Part Bike, Part Car

PART BIKE, PART CAR

What's this, Honda's latest IndyCar? Not quite. Intended as a budget racecar, Honda's prototype Formula E racer is powered by the liquid-cooled, six-valve, 650cc V-Twin engine from a Bros motorcycle (a Japanese-market Hawk), with

power transmitted to the rear wheels through a fivespeed sequential gearbox and shaft drive. To keep the wheelbase as short as possible, the engine sits beside the driver, beneath its own tinted-plexiglass windscreen; witness the clutch cover protruding through the right-side bodywork. At present, Honda has no plans to produce the vehicle.