After initial hiccups with Prius’ faulty Break and accelerator, Toyota seems all set to resurrect its esteem among its customers. As a result, Lotus engineers have redesigned Toyota Venza, which will be now 38% lighter and merely 3% more...
After initial hiccups with Prius’ faulty Break and accelerator, Toyota seems all set to resurrect its esteem among its customers. As a result, Lotus engineers have redesigned Toyota Venza, which will be now 38% lighter and merely 3% more expensive.
The weight reducing move has been undertaken with environmental concerns in the mind and Lotus engineers hopes to get the techniques used to lighten the Venza study vehicle into mass-market production pipelines by 2020.
Lightness is to benefit acceleration, cornering and braking and it’s good for 23% or more reduction in the fuel economy. In order to achieve that using better materials and more component integration while maintaining the volumes will remain key factors and all these are achieved with Venza study car.
So, it’s reminder to all those who are of the opinion (including Enzo Ferrari) that Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines, weight reduction should not be forgotten as it’s undeniably a cost effective way to improve fuel efficiency.
Via: Motorauthority
