What's in our Car Town garage today? (January 21, 2013)

What's in our Car Town garage today?

2010 Nissan 370Z

"This is a racing hen!" Jeremy Clarkson describes how this 370Z feels like but anyway, the 370Z (Fairlady Z in Japan) is the powerful and nimbler version of the old 350Z and this was codenamed as Z34, serving this as the sixth generation of Nissan's legendary Z-car. It's powered by a 3.7L V6 VVEL engine lifted from the V36 Skyline and with manual transmission equipped, it even got this new SynchroRev match system that matches the sounds of the revs per gear. That's very simple and very clever. I like that....

One thing that they didn't know that this car was designed by a Filipino...

2010 Nissan 370Z

2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider

You're looking at James May's Car of the Year 2012 as read at the December 2012 issue of BBC Top Gear Magazine. The Spider model of the McLaren MP4-12C supercar packs the same goodness of the hardtop version with the open top goodness. Because no strengthening needs are required, McLaren managed to make it 40kg more than the hardtop version.

2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider

2009 Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust

In a Series 14 episode of Top Gear, the boys are trying to create an eco car that will rival against the G-Wiz. Jeremy's in charge of the design, Richard's in charge of the body, and James' in charge of the battery. They made an electric car named Geoff but sadly, it performed worse than the G-Wiz and ended up crashed at the tree but the boys weren't throwing off the towel yet. They've improved their creation by having James loaded with more batteries and even a diesel-powered generator that charges the batteries on the go, Richard give it some new tires to reduce friction, and Jeremy...eh....what can I say? The result is the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust, their best eco car creation...in the world!

When the boys took them to the MIRA Testing Grounds, the boys pulled some tricks against the tests to prove that the Hammerhead is better than anything. They did slowing down the car in a crash test, the pendulum test rewind-fast forward trick, any kind of test the EU that can possibly throw the boys at it. Slower than the Prius but more importantly, faster than the G-Wiz!

After several tests and The Stig's Vegetarian Cousin being suffocated to death, the boys sent The Stig to bring their invention at Autocar and when the boys read the advanced copies...it seems that Autocar throw some negative comments about the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust!

Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust