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Variable wheelbase

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:01 am
by 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

Re: Variable wheelbase

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:21 am
by ZedLeg
I think it looks cool. It would be great at about 50% scale :lol:

Re: Variable wheelbase

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:25 am
by mik
What immediately popped into my head when I saw it was the vehicle from the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

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Re: Variable wheelbase

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:40 am
by ZedLeg
Yeah, I was thinking Joel Schumacher Batmobile but definitely that kind of thing.

Re: Variable wheelbase

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:25 am
by 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.

Re: Variable wheelbase

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:34 am
by ZedLeg
I'm sure Rinspeed did a concept with a variable wheelbase but I can't find any evidence of it.

Re: Variable wheelbase

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:36 am
by 16vCento
I knew it was green and had mercedes lights 😂

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

Re: Variable wheelbase

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:37 am
by Rich B
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” :evil:

<click>
>whrrrrr>
<click>

“OK how about now?” (Snortle) :lol:

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?