Racecar Runs on Strongest Single Malt Ever Made

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Aug 19th 2008 at 12:02PM

The folks at the beloved Bruichladdich Scotch distillery on Islay just powered a racecar from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds on a tank full of of its X4 Scotch, billed as the most alcoholic single malt ever made. The car, a British-made Radical SR4 (above), was driven by Top Gear's James May and wine expert Oz Clarke for a segment on their upcoming BBC series Oz and James' Great British Adventure. The clear 180-proof quadruple-distilled spirit, which required no engine modification, produced 200 bhp, only 5 less than ordinary gasoline - but at about $200 a gallon it's a pretty pricey biofuel. A lower proof version of the X4 will go on sale (for drinking, not driving) in the fall. You can see a video of the run here.

[via Men.Style]

Tags: BBC, biofuel, bruichladdich, Islay, Oz Clarke, OzClarke, Radical Sports Cars, RadicalSportsCars, Scotch, Scotland, single malt, SingleMalt