| Rocket displayed at Beaulieu |
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| Saturday, 11 August 2007 | |
 A Rocket is being displayed in the 'Autoglym Supercars' exhibition in the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. The car is part of a collection of 15 supercars including a McLaren F1, Ferrari F40 and Enzo, Bugatti Veyron and Jaguar XJ220, to name a few. We are, ofcourse, investigating which Chassis is on display. If you know more details abbout the car, don't hesitate to drop us an email. Trackback(0)
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  written by george, September 20, 2007
wow that that car doesnt only look good it bloody sounts it aswell
 written by lol, October 07, 2007
looks good? lol, somethings wrong with your eyes then. It's HIDIOUS
 written by Max, October 07, 2007
This cars details are:
- Yamaha 1002 cc Four in-line middle engine with 76mm bore, 56mm stroke. - Double overhead cam, 5 valves per cilinder - 143hp @ 10.500 rpm - 5 speed gearbox - Weight 352 kg - Rear wheel drive - Tubeframe - (suspension in dutch)A-geleiders schroefveren, think it's a wishbone aka A-arm - drilled brakingdisks - top speed 230 km/h - 0-60 in 4.4 sec So now you know  written by Max, October 07, 2007
So it pretty much is just a Yamaha R1 on four wheels. I think it's bit of a shame that they didn't fit a turbo on that engine to compensate that extra weight.
written by Max, October 07, 2007
And one more thing, the car design was done my Gordon Murray, designer of the McLaren F1
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