Autocar Top Gear Hammerhead-I Eagle ThrustIf you missed the last Top Gear episode, go check it out over at BBC. Hope you’d be able to watch it on iPlayer.

Anyway, if you live elsewhere, the show’s main feature is on the electric car developed by the Top Gear Technology Center which they built to rival the G-Wiz. The car, dubbed the Hammerhead-I Eagle Thrust, is powered by an electric motor from a milk float, a diesel generator sitting inside an aluminum sheet shell atop a TVR Chimaera chassis.

Part of the segment shows the Stig leaving the car over at Autocar for some third-party impartial testing. Check out some of Autocar’s takes on TG’s EV after the cut.

Performance
“We failed to crack 60mph. In the end it reached 50mph in 16.6sec and ran out of juice at 55mph, making it the slowest car we have tested this century.”

Ride and handling
“The Eagle i-Thrust rumbles along, its bodywork flapping in the wind as the 2CV tyres try their best – and occasionally fail – to prevent the body panels from rubbing on the floor.”

Design and engineering
“There are so many contributory factors to its technical make-up that it could, in fact, be more accurately described as a freak.”

Buying and owning
“As Daimler-Benz discovered over a century ago, you’ve got to start somewhere before you can progress.”

Verdict
“It’s impossible to regard the i-Thrust as a success.”

Source: Autocar