Gas for GOSH wrote:The R/T "has a 7.2 engine with 440 horsepower" we are told - no mention of cubic inches or different engine sizes or accurate hp figures, just that an R/T has 440hp and does 10mpg.
Do some more research or dont waste money getting flown to the US for a jolly just to get 5 mins of footage with nodding donkey oil wells to make a point about fuel consumption ..........anyone on here with a Charger R/T cold have let him have 5 mins of footage and told him a darn sight more accurate info. Disappointing....
Really?? Just a slip of the tongue is all it takes to get you ‘disappointed’??
FFS, it’s an entertainment program, end of
A lot of the other 2 episodes were in the US as well, they’ll have done all the US filming in 1 go
Come on guys, get a grip, maybe you’d be happier if there were no car related programs on tv
MattH wrote:Yes the Charger specs were off, but at least they picked Mopar as the epitome of the muscle car era and not a Mustang.
Bear in mind the bulk of the audience won't pick up on the detail, its evening entertainment
Exactly!! and a stunning Charger it was as well
An excellent series
Well worth a watch
All still on iPlayer
Ep1 was about the war, the one we won … or did we?? Ep2 about 4x4’s, Ep3 as Ali said about cars of the future from the past
Great to see another Chrysler representation in Leno’s Turbine (pronounced turban apparently??) Car
after 15 minutes of driving an amphibious car down Birmingham canals he is whisked off to a US desert so he can yabber about muscle cars being the American car of the people in the late 60s. Ok so far so good. The car he chooses to demonstrate this is a '69 Charger R/T which is where his researchers or his own knowledge evaporates. The R/T "has a 7.2 engine with 440 horsepower" we are told - no mention of cubic inches or different engine sizes or accurate hp figures, just that an R/T has 440hp and does 10mpg. 
