Rickos

that's an understatement, he must have been in reverse.

Bright Red

The link above says

The powerful six-cylinder engine is a reliable until, whether with UK-market petrol injection (150bhp) or US-market carbureted (104 bhp) fuel delivery. The UK petrol intected version was de-rated to 125 bhp in 1973 by by camshaft alterations and revised fuel injection metering. These changes made the TR6 smoother and more flexible.

Was Clarkson using a USA spec TR6 car for the drag?

Rickos

oops, i only read this bit : http://www.tr6web.com/Documents/tr6/tr6spec.html

where's that blurb on 150bhp

Rickos

ahh, http://www.vtr.org/TR6/TR6-history.html

still, I don't believe for one minute that a TR6 would really beat an S in a straight line.

Bright Red

Link as above - 2nd para in "A brief production history of the TR6"

Bright Red

Agreed that an S should beat a 6 - See above Autocar data. Would a very bad start be enough to tip the balance?

0-60 6.2 vs 8.5
Standing Quarter 14.6 vs 16.7

wadswoaj

Its just for show...... you know what JCs DVDs are like!

Bright Red

Better link for Triumph TR's?

TR Registry

Bada Bing!

He did that in Top 100 Cars too. A 1.6 Golf GTI MkI beating (among other cars) a Saxo VTS and a Leon Cupra Sport over a 1/4 mile. Er, no.

BenHampton

But the S2000 did nicely beat the Lotus Elise in the Top 100 video despite an appalling start....