NASCAR's next generation Cup Series car revealed -- here's what's changed
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The Toyota, Ford and Chevrolet-bodied coupes feature sleeker styling and radical mechanical changes aimed at delivering better racing and a more relevant connection to the production cars they represent.
The biggest update is the switch from a live axle to an independent rear suspension that, along with a new rack and pinion steering system, should provide improved handling on the increasing number of road racing courses being added to the series.
The engines will remain largely the same as today’s for the first couple of seasons, but the traditional four-speed manual transmission has been replaced with a stick-shifted five-speed sequential manual transaxle. The transaxle has also been engineered with provisions to accommodate an electric motor between it and the engine that can provide a boost while accelerating and charge a battery under braking, a hybrid system that NASCAR may introduce in the coming years.
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