[Tristan Lall]

Looks like it was designed by a stylist with a poor grasp of racing...or maybe they're envisioning some rally unlike any that I've ever seen.

Why put up with wasting 30% of your power going forwards? That's really the biggest question. What race has so many curves that straight-line acceleration is irrelevant?

Also, you'd need a fancy suspension to keep the wheels on the ground. Not the transverse leaf springs described, mystery memory metal or not. Lift a wheel in a critical corner and you're in big trouble. Some of those mountain rallies have sheer drops among switchbacks...that might end badly. Imagine trying to negotiate the Dakar with wheels like that. (How are mecanum wheels on sand, anyway? My guess is awful.)

And the cockpit is ridiculous. Unless this is a remote-controlled rally, it doesn't help to go sideways if you can't see out of the stupid car.

As an exercise in styling, it's definitely interesting.