Firestarter: Scorpion Motorsports unveils Prodigy trike

[VH_Supra26]

by Dan Roth on Feb 21st 2009 at 1:03PM
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Click above for high-res gallery of the Scorpion Motorsports Prodigy Trike

Powered by a shrieking Hayabusa engine, the Scorpion Motorsports Prodigy is an elemental thrill ride in the same vein as the Ariel Atom. The Prodigy has but a single wheel out back, though up front, it's all about stability. Scorpion claims a reported 1.5g on the skidpad. While you can find vehicles on the used market, undoubtedly modified, that will click off 3.3-second runs to 60 mph, the $40,000 price tag of the Prodigy P6 seems like a pretty good deal for such a raw adrenaline-pumper.

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[heyitsryan]

That looks like it would be a lot cooler if it had 4 wheels...

[PaPo]

^
+1

[VH_Supra26]

yeah 3 wheels make it look funny

[05accordcoupe]

looks photoshopped w/ three wheels

[rg3777]

i think the trex is better

[Corrosive]

The back wheel is not even that wide... It looks kinda "cheap" if you ask me. I bet its fun, but eh... for 40k I rather pick up an elise.

[Red88Si]

This thing easily outperforms an Elise, and for less money, if what the company says is true. I dig the mini-F1 styling and F1-style pushrod suspension, but this car just looks a little too hardcore for street use. Maybe if it were wider and had a detachable roof, I'd be a lot more into it.