Ram Pal Behniwal, 60, used a Maruti 800 engine for his 18ft long ‘jet
BATHINDA: The French-made Rafale might be flying high in the sky but a 60-year-old self-taught mechanic from Bathinda’s Rama Mandi has designed his very own ‘Punjab Rafale’ a jet-shaped vehicle that runs at 15kmph on roads.
This vehicle, which is 18 feet long, 10 feet wide and 8 feet high, can run up to 7 kilometres in a litre of petrol.
The vehicle cost Ram Pal Behniwal, a matriculate who took around 45 days to design it, about Rs 3 lakh. It weighs nearly 800kg, has the engine of Maruti 800 car and the steering system of a jeep.