Oh, you crafty, crafty Warner Bros. marketers. Writing for Road & Track magazine, Sam Matini “road tests” the Mach 5 from the upcoming Speed Racer:
As soon as the Mach 5 leaves the line, you lose consciousness for a split second. Everything goes white, as the sudden onslaught of intense g-forces overwhelms the senses. You’ll come to with your eyes open wide as you find yourself already halfway down the drag strip (this may explain why Speed’s eyes were always so big and round). You hit 60 mph in just over a half-second. The quarter-mile mark comes and goes in 2.7 sec. at 197.1 mph. Compared to a top-fuel dragster, the Mach 5 is faster off the line — thanks to absolute grip — although the dragster closes the gap a bit once it gets going.
Matini even checks out the two circular saw blades that jut out from under the hood, activated by pressing the “C” button on the steering wheel.
(Via Anime News Network)
