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

[freebeard]

And I thought my car's headlights were low.

The 1969 Toyota EX-II [reverse trike] concept predates Syd Meade's New Urban Car concept by one year.

[arcosine]

I am sure production cars would have had pop up lights, though these would be good in the fog.

Originally Posted by freebeard

And I thought my car's headlights were low.

[aerohead]

ran across this.Apologize if it's been covered before
http://www.thesupercars.org/wp-conte...ow-Profile.jpg

[aerohead]

http://jpx.responsejp.com/jpx/images...7/194591_6.jpg

[freebeard]

I hadn't seen the 929 concept before. It doesn't look very Porsche-like.

Any theory about the partial wheel skirts?

[RedDevil]

It doesn't look very crash friendly towards pedestrians.
It has more cutting options than a well stuffed food processor.

[aerohead]

I really don't know a thing about them.If I'd attended Art School of Design or something,I might have some insight into what motivates some stylists to do what they do.
After 1973 I became a young fuddy-duddy.I can't experience passion when I look at cars,considering some of the ramifications of cars in motion.The global community has paid a lofty price for aesthetes and their whimsical creations.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by RedDevil

It doesn't look very crash friendly towards pedestrians.
It has more cutting options than a well stuffed food processor.

Yes,the Kyocera ceramic knife cameras are especially appealing.

[NeilBlanchard]

Originally Posted by aerohead

I think these are from the collaboration that included Mitsubishi. (The name is escaping me at the moment ... )

[freebeard]

skirts
I really don't know a thing about them.If I'd attended Art School of Design or something,I might have some insight into what motivates some stylists to do what they do.

I was looking for speculation on whether they spin (easy) or are fixed (hard to do) and why they don't face the same way in the airflow. And I didn't point to the wheelwell arch extensions that would prevent the car rolling on turns or navigating potholes. My money is on a student that doesn't consider that vehicles are supposed to move through the environment. IRL pedestrians would have to throw themselves onto those mirrors.

After 1973 I became a young fuddy-duddy.I can't experience passion when I look at cars,considering some of the ramifications of cars in motion.The global community has paid a lofty price for aesthetes and their whimsical creations.

Passion vs caring? The Mitsubishi i-MiEV proposal looks much like our old friend The Template.

Since the mid-60s I've preferred car shows to destruction derbies. The last destruction derby I attended all the other drivers had it in for a white '48 Studebaker 4-door. It made me ill.

"The global community has (also) paid a lofty price for" economic shortsightedness.

They had no idea these VW vans would be worth 50-100 thou apiece in 2015

Speaking of Interesting Aerodynamic Cars, here's the So-Cal Plating shop truck:


http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-southern-california-plating-company.html

TIL it has Woodlite headlights buried in the front apron. And that's the very first DuVall windshield. Nine pictures at the link.