RENTING a 900+ BHP Hertz Mustang PLUS Toyota GR Corolla vs Subaru BRZ

The new Mustang Shelby GT500-H has over 900bhp and can be rented from a bog standard Hertz booth... so we flew to New York and did so gladly. However, despite this car being a direct descendant of the 1966 GT350-H – the first Shelby/Hertz collab and the original rent-a-racer – Hertz was adamant that no track driving or road racing was allowed. Which got us thinking... ALSO IN EPISODE FIVE: Life is not fair – the US gets a pile of cool cars we don’t. To prove the problem is real and requires drastic and immediate rectification, Jethro and Jack gathered a Toyota GR Corolla (that shares much of its running gear and underpinnings with the sublime GR Yaris) and a Subaru BRZ (that shares almost all its underpinnings with the sublime Toyota GR86) and took them to a racetrack in Arizona. The mission? To construct a watertight argument for why both cars should be brought to the UK immediately... Subscribe to Top Gear for more videos: WATCH MORE TOP GEAR: First Looks:   First Drives: American Tuned ft. Rob Dahm: LISTEN to the Top Gear Magazine Podcast: Sign up for our newsletter: #TG2Cars&Stripes Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 UK vs US 02:29 Toyota GR Corolla 05:38 Subaru BRZ 08:06 Drifting Challenge 11:13 Jack’s turn 12:58 Swapping cars 15:21 Studio 16:50 Mustang Shelby GT500 H 19:15 Mustang vs NY Marathon 22:01 Stats & Specs 25:20 Mustang vs NY Marathon II 29:31 Conclusion MORE ABOUT TOP GEAR: Welcome to the official home of Top Gear on YouTube. Here you’ll find all the best clips from your favourite episodes, whether that’s Ken Block drifting London in the Hoonicorn, Chris Harris in the latest Porsche 911 GT3 or classic Top Gear clips from Clarkson, Hammond and May. You’ll also find the latest performance car reviews from the crew, our brand new series American Tuned with Rob Dahm and the fastest power laps from our in house performance benchmark: The Stig. This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback
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