Silhouette racing car

Silhouette cars are sports car prototype, the surmounted by a body, usually made of plastic, are made of a chassis and externally resemble a mass-produced car. Well-known racing series are here as the Nascar from the U.S., the vehicles of the Trophée Andros in France, or the DTM.

To reduce costs, and to avoid the so-called arms spirals and the associated increase in costs motorsport series of standardized and highly regulated vehicles was thought in many. Both the American stock cars of NASCAR, as well as the so-called touring cars of the DTM, only the external features of the cars of series production still need to have in common. But because it was possible to prescribe unit parts for all manufacturers to keep costs low. So are parts such as gears, brakes or tires for all the same and thus save development costs for the individual manufacturers.

The most consistent implementation in Europe was the 2001 to 2003 hosted, German V8 Star series. The V8 -Star was a manufacturer unbound series. Technically, all vehicles had a tubular frame with an imported from USA 5.7 liter V8 engine with 365 kW/500 hp approx (2001: 330 kW/450 hp) and 600 Nm of torque, which his force to a sequential 6 -speed gearbox gave. Electronic driver aids were banned. For safety, the driver sat in a monocoque, which is technically possible formula of vehicles. In addition, in the vehicles CFRP crash boxes were installed.

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