Yeah I don't get it either. It's clearly capable and engineered well, so if funding were an issue, I'm certain people would be willing to pre-order it to allow for production. It's not like they manufactured all the parts themselves anyway.
Anti-lag isn't in street vehicles because of the greatly increased stress on the engine. WRC teams used it because they had the funding and means to replace an engine every 500 miles.
Newer Hyundai turbo models make good use of Anti-Lag. Besides, that’s not the only factor in advanced stress on race engines compared to standard road cars.
No. Prodrive make rally cars. Mainly Subaru WRC cars, so they just applied their knowledge about turbo engines and AWD witchcraft and made this as an engineering exercise.
The Anti-lag is basically a system that minimizes turbo lag in a car. How it works, is it arranges for fuel and air to be in the exhaust duct past the engine, before the turbocharger.
And the cars rear differential works by applying power to the wheel that need the most in the way of movement, it's called, spin-slip. The power that the front diff gets its controlled by the center diff. The car will sense itself starting to slide, and the computer will tell the center differential to split the torque between the front and rear axle. This system works so fast that it can change how fast one wheel spins in the middle of a corner
-Hey guys, we have engineered best car ever it's cheap and good enought to revolutionize the entire car industry! You know what we should do with it? - Hmmm... absolutly nothing? - *EXACTLY!!!*
Totally agree, very stupid move. Even though I don't find it very pretty, I do think it has a very special look and I would buy one for sure if they would've put it in production. This is one of my dream cars.
It doesn't appear to be have been any revolution. Rather a rally car without some homologation limitations. I'm not surprised they did not launch it. Hand-making is extremely expensive, mass production even more (remember even Mitsubishi resigned from making the legendary Lancer Evolution, before them Lancia resigned from Delta Integrale). They probably made it just for advertisement.
Tuborg Not really they'd be expensive as hell even though they would've been sold for £40,000.00 it would have been in small quantities making it rare and inturn making it go up in value, since its basically a Bespoke WRX, and look at the Cosworth WRX that goes for 50k-60k grand now, when a professional and acclaimed tuner touch a normal car its no longer gonna be cheap later on or be able to be bought for pennies at any time, look the Ralliart FQ Evos or the SVT Focus RS still worth their value even today.
Ryan White It's flutter actually. Surge is on acceleration, and is bad. That's the impeller stalling on the backed up pressure. Perfectly safe unless it's on acceleration, which is bad.
What the man explained was brought first time on the mitsubishi Evo . It's called YAW control ,and it manages to send power to individual wheel by measuring g force and steering angle ,while ecu manages to read wheel rotation and send power to wheel that spins slower. In a small say is the perfect 4wd system in the world with nearly 80% split of power between axels.
IMO the 919 Evo perfected the AWD system. Torque vectoring rear diff, electric torque vectoring front diff, 100-0 to 50-50 instantaneous split due to the electric motors. On a circuit, you really need to ability to send all power to the rear at some point, and there are basically no instances where you'd need more power to the front than the rear on a circuit.
I bet the reason it got turned down is because it couldn't live longer than an RX-8 which is basically the standard for a car surviving long enough to be called a car
Woods Gaming Channel It's not a supercar, but yeah I'd love to own a Prodrive. Despite the unimaginative name there's a lovely engine in there coupled with a pretty advanced drivetrain, plus it also looks rather interesting. So it's kinda like your channel except there's something in there in a Prodrive.
+A Cat well I've seen this name on so many race and rally cars from Ferraris through Subarus, Astons, Minis, VWs etc. I'd love a PRODRIVE car. They did Bodywork, interior and active aero system for P1 they are damn awesome.
Mykhaylo Kosykh Why does it have to match the R8? I don`t buy a car because it`s faster than the R8... Or the Huracan... Or the F12 Berlinetta. I buy it because I like its design and stuff. So - don`t blame me because you can see only black or white and nothing inbetween ;)
BleedingBambi well, they're completely different cars, and their levels are completely different. Prices are different, points are different, functions are different. R8 is a supercar, this is a small fast coupe (with a Subaru engine). P2 is nothing like R8. And vice versa. And that's why I'm telling you that R8 is a much better car. Much better built, much better put together, much prettier, faster, and handles better as well.
