Proper racing car from Czech #cars #thegrandtour #topgear
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00:00In 1957, when communism in Czechoslovakia was at its sootiest and most monochromatic,
00:06a small band of engineers at Škoda decided to build a car they could race at Le Mans.
00:12And this is it.
00:13Although it was designed as a racing machine,
00:16so tightly packaged that the bonnet had a little dimple to accommodate the offset cylinder head,
00:22it is nevertheless a thing of exquisite beauty.
00:26It may only have 1100 cc and it may only produce 91 horsepower,
00:32but the whole car only weighs 580 kilograms.
00:37I've got a top speed of 124 miles an hour and the car must go bigger than my bum.
00:47He's thinking the steering wheel's going to snap.
00:50Sadly, by the time the car was finished, the cold wall had become so frigid
00:54that it never went to Le Mans and only two were ever built.