The big blue bottle in the engine bay looks lovely doesn’t it? But wait a minute, where’s the engine? Perhaps taking inspiration from Renault’s Clio V6 with a V6 engine mounted at the rear, or even our local homegrown Kancil with a VR4 engine at the rear, this Volkswagen Polo Mk3 has had it’s engineering tweaked extensively by Dubsport. The result is a 1.8 Turbo Audi engine at the rear, turning it into a mid-engined, rear wheel drive car that puts out 325 horsepower. Bear in mind this pocket rocket only weighs about 875kg.
Zero to hundred km/h is done in under 4 seconds, plus over there in the UK the car is actually street legal! Of course, there is also that nitrous injection system with the bright blue nitrous tank mounted in the front engine bay, however horsepower ratings with NOS pumped into the engine have not been tested, but a rough estimate puts the figure at over 400 horses.
Of course, to separate the driver from the big engine at the rear (relatively anyway, the original Polo Mk3 engine was a 1 litre), there is a custom firewall. The driver sits in alloy racing seats with four point racing harnesses. Additional protection is provided by a custom built race spec rollcage.
The starting bid for the car on eBay UK goes for £10,000.
More photos after the jump.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
OMG, This car could fly, and dangerous too. Without rear spoiler, it could skid easily. It's a powerful car, but not a safety and good car to drive.
Paul, U mean in the UK right? in second paragraph… Anyway.. this car sure can let all ppl come see n take photos.. cool…
Huh? It's actually possible to have it modified so extensively and still remain legal in the US?! How I envy those fellas there. No doubt the car will be great but it doesn't have the looks to back it's performance. It'd be great if someone does this on a sportier car, say a Peugeot 406 Coupe, they can even slap on a Ferrari conversion kit on it, that'll be so sweet. Just an idea :p On another note those bucket seats look funny, like it's taken out of a washing machine.
yep… a minor typo. but for those who knows, brits do reverse engineer their car extensively but of course la they still need to do inspection and get approval from their road transport department before they can brag the car is street legal.
ever heard an evo 7 got cut in half, shorten the rear cabin and welded again just to make the longshaft shorter? and yeah, the car is street legal also…
supermini with supercar layout….manufacturer should take note at this….vw did it oledi
u can only see this kinda stuff outside M'sia, i guess its coz the bureaucraps in JPJ or the G for that matter, who formulate guidelines on stuff like this (car/bike modifications or tuning) are not engineers themselves, but a bunch of old farts who cant even tell the difference between horsepower and engine displacement, and the worse part is that we/u cannot dispute them no matter how wrong they are, talk about being a smart-ass…my grief with them is that from an engineering point these mods can be done and the vehicle could still be just as, or even safer. hence my bewilderment on why rollcages are not allowed on streetcars, or why you can only swap for an engine that is 30% bigger in displacement than the original, heck..Carol Shelby stuffed a 4.2L V8 into a 2.6L AC and became the legendary Cobra, an that was back in the 60's…..
I wondering how to keep the engine cool in boot?
perhaps there are channels to flow air inside… in d last pic, notice u can see the floor underneath, just like a normal engine bay
whats the point of buying the car?it is illegal in malaysia.
can those wheels maintain the tractions???
short wheelbase? limited width too ????
a so called Masterpiece Junk!
I hope that Ferrari body kit on a Peugeot comment was a joke!?
This thing is an engineering marvel and a street sleeper to boot. What an awsome car!