might be because he is now secretly working at FFR and he be publicly discuss production model stuff.......at least that's what I'm hoping
and that Xabier is being consulted too
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might be because he is now secretly working at FFR and he be publicly discuss production model stuff.......at least that's what I'm hoping
and that Xabier is being consulted too
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Yea lets hope so... Dave Smith did say something to the effect that its Rodneys design being done so I am pretty confident now that it will be.
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Hi guys, I am around lurking every now and then. I have moved on to another project at the moment, but on the FFR end I have sent the 3d cad files to them, so I'm Kind of in wait mode as well just like everyone else =).
However I have been programming a few things inside the 3d viewer when I get a chance. I might upload one more final viewer if I ever get around to finishing it, there are no new changes to the design since you guys saw it last, a few little tweaks. But with this new 3d viewer I'm hoping you can customize the car with different options; Change spoilers, Tires, size of rims, colors, decals, window tint, ground kit variations and combinations, I'm improving the camera as well so you can sort fly around the car and not just spin it. But It's about 2 weeks out for that to get done.
I'm little anxious as well, I want to see what the new design that FFR has cooking looks like, I don't think FFR will disappoint.
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bump.
Here's to hoping the CAD file looks like one of this
I'm waiting to see how the prototype turns out.
I am so totally on bored for it if it was. Hopefully we will know what it looks like year soon. This is a favorite one and while Rodney was doing his tweeks to it continued to get more and more refined looking better and better like a car that they could produce. This body is what is HoF to me and all my coworkers and buddies. A hardtop wouldn't be that hard to fabricate either if this is the one. If its not I hope that it finds it way into the coupe version
Rodney, were you still working on the viewer with updated camera angles and more adjustable options like wheels and such? Also, I'm curious as to what wheels (offset, backspacing, etc..) are on it as it sits. I am new to this thread and 23 pages is a lot to take in... Thanks!
Anyyone know if ffr is working on aero version?
I'm hoping for som Rodney-O styled body options, like a revised front fascia, rear clip, or a bolt-on hardtop.
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OK, I am new to Factory Five. The only reason I started digging into this is because I saw a random photo of your car in Google images. It looks fantastic. The thing I can't figure out after pouring through countless threads and other sites is if this car will be built? From what I could piece together is that this is on of several designs that were entered into a competition for the next 818. When is the new 818 going to be released or it's design decided on? If it looks close to anything like your car I would be very interested.
You are correct that this was one of the designs picked in the competition, but it will not be built. I recommend you go to factoryfive.com and check out the 818 section for actual pictures of the car.
While details are on the Street (red car) and Track (blue car) are still being finalized, these two cars will look pretty much like what you see. Both versions are expected to be in production by June of 2013. There will ultimately be other versions of the car -- a coupe, or targa/coupe, plus a high mileage eco-version -- which will be produced later. It is not clear if the bodies will be variants of the current shape, or whether they might look like something else altogether -- perhaps even like Rodney O's popular design. I think that is possible -- though not particularly probable. But only time will tell.
We do know Rodney was working on something for Factory Five. Though I'll build whatever they sell, I keep hoping Rodney's design one day becomes an option.
Since we're back on this thread, just a thought, please tell me were I'm wrong. The 818 like the MK4 and hotrod use a bolt on windshield. The hot rods hard top has the windshield and top as one piece, I'm thinking to make fitting the door glass easier. The question is wouldn't fitting the windshield, top and door glass on a targa design and make it weather proof not to mention wind noise, be very difficult?
I don't think the 818S windshield frame is bolt-on
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2018 Factory 5 Racing 818 Hardtop Coupe - preapproved by the wife
Offcoarse it is bolt on, it is not part of the frame.
UPDATE: 04/16/13
I saw an article on the Detroit Electric today, sort of like Rodney's mated with a Tesla.
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp...dfpLayout=blog
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http://www.detroit-electric.com/our-story.php
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I have seen several concept cars that you would think Rodey helped with. Maybe he got some cues from them. Either way, I wish the 818 picked up on some of the future designs out there like Rodneys designed seemed to.
Looks more to me like a lotus (since rodney's car looked a bit like a cartooned lotus). Not surprising given the former CEO of lotus engineering re-started detroit electric.
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It's just a slightly modified Elise...
Looks almost unmodified from the body on the current model. That's the updated body that never made it to the US.