Interesting Aerodynamic Cars (Mike Vetter's ETV, also Avion)

[Frank Lee]

Zoomed and... not seeing it. Down below in the diffuser, yes.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by kach22i

Zoom in real close to the upper venting, part of the tail light assembly - LEFT SIDE.

Toyota NS4 Plug-in Hybrid Concept Photo Gallery - Autoblog

I think there could be venting at both the upper part (tail lights) and lower part (diffuser) which I described earlier.

Is this a strategy to keep a Lithium-ion pack alive?

[NeilBlanchard]

This is a bit different - the 1934 Henderson KJ Streamliner:

[kach22i]

Low Drag Lightweight Jaguar E-Type Concept car makes public debut 47 years after it was built
Low Drag Lightweight Jaguar E-Type Concept car makes public debut 47 years after it was built


Ed Welburn Drives the Oldsmobile Aerotech
http://greenbkk.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html

[kach22i]

Tony Foale Designs, article on motorcycle aerodynamics.


Aerodynamics exhibition begins at Petersen Automotive Museum - Centurion Magazine Online

[freebeard]

Do unbuilt concepts count?

Exploder II by Cristian Polanco, Guatemala

An inverted wing rounded on top for crosswind performance, and with a shallow V-shape to the side to suppress vortexes forming at the top. The open wheels are questionable though.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by freebeard

An inverted wing ........

I'm completely hooked on inverted wings (expressed as car bodies) at the moment, thanks for posting.

Looks to be another one off that same site.

http://www.michelinchallengedesign.c...iu-shun-china/


Bulldog GT by HBH: An Aston-based mid-engined supercar
04 November 2011
http://www.classicdriver.com/en/arti...gined-supercar

[kach22i]

Extreme Aerodynamics Due To Unique Roof Surface
http://futuristicnews.com/extreme-ae...-roof-surface/

A new concept car has been presented by a French designer Dimitri Bez. Hexa is a solar-powered car, featuring an unusual roof covered in dimples. The unique roof surface, inspired by a golf ball, helps to increase the vehicle’s aerodynamics, efficiency, reduce its drag and limit any heat transfer.

[freebeard]

That actually looks reasonable, dimpling only the areas that might conceivably benefit, instead of the whole car just because they can. Although some of the dimples should be perforations to make the backlight.

They're round to be omni-directional, couldn't you do the same thing with louvers, sort of a linear dimple?

https://www.google.com/search?q=Audi...r+Concept+2000

[euromodder]

Looking at the angles of the roof, it doesn't need any dimpling for aero purposes.
Where the design might use them - like aft of the rear wheel arcs, where the bodywork falls of sharply - there are no dimples.

You don't want round shapes on the rear.