We found the lost 2.0-litre V10 sportscar!
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At the start of 2020, Mike put out a video about a lost British sportscar called the Connaught Type-D, with the unique thing about it being that it had a tiny 2.0-litre supercharged V10 engine. We had so many people messaging us to rediscover the car after the company went under in 2004, so Mike set about trying to find the unique sportscar. And after some serious digging, he found it!
Here's Mike's original video: • This is a 2.0-litre su...
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Thank you to everyone who DM'd me asking for progress on finding the car, we got there in the end! Stay tuned for the first drive further down the line.
They need to sell that engine! Look at how many Hayabusa derived V8 engines are around, it would be a major hit!
something very similar to a chrysler crossfire
Can you tell the owner that reliability and price is more important for his dream to survive or come proper fruition. We have enough small car manufacturers making their car and not selling due to price and reliability then to tank in a few years.
@@AleksandrHalas it has to use a Crossfire for the base platform, they have the exact same window shape and same overall body shape
That should have been a boat engine.
You can feel the pain when he said we ran out of money
he should have tried Kickstarter.com
#GoFundMe
Yes, indeed :(
I know the pain when he said we ran out of money...
Onlyfan
"We need more V-10s in the world." Yes, we do.
amen to that
best a can do is v6
Or at least more inline 5 engines.
The best sounding engine proven by science from this channel itself
Would you believe if I told you that I read this comment while he was saying it?
The man was quite literally ahead of his time. Now every modern car is going to small displacement hybrid setups.
I.... don't think 2.0L is small as far as hybrids go.
Tom Green had a huge online show doing chats in the early 2000s, podcasting before podcasting. Now its Joe Rogan
As if we hadn't known this in the 90s already. Car maufacturers are just milking their old tech as long as emissions regulations allow them to.
Put a Freevalve on the top and what a stunning thing that would be.
@@DrewLSsix there are half a dozen that I can think of between 3.8-6.3 liters and all but one have less cylinders. Sure there are a ton of four cylinder hybrids under 2 liters but they still have much more displacement per cylinder. I’d say 2.0 is a small hybrid but especially when you consider it’s a ten cylinder then it’s very low displacement Indeed.
You can tell he's genuinely pleased to have people interested in this project. Can't wait to see more.
That man looks like someone who really deserves succeeding
Looks can be deceiving. He once kicked a duckling in the face.
@@jamesjross how do you know?
@@jamesjross That duckling had it coming! I hear it burned down a school once, just for fun...
@@davidb6576 That same duckling went on to commit 9/11. We all know the story.
@@spyguythesamurai Moral of the story - Never trust a duckling!
This man is a genuis. Hybrid tech in 04. And you can see the parallels between Koeniseggs onedrive... in 2004!!!
@Random Restoration What's that supposed to mean?
That was the first thing that came to my mind as well!
@Rufus (great band btw) more like Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV actually
made me think of that too
Really ahead of the curve but i guess that’s kind of what killed it in the end
Jeremy Clarkson in 2004 would be saying: A car built by some blokes in a shed. lol
Thinking of this lol
And thumbing his nose at the hybrid drivetrain no doubt
British engineering at its finest. 😁
I just read this in his voice
In fairness with this it would be a car built by some madmen in their shed
8:42 the way he says "thank you"...he knows that his project has no chance to become real with todays régulations + no money, it's heartbreaking...
Yeah, exactly what I saw in his eyes. Heartbreaking. If you read this Tim Bishop - best of luck to you!
I think with the right marketing and proper investment they could do it
I hope he gets to beat the odds 🙏
20 cars? Nah he'll sell 20 of those. They're pretty rad
Probably will never make it to production, but maybe a registered legal project car.
1 man's dream coming to life, there's something beautiful about that.
Seeing one mans vision in a product is a million times more satisfying than seeing inputs of 10 000 people in a basic, mainstream design
Or kind of sad. This isn't a dream coming to life, it's an old man beating a dead horse.
Bugatti BOLIDE: wanna listen a joke? *a Koenigsegg jesko*
It's exciting, there is enough money and say 20 rich chaps who will buy one, especially with everything going to boring cvt, 3cyl, hybrids
Absolutely my friend. Can't wait for the release.
"we wanted to make a fuel efficient car, so we made a V10" is the best thing I've ever heard 🤣
Ecclestone is triggered
it is more important it is 2litres !!! thats why !! it is not the "V10" 2litre 4 cylinders is more or less the same like 2litre 10 cylinders, except double fun and 4 times the price 🤣
Means you can shut off half the cylinders and still make a decent amount of torque.
He wanted to show that u can have a fuel economy in a V10 engine with a hybrid system.
2l V10 Sounds better than 2l inline 4
it should have existed 16 years ago, we'd all be driving hybrid v10 cars now if it had.
