2015 (65) Polaris Slingshot SL

 Meet the Polaris Slingshot SL.

Designed to deliver serious adrenaline via three wheels, it’s ideal for thrill-seekers who like things with engines, and can be driven on a motorcycle licence due to its classification.

Making 173bhp and weighing in at 764kg dry, the Slingshot is right up there in the power-to-fun stakes. The pureness, the acceleration, the wind in your visor, and the feeling you get of juggling that power on that massive 235-section rear tyre is an absolute blast.

The engine is a General Motors 2384cc four-cylinder motor and the frame is a tubular steel chassis with a wide track front that’s as wide as a Lamborghini Aventador, and swingarm at the back with a belt-drive and a fat rear wheel.

Although it can be driven on a motorcycle licence, control wise it’s like a car with a clutch, brake and accelerator and a five speed manual gearbox.

Get behind the wheel and the Polaris shifts. You can drift it within the boundaries of the traction control and stability control system that always stops you spinning it, or turn it off and it’s up to your own skills to stop you facing in the other direction. The noise is every bit as intense and in your face as any motorcycle. But cruise around and it’s super easy to drive slowly and pootle around catching admiring glances. 

The interior is open cockpit, there’s a small windscreen to keep the wind off, and UK law says you don’t need a helmet. And if it rains, the cockpit, including the radio, the seats, everything are fully waterproof, and you can jet wash the interior out when it gets grubby.

In perfect condition, this particular 2015 Slingshot SL is finished in Red and Black with matching 'Cut and Sew' waterproof seats. Additional specification includes eighteen inch front wheels and twenty inch rear wheel, reverse camera, bluetooth phone preparation, power steering, electronic stability and traction control, wind deflector, abs, projector beam headlights and led rear lights, lockable storage bins and glovebox.