To set a land speed record in one of the smallest engine displacement classes requires extremely efficient use of the available power, something rather unique in the motor sports. Consequently such a vehicle does not look like any other kind of car.
The key is to put a reliable and strong engine in a vehicle as streamlined as possible. Still it has to be easy to drive and maintain and most important; offer the driver best possible safety.
To cut drag to an absolute minimum, the body covers the complete car, including a smooth belly pan and fully covered wheel wells. All air intakes and outlets are carefully designed for efficiency and low drag.
The frontal area has been reduced by making the car as low and narrow as is practically possible. The result
is one of the most narrow cars in the world.
For more details on the aerodynamics of the Dreamliner, read the paper AIAA 99-3155
, published at the 17th Applied Aerodynamics
Conference held by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Norfolk, VA 1999.