Before the great reset comes will someone somewhere squeeze a huge turbo engine into a Smart for two and try for 175mph?

People have been doing this for years. The engine from a big powerful motorbike seems popular, but I am aware of at least one Smart Fortwo which has been fitted with a 2.0 V6.

Meanwhile, Aston Martin fitted a Cygnet (the short lived Aston Martin version of the Toyota IQ) with the 4.7 litre, 430bhp V8 from the Vantage. It was a one off though..........! (cygnet-v8)

This obsession with making a small hatchback travel at great speed and insane levels of acceleration. Where does it end? It started with a small car for people to pop to the shops.

While I completely agree that the 'power race' in pretty much all classes of car is getting ridiculous, I don't see why the size of the car has any relevance. If it is OK for a big car to do 175mph and 0-60 in 4 seconds, why is it not OK for a small one to do the same?.

Surely the best way to make a fast car is to start with a fast car

This statement actually makes no sense at all. If you start with a fast car, how can you make it something it already is?. No car, regardless of size, shape, or category is fast unless it has the required power.

Edited by badbusdriver on 08/07/2021 at 08:42