It was 1977 when James Bond's white Lotus Esprit, chased by a black Ford Taunus, drove into the Atlantic ocean (the scene was filmed in the Bahamas) and transformed into a submarine. Who didn't want a car like that, especially when it had Barbara Bach in the passenger seat?
Evidently Frank Rinderknecht, the head honco of the Swiss design company Rinspeed, wanted one. Badly. So much so that Rinspeed, which introduced the transparent orange eXasis concept car at this spring's Geneva show, will introduce the sQuba, a model which combines the ability to drive on land with the ability to dive up to ten meters, thanks to two electric stern-mounted propellers and twin jet drives. An on-board system supplies occupants with fresh oxygen, which will come in handy since whoever created Rinspeed's rendering of the car has forgotten to install the roof panel.
The finished concept, which isn't slated for production, will be shown at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show.
Probably better that the Swiss are making this. If the Germans made it, the window regulators would probably break, which drivers would find a tad inconvenient.
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It's item 975 on the product plan. Item 2 is a roof.
Quote, originally posted by Elbows »
Oh, welcome to the Lounge. You'll probably spend a couple months in the MkIV forum - realize its garbage...then spend literally the next 8-10 years of your life here in the Car Lounge.
Evidently Frank Rinderknecht, the head honco of the Swiss design company Rinspeed, wanted one. Badly. So much so that Rinspeed, which introduced the transparent orange eXasis concept car at this spring's Geneva show, will introduce the sQuba, a model which combines the ability to drive on land with the ability to dive up to ten meters, thanks to two electric stern-mounted propellers and twin jet drives. An on-board system supplies occupants with fresh oxygen, which will come in handy since whoever created Rinspeed's rendering of the car has forgotten to install the roof panel.
If that thing uses an onboard rebreather I hope they teach the owners how to set the thing up right and have a bailout tank. Rebreathers are dangerous to the lax and clueless.
Since it's going to be a wet submarine, what's the point of this vehicle? You might as well get a proper set of dive gear and if you want to go fast, get a scooter.
this year's installment of rinspeed's answer to the question no one asked is actually pretty good looking, though i'm not sure if that credit should be bestowed on the unusual restraint of the rinspeed team or the staff at the lotus design studios.
I'm frustrated by the celebration of anti-intellectualism and the fear of ideas.
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