Inside Honda’s record-breaking mower

Love your lawn but wish it didn't take quite so long to keep it in tip-top shape? Well Honda's new Mean Mower might just be your favourite invention ever.
 
More details have emerged about what is officially the fastest lawnmower known to man after it broke a Guinness World Record averaging 116.57mph and beating the previous title holder by almost 30mph.
 
This ultra hi-tech gadget is based on the Honda HF2620 Lawn Tractor and features a 1,000cc engine from a Honda VTR Firestorm and wheels from an all-terrain vehicle. Cool or what?
 
It goes from 0 to 60 in just four seconds, produces 96Nm of torque and boasts a power to weight ratio of 532bhp per tonne.
 
But can it actually cut my grass, you say? Absolutely it can, thanks to a custom-made fibreglass cutter deck featuring two electric motors and a 3mm steel cutting cable which spins at an impressive 4,000rpm.
 
Don't expect to be whizzing around your garden cutting the grass at more than 100mph though, because when it's actually doing its job it only goes around 15mph. Still, that's pretty speedy for a mower and is twice as fast as the model from which it's derived.
 
What's more, you'd be the envy of all your neighbours simply because it looks so awesome with its custom-made Cobra sports seat, its Morris Minor steering rack and its Scorpion exhaust system.
 
Plus, think of the amazing fun you could have zooming around your newly mowed lawn and dodging the flower beds afterwards. Pretending you're LewisHhh Hamilton is the ideal reward for a job well done, right?
 
It's certainly attracted the attention of the Daily Telegraph's readers anyway, some of whom shared their comments beneath an article about the Mean Mower on the newspaper's website.
 
"Want one," said Hobie16. "Would mean the wife wouldn't have to ask me to mow the lawn ever again." Libertarian Voice added: "I want one too, but I would have some serious blagging to do as we do not have a lawn."
 
Unfortunately it doesn't look like the Honda Mean Mower will be commercially available any time soon, so while you're waiting why not check out some of the equally cool gardening gadgets on the market today, such as a robot lawnmower that will do the hard work for you?