The BAC Mono is lightweight, high performance, road legal super car designed and manufactured using the latest in racing technology.
The mono is made using high strength carbon fibre composites around a steel safety cell. The cell offers maximum safety and features a FIA compliant steel rollover structure as well as a side impact structure and a front carbon crashbox.
Powering the Mono is a longitudinally mounted 2.3 litre, 280 bhp four cylinder power plant provided by Cosworth which will get you to 60mph in 2.8 seconds and give you a top speed of 170 mph.
I rather would buy the BAC car before doing what you tell me. Have a nice shiny day with your very “smart” answers
2.08 what’s with the old commodores in the background
it’s cool but you would think it could be half that price.
Beautifully done!
they do that around the world not just in UK. but u put ur safety in other peoples hands (somewhat). if you have a normal car u r significantly safer. and you cant ignore the point i made about rain.
race fuel?
people usually look where they are going in the UK…
over sized go cart is road legal???? what if someone accidently drives over you or walks over you.cars with no windscreen or roof keep coming out of country where it never stops raining!!!
Me too, this car seems so promising. People at Drive, if you can get your hands on another Mono, please at least film a solo drive in the dry
I wish Chris could do a Ariel Atom V8 comparison alongside this car, just to stack up the similarities and the good qualities in their own respective fields
I want one
Can you point out where I defined oversteer?. I just said it’s a byproduct of slip angle, and as you stated “oversteer IS when your SLIP ANGLE is increasing”, so can you have oversteer without slip angle? If yes, then how so? You should also add is “increasing more then the front”. But for the most part I agree. Yes when the rear slip angle increases more then the front, you get oversteer.
thats not what oversteer is. oversteer is when your rear slip angle is increasing. slip angle is just the angle that the car is making compared to when it is not slipping at all. if the front tires are turned into the slide but the rear is not slipping out more and more it is no longer oversteer but a slide. the car could at that point be considered closer to understeer than oversteer
We do make some whacky cars us british, i fucking love it mind…
Things that go vroom…
Yes, oversteer is only possible with slip, but I don’t get why you felt you had to point that out when my statement was that slip angle isn’t the same as oversteer. You need water to boil an egg but that doesn’t mean that the words ‘water’ and ‘egg’ mean the same thing, does it?
MORE DRIVE CLEAN, please!! Thumbs up
What an amazing job, jealous.
Cracking video, would love to see a followup on dry roads.Could we please lose the teletype-style subtitles though? Having them in the border is great, but the spindly font and constantly shifting lines are a pain and take too long to scan over a traditional ‘one line at a time’ style.
i would want a supercharged version….make it 300+hp
wtf are u talking about….
wtf are u talking about….
If slip angle is measured by the amount the tire is sliding as opposed to rolling forward, and if slip angle is greater in the rear then the front, then the rear will be sliding out more then the front tire. And if oversteer is the rear sliding out more then the front. Then oversteer is a byproduct of slip angle, yes?
If slip angle is measured by the amount the tire is sliding as opposed to rolling forward, and if slip angle is greater in the rear then the front, then the rear will be sliding out more then the front tire. And if oversteer is the rear sliding out more then the front. Then oversteer is a byproduct of slip angle, yes?
Slip angle ≠ oversteer – so in no way is webbyman right. As you pointed out the fronts will also be slipping.
Slip angle ≠ oversteer – so in no way is webbyman right. As you pointed out the fronts will also be slipping.
that’s what top gear is for!
that’s what top gear is for!
and everything is fking expensive
and everything is fking expensive
Shit, Id have that thing sideways everywhere!
Shit, Id have that thing sideways everywhere!
I’m looking outside atm, there is a lack of rain. But is has snowed, rained, hailed etc in the last 3 days.
I’m looking outside atm, there is a lack of rain. But is has snowed, rained, hailed etc in the last 3 days.
I think you guys might be arguing over slip angle. In a sense the fastest way around a track requires sliding, or slip angle if you will. 5-6 percent slip angle is about average for most cars. F1 cars will slide evenly if they got the balance right, big fat tank slappers upsets balance by having way to little rear grip and the power is being put down inefficiently.So in a way webbyman is right.
I think you guys might be arguing over slip angle. In a sense the fastest way around a track requires sliding, or slip angle if you will. 5-6 percent slip angle is about average for most cars. F1 cars will slide evenly if they got the balance right, big fat tank slappers upsets balance by having way to little rear grip and the power is being put down inefficiently.So in a way webbyman is right.
pretty cool
pretty cool
I see F1 drivers oversteer every single lap.If you don’t then you’re a blind kunt end of story.
I see F1 drivers oversteer every single lap.If you don’t then you’re a blind kunt end of story.
love harris’s attempts at ” nursing it in to the corner s !!” quality
love harris’s attempts at ” nursing it in to the corner s !!” quality
Living in the UK would suck, its always fucking raining
Living in the UK would suck, its always fucking raining
No that’s a cop out. You said you’re not on the limit unless you’re sliding. Now you’re trying to pass it off as saving tyres. So F1 drivers in qualifying aren’t going flat out? I think what really happened is you typed some crap without thinking first and then backtracked to try and not look like the tit you are.
