| If you love sheer power, and you want a
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| | on the rear wheels to get under 3
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| car that produces 1,000 bhp, you now have
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| | seconds.
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| three to choose from - and that is
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| | Twin turbo V-10
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| without going to the tuners like Ruf ofr
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| | How did they get this huge amount of
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| Callaway, who will get this much power
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| | power? Well, like the other Bristol
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| from engines that are currently in the
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| | Fighters, the T has a tuned Chrysler V-10
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| 500- 700 bhp range. The tjree in the 1000
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| | engine of 8 liters. For the Fighter T
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| bhp club are the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, the
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| | they have added a pair of water-cooled
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| Bristol Fighter T, and the Koenigsegg
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| | turbochargers to almost double power so
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| CCXR. Theoretically, these are all good
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| | they could exceed that magic 1,000 bhp
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| for 250 mph in theory, but not in
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| | figure, getting 1,012 bhp at 5,600 rpm,
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| practice.
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| | with 1,036 lb ft (1,400 Nm) of torque at
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| First on the scene was the Bugatti Veyron
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| | 4,500 rpm. That is quite a high speed for
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| 16.4, the world's fastest and most
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| | maximum torque, but the engine still
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| powerful exotic car, with a top speed of
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| | produces a massive 800 lb ft (1,080 Nm)
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| 248 mph.
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| | of torque from 3,000 rpm, upward.
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| Engineering masterpiece
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| | The Bristol Fighter S has a top speed of
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| The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is quite an
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| | over 200 mph, partly owing to good
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| engineering masterpiece, with a W-16 8.0
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| | aerodynamics, but The Fighter T is an
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| liter cylinder engine mid-mounted driving
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| | absolute stormer with a power-to-weight
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| through a seven-speed semi-automatic
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| | ratio of about 600 bhp per ton and a top
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| gearbox to all four wheels - four-wheel
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| | speed of well, you name it!
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| drive is definitely a good idea with this
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| | Koenigsegg CCXR runs on ethanol
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| amount of power. Not only is it
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| | Now, along comes Koenigsegg with the
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| immensely fast, but with four-wheel
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| | Koenigsegg CCXR, based on the CCX
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| drives it is very stable. It has ceramic
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| | supercar, but now this version is able to
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| brake discs and an air brake to help you
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| | run on ethanol biofuel - E85. Because
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| slow down from over 125 mph.
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| | ethanol has an octane rating of over 100
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| A very surprising addition to the 1,000
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| | RON - like racing fuel in the 30s - it
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| bhp plus club is the Bristol Fighter T,
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| | gives more power than gasoline, as Saab
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| which has an engine developing 1,012 bhp,
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| | has demonstrated.
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| just 11 more than the Bugatti! This is a
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| | In the Koenigsegg CCXR, power is up from
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| front-engine, rear-drive car designed for
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| | 806 bhp - more than enough for almost
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| high-speed touring.
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| | everyone - to 1,018 bhp! Peak torque is
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| To be precise, the V-10 engine in the
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| | an incredible 780 lb ft (1,060 Nm) at
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| Fighter T whacks out 1,012 bhp at 5,600
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| | 6,100 rpm. That's 25% more power.
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| rpm. Bristol says that the top speed of
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| | With ethanol, power increases of 15-25%
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| the car is around 270 mph, but it has a
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| | can be obtained for any engine so long as
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| limiter at 225 mph, which is just 4,.500
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| | it is optimised with high compression
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| rpm in top! Not many will be made, making
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| | ratio and other changes. In other words,
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| this a really exotic car.
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| | don't just pull up at a gas station, put
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| Acceleration is not as good as you might
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| | ethanol in your tank and get 20% more
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| expect - or maybe it is just modesty at
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| | power. It doesn't work unless the engine
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| Bristol Cars - at 'under 3.5 seconds'
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| | is designed to run on it.
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| whereas the Bugatti Veyron is well under
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| | But that is not so difficult to do, and
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| 3 seconds. The difference is largely
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| | with George Bush trying to get more
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| academic - like the top speeds - but a
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| | ethanol used in the USA, expect more to
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| mid-engined four-wheel drive car will
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| | follow this route. After all, almost
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| accelerate more quickly than a
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| | everyone loves power, even if they drive
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| front-engined rear-drive car. The Bristol
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| | a car that is not very fast.
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| Fighter just doesn't have enough weight
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