The hybrid features...
The hybrid features Mazda RX-8-style barn doors. A spokesman said: "One of the things that current Jimny owners are concerned about is the relatively poor access to the back seats, so the Landbreeze was developed with this in mind."
It"s the pride and joy...
It"s the pride and joy of enthusiast and mechanical engineer Ron Patrick. "I wanted the wildest street-legal ride possible," he explained. "I don"t know how fast it can go, and probably never will! I built it to thrill me, not kill me - but I can"t resist taking it for the odd "run" up the highway."
Ron modified the super-Bug in his garage in California, US. It runs off two powerplants: a standard Volkswagen petrol unit, which drives the front wheels, and a customised kerosene-fuelled helicopter turboshaft motor giving extra thrust. The gears shift in accordance with Ron"s own design of Cool, Big-Fire and finally Afterburner, to achieve a whopping 1,350bhp.