After more than a yearlong development process, BMW of North America presented a new prototype of its two-man bobsled for the official U.S. team.
Designed in collaboration with the USA Bobsled & Skeleton Federation (USBSF), the high-tech bobsled will be used for the first time today at the FIBT World Cup in Igls, Austria.
“The results of our testing thus far have been promising, but the true test of a bobsled’s speed is determined in competition,” said U.S. men’s bobsled head coach Brian Shimer. “The team couldn’t wait to get this sled on the ice, so we bumped up its debut to Igls and we’re looking forward to seeing it in action. We need to test it under race conditions to see what improvements to make for next season.”
The two-man bobsled pairs lightweight materials, such as carbon fiber, with optimized aerodynamics. It is BMW's second two-man bobsled prototype created for Team USA, and it will remain in development for the rest of the 2012/2013 FIBT World Cup competition season, with the German brand to continue to gather data and feedback in preparation for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
First forced induction M cars, now gravity....
ReplyDeletePoint being. first plane engines then bikes the god forbid they put there engines in,cars. BMW where one or the first to develop forced induction with there supercharged plane the bike engines. Then turbos. The 2002 turbo was the first car to wear the tricolour. So you could say that was the first m car. BMW went on to win f1 with the development of that engine. The only reason why BMW never continued with turbos were due to lag. Now they have fixed that issue and they can meet co2 targets with turbos it's a problem to you. Times change people change. If you had it your way BMW would only make plane engines and would of been out off business decades ago
ReplyDelete...it's a slippery slope !
ReplyDeletePut a couple Jamaicans in this thing and you've got a winning team!
ReplyDeleteSo you have a problem with change? I agree, BMW should only produce fast cars that fuck the environment in the ass. Dropping a couple cylinders and adding a turbo is the DEVIL!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah I do. I hate to see true drivers cars that comprise 0.00000000001% of the new car sales be restricted as all the other cr@p. Meanwhile, somewhere in America, a fat accountant buys a petrol V8 truck as his daily driver thus personally offsetting 100 families' contribution with their 1.4 HDI FAP Citroens.
ReplyDeleteSo, yeah, if that 'change' employs this double standard, i have a problem with it.
...The Ultimate Sliding Machine?
ReplyDeleteExcept that a couple with one child who ride bicycles has a substantially larger carbon footprint than 1 accountant and his V8 truck....humans individually have a far higher carbon footprint than any car or truck.
ReplyDeleteThe stupidity surrounding this issue is unbelievable !