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Originally Posted by GTRMagic
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The complaints about the ZB are loud and getting louder, however they conveniently ignore that the body panels for those cars weren’t able to be pressed locally in special runs, and needed to be fabricated completely to suit the unique sizing of the CotF base platform.
ZB is a brand new chassis shape, Ford’s FG/X had its origins back in 2013, as did the Nissan Altima.
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that design and construction techniques have moved along in 5 or so years....
Can you actually design a test to measure CoG across multiple chassis?
There is a certain team principal that seems to be building a strong reputation for whinginging, instead of just getting on with the job...
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Correct. There's no steel roof panel from the OEM for the ZB. The road car has two glass panels.
Maybe the Nissan and Ford teams should be more proactive in their homologation?
Seems to be a common theme, that they've not had any foresight in the development of their cars. They just don't lobby the catagory management hard enough to get things through, that could be seemingly benefical down the track.