Diesel-powered British supercar Trident Iceni promises 200 mph and 69 mpg

[NickB79]

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/diesel-powered-british-supercar-trident-icini-promises-200-200130777.html

The latest version of Trident says it's using a 6.6-liter turbocharged diesel that combined with some undescribed system its calling Torque Multiplication that's good for 430 hp and 950 ft.-lb. of torque; those with additional pounds at their feet can pay for upgrade to 660 hp and 1,050 ft.-lbs. In the base version, the Iceni can reach 60 mph in 3.7 seconds.

By using a diesel, the Iceni GT can burn a variety of fuels, from regular diesel to used restaurant oils, and at cruising speed of 70 mph, can travel 2,000 miles on a tank of gas. If all these figures sound too good to be true, it's because they are a bit; it's not that diesel engines aren't capable of fantastic performance, but that the technology for doing so usually takes more engineering than a handful of people can pull together. While Trident didn't reveal much about the engine, General Motors builds a 6.6-liter diesel in its trucks good for 397 hp and 765 ft.-lbs.

Uh huh.

[Ash_F]

1. That's awesome!

Looks cool too. I really doubt it is 69mpg at 200 mph but still impressive, considering the piss poor mileage of other 200mph capable cars. Probably just fail reporting and not the designer's misrepresentation.

Edit - "70 mph, can travel 2,000 miles on a tank of gas" that is 28.6 mpg still very impressive for a super car.

[Historic NY]

2. Its still a big engine & expensive....

nice in a 2 seater but is it practical. A 6.6 lt engine is the size of a old Chrysler 400ci. its now used in Silverado trucks LML engine its uses urea - yup - to mix with any form of bio-diesel. so the truck using this also has a 5.3 gallon tank for it.

[Mopar151]

3. Big diesel power is nothing new

GM "Duramax" (6.6l) power

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Unless they came up with something new, "torque multiplication" is...

simply matching gear ratios, rear end ratio, and tire size to get maximum performance in top speed, quarter mile, gas mileage, or whatever else you're looking for.