DOUBLE TROUBLE

TWIN-ENGINED cars have been dabbled with by many manufacturers. Alfa Romeo had tried to break the stranglehold of the Silver Arrows in Grand Prix racing by utilizing two straighteights in a P3 Grand Prix chassis. The solution was innovative, if not hugely successful. Volkswagen had a famous twin-engined Scirocco, the 1982 BiMotor,and Mercedes built four examples of the A38 AMG, two of which they gavve to Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard. With a 1.9-litre engine up front and one in the boot, the A38 AMG could hit 100km/h in 5.9 seconds.