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What happens if you take the Ferrari Enzo and put it on a 90°C boil wash for a few hours?
You get a Surpasse V, that's what. Created by Japanese kit car specialist Suzusho, it's a lightweight Lotus-rival that features the 2.3-litre, 256bhp turbo petrol engine from the Mazda3 MPS wedged into a car weighing just 850kg.
Which means it'll be mental-fast. Though Suzusho is yet to release performance figures, bear in mind that the Mazda3 MPS weighs around 500kg more and will hit 60mph in six seconds flat. The Lotus Exige 260, the Surpasse's closest rival on power and weight, can crack 60mph in under four seconds.
The Surpasse V was designed by Kenji Mimura, the man responsible for the short-lived Maki F1 team, which competed in just eight races in the mid-70s. He's obviously a big fan of the design styles of Maranello and Hethel - if you're not so keen on our boil-washed Enzo theory, how about the stunted offspring of an FXX and an Exige?
Lightly derivative it may be, but we like the look of the Surpasse. Suzusho says it should go on sale in the middle of next year - anyone tempted by a cheeky grey import?
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ginger commented on this article
at 12:19 pm on 15 October 2009
FIRST COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay looks good like the car
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Dups! commented on this article
at 12:51 pm on 15 October 2009
That look like it needs to develops some more. Don't like.
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Distractedone commented on this article
at 01:24 pm on 15 October 2009
It looks tiny. Amazing, but tiny.
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Da_Vincentius commented on this article
at 01:27 pm on 15 October 2009
Where can I get one of those? It looks SWEEEEET!!!!
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rustymx5 commented on this article
at 01:32 pm on 15 October 2009
I don't know what I find more amazing. This, or the fact that a Mazda 3 will do 0-60 in 6 seconds...
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