The iconic Duesenberg name, associated with the fastest car in the US in 1935, the Model J, could be revived. If it happens, it'll be in the shape of a luxury super-coupé, the Torpedo Coupé, in 2007 -- and with a radical engine technology.
Designed by Jeff Teague, it'll be a four-seater with a unique engine. According to one source, it uses a CEM (Cylindrical Energy Module) engine.
Wassat? It's "an air-cooled, self lubricating, forced-air inducted (supercharged), 12-cylinder, double ended, ported, multi-fuelled, four-stroke engine", and it's made by Eddie Paul Industries. Despite its 300bhp output, it's said to return 70 mpg from a package weighing a mere 45Kg -- a power-to-weight ratio that's unparalleled. It's tiny too, at 18 inches in diameter and 24 inches long. There's more about it on the EPI site (see link below).
Other details on the car are sparse though, and you have to wonder if this will ever see the light of day. If it does, though, expect to see the US auto industry line up to kill it: Ford and GM don't want to see their established technology challenged, unless it's by their own R&D departments.
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