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A silhouette racing car is a race car which, although bearing a superficial resemblance to a production model, differs mechanically in fundamental ways. The purpose of silhouette cars is to provide a manufacturer with a tangible link to their consumer product offerings so as to derive maximum marketing benefit from their investment in the sport.
Silhouette made extensive use of electric controls on the dash or hidden in the car's trim for things like raising and lowering the bubble top, opening the hood and trunk, starting the engine, turning on and off the lights, and running the blower fans. [11] The tires were mounted on reversed Cadillac wheels. [1]
The Silhouette was the first Lamborghini to employ a targa top roof. The Silhouette later evolved into the similar looking but more successful Lamborghini Jalpa. The car had a 3.0-litre all-aluminium alloy Lamborghini V8 engine mounted transversely behind the driver. Of the 54 units (42 left-hand-drive and 12 right-hand drive), 31 are currently ...
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The Nissan Skyline RS Silhouette Formula is a Group 5 race car, designed, developed and built by Nissan, for sports car racing, in 1982 The car was based upon the road going R31 skyline. The car was significantly different than even the highest tier specs of the road going R31 skyline. The car features a big rear wing, big side skirts, and a ...
Aussie Racing Cars (ARC), currently known as the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars under sponsorship, [1] is an Australian motor racing category. ARC is a motorcycle powered silhouette racing car class created by former touring car racing driver Phil Ward and influenced by the American Legends category.
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When Lamborghini was sold in 1980, the plastic components (bumpers, air intakes and engine cover) were black, and the car carried over the rectangular taillights of the Silhouette along with a targa top body style. This was changed in 1984 when round taillights were fitted and the black plastic parts were replaced by parts in body colour.