The private investors who are rebuilding the Stratos at MAT should invest on this guy to perfect the v10, for the Stratos.
Lol ikr
They build them with a Ferrari 430 chassis!!! Why change that?
@@tommytwotone81 so it would have it's own soul instead of just being a re-modeled 430.
Please cover Connaught much more. The guys behind it are super interesting and the publicity could help them!
Yeah it totally agree! Let’s see some more videos about them.
@@janpruijser8649 at the end he said they had something special in the shed for a future video.
This is great. No clickbait or 17 year old kid pretending he knows about cars, just a genuinely informative video.
What 17 year old are you talking about
Ok Neil
@@roystevenson1635 twin cam
Is Supercar Blondie this young ? Wow, so was her marriage with the rich sponsor even legal ?
Why does being 17 have anything to do with knowing about cars? I could rebuild an engine at that age. Cant stand people that dismiss others due to age.
Brilliant British Engineering and Old farmyards. They always seemed to be linked together.
Underrated comment
This man achieved what hundred of millions could not. That's more than enough.
achieved a failed concept of a car? i get your point but reality is this doesn't exist for the common man nor will it anytime soon if even ever?
hundreds of millions?
@@TravaZZZik The majority of the worlds population are low wage workers. Only very few of the world's population have the willpower and resources to build their own companies and products.
@@grimgoreironhide9985 those companies and products need what said worker? exactly. bit illogical, your fantasizing an idea. simply.
I told myself the same right after the watch. What a cool life aha
Someone start a fundraiser purely for Mr Bishop. He clearly puts all his heart into his work and would mean a lot to him to be able to show the world what he's got in his back pockets. I want to see more of Connaught. I want to see that this man is capable to achieve with todays technology and that idea for a car.
Go ahead...;)
hopefully someone does, pls drop the link if you find one
If only you knew.
You do it 😉
I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that investors and other engineers looked clear away from this car/company/tech. The prius was already out so it was proven concept. This car is freakin sweet.
Look at the guys face after he’d switched it off....... proud......humbled. I can see a lot more for this guy. Hybrid in 2004 wow!
Came for the novelty, stayed for the idea of a VR10. The VW guys get it.
Right? I've owned a Mk2 GLI with a 2.8 VR6 swap. The sound that thing made was biblical. This seams like a VRF(ormula) engine plan that just never panned out so they built a road car around it instead. Whatever the reason, my interest is peaked. I just want one of the engines, really.
Sean Daily The VR6's gurgle (both 2.8 and 3.2l EA888) is one of the best engine sounds I have to say.
Yes, the Lancia guys with the Fulvia or Stratos get it.
@@KulibobCZ they was nothing like this the fulvia had a V4 and Stratos had Ferrari V6 both traditional V engines
but i have an idea for W10 engine
This is painful and beautiful at the same time.. you can here it in his voice he lost his life dream
The man is a genius and so modest when he says that he was not the first person to come up with such a narrow angle V engine.. I wish them all the best
I think the car community should get together and help make this car a reality. We're millions. Imagine if we all just gave 5$ to support the research and development of a lightweight manual v10 car that could be sold to the masses.
This dude is insanely smart but yet so insanely down to earth.
Wisdom.
I respect this guy for being brave enough to see his idea through. Very easy to snipe from the sidelines or just procrastinate. Sounds great.
sniping from the sidelines or just procrastinating hit a little close to home, but indeed its true..
This man is a treasure. We need to listen to everything he says, document it, and make sure future generations have the opportunity to hear him. So genuine, full of information. Just amazing. Thank you drivetribe for making this video.
I totally agree with you Adam
Beautiful. Imagine the sound of a V10 and the economy of a hybrid. Considering this tech was made in 2004, that car is beyond cutting edge. Hybrids didn’t become a big deal until 2010-ish, and hybrid sports cars still don’t really exist, even though Mazda has called it’s shots, the Miata is going hybrid later. Truly ahead of it’s time, I love it.
Okay, Connaught: I heard Red Bull are looking for an engine supplier. You get financing for your interesting car, RBR gets an engine, and F1 goes back to V10. Perfect.
Amazing idea if only they had the sense to do that
If only it was that simple. The V10 era in F1 was easily the best IMO, more so than the V12 and V8.
You might be on to something there.
You have no idea how that engine is designed - F1, Never in a million years
@@welditmick i think you have no idea how a joke works, bud
idk why but it looks like an offbrand 6th gen camaro
From chyna?
Was about to say the same thing.
Camaro would be the offbrand as this was 15 years earlier lol
Looks like a mean and angry Golf to me.
With Chrysler headlights.
Mechanic here. Really like seeing the engine block. Such tiny cylinders, pistons and valves
KZhead recommendations ftw! Can we convince this guy to start his own KZhead channel?! He’s an engine wiz and seeing this car and company evolve would be interesting!
