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Maybe the Smart Car isn't worthless to enthusiasts!
Yes, that is a Smart Car outperforming a Ferrari on a drag strip. It's actually a Smartuki, a Smart car with a Suzuki GSX-R 1100 CC 4-cylinder "Hyabusa" engine installed.
Smart cars are the laughing stock of the car world right now, overpriced, undersized and underpowered, with embarrassing 0-60 times, Premium fuel requirements, and a clownish demeanor. New in the US for 2008, they've been running strong in Europe for a few years now. So some enterprising Brits figured out that the Smart's entire drivetrain bolts right out and one can with little pain drop in a 10,000 RPM screamer from a sportbike.
Now I know this is a family car magazine, and the 2-seat FourTwo doesn't really have much relevance to us even in its' 50-hp stock capacity, so what interest do we have in the 180-hp overstuffed screamer? Every! It's a marvel of modern technology! It's a go-kart with a phonebooth on top! It does wheelies and can burn rubber all day! It simply looks like it's a lot of fun, and my mid-life crisis is inching closer and closer...
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