Okay, the Dodge Tomahawk isn't really a car (though it does have four wheels), and for that matter, nor is it officially a motorcycle (they can only have a maximum of three wheels) but does a concept vehicle get anymore outlandish?
Seen at the 2003 Auto Show, this 1,500-pound motorcycle (yes, I'm going to call it that) packs a Dodge Viper's V10 engine. So we're talking about straddling a 500 horsepower land missile. Other than perhaps Jay Leno's jet bike, this thing takes the term "crotch rocket" to a whole new level. The Tomahawk could hit 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and the top speed was estimated to be over 300 mph. The four disc brakes were understandably massive -- 20 inches in diameter and grabbed by a total of no less than 24 pistons (16 in front, 8 in back).
Though it was obviously not street legal, Dodge produced nine copies for Neiman-Marcus to sell (at $550,000 each) for either private road use or to be displayed as vehicular sculpture.
By estreka
on March 4, 2010
11:48 AM
I remember the craze this thing started. Everyone wanted one but nobody knew why.
If I remember right, the turning radius on this thing was about the size of the Arctic Circle.
By slickersdrip
on March 4, 2010
04:41 PM
estreka,
Well, if that was the case on the turning radius, at least this Dodge product has something in common with my SRT-4 other than the badge.