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w w w . u r b a n r a cr. c o . z aPIXCounter in the fact that theR500 can change directionlike a fly and suddenly youhave a Bugatti Veyron withhot, stinky, steamy shit allover its face! Furthermore –you could probably buy 20R500's for the price of 1Veyron… so there ismethod to the madness.Now truthfully – this article isactually NOT about aCaterham R500 superlight– but about something thathas similar characteristics inmy mind. Mainly - weight.The Uno Turbo isn't theheaviest lump around,tipping the scales at aslight 925kg. Neither is it thesafest – but that is part ofthe appeal. Men like tothink they've escaped anencounter with death. AGolf III GTi has a measlypower to weight ratio of100Bhp/ton and the mightylittle Uno Turbo animpressive 127Bhp/ton. Areyou seeing the pattern?The fact that a little 1.4Turbo'd Uno could do200km/h at the drop of ahat was about the same tous car nuts as pornographyto a pimple infested 15year old. This in 1992 wasalso half the hype. VW hadgone all mushy with their3rd GTi and the VR6 wasout of reach for some too.The Opel tS was in anotherleague all together so herewe had a 'cheap' littlepocket rocket that couldbe turned into an atombomb at the click of onesfingers…Here – I introduce Pomp.Pomp has taken anexample of a little Turboand turned it intosomething a little morethan a meager atombomb. I'm thinking moreP A G E 1 7| U R B A N R A C R | O N L I N E I S S U E8