace

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I'm with you 00J, with that V12 and awd, I thought it would be first. I'm also surprised how fast they all ran out of petrol, even though they were pushed as hard as they were.

golfer38 - 6/30/2008 12:13:30 PMView My AgentSpace

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...make that-ran out so quickly...

Agent004 - 6/29/2008 10:27:42 AMView My AgentSpace

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I think what this further proves is that the Audi R8 isn't a Supercar. You could drive the R8 every day, therefore, not a Supercar! :)

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MercedesBenz00Z - 6/29/2008 4:58:41 PM

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Funny. You deserve my deboost.

w209w114 - 6/30/2008 11:49:11 AMView My AgentSpace

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I agree. The R8 is not a true supercar.

adamsaf723 - 6/29/2008 11:52:52 AM

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1. Audi R8
2. Lambo Merch
3. SLR McLaren
4. Aston Martin
5. Ferrari 599

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silver1 - 6/29/2008 2:21:14 PM

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Great List....100% percent agree

miracle113 - 6/29/2008 1:38:11 PM

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this is awesome!

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Jordanski - 6/29/2008 4:27:21 PM

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wow.
the british really do get ripped off.
i know british gallons are slightly bigger than u.s. gallons.
but damn.
£5.50.
thats like $11.00 USD.
and i thought i had it bad in toronto.
$1.40/L

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TheSailor - 6/30/2008 8:13:56 AMView My AgentSpace

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Welcome to Europe my friend! Here in Denmark, Gas is about $2.50 pr liter... That is what? $10 pr gallon... Most of it is taxes though... around 70% of the total price is government tax.

And then you have to remember that in most european countries, the cars are more expensive than in the US (And Canada) as well... With my little corner of the globe (Denmark) comming in right at the top (or at least very close to it) with a total car tax of 225% including VAT... Our cars are in general three times as expensive as comparable cars are in the US (And Canada I suppose, don,t know the price level in Canada, only been there twice and it wasn't the cars I was checking out)...

So is it really that hard to understand why we love our small cars so much here in Europe ;D

w209w114 - 6/30/2008 11:51:11 AMView My AgentSpace

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The Sailor,

You and the rest of are getting screwed by your socialist governments. I hear this and am thankful I live in America. God Bless the USA

M35MT - 6/30/2008 1:19:53 PMView My AgentSpace

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Amen, w209w114. Amen.

TheSailor - 7/1/2008 3:04:32 PMView My AgentSpace

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yeah... don't be so sure about that!

We might have expensive cars, but I wouldn't want to switch with what you people have! I don't want to get into some political argument about the different governmental systems, but what I can say is that travelling the entire globe (well maybe with the exception of the polar regions), has taught me just how privileged I actually am! No system in the world takes such good care of all it's inhabitants as ours do! You don't need to worry about health insurance,tuitions, pension, elderly care (retirement homes are actually FREE here) and a lot of other things which we take for granted but other people almost drop their jaw over! Take unemployment pay for instance. Here in DK, you get more than US$ 2500 a month from the government if you do not have a job, but still, we have THE lowest unemployment rate in the entire world! It went below 1.5% in the first three months of 2008!

So I might have to pay three times as much for my cars, but then again, there are so many other things I don't have to pay for, and since this is the way it has always been like here, our average net salary is among the highest in the world!

MichaelTaylor - 6/29/2008 5:01:47 PM

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Once the Lexus LF-A hybrid comes out, the R8 will be in second place.

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Jordanski - 6/29/2008 7:29:38 PM

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a riced up toyota camry.
hybrid.
beating an audi r8 epa rating?
yeah.
beating performance and driveability?
bahahahahahahahah

MercedesBenz00Z - 6/29/2008 9:41:58 PM

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Once the Lexus LF-A hybrid comes out, it won't even be considered as a supercar, because we all know that LF-A will be more like a sporty Corolla, so think what an LF-A hybrid would do?

Audiphile - 6/29/2008 9:33:26 PM

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This clip is great. Not as hilarious as the M3-Prius race, but great fun!

It also shows that the Audi R8 is the most practical supercar out there. However, at 5.1 mpg (Imp.) I don't think the R8 will win many kudos from the Sierra Club!

I wonder how the Nissan GT-R, Corvette Z06 and God-knows-what iteration of the Porsche 911 would do in such a race.

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MercedesBenz00Z - 6/29/2008 9:42:37 PM

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M3-Prius race was not meant to be funny, they only did that to inform us.

Jordanski - 6/29/2008 9:52:41 PM

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LOL haha
"God-knows-what iteration of the Porsche 911 would do in such a race."
LOL. OMG ITS A NEW 911.
omg. it looks just like the old one!
omg i cant wait to buy one.
and i thought mercedes was slow to redesign the new c class... like 8 years.
what happened to the porsche design team?

91z4me - 6/29/2008 10:43:30 PM

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I actually think the Z06 may top the R8 in mpg. It certainly does in highway mpg (25 mpg IIRC).

85bmw745i - 6/30/2008 2:07:25 AMView My AgentSpace

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the vette gets such good highway mileage because of the tall 5th gear and super tall 6th gear, it would probably never go past 4th gear on any track. ope the throttle up and that mileage advantage is nothing but a faint memory.

TheSailor - 6/30/2008 8:02:00 AMView My AgentSpace

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This episode of topgear is very good! They got a little off track in season ten with too much "Three blokes building stuff" and too little actual car stuff, and though their competitions are fun to watch, I like it better when there is just a bit of car testing involved! This episode had just the right mix of supercars and silly competitions (You got to love the way the Hamster ends up looking gay in every single competition! A white Vitara with purple text on the side... WHAT WAS HE THINKING?!?)

Already looking forward to this weeks episode!

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TheSailor - 6/30/2008 8:04:46 AMView My AgentSpace

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uhh... I just found this weeks show (or actually last week would be more correct as it aired yesterday)... Just twenty minutes to go...

Eyecarehawaii - 7/8/2008 4:29:53 AM

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Top Gear (UK) has good entertainment value but little else. Clarkson is an arrogant and biased hypocrite, but that suits him as an auto reviewer. I find it ironic how he hates all "Yank cars", yet he bought himself a Ford GT supercar. At least we get a good taste of what else is available in ROW that we don't have in NA.

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