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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
No, it was built on a Mercedes 170H chassis which was a rear engine:
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Right, I've seen and posted that image before self.
What I meant to say was Pill bug Mercedes rear engine - known.
Persu has various packaging layouts on various cars including a horizontally opposed Boxer flat engine in the middle of the car and under the seats.
If the seating turntable was not a feature in that earlier image, then could one scheme with a Patent accommodate and be planned for as a flat radial engine...............is what I was trying to get at.
The three theories for the circle in plan are:
1. Simply a structural feature, a circle in lieu of a wishbone or "X" cross framing common back in the day.
2. A seating turntable fitment point (like a gun turret).
3. A structural opening intended for under floor pan cooling/access for a mid-engine.........might be a flat Boxer engine (A), might be a flat radial engine (B), might even be a battery pack location for an electric version (C), the options are dependent on your imagination (E to be named).
Passenger Car Aerodynamics
The Recumbent Bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle Information Center
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Electrolite el-11, a 3 wheeled electrothon vehicle built by E. Michael Lewis
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2011
Bizarre-looking Japanese EV is most aerodynamic production vehicle ever
https://www.zdnet.com/article/bizarr...-vehicle-ever/
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Plenty of experimental vehicles have achieved this level of streamlining before, but what makes the SIM LEI different is that it's a car you could actually see a small family using as its primary vehicle. Or at least in Japan, where small cars are already the norm. The car is unusually long for its width, in order to accommodate cargo and further reduce its air resistance.
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