The engine is an Audi 1.8litre DOHC turbo, generating 210bhp but more importantly 225lb ft of torque. This gives the F400 a distinct advantage over bike engined cars, as low down in the rev range the Deronda pulls strongly all the way to its 6,600rpm limiter.

The car will accelerate from 0-60 in sub 4 seconds. The top speed is in excess of 140mph, with 130 easily achievable even on the short straight at Bruntingthorpe, with 100 coming up in well under 10 seconds. The really impressive attribute of the F400 is its ability low down in the rev range. It pulls strongly out of corners. The low down torque coupled with the higher rev range of the turbo means the car has a wide power range, a nice change from the narrow bands of the motorbike engined track day cars. The turbo spools up to a good pressure from just 2000 revs, right up to the 6,600 rev line. Impressive stuff indeed.

Having around 400bhp/tonne one would expect the car to be a real handful. In reality, the car is very easy to live with. It feels absolutely planted in corners. EVO recently tested the car and said on one occasion it understeered, during the other it oversteered. This was due to the car being a prototype under development. Subsequent refinement of the suspension settings has resulted in a car, which is very neutral in handling.

This is definantly one of my favorite small go gart/car or whatever they call it.

Although I would find it 1000 times funner to build my own with say, an Ls1...