Although Lotus is already developing a
hypercar with the potential to shake-up the industry, professional Japanese car
designer Yosuke Yamada has envisioned what a different high-performance car
from the British marque could look like.
Yamada told CarScoops that he wanted to
create a Lotus in the same vein as the track-only Ferrari FXXK and Aston Martin
Vulcan supercars. The designer, who works for a Japanese OEM, made this dream
Lotus study as the ‘Ultimate Track Car Concept’ meaning aerodynamics has played
a key role in its design. In addition, it has been envisioned to be
lightweight, like all Lotus models.
The front of Yamada’s design is
particularly eye-catching. Rather than featuring traditional headlights, the
car simply features thin LED daytime running lights, but as this is a track
car, that would be more than enough. What’s more, headlights add unnecessary
weight to a vehicle like this. The Lotus Ultimate Track Car Concept also
includes a carbon fiber front splitter and large air ducts across the hood to
funnel air through the car and suck it down into the road.
The sides are equally as focused on
aerodynamics and also include large air intakes to feed the engine. The
designer told us that he imagined it to powered by a “highly tuned compact
four-cylinder engine”, which would make the four exhaust pipes mounted on the
top of the rear deck excessive, but impressive nevertheless.
Finally, like all great track-focused
cars, the Lotus concept sports a diffuser and it’s a massive one made from
carbon fiber.
