Bolide http://www.bolide.co.uk Historic cars, motorsport & more... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:40:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ariel Atom V8 vs Noble M600 at the Nurburgring http://www.bolide.co.uk/2012/04/ariel-atom-v8-vs-noble-m600-at-the-nurburgring/ http://www.bolide.co.uk/2012/04/ariel-atom-v8-vs-noble-m600-at-the-nurburgring/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:38:44 +0000 Nicholas Froome http://www.bolide.co.uk/?p=2365 Continue reading →]]>

Does Chris Harris have the best job in automotive journalism? You decide
There is sone great onboard footage from the Nurburgring in this long (24-minute) video. It showcases the Noble M600 and the scary Ariel Atom V8 on a dry, sunny Nordschleife

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The name on the side of this car is Nissan but the design is the work of Ben Bowlby. The car was conceived as a new-era Indy Car replacement for the 2012 season. In the event, IRL went with a more traditional Dallara-designed car, leaving the DeltaWing as a stillborn race car concept in search of a sponsor and a race series

At the invitation of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest the car starts Le Mans this year from Garage 56 – it is reserved for experimental cars but hasn’t seen anything quite this unusual before


The car runs outside of the usual endurance racing categories and won’t be scoring points during the race. Despite having only 300 bhp – around half that of the other cars – it is predicted to run at somewhere between LMP1 and LMP2 laps times, due to low mass and low drag. Nissan see it as a testbed for new technology and tyre partner Michelin view it in the same fashion

According to Bowlby, “Our goal was to create a car that was twice as efficient for the same speed”. It is designed to have 60% less drag and to use 50% of the fuel and, at 475 Kg with driver, it weighs around half that of an “ordinary” Le Mans car

With a super-narrow front track the car looks destined to understeer but the combination of rearward weight bias, torque-vectoring, strong downforce and a long nose giving large leverage on the centre of mass, should make the car turn as predicted. Bowlby states: “This isn’t an understeer-limited layout… It will respond to steering inputs incredibly quickly and completely”

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Louise Bunting on her way to a 1st Class award in the VSCC Exmoor Fringe Trial

Louise Bunting on her way to a 1st Class award in the VSCC Exmoor Fringe Trial

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The VSCC New Year Driving Tests are the season-opener for the Vintage Club and are traditionally held at Brooklands. It’s a rare treat to see cars on the banking and the steep mossy concrete makes an unusual backdrop

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Timelapse video of the 600-hour build of a BMW Z4 GTR. Nice!

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I thought we should start 2012 with something subtle and thoughtful. But then I thought what the hell…

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Veteran Cars rub shoulders with Future Challenge Cars in the Regent Street Motorshow

Veteran Cars rub shoulders with Future Challenge Cars in the Regent Street Motorshow

The Regent Street Motorshow combines cars from the Concours for the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, the Future Car Challenge and one hundred 20th Century cars

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1893 Benz Viktoria, car #2, crosses the start line in Hyde Park

1893 Benz Viktoria, car #2, crosses the start line in Hyde Park


 

 

 

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