Polaris Slingshot: fun on three wheels

Posted on 28-07-2014 at 15:58 by ricardo – 13 Comments”

He is there! The Morgan Three Weeler for people who have no corduroy pants in their closet have to hang.

Polaris, the American manufacturer of sneeuwmobielen, and owner of Victory and Indian Motorcycles, has a sharp steering asfaltspeeltje put on the market. At least, that they themselves claim it. The tricycle is built around a tubular steel frame and has a 2.4-liter four-cylinder as the heart, good for 173 horsepower at 6.200 rpm and 225 newton-meters at 4.700 rpm. How quickly the plastic-clothed Slingshot to 100 km/h catapults, incidentally, is not made known.

A vending machine is not available, because switching can only be done via a vijftraps manual gearbox, which is the motive power through a belt drive to the 18 inch rear wheel (20-inch optional). Furthermore, it is a lightweight tricycle (755 kg) no spartan affair. There is a 4.3 inch LCD screen, as well as six speakers, a rear view camera, USB connection and bluetooth connectivity. ESP, ABS anti-blocking system and LED tail lights are missing, either.

Light, in terms of engine not onderbemeten, and with a purchase price of $20,000 (€14.885) it’s not pricey. The only disadvantage is that it comes across as a mix between a bathtub and Megatron. But if you up of the elements wants to enjoy in a two-seater that only 12.7 cm) from the ground up, then you have here is probably a good candidate. Or they him also in Europe are going to deliver is not yet known.

Curious how that moving images look like this? Check out the video of this big tricycle HERE.

Gallery: Polaris Slingshot

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