Reynard Racing Takes to the (Euro) Streets With 800-lb Inverter Track Car
Winning racecar builder Reynard Racing Cars Ltd. from the U.K. has been building cars since 1973, but none of its offerings have been capable of real world street duty -- until now, that is. Known as the Inverter, the ultra-lightweight ride features either a 175-hp Honda Fireblade or 250-hp Suzuki Hayabusa engine capable of propelling the specialty ride around corners at 4gs of lateral force. It's aimed at quite literally being a car that can win a weekend of racing and drive home without any qualms.
Forming the structure of the car is a stainless steel tub encased by a tubular steel frame. Either of the two motorcycle engines sits behind the two passengers and is mated to a revised paddle shift transmission. Reynard engineers used their successful motorsport experience in aerodynamic development to create the prototype racecar-looking composite exterior you see here. According to them, the Inverter creates twice its 400 kg (800 lbs) dry weight at 100 mph, meaning it can drive upside down on a hypothetical ceiling racetrack at a cool 100 mph -- hence the name of this unique ride.
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