I would agree that the track/offset was a little much on this car as I also stood in front of it at SEMA, but all bad mouthing wings aside, this car very much looked the business. In defense of Mr.Gerstengerger's machine, good work dude. Aerodynamics to make a machine perform more effectively doesn't need defending, they've been doing it for a long time and that wing looks like loads of them used on touring cars and 'even' like the one offered on a package used on the McLaren F1. You can call it ricer if you like but I serious doubt Gordon Murray put anything on that car that was just for looks. That wing only gets all this heated venting because so many asian junkers use them to seek notariety and it's thus related to the vehicle it's seen on. Doesn't make the wing junk, just means everyone has jumped on an anti-ricer bandwagon. As for comments about them only being effective on a RWD car that's inaccurate as well......maybe they're 'more' effective on RWD but I have a '99 WRC wing on my SVT Focus (since the WRC team was so kind to develop it to make the car perform for them and ......us) and the stability it adds I can feel. Downforce equates to better grip, and my loss is only 5 mph of Top end. I use handling about 1000% more often than I use Top End. And yes, I get the rear end loose on my fwd car when REALLY enjoying the twisties.....less often though with the wing.
I suppose of course, in the world where wings are developed, comments from a wingless second place car could be made about how ugly the 1st place car with the wing is, but........I'm not sure it would matter much.
