Article: Volvo Introduces Vehicles with EcoMods
According to Jalopnik.com, Volvo's new DRIVe line of vehicles to debut in Paris, is designed to reduce carbon emissions. How is this done? EcoMods, of course...
http://www.whatcar.com/Car/Volvo/C30/9988112424.jpg WhatCar.com According to the site, the manufacturer is taking a... Quote:
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Love the wheelzzzzz. They remind me of expensive audio cassette tapes back in the day. Maybe I'll make mine look like those. Ha ha, sounds like an idea for DUB. The wheels are still not "symmetrically opposite" : Attachment 1742Attachment 1743 CarloSW2 |
Good stuff!
I hope to see more and more of this... it only makes sense. |
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Good eye! My guess with the wheel asymmetry is the "creative license" trick used by some photo editors. The vehicle facing right may have its image reversed for some reason (it would be the easiest one to do, since there aren't any logos to look backwards). Just by trying to figure the aero, the frontal view shows how the wheels should turn and not "grab" the air. Just a theory. :confused: RH77 EDIT: OK, after reviewing all of the photos, the one parked facing forward is the only one with the "knife-edge" of the wheel rotating forward. The rest are the opposite. Now I'm thoroughly confused. I'll just revert back to -- Kewl Wheelzzzzzzzz. :P |
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No, the wheels are probably really like that and will really stay like that on the production car. That way Volvo (Ford) can make ALL this style wheels from a single set of tools instead of having to foot the bill for TWO sets of tools just to build LH/RH wheels (that the owner then can't properly rotate). Ford's been doing this for nearly 20 years...take a look at any 2nd gen Explorer with the slanted 5-spoke aluminum wheels, they're slanted in opposite directions on opposite sides of the car because it's the same asymmetrical wheel on both sides of the car. |
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