47Liter, V12 Engine
500 Horsepower @ 1,500rpm (revolutions per minute) (some sources claim 750hp)
1 Liter/ km (that means going from North Vancouver to Whistler (120km) will cost you gas for roughly $165,60 (@ $1,38/L))
100 km/h @ 800rpm (800 rpm is the speed you’d expect from a Semi’s diesel engine not a racecar)
Engine Dimensions:
Weight: 510 kg
Length: 1.8m
Height: 1.1m
Width: 0.87m
This fire-breathing (literally) monster of a car was built by Germans after World War 2. During this period of time, Germany was not permitted to have an Air Force but still had aircraft engines lying around. So as you’d expect from the Germans they decided to put an aircraft engine in a car and see if it’d work. The problem was though that the engine was so big and so heavy that an ordinary car frame would simply collapse under the weight of the aircraft engine. The solution to this problem was found in a 1908 American LaFrance car that had a frame strong enough to support the engine’s weight. And thanks to those handful of crazy Germans, we can occasionally enjoy seeing the Brutus roar down the streets doing 100km/h with only 800rpm at classic rallies while spewing flames out of the exhausts. If that kind of thing is too extreme or too loud for you, you can still go and look at this massive car in all its magnificence at the Sinsheim Museum in Germany while it’s standing still.
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