Antilag keeps the turbo spooled when the car isnt moving (you need the engine revved for this tho). It reduces the ignition timing to have the fuel ignite when it's already left the combustion chamber, so essentially it explodes while in the exhaust manifold, spinning up the turbine instead of moving the pistons.
due to the fact it has more horse power than the Subaru its has got a beter chassis and a beter computer that controls the handeling/gripe lower in price ect this car would give the Subaru a run for its money
@Jonz6661 It's not. Wastegate is used to control the amount of boost by letting some exhaust gas go around the the turbine wheel without spinning it. Dump valve is located between the compressor wheel and throttle flap and is utilised when throttle flap closes, dumping excess pressure out in the air or recirculating it back to the intake system before the compressor wheel. This reduces pressure shocks the turbo would otherwise suffer, and it also reduces lag since turbo spins more freely.
@dedasdude The squirrely noise is the dumpvalve for the turbocharger. The dumpvalve makes sure the excess air that gets trapped between the engine and the turbo when you step off the accelerator doesen't go back into the turbo, causing it to slow down its turbine, and damaging the blades. Also helps for the anti-lag, since that's job is to keep the turbo spinning as fast as possible for as long as possible. It can make the turbo hot, but it shouldn't make any harm. If that made you any wiser :)
I always watched Top Gear with a bit of sceptism, because even when I was 15, I figured out that half of what they say is not correct. However, when I started watching Mighty Car Mods, I realised that while I learned about everything in the Japanese tuning scene, I'd discover that actually, Jeremy Clarkson in particular knows nothing about the technology behing a car. I don't understand how, in a huge production team, not one person realises that A TURBO FLUTTER IS NOT THE WASTEGATE BUT TURBULENCE AND PRESSURE BETWEEN THE TURBO AND THE CLOSED THROTTLE BODY
I think most people realize that Top Gear is not about factual information and real car reviews. Its entertainment and comedy, and being off on the terminology is part of that. They dont even hide that Clarkson doenst know a damn thing about cars, just as he doesnt do manual labor.
I would have definitely bought the P2 in Canada. Ended up getting a new WRX STI sedan instead. It had the same sorry of electronic breaking system and same 3 differentials as this car. The bow off noise is not as good though. It's like a hiss, pop and a subwoofer at the same time but needed an air intake and hand welded catback for that.
+El Shuwix Hey, don't mock the Dacia Logan. It's cheap, practical, and better than a Peugot if you're not interested in cars. It's great for old people who want an estate but can't afford a volvo.
Yes. You just install an external wastegate but do not connect the silicon hose to the intake piping. Because external wastegate are strong and tight in sealing the exhaust gases, it will easily induce turbo surge. The car can only rely BOV to vent out the gases.
Anti lag is basically a side compressor that feeds into the turbo like a boost bottle would. It keeps the turbo spooled at lower rpm's so there isnt lag. Its not complicated in theory. But in practice it takes a long time to configure.
The founder and owner of Prodrive, David Richards, was owner of the BAR in the F1 and when he sold that he bought (partialy) Aston Martin. I mean modifying awsome cars (Subaru..) for races and owning part of Aston Martin, that guy has taste.
Very impressive car. Should have gone into production in my opinion. It looked stylish, sounded incredible (I love the squirrel-like chattering sounds and the snarling under hard acceleration), was fast, had an intriguing anti lag system, had interesting technology and seemed so convincing, promising and mass-produced.
