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Old 10 Mar 2008, 14:50 (Ref:2148397)   #101
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It could do with being wider, for the high narrow cockpit to balance out.

pretty little thing, though.
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 16:18 (Ref:2148462)   #102
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Anyone with an open car should pack up and go home, know one's going to be interested in them, lol.

Coupes are were it's at.

This Dome reminds me of some of the 3.5 cars, the Nissan, Konrad and that Momo sposnored one.

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Old 10 Mar 2008, 16:33 (Ref:2148471)   #103
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Anyone with an open car should pack up and go home, know one's going to be interested in them, lol.
Audi just realised it so are spending the next week in the Florida Keys and watching Sebring on TV
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 18:40 (Ref:2148567)   #104
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The renditions do not appear to be photos to me.
I've seen enough renders and these do look like photos to me. Clues can be found in the fit and finish details.

But what a great looking car it is! Great to see another coupe era being born. I do hope these cars keep advancing in shape and aerodynamics. Forcing any kind of styling restrictions, with the noses for example, will devaluate the merit of them in the future imo. What was then has been, time for the new stuff!
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 18:52 (Ref:2148574)   #105
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I'd stake my job on them being real photos!

(I'm a magazine art ed btw, and use ps extensively)
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 18:56 (Ref:2148579)   #106
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Those are real. Let's not be silly! Why wouldn't they be!?!?
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 19:15 (Ref:2148593)   #107
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'cos maybe the car is not as ready as they would like to show to the public and they need to show something as it is the only new car (excluding Tokai University project) that yet to show its existence. (Sebring is this week after all).

I sent the link in an earlier post as none of those photos are of real cars yet any outsider would believe that they were real cars being photographed.
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 19:40 (Ref:2148612)   #108
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The car is being presented to the press in the next day or two.
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 19:57 (Ref:2148623)   #109
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I am going to have to say that these look like real photos (of an attractive car) to me too. Fit and finish, as was mentioned above, suggests a bona fide vehicle. Pending press presentations similarly reinforces this.

Glad to see the coupes back, though I like the mix between styles if both can be competitive. Variety is the spice of life; that is the ethos that attracts me to sportscars in the first place.
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 20:27 (Ref:2148648)   #110
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The car is being presented to the press in the next day or two.
I look forward to having my scepticism resolved.

It is nice looking...probably the best of the coupes. FWIW, I would have the following ranking: 1) Dome, 2) Pug, 3) Epsilon and 4) Lola in that order.
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 20:54 (Ref:2148674)   #111
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I have to say I like, look very much like a Group C off old.
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 21:17 (Ref:2148688)   #112
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I look forward to having my scepticism resolved.

It is nice looking...probably the best of the coupes. FWIW, I would have the following ranking: 1) Dome, 2) Pug, 3) Epsilon and 4) Lola in that order.
Why so sceptic? Since 2001 every year there was at least 1 Dome on the Le Mans grid. And in most cases the Dome's were competative.
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 21:46 (Ref:2148709)   #113
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The cockpit looks awkward in all the new coupes. IMO EE looks the least worst.

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Old 10 Mar 2008, 22:03 (Ref:2148720)   #114
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It looks a bit like the Toyota TS020 from the front...
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Old 10 Mar 2008, 22:05 (Ref:2148722)   #115
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Why so sceptic? Since 2001 every year there was at least 1 Dome on the Le Mans grid. And in most cases the Dome's were competative.
My scepticism related to the car being completed now...not whether there will be a Dome on the grid at Le mans in three months' time.

The picture comparison is really quite interesting. I agree that the cockpits make them all look ungainly. The lola seems to be the odd one out visually.
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Old 11 Mar 2008, 19:34 (Ref:2149383)   #116
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Question ..... Both the Dome and the EE are using the same Judd GV5S2 . Can someone please explain why the exhaust pipe is a greater bore on the Dome .... I cant think why . Thanks .
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Old 11 Mar 2008, 19:48 (Ref:2149397)   #117
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Question ..... Both the Dome and the EE are using the same Judd GV5S2 . Can someone please explain why the exhaust pipe is a greater bore on the Dome .... I cant think why . Thanks .
it's not it's just the whole in the bodywork isnt as big as the exaust.

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Old 11 Mar 2008, 20:38 (Ref:2149433)   #118
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Then how does the exhaust exit "through" the bodywork if the hole is smaller ?

Im sorry nightstalker , but your explanation doesnt sound correct to me . You would want the exhaust to exit "through" the bodywork .
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Old 11 Mar 2008, 20:45 (Ref:2149439)   #119
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Could just be slightly different tuning of the exhaust. What works for one team might not work for the other.
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Old 11 Mar 2008, 20:48 (Ref:2149442)   #120
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as u can see in the comparison picture .. the EE has a piece of silver bodywork which doesn't look carbon fiber covering most of the exhaust ..
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Old 11 Mar 2008, 21:07 (Ref:2149458)   #121
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If they are still waiting for the gearbox, it is possible that there is no engine in the car either. The exhaust seen in the picture could be there to give the right look to the photo but may not be the one that they would use. Shame they did not have a pic of the engine bay.

Without the gearbox; however, would imply that the rear end of the car is supported by some temporary brackets (or the gearbox casing).
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as u can see in the comparison picture .. the EE has a piece of silver bodywork which doesn't look carbon fiber covering most of the exhaust ..
That would be a heat sheild then . Im still convinced that the exhaust is bigger on the Dome .

Ive noticed that the EE is running a muffler .... might it be that Dome havent installed a muffler yet ?
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Without the gearbox; however, would imply that the rear end of the car is supported by some temporary brackets (or the gearbox casing).
But the gearbox casing doesnt support the exhaust , or ?
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Dome S102

S102's Aerodynamic data has annonced.
http://www.hobidas.com/blog/tipo/nakajima/08031102.html

S102 has carbon subframe and carbon gearbox (part of).
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