tell him for the top three supercars
from the Frankfurt Motor Show now you
might notice that we normally do a top
five but there were some pretty
high-profile absent T's from this show
including Bugatti Ferrari Koenigsegg so
we thought we'd trim it down and keep it
to podium positions and we start with
this really quite special isn't it this
is called the Lamborghini Sean I think I
had a girl at school I knew called Sean
anyway what is it it's a hybrid supercar
a hyper car even you might say Aventador
linear so it's a big v12 engine
mid-engined a serious serious piece of
kid but this car is a hybrid in fact it
doesn't have lithium-ion batteries like
99% of all the hybrids out there these
days
this thing has super capacitors what are
those well there are a lot more power
dense and lithium ion batteries these
ones are placed in the bulkhead between
the engine and the rear seats and the
thing about super capacitors is they can
soak up the charge and release the
charge at the same rate so the idea here
is you can stomp on the brakes
and fully charge your super capacitors
and then as soon as you get back on the
throttle it releases that energy as a
boost up to 80 miles an hour and feels
in talk when you're changing gears it's
a single clutch gearbox like the
Aventador so you need that talk feel to
smooth out the changes the hybrid motor
it's about 34 horsepower boost not that
much it's attached to the gearbox and
that accompanies this massive six point
five liter v12 from the Aventador but
upgraded with titanium inlets and out
produces about 770 odd horsepower add on
that 34 you end up with 807 horsepower
give or take that makes it the most
powerful Lamborghini ever it's also the
fastest Lamborghini ever nought-60
2.8 seconds top speed 217 miles an hour
so this car is absolutely not messing
around and then we need to talk about
the design don't we because at the front
here you'll notice these lights are
taken from the terzo Milenio that was
the all elect
concept the Lamborghini released a
couple of years ago quite striking and
as we move down the side of the car
they've taken quite a few cues from the
contact so from the nose across the roof
and down to the back that is called the
Gandini line one continuous swipe of
your finger
easy to draw if I knew how to hold a pen
and round the back we get more Countach
references so the kind of raised rear
end the triple taillights that's all
Contessa parently and down the center a
version of the Parrish Scorpio periscope
EO I'm sure someone will correct me on
the internet that I pronounced that
wrong which is basically allows you to
see out the back through a very narrow
slit from the rear-view mirror
it's quite a striking thing but this is
what Lamborghini should be doing right
proper bedroom poster stuff the interior
by the way it's pretty much a vented or
mostly Aventador switchgear but with a
new port rate shaped screen in the
middle of the dash a sign of things that
are to come from Lamborghini and that's
the point of this car it's not just a
one-off showcase to get loads of
attention at the Frankfurt Show know the
technology is there to prolong the life
of their naturally aspirated v12 and v10
engines this super capacitor a hybrid
technology this is how they're going to
make those incredible sounding v12 and V
tens live on for the next generation of
the Aventador the Aventador replacement
and for the hurricane replacement too so
rest assured Lamborghini aren't about to
resort to turbo chargers like everyone
else which is good news price yes I've
just been told they are building these
they're going to make 63 of them and
they're going to cost two million euros
plus local taxes each
that's a bit of a bargain these days
isn't it okay so the BMW of vision M
concept and the significance of this car
right here is that BMWs M division are
gonna build a standalone supercar the
BMW i8 of course was never an M product
and I have to say we saw pictures of
this thing and they was revealed two
three months ago and the reaction in the
top of your office wasn't fantastic we
didn't really get the clashing color
scheme and the super wedgie shape but
haven't seen it in the flesh I've
completely changed my mind and I
absolutely love it it just looks
different doesn't it it looks
interesting and there's hints more than
a hint in fact of the m1 supercar from
the 70s in there little bits of I ate
maybe in the front end and those flying
buttresses we need to talk about the
tech on this car because it's a hybrid
like the i8 but it's done in a very
different way behind the back seats
you've got a turbocharged four-cylinder
engine that produces about 300
horsepower then you've got an electric
motor on each axle so it's proper
four-wheel drive even when it's in AV
mode and BMW says that even with the
petrol engine switched off just in evey
mode it is faster than the i8 with the
engine and the motors working together
which is quite significant so in total
its producing about 600 horsepower plug
it in at home and it will do 62 miles
evey only range so you could
realistically use this thing as a
commuter car and then come the weekend
you cool on the engine and we've got the
full 600 horsepower naught to 60 in
three and a half seconds I think
is 186 miles an hour flat out quite
senior numbers proper supercar numbers
this is called electric orange I believe
I'm actually quite enjoying the way that
you've got that matte silver the
electric orange the carbon fibre down
there it hurts the eyeballs a little bit
but it works this car weighs about
seventeen hundred kilos BMW claimed if
it had been a pure Eevee it would have
weighed to 2.1 tonnes that's why they're
going with a hybrid that's not why
they're not making the leap to full
electric okay what else going to tell
you carbon fibre tub gull wing doors are
very sparse interior speaking of which
I've been given a special nod to be able
to sit in this car I haven't done this
before so bear with me I'm going to go
bum first and try not to take any of the
carbon fiber with me as I get in there
we go
was that elegant a little bit oh yeah
alright so you're sitting is super low
these seats are integrated into the
carbon fibre tub and covered in memory
foam they're actually super super
comfortable really reclined proper
supercar position in front of me I've
got this incredible butterfly shaped
wheel whether that'll make production or
not
it won't I'm not sure and in front of
that this curved crystal display which
I'm sure in the future dimension will
have Holograms and all sorts of
augmented reality things dancing across
it in fact they do say that when you're
driving at speed in something called
boost plus mode then the entire
windscreen becomes an augmented reality
screen overlaying graphics and the best
racing line and braking points on a
racetrack for you what else can I show
you very Spartan no other buttons in
here these according to the press
release a gyroscopic couple ders so
you're never going to spill your latte
in the BMW vision m-net
you didn't expect BMW to do it like
everyone else did you all right right
not so much of a supercar as a supercar
killer but look it's the new Audi rs6 I
probably be more excited about seeing
this than anything else at the show have
you ever seen the car that's more up for
a fight than this it's a proper proper
wide boy this 18 millimeters wider than
the standard a6 event 40 millimeters
wider than the old rs6 it just looks
brutal it just looked proper this thing
doesn't it and what can I tell you about
it well 4 liter Biturbo v8 592
horsepower it will do nought just 62 and
3.6 seconds will do 189 miles an hour
flat out proper senior supercar numbers
those and because the bodywork is so
inflate it only the roof the tailgate
and the front doors are actually lifted
from the standard a6 event the whole
rest of it had to be changed but I don't
mind that because if you're going for a
top-of-the-range cart and don't forget
the s6 and the s4 of course have now
switched to diesel which is a bit of an
odd choice but it did leave that
Headroom for this to be utterly mental
and fortunately Aldi has delivered
nobody does fast Estates quite like Audi
do they what they done to the chassis
well we've got self levelling air
suspension there's 48 volt anti-roll
bars the same that you get in the
Lamborghini ear so it should drive
properly we're not you know expecting
handling heroics from this thing tail
out power slides but that's never what
it's been about it's been about
four-wheel-drive maximum grip superfast
8-speed twin-clutch gearbox this car is
going to be an absolute beast
goes on sale early next year costing
from about 90 grand and the big question
on everyone's lips is this or an AMG
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