The company has made a bold claim that its unique wedge-shape car could fetch nearly 74 mpg on the highway, with a combined rating of more than 57 mpg. The estimates are said to be based on computer models, presuming the car will be powered by a 138-horsepower four-cylinder engine.
“If it was available today, those figures would not only make it America’s most fuel efficient internal combustion engine vehicle, it would meet the 2025 CAFE standard today,” the company said in a statement.
DeltaWing Technology Group chief executive Don Panoz suggests the company will now move forward with prototype testing of two- and four-seat road cars, each featuring a narrow front track and a rear-mounted engine.
The GT race car is expected to arrive first, potentially before the end of the year, building upon DeltaWing’s existing experience on the track.
“It will be designed to demonstrate that with far less horsepower than many of today’s best sports cars, a two-seat performance car based on the DeltaWing architecture would deliver the same performance, yet with previously unimagined fuel economy and efficiency,” the company adds.
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