As the cost of motorings grows, here's how to cut your cars' bills
The 10 greatest bike-engined cars
Ariel Atom V8
ArielShow Thumbnails
11 of 11
The Atom's V8 engine started life as a brace of Suzuki Hayabusa motors spliced together. The 3.0-litre motor produces 500hp at 10,600rpm, hits 62mph from rest in a claimed 2.3 seconds and completes the dash to 100 in 5.4 seconds. It's superbike powered and is certainly superbike fast.
Read a Ariel Atom review
On Bing: see pictures of the Ariel Atom V8
Find a used Ariel Atom on Auto Trader
related stories on msn
8Comments
27/06/2012 22:28
27/06/2012 21:22
Some time ago I heard of someone who fitted a Honda 750cc motorcycle engine into a mini. The idea was to compete in 750cc class car hill climbing. Well the story goes that he fitted the engine and then fitted a supercharger. When the time came to start the car all seemed ok. That is until the vehicle was put into gear. It appears that motorcycle engines run in the opposite direction to normal car engines. The hill climb car had five reverse gears and one forward gear.
27/06/2012 22:25
There is an obvious point missed here.
The sheer compact efficiency of a bike engine can also return phenomenal MPG with ample real-world performance and reliability.
Car engine designers could learn a great deal from the bike boys (and visa-vera), but closed minds are doomed to repeat their mistakes.
Peace.
28/06/2012 17:16
27/06/2012 23:09
27/06/2012 11:12
28/06/2012 21:47
Report
Are you sure you want to delete this comment?
Latest Cars videos
More on msn Cars
Wild, crazy and massively over-engines - pictures from the 2013 Beaulieu Custom Car and Hot Rod Festival
American manufacturer is the first to use robot drivers in durability testing of its trucks and vans
Ginger DJ Chris Evans has a legendary love of cars and a car collection to drool over
A45 AMG too hardcore? The CLA45 AMG is its softer superpower junior coupe sister
The most economical new cars on sale based on low emissions and best fuel economy
Californian company quite literally reinvent the wheel, with its crazy range of skateboard Shark Wheels
Irvin Gordon’s Volvo P1800S is set to cement its place in the record books when it passes the three million mile mark this autumn.
Goodwood of the north festival dazzles with exotic speed machines from all eras
Britain's biggest free motor show is back to show off the latest new metal
MG could be set for the big time with its stylish new supermini contender
Three becomes four - it's the slicker, wider, cleaner new two-door 3 Series
