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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 ...
As with other silhouette cars, the Skyline RS Silhouette Formula shares design elements with the road-going R30 Skyline RS, but its engineering differs radically.Designed for Group 5 regulations, [1] it combines a space frame built by Nova Engineering with Mooncraft bodywork and a turbocharged Nissan LZ20BT inline-four engine capable of approximately 570 PS (560 hp; 420 kW) [2] and 55 kg⋅m ...
The Mercedes-AMG C-Coupé DTM is a silhouette racing car designed by Mercedes-Benz for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters championship. Mercedes-Benz chose the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt to present the new 2012 DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé.
The V8Star Series began shortly after the revival of Germany's premier touring car racing series, the DTM.The cars were built in a similar way. Both series used prototypes that had no technical similarities to a production car, were powered by a V8 engine and covered in a silhouette that was modelled to visually resemble some of the production cars that were sold in Germany at the time.
Group 5 was an FIA motor racing classification which was applied to four distinct categories during the years 1966 to 1982. Initially Group 5 regulations defined a Special Touring Car category and from 1970 to 1971 the classification was applied to limited production Sports Cars restricted to 5 litre engine capacity.
Italian race car constructor Coloni made a one-off racing car prototype for FIA Group-E Formula Libre called the Coloni S1 Alfa Romeo 156, or 156 Maxiturismo. [49] The car is a carbon fibre silhouette racing car on a tubular frame, [ 50 ] powered by a 3.0-litre Alfa Romeo V6 engine rated between 380 and 500 hp (280 and 370 kW).
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Hoshino Racing purchased March Engineering's 83G prototype racing car, Hasemi Motorsports modified the silhouette version of the Skyline that competed in the previous year's Kyalami 9 Hours to Group C regulations, and Central 20 was made by a domestic constructor's garage Le Mans. chassis will be introduced.