Performance News

550hp Chevrolet Matiz


General Motors has no idea that their baby Chevrolet Matiz is today capable of homicide their greatest colossus the Corvette. It's not an officially-manufactured automobile but it module take care of some serious supercars in any straight-line battle. Created by Fourdin Auto Sport founder, Yves Fourdin, and a some friends, this Matiz was the result of 1,500 hours of hard work by grouping who are not modify engineers but motorsport enthusiasts. Best of every they used no computers for their achievement.

Using the Matiz as a base, Fourdin and his aggroup installed a 7.0-litre V8 straightforward out of a Corvette Z06. It makes 550hp (404kW) to blast the Matiz from 0 - 100km/h in a swift 3.7 seconds. The 0 - 200km/h instance is 10.94 seconds while tangency rate is 260km/h (162mph).

No info on its road performance were released so there's no informing how it takes to corners, bar a looking of it taking that long curve on the video. The automobile was finished in August 2008 and is currently existence shown at the International Racing Show Liège in Belgium.