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Posted: 2/21/2017 2:15:55 PM EDT
In this clip, Clarkson is driving the GT90 concept car, and he is amazed by how much HP it "would" make with the waste gates closed. like 700hp.



What made me laugh is that 21 years later, you can just go out and buy 700hp off the dealer's showroom floor these days. But back then, that was just unheard of.

How technology has changed.
Link Posted: 2/21/2017 2:40:55 PM EDT
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Lol at that camera work.
Link Posted: 2/21/2017 2:41:15 PM EDT
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Damn.....at 1:25 when he's standing next to the car, he looks like a giant!!!!
Link Posted: 2/21/2017 3:32:32 PM EDT
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I noticed that too...I think the angle exaggerated it. Clarkson is tall and the GT is short, though.
Link Posted: 2/21/2017 5:14:14 PM EDT
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He is 6'4"
Link Posted: 2/21/2017 6:16:09 PM EDT
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Back when if you ran high 13s in the 1/4 you were pretty much king of the street.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 9:45:28 PM EDT
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I don't get it. Why'd they chop the sides off the video?

Link Posted: 2/26/2017 12:08:17 PM EDT
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Ah, my glory days

Things are much better now, in spite of the fact that my wife's V6 Toyota sedan is faster than lots of cars that I had that were street sweepers in the 90s.
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 9:36:29 PM EDT
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I remember seeing LS1 F bodies running 11.8s with just drag radials and a 200 shot, and thinking how fast that was lol
Link Posted: 2/26/2017 9:50:43 PM EDT
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Might have a little to do with his girth being half of what it is today.
Link Posted: 3/4/2017 11:03:34 PM EDT
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In this clip, Clarkson is driving the GT90 concept car, and he is amazed by how much HP it "would" make with the waste gates closed. like 700hp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rjZnUZ8ums

What made me laugh is that 21 years later, you can just go out and buy 700hp off the dealer's showroom floor these days. But back then, that was just unheard of.

How technology has changed.
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A 700hp car back then would kill you a whole lot quicker.
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