6-Wheeled Sports Car Headed for Production (w/ video)

[Muji]

Yes it looks a bit off, and yes Bob the Tire Guy is hoping this all takes off for business reasons.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/12/six-wheeled-sports-car-headed-for-production/



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[n0xid]

Why stop at 6...

[Muji]

Originally posted by n0xid
Why stop at 6...

'Cause eight would be too many? My first thought exactly. A head turner for sure.

I await the first woman with four breasts, will we react in the same way?

[Nels]

That's not right...

[djayz]

Would be a great looking car if it didn't have 4 front feet!

[Muji]

Eight wheels (video): http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/eight-wheeled-electric-car-from-japan-2009-11-13/E7C648E1-8B46-4911-81DD-A4EEA95D15EA#!E7C648E1-8B46-4911-81DD-A4EEA95D15EA

Looks better than this three wheeled Mercedes: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1884969

[Guillermo]

that thing looks ridiculous :facepalm:

[pf0sh0]

weird

[K3RMiTdot]

holy shit, hurt my eyes looking at the wheels hahah

[kvg]

This guy will be the only guy to fold a car company faster than De Lorean

[94boosted]

It will probably never understeer, ever. :burnout:

[Redlyne_mr2]

lol it amazes me that people sink money and resources into things like this.

[R154]

it freaks me out.

[CMW403]

so is this thing 6WD or RWD?

if RWD, why wouldn't they put the extras on the back lol

[Lex350]

Remember these?

http://www.tweak3d.net/forums/imagehosting/19849edda74e441a.jpg

[rage2]

Tyrell P34, one of my first automotive memories. I had a model of one when I was 2 or 3.

[ExtraSlow]

The size of the rear wheels suggests RWD, but then, I agree with CMW403, makes no sense.
Unless it's 6x6 and the front , in which case, no, I take it back, that thing clearly looks to be mid engined, so there is no sense to it at all.

Jalopnik article: http://jalopnik.com/5105964/six+wheeled-covini-c6w-heading-to-production

[CMW403]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
The size of the rear wheels suggests RWD, but then, I agree with CMW403, makes no sense.
Unless it's 6x6 and the front , in which case, no, I take it back, that thing clearly looks to be mid engined, so there is no sense to it at all.

Jalopnik article: http://jalopnik.com/5105964/six+wheeled-covini-c6w-heading-to-production

maybe its 4WD and the two extras on the front are just for show:rofl:

[Nissan_Fanboy]

whyyy ?>

[bituerbo]

I'm scared.

[Muji]

HQ website, they blew the budget on this one:
http://www.coviniengineering.com/ENGLISH/HOME.HTM

Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covini_C6W

Six Wheeled in 1905!:
http://www.essexracingclassics.com/2010/01/genius-inaction-the-six-wheeled-automobile/

[911fever]

pathetic. embarassing.

[alloroc]

Need to go back to work and just saw this so I didn't investigate but it would make sense if it was a hybrid and they had extra batteries in the front. Otherwise its just a maintenance nightmare waiting to happen.

[freshprince1]

Seems a little superfluous.

[alloroc]

just watched the vid ... it appears to only have one gear as well.

:rofl:

I think the extra wheels are just from poor engineering ...

Can't keep it from understeering? put extra wheels on the front.

[adidas]

Hi, ill take 6 BBS LM's.

Sorry sir, what?

Yea you heard me, I need 6 rims.

:nut:


While watching the video it seemed like i was on 28.8K and the video was lagging. lol