I'm not sure on the exact engine configuration, but the P2 is fitted with Anti-Lag, therefore the need for a Dump/BOV is eliminated. As a consequence air can re-enter the compressor section, with the noise generated as air applies pressure to the stalled compressor blades. You can hear the same noise on WRC cars as they utilise a similar engine configuration.
ps. it was the blow-off valve, since the noise came during shifting. if the waste-gate made a sound, it would be on-throttle, with a slight difference in sound coming from the exhaust bypassing the turbo (unless the exhaust bypassed by the waste-gate is not plumbed back into the exhaust system, then the sound made would be much louder, as it would be un-muffled).
I think you're right (after trying to find out more about it). I just couldn't imagine that they'd allow such harsh conditions for their turbo. While some turbos can be made to handle it, it's still hard on it, I would assume. Then again, it's not a true production car, so maybe they don't care... :-)
Its a differential that allows the front and rear wheels to spin at different speeds in an AWD car. That is, opposed to a standard rear-diff, like in say, an M3, which only allows the two rear wheels to spin at different speeds. The differential splits the torque and horsepower to maintain grip to a maximum extent
Am I the only one, but I love Top Gear because they're very honest with their opinions and I love the way they shoot their spots, awesome cinematography.
Sorry to correct you, but I think it's actually compressor surge. The bypass/blowoff valve isn't venting the air fast enough when he lets off the throttle, so it's bouncing back into the compressor to make that sound. You were pretty close in your last post... My car makes that sound too.
@@dedasdude the dump valve(blow off) canot open in sequence....it's opened by the vacum, that sound is indeed the wastegate,imagine the wastegate is openeded and full throttle at '1bar', when he lifts the first wave of the turbo chatter bounces to '1.5' bar, and thats because the dump valve is not open, because he has antilag, wich needs to bypass air into the manifold when the throttle is closed (it's done by a throttle kicker or through the idle valve)
Yes you're correct, it's not a wastegate. And yes, dump valve is the same as a blowoff valve. The other option is they could be using recirculation valve instead of a blow off which often accounts for the squirrel sound.
antilag is when the engine keeps dumping fuel and spark even with the exhaust valves open, this allows more heat, which keeps the turbine spinning even when your off throttle.. well, nowadays its a lot more technical, but thats the basics of it really..
antilag is injecting fuel into the cylinder when the throttle is released; the fuel goes into the exshaust, ignites into the hot turbo, and the gases spines it, so the turbo keeps up the boost of the engine, eliminatig the turbo lag
Many modern (and some not so modern) production cars have turbos... straight from factory. many of which have blow off valves (aka: wastegates) and they DO infact pass air quality inspections. A wastegate simply regulates pressure to keep your turbo from building unlimited pressure and blowing itself up. I say this because my car is turbocharged, it does have a BOV and I do live in an area where air quality tests are manditory once per year and I've been passing since 2007
Basically to what I understand, how this traction control works, is that the computer puts the power down to the specific wheels that will help you make the turn, the steering wheel is what tells the computer how sharp the turn is, giving a % of power to the specific wheel!
I think they are two differnent components! I waste gate actuates the exhuast gas in to the turbine and is usually situated on the turbo where as a blow-off valve is located on the inlet side of the turbo or piping and stop the turbo stalling when the throttle is suddenly closed.
So basically they could have sold a M3 priced car that'll match a Zonda around the track but didn't because reasons?
Yeah I don't get it either. It's clearly capable and engineered well, so if funding were an issue, I'm certain people would be willing to pre-order it to allow for production. It's not like they manufactured all the parts themselves anyway.
Anti-lag isn't in street vehicles because of the greatly increased stress on the engine. WRC teams used it because they had the funding and means to replace an engine every 500 miles.
Where's The Waffle Iron?! The Evo 7 - 9 came with antilag as standard though.
Nicolas Broszky It was a second slower than a Zonda
Newer Hyundai turbo models make good use of Anti-Lag. Besides, that’s not the only factor in advanced stress on race engines compared to standard road cars.
so, antilag, blow off valve, big turbo, functional aero. this must've been designed by a tuner company
No. Prodrive make rally cars. Mainly Subaru WRC cars, so they just applied their knowledge about turbo engines and AWD witchcraft and made this as an engineering exercise.
