Thursday 15 March 2012

I Wonder If It Will Catch On?

it being Nissan's Deltawing,


with 300bhp the 500kg race car is set to be a force to contend with in the 24 hour Le Mans in June's endurance epic at La Sarthe, as the blurb says, 'though it has half the power of a full-fat Le Mans Prototype, the DeltaWing carries just half the weight, it also produces half as much drag - the design does away with conventional wings in favour of ground-effect under body aerodynamics - and will consume half as much fuel and get through half as many tyres, useful attributes in an endurance race',


it will be interesting to see how it does, although it is not up for any trophies, the DeltaWing will occupy ‘Garage 56' at Le Mans, a spot reserved for one-off experimental cars and not carry a number, a plain 0 will be on the side of the car, but if it is successful will we see the Nissan 'Batmobile' on the streets any time soon?

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