[Big Dave]

As one reads through the comments about the basjoos-mobile one quickly gets the impression that most people cannot get beyond the radical appearance of the car. They cannot see the functional elegance because it looks like what it is – a prototype. Prototypes are not meant to be beuatiful because they have to be ready to implement changes for improved performance.

I’m sure the aerocivic has been through a lot of changes and is probably close to a final form. Once that final (or as final as it is gonna get) form is settled on, the next step is to get with a professional custom body shop and take a whack at making it nice looking. Maybe a meetup with Bondo…

But before that, a visit to Maxton, Goliad, or Bonneville is in order. Nice thing about a prototype, installing the safety equipment needed for homologating the car for racing should be fairly easy.

From looking at the vehicles that run at Maxton and the Texas Mile, I’d say there is a lot about aero design we could pickup there. A mile gives a car time to reach its true top speed. Unlike in drag racing where sheer HP rules (if you can get hooked up) that last little bit of aero drag is important in top speed racing.