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Stratos. Intercepter. Vanquish. Sidewinder. As car names go, this surely ranks up there with the best, and the car itself was promising as well. Produced as part of a design competition at the 2006 LA Motor Show, it was envisaged as a specialist drift racer (yes, really). A hydrogen turbine feeding a series of in-wheel, high torque electric motors would"ve enabled the car to "hold the ultimate slip angle", building on the then-trend in LA of officially sanctioned drifting events. Another version was also modeled with the iconic Gulf livery. All seem too good to be true? That"s because it was - the Sidewinder never made it past the drawing board. Boo, and indeed, hiss.Words: James Smalley
Date written: 31 Aug 2017
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Stratos. Intercepter. Vanquish. Sidewinder. As car names go, this surely ranks up there with the best, and the car itself was promising as well. Produced as part of a design competition at the 2006 LA Motor Show, it was envisaged as a specialist drift racer (yes, really). A hydrogen turbine feeding a series of in-wheel, high torque electric motors would"ve enabled the car to "hold the ultimate slip angle", building on the then-trend in LA of officially sanctioned drifting events. Another version was also modeled with the iconic Gulf livery. All seem too good to be true? That"s because it was - the Sidewinder never made it past the drawing board. Boo, and indeed, hiss.Words: James Smalley
Date written: 31 Aug 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9003