FIRST LOOK: Praga Bohema - £1.1m, GT-R Engined Lightweight | Top Gear

Europe’s supercars are mainly Italian, German, and British… but another nation is in on the action. From the land that brought you Skoda, meet Czechia’s fastest export: the Praga Bohema. It’s not mucking about, is it?

The all-carbon fibre two-seater is not a road-going version of Praga’s R1R racing car. Oh no. The R1R makes do a with a willing Renault engine good for 365bhp. The Bohema doesn’t share components with the racer. And courtesy of a Nissan GT-R engine, it’s got 700bhp.

The engineers say they’re simply not interested in an irrelevant big top speed number, when all the fun is had getting the Bohema through the corners as quickly as physics allows. Over 900kg of downforce ought to help there. That insectile body is fully carbon fibre and obsessed with channelling air.

There’s no active aero though: an airbrake or adjustable flaps would need a heavy hydraulic system, which offends the sub-1000kg Praga’s weight-shedding ethos. There is, however, full air-con and a state of the art touchscreen inside. Sort of.

Breathe in, and join Top Gear magazine’s Ollie Kew in the Bohema’s teeny cockpit for an in-depth tour of what this newest pretender to the hypercar crown has to offer, in return for its £1.1million price tag.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:02 - Street Legal?
1:33 - Praga History
3:05 - Engine
4:17 - Performance Figures
4:51 - Aero + Lightweighting
6:10 - Usability + Storage
7:26 - Interior
9:45 - Steering Wheel + Tech
10:51 - The 'Touchscreen'
11:50 - Drive
12:22 - Price
13:16 - Outro

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[velicek]

I wish people knew that Czechia and "Chechnya" are not the same thing

[rickposthuma]

hearing that praga rather makes a car lighter than putting in lots of heavy technology, makes me think that they are the new lotus from years back

[VladisAnalogEscape]

As a Czech guy, I delight in seeing a wicked hypercar from CZE!

[fee_lo]

I love that they used an engine you can get a hold on for the foreseeable future. You can get it worked on just about anywhere in the world. Great choice. It’s the biggest problem with most super/hyper cars.

[YuriChan-]

The phone holder is the smartest move in history, in 20 years, every single infotainment system will be outdated, but with that holder, you can always put the most modern device available, given it is similar size to today's devices!

[kaktusman]

As a Czech, I have to appreciate that this is really good looking, good job Praga!

[radoslaws]

Brawo dla sąsiadów Czechów.
Ten kraj może sie pochwalić wspaniałą historią jeśli chodzi o motoryzację.
Praga, Tatra, Škoda, Java, CZ...
U nas w Polsce niestety oprócz dosyć dobrych ciężarówek i gratów na licencji ( Fiat, Daewoo, Berliet), nie udało się niczego wielkiego dokonać.
Bravo Czesi, ta Praga wygląda rewelacyjnie.

[bennyb.]

The best part about using the VR38 is that power upgrades anywhere from a little bump to well over 2000hp are relatively affordable.

[Mr_Right_]

all the nissan gtr tuners when this comes out: instantly tune it to 2000 hp

[stevenwheeler]

I bet current joint Praga World Cup Championship winner, jimmer broadbean would love this car. Finally, a car worthy of his talents.

[The_journeyy]

You can tell the designers were not messing around with the look of this one what a beautiful creation 😍

[adityabhargav]

That steering wheel is the best ive seen, especially with those screen graphics, look soo good

[craigjenkins]

The Praga Bohema looks absolutely stunning. The performance figures are impressive and the price is fairly competitive. Let's see if the Superior buyer agrees.

[shadygtr]

Well done Praga and congratulations to Iain Litchfields team for the work on the project

[xanderstamp]

Seen thecPraga in the Czech Republic as my misses is from there, its a mad looking car an one of the best engines around, and he's not lying as it sounds ungodly. This car could easily push 1200bhp if wanted. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but my word its amazing.

[toddkennedy]

that touch screen holder is truly an amazing idea and all manufacturers should do that

[brianlewis]

The supercar game is officially over . An alpha 12 kit on this would be batshit!!

[brettash]

This is legit one of if not the most intriguing new vehicles I've seen in quite some time

[baltazargabka]

Brawa dla przyjaciół z Czech.
🏎️🏎️🏎️🇵🇱

[G_Ozare]

I freaking love this. What a machine. Keeping it “simple”.