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California’s Swift Engineering has revealed their proposal for an updated 2012 Indy Car / Formula One racer – and it looks like Joel Schumacher’s Batmobile had a baby with Speed Racer’s Mach 5. This new horror movie version of a race car is scheduled to take over for the “Dallara” IndyCar chassis, which has been in service for 9 years.
IndyCar officials need a car capable of hitting 235 mph at a lower cost than Dallara’s 0k tag. Swift may have found the answer and plans to use lighter & environmentally friendly materials in their vehicle design.
Jan Wesley Refsdal, Swift’s president, has stated about this opportunity to create the next gen IndyCar: “Rapid development is just as much about the speed and quality of the design process as it is manufacturing. We are evolving our four-year exclusive certified composite repair relationship with Mark One Composites, Inc. to provide further manufacturing and inventory support directly to teams from its Indianapolis-based facility.”
Indy officials are also on the hunt for a new engine – comparable to a 3.5-liter 32-valve DOHC V8 made from aluminum alloy.
The Source: World Car Fans
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