It employs a tube-frame chassis and rather simple bodywork, with '60s F1 car styling. There's no roof or doors and, aside from a small, wraparound wind deflector, no windows either. It does have pop-up headlights, but you have to manually pop them up or down.
Power comes from a mid-mounted, one-litre, Yahama motorbike engine. This lightweight unit produces around 142PS (140bhp) in standard form, giving the Rocket a power to weight ratio of 370bhp per ton. That's enough to propel the Rocket to 60mph in just over 3.5 seconds. Top speed, at the end of the 5-speed sequential gearbox, was around 143mph.
Despite the low weight, the Rocket was capable of carrying two occupants, with the passenger sitting behind the driver. Bear in mind though that an average human increases the car's weight by 20%, so giving someone a lift rather blunts the performance, especially with the bike engine's tiny 104Nm (77 lb ft).