The fastest track-biased in the world, ultra-performance road auto, the Caparo T1, smashing the lap record at BBC TV`s watched motoring show Top Gear. This two-seater sports vehicle, featuring lightweight materials and a technology found in Formula One autos, set a brand new record time of 1:10.6; seven seconds faster than a changed Koenigsegg CCX (previous record).

”Caparo’s engineers have utilised some of the most advanced materials and technologies available,” says Richard Butler, the managing director at Caparo Vehicle Products. “The cars are constructed using a carbon composite tub, giving it a dry power to weight ratio of more than 1,000bhp per tonne. The car’s high performance brakes, built and designed by Caparo AP Braking, also provide awesome stopping power. High-strength aerospace grade aluminium billet is used for the six pot race calipers on the front and the four pot calipers on the rear, capable of bringing the car to standstill from 100mph in under three seconds.”

And… about the T1`s braking power… “you couldn’t stop more quickly if you went into a tree.”

“We certainly hope that the Caparo T1 is given another chance by Top Gear to take its rightful place at the top of the leader board; even if they put a speed bump on the track we are confident of our success,” says Angad Paul, the chief executive officer for Caparo Group. “To have beaten the previous leader by seven seconds is a truly astonishing achievement.”

Ben Scott-Geddes - the auto’s designer stated that “the model we supplied to Top Gear was one of our final engineering vehicles without adjustable ride height and electronic active driver control systems which are standard on our production models. When driver’s select the ‘road’ setting, the car is more tractable in slower speed conditions and the ride height is fully adjustable to bring the car up to 90mm clearance, making it more than capable of driving over speed bumps”.