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type_one - February 18th, 2003 at 03:21 PM

I think I found a new motor for my beetle.

http://popularmechanics.com/science/extreme_machines/2003/2/maybachs/

Che Castro - February 18th, 2003 at 07:36 PM

heh i bet "final objective" would take that crown :)

KruizinKombi - February 19th, 2003 at 08:09 AM

No doubt about it, that is an awesome motor:

5.5-liter V12, intercooled twin turbos, 3-valves per cylinder, 550 hp@5250 rpm & 664 ft.-lb. at 2300 rpm, alternating-current twin-spark ignition system. All in a car that weighs 5852 lbs (over 2.5 tonne) and can still do 0-60 mph in 5.0 seconds!!!

Just think what it would do in a kombi with only half the weight!!! :o:o:o Mid-mounted with a sequential transmission..... mmmmm!!!! :D:D:D:D

Phil74Camper - February 21st, 2003 at 09:48 AM

That is one ugly looking car. Looks like a Mercedes that has eaten too many meat pies.

I agree with Che - Final Objective can't be beat for the world's most powerful road registered car. It was at this year's Summernats - the 1955 Chevy with a 27-litre supercharged V12 Rolls Royce Merlin aero engine from a P-51 fighter. THREE THOUSAND horsepower.

http://www.rodshop.com.au/project55.htm 

KruizinKombi - February 21st, 2003 at 06:56 PM

and 2 1/2 tonne, mostly engine!!! Can you imagine it going around corners?:o:o:o

Don't get me wrong, I love it. I don't buy Street Machine anymore, but I did buy that issue, just for the 'Final Objective' article.:thumb

zac_smits - February 21st, 2003 at 10:14 PM

One of the guys at my school reckons he'll get a Maybach when he's older. good car...but is it really worth it? (for us ordinary ppl)

amazer - February 22nd, 2003 at 04:40 PM

hope your friend is smart. He'll need a good paying job. $900,000. Should be able to get a good used one for half a mill. Now that would build one hell of a kombi. One that would leave a maybach well bach.

Theres a 3 page spread on them in this months Motor magazine.