Welcome to the Top Gear test track.
We’re going to take a look at a bunch of cars that didn’t quite make it into the main show
and we’re going to pit them head to head to see which one puts down the fastest lap.
We’re talking super SUVs, hot hatches, sports cars,
old versus new, fast estates, retro electrics.
Nothing is off limits.
First, I give them a quick test drive,
then our resident racing driver will set their definitive lap times once and for all.
In this episode we're going to look at Super SUVs.
Who needs to do 180 miles an hour in a 4x4?
We're going to find out.
We had to do a launch in this thing realistically didn't we?
When you think about these SUVs, you want space, you want speed.
It's a niche market but trust me, it is one that has absolutely just been growing and growing.
It's over £118,000 but what you get for that money is ridiculous.
It's got 590 brake horsepower with 591 foot pounds of torc.
That's giving you a 0 to 60 time in 3.7 seconds in a big SUV.
This has 23 inch wheels.
When have you ever seen something with wheels that big go this quick?
You can definitely see how this car is related to its crazier cousin, the Lamborghini RS
but when it comes to this pairing I reckon the Porsche might have what it takes.
That is absolutely unnecessary.
Many figures about this car just blow my mind.
First of all, 186 miles per hour top end speed.
This is £144,000 worth of Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT.
There is some deliberation about whether it should carry the GT badge but driving this thing
I'm not surprised at all.
If this was purely and simply a sprint race between the two vehicles
the Porsche has got it all absolutely covered.
3.1 seconds 0 to 60, I mean we're talking
super car territory there but definitely a sports car killer.
I have no doubts in my mind which car is going to win the shoot out
because this just felt so much quicker and so much more precise, crisp, planted.
I've just had my world rocked.
Do we need an SUV?
It could do.
Those two cars on track absolutely defy gravity for me
so my predictions for the super SUVS, I know that the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT has to come in top.
But then we have the Audi RS Q8.
It's not going to be faster than this.
It just physically can't with the horsepower so we're going to put this one just here.
And these two were wet laps.
We've had great conditions today so
I think it's only fair that these are coming in these positions.
That's enough talking for now, let's see how these super SUVs fare out on the track.
We need a driver and luckily we've got a good one to hand.
Three, two, one, go.
Now we need to see what the producers have got for me.
Let's see what the lap times are.
Ah, interesting.
Bang on though, delighted.
So we've got the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT coming in at the top spot with a
1:21.2, just as I thought the Cayenne Turbo GT 5/10ths of a second ahead of the Lamborghini RS.
And thankfully I got this one right as well.
So this is coming in at 1:22.5.
When you're driving these cars you get a real sense of what it feels
like to have so much power in such a big body.
I mean the Cayenne Turbo GT to me has just defied all the odds.
What a fantastic driving experience that car gives you.
Well guys, we're going to be checking out a whole host of other cars in Stig's Garage.
Make sure you tune in next time and I'll see you then.