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Mid-engine, MR2-powered Aygo Crazy is a real Japanese Shogun

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    Mid-engine, MR2-powered Aygo Crazy is a real Japanese Shogun

    Filed under: Concept Cars, Hatchbacks, Toyota
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    What happens when you take a mundane Toyota Aygo microcar and mate it to the go-fast parts of a Toyota MR2? You get the Aygo Crazy (Get it? I-Go-Crazy). While this one-off concept will never see production, it does offer us car nuts some insight as to what fun manufacturers can have with automotive inbreeding and some serious coin.
    At best, the stock Toyota Aygo putts around with a 1.0-liter gasoline engine under its front hood that is good for about 67 horsepower, and a 14-second crawl to 60 mph. The engineers at Toyota spent about £100,000 (close to $200,000) ripping the wheezer out and replacing it with a mid-mounted turbocharged 1.8-liter engine. With the new powerplant cranking out 197 horsepower, and a manual transmission sending it to the rear wheels, the 2,200-pound Aygo Crazy sprints to 60 mph in less than 6 seconds. If the go-pedal is held to the floor, the genetic experiment will top out at an estimated 127 mph.
    Not to leave the job half-done, Toyota flared the bodywork and added a wheel/tire package to accommodate the power. The interior has been fitted with a cage, racing seats, harnesses and a Sparco steering wheel. The seats and doors have also been trimmed in suede and leather. According to those who have driven the Aygo Crazy, the balance of the car has been upset with the engine now mounted over the rear wheels. Snap oversteer is the rule -- much like in another econocar-turned-mid-engine-monster from 1990.

    [Source: Autocar]


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    94corolla-chafita uhh im a dude..

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    wow.....
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    MR Yaris FTMFW!
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    I guess the most expensive part is mounting the engine... It's a hatch, how did they do that???
    Ares, Jun 13, 2008
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    they rolled a 20

    btw that thing has some ugly body lean
    MovieSTAR, Jun 13, 2008
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    Why not just reproduce a newer version of the KP61 Starlet?

    That thing looks fugly IMO, and for a car that costs $200k it just doesn't throw down impressive numbers.
    rayray1, Jun 20, 2008
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    94corolla-chafita uhh im a dude..

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    its still crazy for a k car!
    94corolla-chafita, Jun 20, 2008
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    DrunkSaru Unsuspecting Poo Flinger

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    thats not a yaris, the vitz 2dr is the yaris hatch here, the 4dr yaris is the belta? and the aigo is in between the yaris and the IQ.

    Anyway, I would so drive that car.. not too big on the body kit though but the wide body looks nice..
    DrunkSaru, Jun 20, 2008
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