Top Gear Lies About GT500 HP Rating?

In Clarkson's review of a 350z (I'm biased I bought one) he hated it and said its engine was the same piece of shit that's in a Renault. Now the 350z isn't perfect and has its limitations, but the engine ain't one of them, so it could be that he uses poetic license to mistate the occasional fact when he doesn't like a vehcile

— 95826z (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 1:32:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

the engine is from a renault.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 5:16:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

No the VQ engine is an Nissan engine that is used in Renault cars as well.

— kart1 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 6:19:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I noticed this as well when i watched that clip... i was scratching my head the whole time.

— Sauceboy01 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 12:41:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

They would lie about that. Its a funny show, I just don't take any of their reviews serious.

— no1listensanyway (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 2:17:30 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Yup, i noticed it too. I guess jeremy really want to give the mustang a bad review for people back in the UK.

— Alec (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 2:24:09 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I too noticed that and said out loud at the TV, "but 450 RWHP is 500 BHP..." They were right though about the live axle. They need multi-link suspension for the GT500.

— Threepoint1415926 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 3:17:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Clarkson didn't review the car? The Hamster did.

They dyno tested the car to kind of show what was up. They didn't come out and call ford liars, they simply said the truth, its not exactly 500hp at the wheels. It makes for interesting TV. I thought when they tested his classic stang being dyno'd to come up as less than stated it would have been clear the point, but I guess everyone is getting there underwear in a bunch.


Josh

— d1sinfo (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 4:18:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

i like him, anti-anything but british or not

— nembogt (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 6:10:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I don't know whether you guys know this or not - but 500hp at the crank doesn't mean 500hp at the wheels. There are inefficiency issues in the drivetrain, etc. that causes power losses from the crank to the wheels. Now the dynoed the car and it came out as 440hp around there, that is perfectly acceptable for that amount. Obviously the Top Gear crew played that out as if they didn't know about power losses from crank to wheels.

Secondly the race between the Ford Mustang and the real mustang was definitely false. That car was a V-6 as one can tell by the absence of the second set of lights on the grill. Also if you look closely there is only a single exhaust in the Mustang, while all GT's have dual exhaust.

Now all of this is unnecessary garbage, because when you see Clarkson in action the viewer knows that he manipulates a lot of stuff so he can be right.

— kart1 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 6:15:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Son't you mean 5.4 Liter V8?

— Carboy (View Profile)

Posted on 3/10/2007 9:41:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I mean Don't

— Carboy (View Profile)

Posted on 3/10/2007 9:41:35 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

We complain about subjective american journalism as being to boring and not passionate, and then complain about passionate, interesting journalism.

— d1sinfo (View Profile)

Posted on 3/12/2007 10:10:53 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1