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He might be the fastest man in the world, but Wing Commander Andy Green came unstuck at the Goodwood Festival of Speed when he crashed his Jaguar XJR Rapid Response Vehicle into the straw bales.
Green was driving up the 1.16-mile hillclimb course as part of the Michelin Supercar Run, but misjudged his approach speed to the infamous Molecomb left-hander, running over the grass on the inside of the track before crashing head-on into the barrier.
Nobody was injured in the accident, but the car suffered heavy damage to the front, and the impact was also severe enough to break a television camera situated at the corner.
The Rapid Response Vehicle is based on the £92,000 XJR luxury saloon, to which Jaguar has carried out numerous safety modifications intended to support Bloodhound SSC in the event of any incidents.
Jaguar is the technical partner of the Bloodhound Project, for which Green hopes to improve on his current world land speed record of 763mph (set in Thrust SSC in 1997) to be the first person to break the 1,000mph barrier on land.
The Bloodhound record attempt is set to take place on the Hakskeen Pan in Northern Cape, South Africa in 2016.
To be fair to Green, he is by no means the first person to crash at Molecomb. Last year Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy crashed a Nissan GT-R in the same spot, while yesterday a very rare Mazda 767B Group C Le Mans car came off the track in the same place.
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What happened to BMW… they used to be light weight, have the best steering and ride handling balance available. And now they are just overweigh, big engined behemoths. Except the new i8 we love the new i8. Whats needed is this 3 series concept that takes all of the greatness from the i8 and brings it to the masses in a new 3 series. Please BMW build our new 3!
The new Mustang includes a line lock feature that lets you do burn outs while staying in place… call it burn outs for idiots… or whatever you like… but we love it!
Ford’s performance division is on a roll. First the unveiling of the new GT supercar, and NOW the “most track-capable production Mustang” to date… the new GT350R!.
The GT350R offers several upgrades over the standard Mustang. There are lightweight carbon-fibre wheels (the first manufacturer to offer this as standard equipment), 19×11-inch wheels at the front and 19×11,5-inch at the rear. Several items have been removed in pursuit of making the car lighter. These include the air conditioning system, rear seats, trunk floorboard and carpet, backup camera and emergency tire sealer and inflator.
Ventilation and aerodynamic improvements include bonnet vents, underbody belly pans, rear diffuser, vented wheel wells, fender vents and side skirts. Up front there is also a new splitter and at the rear a carbon-fibre wing.
The engine is the 5.2-liter V8, flat-plane crankshaft… the most powerful naturally-aspirated production Ford engine to date. With more than 500 horses and maximum torque somewhere north of 400 lb-ft and an indicated redline of a staggering 8200 rpm, it’s certainly a Ford engine unlike any other.
