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

[aerohead]

Marcello Gandini of Bertone is credited with the design.
At 0.42, the Lamborghini's Cd was considered impressive for its time.

[samwichse]

Peter Rawlinson talking about the "vortex induction" for the cooling systems that let them minimize the frontal area of the intakes on the Lucid Air. He shows the whole system taken apart so you can see how it works. Pretty clever.

https://youtube.com/nGan_iPPdqk?t=781

At 22 minutes, he mentions CDA a bit, too

EDIT: I give up on making this thing embed.

[freebeard]

IIRC GraysGarage went on from Ecomodder to work at Lucid Air on that.

ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/lucid-air-34859

I found a video on the car I couldn't remember that had downforce with no wing. It's the Peugot 9X8:

Does a Race Car Need a Rear Wing? Peugeot 9X8 Aerodynamics Explained

Those side troughs between the cabin and fenders are important to feed the afterbody.

[freebeard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFual6DH-w

Now I can't get the Hyperlink button to work

The title is Mercedes F1 2021 vs Mercedes-Benz T80 Rekordwagen - Drag Race 24 KM

[freebeard]

I always thought of the California Clean look for Beetles was for 'easy-to-clean-off'. Comes now the Ferrari F80.


s03.s3c.es/imag/_v0/640x350/9/c/3/490x_ferrari-f80-2016-02.jpg

I'd not want to be in charge of detailing that.

[freebeard]

Electricity and fans go together like peanut butter and chocolate:
thedrive.com: Watch an Electric Fan Car Shatter the Goodwood Hill Climb Record
The acceleration and outright speed of the thing is simply violent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYp9eGC3Cc

Reminds me of two things. I was aerodynamicist for a 1/10th scale RC car in the mid-90s that left a trail of dust suspended in the air like this.

The other is a Salem, OR car club that was named the Portland Street Sweepers.

[alexshock]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I always thought of the California Clean look for Beetles was for 'easy-to-clean-off'. Comes now the Ferrari F80.


s03.s3c.es/imag/_v0/640x350/9/c/3/490x_ferrari-f80-2016-02.jpg

I'd not want to be in charge of detailing that.

Ford GT 2016 has almost the same design.
When you look at it too long, you will see a streamlined body design and some panels that make the car look like a regular car.

[freebeard]

As well the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro


https://external-content.duckduckgo....6pid%3DApi&f=1

https://external-content.duckduckgo....6pid%3DApi&f=1

The front fender is like a plowshare.

[kach22i]

10-17-2010
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...l-14821-3.html

Originally Posted by AJI

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I seem to remember something called the Jetcar a few years back. A german company was taking the running gear out of old Smarts and putting them in a tandem two-seater layout with a fighter-jet style cockpit.

In fact, this is it:



They were quoting an economy improvement over the regular Smart back then, so with the Cdi diesel engine I reckon 100mpg wouldn't be out of the question.
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[kach22i]

I saw one of these on the highway last night going the other way, kind of stood out.

https://www.cars.com/research/lucid-air-2022/


More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Air