Talk:Caparo T1

Vandalization

Someone vandalized this thread citing certain nazi groups for production. Ive reverted it, please keep a lookout for future vandals. Zlatko 20:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Steel Brakes?

I believe that may be correct, if so, more should be made of it. 1) All the best supacars use carbon/ceramic 2) Only motorcycles use steel rotors. Steel can't absorb and dissipate the amount of heat generated by hauling 3500lbs down from speed, so cast iron is used. That is why you see Porsches and M cars with rusty rotors if they sit for more than five minutes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.88.111 (talk) 20:53, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Merge with Freestream

Why is someone proposing a merge of this article with the Freestream article in Wikipedia? Every other automaker -- even if they only make one model or variations thereof as Caparo appears to, like Ultima GTR or Koenigsegg -- has one article for the automaker, another article for the car's specs. Why deviate from that standard? Let alone that Freestream doesn't even produce this car, but is Caparo's predecessor... Best to just link to Freestream if you want to give the history of the car's development. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.208.233 (talk)

Well in that case the Freestream article needs to show that the company was bought by Caparo, and thus the project is no longer known as the Freestream T1 but rather the Caparo T1 Meio 20:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

In the future, please create separate headings for each discussion. I will add headings to reduce clutter, unless you would rather I leave it as it was. I will remove the merge proposal, as it obviously is incoherent. —Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs • email), 20:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Grim Reaper, why do you think that the remark "formerly known as Freestream" is unneccessery in this article? I think it's ok here. 84.142.238.231 (talk)

Not written as a proper article

Currently, this article contains a short paragraph and a list of specifications. It should be written as a standard article. I am currently busy with rewriting the Saleen S7 article, and woudl not be able to greatly contribute. However, if no one is willing to rewrite this article, I will try to do so. —Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs • email), 20:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Not much more you could do with this article as there isn't that much information on it, I suppose we could break up the specifications into engine,brakes etc and add a bit more background info on the car but that would seem to be about all we could do.--Sat84 05:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I know there isn't much information, but my point was to turn a list of specifications into a written article. —Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs • email), 21:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I have started a development page under my user page. Please feel free to add information, content, or make any changes you like. —Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs • email), 23:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I have completed a Wikified article for the Caparo T1 and have updated the article with the new version. Hopefully it will help to form a firm base to further develop this article. —Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs • email), 23:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

This article should be updated to present tense, at this stage its like writing upcoming car and has lots of estimates and not actual real data -->Typ932 ^T·C 17:20, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

New information 9 June 2007

I've added a few things based on some new information that has come out in the last few days.

Please read the CAR mazagine link I have posted about the T1 before reverting any of them - it's the most up to date information available as of today (9th June 2007) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.94.30 (talk)

i have changed some details about the engine as referenced from the official site now set up. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.105.56.179 (talk • contribs).

Trivia section

The trivia section should not be kept as is, but shoudl be incorporated into other sections. —Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs • email), 21:52, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the Trivia section. If anyone would like to restore the Trivia section, please add your reasons here. —Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs • email), 18:24, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Agree details of the accident involving Jason Plato should not exist in a trivia section per se but I do believe that the information on the accident is relevant to the article as this could identify an emerging mechanical issue. Given that this accident took place during a national TV broadcast amd involved a known racing driver I believe it is in the public interest John Gibbard 13:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I agree that It shoudl be included, but where? Under what section? History? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs) 21:37, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I moved the incident section under "History." I feel this may be more appropriate. —Mr Grim Reaper (talk • contribs • email), 01:29, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Error in Reviews Section

This section states "On November 11, 2007, the T1 surpassed the Top Gear track record of 1:17:6, held by the Koenigsegg CCX, with a time of 1:10:6.". This is factually inaccurate - the CCX does not hold the "track record" (the Renault R24 and Aston Martin DBR9 were both faster than either the CCX or the T1), although the CCX is (still) the leader of the "power lap" table. It's a subtle, but important, difference.-- 87.194.60.87 (talk) 22:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Rewrote "...track record of..." to "...Power Board leader's time of..." Hopefully this is better. —Mr. Grim Reaper at 02:20, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Jakster holland (talk) 10:06, 17 January 2008 (UTC) Not everyone knows what a sleeping policemen is, so it's better to make it a speed bump.

I changed it back, as a sleeping policeman is British English, thus making it suitable for this article, per WP:CARS.—Mr. Grim Reaper at 22:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Undid edit by 67.121.238.178 'unjustly' in ref to Clarkson's decision to not post the lap time. This is POV as Clarkson was simply applying the rule based on the tested veh. - that the production version does have adjustable ride height was (clearly) not known at that point. Minor issue perhaps.--John Gibbard (talk) 14:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Citation for shifting times

My source is this review (about 1:45 into the video): http://youtube.com/watch?v=pLsZY90ekUo If you feel like that's enough, feel free to delete the remark. :) 84.142.238.231 (talk)

Fixed. :] —Mr. Grim Reaper at 22:47, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Updates?

Is there anything new on the Caparo T1, such as a launch date, more exact figures (on price), and some history (unveiling, development, et cetera)? —Mr. Grim Reaper at 01:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I updated with some unveiling information, but what about development history? —Mr. Grim Reaper at 00:19, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Have any actually been sold yet?

Speed bump or sleeping policeman?

Shouldn't sleeping policeman be used rather than speed bump? Sleeping policeman is British (correct me if I am wrong), constituting that British spellings and word usage be used. —Mr. Grim Reaper at 01:28, 18 February 2008 (UTC).

IMHO sleeping policeman is arcane and not in widespread vernacular use in the UK. Speed bump is more widespread and is the term used on the Power Laps page itself. Ergo I support speed bump.--John Gibbard (talk) 14:43, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Free RRV images

Does anyone have any Wikipedia-compatible images of the Caparo T1 RRV? —Mr. Grim Reaper at 01:28, 18 February 2008 (UTC).

When is maximum not a maximum?

The article currently says "The T1 is reported to be capable of exceeding an estimated maximum speed of 205 miles per hour"
What exactly does this sentence mean? It can exceed an estimated maximum? It's not really a maximum if it can exceed it. Nor if it is estimated. And the weasel words of "is reported" don't help either. JonRB (talk) 14:42, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. :) — Mr. Grim Reaper at 17:16, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Fuel capacity: 55 or 70 liters?

A recent edit (by Samkuzma) brought to attention a discrepancy: the official site lists the fuel capacity as 55 liters in the brochure and as 70 liters under Specifications. Which should be used? Which is more up to date? —Mr Grim Reaper 04:01, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Out of date

It looks like this article is five Yeats out of date 24.43.118.116 (talk) 22:00, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

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