Noble M600 made from the Yamaha V8 4.4L (!?)

[GEN 3 SHO FAN]

Hi,

I'm watching on Amazon Prime an old TV show named "Top Gear". Tonight I was watching the season 14, episode 5. This is dedicated to cars as you may understand, they spoke about supercars but also no so super cars...

The episode 5 on season 14, they spoke about a supercar named M600 made by Noble (?). Not sure witch year is this episode was made. The car look great and when they spoke about the engine they told he had the same V8 engine as the XC90 from Volvo... Wait a minute, it's the Yamaha engine there, the 4.4 liter (they didn't mentionned this detail sadly). The difference is that it was twintubocharged... for a total of 650 hp... and the sound... J..-C.. wow. The philosophy behind this was to strip all not so necessairy things (like anti-lock brakes and air bags...!)

One the 3 interviewers (that are also very experienced drivers) try it at the camera and seems to have hard time to keep it on the road...

The car looks great too. A real great application of a Yamaha V8 too. For who have Amazon Prime take some time to watch it.

 

[xekrubx]

"An old show named Top Gear"
Are you insulting us?

 

[Devin]

haha, I left that one alone @xekrubx

 

[GEN 3 SHO FAN]

The show was never translated in french but the fact is that I never heard about this before, even if it's still produced today. (The episode is dating back to 2010 when the car enter the market. In 2010, it was the 14th season, it's why I'm tellin its an old show I don't try to offend someone here...)

 

[gamefanatic]

Top Gear (British) was a great show once they got the right hosts. The show had several off shoots to other countries such as UK, Austrailia and even a USA version. None were as good as the BBC version, until they lost their 3 main hosts who moved over to an Amazon prime version of the same show after a falling out with BBC.