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

[RedDevil]

Those SAAB rims might be questionable aerodynamically but are probably very light.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by kach22i

Illumin - Drag Reduction: The Pursuit of Better Fuel Economy

Thanks! here's a tunnel shot

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by kach22i

A thread on that top car of Neil's: Miastrada
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...pe-3746-2.html

1949 VW
: : PROTOTYP - PERSONEN. KRAFT. WAGEN. : :

70 mph with a riding lawnmower engine!

[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.

The new Corvette Stingray is doing both.Maybe same-same for Toyota.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by cptsideways

A Ciroen GS just like the this one posted up earlier was my first car in the late 80's

They ran a wind tunnel smoke flow ad for this car back in it's day.Complete separation over the backlight.Cd 0.38.Higher than today's Dodge RAM 1500.

[minispeed]

Here's an interesting Nissan concept

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[arcosine]

[QUOTE=minispeed;398874]Here's an interesting Nissan concept

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Intersting , but not very aero or practical, handling would suffer with the narrow front track..

[botsapper]

[QUOTE=arcosine;398921]

Originally Posted by minispeed

Here's an interesting Nissan concept

Intersting , but not very aero or practical, handling would suffer with the narrow front track..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSwT5olfvIM#t=13

First impression (Delta Wing) that it would have wonky stability and terrible handling but the quasi-tricycle configuration is extensively tested, have better aero and optimal weight distribution, capable of 4G corners and also helped by some version of active differential 'steering' at the rear track.

Apex that corner with your rear wheels or else...

[freebeard]

At : : PROTOTYP - PERSONEN. KRAFT. WAGEN. : :, since the German contained the word Volkswagen I entered it into Google Translate:

On the chassis of a Volkswagen this reduced weight, aerodynamically optimized prototype, consisting of riveted aluminum and fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) was created. This prototype was never completed

Given the distance from the B-pillar to the rear wheelwell, it must have had 2 or 2+1 seating. Fiberglass body with aluminum doors. I thought the first production fiberglass body was the Aiken D-2/Marquis in about 1951-2. Are there any earlier examples?

It weighed 650kg and [reportedly] went 115km/h. With the same engine, 1 or 2 years earlier the 4 seat Volkhart -Sagitta weighed 880kg and went 150km/h.

It's a shame neither went into production.

[euromodder]

This would be something ! (*)

Brandpowder 911 DS: Porsche und Citroën | Motorkultur

If you can't read German, just look at the pics .





(*) ZU SCHÖN UM WAHR ZU SEIN = too good to be true