Cross a Formula 1 car with a golf cart, and you get the Renault
Twizy F1  Most automakers stay out of Formula 1 racing because
of the massive costs and minor returns; the technology necessary
to make a competitive F1 car has little application to the
vehicles built for the road. (That's why Porsche will go back to
Le Mans instead.) To further prove the point, Renault has taken
its Twizy urban car — essentially an upscale electric golf cart
legalized for city driving — and mated it with the hybrid KERS
system used by Renault's F1 teams, along with proper racing
wings, spoilers and race tires. It's so ridiculous, it's genius.
While the Twizy can only go 53 mph in civilian form, the F1
version quintuples the available horsepower from 17 hp to 97;
when activated from the racing-style steering wheel, this Twizy
can hit 62 mph in about 6 seconds, although max speed is just 68
mph. Since the KERS system used by Red Bull, Lotus and other
teams powered by Renault engines spins at 36,000 rpm, Renault
engineers had to