Honda S800 9500rpm

Honda’s experience with motorcycles (particularly racing on two wheels) was a great influence on the S800. This compact roadster may have been intended as a rival to the MG Midget and Triumph Spitfire, but the Brits’ plodding motors can’t hold a candle to the ravenously revving 791cc four-cylinder unit from Japan. Those high revs endow the S800 with 70bhp at 8000rpm and give it a 100mph top speed.