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Written by Tom Harrison
You know Radical. The Peterborough-based company makes its money building road-legal, track-ready cars, some 2,200 of which have been manufactured and sold since 1997. It"s raced at Le Mans, and has its own one-make championships not only in Britain, but the US, Middle East and Asia too. As little British sportscar manufacturers go, it"s kind of a big deal. And this is its new car the Rapture. And for the most part, it"s business as usual, for the Rapture follows the same formula as other track-day cars have for decades. The engine, for example, is the 2.3-litre EcoBoost" four-cylinder from the Ford Mustang and Focus RS, tuned and modified by Radical"s Performance Engines division to produce 350bhp and 320lb ft and mounted mid-ship. It drives the rear-wheels through a sequential six-speed paddle-shift gearbox. The Rapture is, predictably, quite light. 765kg, all-in. So it"s fast 0-60mph takes 3 seconds flat, and 0-100mph 8.4 seconds. The top speed is 165mph.
Date written: 4 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16215
You know Radical. The Peterborough-based company makes its money building road-legal, track-ready cars, some 2,200 of which have been manufactured and sold since 1997. It"s raced at Le Mans, and has its own one-make championships not only in Britain, but the US, Middle East and Asia too. As little British sportscar manufacturers go, it"s kind of a big deal. And this is its new car the Rapture. And for the most part, it"s business as usual, for the Rapture follows the same formula as other track-day cars have for decades. The engine, for example, is the 2.3-litre EcoBoost" four-cylinder from the Ford Mustang and Focus RS, tuned and modified by Radical"s Performance Engines division to produce 350bhp and 320lb ft and mounted mid-ship. It drives the rear-wheels through a sequential six-speed paddle-shift gearbox. The Rapture is, predictably, quite light. 765kg, all-in. So it"s fast 0-60mph takes 3 seconds flat, and 0-100mph 8.4 seconds. The top speed is 165mph.
Date written: 4 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16215
