Twin-turbo V12 Toyota Quantum! Is this the world’s Maddest Minibus?

Ciro De Siena

11 Feb 2022

A twin-turbocharged V12 Toyota Quantum. That’s not something you’ll hear very often.

When James Redelinghuis wanted to build a marketing vehicle for his company, he wanted to build something out of this world. And after spending some time with his creation, there is no doubt in our mind that he achieved his goal.

What you’re about to watch is one man’s mission to build the world’s maddest minibus. With a styling kit imported from Japan, the Quantum needed the go to match the show.

And so James imported a rare Toyota V12 engine. It’s not widely known that Toyota even made a V12, as it was sold almost exclusively in the Japanese domestic market, and instead of being fitted to a sports car, it was exclusively used in the Century, an ultra-luxury sedan.

And naturally aspirated just wouldn’t suffice, so James set about installing two turbochargers.

We’re immensely pleased to bring this special one-off creation to you on our channel. Let us know what you think of it in the comments below, plus it is also for sale.

Huge thank you to Munnik’s Performance Centre for lending us their awesome workshop to shoot in. Check them out here.

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Ciro De Siena

Ciro De Siena

Ciro built his first car website back in his university days and despite denting his first ever test car, it launched his career. He's still at this car journalism gig 16 years later and over the years has hosted live TV segments on national television and hosts a regular car segment on CapeTalk radio. He is most at his happiest however producing content for the Cars.co.za Youtube channel.

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