skydivepaul
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 02:10 PM |
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six wheeled supercar
WHY????
linky
peculiar six-wheeled supercar.
Despite its obscure looks, the Covini CV6 isn't the first high performance car with six wheels. The Tyrell P34 Formula One racer and the Panther
6 of the 1970s pipped Covini to the post.
Thanks to a partnership with industrial digger builder PMI, the CV6 is already being offered to interested (and wealthy) customers.
It's an impressive effort, too - on paper at least. It's powered by a 440bhp 4.2-litre V8 taken from the Audi R8, which is mounted behind
the driver and sends power to the rear wheels only.
Covini claims that the extra pair of wheels at the front make the CV6 handle and stop more effectively than a normal four-wheeled car.
Other benefits include greater comfort and less risk if one of the tyres blows out suddenly.
However, the technical complexity of managing six wheels has always made such a car very tricky to produce. As a result, the CV6 won't come
cheap - the price is rumoured to be around €300,000 (£250,000).
The body has scissor-style doors and is made of carbon fibre and fibreglass, so it's light, weighing in at just over a tonne. There's no
word on performance yet, but we'd expect a 0-62mph time of well under five seconds and a top speed of at least 180mph
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02GF74
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 02:15 PM |
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Why? Same reason Tyrell did it before it got banned, I believe. There are advantages as well as disadvantages.
Styling is awful, looks like a photoshop effort. They should have taken design cues from here, which I think predates all of the 6w cars
mentioned.
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steve m
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 02:24 PM |
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It would be brilliant in the snow/ice, just put a belt round the front wheels, like track
like a german half track inreverse
Steve
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02GF74
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 02:27 PM |
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hmmmmm, you may be right.
track conversion you say?
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Liam
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 02:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
It would be brilliant in the snow/ice, just put a belt round the front wheels, like track
like a german half track inreverse
Steve
You'd have to steer with the throttle then 
Wasn't the Tyrell double front axle primarily for aerodynamic reasons? Kinda lost on a car with a body then. Looks fugly too. No thanks.
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jacko
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 06:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
hmmmmm, you may be right.
track conversion you say?
 
Description
SNAP
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mcerd1
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 08:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Description
I know were that one is, even without the writing on the door  (I must have driven past it 200 times....)
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Chippy
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 10:46 PM |
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I was involved with F1 when the Tyrell was first run. The main reason was that the front wheels were tiny for better airodynamics, went quite well but
got banned anyway, :-( Cheers Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 01:14 AM |
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Odd, you definately wouldn't lose that in a car park!
Can't help thinking though, if they put the engine in the front the front wheel steering thing might be less complex as it looks like the second
axle is going to be under the driver's feet
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