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That was the final nail in the coffin of the uninterrupted run from Tertre Rouge to Mulsanne Corner.

To paraphrase Norbert Singer: We were worried when we first saw that Peugeot was breaking 400kph on the straight with their car. When soon after we read the actual laptime, we stopped worrying.

> starts talking about group C > shows footage of touring cars at bathurst

That Top Gear bit on Peugeot was bloody hilarious....

There's still one place that you can see cars going 240 mph. Indianapolis.

Always loved this story, no fucks given, just going straight for the top speed record, an underdog effort, and a forever French king of speed at LeMans, unlikely to ever be beaten. The C9 Sauber got up to 400 kph, the Jags did 395, and some sketchy "~1100hp faulty" Nissan fell just short (after the chicanes were set), but none could do it, magical.

So TIL Peugeot was actually a back seat driver on this record, as I had (wrongfully) assumed it was a factory team, considering all the shameless plugs they did during the era (I briefly owned a 405 MI16).

I miss that old mulsanne straight. Wish I got a chance to see it since I was born after it was chanced

You mixed up Australian "Group C" touringcar regulations with FIA´s prototype "Group C" regulations. Two totally different things... Otherwise a really nice video!

Another top quality video and love it. This channel is definitely one of the best car channel I knew. Keep up I love all your videos 💪🏻

Great Video :)

I always wonder if the Nissan R90CK would of broke the speed record on the Mulsanne straight. 230 mph on the mulsanne WITH chicanes is just insane.

fantastic video.

Good video. Very informative. Did not know that WM held the top speed record. Always thought it was a 917LH. Thanks for posting.

Shame we don't see private teams like this make their way into the big leagues. Just a couple of guys making a car out of passion. Mostly because its impossible to develop something like a sports prototype unless you're a huge manufacturer with hundreds of millions in budget and hundreds or thousands of employees.

Thank You for another mgnificent production. I still have not worked out what was more awe-inspiring: the horsepower ratings of these small European engines or the intriguing shape of the wheel arches, (or lack of) on the P88. Also thanks for a fresh pronunciation of the name Peugeot. As a child I might have read it before hearing anyone speak it aloud, and so I always called them PIEw-joe, as in Pepe le Pew, with the emphasis on the first syllable. Then in high school ensued prolonged arguments with friends who pronounced it PURR-joe, as in purring kittens, again with the emphasis on syllable #1. Now hearing the name pronounced purr-JOE, with the emphasis on the second syllable, I concede that my childish phoenetic pronunciation, based on reading the name in a book without ever having heard it spoken, was err, well, inaccurate to put it gently. Which of the other two is correct; which syllable to emphasise? I'll leave that between you and my high school mates. (who would agree with me that Porsche has one syllable - silent E)

Every human has an innate desire to be remembered after they're gone? I'm not human

That's a pretty amazing story about the PRV engine. I would have never thought that the DeLorean PRV V6 could develop so much horsepower. Has there ever been a DeLorean with the original PRV V6 engine tweaked to develop those amazing horsepower figures?

That car is - without any doubt - very fast and impressive. But in '87 one of those cars made 13 laps, the other broke after 3.5 hours, less than 1/3 of the race duration. It was a dang fast car, but it couldn't really compete. Le Mans is not about top Speed, it's about driving fast for 24 hours and not break the car.

1:35 the cars shown here are not Ferraris, but Alfa Romeo 33/2.

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Never heard about that story before and i am well into motorsports! Awesome video my friend! The fact that a hobby project ended up and running at LeMans is awesome and insane (in a good way). And now with this achievement it becomes even more mindblowing that a Bugatti runs over 400km/h as "production car" you can drive on the street and to the store to get milk :D (sure with a nice pricetag but still...). Let's see what the Jesko Absolute will deliever :) cheers!

Amazing story.

It would have been awesome to be standing next to the fence seeing blast by at that speed!!

A record that will never fall.

RIP Roger Dorchy, A legend never forgotten

I thought the C9 did 413kmh, but maybe that's an "unofficial" record?

Why don't I ever come across videos of this car, even if I search for them

that is most impressive - V-max!!!

Cool😊

I would think that Roger Dorchy was a little white faced when he came in after this &,of course,this achievement was mainly responsible for the chicanes installed for the 1989 race. Lap times at Le Mans now are quicker with chicanes than before.

This did not amuse Ferdinand Piëch... So his get back was the Bugatti Veyron. It's a long nice story too... Thanks for the video....

That's just too cool!

Message to P88: "Bring the noise."

This Peugeot record was a reason to build Bugatti Veyron

whats crazy is the porsche 917 record was from 1971 in a car that was normally aspirated

A movie about this story would be amazing

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why do people love this car . all it did was get in other teams way . could not go around corners at any speed with out going of track. did not take to the track for 3 hours. did not even have a go of even finishing

that record pissed-off Ferdinand Piëch so much that he told his engineers that the Bugatti veron must be street legal, a daily driver and must go reliably min 407kmh !!! in my eyes the ultimate F#$!YOU to peugeot

The Porsche family wanted their record back so Ferdinand Piëch requested that the Bugatti Veyron must have a top speed of 407 km/h!

Sounds just like Peugeot, just last long enough then break down.

In fact it is the fastest racing vehicle period.

I'll be the judge of this 😅

This is why Veyron does 407

No, it was the 2 cars, 1 Mercedes and 1 Porsche, that took off at around 400km/h and somersaulted into the woods that brought about the chiquaines on the mulsane straight.

And we say thank you to Sylvain Lyve for the subject 🙃

It's like winning a traffic light race without the other car knowing. Speed ​​and cornering ability are always a compromise. They won a competition without rivals. I think the car has to go at least the distance for it to count.

Pls don't only use mph, at least write the kph on the screen when talking about miles

This is a bit ridiculous ... what if Porsche took one var and designed it for fastest top speed ( before the chicanes ) they may have been in the 260’s.

Why do english speaking people allways call it mulsanne straight? The correct name is hunaudieres straight. Mulsanne is only the corner at the end of the straight.

Hideously fast! And…well…hideous!

Freakin french sed ey take that....in a frenchy akcent of course....and made future attempts null and void....like snails and frog legs ....

What can be defined as " fastest" in Le Mans history?? Highest top speed or average speed or maybe the vehicle traveled longest in 24 hrs?? IMHO I think its the Audi R15 since it covered the most distance in 24 hrs. A car is not fast if it has to stop every 30 mins for refuling, or breaks down after 20 laps.

And 30 years before an MG EX181, with a Supercharger 1500cc 4 Cylinder, and only 300hp went 400kph at Bonneville.

It's pronounced coo-pay

Listening to this guy pronounce Peugeot is grating.

I could break that record. Give me an underground racing 3000 whp V10 and a Porsche 919 and we can hit 430 kph even with the reduced Mulsanne

What is miles per hour?! Is this video dedicated to be viewed by viewers from one country only? So be it.

ONE lap, it's a DRAG CAR, not a racing car. PFFT ...

The car was a mechanical joke that wasted a lot of money.