[knarf]

The weight consideration was addressed with the lift body construction.

The body is in part, the airfoil

[cpdiii]

The hull is a lifting body. It should have strakes down the sides as a dam against air migration laterally off the lifting body. It would give greater efficiency.

[zeugma]

The weight consideration was addressed with the lift body construction.
The body is in part, the airfoil

This is exactly one of those compromises mentioned upthread. A modern sportscar is designed so that wind forces it down onto the road. I would imagine this car would get squirrelly on the road at 80mph.