RE: Behold the 1,070hp, 12,000rpm V12 Nilu27
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Chubbyross said:
On another note, it would be great to read that such and such designer has branched out on his/her/their own to create an interesting hatchback or vaguely affordable sports car.
Non starter on the hatchback thing. The investment required is orders of magnitude too much. You'd need to sell zillions to pay off the development, engineering, tooling up and manufacturing costs.Ditto really the affordable sports car thing. The numbers don't come close to adding up, which is why you don't see any.
Anyway, hard to imagine this thing is actually going to get driven. 15 examples. How many of those will accrue even 10,000 miles over their lifespan? Will all 15 accrue 10,000 miles between them? Will it actually really work? Will you be able to get it fixed if it breaks in a few years? In reality, nobody will ever know, because it won't get driven.
Boring, slightly sour questions, but hard to take this seriously as a car. To appreciate the driving experience, the car has to be, you know, driven. If it's not driven, it's all academic.
Hope I'm wrong and a few people buy them for more than 150 miles a year driving like a tit around Monaco. But just can't see it.
DP14 said:
Looks like a 90s concept car with 80s & 90s radio control/toy car influences.
These pictures even look like they were taken in the 90s with their lighting, angles and image quality:
I forgot how much 90s car media loved dutch angles. The "supercar parked on a small hill" shot was all the rave!These pictures even look like they were taken in the 90s with their lighting, angles and image quality:
The only thing that bothers me is the NACA duct in front of the rear wheels, which looks like someone bodged the aero in simulations and had to fix brake cooling in the final prototype by adding an extra duct.
What bothers me even more is that when I look closely I can't even tell if it's a real NACA duct or painted on - it's just all black and there's no sense of 3-dimensionality. Which might mean it's a sticker added to make it look like the designers are less competent that them are; meaningless fussy addenda in some tribute to the 80s.
I'd still have one though.
What bothers me even more is that when I look closely I can't even tell if it's a real NACA duct or painted on - it's just all black and there's no sense of 3-dimensionality. Which might mean it's a sticker added to make it look like the designers are less competent that them are; meaningless fussy addenda in some tribute to the 80s.
I'd still have one though.
Slowlygettingit said:
I think that is pretty unique looking - not seeing any of the referenced manufacturers in those pictures. Maybe a Le Mans Porsche from directly behind but only in so much as half the car is gone and you see the mechanicals
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