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12 Jul 2006, 21:54 (Ref:1654888)
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The new Champ Car is coming
This car looks really nice. Hopefully it goes as well as it looks.
I wonder who will get the job of turning it's first laps in anger. Lucky stiff  http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/champcar/28505/ |
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12 Jul 2006, 23:06 (Ref:1654946)
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It does look pretty good doesnt it
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12 Jul 2006, 23:06 (Ref:1654947)
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Hold on the article says that the DP01 will be powered by the same engine. I thought there was going to be a new engine as well.
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13 Jul 2006, 00:35 (Ref:1654982)
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Hopefuly the final thing will look that good. I hadn't been convinced by a few of the other showings but that looked great. Roll on next year!
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13 Jul 2006, 02:07 (Ref:1655007)
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Same engine but tuned for another 50HP I thought
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13 Jul 2006, 02:40 (Ref:1655017)
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Nifty. Pulled down instead of pushed, eh? That should make for some good racing.
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13 Jul 2006, 02:45 (Ref:1655019)
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What a great looking car! But is there enough time to properly test it before the start of the 07 season - such as crash testing?
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13 Jul 2006, 05:00 (Ref:1655062)
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Has a number of F1 elements with the curved sidepods and raised nose. Looks a pretty good package.
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13 Jul 2006, 05:14 (Ref:1655064)
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I thought it looked hideous in the first pictures, though that side picture looks fantastic. Can't wait to see it properly!
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13 Jul 2006, 07:52 (Ref:1655117)
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Looks great!
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13 Jul 2006, 10:42 (Ref:1655221)
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That's a good point. At first I hated it, I thought it was so ugly and was dreading the day we lost the Lola, but anyway from that side pic as mentioned it looks just as good if not better! I can't wait for 2007!
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13 Jul 2006, 13:14 (Ref:1655347)
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The first drawings looked quite crap to be honest but now it looks amazing. Despite the raised nose, it still looks like a Champ Car should look.
Two things. The rear wing endplates are quite large, and also the rear view mirrors... don't they look a little too low for good vision? |
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13 Jul 2006, 14:55 (Ref:1655418)
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Looking good. I like it.
I seem to recall someone saying the dp01 was nothing but a bunch of drawings on some toilet paper. Guess it's coming to dinner afterall. |
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15 Jul 2006, 20:59 (Ref:1657091)
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Blimey, that looks awesome, much better than that BMW Sauber at the moment
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16 Jul 2006, 21:48 (Ref:1657816)
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Wow it looks really good once you maximse the photo, unless you do that it does look kinda squashed though.
 On a more serious note however the car does look a lot more like a conventional single seater that you would see over here in Europe than previous designs, at least side ways on. Havent seen a front angle photo of the car yet. It is a little shorter, isnt it? Anyway it defintely looks like a improvement over the current Lola. IMO.
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16 Jul 2006, 21:52 (Ref:1657818)
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Is it safe? If Bourdais would have been driving this car at Cleveland, would he still be alive today ?
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16 Jul 2006, 22:57 (Ref:1657847)
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17 Jul 2006, 05:00 (Ref:1657951)
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18 Jul 2006, 16:06 (Ref:1659246)
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A Champ Car is very different from what CART was, well starting to look, IMO the new car is ideal. It's new, fresh, different, very nice looking, a real race car, and most importantly it looks just how a Champ Car should look like. |
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18 Jul 2006, 19:52 (Ref:1659395)
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I don't care how old it is! I still adore those cars.
A new car is refreshing of course, and it does look good however. But I'll miss those old style cars. 
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18 Jul 2006, 21:00 (Ref:1659451)
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Yes but they need a new car!
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18 Jul 2006, 23:19 (Ref:1659560)
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I think it's not just about a new car. It's also about a new identity. Perhaps through the new Panoz, Champ Car is trying to step out of the CART shadow. A new car also implies that Champ Car is not the old CART, which is now dead.
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