Under the cover of darkness, Brian is invited to a local racetrack by designer Gianfranco where the two test drive a beautiful hybrid of a Fiat500 car equipped with Lamborghini’s signature V12 engine. Burning around the circuit Brian marvels at the suspension, the gearshift, and the way this gorgeous love child of a machine holds the road so smoothly./Cars That Rock
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Oemmedi Meccanica has built probably the craziest Fiat 500 on Earth. Sure this is more of an engine mashup than a true engine swap but something like this deserves attention. This Fiat has had two previous engine swaps, the first being a 3.2L Porsche flat-six and the next was a 3.0L Ferrari V8.
Now the small car has a 580 horsepower 6.2L V12 from a Lamborghini Murcielago.Apart from the 6.2-litre engine, the new Fiat 500 also got the Murciélago’s transmission and brakes. 18-inch wheels required new wings and arches.
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All of those parts were handcrafted.The body and chassis are now two very different and hugely modified pieces of this mechanical marvel,the chassis is a complete custom-made unit made using an assortment of steel beams and braces, with a bit of a floor pan and a cradle for the engine blended in.
