Lighter. More efficient. More...weird. These are the hallmarks
of the DeltaWing architecture, currently seen only on racetracks in the
TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. But if company chief Don Panoz has
his way, we'll see DeltaWing road cars, wild proportions and all.
DeltaWing released this rendering of what an actual street car based on
its architecture might look like.
Mind you, Panoz doesn't want to build DeltaWing family cars
himself—his goal is to license the architecture to established
automakers, who would then be able to capitalize on the advantages of
the DeltaWing platform, namely its ability to deliver excellent
performance at greatly reduced power and much higher efficiency.
Basically, he's positioning the DeltaWing as a sort of CAFE trump card.
Automakers could build vehicles around the architecture using any number
of conventional or alt-fuel powertrains and conceivably deliver
real-world observed fuel-economy that exceeds even the CAFE target of
54.5 mpg
No comments:
Post a Comment