Click on the image above to see our 24-image high-resolution gallery
The Quebec-built T-Rex has been on the market since 1996, and at the recent Montreal auto show the wraps were taken off the newly-revised model. For 2007, the T-Rex ditches the old carbureted 1200cc, 152-hp engine for a bigger, more powerful fuel-injected Kawasaki unit displacing 1400cc and pumping out 200 horsepower. On a motorbike, two hundred horses go a long way – now imagine saddling that with more traction and better stability than any motorbike could and you begin to fathom the kind of performance the T-Rex serves up: 0-60 in 3.6 seconds (in first gear) and 1.3 g's of lateral acceleration. Intriguingly, to get the engines and other components from Kawasaki, the makers of the T-Rex buy the full bikes from the factory, take the parts they need and sell the rest to shops in the US.
For 2007 the T-Rex also gets new lights, new instrument gauges and a covered engine. They also offer carbon-fiber body-kits, a wind deflector, larger outboard storage bins capable of holding a full-face helmet in each and special-order paints.
We got a chance to check out the T-Rex at the Montreal show, and have the pictures to prove it. The blue model pictured is the updated 2007 version, while the white and green ones are first-gen models, both featuring special-order Lamborghini colors for a customer in Dubai.
Check out go-t-rex.com for more details.
Get a WordPress.com Blog
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Big jim 6:51PM (1/25/2007)
i still dont under the the concept behind the T-REX
actoly the idea of crossing a car and a motorcycle might look good but it reality it looks kind of dumb
Reply
snutz 7:13PM (1/25/2007)
I feel like a jerk for pointing this out, but someone will eventually anyways.
It's bares, not bears.
Bares is what you do when you show your teeth, bears are what are gonna win the super bowl.
Reply
Chris 9:55PM (1/25/2007)
The idea is that it is street legal in a lot of states simply because it has 3 wheels and not 4.
Reply
Dustin 11:47PM (1/25/2007)
The idea is that it's a really cool and unique toy for people with more money than they know what to do with.
I wish I were one of them.
:)
Reply
Dustin 11:58PM (1/25/2007)
In case you're wondering like I was about the cost, these seem to be in the ~$50K range.
found this model on fleabay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-NEW-2006-T-Rex-Most-Amazing-on-the-Planet-167-HP-440-MI_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6719QQihZ006QQitemZ160072101291QQrdZ1
Reply
stan 12:10AM (1/26/2007)
from what i have seen, these things look like they are going to be popular (relatively speaking).
hopefuly it will show VW what a mistake they made.
Reply
Tiago do Vale 5:31AM (1/26/2007)
3 wheelers can have better cornering abilities than 4: just look at it's lateral acceleration limits...
And they can be lighter, of course.
It's a pity I can't give you the physics that prove it. :p
Reply
Mike 4:22PM (1/26/2007)
This looks like the car I have been dreaming about for 30 years. Just right for getting me to and from work with some fun and minimum hassle. But, as usual, too costly and probably too powerful. 100 HP would probably be just fine for a daily driver and I am sure it would get great gas mileage.
Reply