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Are the French loons at Lazareth on a mission to make the most dangerous vehicle known to man?
Earlier this summer, they unveiled their V12 'Wazuma' quad bike… and now they’ve only gone and wedged a V8 into an original Renault Twingo.
Yes, in the same manner as the Clio V6 – and when, incidentally, is Renault going to get round to making a new one? – the Twingo has been transformed into a mid-engined monster.
The 3.5-litre V8 has been nicked from a Range Rover and mounted behind the front seats, shoving a couple of hundred bhps to the wide, wide rear wheels – 320s, if you’re taking notes. Lazareth had to add a rear tubular subframe to the Twingo, presumably to stop the engine from twisting the entire car into a neat twist of metallic DNA.
OK, so the output isn’t quite as prodigious as the insane Wazuma quad, but the Twingo Trophy should be an oversteery little monster nonetheless. And just look at those arches! The Romans would be proud of those arches, they would.
The guys at Lazareth will build you a Twingo Trophy for around 70,000 Euro, or £63,000. If the Mugen Honda Civic is worth £38,600, surely that makes the V8 Twingo a bit of a bargain. No?
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Claiborn commented on this article
at 11:42 am on 27 October 2009
This is what happens when a Gumpert Apollo mates with a twingo then?
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Claiborn commented on this article
at 11:44 am on 27 October 2009
Oh and I notice you have been avoiding the subject of the Ultima GTR720?
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Capitaine_Lente commented on this article
at 12:51 pm on 27 October 2009
Not exactly new news Top Gear fellows, this things been kicking round the net for year. Still always nice to see it again - says the Twingo owner. Oh and check out their site http://www.lazareth.fr/ they do a wild 4.6 litre V8 Mini too.
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AlKim commented on this article
at 02:08 pm on 27 October 2009
Just imagine what you would look like in that not-quite-inconspicuous white-hot hatch. Like a berk, I would image.
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Moggy commented on this article
at 02:35 pm on 27 October 2009
what a waste of a v8, 180bhp and its Fugly.
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