Eccentric Cars Off the Roads

Want the oddballs in the automotive world? Well,engine. It also features a fixed rear wing, rugged body,
brace yourself for the most eccentric cars off theand gullwing doors that flip up on their roof-mounted
roads. They are exotic. They are intriguing. But theyhinges. It resembles the looks of a race car straight out
are not for everybody to have and hold.of the FIA GT European supercar series.
In today's auto shows, manufacturers are shelling out aMake way for the Rinspeed eXasis, a drivable "glass"
fortune to be part of the specialty market players thatcar that features an aluminum frame with a clear
introduce the most eccentric cars. The recognition,plastic body and floor. The car is powered by a 150-hp
regardless of the fact that the cars will not be allowedtwo-cylinder engine, which sits on the transmission. To
on the roads, is enough to make the automakersnote, the car's power-to-weight ratio puts it in line with
elated.the likes of a Porsche.
One of the exotic cars ever launched is the Artega,The Spanish automaker A. D. Tramontana has set
which was penned by Henrik Fisker, famed for beingforth a carbon-fiber road missile as a melding of
an extraordinary designer. The car is a freshFormula One cars and fighter planes. The company
contribution from a new German automaker that planssaid the Tramontana was "modeled on the streamlined
to enter in the manufacture of high-performancecurves of the Costa Brava's winds." The car is given a
sports cars for daily use. The 2008 Artega features atwin-turbo V12 engine that generates 720 horsepower,
3.6-liter Volkswagen-sourced V6 mated to the DSGabout as powerful as a race car. The full production
twin-clutch gearbox of the company to produceversion of the car will go on sale this summer in
maximum output of 300 horsepower via the rearEurope.
wheels.Peraves Monotracer, another strange looking car that
Another odd car is dubbed Carver One, which is saidboasts futuristic monocoque body is composed of
to be the "the world's first commercially availableglass, Kevlar and carbon-weave bonded together and
self-balancing, tilting, three-wheeled vehicle." Carverreinforced with aluminum roll bars. The car is powered
One is part motorcycle, part car; it is all about thrillsby an inline four-cylinder engine that produces 130
over practicality. The contraption features a removablehorsepower. The car is driven by using handlebars
roof panel, 660-cubic-centimeter turbochargedcomparable to a motorcycle.
four-cylinder engine, producing 68 horsepower and 74These cars are pretty exotic and complex. As a fact,
pound-feet of torque.a Volvo repair manual would appear simple if theirs
Gumpert Apollo Sport is another eccentric car toare placed beside it. Automotive fanatics love these
behold. Apollo Sport is given the high-performingcars nonetheless.
mid-engine supercar powered by a 4.2-liter Audi V8