Kit cars exist so why not kit engines? Imagine this beauty in the MX-5
They're called crate engines and sold by manufacturers, Ford for example, it really would be awesome to see the projects people come up with that v10
Wouldn't it be a mx-10?
@@ljeremyhill mx-11=>10+1
@@GabrielZ. crate engines are prebuilt. I think what he means by kit engine is that you build it yourself, which sounds awesome
YES :D
I love how the famous V10 engine is just sitting on a standing on a sketching dyno probably build on someone’s back yard
Dyno? Looked like an engine stand... Where would be a better place for it to sit?
@@danielnelson4881 Inside a car.
Didn't you hear the man say he closed down his business and put all the parts in storage.
This literally hurts my heart, failure of such a great project ahead of its time. Now there is no way how to reborn this car due to emission standards.
That has to be one of the most beautiful interiors I've ever seen.
A 9 minute clip is not long enough for this. We need a full hour or two!
We need the cars built up and at least being run at track days.
A genius and seems like a humble man. Hope his dream works out this time.
As much as I like this whole idea, the owner didn't really explain anything that we wanted to know, he said v10 because you need alot cylinders, and narrow angle because it works. I wish he gave a more technical explanation of benefits such confogurations has. Best of luck
He explained several times why he needed alot of cylinders. All about efficiency and consumption.
This is a gem of a video Drivetribe... well done
This v10 sounded like a 50's/60's F1 car. That raw idle sounds a lot like the BRM v16: also small displacement, lots of pistons
Yeah even them V16 cars was only like 1500cc or something
I bet it sounds really cool at 7k rpm
@@jasondunphy1170 But they were deafening!
Now that's a cliff hanger. Based on the prototype sitting there, it literally could be anything behind that door!
Hypercar with an 1L V12 engine lol
Alien mothership.
@@jaelpikner9872 2.3GHhz revving engine sounwd
An actual working Time Machine
Ice cream machine for the car 🍨😋
so refreshing seeing creative approaches to established ways of doing things! Hope to see and hear more about this and the other mystery project in the very near future!
What a fantastic looking car and the sound of that V10 is just out of this world. Loved it Bob ( a Lancia owner of a Fulvia and a 2000HF). Look forward to more details and information of the development.
It's crazy how you actually found the car And I never knew it can actually run!
Where is your pfp from?
@@HurairahGT1 mf ghost, i think (initial d spin-off)
Imagine a modernized version for 2020. We NEED IT
What an amazing piece of engineering, that engine is just awesome and you can tell how much that man cares about his creation. Plus it makes a great racket!
I'm glad you guys were able to find it. I love v10s and yes we need more. This in a mid engined hybrid would do well
Dont know why but it made me sad seeing that man that way, huge ideas and dreams but in a shed with his motors
do not underestimate an english man in his shed.
Loads of British car company's started that way
@@charlie91757 Exactly!
@@liamholcroft7212 wasn't lotus a shed based company?
@@charlie91757 it was, and so was TVR
The car seems amazing. Seeing the pride and joy on Tim Bishop's face for bringing his project back to life after 15 years is the best part.
An amazing, and humble engineer/inventor admiring his baby. love it, love the brand. Hope to see his vision come about while he's still around!
There is no replacement for displacement. Connaught: hold my beer.
This is so cool. V10s are the best sounding engines yet so few were made
I think you mean V12's, but yeah V10 are also very cool
@@th3b0untyhunter On average V10s sound better
Remember Lexus LFA v10 & BMW e60 M5 v10 its was an eargasm v10 sound
@@rolandhazuki8787 And the Carrera GT, Lamborghini/Audi V10
that is the most 2004 looking car i have ever seen
That's the most 2016 comment I have ever read.
@@20alphabet i guess. it still looks like a dodge neon on steroids. but i have to say it's impressive engineering.
I don't think I watched the same video...
That engine is astonishing, I wish him all the best and I hope he gets to see his dream come true, although in small numbers. Thanks for this #Drivetribe
This man was ahead of his time its sad people like him never have the funds to make there ideas come true
Tim Bishop sounds very intelligent and reserved, I'd like to hear more about his story.
I love how Tim just gets straight to the point and was like, well we didn't have money anymore
I have loved this car from the beginning and I big thank you for bringing us all up to speed on the present situation...
What an exciting video. Im looking forward to seeing this car go on production and what theyll come up in the future.
I would buy a connaught car if i could we need more fully British brands out there
Poor guy that project clearly literally broke him :(
Yes a bit sad. Looks like he had something tea that just never got off the ground. It's all a bit too late now.
@Random Restoration stop putting that link
Obviously not.
@Random Restoration what do you mean
Random Restoration you on drugs?
