As a kid, I never really liked buggies, because they looked awkward to me and not at all like a sportscar or like one of the better-looking rally cars. To be perfectly frank, they still look rather strange to me, but who can resist their performance and agility. Yorkshire-based Rage Motorsport has been defining what’s physically possible with buggies for some 15 years now. Modified Rage Hurricanes have taken part in several Paris Dakar rallies. The one I drove around an Everyman Racing race track in Leicestershire last weekend, uses a brand new Yamaha Nytro snowmobile engine with 140hp. This is a fair bit below the most powerful Rage Buggy, the Comet, which has 200hp. However, no need for a long face. The Hurricane still makes it to 100km/h from stand-still in under 4 seconds, 0.3 seconds quicker than a brand new Porsche 911 Carrera. Moreover, that’s just 0.4 seconds […]