This is a car that we at Motoring Weekly hadn’t heard of before - the Vemac RD180, the first in series of sports cars that should have included the RD200, RD320 and RD350. It appears that only the first two were built in limited numbers and the last two never made it to full production. In effect the RD180 was a design concept prototype and the styling was a mix of Porsche, … [Read more...]
Space Frame Chassis
A while back I described the use of the monocoque to produce a very strong but heavy chassis that probably 90% of the world's mass produced cars use. As a follow on, I’ll talk about the space frame chassis that really took off after World War 2, however like many technologies had it’s birth closer to the start of the industry. A space frame is a truss – multi interconnecting … [Read more...]
Rolls-Royce Steps Towards Future
I’ve been reading a number of reports about the future direction for Rolls-Royce. As many readers will know they are owned by BMW - whilst their original partners in crime, Bentley, are owned by the competition: VW. From a joint platform they have really diverged with the VW Group giving Bentley room to expand and importantly, technology, to produce some amazing vehicles. … [Read more...]
