Wait... This is a thing?

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140502-the-diesel-supercar-made-real

Boutique Brit sportscar maker+Duramax. The styling is a leeeeedle questionable in places but who cares? I'll take mine in the halftontorque flavor OK pls thx.

All the torques!

Oh my

Styling makes me think TVR.

And how big is the tank to get a 2000 mile cruise range?

That is an interesting twist. I wonder how big the tank is to have a 2000 mile range.

Wow.

Pardon me....

For a 2000 mile range I figure 40-45 gals worth based on the fact a Duramax 1/2 ton can turn 30-ish mpg for 2000# less.....

I hope it rolls coal

Ranger50 wrote: For a 2000 mile range I figure 40-45 gals worth based on the fact a Duramax 1/2 ton can turn 30-ish mpg for 2000# less.....

That math would indicate 40-50 gallons. On the low end, that would be 285lbs of fuel.

That said, if you consider "cruising" to be the engine running the car at a set highway speed, no acceleration, ect., the MPG could be even higher, thus less fuel needed for that range.

colour me impressed

In reply to nocones:

This!

Someone did post this before me... Sorry

nocones wrote: I hope it rolls coal

Chipped or tuned it could.

nocones wrote: I hope it rolls coal

"coal rollers" can all die in horrible ways, IMO. berkeleying shiny happy people.

In reply to Prodarwin - ROTFLMAO! I knew that back window reminded me of something!

Looks good apart from the buttcrack.

I'm thinkin the roadster could end up looking really nice, done properly. getting rid of the buttcrack can't be anything other than an improvement really.

Perhaps it is a matter of perspective...The GGA thread is chock full of buttcracks that are rather nice.

In reply to turboswede:

I totally and wholeheartedly agree with you. Someone has to be a very small, pathetic excuse of a man if they think that their truck "rolling coal" out of its stacks is somehow cool.

Ranger50 wrote: For a 2000 mile range I figure 40-45 gals worth based on the fact a Duramax 1/2 ton can turn 30-ish mpg for 2000# less.....

Don't forget that with the massively lower frontal area, and the probably off-idle highway gearing you could use since you're not running a house at 70mph, it could likely run a 15-20 gallon tank and still get away with it.

Does "rolling coal" mean the same thing as "belching smoke"?

In reply to SVreX:

Yes, when some shiny happy person covers your car in black smoke from their diesel, thats rolling coal.

In reply to sobe_death:

It probably won't have a range of 2000 miles with a 15 gallon tank, regardless of the frontal area or gearing.