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Scooter... racing? We've got to be kidding, right? Only we're not. Because if it's got wheels - or often even if it doesn't - it can be raced. So while you might think of motor scooters as little more than an easy, cheap, quick and (if we're being completely honest here) downright fun way of getting around town, you can pretty much be guaranteed that someone, somewhere will be racing them. And that's just what we've found in the video after the jump, where a group of speed junkies set up an autocross circuit in a parking lot and went at it - complete with some of the least threatening crashes and spills you'll ever see in any form of motorsport. Check it out.Continue reading Who knew scooter racing could be so much fun?
Who knew scooter racing could be so much fun? originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Eight-hundred horsepower. 0-60 in 3.1 seconds. $235,000. Given those numbers, you'd think we were talking about a supercar, right? Well we are, if by supercar you mean something with otherworldly performance capabilities. But this is no two-seat roadster. This is a Jeep. To be more specific, this is the latest Hennessey HPE800 Twin Turbo, a new rocket sled based on the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. That model usually packs a 6.4-liter Hemi V8 - which is already big by any measure - but Hennessey's bored it out to a nice round 7.0 liters and bolted a pair of turbochargers to it. Along with the substantial engine mods, the HPE800 also gets an upgraded transmission and torque converted (it is a conventional automatic, after all), plus 20-inch wheels on a lowered suspension with 15.1-inch Brembo brakes, and a reworked fascia with a carbon fiber splitter up front. Of course, if the high price of entry doesn't keep out the riffraff, the limited quantities being built surely will: only 24 examples are earmarked for production, so even at the pace at which these beasts will cover all manner of terrain, they're not likely to run into one another once they've left the factory. Press release after the jump.Continue reading Hennessey rolls out 800-hp twin-turbo Jeep Grand Cherokee
Hennessey rolls out 800-hp twin-turbo Jeep Grand Cherokee originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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