| Want the oddballs in the automotive world? Well, | | | | engine. It also features a fixed rear wing, rugged |
| brace yourself for the most eccentric cars off the | | | | body, and gullwing doors that flip up on their |
| roads. They are exotic. They are intriguing. But they | | | | roof-mounted hinges. It resembles the looks of a |
| are not for everybody to have and hold. | | | | race car straight out of the FIA GT European |
| In today's auto shows, manufacturers are shelling out | | | | supercar series. |
| a fortune to be part of the specialty market players | | | | Make way for the Rinspeed eXasis, a drivable "glass" |
| that introduce the most eccentric cars. The | | | | car that features an aluminum frame with a clear |
| recognition, regardless of the fact that the cars will | | | | plastic body and floor. The car is powered by a |
| not be allowed on the roads, is enough to make the | | | | 150-hp two-cylinder engine, which sits on the |
| automakers elated. | | | | transmission. To note, the car's power-to-weight ratio |
| One of the exotic cars ever launched is the Artega, | | | | puts it in line with the likes of a Porsche. |
| which was penned by Henrik Fisker, famed for being | | | | The Spanish automaker A. D. Tramontana has set |
| an extraordinary designer. The car is a fresh | | | | forth a carbon-fiber road missile as a melding of |
| contribution from a new German automaker that | | | | Formula One cars and fighter planes. The company |
| plans to enter in the manufacture of | | | | said the Tramontana was "modeled on the |
| high-performance sports cars for daily use. The 2008 | | | | streamlined curves of the Costa Brava's winds." The |
| Artega features a 3.6-liter Volkswagen-sourced V6 | | | | car is given a twin-turbo V12 engine that generates |
| mated to the DSG twin-clutch gearbox of the | | | | 720 horsepower, about as powerful as a race car. |
| company to produce maximum output of 300 | | | | The full production version of the car will go on sale |
| horsepower via the rear wheels. | | | | this summer in Europe. |
| Another odd car is dubbed Carver One, which is said | | | | Peraves Monotracer, another strange looking car that |
| to be the "the world's first commercially available | | | | boasts futuristic monocoque body is composed of |
| self-balancing, tilting, three-wheeled vehicle." Carver | | | | glass, Kevlar and carbon-weave bonded together and |
| One is part motorcycle, part car; it is all about thrills | | | | reinforced with aluminum roll bars. The car is powered |
| over practicality. The contraption features a | | | | by an inline four-cylinder engine that produces 130 |
| removable roof panel, 660-cubic-centimeter | | | | horsepower. The car is driven by using handlebars |
| turbocharged four-cylinder engine, producing 68 | | | | comparable to a motorcycle. |
| horsepower and 74 pound-feet of torque. | | | | These cars are pretty exotic and complex. As a fact, |
| Gumpert Apollo Sport is another eccentric car to | | | | a Volvo repair manual would appear simple if theirs |
| behold. Apollo Sport is given the high-performing | | | | are placed beside it. Automotive fanatics love these |
| mid-engine supercar powered by a 4.2-liter Audi V8 | | | | cars nonetheless. |