Geared for success

A Liverpool-based SME is leaving traditional supercar manufacturers in its wake. Andrew Wade reports

As the director of product development behind the car with the second fastest Top Gear lap ever, you would expect BAC co-founder Neill Briggs to be happy about the achievement. And he is. But he’s also slightly irked by the fact that his company’s BAC Mono was kept off the top spot by a Pagani Huayra suspected of running on modified slicks, contravening the Top Gear rules.

“We say we’re the fastest on road-legal tyres,” said Briggs. “You can make your own mind up about what Pagani did. If you search online you can read all about that.”

Rather than dwelling on what the £1m Huayra may or may not have done, Briggs prefers to focus on the Mono, whose entry price happens to be a comparatively meagre £125,000. With that sort of gulf, it’s incredible that the Liverpool-based company is able to compete with those such as Pagani, not to mention leaving other supercar manufacturers in the dust.