Fifth-Gear-Mazda-RX8vAlfa-GT36 Video!

[Glenn Butcher]

Many thanks for Philip Palmer for doing this TOP QUALITY video for us!

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[shaunwil]

I felt they gave the rx8 a bit of a hard press, amzing that a 1.3l rotary engine can beet a 3.2l v6. I\'d say that the power at anglesey is just about right, there isn\'t any point in having any more, plus i bet zevans could get round there faster than 55secs

Shaun

[Initial-D]

Ohh another vid!
Any more? Please feel free to post up a link!

[ro284]

Well what i found interesting was that she stated on telly that it is indeed a 1300 cc engine! i wonder if anyone from D.V.L.A was watching! could this be a string for our bow?
Bob

[ro284]

And another thing! oil consumption! does an RX8 use more than an RX7? mine doesn\'t use much at all! i wonder if it\'s using enough! how do you tell?
Bob

[zevans]

I felt they gave the rx8 a bit of a hard press, amzing that a 1.3l rotary engine can beet a 3.2l v6. I\'d say that the power at anglesey is just about right, there isn\'t any point in having any more, plus i bet zevans could get round there faster than 55secs

Shaun

Oo, something to aim for next time

Less than a minute is generally considered a good time, so the car must be considered reasonably good - who was driving? Tiff?

ro, oil consumption seems semi-random - mine doesn\'t use much because I blast all the internals clean with a good kicking regularly. If you queued to work every morning you\'d use shedloads, which is what a lot of people do, of course...

Used less than half a litre last track day, but it was fairly fresh oil (had about 500 road miles on) which might make a difference?

No doubt T W Whites demo driver could do it in 40 seconds eh?

[ilovemyrx8]

She\'s clearly on another planet!!!
The 8 is the best handling car I\'ve ever had and the alfa\'s puring engine compared to the renisis sudenly turns into more of a grunt, as for the gt only being .3secs faster she couldn\'t have been driving the 8 to it\'s full potential
I say let clarkson do it again and then let\'s see what the time difference is
If it was a 350z I would say that was resonable but an alfa gt is an all round slower coupe than the 8!!!! (my brother in law own\'s one and even he didn\'t belive that put a smile on his face though but not mine :reallymad )

[kev-yorks]

I felt they gave the rx8 a bit of a hard press, amzing that a 1.3l rotary engine can beet a 3.2l v6. I\'d say that the power at anglesey is just about right, there isn\'t any point in having any more, plus i bet zevans could get round there faster than 55secs

Shaun

Might be a intresting head to head. I must agree the rx8 did get a bit of hard press and if she\'d spent a bit less time hanging the back end out the time would of been better.
Kevin

[Prototype]

Well what i found interesting was that she stated on telly that it is indeed a 1300 cc engine! i wonder if anyone from D.V.L.A was watching! could this be a string for our bow?
Bob

If you are thinking of this because it’s cheaper to TAX a car of 1300cc then it’s not the case for a vehicle registered after March 2001. It’s now done in CO2 Emissions and the RX8 is VERY heavy on them.
See DVLA link to costs
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/taxation.htm

[rote8]

As far as I can see all this proves is that she is incapable of driving a RWD car, let them try again with someone who can.

Ray

[iaint]

Might be a intresting head to head. I must agree the rx8 did get a bit of hard press and if she\'d spent a bit less time hanging the back end out the time would of been better.
Kevin

That\'s just the showing off/having fun laps she doesn\'t do that on the fast laps - I doubt that much of the footage on he fast lap was taken while driving it.  Particularly the pieces to camera during it!

And anyone who nay-says about the wonderful VBH - OUTSIDE NOW!!!

[EZZY]

cool...
downloading now  :wiggle
thanks Glenn and Philip  :chat
which season/ep is that?  

[RobbieRX-7]

she used to be a rally driver didn`t she?

[JamesFD3]

I don\'t think Tiff would have gone round any quicker,I\'ve seen VBH race in many one make series and she\'s a pretty quick and consistant driver.

Anyone catch a previous 5th gear where they did a 24hr race at Silverstone and both RX-8\'s pulled out??

[zevans]

But - she does prefer torquey cars, and if the car doesn\'t suit a person\'s style, they won\'t get the best time out of it, end of!

Dunno why Tiff doesn\'t like them, thought a revvy handling car was right up his street. Then again he doesn\'t seem to like anything that wasn\'t built in the Black Forest.

I shall let you all know in the Spring

The RX8s won the class at the Silverstone 24h, didn\'t they?