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.
16vCento wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:25 am
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?
Re: Variable wheelbase
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:37 am
by Rich B
Took me too long to remember the name!
Re: Variable wheelbase
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:39 am
by 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
Re: Variable wheelbase
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:43 am
by ZedLeg
It was on Top Gear as part of a feature about Rinspeed.
Re: Variable wheelbase
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:46 am
by 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.
Re: Variable wheelbase
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:52 am
by 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?