Automotive Design and Production

JUL 2014

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43 vehicle weighs just 1,048 lb., even though it is 183.-in. long, about the length of a typical midsize sedan. But it's a race car. And race cars generally have confgurations and technologies that are track- specifc, or at least not the sorts of things that are readily adaptable to production vehicles. But according to Don Panoz, chair- man of DeltaWing Technologies, "Many of the aerodynamic, lightweight and handling benefts of the race car can translate to the street. We are competing at the highest levels of road racing with half the weight, half the and broader in the back, thereby providing better aerodynamics. Seventy-fve percent of the aerodynamic downforce acts on the rear of the car; the lift-to- drag ratio is >4.0. The composite- intensive (tub and body panels) p The conceptual design of a DeltaWing road car. It would ft a family of four, and it is estimated to get as much as 70 mpg with a combustion engine thanks to the fact that it would be light and aerodynamic. Don Panoz, chairman of DeltaWing Technologies, said, "Design, technology, efcient use of lightweight materials, lower horsepower and lower fuel consumption is a winning formula. I believe this is the future of motorsports, and key to meeting the next decade's fuel economy and emissions standards." 0714ADP FEATURE Delta Wing -- Digital Version.indd 43 6/17/2014 1:09:22 PM

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