German tuners don't seem to be having a lot of luck when it comes to naming their projects - at least some of them. We all remember the AVUS "White Power" Audi RS6 and how that story turned out infuriating a great number of readers.
Even though we doubt that anyone will be offended by this latest creation from German luxury tuning firm DMC, calling a car "Fakhuna" seems a like a poor naming choice to say the least…
Dutch artist 'Wildspeed', who you probably remember from the various renderings of future models that we have shown you over the years, is the designer of the Fakhuna.
The proposed styling package includes a new front bumper with larger air intakes and a spoiler lip trimmed in carbon fiber and real gold accents, a redesigned vented hood, side skirts, a rear wing, a roof scoop, plus a new rear bumper with a diffuser, gold accents and centrally mounted twin tail pipes.
More gold accents can be found on the window surround, and the new 21-inch alloy wheels shod in tires size 245/30ZR21 at the front and 295/25ZR21 at the back.
The Duesseldorf based tuner says it can further enhance the car with a lowered sports suspension (30mm at the front and 20mm at the rear), and a custom sports exhaust system.
DMC points out that the Fakhuna is available only as a custom order and that those interested should contact the company directly for more details including pricing.
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A roof scoop on a front-engine car is the most retarded thing ever.
Taking a beautiful car and wiping their ass with it.
Can anyone tell my WHY this is a bad naming choice???? I understand "white power" but "Fakhuna"?
How about the scoops on the lower rear fenders that don't go anywhere? All that those scoops are doing is creating more unnecessary drag.
this car is so need for speed that i regret look at it
A way of getting fresh air into the car without having the window open and moving the air inside above the drivers head where it is the hottest. Also roof scoops are more areodynamic than grill scoops as the air in a well designed car moved much quicker over the roof and is much more efficient.
Roof scoops also increase the air pressure inside the car and is used to keep out dust etc. primarily for rally cars and bonneville type high speed streamliners.
OMG, I'm starting to sound like aaronbbrown.
haha, and it also adds a lil bit of downforce
Gold should only be found around the neck of a greasy Italian.
Fine, let's get all Aaronbbrown then. Here we go ;)
It has been proven that roof scoops don't give any advantages aerodynamically. Think about it, the air will move over the car anyway and roof scoops don't really help a single bit.
Some grille scoops on the other hand serve a purpose by taking air to the brakes and aiding in cooling them. Some scoops are just behind the grille, so you cant see them. Others, (most obvious example Pagani Zonda R), stick out quite visibly.
What you're thinking of Hugh, when you talk about cooling the drivers, is rally cars. Even there, roof scoops don't serve any aerodynamic purposes. They are there for the sole purpose of cooling the pilots. While they have the small squares cut out in the fixed windows (not sure if the rules in rallying require fixed windows on cars) which serve a dual purpose of cooling and allowing contact with the stewards while strapped in at checkpoints, this is not sufficient enough and extra cooling vents are required.
I don't think tuners like the one here, Mansory or FAB actually cut into the roofs of the cars they modify, for the sake of extra cooling. It is merely a pointless aesthetic feature, along with all the extra bits of carbon fiber everywhere, which makes you look like an idiot for paying them to do that to your car.
If I were aaronbbrown, roof scoop would make my car a fucking submarine.
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The faster a car moves, the thicker the boundary layer gets. The boundary layer is essentially stagnant air that acts as a sort of lubricant, allowing the surrounding air to pass without disturbance. As your car punches through the air, a boundary layer sticks to the hood and gets very thick over the windshield (which experiences very high air pressures at speed), and then suddenly thins out as it passes over the roof. Roof scoops take advantage of this thin point in the boundary layer to draw air into the car's passenger compartment or heat exchangers.
Read more: The Technology of Roof Scoops in Cars | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_6133744_technology-roof-scoops-cars.html#ixzz1xQyAJq6q
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So it's completely pointless then, unless you've got it on a rally car where it's a must because the heat build-up in the cabin is immense due to there being no insulation to stop the heat of the engine getting in. I wasn't implying anything different with my previous comments. It's useless for road cars. If there was some kind of advantage, then the proper car makers would have them as standard on their cars. The only road cars that you do see roof scoops on, are the ones from the shitty tuners like Mansory, FAB etc. It would be justified if it was on a rear-engine car, and the scoop was taking the air to the engine for cooling, but the truth is that it's not in most cases.
BTW Hugh, your attempts at witty replies are pathetic, because Aaronbbrown doesn't use google ;)
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