HYBRID HERO FRANKENCAR
MONSTER MASH-UP
Autocar’s hive mind has chosen the best bits from its favourite motors to create this year’s Fran kencar. Richard Lane prepares to reanimate
ILLUSTR ATION BEN SUMMERELL-YOUDE
This year’s nonsensical Frankencar is a paean to performance – performance of the sledgehammer variety, rather than the fairy dust type that’s epitomised by delicate playthings such as the Alpine A110.
That said, with its track dayleaning but road-ready set-up, our car should be every bit as rewarding and precise to drive as it is desirable on the spec sheet alone. It has an atmospheric engine and one of the most feelsome EPAS systems around. A rear-drive layout with the engine halfway back beneath the dashboard, DTM-style, also gives it innate agility, yet a saloon wheelbase imbues it with stability and predictability on the limit. We hope.