Ford built a couple huge-engine "Supervans" for publicity purposes, but the coolest supervan is one that they didn't build.
I'm talking about the XJ220 Transit, built by racing team TWR for Ford to test the running gear of the upcoming XJ220 in secret. Basically, it's a plane-jane Transit with a 542 horsepower twin-turbo Group B engine in the middle. Hard to beat that.
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It is hard to outdo the XJ220 Transit, yes, but someone did it. I'm talking about the Renault Espace F1, which is just what you think it is — a Renault minivan with a Renault F1 V10 engine in the middle. It was built by Matra in 1995 as a demonstration car to scare journalists in. It's got four seats, ten individual throttle bodies, and one massive wing. It's about as gnarly as a van can possibly be.
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