Comment on xkcd #3167: Car Size

• lol_idk@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Idk I just hot linked some random image on the internet

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• Poop@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I don’t know where that’s from, but it kinda has Lancia Stratos concept vibes to me.

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• SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Lancia Stratos Zero was kinda similar.

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not to speak of the Lancia Stratos, the original cheese wedge:

    cheese

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    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That one apparently did well in rally, so I have trouble seeing it as a ‘hugging the ground’ supercar. Even though Porsches and Lambos also were in rally.

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      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s a bit of a misconception. Soft-sprung cars can be hella fast on roads.

        But modern supercars are sprung so slow for downforce, to try to turn their bottoms into vacuum cleaners. But its mostly for show, as this doesn’t even kick in till like 90mph+. In fact, many racecars are faster around hairpens when sprung looser and higher.

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