Last week Nissan revealed its radical DeltaWing concept. The idea behind the car isn’t actually to see how odd a racecar can be, rather to try and halve the weight, engine size and fuel consumption while maintaining a cracking pace. Indeed, when the DeltaWing races at Le Mans later this year Nissan expect it to lap in between the times set by the outright-chasing LMP1 category and the LMP2 cars.
But how can it steer? Those skinny tyres, so close together? We bring you a couple of videos, then, to prove that it does work. Thanks to Road and Track you can see former F1 driver Eric Comas explain the initial success of the concept.
The DeltaWing was originally conceived for a submission to IndyCar, where it would provide a chassis to teams. It was around the middle of 2010 that they got knocked back by IndyCar. Hopes were boosted a year later, in mid-2011, when word came through the Le Mans project had been approved. You can read more at the DeltaWing website.
After the break you can watch a couple of videos of the DeltaWing in action. We’d love to hear what you think.
4 replies on “Does this look weird to you?”
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Can we please stop referring to it as the “Nissan Deltawing” or “Nissan’s Deltawing concept” and giving Nissan any undue credit.
All Nissan have done is come along and put their engine in the back (instead of the already-proven Acura LMP engine) and handed over a big wad of cash to ruin the livery and put their sticker on the side. They haven’t done anything else towards the concept that was already due to be done by somebody else.
Yes, it looks weird. And I don’t care what you call it.
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