Top Gear:
What happens when you put a Chevy V8 in a miniscule Fiat 126? Wheelies, that's what.
We challenge you to watch this video of Taz Racing's wares and not be a little bit enamoured with the concept. Really, what's not to like? It brings together all the romance of titchy, unreliable Italian hatchbacks and some good old-fashioned British ingenuity.
We could drone on about the specs of these super-hot little Fiat 126s, but in the interest of saving time until you press play, we'll just mention the important one: tuned Chevy V8s producing a Mercedes SLS Black-busting 650bhp. In other words, these flyweight Fiats have power-to-weight ratios that wipe the floor with just about any supercar you care to mention.
And here's what happened when the taps opened up over a quarter-mile drag race at Britain's Santa Pod drag strip. The times achieved are impressive. Seriously impressive.
3 Comments
Zawashsays...Might have gone better with better and bigger tires, though.
Wonder what their top speeds are...
newtboyjokingly says...I'm pretty disappointed with that 'wheelie'.
siftbotsays...Moving this video to Zawash's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
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