No that’s a cop out. You said you’re not on the limit unless you’re sliding. Now you’re trying to pass it off as saving tyres. So F1 drivers in qualifying aren’t going flat out? I think what really happened is you typed some crap without thinking first and then backtracked to try and not look like the tit you are.
Nice Video. Check out our look at the BAC Mono.
Nice Video. Check out our look at the BAC Mono.
when you have 100 000$ US to spend on a track car, you dont care about spending money on tires
when you have 100 000$ US to spend on a track car, you dont care about spending money on tires
How did they get the Geico Gekko to narrate this vid?
How did they get the Geico Gekko to narrate this vid?
It may be the most funniest way to drive, but it’s also the most expensive.
yes, exactly
thanks for the info 
Apparently it was, they shut down in 1977.Maybe you’re thining of BAE, what makes military machines?
I want. Mono will literally stand out in the boring hybrid-and-minivan flooded Japanese streets.
That depends on the surface. On low traction surfaces like gravel, “drifting” through a corner is often the quickest.
it totally depends on the corner. for most racing tracks no duh drifting is slow. but on proper tight corners drifting allows you to enter them faster and exit faster
it totally depends on the corner. for most racing tracks no duh drifting is slow. but on proper tight corners drifting allows you to enter them faster and exit faster
the stig does not drift on purpose. hes at the limit of the car. when he exceeds it the back goes out. no race car driver intentionally drifts
Good job; you really showed that 12 year old.
LOL car ignorance ALL OVER your post. get a drivers licence and come back later
This one was a bit worse than the others. And why doesnt he mention ktm x-bow?
at 0:03 you can just see through the suspension, thats cool.
I wish Chris would do a dry test of the Mono and see how the times stack up against some of the other track day cars.
Isn’t BAC an aircraft manufacturer?
Why dont they ditch the mic and voice over on these open cockpit episodes because the sound quality takes away from the video.
I’m not sure if you’re serious; obviously the latter.
is that your best example? or are you just promoting your country’s motorsport racing that nobody watches
Man… Love this car, the new ktm xbow rr, the Ariel’s etc.. This is the track car will be when cars with number plates have to be 40mpg and autonomous
Man… Love this car, the new ktm xbow rr, the Ariel’s etc.. This is the track car will be when cars with number plates have to be 40mpg and autonomous
£90,000? Really? Think thas a bit much when theres Radicals and Ariels for alot less.
They’re very similar. This is nearer to a race car than a track toy, unlike the Atom, if only due to its quasi-prototype bodywork.
rotary and pzero
I have a BAC mono…in NFS MW 2012
the new F-1 care
I might be interested in all kinds of cars.
Unless you’re playing a Need for Speed game made by Criterion, ’cause fuck physics.
How is this one compares to Ariel Atom?
You might be interested in V8 Supercars/watch?v=KkUFQAgEX5Q
Hmm, I wonder what kind of monster engine and tires you could mod this with…A wankel rotary maybe?
No not LeMans those cars are different but Corolla/AE-84 races. Id say this is more a street car so its prone to getting tossed around which in the short Nipponese races is what they do. Yeah, hes a good driver, thats why he was the one I brought up, if you watch his exhibition races today he still does it on tight turns.
You’re proving my point. I assume you’re talking about Tsuchiya, he won no races by drifting (except drift races) but he was also an accomplished proper racing driver: ie. he knew how to drive cars within their traction thresholds as well. Watch the footage of him driving at Le Mans, and witness how much drifting even the drift king does when he’s trying to win a race. Top gear is entertainment not education.
Not necessarily, I was basing my question on Tsesuchi? who in the 70′s was winning races by drifting. Thats the guy who started drifting as as we know it.
drifting on a wet surface isn’t truly drifting anyway, it’s just sliding. since the friction is less than on a dry surface the tires would not wear as much either
drift =/= powerslide
No, it really shouldn’t. The all wheel drive keeps the car better in the corner when going sideways because it fights the inertia and makes the car able to go faster even without real traction. The tracks are very different too, you can’t really compare it like this.
And this is what happens when your car education comes from top gear……
Good question. The way i understand it is ‘the rules are completely different’ for loose/movable surfaces. My statement only rings true for tarmac. Plus, rallying would be pretty boring if they kept the back of the car behind the front
Never understood why WRC drivers always drift corners though. I understand they lose traction very easily, but shouldn’t the same technique hold true whether on tarmac or gravel?
try telling the mountain racers in Japan that drifting doesn’t help with lap times ;] . You’ll get laughed at. Oversteer can help significantly in and around corners, whereas extra traction can cause understeer
how many do they honestly expect to sell??
No, I wasnt.
AS CAPARO !
Caterham 500 vs. Ariel Atom vs. KTM X-Bow vs. BAC Mono. Who wins?
