Maybe it was because the fastest car is a rental car

Yep. Aero plus the really odd windshield shape.

It will have valves.

Better looking than Chiron.

It’s these guys:

I am incredibly amazed at the 160kW wheel motors. A cursory search for 160kW electric motors shows devices that are 3' long and weigh a huge amount. Generators rated for the same electrical output are as tall as people and about as long.

Question. Why does the Regera’s windshield wiper park vertically? Is this for aerodynamic reasons?

It’s geared for top speed, it doesn’t need more aggressive final gearing because 1. Its traction limited 0-60 and 2. The engine’s redline is the limiting factor on top speed so it needed a tall final drive.

Plus, removing the gearbox removes a significant source of failure (and heat) to a high performance car. I find it hysterical that with all this that the final drive is some mundane gear like 2.73. I’m sure it makes total sense from an engineering perspective, but 2.73? Expected it to be wierd.

On loose surfaces, threshold braking doesn’t slow you down much, so the fastest way to slow down for a corner is to turn the wheels so so that the side wall picks up the loose surface and slow you down.

No kidding— I was in awe watching a dude do things you’d never think you could do at a RallyX (SCCA) last winter in a rental Hyundai! He was *amazing*… crazy fast times too.

Oh good, I don’t feel so bad that my DD is FWD. It’s not all wasted experience. :D Though I forgot I was driving my FWD following our AWD to an SCCA RallyX the other week when (on an empty corner), he blasted right around it and I, well… it wasn’t pretty :P (though to be fair, the AWD is also on snow tires, and mine…

I think it’s more that FWD will teach you the weight management skills to get fast without relying on the AWD to bail out your bad technique. Once you’ve mastered those skills, transitioning to AWD will make a lot more sense. Plus if you ever break a diff in a race you can still be fast with just the front wheels!

Learning to overseer in a FWD car teaches weight management, which is a key part of driving fast on loose surfaces. And yes, despite years of awesome sideways rallyness, sometimes the fastest way around a corner is the straighter line. If you’ve mastered FWD I believe it’s also easier to transition to AWD and the top…

As much as people will want to bash Hondas, this should be the first thing that pops into everyone’s head.

I seem to have checked all the boxes...

“If you want to build a career as a fast driver, go FWD”

That’s incredibly good advice. I think the best evidence of a great driver is someone who is making their car look good, and not vice-versa. I’m more impressed by someone who can make their Chevrolet Aveo faster than it has any right being, than I am someone who can outrun everyone else in their Nissan GTR.

I don’t know if people with sensitive skin want a car that would give them Arash.