On-board video. Also, note the new "Nissan" badges (more on that below). [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlQAvEfmeI&sns=tw]Nissan DeltaWing In-Car Video - YouTube[/ame]
Nissan's video version of the announcement: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLZ3d-X8aY]Nissan DeltaWing launch - 13th March 2012 - Innovation that Excites - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs_wnHNbVCA]DeltaWing First Track Test - R&T Exclusive Video - YouTube[/ame]
A bunch of photos avail here (click the title): PHOTOS: Inside The DeltaWing Enjoy 60 photos from the first outing with the DeltaWing, as shot by SPEED's Marshall Pruett on March 1st at the Buttonwillow circuit in Ca.
Interesting how the Nissan guy talks like they did all the development work, like it's been their car all along......
I thought that looked aweful familiar. They weren't running #13CW though. That would REALLY show how it turns. Though that is a poor testing location to compare to Circuit de Sarthe.... Lets see how it does at Seabring. Should be cool to see.
So, is this a second car, or did the original just have a red vinyl wrap? The front wheel size looks smaller on this one....
That's going too far of course but it's also typical. On the other hand, they may have been involved for quite some time. The other DeltaWing folks have been talking about a partner they couldn't name but would be revealed eventually, most recently they changed the language to say it was an engine partner. They couldn't reveal the source of the power plant until the mystery company or organization was ready to go public. No way of knowing at this point just how heavily involved Nissan has been or for how long. I think it's interesting though that they didn't make their involvement with the project public until after it had been on the track a couple times and proved that it could at least turn a few corners. :wink:
Don't know but it's definitely evolving. The body seems to be changing shape here and there plus there's a hole where the very pointy nose used to be.
Unfortunately, I think you'll be disappointed. When anybody shows off their new race car to the public for the first time, they do safe demo laps for photographers and publicity. A mishap would be beyond embarrassing. An interesting tidbit I saw, but I couldn't find the reference right now. The designers wanted to use only one front wheel, but 4 wheels are required to enter in LeMans.