Thanks for your great efforts and I hope you continue to be Mike ;-)
Wow,what a fabulous discovery, I used to love rebuilding engines 50 years ago when I was a mechanic for Ford, and later Unigate Foods, before moving to ExxonMobile, or ESSO as it was then.
Wow it sounded like a Viper despite being only 2.0l.
Quite alot of big cylinder engines were pretty small. I mean Aston's V12 is only like 4.2Ltr's
@@insomniacbritgaming1632 Astons V8 is 4.2 or 4.7l. The V12 is 6.0l.
@@siraff4461 6 litres. How tiny
@@insomniacbritgaming1632 That's more like their V8 size. Their modern V12s are 6L.
@@insomniacbritgaming1632 astons v12's are 5.2 - 5.9l
Great work guys, i'm so glad that there's still life in this project.
I love this!!!! Great video.. so glad to see something innovative mini super car engines! Sounded great 😊
Been waiting for this can't wait for more top work
That man needs more recognition
The mind boggles at the amount of engineering that went into all of that. Truly creative.
Awesome , glad someone actually did this. Hope they update the looks of the car too!
The engine man is very humble and i wish this projects sees success
Yeah , I remember this from your video I was wondering what happened to it. Thanks for fulfilling the curiousity
Sooooooooo we know where GM got the idea for the 2009 Camaro from.
Ya...I simply connaught believe they got away with it...
Yeah, that's how it works.. Haha! 🤣 Pretty big assumption, an incorrect one at that.
I feel like it looks more like a Chrysler Crossfire
@@justinaug9879 sure, Jan.
@@colbythomas2490 it's a garbage assumption, looks like a brick TVR
enjoyed this video Mike, keep them coming
So lovely to hear and see the V10 format is not yet dead and buried. What a truly delicious sound 😍🔥👌
I really hope this guy gets some investment , it would be great to see these on the road
Did you not watch til the end of the video?
@@shorey66 yeah I did , but it's clear by the way he talks that money is still an issue . Getting a new car onto the market is expensive
Such a solid guy! Fair play to You Sir!
I would LOVE to see more of this car!
I really hope Tim gets the full opportunity and support to achieve his dreams. The guy is a genius who was ahead of his time.
Can we just appreciate Tim's Sopwith t-shirt?
Wow. Mind blown. I can't wait to see their market debut.
This car is gorgeous. What a great idea to build a tiny V10 engine. Love it.
Beautiful looking car, thanks for posting.
Crowdfund this man some more money, 2l v10s for everyone.
No point now Boris is stopping Petrol in 10years time. The car is lovely, such a pity they closed. British engineering at it's best. Thinking outside the box
@@robertwillis4061 Hybrid also banned then? Because that car is built to be hybrid in mind
Hes not banning petrol cars outright you can still drive them but after 2031 manufactures wont be allowed to make or sell new petrol cars so if you have one built befour then you can still drive it
Engine start @ 7:12
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If you want to miss the interesting story
This needs to be top comment
I love this kind of thing, thanks for bringing it to us
Im so glad i stumbled across this video, absolute incredible car
Of course the british sports car is build in a shed
Uk and kivi people have some of the best engineering minds. That v8 s from busa and zx14 derived blocks are the best
As a kid I always wanted to build a sports car like that... That kinda size with that kinda styling... Also the 2.0L V10 is amazing!
Wow! Loved it!! Hope they get this car to market!!💪👌
This one finished car is already priceless and will only gain massively in the future!
Such an amazing sound from a 2.0 🥰
Huh, never thought I'd hear "brilliant fuel economy" and "V10" in the same sentence. ( 3:45 )
Naturally aspirated engines and an electric hybrid drivetrains make sense. Lamborghinis next roadcar will most likely be a V12 hybrid.
it might be V10, but its a 2ltr engine :)
I need that Sopwith T. Mint v10. Cool that these guys didnt let this name to die and I am excited to see more from them!
This guy seems so passionate. I hope he'll get to continue working on his dream!
the interior looks extremely flimsy, still love it
The interior looks totally hand made.
The coolest part is that the passenger drives the car! 😆BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHLOL
seems like interiors of that time had this 'millennium' future sleek style while trying to maintain the 90s aesthetic.
@@fox_prower Yeah it looks like every TVR from the time period too. So awful but charming.
It was just the showcar (a non-driver) and hadn't been touched in 15 years, so it was never going to be immaculate!
We've literally been inundated with a letter
Yup, that phrase went through my head at once too 😂.
This letter flooded in 🤣👍🏻
What a jewel of an engine. There are so many new and old, potential small-car applications that this sweet little V-10 would be great for. :)
What a piece of kit. Wildly on the other end of the spectrum from my 1.6 3cyl. 5x less displacement per cylinder but 3x the cylinders