The good folks at Top Gear have pulled off quite the coup: They got Christian von Koenigsegg, Mate Rimac, and Singer’s Rob Dickinson together for an incredible track day.
There have been some impressive cars driven at the Top Gear circuit at Dunsfold in Surrey over the years, but this is probably the most mighty gathering ever, not least because behind the wheel is each company’s boss.
Rimac, who heads both his eponymous electric hypercar firm and Bugatti, brings a Nevera R fresh from setting a series of world records, along with a Mistral, which is the last of the V16 Bugattis. von Koenigsegg turns up with a CC850, and Dickinson arrives with a Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer.
Each takes their turn to drive their opposite numbers’ automobiles, and they certainly don’t hold back.
As much as we learn about the CC850’s incredible engine and transmission, the Nevera R’s ingenious torque vectoring, the Mistral’s four turbochargers, and the Singer’s lightweight construction, it’s the enthusiasm of the CEOs that is the biggest takeaway from Top Gear‘s video.
von Koenigsegg describes the noise of the Mistral as “like having an argument with a dragon,” Rimac reckons the Singer’s gearbox is the best he’s experienced, and Dickinson seems to be blown away by the technology in the complex hypercars.
It’s also clear that all three of them can drive. Especially Mate Rimac, who slides the Singer and then showboats the drift mode of the Nevera R. “I need a moment,” says Dickinson, understandably, after a sideways lap with the Croatian car boss.
No more spoilers, though. Settle in and enjoy as solid 40-plus minutes of automotive entertainment and insight, and be reassured that the heads of these companies love driving every bit as much as we do.