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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: dreadnought110 on January 24, 2009, 22:26:48

Title: Best 4x4xvery very far!!
Post by: dreadnought110 on January 24, 2009, 22:26:48: I always wanted one of these as a kid and as an adult nothing's changed just read the spec!!!! [-o< http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/features_classic_cars/10_vehicles_for_the_apocalypse_feature__1+page-4.html I remember reading about it and they tested it on a track against a cosworth and it beat it of the mark.. :lol: it also overtook the works peugeot 405 t16
Title: Re: Best 4x4xvery very far!!
Post by: thermidorthelobster on January 25, 2009, 09:16:30: WOOT! Can't see any for sale though :(
Title: Re: Best 4x4xvery very far!!
Post by: 3laner on January 25, 2009, 11:09:47: hmm that tourag v-10 tdi later on in the feature looks one hell of an engine!
Title: Re: Best 4x4xvery very far!!
Post by: Disco Matt on January 25, 2009, 11:34:26: I want this one:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/features_classic_cars/10_vehicles_for_the_apocalypse_feature__1+page-9.html

:D
Title: Re: Best 4x4xvery very far!!
Post by: landmannnn on January 25, 2009, 11:45:13: Quote from: dreadnought110 on January 24, 2009, 22:26:48
I always wanted one of these as a kid and as an adult nothing's changed just read the spec!!!! [-o< http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/features_classic_cars/10_vehicles_for_the_apocalypse_feature__1+page-4.html I remember reading about it and they tested it on a track against a cosworth and it beat it of the mark.. :lol: it also overtook the works peugeot 405 t16

I think it beat the cosworth all the way up to 100 mph. They were dropped from the dakar because the drivers kept killing themselves.
Title: Re: Best 4x4xvery very far!!
Post by: Eeyore on January 25, 2009, 12:47:00: I remember the year when the seventh fastest vehicle around the Dakar prologue was Francinsco Perlini in his truck. Damn, those things were ludicrously quick.

There's a great story (repeated to me by a friend who's actually driven De Rooys X1) that De Rooy was invited to bring his X1 to a demonstration at Thruxton - they asked him to use not a lot of throttle to stop it lifting the tarmac on corners, and the straights! De Rooy just took to the grass instead - needless to say it didn't slow the thing down! :lol:

That clip posted is an absolute classic! :cool: