What you’re seeing is a removable plastic cover, like the hubcaps you’d find on steelie wheels. They look weird (though some teams style them nicely) but are mandated to reduce the turbulent air the wheels would create if the spokes were exposed. They are all provided by Red Bull and are apparently 3D printed.
I swear I picked the wrong year to start getting into F1. Never thought I’d get up early on a Sunday to watch it rain for 4 hours on TV.
If a car has one gear it’s always in (even when it’s reversing or stopped) is it even considered an automatic?
The only reason to buy a Mirage is to spend as little money as possible but still have a brand new car with a warranty. They start at like $14k, even the $18k MSRP for that one is pushing it into a territory where you really might as well consider something else. For $24k? If you actually pay that you deserve to be…
I have nothing against EVs, even EV supercars. Some of them are deeply impressive and the strides made in battery and motor technology in recent years is exciting in its own way. But forcing every manufacturer into making only EVs through draconian, nonsensical, heavy handed regulations, and in such a short timespan,…
I think the headlights and the grille kinda synergize in a way to create something just really dopey looking from most angles. Change the headlights to something simpler and more retro themed to match the grille and it would better align with the modern 240Z look they were trying to achieve. Keep the headlights and…
Having money tied up into stock isn’t quite as liquid an asset as simply having billions in a chequing account (or a big vault of gold coins to dive in, Scrooge-McDuck style), but if he really needed to keep one of his companies alive it’s not like it would be impossible to sell off some of his stock to keep it…
Porsche has set a lap time with an MR tuned GT2RS before, but they didn’t try to claim it was the production lap record. Looks like they’ve shaved a couple seconds off that time so good for them, but it’s still not a production car regardless if a Porsche dealership can install the pack on a customer’s car or not.…
That is a good point, but the OG Tesla Roadster gained about 700 lbs over the Lotus Elise it was (very loosely) based on, despite having an all carbon fiber body.
I think spending could be the one thing that could be more tightly regulated, and it doesn’t clash with giving more freedom to innovate and think outside the box. Whether you give them (almost) free reign or tightly constrain what they can do, teams will still spend as much as they can afford to eke out the slightest…
If it’s going to rupture ear drums, and possibly tear anything that gets too close to the nozzles to shreds with 1500 mph blasts of air, this is clearly something that has no chance in hell of being allowed to be used on the road. In that case, why bother being limited to the shitty impulse of compressed air instead…
The 50-150% downforce improvement is compared to a standard 911.2 GT3, the 991.2 GT3 RS still produces more than the 992. Not to mention having slightly more power, near identical weight, and the same aggressive Cup 2R tires. So the only way the 992 is able to eke out such a slim advantage over the last RS would be…
Clutches and torque converters can only transmit so much torque without slipping (assuming no lockup), but the issue isn’t over torquing but over revving. Spinning them too fast won’t make them slip, but even if they did, they’d still be accelerating the crankshaft up to the transmission input shaft speed. By the time…
They already make the Taycan, the next Macan will be EV, there’s a good chance the next gen 718s are EV, and there’s probably going to be an electric 911 variant too. So yeah they’re already planning on doing both.
Since it’s a hybrid, even in electric only mode the engine will probably kick in to take over propulsion and help recharge once the battery runs below a certain threshold. The electric range is probably given to the point the engine kicks in, and not running until the battery is drained completely.
More heat going into the exhaust turbine of a turbo is a very good thing. Hot exhaust gas is more energetic, meaning it’s better able to spin the turbine and make boost sooner.
Pretty sure you’d have to always have both engines running together at the same speed if you wanted to shift them manually, whereas with automatics the front and rear can act independently. Unless you have some crazy setup (even for a twin engine build) with two H pattern shifters and two clutch pedals.
An electric Mustang coupe/liftback/convertible pony car would be cool and no doubt still 100% a “real” Mustang if done right. Would still be a shame if there’s no more V8s even on the top end performance versions. I think most people complain about the Mach E because it’s a crossover SUV calling itself a Mustang not…
Change it back to crack pipe you cowards
When you play Cyberpunk 2077 on ultra low settings, do all cars look like this?
