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Westfield XTR2

Bikes and cars don't mix. When the two collide it tends to produce disastrous results. However, specialist car builder Westfield aims to change that with its sensational XTR2. Prompted by a growing band of track-day enthusiasts, the Midlands firm has put high-revving bike engines into lightweight car bodies.

By Gavin Ward

May 2002

Bikes and cars don't mix. When the two collide it tends to produce disastrous results. However, specialist car builder Westfield aims to change that with its sensational XTR2. Prompted by a growing band of track-day enthusiasts, the Mid-lands firm has put high-revving bike engines into lightweight car bodies. The result is stunning performance and some huge smiles behind the wheel.

This is the third Westfield to use a bike engine. The first, the XTR, featured a 900cc Honda Fireblade unit, but the new version borrows from a 1.3-litre Suzuki Hayabusa. The name stands for 'Extreme Track and Road 2002' and, while it might look more at home on the Mulsanne than in Milton Keynes, it's billed as the ultimate track-day car which can take to the road.

Squeezing down into the cockpit and putting on the four-point racing belts takes a bit of getting used to, but the

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FIRST OPINION

    A ground effect car aimed squarely at the true enthusiast, the XTR2 is immensely fun to drive. But despite its on-road credentials, it should only really be thought of as weekend transport. Avoid traffic at all costs, because then it stops being fun.
 

AT A GLANCE

    Basic road-going XTR2 is on sale now, priced from
 
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