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Question of the Week: what’s the most inappropriate production car to take racing?

Dreaming of a 700bhp Kia Ceed or a sub-tonne MG ZS powered by rocket fuel? The comment section is your oyster

Published: 14 Oct 2024

Who else was shocked yet bemused when Skoda unveiled the Enyaq RS last week? Despite the unchanged 335bhp dual-motor powertrain, the RS gains new shock absorbers and springs, carbon ceramic brakes and a revised steering setup.

It’s also gone on a 300kg diet to help slip into that sharper suit easier, and has a trick system which pumps artificial sound into the cabin for a more traditional experience. But why? Why build a racing car without intending to, umm, take it racing? We’ve been trying to figure it out all weekend and concluded that it… doesn’t matter.

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And it got us thinking: what do you reckon would be the most inappropriate production car - past or present - for a manufacturer to hoon up and take racing? We’re not limiting you to electric powertrains either, so feel free to knock yourself out between a jumped-up Citroen Ami, a Weight Watchers-spec Dacia Jogger and everything in between.

Do include the type of motorsport you want to enter your car into as well, and the specific changes/modifications you’d make. Time to get creative.

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