Random Aerodynamic Oddity of the Day Thread

[Bicycle Bob]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

Who knows... Well, most likely neither were the speed limits so high at that time, or the cars so fast at all. Some bumpy roads or streets paved with cobblestone (still quite common where I live) would also be quite a PITA anyway...

Just look at those massive drums, with a mechanical linkage.

[freebeard]

Kids these days would call this a donk:


https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/202...g-in-1902.html

Two-wheel brakes should be enough for anybody, just like 640K.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

That truck looks quite cartoon-ish.

[freebeard]

International Harvester invented the pickup truck. They were called high-wheelers, back when paved roads were a novelty.

The wheels are big but the hood seems small?

International Harvester Auto Wagon

[freebeard]

Paging cRiPpLe_rOoStEr --

A NOVA EMPREITADA DO SETOR AUTOMOBILÍSTICO BRASILEIRO - SERÁ A NOVA GURGEL?

I get the gist; what do you find for details? It looks like a Local Motors Rally Fighter clone.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

I won't hold my breath for that. It's another attempt to re-create the Beetle, but now with a much more complex engine and even 4WD option. Instead of trying to label something like that as a "people's car", it might eventually have a reasonable perspective in a more specialized segment, such as tourism in the Nordeste coastline as a viable replacement for the Volkswagen-based buggies for instance. Had a turbodiesel engine been on the plans, it could even have a reasonable perspective to also be a good option for the military.

[freebeard]

So what does it have? I see a lot of daylight underneath. Is it mid-engined, like the AutoWagon?

duckduckgo.com/?q=real+life+warthog&iax=images

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Rumors claim it will have 1.0L naturally-aspirated and turbocharged engines available, and a naturally-aspirated 1.5L too. Most likely relying on outsourcing from China.

[freebeard]

I still don't see where it goes. Maybe it's like some side-by-side UTVs I've seen where the engine is between the seats in an armrest!

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

It's supposed to have a transverse front-mounted engine, unlike the side-by-side UTVs. But honestly, sometimes it would make more sense to allow registering UTVs as road-legal vehicles here, just like it used to happen in Uruguay for instance.