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Once upon a time, this long-snouted behemoth was in the books at the most powerful road car in the world. With a 27-liter Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 lurking between its fenders, the “Beast” had about 950 hp at its command. That engine is the sort of thing you’d find in a WWII Spitfire fighter plane. Sure, the whole car weighs about 5000 lbs, and those 950 horses are reigned in through a GM three-speed slushbox