Engineers give tiny Renault Twizy more torque than Lamborghini Aventador

UK-based DM Performance has significantly upgraded a discontinued Renault Twizy, a small urban electric quadricycle originally producing just 17 horsepower and designed for low-speed city driving. The team replaced the Twizy’s factory motor with the powertrain from the Stark Varg, considered the world’s most powerful electric motocross bike, delivering around 80 horsepower and an extraordinary 692 lb-ft (938 Nm) of torque. This retrofit involved extensive modifications, including removing the original motor cradle, engineering a custom chain-drive system, reinforcing the differential, and swapping the original heavy battery for a lighter, higher-capacity Stark Varg battery pack. The result is a dramatically enhanced Twizy boasting nearly four times its original power and torque exceeding that of a Lamborghini Aventador (which has 509 lb-ft or 690 Nm). Performance tests showed the modified Twizy could beat an Audi S1 Quattro in a 100 mph drag race and perform high-speed donuts around an Aventador, though it cannot match supercars