Cars GlobalMag October 2013
Cars GlobalMag October features all the new cars presented at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The concept cars presented in Germany deserve a special chapter with a beauty contest of their own. CGM October also features a focus on the new Peugeot 308, Volkswagen e-up! electric cars, the racing spectacle of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series ... and much more!
Cars GlobalMag October features all the new cars presented at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The concept cars presented in Germany deserve a special chapter with a beauty contest of their own. CGM October also features a focus on the new Peugeot 308, Volkswagen e-up! electric cars, the racing spectacle of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series ... and much more!
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Mr. Calovolo, from the point of view of a racing<br />
engineer what is your attitude towards<br />
new technical regulations? They will provide<br />
more freedom to modify the car. Will it be<br />
helpful for LADA?<br />
“New regulations are, for sure, very interesting<br />
from the technical point of view. Actually, we are<br />
making a new car, not only develop an existing car.<br />
This is a big challenge, and I believe, that LADA will<br />
benefit more than other competitors. The point is<br />
that with existing WTCC regulations we didn’t have<br />
much freedom to change some parts, to modify<br />
the car the way we wanted in order to compensate<br />
the small dimensions of our LADA Granta. Next<br />
year the rules will provide more freedom for engineers,<br />
we will have much wider car and will have<br />
a possibility to adjust something in a suspension.<br />
Perhaps we will benefit more, because we came<br />
into the Championship with a brand new car, and<br />
continued to develop it during the racing weekends,<br />
so we gathered a number of technical solutions,<br />
which will be used while creating a new evolution<br />
of LADA Granta. I mean we have an adjustable car,<br />
which is highly perceptive to various changes and<br />
engineering experiments. That is our advantage.”<br />
How is the process of developing a new car going?<br />
Which will be the hardest task for the engineers in<br />
terms of creating a new car?<br />
“Now we are going on some studies regarding aerodynamic<br />
package, but it’s fundamental, because<br />
the car will be much different to the car we have<br />
now. There will be much more down force, different<br />
body parts, bigger wing, bigger splitter. Also<br />
the mechanical parts are being studied now and<br />
the engine as well. In parallel we have started to<br />
design several parts of the car, the car will be ready<br />
by mid-February.<br />
The hardest task will be to find the best balance<br />
between all components of the car. I mean the engine<br />
will be much powerful, comparing to what we<br />
have now, the brakes will be bigger, there will be<br />
more down force, the car will be lighter. The fundamental<br />
thing is to have harmony between all these<br />
parts, and to have a car which is easy adjustable.”
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