Mean Mower Earns new Guinness
World Records™ Title

Unveiled in summer 2018, Mean Mower V2 set out to build on the incredible success of the original Mean Mower, which became the world’s fastest lawnmower on 8 March 2014, when it hit 116.87mph. But this time Honda and its British Touring Car Championship partner, Team Dynamics, took the development to a whole new level, using computer aided design, bespoke parts, advanced materials and even 3D printing.

As well as hitting such a blistering straight-line speed to set the new record, Mean Mower V2 also had to demonstrate that it could still do what it is actually designed for – to cut grass – which it does. The ability to still cut grass is thanks to slight revisions to the cutter deck to house the chain driving the rear tyres and the two batteries required to power electric motors which spin carbon fibre blades to mow. Under the regulations of Guinness World Records, the mower must also ‘intrinsically look like a lawnmower’ - in this case the Honda HF2622 lawn tractor – which it does by carrying over its front cowl, grass box and body panels.

The HF2622 is no push over itself, featuring a 122cm cutter deck, Pro Spec Honda GXV 660 engine with variable Hydrostatic Drive and Versamow™ selective mulching, it’s more than capable of getting the job done, albeit at a much more leisurely pace!

The official acceleration figure was measured using a VBOX on-board recording device, which was fitted, set-up and verified by independent and accredited timers, Timing Solutions Limited. To meet the requirements of Guinness World Records, the mower had to record the same run, in both directions, within an hour – with the average acceleration of these two runs taken as the official time. With an average of 6.29 seconds, Honda set the new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS^® title for ‘The fastest acceleration 0-100 mph for a lawnmower (prototype)’ – meaning a lawnmower that is a modified, one-off vehicle as opposed to a production model.

The team also took the opportunity while at the Lausiztring to put Mean Mower V2 through its paces on a longer run to see what it is really capable of, recording an incredible top speed of 150.99mph. The time was once again independently recorded by Timing Solutions Limited using the VBOX data.