Not reasonable … but awfully good !
200 hp for 472 kg: these Quebeckers are crazy! Daniel Campagna and his team succeeded in approving in our country, oh how fussy, a real ORNI (Unidentified Rolling Object): the T-Rex. Special Christmas test, between two snowfalls !
Sneak behind the wheel…
We are Wednesday, December 16. I anticipated the taxiing initially planned for the next day because the weather forecast announced heavy snowfall for Thursday 17. Well took me because, for once, the scientists got it right and the Paris region actually found itself. under 10 cm of powder.
However, the T-Rex is already sharp to pilot in the dry with cold tires … so on the snow, it is downright mission impossible.
It’s 9:00 am on Wednesday so the sun is shining and the sky is a pristine blue but it really "peels"! Sebastien, the enthusiastic and friendly importer of the racing car in France, warns me: "Take it easy on the bends, the road is shiny, it may slip a lot…"Well, bah, I’ll try to leave with this !
No fuss !
On board the T-Rex, nothing, but then really nothing superfluous! To slide your legs to the bottom of the cockpit, you have to remove the steering wheel, like on a car. We then discover instrumentation and commodities directly recovered from the Kawa ZZR 1400.
The motorist will be a little taken aback but the rider will find his feet immediately. There is no element of comfort of a traditional car: no car radio, no air conditioning, no electric windows (since no windows at all!) And even less cup holder … We are there to drive, and that’s all.
The only two practical aspects allowed are the two top boxes, placed on either side of the engine, to carry a few things as well as a tarpaulin, folded in the passenger’s feet, to shelter the T-Rex when parking..
Let us add that the Quebec racing car is customizable when ordering, from the color of the fiberglass and carbon bodywork to the seat covers.
Zero assistance
In the absence of an airbag, the passive safety of the passengers is ensured by conventional but effective belts and above all by a survival cell made of a tubular structure from Formula 2000 chassis. As frail as it may seem, the T-Rex obtained excellent results in the various crash tests that it had to face to be approved.
When it comes to active safety, it’s up to the pilot to show skill and feeling. Indeed, the T-Rex is a machine of purists: no ABS or ESP disturbs the piloting or unnecessarily weigh down the beast. !
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