Posted on 12/13/2017 12:23:59 PM PST by Red Badger
With a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 and two electric motors out front, this California-built supercar could be seriously fast.
Last year at the L.A. Auto Show, California-based Aria showed a mid-engine concept called the "Fast Eddy." Named after Ed Taylor, former vice president of design at GM and father of one of Aria's co-founders, Charles Taylor. Now, the group is back with a production version, called the FXE, and it looks seriously cool.
While the Fast Eddy concept had a Chevy-sourced 500-horsepower small block V8, the FXE is a little more serious. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a mid-mounted 6.2-liter supercharged V8 and seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, combined with two front-mounted electric motors for a total output of 1150 horsepower and 1316 lb.-ft. of torque. Thanks to a carbon fiber monocoque, carbon fiber panels, and lightweight 3D-printed metals, weight comes in at 3450 pounds.
The forged wheels are built by HRE, and feature a center locking mechanism and carbon fiber inserts. It has 265 width Pirelli Trofeo Rs on 20 inch wheels in front and 325s on 21s out back. Aria says the FXE will get to 60 in just 3.1 seconds, and have a top speed of 220 mph.
Pricing hasn't been revealed to the public, and is only available to those who have applied to buy one. If you still have doubts, know this: Aria is the same manufacturing group that assembles the perfect carbon fiber body panels for 911's reimagined by Singer. That's got to mean something, right?
Hybrid Ping!.....................
I’d have to live in it because, 1) I’d have to sell everything I own and then some to buy it and 2) I don’t think I could extract myself from once I managed to squeeze in.
Add a wet bar and a Wifi hotspot and I’d never leave!...................
Was there some vote that I missed where all economy cars have to look like jelly beans and all super cars have to look like transformers?
There’s so little differentiation between vehicles in a given class anymore, and if there are differences, they’re subtle creases or tacked on plastic baubles.
My rant for the day...
It’s the inevitable result of CAD, Computer Aided Design, and CAM, Computer Aided Manufacture.
The computers in Japan, Europe and North America will all give the same results when designing for aerodynamics..............
Add the torque of an electric motor and, presto, 1100 hp!
I rented a Prius in Seattle once, I was shocked at the acceleration off the line.
I saw a youtube video of some guy in a fairly tiny car that he turned into pure electric for the drag strip. It was funny to watch him blow the doors off souped up Camaros and Mustangs. But the car was no chick magnet, that’s for sure. :)
Two electric motors!...................
They go to 11 volts!
Or 5 PRIUSES...................
Carbon fiber replaces glass fiber in the plastic body resembling those made to fit on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis back in the day
And they sound like two gerbils mating.
I’ll haveta ask Richard Gere...................
Wheel hub electric motors which will lead to some radical designs with the drivetrain contained within the wheels. Batteries down in the floorboard for low center of gravity, leaving the entire envelope open for whatever purpose or design. There are going to be some very spacious off-road vehicles, for one. This assumes that battery tech continues to mature and come down in price.
AND SPACE/WEIGHT.....................
OH BABY........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ho humm, wake me when it comes with 4 20mm guns,
It will lead to some cool and useful vehicles. Look up Nikola and check out their 4wd electric UTV with wheel hub motors on all four corners. Wicked fast and very capable off-road. Expensive though.
IT’S AN OPTION....................
Making America Great Again!
One thousand horses at a time!...................
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