This is a blog which shared my journey and experience in car design. In here, I shared my work from research, ideas, sketch, rendering, 3D modeling and 3D rendering...... Hope u like my work, any comment is welcomed. I am currently an Automotive Design student in Coventry University and I am seeking for an 12 month internship in automotive industry.
Monday 6 May 2013
Good old days of Japanese sports car
In the 90's, there were quite a lot of good Japanese sports car on the market, and some of them are so outstanding that it's was record as some of the best car in the history. Also, in my point of view, it was also the time where Japanese car could really good enough to fight against the European giant like Ferrari.
Somehow I just miss the old glory days back in 90's , the evo was my very first favourite car, sometimes, i wonder if the legend can be continue or just a history? Now there are GTR, LFA, NSX is coming soon, is that possible to have the new RX-7, EVO, WRX again??
Maximum power = 280hp ???
A more prominent policy was introduced in the late ’80s to solve another national crisis. In 1988, Japan’s road fatalities reached an alarming figure of over 10,000 annually, causing JAMA to once again swing into action. This time it asked carmakers to restrict maximum engine power, or horsepower. Its reasoning was that this restriction, in conjunction with the 180-kph speed-limiter policy, would not only manage speeds but would head off an inevitable power war between domestic carmakers.
The maximum engine power produced by the fastest domestic cars at the time was around 280 hp, so a ceiling of 280 hp was implemented by all carmakers — because all of them wanted to show they were trying to reduce fatalities. It was thought at the time that high speeds and road deaths were more directly linked than they are.
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