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Paul, there are several 917's with those gold wheels. The Lucky Strike car, the wine car, and I think the road car. They can look pretty good, but they definitely make you stop and take a look -- some like 'em, some don't.

Bruce, you're so right about modern aerodynamics. Nobody builds a race car to be pretty any more, it's all about the function. When you look back at what Jim Hall was doing in the 60's, aerodynamic experimentation led to some of the coolest cars ever! But over the years, the process for refining aerodynamic shapes has led to repeated shapes that get boring after a while. Part of it is thanks to Colin Chapman refining what Jim Hall started -- ground effects. When the designers get much of the downforce they need underneath the chassis, all they want to do is lower the coefficient of drag on the body, and that shape keeps repeating with teardrop canopies. Designers can experiment with a lot of things, but have to keep going back to that canopy. Along with the realization that putting the motor behind the driver is really the only way to do it, the shape is almost pre-determined except for the smaller details.

It would be cool if various series limited aerodynamic downforce to a specific figure, rather than mandating surface area of aero devices.