6-563: The Panoz Avezzano is an American front-engine, rear-drive , V8-powered sports car manufactured in Georgia by Panoz, LLC . Intended for sale both as a road car and as a homologated racing vehicle, the racing-configured Avezzano GT4 was first entered in competition in 2017 in the Pirelli World Challenge , while the street version of the automobile was first offered for sale during the summer of 2017. The Panoz Avezzano
12-526: A total of six wins in the Avezzano over the course of the season, and the team shifted from the GTS class to GT4 for 2018 following homologation as a production vehicle. The street version of the Avezzano entered production in early 2017, with sales beginning in the summer of that year. Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR) , also called Systeme Panhard
18-405: Is a powertrain layout with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive , connected via a drive shaft . This arrangement, with the engine straddling the front axle, was the traditional automobile layout for most of the pre-1950s automotive mechanical projects. It is also used in trucks, pickups, and high-floor buses and school buses . A front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FMR) places
24-559: Is configured with a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout , with a Chevrolet V8 engine providing power through a manual transmission . The Avezzano's GT4 racing version was the first model of the car to be introduced, being used by Team Panoz Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge for the 2017 racing season. Ian James scored the first victory for the Avezzano in the World Challenge at Road America in June; James accumulated
30-451: Is named after the city of Avezzano in Italy , which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1915, the destruction spurring the emigration of Don Panoz 's grandfather to America. Developed from the preceding Panoz Esperante , the Avezzano was unveiled at the 2016 Petit Le Mans , and appeared at the first annual Atlanta Concours d'Elegance . Using largely aluminium construction, the Avezzano
36-415: The engine in the front half of the vehicle but behind the front axle, which likewise drives the rear wheels via a driveshaft. Shifting the engine's center of mass rearward aids in front/rear weight distribution and reduces the moment of inertia , both of which improve a vehicle's handling . While the mechanical layout of an FMR is substantially the same as an FR car, the classification of some models of
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