New thoughts on the new cars

[Jim Wilke]

I thought in the static views I saw and a couple of short videos that the new car looked swoopy, even a little futuristic.

Wrong.

Covered with livery and set up with road course wings, they just look bulbous and dumb.

[eastofeastside]

Too much bodywork and not enough horsepower.

Besides ugly, these cars look slow.

[BizzyV]

I agree they look slow, really good grippy and calm in the corners but they just don't accellerate hard enough visually for my taste. I don't mind their looks though.

Was this worth a thread? Really?

[Lemming51]

I think they look great. YMMV.
Contrats Helio!!, Penske, Chev-ro-lay! and InnyCars!

[Ryan1248]

I thought the same thing. In pics they looked ok. As I watched the race I kept thinking, "They look huge.....and slow"

[CincyIndy]

I think they look great...

[R2D2]

Too much bodywork and not enough horsepower.

Besides ugly, these cars look slow.

+1

[Red Byrd]

I am opposite: I am ok with the look, I hate the sound.

So down and depressing to hear

[bduddy]

I like them. They could use more HP, but it seems like they actually can pass; it's just that video of those passes is classified, or at least that's how ABC acts.

[Mikemat5150]

I do like the look of the new car but the chassis has given us a great race. A lot of teams mixing it up in front, some attrition, and a great race overall. We've got a year with the aero package.

[Doyouloveit?]

I like the cars....

[dcpduke]

More Power !!

[rodneyh]

From the rear, they look like hovercrafts.

[Baigu]

For me, love the sound, like the front of the car, Hate the rear of the car ( I don't mean the bumper) Hopefully the body kit designers will have enough freedom to make a difference. And yes, more power would be fun, but it's the first year of those engines, I expect them to increase hp in years to come.

[Miguel]

I'm not one to complain much, but since this thread is already here: just when this car was starting to grow a little bit on me, I see this car race. It's just awful to look at, I almost would've rather closed my eyes. The cars look like dragsters with their parachutes opened, both in design as in feeling of speed. Get rid of those bumpers, too wide sidepods and the way too long and wide underwing, and I might actually like them.

[MS]

The bumper takes some getting used to.

I honestly didn't care if the engines were normally aspirated or turbocharged, they sound fine to me.

[dcpduke]

I think its the sound, they seem fast enough but it doesn't SCREAM like you would like it too. Too me its the SOUND of the cars very muffled.

[Doc Austin]

Because the rear bodyworek provides a visual reference to the road, you can see the rear end of the car rolling a lot more. Still looks odd, though.

On thing I did notice is that the cars which had their front wings painted a color (instead of black or bare carbon) looked a lot better. Car with black front wings simply looked like ....... uhhh ....... rolling sex toys.

The cars are ugly, and they are not particilarily racy either. Still, it was great to have some racing. The teams will get the cars sorted and they will race better, and we'll get used to how they look. By this time next year we probably won't be talking about asthetics any more.

[GerryK]

I Hate the view from behind, the bumper, looks like the bumper cars at Hershey Park!

[Doyouloveit?]

The cars are ugly, and they are not particilarily racy either. Still, it was great to have some racing. The teams will get the cars sorted and they will race better, and we'll get used to how they look. By this time next year we probably won't be talking about asthetics any more.

Agreed. Even though I don't mind the look of the cars.

[tnindyman]

These cars have to be the ugliest Indy cars of all time, maybe ugliest CAR of all time. So disappointed. Painful to watch today. Happy for HCN today, though.

[sabin_24]

I'm not one to complain much, but since this thread is already here: just when this car was starting to grow a little bit on me, I see this car race. It's just awful to look at, I almost would've rather closed my eyes. The cars look like dragsters with their parachutes opened, both in design as in feeling of speed. Get rid of those bumpers, too wide sidepods and the way too long and wide underwing, and I might actually like them.

Pretty much my sentiments, too. If they had 100-200 more hp, I think I'd be able to tolerate the looks a bit more. Like the last car, they looked slow out of the corners.

[jabba19]

From the rear, they look like sportscars.

[MS]

I Hate the view from behind, the bumper, looks like the bumper cars at Hershey Park!

This

[Ernest Miller]

I think it will take a few races to get used to the new design. Ernest

[Hitokiri]

These cars have to be the ugliest Indy cars of all time, maybe ugliest CAR of all time. So disappointed. Painful to watch today. Happy for HCN today, though.

I would rank the Daytona Prototype cars and the noses of the today's F1 cars above this. Not to mention the first generation NASCAR COT.

[Bullers]

I am opposite: I am ok with the look, I hate the sound.

So down and depressing to hear

Same here. I've never been one of the haters of the new body but the more the race wore on the more I like it. But yeah the sound...gonna take some getting used to.

[iocat]

I like them from every angle except 3/4 overhead. Which, unfortunately, is a lot of the TV camera angles! If they lost the hump in front of the rear wheels, if there were just some angles there, I'd like them better. But I still thing they look pretty darn good. Very different than F1, and very unique.

I thought SeaBass's black and gold McAfee / Bing car looked freaking GORGEOUS, and I'm not just saying that because I work for the company that makes Bing...

[NoviVespa]

To me, the cars look better than last year's cars. But, they are all ugly compared to an Offy roadster.

[debris on the track]

they much better than last decade's tub