Variable wheelbase

[mik]

Audi concept car. Bit of a bizarre looking thing.

In Sports mode the ride drops 10mm, but the wheelbase (ahead of the A-pillar) shortens by 250mm. A flexibility that all-electric has made rather simpler.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new- ... paign=News

[ZedLeg]

I think it looks cool. It would be great at about 50% scale

[mik]

What immediately popped into my head when I saw it was the vehicle from the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

[ZedLeg]

Yeah, I was thinking Joel Schumacher Batmobile but definitely that kind of thing.

[16vCento]

Did someone do a concept car in the 90's or early 00's that did it, I think it was green and looked pretty cool.

[ZedLeg]

I'm sure Rinspeed did a concept with a variable wheelbase but I can't find any evidence of it.

[16vCento]

I knew it was green and had mercedes lights

https://www.allcarindex.com/concept/swi ... ed/presto/

[Rich B]

Did someone do a concept car in the 90's or early 00's that did it, I think it was green and looked pretty cool.

surely it would have been someone like Rinspeed?

[Rich B]

Took me too long to remember the name!

[16vCento]

I seem to remember seeing it at a show somewhere, it says it was unveiled at Geneva but I've never been there.

Maybe they took it to the NEC afterwards

[ZedLeg]

It was on Top Gear as part of a feature about Rinspeed.

[mik]

The Rinspeed thing was the perfect “designated driver” car.

After the pub : “you guys OK in the back? Not too cramped?”

“Yeah fine”.

<click>
>whrrrrr>
<click>

“How about now?” (Snigger)

“Fuck off you nob”

<click>
>whrrrrr>
<click>

“OK how about now?” (Snortle)

Aaaaand repeat.

[Mito Man]

Imagine if it catches on in the future. Would the vehicle extension be proportional to the lack of extending abilities of the driver?