DeltaWing Technology Group have unveiled a full-size concept of what a Panoz DeltaWing GT street-legal car could look like, as well as a DeltaWing® GT race car concept chassis.

Both are on display Oct 1-3 in the DeltaWing Racing Cars and Panoz exhibit in Road Atlanta’s Vendor Village at the Petit Le Mans race meeting.

The Panoz DeltaWing GT concept car and DeltaWing GT race car concept chassis ‘reveal’ comes 6 months after the announcement of the programme.

Development began immediately after the company received the results of an independent engineering analysis of a four-passenger road car concept based on the patented DeltaWing narrow front track vehicle architecture. That analysis showed it could achieve nearly 74 mpg highway and 57 mpg combined.

The team then focused on further refinement of the architecture and design, preparing for prototype development. As a result of further design optimisation the road car drag coefficient in simulation is currently in the 0.26 Cd range.

DeltaWing say that the design architecture can accept virtually any current or future transverse engine powertrain and deliver significant fuel savings and green benefits when compared to traditional vehicle designs.

The DeltaWing platform also can be fitted with all-electric or hybrid powertrains; today’s smaller and lighter high-efficiency gas, diesel and compressed natural gas (CNG) engines.

The company say that many DeltaWing GT race car concept sub-assemblies like steering and suspension are derived from the DWC-13 Coupe, and what has been learned about the DWC-13’s driving dynamics influence the direction of the DeltaWing GT street and race projects. Preliminary DeltaWing GT race car concept targets call for a vehicle powered by a 350 to 400 horsepower engine and weighing about 1,800 to 2,000 lbs, depending on the powertrain.

The goal is to begin real-world testing of a DeltaWing GT race car concept prototype in 2015 to further drive the company’s goal of creating both a two-passenger Panoz DeltaWing GT and four-passenger Panoz DeltaWing car for the road. Like the DeltaWing DWC-13 Coupe, the company hopes to acquire valuable data through motorsports but has not announced official plans to race the DeltaWing GT race car concept.

A full size concept of a street legal Panoz DeltaWing GT is on display at Road Atlanta during the 2015 Petit Le Mans together with a DeltaWing GT race car concept chassis at Road Atlanta.