Were you aware of Yamaha’s go at developing a F1 inspired sports car? In the year 1992 Yamaha came out with a formula one based prototype sports car. We usually see Ferrari and McLaren claiming that their cars were inspired by Formula one cars, their inspiration is usually applied into the development of the road going sports cars. However, Yamaha actually incorporated a detuned version of the Yamaha 3.5L naturally aspirated V12, this very engine was used by Brabham and Jordan’s F1 cars. Even with such a great spec sheet it is still not spoken about that much in the car world. A modern-day equivalent of the Yamaha OX99-11 would be the AMG Project 1. About the car The Yamaha OX99-11 was a single seat race car with extreme aerodynamics, light weight with high amount of power and was very advanced. The car came into existence when Yamaha was an engine supplier 29 years ago. In the 90’s car manufacturers were generally doing well and there was a boom in the supercar market. We ha
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