Brutus is a one-off aero-engined car, powered by a water-cooled 46.9 litre BMW V12 aircraft engine that produces between 490 and 550 horsepower at 1,530 rpm and up to 750 horsepower for short bursts, mated to a 1907 or 1908 American LaFrance fire engine chassis. It was built in Germany in 2006 in a workshop at the Auto and Technik Museum in Sinsheim, which still owns it. The car appeared on the British television programme Top Gear on 4 March 2012, where presenter Jeremy Clarkson compared driving it to doing a crossword while being eaten by a tiger. According to the museum it produces about 500 horsepower at 1,500 rpm, with fuel consumption averaging about one litre per kilometre.
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Engine Class Engine46.9 litre BMW V12 aircraft engine 3 Connections
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Source Brutus (car) (Wikipedia)BackgroundQuote, Background
The Brutus was built in Germany in 2006
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1. Technik Museum Sinsheim Speyer: Brutus Experimental Vehicle
Technik Museum Sinsheim SpeyerTechnical data, weight, mass
Weight 2.3 t
Technical data, presentation year, year
Presentation year 2006
View the Source 2. BMW VI (Wikipedia)
Specifications, fuel type, propulsionQuote, Specifications, fuel type, propulsion
Fuel type: min. 87 octane gasoline
3. Brutus (car) (Wikipedia)
Background, year
The Brutus was built in Germany in 2006
Lead, engine
powered by a water-cooled 46.9-litre (2,862 cu in) BMW V12 aircraft engine
Lead, power
can produce a maximum of 750 hp (560 kW) @ 1700 rpm for shorts bursts of one minute
Background, status
in Sinsheim, Germany, which still owns it.
Infobox: engine
BMW VI V12
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