![]() There’s little question that the AS One is as enjoyable a drive as they come. The gear selector takes some getting used to and I miss the occasional upchange, but the car was readied in a hurry for the Top Gear telly boys and I’m prepared to forgive Felix and Jeremy this minor glitch as the rest of the car feels so right and I doubt I’ve been round the Top Gear test track much faster. In final production models, full power upshifts will be possible, but today I have to back off between gears, whereupon a sheet of flame explodes from the exhaust in proper Batmobile fashion. ![]() Once the Hyabusa motor hits 6,000rpm the One really shifts forward. I short shift to second before applying full power. ![]() Amazingly the One will trickle off the line from idle and that seems to be the best way to get going. The Hyabusa engine screams instantly to 4,000rpm. To start the engine I turn a key, flip an aircraft-style over-centre catch and then press a toggle.
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