This is a small, humble car. It started its little life back in 1990, where it was christened a Rover Mini, bestowed with the Mayfair spec and sent off to wow the world with its tiny proportions and everlasting appeal.
Some 13 years later, a tuning outfit called Z-Cars in the United Kingdom decided it was to be humble no more, ripped out the Mini’s guts, and inserted a pair of Yamaha R1 engines in the back. Welcome to the ‘Twini,’ and yes, you want it.
Because not only was it given a pair of rev-happy motorbike engines, Z-Cars also gave it matching six-speed sequential gearboxes, a limited-slip diff, tubular subframes front and back, a roll cage, carbon fiber and fibreglass body panels, and lovely little 13-inch wheels.
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Actually, Z-Cars gave it more. Like four-into-one manifolds, disc brakes all round, adjustable coilovers, racing clutches, Cobra bucket seats, and a Sparco steering wheel, a MoTeC digital cluster, and even five-point harnesses courtesy of Sabelt. If ‘Scrappy Doo’ were personified as a car, he’d look something like this.
Look at it! It’s so little and yet so angry! Less a car, more a pair of bike engines with some wheels. It was shipped over to the US in 2021 and sold via Bring a Trailer (BaT) last December. It’s now in Arizona and back on BaT, and at the time of writing, the current bid stands at $1,500 (around P87k). Naturally, that’ll rocket—much like the Twini’s accelerative prowess—as it runs out the auction deadline.
After which, it’ll wow its new owner with its Scrappy Doo proportions and twin-engined appeal.
More photos of the Twini, a 1990 Mini Rover with twin Yamaha engines:
NOTE: This story first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
