Ask a hundred people to name as many supercar - producing car firms as they can and the odds are not one will mention Bristol.The company's high-powered, old-fashioned muscle cars are seldom seen, or heard of - and frankly up until now they've had little impact outside a circle of odd celebrities who like to tool around in something different (Noel Gallagher for one).
Now though the world is starting to sit up and take notice. Why? Because the new Bristol Fighter T is the most powerful production car the planet has ever seen. Its 8 litre twin-turbo V10 pumps out a staggering 1,012 bhp and 1036 lb ft of torque. Suffice to say then that it shifts.
60 comes up in around 3.5 seconds, and it could hit 270 mph if it didn't have an electronic limiter that caps the fun at a more reasonable 225 mph.
£351,000 is the price to pay for such awesome performace, but next to the similarly powerful Bugatti Veyron that looks like a bargain.
Admittedly the Bugatti is a more useable car with astounding build quality and VW group reliability, but we like the idea of pushing past 400 km per hour in a hand-built British oddity.
We love the way Bristol describes the 6 speed manual gearbox as having "increased torque capacity". No shit.
More info here.
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