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T66 - 30/4/12 at 08:40 AM

Ive just come across this website, never seen them before, they look pretty good.


http://www.dpcars.net/

Ninehigh - 30/4/12 at 08:54 AM

Nananananananana nananananananana

BATMAN!!

(the black one looks like the batmobile)

Agriv8 - 30/4/12 at 09:01 AM

Racing Cars and Gaffa Tape never too far apart !

To much carbon fibre for me ( unless it is the 'Proper Stuff' )

Regards

Agriv8

scootz - 30/4/12 at 09:08 AM

Very

I always had a hankering to put a club-mans style car on the road.

T66 - 30/4/12 at 09:39 AM

The carbon one isn't their first, there's painted ones as well.


Look really good with the shell off too.

Wadders - 30/4/12 at 10:51 AM

Could be an illusion, but the wheelbase looks tiny, like it would swap ends in a straight line, cool looking thing though.

Al

steve m - 30/4/12 at 11:05 AM

I thought it looked like a gokart on steroids, and the black one is yuk

carbon fibre or look a like stuff is not my bag,
on a mclaren or super car stuff possibly ok, but still not for me

jeffw - 30/4/12 at 11:27 AM

The cars are featured in SimRaceway game and there is an article in the current Evo mag.

Alfa145 - 30/4/12 at 11:27 AM

Well, they're obviously expecting things to fall off of it, there's a guy stood behind with the gaffer tape ready

tilly819 - 30/4/12 at 12:32 PM

I have been folowing there site for some time now, very intresting cars, the "guy at the back with the gaffa tape" is Dennis Palatov (DP)

They have a build blog of there cars inc some electric ones, Busa V8, Bike engine etc

and the bodys are full carbon fibre, yes the real stuff, plugs all made on a 5 axis mill etc

tilly

morcus - 30/4/12 at 01:00 PM

sim race way made a video with Leo Parente about this car over on drive on youtube.

T66 - 30/4/12 at 04:04 PM

Must admit the simrace thing looks rather addictive too, but thats as far as Im looking i have enough on with hobbies...

iank - 30/4/12 at 06:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Wadders
Could be an illusion, but the wheelbase looks tiny, like it would swap ends in a straight line, cool looking thing though.

Al


The dp1 has a wheelbase of 80" (i.e. the same as a classic mini).
The dp4 (which I think is the one in the picture) has a wheelbase of 68.5" (!) Like a kart it will be really good at corners, but probably a bit twitchy on the straight for a lot of people.



Full dimensions here
http://www.dpcars.net/dplite/info.htm

[Edited on 30/4/12 by iank]