Delta Wing Street Car

[ecomodded]

I wonder why they didn't make it in the reverse trike design in that Nissan wide up front not behind ?

Must be a reason they choose the delta wing, perhaps they are hoping to "hover" around the track one day..

[whatmaycome14]

I'd still buy an Elio over this car any day. (Assuming that I'll be able to do that anyway...)

[NachtRitter]

I think it'll be challenging for the driver to get a sense of the true width of the car. Probably end up knocking the rear fenders off on a regular basis.

[Xist]

Originally Posted by NachtRitter

I think it'll be challenging for the driver to get a sense of the true width of the car. Probably end up knocking the rear fenders off on a regular basis.

Good point, while a tapered back should be unusually difficult to hit.

[gone-ot]

The "Venturi Effect" occurs when air rushes between two close-proximity bodies causing them to be "sucked" together...such as two race cars!

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Would be interesting to say the least, but I wouldn't hold my breath for Nissan to release a road-legal version of the Delta Wing.

[P-hack]

Nissan dropped out.

I like the idea of having a class of lightweight fuel efficient racers though, just too much to sort out with a delta. I also like keeping f1 as a "performance is the only consideration" class as well.

One other issue is the vortex generators creating downforce on the underside. It appears a slight bump into the air will destroy the downforce, as will getting a bit sideways, at which point your tires are skidding (braking) and you don't have the leverage at the front corners to help keep it flat. And people seem to enjoy knocking the delta around

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Thenorm

Jalopnik: If You Want 70 MPG, Your Next Car May Have To Look Like This

Anyone else bothered by the title? Should read something like "f You Want 70 MPG, Your Next Car May Have To Be A Gen1 Insight". My 2000 is still showing 71.2 average over 10 years/125K miles that I've owned it. (Admittedly it's not getting quite as good as it used to, since the lifetie average dropped from 71.4 a year or so ago.) So with 14 years of technical improvement, you have to go to something like that delta wing to get not even a significant improvement, but the same fuel efficiency?

[Fat Charlie]

I saw a 4 wheeled one once.

[Vman455]

Originally Posted by Fat Charlie

I saw a 4 wheeled one once.

That actually looks a lot better with the round headlights.