Whoever decided to fit a working jet engine to the back of a modified MG ZT deserves a hearty pat on the back... but also some kind of mental health check

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This has to be the oddest used car we’ve brought to you in some time. What you’re looking at was an MG ZT with a 2.5-litre V6 at the front, but these days it’s bringing quite a lot more to the party. The roof was chopped and replaced with a pickup back end, with a solid bulkhead behind two seats and steel plating on the load bed itself. You won’t be putting much luggage in there, though, because it’s carrying a working jet engine.

Apparently this terrifying concoction is road-legal as long as you don’t trigger the Rolls Royce gas turbine, which spins to 35,000rpm and has its own fuel tank and pump. It runs on either kerosene or diesel and should pretty much guarantee that nobody ever dares tailgate you. It comes to life with just a few flipped switches and a press of the starter button, but for God’s sake never do it in public. The seller says he’s only ever run the unit at idle, describing it as ‘brown pants time lol’. No kidding. Imagine how the driver behind would be feeling…