Stig crashes Koenigsegg CCX - Top Gear series 8 - BBC

given enough space this will get to 250 miles an hour and that puts it awfully close to the bugatti veyron there are three main reasons for this it's very light the whole car is made from carbon fiber it's also very slippery it has the drag coefficient of a fish but mostly the umph comes from under the bonnet the old car had a ford engine which developed 655 brake horsepower this one has an engine made by koenigsegg themselves it's a twin supercharged 4.7 liter v8 and it develops 806 brake horsepower 806 brake horsepower that's about that much and that's on that limp-wristed fairy liquid the americans call petrol if you run this on the more explosive jungle juice we have here in europe you'll be getting 850 brake horsepower oh and i'll give you a little tip if you tune this engine to run on environmentally friendly biofuel you'll be getting 900 brake horsepower you should get billody one of these the first time in weeks i could put my hand on my heart right now and say i don't want a cigarette i just want more of this the sound is just astonishing i think burning zag is swedish oh no my head's just exploded and in here no one can hear you scream really does make a question why have they fitted a radio you couldn't even hear chris moyles on that the reason why it has a radio is the same reason why this new car is slightly taller than the old one because it's supposed to be easier to drive and easier to live with you still get the mad doors that open vertically you want to make sure you don't park alongside a tall curb for obvious reasons and you still get this roof which lifts out so the car becomes a convertible inside you still get the blake 7 controls but because it's now taller even dennis rodman could fit behind the wheel and experience the terror and i do mean terror i mean this develops more than 800 brake horsepower but there's no rear spoiler to push those massive rear tyres into the road there's no traction control either and the rear window is just um it's just a porthole so you can't see what's behind still the time has come to show it some corners and see what's what this doesn't feel sanitized or tame it's just completely wild and mad it's raw vicious power and if you overstep the mark even slightly it'll kill you the old car was very very fast and very difficult to drive this is even faster and still very difficult to drive whoa clearing sex say this is more comfortable but more comfortable than what being stabbed good it's fun though in recent weeks a craving for nicotine has made me angry with everything even trees it's just completely the wrong color what's this it's a twig why why is it there look at it but here with the koenigsegg i have found a substitute for smoking so come on then how much is this giant nicotine patch 415 000 pounds so it is quite a lot cheaper to smoke it's it's safer to smoke as well um you know i've been banging on about the rear wing on the back of it okay you really do you don't need a rear wing on the back of your vauxhall courser no you have a fiesta but a car like this i think really does need one something to push the back end down anyway we must now find out how fast it goes around our track so we must hand it over to our tame racing driver some say that his ears aren't exactly where you'd expect them to be and that once preposterously he had an affair with john prescott all we know is he's called the stig away he goes and this car really is under the shout of setting a new lap record here just sound a bit like the stig short shifting but they have taken off the rev limiter and doesn't want to launch the engine first corner there oh you see the back's stepping out already but he's on it do you have a map oh now i should explain sticks new in-car entertainment is languages for beginners and this week it's italian holding that chicago nicely done spit the flame here's the hammer head this could be where it all comes undone no no he's holding on to that beautifully snappable is still on the way out now he can really open the tape an ice cream please okay over 800 horsepower charging up towards the thai wall this should be quick come on sting keep it on keep it on that oh it's looking good two corners left don't throw it all the way here stig you've got the zombie to beat zonda's in sight only gambon left hard on the brakes turning flick of opposite lock and across the line that's 118.4 gotta know come on and it did it in one twenty point four oh right down here you see you've got all that power but you know without the downforce there it is you know ccx that's the difference yeah correctly yeah do you know i think the only time that zonda f is going to get knocked off the board is when bugatti finally let us put a veyron around our track you say that but having posted this time the stig said you know what i reckon if i don't short shift and i'm a bit more brave in the corners i reckon i can go faster than that who'd like to see that attack please play the tape right he's off again and this is the one okay okay i went to chicago he is really really piling it on through there look at that so beautifully controlled hammerhead feeling for grip does look faster now go on power guard stake get on the power 806 brake horsepower thundering down now 130 miles an hour he's lost the back he's lost it he's up oh my god my god that's a big one that's the first time the stig's ever ever been off this track here it is again in slow motion you can see the bat steps out no down force he corrects it but there just isn't enough track and that's a big tire wall he's been through there god that is a big accident that is a properly big accident it's so look it's eaten the tyre wall look there's the advantage of carbon fiber for you hardly any damage at all yeah and cheap to repair as well well cheaper than chewing gum with nicotine in it

Channel: BBC Studios

Views: 10,608,188

Keywords: Koenigsegg, CCX, carbon, fuel, engines, cars, power, Top, Gear, Richard, hammond, citroen, new, used, make, model, BBC, BBC Worldwide, Top Gear, Topgear, Cars, Car, Autos, Motoring, Jeremy Clarkson, Jeremy, Clarkson, Richard Hammond, Hammond, James May, James, May, The Stig, Koenigsegg CXX, Top Gear Series 8, Koenigsegg CCX (Automobile Model), Top Gear (TV Program), crash

Id: svxRpqeqFRY

Length: 9min 1sec (541 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 20 2008