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Written by Rowan Horncastle
A big American muscle car from Texas. An ickle lightweight sports car from Norwich. You probably think any similarities between these two are as far apart as the locations where they"re built, but you"d be wrong. Both the Hennessey HPE850 Mustang and Lotus Exige Sport 410 follow a very similar recipe: they"re both noisy, they"re both stripped out, they"re both supercharged and they"re both track-orientated road cars with trick dampers and a set of sticky (yet tricky in the wet) Michelin Cup 2 tyres. They"re also bloody good at what they do. But having schlepped the Stang east, and sent both of them down the same stretch of gnarled Norfolk tarmac, it didn"t take long to see that each had been engineered for its native environment.
Date written: 21 Aug 2018
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ID: 13015
A big American muscle car from Texas. An ickle lightweight sports car from Norwich. You probably think any similarities between these two are as far apart as the locations where they"re built, but you"d be wrong. Both the Hennessey HPE850 Mustang and Lotus Exige Sport 410 follow a very similar recipe: they"re both noisy, they"re both stripped out, they"re both supercharged and they"re both track-orientated road cars with trick dampers and a set of sticky (yet tricky in the wet) Michelin Cup 2 tyres. They"re also bloody good at what they do. But having schlepped the Stang east, and sent both of them down the same stretch of gnarled Norfolk tarmac, it didn"t take long to see that each had been engineered for its native environment.
Date written: 21 Aug 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13015