There was/is a simmilar aerobatic light twin developed in the UK. There is a thread discussing it on Pprune ( Proffesional pilots rumour network) It was tandem seating with two 0-200s. I think they are developing another with larger engines.
http://www.pprune.org/private-flying...speedtwin.html
and http://www.glue-it.co.uk/aircraft/ph...e2e/index.html