Prodrive P2 review – Top Gear – BBC
Posted by admin in Finance Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:47 25 Comments
Jeremy test drives the 174mph prototype Prodrive P2. Powered by some of the most sophisticated technology ever yet weighing about as much as an empty crisp packet, its so impressive it manages to make Jeremy vomit! Go to www.youtube.com tosee a full list of all high quality videos available on the Top Gear YouTube channel and don’t forget to visit www.topgear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.
It’s not only the engine that’s taken from Subaru. The car has been built around the japanese kei Subaru R1 chassis
@jdubzmp this is loosly what the 2014 WRX will be….
They should make that car and in production.
the only cool abou that car is the sound off the turbos
@12389h The surge region, located on the left-hand side of the compressor map (known as the surge line), is an area of flow instability typically caused by compressor inducer stall. The turbo should be sized so that the engine does not operate in the surge range. When turbochargers operate in surge for long periods of time, bearing failures may occur. When referencing a compressor map, the surge line is the line bordering the islands on their far left side. Compressor surge is when the air pre
@12389h compressor surge only happens on boost, he is shifting during the sound so it is in fact turbo flutter which is caused by a bov being too restrictive
Lol was that Rosetta stone or something when the stig was driving?
“sounds like squirrels being pushed into an engine. It’s a squirrel mincer!” XD
I really wish Pro Drive would get there heads out of there ass, and make this car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shame it’s not going into production….
hmm subaru, aston martin and audi r8= sexy
Does anyone know what the name of the song is that starts at 0:33?
Dave Richards is an idiot. He wants Prodrive to enter F1, but can’t see where actually building the P2 would make the chances of his proposed team actually taking the grid, to say nothing of having an actual budget to work with, dramatically better. No fool like an old fool.
Too much lag will kill you… well this car doesn’t have one cuz it has an anti-lag. get it? xD
Anti-lag – Basically when the turbo is off boost, because the engines at low RPM, the ECU allows car to run rich, causing fuel to ignite in the exhaust manifold. This keeps the turbo spinning even at low revs.
ATD is basically Active Yaw Control which is also found in Evos and that noise isn’t the wastegate, it’s compressor surge and it’s bad for your turbo.
I love that sound
@americanVmuscle I thought it was the other way around.
@SR300FM the stig is the animal and the P2 is the machine
Full potential of the Impreza STi engine, unlocked.
“Animal and machine working in perfect harmony”… which is the animal and which is the machine ?
its compressor stall.
you got to love the noise from turbo
look a bit like an r8
he said it has a wastegate, which is another name for a BOV
is it me or did the engineers explaination actually make perfect sense?