ED Design Torq

The ED Design Torq is an advanced electric concept car developed by ED Design. It is the first car by ED DEsign in the Asphalt series.

Overview
The autonomous ED Design Torq was first unveiled to the public at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. With no windows and no mirror, the ED Design Torq is a design study but also a prototype for a Self-Driving Race Car (SDRC) that ED Design hopes to release in 2016. As it is autonomous, the car has no steering wheel, and the driver will only be able to see by a 360° wraparound monitor projecting images in the car's interior. The cars are also open-source, meaning they will be used as testbeds for technologies such as autonomy, and these tests will not be internalized. The Torq is powered by four electric motors producing a total of 500 BHP, and producing 1800NM of torque. However, performance statistics have not yet been released.

Asphalt 8: Airborne
The ED Design Torq appears in the Monkey's Year Update, between the AC 378 GT Z and the Toyota Supra RZ (Mark IV), making it the second-most powerful Class C car at time of release. However, due to the Supra requiring 36 Legendary cards to PRO, this vehicle, in practice, is the most powerful C-Class car at its release.

The Torq has very fast acceleration (in fact, it is the fastest accelerating car of C class) and a nitro for its rank, and although the top speed is lacking, this is negated by the incredibly powerful and long-lasting nitro boost. While the handling is relatively subpar, the car has extremely good drifting capabilities, making the handling quite good as well. Although these redeeming traits have not been shown in any TLEs yet, it seems that the Torq will not have a problem defeating its counterparts on both short maps and long maps thanks to it collection of redeeming qualities. By all measures, this car is now considered the "king" of C Class.

The Torq is also competent for multiplayer no matter its ranking, although it will utterly destroy its competition at stock, the relative difficulty of the R&D means that the vast majority of owners will have the car upgraded to a point where it will face stiffer competition; however, even then the car is still a good choice for MP due to its fast acceleration and powerful nitro.

With a Season 9 event that is also quite good for grinding, the Torq is an example of an omnipotent car: it excels at every field and has almost no drawbacks of ownership; the car is not difficult to PRO, is good at TLEs, and is also good at MP. However, it is by no means easy or cheap to acquire, currently, the car costs tokens to purchase and  to max out, making it the 4th most expensive C Class car to upgrade. It is also the first car to have tokens as its alternative upgrading method.

The ED Design Torq was released on February 4 2016 with a 10 day Research & Development event.

Research & Development
This is the fourth car of Asphalt 8: Airborne to be introduced in a Research & Development event. It lasts 10 days and has 4 Labs with a total of 50 Tests. For details about the tests, see its R&D page.