ben scott

Go, Street Racer, Go

A racecar you could drive to the grocery store †if it had a trunk

Wanna buy a racecar? No problem, I know a guy. Two, actually—veteran
engineers from the renowned McLaren supercar shop. Their new company, Caparo Vehicle Technologies, has designed the first affordable, street-legal racecar: the $300,000 Caparo T1. Sounds steep, until you consider that a used F1 pro racecar goes for about a million bucks—a transmission that can handle the engine's 900-plus horsepower costs $70,000 by itself.

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