Asymmetrical Car Designs

[feef]

0a said:

Monkeylegend said:

Unless your car has 2 steering wheels, one in front of each front seat, and two sets of pedals, doesn't that make it asymmetrical?

Or a central driving position

Assuming it's an old school manual, you must be some sort of clever dick to change gear in a totally symmetrical car (see what I did there? )

[Dapster]

M4cruiser said:

Whilst on vents....

Single vent porn from the mid 80's.

[M4cruiser]

marmitemania said:

OvalOwl said:

M4cruiser said:

Whilst on vents, I believe some Mercedes models had a kind of vent grille cut into the front wing on one side only, but I can't find a picture.

Diesel W124

That's better and a much better bonnet fit to.

Wow, thanks for the fast pix guys .. I must improve my googling skills!

[carl_w]

M4cruiser said:

marmitemania said:

OvalOwl said:

M4cruiser said:

Whilst on vents, I believe some Mercedes models had a kind of vent grille cut into the front wing on one side only, but I can't find a picture.

Diesel W124

That's better and a much better bonnet fit to.

Wow, thanks for the fast pix guys .. I must improve my googling skills!

That vent is seriously cool. Why did the diesel need it and not the petrol versions?

[Jimmy Recard]

carl_w said:

That vent is seriously cool. Why did the diesel need it and not the petrol versions?

I think I'm right in saying (although I proclaimed it as being for turbo diesel models before) it's the non turbo diesels and the air intake links to it. 24 valve diesels only, maybe?

I know it's for some specific diesel variant but not all diesel variants

[loudlashadjuster]

carl_w said:

That vent is seriously cool. Why did the diesel need it and not the petrol versions?

IIRC it was only the later 24v diesel that needed it, something to do with the intake configuration (obviously) needing to be routed to the wing because the length of the engine compared to the 12v unit meant M-B couldn't use the same intake snorkel/airbox routed to behind the grille.

[lufbramatt]

Don't merc sprinter vans have the same type of vent in the wing for the intercooler? Was a thing in the vw world to graft them into golf wings that have had turbo conversions.

[M4cruiser]

djstevec said:

balls-out said:

marmitemania said:

This car sprang to mind straight away. Do you know why?

Wheelbase different on either side?

Amc pacer had driver and passenger doors a different size

Renault 6 had differing wheelbases too no?

Yes it did, and it showed up in the bodywork too:-

[Bungleaio]

Have we had the hyundai velostar?

[M4cruiser]

The Morris Marina

... why?

One dealer had a car with a disc brake on one side and drum on the other!
http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/morris/marina...

[carl_w]

My grandad managed to buy a Mk2 Escort (square headlight version) with a 1.1 badge on one side and a 1.3 badge on the other.

[graham22]

carl_w said:

My grandad managed to buy a Mk2 Escort (square headlight version) with a 1.1 badge on one side and a 1.3 badge on the other.

Didn't a lot of 60/70's Ford only have a badge behind the n/s front wing behind the wheel and not on the right?

Also T4 Transporter, vent on off side & odd mirrors too:

[Fastdruid]

graham22 said:

carl_w said:

My grandad managed to buy a Mk2 Escort (square headlight version) with a 1.1 badge on one side and a 1.3 badge on the other.

Didn't a lot of 60/70's Ford only have a badge behind the n/s front wing behind the wheel and not on the right?[/img]

Not just 60/70's, mine only has one badge on the N/S front wing and that's 2008.

[carl_w]

graham22 said:

Didn't a lot of 60/70's Ford only have a badge behind the n/s front wing behind the wheel and not on the right?

Maybe the dealer thought the other one had fallen off and stuck one on then.

[mat205125]

Seven pages and no mention of the different sized mirrors on the Ferrari Enzo

[Digitalize]

Honda S-MX. Supposedly to stop passengers getting out/in in the road.

[BrabusMog]

This thread has got me studying the fronts of cars for odd wing mirrors now! It's driving the missus mad whenever we are in a car park

[Kev T360]

996TT02 said:

All of them. Except the Mclaren F1 and the Ariel Atom.

You know why...

And Lexspace

[Mr2Mike]

Bungleaio said:

Have we had the hyundai velostar?

About three times I think

It was only ever a concept, but the Enigma 3 wheeler took asymmetry to the extreme:

[Halmyre]

Kev T360 said:

996TT02 said:

All of them. Except the Mclaren F1 and the Ariel Atom.

You know why...

And Lexspace

And the prototype Land-Rover.