The silliest aerodynamic device in motor sport.....

[Vocal Minority]

Yaris WRC....




(I am sure Toyota wouldn't do it if it didn't serve a purpose but blimey........)

[Ken555]

It's part of the Turbo restrictor plates system.

[Eric Mc]

X Wings -



Original tall F1 wings of 1968 and early 1969 -



Offset Ferrari wing -



Mays Brother's Porsche of 1956 -




Opel rocket car of 1928 -

[LP670]

i think the yaris looks great, reminds me of the suzuki escudo pikes peak car

[Vocal Minority]

I'm not certain it looks quite right...it's proportions don't like quite as happy as the Fiesta or DS3s - a little narrow and tall maybe?

[HustleRussell]

I think it looks great. The livery is horrible.

[LP670]

HustleRussell said:

I think it looks great. The livery is horrible.

agree, they should have tried to secure a deal with castrol to bring back the iconic livery

[MyVTECGoesBwaaah]

Vocal Minority said:

I'm not certain it looks quite right...it's proportions don't like quite as happy as the Fiesta or DS3s - a little narrow and tall maybe?

That picture looks different to the ones doing the rounds on Twitter. They are here:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/yaris/98021/ne...

Picture 8 shows the rear, mental wing and grills behind the wheels.

[dmitry]

[Vocal Minority]

MyVTECGoesBwaaah said:

That picture looks different to the ones doing the rounds on Twitter. They are here:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/yaris/98021/ne...

Picture 8 shows the rear, mental wing and grills behind the wheels.

Good shout - that's the final one

[5harp3y]

that back end is batst crazy!

[otolith]

Functional aero is not pretty. Hence the irony in people complaining that functional aero on a road car makes it look as if someone has driven through Halfords, when what they would prefer to see is almost entirely cosmetic.

[Krikkit]

otolith said:

Functional aero is not pretty. Hence the irony in people complaining that functional aero on a road car makes it look as if someone has driven through Halfords, when what they would prefer to see is almost entirely cosmetic.

Exactly! Not pretty, but has a certain beauty of its own in engineering porn.

The back-end is undoubtedly not an aesthetic beauty, but I love how uncompromising they've been in exploiting the maximum aero features available:

[Allyc85]

I kind of like the Yaris for its craziness, but it isn't pretty!

Makes me wonder what people thought back in the group b days, when the cars started spouting massive wings?

[anonymous-user]

Allyc85 said:

I kind of like the Yaris for its craziness, but it isn't pretty!

Makes me wonder what people thought back in the group b days, when the cars started spouting massive wings?

Exactly.

The Audi Sport Quattro S2 was completely nuts and even now looks mad. But these cars are not the stuff of legends.

It will never be as good as the Group B days as far as passion and the following of fans but it is a huge step in the right direction.

[AnotherClarkey]

Eric Mc said:

Original tall F1 wings of 1968 and early 1969 -

Wings attached to the suspension make more sense to me than ones attached to the chassis or body.

[lestiq]

bloody hell the cars look absolutely bonkers this year!

Edited by lestiq on Wednesday 14th December 22:12

[Eric Mc]

AnotherClarkey said:

Eric Mc said:

Original tall F1 wings of 1968 and early 1969 -

Wings attached to the suspension make more sense to me than ones attached to the chassis or body.

As longs as they don't keep breaking and falling off - as they did in 1968 and 1969. Ask Jackie Oliver what he thinks about tall real wings attached to suspension components.

[techguyone]

Do those roof scoops you see on rally cars do something?

[GravelBen]

Surprised no Chapparals have been posted yet!