Will the Cheetah automobile ever be remade ?
 

The car AI thread made me think ( always dangerous ) . I was always fascinated with the GM Cheetah even though only 21 were ever made . In my opinion a brilliant design that was ahead of its time .

Just like a Cobra it's not very practical but yeah you want to drive one 😋 . Four wheel independent suspension with mid mounted V8 and Nascar size brakes .

For those too young to know here is a link .

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a19736681/cobra-killer-time-capsule-bill-thomas-cheetah-headed-to-auction/

Yep, very, very cool.
I'd love to see one and see one driven in anger. Sure, I'd love to drive one too, but that seems pretty unlikely.
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/p...57cc1534d.jpeg

Not unless they totally redesign the chassis

There are "kit cars" for sale. Not the real deal, but you can make it what you want.

https://www.shellvalley.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=results/category_id=5/mode=cat/cat5.htm

I've never liked that design.
It looks too much like these.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1685741078.jpg

No, they look too much like it.

If they were any good, they would have made more than a few dozen. Apparently the inside of an oven is a nicer place to be than inside a Cheetah after a few hot laps

I've always been an admirer of the shape and the philosophy.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/driving-a-bill-thomas-cheetah-will-make-your-palms-sweat/

I love the slingshot style. The Cheetah has a brutal presence.

Like the Cheetah.

LOVE the Shelby Daytona.

It is cool to look at and probably fun to drive, but it didn't take long for engineers to figure out that if you're going to build a mid-engine car you need to put the driver in front of the engine.

The Bean Counters to the Engineeers " Were going to have to omit the driveshaft, not in the budget".

The no driveshaft thing was because the motor was pushed back so far, I think the exhaust headers went above the driver's legs.

The driveshaft was in jest.