For sale: an airplane-engined monstrosity based on a Rolls-Royce that was one eccentric Englishman's obsession.
at Cars & Classic in the U.K., "The Beast" is a one-off custom car with a 27-liter V-12 engine. Yes, twenty-seven. Not a typo.At one time, this was officially certified with a Guinness world record as the fastest production car in the world, clocked at 183 mph.
The Spitfire is still considered one of the most elegant piston-engine fighter aircraft to have taken to the air. The Beast is rather a more homely affair, with a hood long enough that you could probably land a Spitfire on it. Or land a 747 on it. Seriously, this thing has a nose bigger than Cyrano de Bergerac's.Under that long bonnet is a Rolls-Royce–built Merlin V-12, a naturally aspirated version of the engine found in the Spitfire.
The completed Beast was said to have a 55:45 front-to-rear weight balance and excellent handling. This can't possibly be fully true, as the car is as long as an aircraft carrier, and an undressed Merlin V-12 weighs more than two Chevrolet LS V-8s. A lot of the information about the Beast is more speculation than specification.However, it did receive a Guinness World Record, and it was certified by the Royal Automobile Club in 1973 as capable of hitting 183 mph.
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