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Written by Rowan Horncastle
Small Californian lightweight supercar company Rezvani has been hard at work. You may remember its Beast" from a few years ago. That was SoCal"s take on the British-built Ariel Atom. Using the Atom"s scaffolding chassis, Rezvani made it even stiffer then added lots more power. 500bhp, to be precise. Clearly that wasn"t enough, because Rezvani has now made a more sinister, even more powerful version: the Beast Alpha X Blackbird. The name may sound like a MacBook"s operating system, but by all accounts, it"s a serious bit of kit. A whopping 700bhp comes courtesy of a 2.5-litre inline-four cylinder engine with a brain from Cosworth. We"re told that Rezvani builds the Beast"s engine from the ground up using Carillo racing forged pistons, rods, cams, valves, springs and that Cosworth ECU. It"s all slotted in behind the driver and feeds the wheels that ludicrous power figure via a six-speed manual gearbox. If you prefer to keep both hands on the wheel, a sequential paddle-shift box is also an option. Unlike the original Beast that was based on the Atom, this time Rezvani has called upon the service of another iconic lightweight British chassis: the Lotus Elise. It"s cloaked in carbon bodywork designed by Samir Sadikhov, and is incredibly light. Tipping the scales at 975kg makes for a pretty punchy power-to-weight ratio of 717bhp per tonne. That"s a healthy amount of grunt to see 60mph off from a standstill in 2.9 seconds.
Date written: 2 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10752
Small Californian lightweight supercar company Rezvani has been hard at work. You may remember its Beast" from a few years ago. That was SoCal"s take on the British-built Ariel Atom. Using the Atom"s scaffolding chassis, Rezvani made it even stiffer then added lots more power. 500bhp, to be precise. Clearly that wasn"t enough, because Rezvani has now made a more sinister, even more powerful version: the Beast Alpha X Blackbird. The name may sound like a MacBook"s operating system, but by all accounts, it"s a serious bit of kit. A whopping 700bhp comes courtesy of a 2.5-litre inline-four cylinder engine with a brain from Cosworth. We"re told that Rezvani builds the Beast"s engine from the ground up using Carillo racing forged pistons, rods, cams, valves, springs and that Cosworth ECU. It"s all slotted in behind the driver and feeds the wheels that ludicrous power figure via a six-speed manual gearbox. If you prefer to keep both hands on the wheel, a sequential paddle-shift box is also an option. Unlike the original Beast that was based on the Atom, this time Rezvani has called upon the service of another iconic lightweight British chassis: the Lotus Elise. It"s cloaked in carbon bodywork designed by Samir Sadikhov, and is incredibly light. Tipping the scales at 975kg makes for a pretty punchy power-to-weight ratio of 717bhp per tonne. That"s a healthy amount of grunt to see 60mph off from a standstill in 2.9 seconds.
Date written: 2 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10752