You were referring to a formula D style drift in your first comment that obviously slows you down
You should check your info. Youve got the power of the internetz at your disposal yet you comment on a subject you have no knowledge of. Drifting was started in the 70′s by a driver who did just that; shortened his lap times. Obviously on longer races with powerful cars it can be counterproductive but short races with “reasonably” powered cars are great times to throw the car around, Its not drifting like on Formula D but power slides just enough to get in and out of corners,
By “drifting” around corners your going slower idiot
You will also be aware f1 drivers try to preserve tires.. Racing is just as much about strategy than it is delivering the fastest lap times. By not going too fast nor finding the limit of grip you save the tires. Ask F1 drivers if the lap the track as fast as they possibly can each lap and they will tell you outright “NO”
Watch f1 Drivers when they are literally fighting to the death with each other.. You will notice some instability and oversteer – its risky business. To find the limit of grip you have to exceed it.
So all the F1 drivers have it wrong then?
I love it when Chris calls things “mega”
My desk is shaking from the low rev’s
Chris Harris is the best auto presenter our there.
Not always.. To drive absolutely flat out on the limit there are instances where a bit of over-steer is going to occur. If you’re not fighting for that last bit of grip you aren’t going to be the quickest. Your perfect world only exists on GT5
One question do you need to push the clutch paddle every time you change gears up and down or is it to be used only to start moving like in formula 1?
Chris is such a good driver
5:23
Nice video. Saw Oliver Webb with one yesterday. Stunning machine, love the exposed suspension.
Agreed!
Drifting may not the fastest way around a corner, but it is the most fun.
how did you calculate that ?? 280 hp to 540 kg = 560 hp to 1080 kg = 560 hp / 1080 kg = 0,51 hp to 1 kg – so if 1 kg = 2,2 lbs the car has something around 0,25 hp per lbs ….
That’s the Mugen Atom with 300 plus bhp. I heard it’s a keeper.
Pretty exciting for 90K.
Nice little ford fusion engine
Absolutely stunning car!!
You got that backwards buddy, school not your thing huh?
I wish all these episodes were longer, just pure pleasure listening to Chris Harris talking about these beautiful cars.
Actually drifting got its start in the 70′s with a driver pulling shit like drifting out of a corner to win races..
4.25 HP/lbs … INSANE!!! XD
How would they find out? Say I lent my F12 to Chris and Drive, and there were 10 others identical to it, how would Ferrari know its mine and black ball me? Do you think they are angry about the 599 too?
That Ferrari owner will be rescinded of his benefits (i.e. won’t be invited to own the F70 etc). Ferrari told him he isn’t even allowed to drive the cars of others and will void warranties if he finds out it has been happening.
can imaging when it came into accident..OMG…
can imaging when it came into accident..OMG…
Yeah, I think I made it sound worse than it actually was… The helmet doesn’t help either though! What are you gonna do?
Yeah, I think I made it sound worse than it actually was… The helmet doesn’t help either though! What are you gonna do?
we will soon.
I like how they put the caption of his onboard review underneath the video…it kind of looks like an old NES game…LOVE IT!
I think it depends on what kinda track they are driving on. I think the atom would win on a gocart-like track but on a real car racetrack with some highspeed corners the BAC would properbly win because of it’s downforce.
was that mass effect i heard?
What a car, wish you could get you hands on one in the us.
Cool car
awesome tool
i just wish ford mass-produced the indigo.
seems like weather down there always sucks.
Ok Chris, one week is up, where is the new video?
to bad its wet. :-/cant give an accurate review with that.
Gosh that looks like a riot. Soo much fun when you’re in control of a car thats that stable in the corners. Would love to see an F1 like onboard shot of you going round the circuit.
Gosh that looks like a riot. Soo much fun when you’re in control of a car thats that stable in the corners. Would love to see an F1 like onboard shot of you going round the circuit.
I was just watching a video on another youtube channel dealing with cars…. and I thought to myself, why isnt this channel more like Drive? This channel has all I could really want in my car news and more. factory tours, real drivers doing what they do best, and spectacular production values directed by the most talented crew i have seen this side of Topgear. No higher praise!!! Snagging chris harris was the best thing you could do.PLEASE HAVE A FERRARI TOUR LIKE YOU HAVE WITH THE PAGANI ONE!.
#JobEnvy
I’ve heard this car has had reliability issues
This video would have been so much better if he just shut up and drove the car rather than yap on as he did during the car porn segment. Really, if you bothered to even try to read the subtitles instead of watching him whip it around the track then there is truly something wrong with you.
@dorge141 Or a ’96 Geo Prism?
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The front push rod suspension is pure sex.
He’s banned from driving ferraris
yeah, this is a pure race toy… lots of Fuuuun ,i guess)
Although I like the F12 and the Aventador, I like this thing more.
thats great and all, but what would you rather have this or a ford fiesta 1.9 diesel???
You have to do it again in sunny day, with a better mic !!! See Top Gear with the Ariel Atom !!! Sorry, but this one just doesn’t count at all.Have a good one.
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ferrari? what is it?)))) GO CHRIS HARRIS!!!
They should of put a k20 in that.
I want this with a BMW S65 in it…
Wow. I hadn’t read that article. Thanks for the heads up. Mr. Harris has definitely earned my respect.
Is this suppose to compare to the ariel atom?