VirusTornado prodrive is basicly a tuner
Yeah sort of
Lack of blow off valve*
@@VoidSixx thank you lmao that was bothering the shit out of me
The Anti-lag is basically a system that minimizes turbo lag in a car. How it works, is it arranges for fuel and air to be in the exhaust duct past the engine, before the turbocharger.
And the cars rear differential works by applying power to the wheel that need the most in the way of movement, it's called, spin-slip. The power that the front diff gets its controlled by the center diff. The car will sense itself starting to slide, and the computer will tell the center differential to split the torque between the front and rear axle. This system works so fast that it can change how fast one wheel spins in the middle of a corner
Thanks i read that on Wikipedia aswell.
Congrats, you're *no one in the world*
I bet you're a barrel of laughs at a party 😛
Basically like a Bunsen burner straight to the turbo maximum heat and energy
-Hey guys, we have engineered best car ever it's cheap and good enought to revolutionize the entire car industry! You know what we should do with it?
- Hmmm... absolutly nothing?
- *EXACTLY!!!*
Totally agree, very stupid move. Even though I don't find it very pretty, I do think it has a very special look and I would buy one for sure if they would've put it in production. This is one of my dream cars.
But would it be the same price if mass produced.
@@Thornspyre81 it would be cheaper
Boris V I mean, it does look stupid
It doesn't appear to be have been any revolution. Rather a rally car without some homologation limitations. I'm not surprised they did not launch it. Hand-making is extremely expensive, mass production even more (remember even Mitsubishi resigned from making the legendary Lancer Evolution, before them Lancia resigned from Delta Integrale). They probably made it just for advertisement.
Looks like GTAV car lol.
+Doom guy i just wrote that to lol
+Doom guy especially in 144p
KRISTIJAN 5112003 bladed angel right?
more like, GTA V cars were based on real life cars lol
or, GTA V cars look like this one lol
This car must have 345 squirrelpower
No no, 345 000 squirrel power, is well known that a horse power= 100 squirrel power
@@dumyjobby that'd be 1000 squirrels, 100 would be just one tenth of a horse, which part however i have no idea
Angry squirrels at that!
I really wish that they had produced it. Then id be able to pick a used one up now for pennies.
Tuborg
Not really they'd be expensive as hell even though they would've been sold for £40,000.00 it would have been in small quantities making it rare and inturn making it go up in value, since its basically a Bespoke WRX, and look at the Cosworth WRX that goes for 50k-60k grand now, when a professional and acclaimed tuner touch a normal car its no longer gonna be cheap later on or be able to be bought for pennies at any time, look the Ralliart FQ Evos or the SVT Focus RS still worth their value even today.
The turbo would be absolutely gnackered tho
Na they would be rare because Prodrive is a small company and therefore expensive today.
It looks like they combined a CTS with a 2015 Impreza and then cut a bunch of holes in it.
True, true!
Such a shame this was never built. I like the looks, and it has all the speed you could ever use on the road.
Clearly a good car, but I hate the looks. Reminds me of the cop cars in robocop
Man do I wish this was manufactured!
I would buy it
I find the Stig's music so hilarious, especially the learn Spanish one in this episode.
"Where can I but traffic lights"?
@@motanelustelistu oh hey there fancy meeting your grammar Nazi ass over here
It was Italian mate... but nice 987 profile pic
Italian, not Spanish.
Sounds like portuguese to me (im portuguese)
Fact: Prodrive helped subaru in the days of rallying so that is why it has a EJ boxer inside.
Looks like a Audi R8 made from LEGO’s
This car was genuinely ahead of its time. Styling and everything.
Looks like a disabled audi r8.
TheMusicrunner Pretty much yeah.
Disabled but just as quick tho
More like a tt on steroids
It’s more of a burnout car
With a disabled twin turbo V8 HAHAHAHAHA FUCK YOU SUBARU
That blowoff noise...
