https://youtu.be/kJtHrawFdoI?si=4Cvt2nADI5odAGnE
Touches on the proportions, engine placement, aluminum chassis and the transaxle ahead of the gearbox.
https://youtu.be/kJtHrawFdoI?si=4Cvt2nADI5odAGnE
Touches on the proportions, engine placement, aluminum chassis and the transaxle ahead of the gearbox.
I had no idea the car had a 45/55 weight distribution despite being front-engined, neat.
The whole motor sits behind the front axle so it is technically front-mid but I agree, very cool.
Other long hooded front-mid engined cars like the AMG GTR, Viper and Ferrari V12 GTs have also had a near 50/50 weight distribution for a long time now.
You're forgetting the best one of them all. The Miata!*
*(NC and ND only).
The F12 / 812 / 12 Cilindri all have a 48F/52R weight distribution
Older sister LC500 is 50/50.
Gonna do that reddit “uh…achcthually” thing and say the LC500 actually has a 52f 48r weight bias. It was measured independently by savagegeese
50/50**
** +/- 2% 😂
Corvette was similar since C4, which still had the transmission up front.
Since the C2, actually. Small block cars and some big block models had a rear weight bias. GM has an interesting SAE paper about C2 development that talks about it.
Whatever, I still remember weight distribution in the C7 also 45/55. It's clearly that gearbox on rear axle made more weight on rear.
C7s were 49/51 F/R and that was only the naturally aspirated models. Flip those numbers for the supercharged models
The GRGT was considered to built as rear mid engine car, but they didn't do that by some reasons. In result, it becomes like C7 Corvette.
Yup. Similar silhouette to the previous gen AMG GTs, and those had a weight distribution of about 48/52 - 47/53 F/R. This has a hybrid system sandwiched into the trans axle, so even more weight in the rear. This thing will probably rip through corner exits.
I see it marketed all the time but is 50/50 weight distribution even that big of a deal? I recall reading that a lot of relatively “normal” cars have it, every 3/5 series, C class, Lexus IS, Pontiac G8/Commodore, etc.
I’m curious as to price and if this is designed to compete against cars such at the corvette which are very common in the states. Sort of like an accesible super car.
But it does look very premium so I kinda doubt it.
Edit: nvm just read it’s looking to be 200k.
Was a super interesting video. Learned that the gr gt has a lower height then a factory FD!!! The GR GT is turning into my new dream car the more I learn about it.
Haha hey fellow FD owner who also thinks the GR GT is the shit
3900 lbs, automatic, turbo lol