Straight from their web site. Page two track times. Take a look at where the 8 stands. Above the elise? Vanquish? Amazing.

Welcome to page two, contrary to the rumours, every bit as good as page one, but the cars are a tiny bit slower.


Honda NSX Type R - 1.31.6
BMW M3 - 1.31.8
Nissan 350Z - 1.31.8

Mazda RX8 - 1.31.8

BMW 535d - 1.31.8
Ford Focus RS - 1.32.2
Lotus Esprit V8 - 1.32.5
Audi TT V6 - 1.32.7
MG ZT - 1.33
Noble - 1.33.1
Mercedes SL 55 AMG - 1.33.2
Volkswagen Golf R32 - 1.33.2
Cadillac CTS-V - 1.33.3
Holden Monaro - 1.33.9
Volvo S60R - 1.35.0
Ferrari 575 - 1.35.2
Alfa 147 GTA - 1.35.6
Lotus Elise - 1.35.6
Aston Martin Vanquish - 1.36.2

 

I will watch. I'm in Alaska and it comes on in about an hour and forty-five minutes. (9:00pm Alaskan) Looking forward to it.

 

After 100+ thread on it I tend to disagree...

 

It seems thier chopping up episodes alot. I think they didn't show the test track portion because in the original, they reference it as being the same times as a bmw m3 and the 350, neither of which have actually been tested in the show as of yet (well on american tv at least). So I would expect the track results to be shown at some later time on another episode, as they start to fill out the track times...

 

It really is shocking to me that the 8 bests some of those cars (elise, 575). I've seen all the episodes from the past 2 years and have been perplexed by some of the times. Often cars you'd expect to do really well underpeform on Top Gear's track. IIRC, the track only has one straightaway so the advantage goes to the best balanced, "best handling" car. I guess there aren't enough straightways or soft corners where the high-HP cars would pull away.

Anyway, when I started watching Clarkson's review of the 8 I was worried he'd bash it and call it underpowered. But to my surprise (and satisfaction) he absolutely loved it.