Drugs Bunny that's compressor surge, nothing to do with a bov
Ryan White
It's flutter actually. Surge is on acceleration, and is bad. That's the impeller stalling on the backed up pressure. Perfectly safe unless it's on acceleration, which is bad.
Generic Memes turbo flutter is caused by compressor surge.
*Open* throttle compressor surge is fine while *closed* throttle compressor surge is bad
@@chrissss696 its the opposite way around
The prodrive engineer talks like James May! Aahahaha
It’s David Lapworth, he used to run the Subaru Workd Rally Team, and he was boring af then too.
"Where do I buy traffic lights" I died of laughing there.
1:59 keeps the turbo spooled up
Just think how much potential this would have on rally stages if they had’ve put this into production. Looks like it handles really well on tarmac...
- "It will cost only 40K!"
:D
- "But theyre not going to put it into production."
D:
"so you get the same engine from a Subaru Impreza and a bigger turbo"
Me:Aaaaaaand a rod knock
-Knock Knock
-Who's there?
-The Piston
@@DioTheGreatOne fun fact if 2 subies drive side by side they could technically have a piston fight
What the man explained was brought first time on the mitsubishi Evo .
It's called YAW control ,and it manages to send power to individual wheel by measuring g force and steering angle ,while ecu manages to read wheel rotation and send power to wheel that spins slower.
In a small say is the perfect 4wd system in the world with nearly 80% split of power between axels.
IMO the 919 Evo perfected the AWD system. Torque vectoring rear diff, electric torque vectoring front diff, 100-0 to 50-50 instantaneous split due to the electric motors. On a circuit, you really need to ability to send all power to the rear at some point, and there are basically no instances where you'd need more power to the front than the rear on a circuit.
In a way this kinda what the BRZ/GT86 could have been if they were all wheel drive and turbocharged.
2:08 Yoooooooo Alone in Kyoto from Lost in Translation! I'll never get over who picks the music for this awesome show @_@
+ryuman757 That entire album from Air is great.
Quality 144p, well done BBC!!!
seriously 144p its not the 1950's...
*1930's
But it is 2008, can you believe it was 10 years ago?
TheSoulEater121 so is peugeot
max quality=144p thats some good shit right there
Damn I still want that car 😫
I bet the reason it got turned down is because it couldn't live longer than an RX-8 which is basically the standard for a car surviving long enough to be called a car
lets say prodrive actually was succesfull... could you imagine buying a supercar called.. prodrive, jesus
Woods Gaming Channel It's not a supercar, but yeah I'd love to own a Prodrive. Despite the unimaginative name there's a lovely engine in there coupled with a pretty advanced drivetrain, plus it also looks rather interesting. So it's kinda like your channel except there's something in there in a Prodrive.
+Woods Gaming Channel As opposed to the super classic names like... Gumpert. or koenigsegggegegegege
+A Cat well I've seen this name on so many race and rally cars from Ferraris through Subarus, Astons, Minis, VWs etc. I'd love a PRODRIVE car. They did Bodywork, interior and active aero system for P1 they are damn awesome.
its not a supercar.. they said it would run for about $50,000. which aint supercar money, but it does do supercar speeds.
Ejmin Khosrovian
i wouldnt say a supercar is depictive of its price
Quality is exceptional, thank you BBC!!! Great job, 144P
14 year old video
@@user-ck7jv1hn8kbetter quality was available back then.
Looks a bit like a R8... But still nice though. I`d prefer it compared to the R8.
BleedingBambi you're an idiot then :D
this is no match for an R8
Mykhaylo Kosykh
Why does it have to match the R8? I don`t buy a car because it`s faster than the R8... Or the Huracan... Or the F12 Berlinetta. I buy it because I like its design and stuff. So - don`t blame me because you can see only black or white and nothing inbetween ;)
BleedingBambi well, they're completely different cars, and their levels are completely different. Prices are different, points are different, functions are different.
R8 is a supercar, this is a small fast coupe (with a Subaru engine).
P2 is nothing like R8. And vice versa.
