Sentences with word «spaceframe»

Credit the extremely stiff aluminum spaceframe chassis, the low center of gravity (thanks, in part, to the dry - sump lubrication system, which allowed them to forego a conventional oil pan and drop engine placement an additional 2 inches), dynamic engine and transmission mounts, and the 47 - 53 front - to - rear weight distribution — this car is nigh unshakeable at speed.

Or the lightweight aluminium spaceframe chassis construction.

Designed in 1957 as a simple and affordable sports car, the Lotus Seven featured a tubular spaceframe chassis, aluminium body panels, a live rear axle, drum brakes and a 1 - litre four - cylinder engine from the Ford 100E saloon.

The seal - sleek coupe - which replaces the DB7 - marks the start of a new era, because its aluminum spaceframe platform is the basis for a three - model range.

Like the 2004 concept, the 101EX is built using the same aluminum spaceframe construction as the Phantom limousine and is powered by the Phantom's 6.75 - liter V - 12 engine.

The car is based on an all - aluminium spaceframe architecture designed by Rolls - Royce engineers that will underpin every future Rolls - Royce beginning with the New Phantom.

Underpinning the Takeri will be the lighter and stiffer Sky Activ platform, a clever steel spaceframe platform which comprises small panels which can be scaled to work on just about anything across the Mazda range.

The intent of spaceframe cars is to allow teams to save money, especially after crashes, where teams can rebuild the cars for the next race at a much lower cost, or even redevelop cars, instead of having to write off an entire car after a crash or at the end of a year.

The SLS uses an aluminum spaceframe body with gullwing doors; an AMG - built 6.3 - liter, front - mid mounted, 563 - hp, 479 - lb - ft V8; a seven - speed dual - clutch transaxle (Mercedes» first), and aluminum double - wishbone suspension.

In 1999, a new formula using spaceframe cars, now renamed Super Silhouette Car Championship came to nothing and the series was abandoned altogether as by then, the Japan's big three had all got work entries in JGTC to this day, now known as Super GT.

It also notes that research and processes undertaken in this project have use for other companies using spaceframes — so such technology could become a feature in other lightweight sports cars in future.

Like its predecessor, the new car has also been conceived around an aluminum spaceframe structure.

The carbon spaceframe construction, together with the impressively high torsional stiffness of the under - body structure, allows the arrangement of the side sills to be combined with extremely high body rigidity.

The carbon - fiber center tub did save 220 pounds and is four times as rigid as the previous spaceframe design, and it also taught Lexus some valuable lessons with regard to future higher - volume production concepts.

Instead, the Japanese giant was pursuing an aluminum - spaceframe sports car with a Toyota badge.

Compared with the 599, the F12 will weigh nearly 150 pounds less, thanks to an aluminum - intensive spaceframe.

The GT's spaceframe achieves high torsional and longitudinal rigidity with exceptionally low weight.

There are cars without carbon but aluminium spaceframe which as fast as the Mc, so what.

The Phantom is built on a hand - welded aluminum alloy spaceframe.

The aluminum unibody consists of the usual spaceframe clad with sculpted skin.

Under the rather overwrought skin, the new car is essentially a rebodied Audi R8, using the latter's aluminium and carbon fibre spaceframe.

The Mercedes is not only a touch wider and a substantial 5.2 inches longer, it also has a phallic snout that positions the driver farther back in the aluminum spaceframe cradle.

Practical concerns are not important in a car like the Lamborghini Cabrera, though, as this upcoming supercar will feature even more performance potential than the Gallardo with its new, lighter aluminum - and - carbon - fiber spaceframe that will be shared with the next - generation Audi R8.

The third generation of Audi's aluminum - spaceframe flagship, the A8, has now been unveiled.

«Despite being a noticeably bigger car, the 360's weight is on a par with the 355's thanks to an aluminium spaceframe replacing steel box - section in the chassis.

Fact is, while the next Gallardo (like its Audi R8 sibling) will stick with the Audi spaceframe matrix, the second - generation Murcielago, which we'll see in Geneva, is almost entirely made of carbon fiber.

Cursed with a tiny engineering budget, Aldikacti had relied heavily on the GM parts bin to get the car built, and the Fiero's plastic body panels and innovative spaceframe construction hid the front suspension and brakes of a rear - wheel - drive Chevette and a rear suspension derived from the strut - type front suspension of a front - wheel - drive Chevrolet Citation.

Steel spaceframe ditched, the B36 uses an aluminum monocoque made to fit a host of compact 2.0 - liter engines, including motors from BMW, Ford, Cosworth, and Chrysler.

Underneath all this gappy glassfibre is the traditional TVR spaceframe, a double - deck ladder backbone structure made of large - diameter tubes with outriggers onto which the body is mounted.

Typical for a racing car of this era, the Brabham has a multitube spaceframe chassis, with the engine behind the driver.

The core of the chassis is an extruded - aluminum spaceframe bolted to an aluminum front subframe.

Like the so - called spaceframe structure, the suspension's double wishbones, steering arms and hub carriers are all aluminium.

Its tubular spaceframe rear end supports a billet aluminium crossmember and pushrod - actuated suspension.

Because the F139 will use the same aluminium spaceframe technology as the 612 Scaglietti, even though it'll be bigger than the 575, it might weigh about the same as the 575's 1730 kg kerb weight - the bigger, four - seat 612 only weighs 100 kg more thanks to all that aluminium.

It trades the long - running aluminum spaceframe for an even lighter and stiffer aluminum - and - carbon fiber architecture derived from the modular MLBevo matrix.

The GT spaceframe tips the scales at just 235 kg, yet leads its class in torsional and longitudinal rigidity.

«Just as our earlier Avus concept led to the creation of our first aluminum - spaceframe model, the urban concept is forging the way forward for carbon fiber in volume production,» an Ingolstadt insider revealed.

The stylish stunner will ride on a new lightweight aluminum spaceframe available in both coupe and cabriolet body styles and with three powertrains: hybrid, plug - in hybrid and all - electric e-AWD.

The upcoming SUV is the second model to be based on the Rolls - Royce - exclusive spaceframe architecture, which also underpins the eighth - generation Phantom.

The whole car weighs 1,612 kg dry, which is claimed to be 113 kg lighter than the previous R8 Spyder thanks to the carbon - fibre reinforced spaceframe and additional stiffening to the A-pillar and sills.

Under its lightweight skin is an aluminum spaceframe like the one on the regular GT, but how much is actually carried over from the road car remains to be seen.

The aluminium spaceframe shares some extrusions with the Gallardo but all of its nodal joints are new to meet the design requirements of the R8.

The chassis was a tubular spaceframe based on the Dino 246, but was stretched for a 2,550.20 mm (100.4 in)[2] wheelbase to make room for the second row of seats.

Designed by Daimler - Benz's chief developing engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut, the W194 used welded aluminum tube spaceframe chassis, powered by a straight six engine that provided legendary drivers such as Juan Manuel Fangio & Stirling Moss with 175hp of power to utilize against their competition.

Both the pink curtain rail and the red outline added to the inner spaceframe were an «unusual experiment» from him.