Discovery Turbo’s New Series World’s Top 5

Discovery Turbo, India’s only channel for men brings an impressive range of mechanical marvels to find out what drives the global giants of engineering. The channel goes on a global hunt for the ultimate engineering geniuses bringing the greatest man made machines, from super plane and trains to mega factories built to an unimaginable scale.

The series World’s Top 5 pits these supermachines against each other, measuring them in five major categories, to reveal the very best of the best. In each episode, a specific engineering genre is tested, analysed and rated in five key categories to eventually reveal the overall winner.

EPISODES:

SUPER PLANES

This episode examines five outstanding Super Planes: Ukraine’s monster mover the Antonov 225, French giant double decker the Airbus A380, America’s high altitude spy plane the Global Hawk, The Eurofighter Typhoon the world’s most manoeuvrable jet fighter, and the backbone of the US military the Lockheed C5 Galaxy. Planes are extraordinary gravity defying feats of engineering, but how will they fare when pitted against each other in five key aviation categories?

SUPER TRAINS

Trains are engineering wonders and come in all shapes and sizes, built to handle a vast range of challenges. But what makes a world beater? To narrow the search, five outstanding Super Trains were shortlisted: French super high speed double decker the TGV Duplex, Japan’s tilting record breaker the aerodynamic N700 Bullet, North America’s mega load bearer the QNSL, China’s floating vision of the future the Maglev, And the death defying mountain climber that spans two countries the Qingzang train.

EARTHMOVERS

They are some of the world’s biggest machines, created to dig up the world’s biggest loads. From monstrous dump trucks to terrifying tunnelers, earthmovers come in all shapes and sizes. In this episode, five incredible Earthmovers were shortlisted: The Takraf Baggar a goliath of an excavator, Enormous earthworm the Crossrail Tunnel Borer, The supercomputer mega digger the Komatsu WA 1200, The CAT 8750 a walking mega mover, and its smaller, but just as impressive cousin, the CAT 797F the world’s biggest dumper truck. Each is a monster machine in its own right, but what makes the world’s Ultimate Earthmover?

MEGA SHIPS

This episode hones in on five shortlisted incredible Super Ships: The Mighty Servant 1 a heavy lifting transporter like no other, The Allure of the Seas the world’s biggest Cruise Liner, TI Europe a vast double hulled oil tanker, The Ebba Maersk the world’s biggest container ship and the world’s deadliest warship the USS GHW Bush. Each is a titan of the seas in its own right. But how will they fare in head to head battles in five key nautical categories? And which is the world’s Ultimate Super Ship?

SUPER CARS

From family run arounds to million dollar dream machines, racing cars to record breakers. Cars are the mechanical marvels of automotive engineering, but what makes the very top world beater? Check out the five shortlisted outstanding Super Cars, Thrust SSC the world’s fastest car, The most powerful road car every built the Bugatti Veyron, Explosive accelerator the Al Anabi Dragster, The ultimate in racing cars the F1 McLaren Mercedes and the Tesla Roadster the electric car that’s re writing the rulebook.

MEGA FACTORIES

This episode casts the spotlight on five exceptional Mega Factories: Korea’s Gwangyang plant the world’s largest steelworks, India’s Reliance Factory the largest oil refinery in the world, Germany’s ultra efficient VW car plant, Europe’s largest food processing plant the Heinz Kitt Green Factory, and the hub of the US Space Programme NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Each is a giant of engineering in its own right. But how will they fare in a head to head battle for the title of Ultimate Mega Factory? World’s Top 5 Starting on april 13, airs every Monday from 9 pm, on discovery turbo.