And that's why I'm telling you that R8 is a much better car. Much better built, much better put together, much prettier, faster, and handles better as well.
Mykhaylo Kosykh
That`s really great for the R8. No doubt about that.
It would be pretty cool to have a car that nobody else can have though.
Antilag keeps the turbo spooled when the car isnt moving (you need the engine revved for this tho).
It reduces the ignition timing to have the fuel ignite when it's already left the combustion chamber, so essentially it explodes while in the exhaust manifold, spinning up the turbine instead of moving the pistons.
how would it give Subaru a run for its money.. there's a Subaru engine in the thing lololol
due to the fact it has more horse power than the Subaru its has got a beter chassis and a beter computer that controls the handeling/gripe lower in price ect this car would give the Subaru a run for its money
@@lacossanostra but Subaru is already getting paid for all the engine's
I just love that "snorting" noise that comes out of the exhaust!!
The same man who designed the McLaren F1...
Well, everybody has a bad day.
We need a 72p quality vid. Cause that's not crap enough
sounds glorious
Looks like the first-gen R8 w/ Down Syndrome, as TheMusicRunner also pointed out
Side panels remind me of R8
CHEVY COBALT , with Vaxhaul Speedster looks..
The same designer as the Mclaren F1? You sure? Cuz that thing doesn't exactly look "good."
+Sir Mutton Chops it looks as bad as the f1
He also designed the body of the Subaru Impreza WRC97
Looks similar to the MG X-power SV, particularly the arches but also the overall vibe. As it happens it is indeed the same person, Peter Stevens
6:30 wait... in another episode the stig revealed himself to be Schumi, so how would being like Schumi make him worse?
yes, I know he was a one episode stig for the FXX
Because this show is full of crap.
It's powered by modded Subaru engine..
That sounds like compressor stall and those antilag flames are SO added on!!
144p... really?
Well, this was back in 2008
+DooGie6390 and the episode was aired in 2006
+Arron White They had 1080p back in 2006.
+Bill McGregor They had atleast more than 144p in 2008. Atleeeeast 240p
+Bill McGregor They had 1080i back in 1998...
It's an Audi TT with a spoiler and a Holden Commodore front end, and a Subaru engine. Right.
good looking car
If you've had your eyes gouged out with a red hot poker, yes.
"Good looking"? Are you serious? 😂
I thought Jeremy would understand all that what the engineer said to him, with Clarkson been a Doctorate in engineering and all that.
144p truly amazing to watch, do you have more of the PIXELS!
Animal and machine working together? I thought it was machine and machine.
@Jonz6661 It's not. Wastegate is used to control the amount of boost by letting some exhaust gas go around the the turbine wheel without spinning it. Dump valve is located between the compressor wheel and throttle flap and is utilised when throttle flap closes, dumping excess pressure out in the air or recirculating it back to the intake system before the compressor wheel. This reduces pressure shocks the turbo would otherwise suffer, and it also reduces lag since turbo spins more freely.
good looking? did jezza actually say it is good looking?
+NIYAZ NAZAR I think it looks great personally.
0-60 3.8 seconds from a 340bhp engine in mid-2000s was pretty damn good. Obviously this car is a retake on the MG X-power SV
1:24 ANIMAL CRUELTY
I WANT ONE OF THOSE P2S!!!
i love how the stig listens to "abnormal things" when he's driving around the track. some german lessons here and elton john in the r35
why does it feel like a car from gta or watching dogs?
Because watching dogs doesn't exist.
+Jackomac43 *watch dogs.
CockatooDude Not following the conversation are we...
Jackomac43 Well I thought I was, you said watching dogs doesn't exist, and you are right, it doesn't. The game is called Watch Dogs.
CockatooDude So what was the point in correcting me if I just said watching dogs doesn't exist?
Lmao at 7:04 james may saying "its dirty" made Jeremy laugh 😂
His design skills have went down hill since the McLaren f1....he should hang up his gloves if this is what he is producing.
