Soybean Sports Car

A sports car that can run 0 to 60 in 4 seconds, but still gets 50 miles to the gallon on soybean bio-diesel, that’s a breakthrough in automobiles. Where do I sign up?? And it was built not by a car company but by 5 high school kids! I sure wish I could have read something about the freaking car, and not just how the kids that built it were drop outs and gang members! They didn’t have a single sentence in that article related to the car that wasn’t already said in the damn title. They didn’t even include a full picture of the car, just part of the hood and windshield. I can’t even figure if it was based on an existing car or built on a tube-frame chassis from that article. Stupid “human interest” stories…

Edit: Looks like I spoke too soon! Trust a local newspaper to get down to the technical aspects of a story when the national news outlets feed you a bunch of bleeding-heart crap. The car was based on a heavily modified Attack K-1 kit that incorporated a 200hp electric motor out front and a 150hp Volkswagen diesel engine in the back. Off the shelf parts all, but still pretty trick.

And don't forget to check out this slick flash presentation of the car.