garage 56 entry

[eastlmark]

garage 56 entry:

[Some Gump]

Wow. That is a whole new world of ugly...

[fatboy18]

Batmobile meets F1!

Dont care too much what it looks like as long as its Bloody LOUD

[icepop]

Isn't it 'leccy or fuel cell ? It'll have very little sound about it, unless they've got the Clio RS guys to install one of their sound tubes, with fake engine notes

[Some Gump]

It's meant to be efficient. Looking at it, all i see os drag.
If it was an efficient shape, why wuld pugeot, aui and nissan not also have aft idepods and an arse for a nose?

[s2driveruk]

gak....i seem to remember the car on show in the dunlop tyre facility at the wec@ silverstone last September. Wasn't it some 'gas' fuel cell powered eco warrior?

Desperately needs hitting with the pretty stick!!!

[Vocal Minority]

Where the Deltawing was 'designed', I feel that this was 'styled'....by a 3 year old...with a crayon...after too much Sunny Delight.

I would imagine a large amount of that served little to no purpose. But they felt they had to make it look generic futurey to match the tech...which only serves to dilute what they are trying to achieve IMHO

[Parsnip]

I quite like it...

The sharkfin looks more thought out that on the other Prototypes where it looks like a bolt on after the design was completed.

Not as nifty as the delta wing and probably fairly silent, but I imagine it will still make a cool noise (when you can hear it) - bit like the diesels - they sound cool, but not loud enough.

[gt6]

The car is powered by hydrogen fuel cells

[Slomo_uk]

different to say the least. look forward to getting a few photoshots of it though

[McSam]

gt6 said:

The car is powered by hydrogen fuel cells

So it can be loud, cool. Any word on the engine it's using?

It needs to sound good, because it's absolutely gopping

[FredericRobinson]

Hasn't seriously turned a wheel yet has it? Wouldn't bank on it being there in June

[indyxe]

FredericRobinson said:

Hasn't seriously turned a wheel yet has it? Wouldn't bank on it being there in June

Apparently it has had a successful shakedown test in Switzerland this week (18th April), before it goes proper testing at Magny Cours next week.

Last year I really looked forward to seeing the Delta Wing and how it would perform, but I'm not that bothered about the Greengt H2, I'm thinking it could be even quieter than the diesel Audi's, "how boring"

Edited by indyxe on Friday 19th April 21:08

[Vocal Minority]

Interesting technology. Seeing as there are 49 cars on the grid which are loud, its quietness won't bother me. But why make it look so stupid - its like one of those stupid students who wears a homburg hat everywhere to make you interesting.

[lowdrag]

We have already, here at Le Mans, nicknamed it the mobile chicane. You can read about it here:-

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/141923-all-elec...

So fatboy18, you'll never hear it at all really, which is bloody dangerous for the marshals.

[McSam]

Arse. I hoped it would be hydrogen for an IC engine, not motors..

[eastlmark]

double arse, its not going to sound like this then?
http://youtu.be/czS2xqD10OU

[fatboy18]

Right then, The ACO needs to Ban it on the grounds of saftey reasons due to Lack of noise

[vincegail]

If only! And replace it with a Viper with some solar cells attached to the roof to supply energy for the brake lights!

[fatboy18]

Now I like that idea

On another note, Vipers have qualified 1st and 3rd today at Long Beach