On the danger of being called superficial: I found the old car so ugly, that it made me have less interest in the whole series then I had expected. I confess, the new car looks GOOD and excites me!
The Lola looked too seventies-design for me.
Strange hu, how an ugly-looking car can make or break my viewing experience.
The series or the car? Hmmm, come to think of it, they could do with a Finnish rep in the championship though. As for the chassis, CeeJay, its a car not a fish!
*Anything is an improvement over the previous design model, but car aesthetics aren't really a prio, for me personally.
The old car had ground effects right? F1 cars don't so if this is based on the F2004 does that mean it won't or can't have ground effects? If that is the case I think it will take away alot of what I liked about the series.
The series or the car? Hmmm, come to think of it, they could do with a Finnish rep in the championship though. As for the chassis, CeeJay, its a car not a fish!
*Anything is an improvement over the previous design model, but car aesthetics aren't really a prio, for me personally.
Well the previous model was supposed to look like a shark, and since the F1 cars have all sorts of miscellaneous wingamabobs, I figured this could use some more fins..
I went online and looked up a picture of the F2004 and compared it to the new A1GP car...same car without all the winglets. Why re-invent a car you already know how to build?
I am sure that it is not a direct copy of the F2004. I would be quite shocked if they did not have a pretty decent diffuser design that allows most of the underbody to generate much of the downforce. It is a spec series so the racing should be pretty close either way.
Looks great, as the series has IMO all along. I say its the circuits they run that make A1GP stand out - Zandvoort, Brands, Laguna Seca (again please?) etc.. Those and the spec car formula that making it so competitive, A1GP ROCKS. Needs better TV coverage in USA though.
while I'll admit the A1GP cars were a bit odd-looking.. they were at least unique. And together; the look of the Lolas and the sound of the Zytek engine's note had a flavor all A1Gp's own. The cars.. (imho) one of the primary things which gave the series it's own character, now gone. In my opinion Having a de-tuned and downscaled F1 car makes A1GP look like a watered down GP2.
Most of it's own character down the drain; imagine a weekend were F3, World Series by Renault, A1GP, and GP2 all ran at the same track. Same weekend.. after a short while the sameness would be dizzying -- Jeez-Louise. As it was, I'd already thought that the new GP2 car was too close in design characteristic to the F1; (I preferred the old car and it's differences.) I believe Ferrari having rolled out this lame-duck F1 car also downscales the uniqueness of Formula One. I'd had it in mind that Ferrari would design (commmision) something special for World Cup of Motorsports; not dust the mothballs off of one of it's old chassis.
In F1 having dumbed-down Ferrari engines hasn't increased the respect-level for STR and Spyker cum Force India. Neither do I think it will benefit the A-1 Grand Prix series. I say.., Thumbs down.
Bring back the Zyteks, or some Judd's or Cosworth's.. and a fresh sheet of paper. (Not gonna happen, but that is what SHOULD happen).
Hmmm, come to think of it, they could do with a Finnish rep in the championship though. As for the chassis, CeeJay, its a car not a fish! 
