[GH85Carrera]

Things are known to get strange in the world of automotive prototypes and test vehicles. This is the Michelin/Citroen PLR (Poids Lourd Rapide, roughly translated as "fast truck"). Michelin built this odd machine to test commercial vehicle tires in 1972. It has a total of 11 wheels on the ground - 6 drive wheels, 4 wheels for steering, and 1 for testing inside the station wagon-like body. You might expect power to come from a Citroen engine, or maybe some European diesel, but you would be VERY wrong. I can just imagine Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau saying, "In the back of my vehicle, I have TWO small block Chevys, producing about 350 horsepower each." A total of FIVE radiators are used to cool the engines, one of which powers the 3 drive axles and the other powers the testing wheel in the center of the vehicle.