Or Chris could drive Gordon's Mk1 Escort....

@@gavinivers8941 you think he will let journo's drive that?

Flintoff should drive it, he is much less verbose.

I bet Chris can't wait either, cheers

He just ain't THAT good a driver. Now TIFF NEEDELL on the other hand!! Now we're talking.

Like the polar opposite of his shirts.

I’m not going to ever have an opportunity to speak to Gordon, but if I did I’d like to ask him his opinion on cars vs bikes and in his opinion to what extent are the latter less compromised than the former? I’d be very interested to see a GMD sportsbike...

Absolutely, him and Brundle, you just want to listen to them, both podcasts were great as well.

Matic The automotive Bob Ross

Gordon would be pretty good at reading audio books I reckon

Reminds me of a good quote: A camel is a horse designed by a committee

@@fezario nah man..

Wonder what sort of committees made the F40 and F50?

@@tombittikoffer412 I don't know about F50 but F40 was the masterpiece of Nicola Materazzi, so no committees there neither.

@@tombittikoffer412 Too many. Start with engine reliability and the F50 underpowered engine is because of this. Ferrari made a 700 hp engine for race with F40 and a 900 hp engine with F50. Actually, F50 was faster then a prototype car, but Ferrari insisted with that wrong vision of a F1 road car, so, they made open cockpit, not the most aero efficient car. And both are road legal cars, high hide height, soft suspension.

In an interview of astonishing statements, that was my spit-take line.

8% would be achieveable

Can confirm.

Yes it was although I was much younger than 18 when I heard of the f1 back in the day and we didn’t have the plethora of hyper and supercars there is these days so I’d say it was better back then .

@@moosahans4830 The thing is, living in eastern Europe 911s have hardly any presence here and I get excited whenever I see one or anything above that, though yes my generation is certainly a lot more spoiled with how much info you can accumulate over these online but I think my case just hyper-intensifies how exciting the T.50 is now.

Yes, likely these are moments you can reflect back on in years to come with a sense of “I was there”. One key difference between then and now is the availability of information and media. When I was growing up in the late 70s and 80s there was no internet, you tube or social media. Anything you learned about supercars such as the F1 was through a combination of playground myths and Top Trumps! If you were lucky you might get hold of a magazine or two. Contrast that with the media surrounding the T50. So much that I cannot possibly consume it all - it’s great to have so much intel these days but I do somewhat miss the myth and mystery of those pre-internet days.

PrinceBarin agree a 1000%. The mystery and anticipation was all part of the enjoyment. Now here we are with GM taking to Harris, Catchpole, Rix, etc and all their videos coming out together

Yeah, for sure it will inspire a bunch of people... but the committees and overall performance-car buyers just don't give a f*** so we get what we get.

Also the looks. The cars of today are sketched with no real sculpting.The T50 is a refined sculpture. Too subtle for a typical troglodyte.

Totally agree. This is why I put the T.50 in the same category as a Porsche by Singer. Both cars are the best of analog technology and both are scaled to the human body.

​@@DarkHumorWritesItself I listened intently when Gordon and Chris were talking about electric cars. They are the future. ICE engines reliance on oil and the pollution they cause isn't sustainable for the planet. Yes, a Tesla weighs 4,400 lbs. (The T.50 weighs less than 1/2 of a Tesla.) but this is because battery technology is still in its infancy. It might take 10 - 20 years for battery technology to mature but this is nothing compared to how long ICE engines have been around. The energy density in electric motors compared to petrol is abysmal but this will change. Elon Musk is heading the way but there are other brilliant minds as well. Without Tesla every automotive manufacturer in the world would have continued to do business as usual. Even Toyota, with the success of the Prius sued California over emission standards and, 20 years from now, the VW Golf would still be the same as it is today. Electric cars and battery technology are the disruption that the automotive industry needed. We are just at the beginning and experiencing growing pains. This doesn't take anything away from the brilliance of the T.50. In fact, two nights ago I stayed awake the entire night reading and listening to everything I could about the T.50. I finally fell asleep at 8am, woke up at noon, and started all over again. The T.50 is an engineering marvel. It's the only drivers car that interests me besides a Porsche by Singer.

​@@DarkHumorWritesItself Yes, I was listening, and I didn't have to listen to know these facts. You didn't read what I said. "The energy density in electric motors compared to petrol is abysmal but this will change." I also know there's an exhorbitant amount of pollution associated with the production of batteries. Like I said, we are at the beginning stages and there are growing pains. There's the world of mass market cars and the world of $2.5 million supercars. They are not the same. My only ticket to technology is a subway ticket and even if I had the money I would not buy a Tesla today. Too many quality control problems and I would hold out for solid-state batteries. Now let's talk about Porsche by Singer. You said, "Singer is overpriced 964 911." That's blasphemy. You need to read your Bible: _Genesis 2, Verses 2 - 4._ "and on the 7th day, God looked down from the heavens upon the masses of automotive mediocrity. None of what He saw pleased him; not Ferrari, Rolls Royce, not even a donkey, so God stretched his arm down to the Earth and touched the hand of Rob Dickinson. Alas, Singer Vehicle Design was born. Let there be light."

Do you know if they’re talking about the straight six from the E36 or the E46?

@@sartoriusgames3146 Has to be the E36.

Agreed, and as a podcast style host he is really good at knowing when to shut up and listen to brilliance, and when to jump in with his own opinion, info, or questions. Really enjoyed listening to this!

Or born-into-lots-of-money KZfaqrs

Saed Shalabi Amen

Amen

Much agree 🙏

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Just spool forward to the end, and re-view it, no ads!

You can choose how many ads you want on your video so better thank the people doing the podcast for making it unwatchable

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simes205, you can safely drop all the others.

I realized it when Murray said the test mule was the Ultima GTR (again), which is an insanely fast 100k road legal kitcar beating lap times of the most expensive hyper cars. When practice starts here you know it's going to be good, the McLaren F1 did it.

Same here... Absolutely enjoyed all 90 minutes,... Glorious interview.