A big engine in a little shoe box equals one loose cannon.
From the January 1991 issue of Car and Driver.Remember Renault's weird and wonderful RS Turbo, the little rally rat that carried a lusty powerplant where the back seat used to be? Mid-engined, box-fendered, fast and twitchy, the RS Turbo was officially a homologation special for rally competition. History will probably record it as the first econobox on steroids. A new car called the Shogun is from the same school of personal rapid transit.
Riding in a steel-tube subframe, the complete SHO powerteam—along with half-shafts, vented disc brakes, and strut/coil-spring suspension from the front of the Taurus—nestles in behind the two Recaro front seats. Front suspension and brakes are also Taurus SHO pieces, and the Shogun keeps the Festiva's rack-and-pinion steering. Giant fiberglass fender bulges cover serious-duty Goodyear S-compound ZR tires and BBS wheels: 20S/50ZR-15s on 8.
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