A car billed as the "ultimate American hypercar" might be running on power borrowed from a mass-production Corvette. That's the most intriguing part of the Rezvani Beast X — the California tuner has only dropped a teaser and some specs so far, with the full reveal set for August 10th. But the numbers alone are enough to raise eyebrows: a custom 6.2-liter V8 with forged internals, cranking out 1,560 horsepower.
The Beast X builds on the second-generation Beast launched earlier this year. The standard Beast puts out 1,000 horsepower; the X adds another 560 on top of that, paired with a full-time all-wheel-drive system that splits torque across all four corners. The claimed 0-100 km/h time translates to roughly 2.5 seconds 0-60 mph. Some in the industry suspect that AWD system and those absurd numbers are actually leaning on the hybrid architecture from the Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray — if true, that means this machine marketed as "made entirely in America" might have a Chevy heartbeat under the hood. It's the kind of contradiction that won't make it into the press release, but it's a fun one nonetheless.
