Man of Honour
Bloody brilliant! 
The Grand Tour
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Man of Honour
The massive slicks on the Nissan Patrol was an instant giveaway that it was going to completely daft with a GTR drive train swap
From reddit: "The car in the film actually belongs to one of the ruling family members of Dubai. It has GTR engine and drive train that was fitted by Nissan in Japan and brought here. Then it was modified further to produce 1900 hp."
I wounder what was cheaper the 918 or nissan lol
Soldato
Man of Honour
When you've got nearly infinite money to spend, anything is possible.
Soldato
The nissan, by some margin. £50k will get you to 1200bhp. So probably another ~75-100k for the rest, once you get to ~1600bhp you need to move to custom forged blocks.
Soldato
Loved this first season of TGT - looking forward to more!
Have to say I really would love one of those Range Rover Autobiography SUVs Clarkson chose for the "[censored] to [censored]" episode - such a nice car!
That 1900bhp Nissan was obviously going to paste Hammond in that drag race but still it was funny to watch! I like that they basically got one half of the motorway closed for that segment
although I guess when the ruling family wants to show off a crazy car they can do what the heck they like!
Have to say I really would love one of those Range Rover Autobiography SUVs Clarkson chose for the "[censored] to [censored]" episode - such a nice car!
That 1900bhp Nissan was obviously going to paste Hammond in that drag race but still it was funny to watch! I like that they basically got one half of the motorway closed for that segment
although I guess when the ruling family wants to show off a crazy car they can do what the heck they like!
Soldato
OMG that Nissan Patrol
I want one
Most interesting car in the whole series and they barely mentioned it, sums up the whole series.
Once you add the engine upgrade, nappa interior, lane assist, etc. it mounts up.
Just had a look and you can fully spec out a Focus RS (Excluding premium colours) for £35,890 on the Ford site. I just don't understand why anybody would buy the Golf.
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Soldato
Was it a Clubsport? I haven't seen the episode yet.
Not sure as I'm not all that clued up on Golfs, just that it was a GTI and cost over £36k.
While watching some of the earlier segments I did notice that some of the drifting was a bit more ragged in TGT than the ultra choreographed shots from TG. Now I know why! Great end to the series IMO, looking forward to the next one.
VW figures too
It is a LOT for that car though, considering the Focus RS exists.
That i3 though, what a waste of money lol. It doesn't even look good.
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Man of Honour
I wish we could see more of that 1900bhp monster