The 140mph T-Rex 3 Wheeler Sportster

If you’re in the market for a small, practical vehicle to get you around town in a hurry and will enable you to park up in the tightest of spaces the Canadian built T-Rex fits the bill nicely as not only is it economical to run it is also a certain head-turner.

With its sleek, sports styling, the 2-seat T-Rex 3 wheeler, produced by Campagna Corporation trading as T-Rex Vehicles Inc., weighs a mere 410kg (900lbs) and is powered by a 1200cc engine rated at 148hp. The result is an extremely favourable power to weight ratio that is not only capable of propelling the T-Rex from 0-60mph in a very respectable 4.1 seconds but also translates to a top speed of 140mph (225kph) – though it consumes no more fuel than a motorbike.

T-Rex Specifications

• Chassis: Multi-tubular steel chassis frame.
• Engine: 1164cc Inline 4 cyl., DOHC, with Ram-Air.
• Transmission: Sequential 6-Speed close ratio gear box, purpose designed reverse gear, rear wheel torque damper.
• Front suspension: Unequal opposed triangular arms, adjustable dampers with coil overs, sway bar.
• Rear suspension: Swinging arm, dual adjustable dampers with coil overs.
• Steering: Rack and pinion (2.75 turns lock-to-lock), leather steering wheel.
• Brakes: Front discs: Cross-drilled discs, 11in.(280mm) diameter, 4-piston aluminium calipers. Rear discs: Cross-drilled disc, 10in.(254mm) diameter, 2-piston aluminium caliper.
• Wheels and Tires : Aluminum 16″x7″ front, 17″x10″ rear, 205/45/ZR16 front tires, 285/40/ZR17 rear tire.
• Body: Reinforced fiberglass plastic-sandwich construction, carbon fiber windscreens and headrests.
• Cockpit: Side-by-side 2-person seating, adjustable backs, adjustable foot-pedal box, 3-point retractable safety belts.
• Top speed: 140 mph.
• Lateral acceleration: over 1 g.

Dimensions:

• Wheelbase: 90in(2286mm);
• Width: 78in.(1981mm);
• Length: 138in.(3500mm);
• Height: 42in.(1067mm);
• Dry Weight: 900lbs (410kg).
• Fuel Capacity: 7.5 US gal. (28L).
• Performance: 0-60 mph: 4.1 sec.

You can visit the T-Rex’s official site via this link.

So that’s land based travel sorted. However, if you have serious money why not also consider a CarterCopter to take care of your personal air travel requirements and, perhaps, a personal submersible for those underwater trips (if you want something a little less sedate, why not take a look at the Innespace Dolphin which, unfortunately, isn’t commercially available at the time of writing but the video is extremely impressive).