Needs to keep production internal sheetmetal, and yes active aero is banned. It’s probably closer to Group B (albeit still much, much more open) than Can Am.

The rear aero treatment got me confused. That giant diffuser looks almost like something from the Open Class.

Because regardless of weight gain, there’d be less passing without it.

Fuudo mained Fei Long in SFIV and Mika in SFV.

Probably one of the few aero devices that's banned. 

That’s actually pretty conservative for a Time Attack car. The sport is probably the closest we have to the balls to the wall aero development we used to get back in the 80s. For example, here’s last years WTAC winning Porsche 968.

Surprised at how conservative the front end aero seems to be. Most Time Attack cars, even in the stricter Global Time Attack series, tend to have more aggressive solutions.

For the rest of the world, that would be any sort of Land Cruiser (including the 70 Series which is still in production in some markets).

I wonder though, will it perform better with the LAPD chasing it down?

I wonder though, will it perform better with the LAPD chasing it down?

The armrests of most of these chairs can easily be detached, or more precisely, not attached during assembly. You could simply do that, if you really wanted to get one.

Why they’ve never actually done this confuses me.

Deco design cues from the original Airflow—especially the waterfall grille—could be applied to the DS5, which already has a dramatic and aerodynamic look.

Since it’s a drift car tuned in Japan, there’s likely better access to parts fort he 3UZ than the B58. That, and by it’s nature as a larger displacement V8, it’s going to have more torque down load, which is important for drifting.

The 2021 rules look to be much more prescriptive, specifically to prevent that. A number of parts now have to be designed right down the the letter (or number in this case). This is what you get when you have people who’ve actually come from modern F1 teams such as Ross Brawn and Pat Symonds in charge of the regs.

That’s already how it is today (and in Indycar as well since the upcoming aeroscreen also has a big support down the middle).

Here’s an important thing that you don’t get without actually comparing the renders with those of the current car. Given that both share the same width (2 meters), the 2021 cars will be shorter.

That would be the leading edge of the inverted wing that is the ground effect tunnels. The strakes are there to better guide and seal the air under the tunnels without having to use skirts.

No, driver pay, as well as the pay of the top 3 people in the team, aren’t covered by the cap.

They compromised. The cost cap doesn’t start until 2021 itself, meaning they’re free to spend to their hearts content until then.