New design trend?

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 01/14/2015 at 11:43 • Filed to: None

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I approve.

Alex B > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 11:48

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What is the car on the right?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Alex B 01/14/2015 at 11:50

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BMW i8.

Milky > Alex B 01/14/2015 at 11:51

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i8 … 99% sure at least.

Leon711 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 11:51

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599

Alex B > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 11:52

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I should have known.

Flat Six > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 11:52

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Looks awesome, going to be tricky to wash though! So many nooks and crannies, and the random orbital wont fit!

Milky > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 11:53

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IIRC the 599 brought it back … but I also approve of buttresses spreading around the market.

Alfalfa > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 11:53

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Buttress all the cars!

BarryDanger > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 12:13

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I'm still waiting for these buttresses to come back.

Eazy-O > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 12:16

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I dunno, the Ford GT ones look kinda... ...cheap? Not well thought out? Boring? They're just... a line.

jlmounce > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 12:17

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In modern super/hyper cars, from has started to follow function. The design looks cool, sure, but it allows laminar flow of air around and through the vehicle.

When you have an abrupt change in surface area at the rear of a moving vehicle (think tractor trailer) you get what's often called the parachute effect. When this occurs the turbulence produced in the wake of the vehicle actually acts like an anchor.

What modern cars are doing is reducing the size and slopes so that air moving around the vehicle is disturbed in the least possible away. This will ultimately help with top end speed as well as fuel efficiency.

All you have to do is look at the car from the top to see how that works.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Eazy-O 01/14/2015 at 12:20

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That's actually the most technically advanced solution from the 3 cars.

Eazy-O > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 12:23

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Might be, but it really isn't working for me visually. :)

Rock Bottom > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 12:27

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It's aerodynamics. They're trying to control the size and composition of the vehicle's wake. We've seen it work in CFD, but I'm not entirely convinced that we can prove it in the wind tunnel yet...

Jedidiah > BarryDanger 01/14/2015 at 13:31

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That vette looks so clean and elegant compared to that modern shit.

bryan40oop > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 15:39

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not to be a dick but how do you know this?

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 15:47

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I approve of your approval.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/14/2015 at 21:36

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The GT takes the flying buttress and says "fuck you" and adds a flying wing and LMP1 level wheel cut outs.