The Super Sport is then handed over to The Stig, to try break another record.

To get the official speed record, the Super Sport had to be run in both directions and then the average between the two speeds is used. James reached this speed and then went further to finish at mph mph. Within moments James reaches kph mph - and soon passes the top speed of the original Veyron, mph. He plants his foot and within seconds reaches kph, and kph a few seconds after. The car is fitted with an accurate speedometer which measures in kph, so it reads kph at this time. James drops down the gears gradually as he proceeds around the banked turn before entering the main straight at mph in third gear. The engineers do their final check on the car and James ventures out onto the track. To achieve this extra 5mph, the Super Sport needs an extra bhp - bringing the total to 1,bhp.

The Super Sport has the same mph time of 2. A video is also shown of Richard driving a pedal powered Porsche around the test track, eventually doing a full lap in 18 minutes and 37 seconds. However the boys have decided that the summer is more dangerous - due to sunny skies, light breezes and girls wearing short skirts. Most people imagine it is the winter, with its dark nights, fog and slippery roads. Richards route weaves down the mountain sticking to the ski routes, while the snowmobiles take a more direct route - firing themselves over jumps as they make their way down. The race between the Touareg and the snowmobiles begins at the very top of a ski run, before continuing down the mountain and eventually finishing at a ski shop on the other side of a frozen lake. It has a carbon fiber body, bionic suspension and a hp twin turbo diesel engine. But this is not the Touareg Richard will use for the race, instead he goes with the Dakar rally version of the Touareg, which is a very different beast. The styling of the Touareg has also changed - it now looks more like the Golf and comes with more equipment as standard, such as satnav, electric leather seats, climate control and a 10 speaker stereo system. Improvements include being able to see out of the rear window, a smoother ride and a much faster shifting 8-speed automatic gearbox. Richard introduces the new Touareg and reports that VW have managed to turn what was previously a half arsed car into quite a good one.

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