Top Gear Team Set World Record at Top Gear Festival

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The Top Gear Live Stunt Team wowed spectators at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban at the Top Gear Festival over the weekend. The team successfully completed the world’s first double loop-the-loop dubbed the 'Deadly 720', setting a world record for the stunt.

Two giant metal loops standing eight meters apart were used for the stunt. A modified buggy was used to complete the stunt and was required to maintain a speed of between 38km/h and 42km/h to prevent it falling out at the top of the loops. Spectators cheered when the stunt was successfully completed. Here is the video of the world’s first double loop-the-loop from the Top Gear Festival in Durban, enjoy. 

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Austrian Artist Builds Fahrradi Farfall FFX

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Is it a car? Is it a plane? No, it’s a bicycle. Now here’s something you probably haven’t seen before, a pedal-powered imitation of a Ferrari supercar, yes, that’s right. A creative Austrian artist, Hannes Langeder, who became famous in 2010 for building a lightweight Porsche that was driven by Top Gear’s Richard Hammond, has created a Ferrari style bicycle, can you believe it?

This work of art has been dubbed the Fahrradi Farfall FFX, sporting an ultra sleek design and red paintjob, this is one slow Ferrari wannabe. The Fahrradi Farfall FFX is essentially a quad bicycle surrounded by a lightweight frame made of plastic and light-weight steel with 11-speed transmission.

The creation was conceived and based upon the Ferrari FXX and took one year to build. The Fahrradi Farfall FFX derives its name from an Italian butterfly as it was once described as “moving silently and with the weightless elegance of a butterfly”.

The Fahrradi Farfall FFX is currently on display at an auto exhibition in Austria. Just to give you a taste of what it takes to develop something of this nature, watch this amusing video of the Fahrradi Farfall FFX, it’s certainly worth a laugh, enjoy.