This could also mean that that the entry level will come with the fake vents seen and the top trim have functioinal 'GR/TRD' aero vents which could be upgraded into the base model.https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-ca...toyota-supra-tetsuya-tada-interview-goodwood/
There's a vent just under the headlight, which seems to direct air over the front wheels. Tada says this will be removable in the production car, "in case the user wants to make a racing version."
Hmm... just as A70 hinted. What I do find interesting is that the article goes further into the other vents also saying they will serve some form of functionality. Excited to see what comes of this!
I read this and it left me scratching my head.For the door vent unless the production car has a hole in the door jam there’s no point making the vent functional as there will be no where for the air to go
On the door, there's an upswept line that flows really smoothly into the rear fender. That's also a vent, one that Tada told us will help with brake cooling, and "maybe downforce too." There's a big diffuser, which is functional. And that double-bubble roof design isn't just a callback to Toyota's first inline-six sports car, the 2000GT; it helps get air to the integrated spoiler mounted on the hatchback trunk lid.
I've mentioned it once before, but unless these vents remain fake, wouldn't Toyota have to further test and engineer the car to account for real vents? If the fake vents were removable then wouldn't that disturb the current aerodynamics of the car?the motor sits far back in there for sure, but thats interesting on the side vent thing.
I haven't asked about it specifically, but the pics sure seemed to show a closed off vent... that, and he said the front ones are closed but can be removed by owners. odd...
And I'm not sure how this works, maybe you can shed more light on this side of car development - but just because we've seen one version of the prototype in public doesn't mean there can't be other versions testing in private areas that we haven't seen right? Or do manufacturers eventually publicly road-test every trim of every car?technically yes, as the car has been tested with them closed, but that doesn't necessarily mean the car couldn't still function at near full potential.
there are a lot of factors in there.
he might have also wind tunnel tested the vents open and tried to balanced things somewhat in favor of them possibly being removed for ducting etc.