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View Poll Results: Which type of Le Mans Prototype do you generally find more pleasing on the eye? | |||
Barchetta (open top) | 29 | 27.88% | |
Coupe (closed top) | 75 | 72.12% | |
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3 Dec 2007, 22:38 (Ref:2080989) | #51 | |||
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I really like both, but based upon this proposed rule I'm voting for the open top cars. |
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8 Dec 2007, 16:40 (Ref:2084396) | #52 | ||
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Oh horror! Are these airheads at the ACO really gonna follow them idiotic fabcar windowwidth and roofheight rules?! What has come in to these people? Do they wanna scare fans away? Are they getting complacend like the F1 mob?
Maximum noise levels,no more wheelspin in the pitlane,an environmentalistprice for the cleanest car,moving the public ever further away from the track...who's running this gig nowadays? The french greenyparty? |
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8 Dec 2007, 17:32 (Ref:2084425) | #53 | |
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^just a side question, when were these max noise levels introduced?
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8 Dec 2007, 20:36 (Ref:2084514) | #55 | |
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For me, open cars will always be tainted with the WSC curse.
WSC's were the open replacement for Group C/IMSA GTP, all bar a handful looked awful, and were much slower than the cars they'd replaced. IMO the Zytek/Creation was the first truly beautiful open car of the current era, but how much better looking would it be with a roof! |
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8 Dec 2007, 20:46 (Ref:2084522) | #56 | ||
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The new cars have a minimum width at the base of the cockpit around 30cm greater than the 908, but the actual coupe roof can be any shape the designer wishes, i.e. a squarish shape like the Mercedes CLR/911 GT1 98, or a dome shape like the Toyota GT-ONE/Bentley Speed 8. The other stipulation is a maximum cockpit volume which would make the rear cockpit resemble a Mercedes C9 or 962, rather than the very short teardrop shape of the 3.5l Group C cars such as the 905. The 908 cockpit is exceptionally narrow, nothing comes close to it in the Group C or GT1 era bar the 3.5l 905. Last edited by JAG; 8 Dec 2007 at 20:56. |
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8 Dec 2007, 20:50 (Ref:2084524) | #57 | |||
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The photoshop on enduranceinfo is misleading and distorted by the single seater nose (which will be eliminated by the new rules). Last edited by johntt; 8 Dec 2007 at 20:55. |
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looks like I am one of the few who like the open cars
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9 Dec 2007, 09:25 (Ref:2084743) | #60 | ||
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I dont know what all the fuss is about, just let the wind tunnel do the talking and Im sure all the coupes will look fabulous! Even if they look like giant wedges and we end up with the MC12 and Saleen s7 lookalikees is that sooooo bad?
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