@dedasdude The squirrely noise is the dumpvalve for the turbocharger. The dumpvalve makes sure the excess air that gets trapped between the engine and the turbo when you step off the accelerator doesen't go back into the turbo, causing it to slow down its turbine, and damaging the blades. Also helps for the anti-lag, since that's job is to keep the turbo spinning as fast as possible for as long as possible. It can make the turbo hot, but it shouldn't make any harm. If that made you any wiser :)
I always watched Top Gear with a bit of sceptism, because even when I was 15, I figured out that half of what they say is not correct. However, when I started watching Mighty Car Mods, I realised that while I learned about everything in the Japanese tuning scene, I'd discover that actually, Jeremy Clarkson in particular knows nothing about the technology behing a car. I don't understand how, in a huge production team, not one person realises that A TURBO FLUTTER IS NOT THE WASTEGATE BUT TURBULENCE AND PRESSURE BETWEEN THE TURBO AND THE CLOSED THROTTLE BODY
I think most people realize that Top Gear is not about factual information and real car reviews. Its entertainment and comedy, and being off on the terminology is part of that.
They dont even hide that Clarkson doenst know a damn thing about cars, just as he doesnt do manual labor.
RJ Lee Although what you say does make sense, it does seem that it happens more often than is meant
I would have definitely bought the P2 in Canada. Ended up getting a new WRX STI sedan instead. It had the same sorry of electronic breaking system and same 3 differentials as this car.
The bow off noise is not as good though. It's like a hiss, pop and a subwoofer at the same time but needed an air intake and hand welded catback for that.
Just put an aftermarket waist gate in it
Love how toddlers sitting on back seat of mom's Dacia Logan call this car ugly.
+El Shuwix Everybody can have an opinion dude. Doesn't matter if you have a license or not.
+Maas van der Veen when you have a licence you are old enough to have a mature opinion.
That's not how the world works.
+El Shuwix Hey, don't mock the Dacia Logan. It's cheap, practical, and better than a Peugot if you're not interested in cars. It's great for old people who want an estate but can't afford a volvo.
0-100 in 3.8 seconds
A f*****ng missile
I knew it was british, when Jeremy had nothing but praise for this hideous letter box kit car. So biased.
+Juan Lara HAHA don't ever EVER forget about the dreariest
ugliest
and mmost disgusting of them all
THE PONTIAC AZTEK
+Juan Lara uhuhum... marina, allegro, stag, robin,
+Juan Lara btw the pt cruiser is bearable
america is the best carmaking country in the world. fact.
Raj Agnihotri troll?
Yes. You just install an external wastegate but do not connect the silicon hose to the intake piping. Because external wastegate are strong and tight in sealing the exhaust gases, it will easily induce turbo surge. The car can only rely BOV to vent out the gases.
That was designed by the f1 guy? Yikes! His career went downhill I guess
What?! This car is fantastic!
Anti lag is basically a side compressor that feeds into the turbo like a boost bottle would.
It keeps the turbo spooled at lower rpm's so there isnt lag. Its not complicated in theory. But in practice it takes a long time to configure.
is it just me or does the front look a bit Audi?
The founder and owner of Prodrive, David Richards, was owner of the BAR in the F1 and when he sold that he bought (partialy) Aston Martin. I mean modifying awsome cars (Subaru..) for races and owning part of Aston Martin, that guy has taste.
this is one of the ugliest cars they have put on top gear ever ha
"designed by the guy that did the f1" "it's beautiful" I'm sorry but this things hideous. It looks like a Scion with a body kit
Very impressive car. Should have gone into production in my opinion. It looked stylish, sounded incredible (I love the squirrel-like chattering sounds and the snarling under hard acceleration), was fast, had an intriguing anti lag system, had interesting technology and seemed so convincing, promising and mass-produced.
WOW, that's my kinda car! Badass looks, performs like no other, and a mean exhaust note
That car sound awesome. I love the poping and chirping it makes. I think I'll put a caged squirel under my hood too!
