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Have you seen crazy vehicles like these before Throughout history? Some of these innovative designs have pushed well beyond the boundaries of societal norms., Whether a success or a failure, there’s no arguing the mark. They left on the industry., I’m Glenn and today we’re taking a look at 15 Crazy Vehicle Designs produced throughout Number. Fifteen Italdesign began working on the Capsula to solve the process of manufacturing, expensive special-purpose vehicles.. The main goal was to create a chassis that had a variety of uses, including family car, ambulance, taxi school bus and a police car.. All the owners needed was a screwdriver to modify it to their needs.. However, this prototype never went farther than being just a vision. Number Fourteen, The Quasar-Unipower was a box-like car produced in limited numbers between 1967 and 1968 by Universal Power Drives of England..
The unique cube-shaped car allowed access from all four sides with sliding glass doors and came with plastic inflatable seats.. It employed a four-cylinder 1100 cc engine with an automatic transmission and reached speeds of up to 59 miles per hour. Number. Thirteen, The Eliica short for Electric Lithium-Ion battery Car is an extraordinary eight-wheeled brute of a ride.
Powered by eight in-wheel electric motors producing about 80 horsepower each. It can reach 60 miles per hour in less than 4 seconds.. The car was initially built to break the speed record for street-legal gasoline-powered vehicles, but has yet to do so.. The plans were to produce 200 units for sale to the public, but only two ever got built.
Number Twelve Designed for the 1988 Turin Motor Show the Aztec had dual canopies that opened gullwing style., The interior offered some of the era’s most technologically advanced audio equipment, a Jvc sound system with a cassette deck and an in-dash CD player. Power was courtesy of a turbocharged 2.2-liter five-cylinder engine producing 247 horsepower.. Although the press and public liked the vehicle, only 18 cars were built out of a planned production run of 50. Number Eleven Created in 1970, the French L’Automodule had a look, not unlike an alien craft..
In addition to the stunning design, it offered a unique feature in its hydraulic suspension, which could change the ground clearance and tilt the vehicle on three of its four wheels. Equipped with a two-stroke, 248 cc engine and hydraulic transmission. It had a maximum speed of 28 miles per hour.. It was named “ Car of the Year 2000” and attracted plenty of publicity while playing off of the futuristic look..
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Number Ten Renault introduced this six-wheeler Type MH at the beginning of the 1920s.. It was intended for use in expediting communications between African nations, as there was no railroad through the Sahara Desert at that time.. It paved the way for numerous expeditions between 1923 and 1925, with the longest coming in at around 23,000 miles.
Number Nine, The Wikov-Kapka was the first aerodynamic car produced in Czechoslovakia.. Its four-cylinder straight-line engine produced 35 horsepower for a top speed of around 62 miles per hour.. The biggest problem with this car was that its aerodynamic characteristics were not very good.. For example, the added aerodynamic shields increased the car’s weight by more than 220 pounds. Number. Eight In 1972. Michelin wanted a way to test their truck tires at high speed because of the danger involved with semi-truck blowouts.. The answer was this crazy. Looking rig, you see here. The vehicle nicknamed the’centipede’ because of all the tires came with two 5.7-liter V8 engines. One engine powered the rear six wheels, while the other powered the mid-mounted truck wheel fitted with a test tire and finally, the front four wheels controlled. The steering..
Considering it weighed 22,000 pounds, it still managed to top out at 111 miles per hour. Number. Seven. The Ostentatienne Opera Sedan was the first of businessman, aviator and inventor Bruce Mohs’.
Full-Size automobiles. Entry into the vehicle was gained by a single full-size door that opened at the rear of the car.. It was also needed because the car featured a full-length steel rail on each side of the frame to protect occupants from broadside collisions.. It’S no surprise that this massive vehicle, weighed in at 5,740, pounds considering the standard equipment included a refrigerator, a butane furnace, deep carpeting and a water heater. Number Six First raced in 1963. The Chaparral 2J is a mid-engine race, car. Powered by a 427 cubic inch engine and producing 650 horsepower.
It weighs just over 1800 pounds. The car made with a fiberglass-bodied monocoque chassis featured skirts, made of lexan. Using a system of pulleys cables and machined arms.
They could move up and down creating a negative pressure vacuum that sucked the car to the ground.. The whole system allowed the car to be more aerodynamic, pulling up to 1.5 G’s during turns. Number Five Introduced to the 1967 Turin Motorshow, the OSI Bisiluro Silver Fox resembled a catamaran on wheels.. The car powered by a one-liter 4-cylinder engine helped the car reach an impressive 155 miles per hour during testing. OSI wanted to have the Silver Fox entered in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans race, but after the company fell into trouble, the project got canceled. Number.
Four, The Bi-Autogo was the brainchild of James Scripps-Booth, a Detroit designer trying to build a sports car.. It featured one wheel in the back and one in the front, with a pair of small outrigger wheels that would automatically retract around 25 miles per hour. Scripps-Booth built the first of its kind 6.3-liter engine himself. Producing just 45 horsepower. Scripps-Booth believed the bike-car would go more than 75 miles per hour.. The all-aluminum body was low to the ground to improve handling and it had a self-starting system using compressed air stored in an onboard tank..
Ultimately, though, the Bi-Autogo was too far ahead of its time to be at all practical or useful. In 1913. Number Three Designed as a security patrol vehicle, the Iris Viseo has a single-seat cabin that raises 11 1/2 feet above the ground.. The driver is still able to keep driving utilizing an electro-hydraulic system while watching over protesters, parking lots and whatever requires a watchful eye.
Power for the all-electric vehicles come from a 127-horsepower motor that can reach a top speed of around 15 miles per hour.. The 48-volt battery with a charge time of eight hours, offers a range of 52 miles. Number Two Built in Italy. In 1914, the Aerodinamica was one of the first aerodynamic automobiles ever built.. The bullet-shaped body was composed of riveted aluminum and offered a trio of entrance doors..
It had a total of eleven windows all around with the windshield, consisting of three large panels of curved glass.. The vehicle could produce up to 70 horsepower and reach a top speed of 86 miles per hour., But due to the radiator and engine placement, the driver was forced to sit three feet behind the windshield.. They only produced one of these.
Although a replica sits in the Alfa Romeo Historical Museum for those who are curious., I’m Allie and it’s Minds – Eye Trivia time. By looking at just these images. Do you know what this is and where it’s from Leave the correct answer or your best guess in the comment section below. Number One In the 1930s Plexiglass was pretty exotic stuff, which is why Pontiac chose it as the body material for a vehicle. Built in New York and presented at Futurama in 1939, the Pontiac Plexiglas Deluxe Six was nicknamed the’Ghost Car’, due to its see-through body., The car had a 3.6-liter straight-six engine with all of the underlying metal components having a copperized hue and chrome-plated hardware.. All the rubber fixtures molded in white gave it a ghostly effect.
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