![]() ![]() At 149.6 inches long and 77.2 inches wide at the front, the Slingshot has some singular proportions. A driveshaft runs between the transmission and final-drive unit, which connects to the rear wheel via a carbon-fiber-reinforced belt. The back half is propped up by a single wheel shod with a 265/35R-20 Kenda car tire (base models get an 18-inch rear wheel and tire). The steel space-frame chassis comes to an abrupt end, sprouting a gigantic swing arm that rides on a coil-over. It’s behind the front seats where things get really weird. The one-wheel-drive, 1750-pound Slingshot has a steel space frame, removable body work, and a terrible attitude. From the front seats forward, it’s kind of as if you’re driving Mad Max’s Saturn Ion. A familiar piece from the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky, here it makes 173 horsepower and 166 pound-feet of torque. The view ahead is of two wheels sprouting from forged aluminum control arms, flanking a long hood that conceals a longitudinally mounted GM Ecotec 2.4-liter four-cylinder. It has a steering wheel and a five-speed manual transmission, with reverse. Indeed, the Slingshot has waterproof seats, three-point belts, and forged aluminum roll hoops. Go back to the drawing board and come back when it’s more dangerous. Freedom-loving Texas, for instance, will happily let you park your helmetless carcass on a Hayabusa, but it blocked sales of the Slingshot on the logic that it has bucket seats and is thus not a motorcycle. Three points make a plane, but it’s not plain whether Polaris will be able to convince state bureaucrats that this contraption belongs to the motorcycle family. Yes, the Slingshot is a three-wheeler, a reverse trike, the ol’ tripod. Analog Appeal: 2018 Polaris Slingshot Tested.2020 Polaris Slingshot Is Better, Still Bizarre. ![]() 2021 Polaris Slingshot AutoDrive Gives You Control. ![]()
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