I'm not sure on the exact engine configuration, but the P2 is fitted with Anti-Lag, therefore the need for a Dump/BOV is eliminated. As a consequence air can re-enter the compressor section, with the noise generated as air applies pressure to the stalled compressor blades.
You can hear the same noise on WRC cars as they utilise a similar engine configuration.
ps. it was the blow-off valve, since the noise came during shifting. if the waste-gate made a sound, it would be on-throttle, with a slight difference in sound coming from the exhaust bypassing the turbo (unless the exhaust bypassed by the waste-gate is not plumbed back into the exhaust system, then the sound made would be much louder, as it would be un-muffled).
I think you're right (after trying to find out more about it). I just couldn't imagine that they'd allow such harsh conditions for their turbo. While some turbos can be made to handle it, it's still hard on it, I would assume. Then again, it's not a true production car, so maybe they don't care... :-)
I remember when this was first aired, and I still want this car.
oh my god i need that in my life, especially the squirrel mincing transformer music
Its a differential that allows the front and rear wheels to spin at different speeds in an AWD car. That is, opposed to a standard rear-diff, like in say, an M3, which only allows the two rear wheels to spin at different speeds. The differential splits the torque and horsepower to maintain grip to a maximum extent
"Thats what this is. Its a squirrel mincer!!"
Classic Clarkson quote!
Prodrive is a company in England that built the Impreza for the Subaru World Rally Team back in the days...
That car looks ghastly
LOVE the sounds of that car!
Am I the only one, but I love Top Gear because they're very honest with their opinions and I love the way they shoot their spots, awesome cinematography.
13 year reply. Yes. Everyone loves it. Most viewed TV show in the world. Obviously things in 13 years have changed. A lot.
Sorry to correct you, but I think it's actually compressor surge. The bypass/blowoff valve isn't venting the air fast enough when he lets off the throttle, so it's bouncing back into the compressor to make that sound. You were pretty close in your last post... My car makes that sound too.
@@dedasdude the dump valve(blow off) canot open in sequence....it's opened by the vacum, that sound is indeed the wastegate,imagine the wastegate is openeded and full throttle at '1bar', when he lifts the first wave of the turbo chatter bounces to '1.5' bar, and thats because the dump valve is not open, because he has antilag, wich needs to bypass air into the manifold when the throttle is closed (it's done by a throttle kicker or through the idle valve)
love the stig lol....and how he learns languages while driving at 120 mph
Yes you're correct, it's not a wastegate. And yes, dump valve is the same as a blowoff valve.
The other option is they could be using recirculation valve instead of a blow off which often accounts for the squirrel sound.
antilag is when the engine keeps dumping fuel and spark even with the exhaust valves open, this allows more heat, which keeps the turbine spinning even when your off throttle.. well, nowadays its a lot more technical, but thats the basics of it really..
antilag is injecting fuel into the cylinder when the throttle is released; the fuel goes into the exshaust, ignites into the hot turbo, and the gases spines it, so the turbo keeps up the boost of the engine, eliminatig the turbo lag
A car made from 2 pixels. The P2.
That noise is awesome!
Now that's what I call British engineering!!!
Many modern (and some not so modern) production cars have turbos... straight from factory. many of which have blow off valves (aka: wastegates) and they DO infact pass air quality inspections. A wastegate simply regulates pressure to keep your turbo from building unlimited pressure and blowing itself up. I say this because my car is turbocharged, it does have a BOV and I do live in an area where air quality tests are manditory once per year and I've been passing since 2007
Basically to what I understand, how this traction control works, is that the computer puts the power down to the specific wheels that will help you make the turn, the steering wheel is what tells the computer how sharp the turn is, giving a % of power to the specific wheel!
I think they are two differnent components!
I waste gate actuates the exhuast gas in to the turbine and is usually situated on the turbo where as a blow-off valve is located on the inlet side of the turbo or piping and stop the turbo stalling when the throttle is suddenly closed.