Its a fair cop
Its a fair cop
only Pythagoras can save me now!
The best thing i've ever seen on a VW chassis....hell you'd never guess....
also have never seen this car but for me it's a wow it's a stunning looking motor and the body lines are fantastic I'd love this beauty sat in my garage.
IF CARLSBERG MADE KIT CARS THEY WOULD MAKE MINE
Can you imagine how hot it must have been driving in Sri Lanka with no opening windows? And I thought the Green Machine was a sun trap...
As I mentioned before, Colani is a real Marmite designer, and not all of his stuff works aerodynamically, but the wow factor is indisputable.
If you have a stomach for more, try this...
http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/stud ... id_Car.jpg
A full-size inverted aerofoil concept using a Lamborghini Miura transverse V12 in the "power pod"
http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/stud ... tch_02.jpg
Like I said, modern aerodynamics have achieved equal downforce efficiency without resorting to such extremes, but it would certainly attract attention on the High Street on Saturday afternoons...
http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/stud ... ger_01.jpg
How about the Unimog Sea Ranger? Think it was just a model? Look again...
http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/stud ... ger_03.jpg
Notice the funky fishing pod, and the UHF Satcom antenna - very handy if you are venturing off the beaten track!
Straying from wheeled vehicles, I've always liked this insectoid hovercraft...
http://www.bangertinternational.de/cola ... ani_08.jpg
How about a coke-powered steam train for the trans-Siberian route? No problem!
http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SDnlbiFUYp ... amloco.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SDnleiFUY0 ... 010070.jpg
Is your Dodge Winnibago starting to feel a little stale? Maybe you need one of these?
http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SDppRyFUY4 ... ruck_3.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SDppRCFUY3 ... ruck_2.jpg
Its a motorhome... apparently.
And my favourite Colani hydrofoil, from 1973...
http://www.foils.org/gallery/col05.jpg
For some reason this is often referred to as a study for the X114, which was a German ground effect vehicle based on the Lippisch reversed-delta planform. My favourite (practical) WIG craft. Money no object? I'd have a Soviet A90 Orlyonok!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... onok_1.JPG
Sorry, I'm going waaaaaaaay off topic here
Lauren
only Pythagoras can save me now!
whats the motor home thing called?
-thestevie
Some of those vehicles are truly ugly but brave I must say. but they look like they belong in a world many years from now and that winny as you put it lauren looks like it should fly, I'll stick to my nova and if your paying lauren I'll have colani GT2 PLIS
IF CARLSBERG MADE KIT CARS THEY WOULD MAKE MINE
Where do you get this info from? Man, Lauren you are an endless supply of knowledge on at least cars. Well anyways I like the design and sort of abstract art of these vehicles(?).
Rob
Well, all of that stuff was on the Interweb in one place or another. The trick is knowing that Colani (or any other specific designer for that matter) penned a ground effects vehicle, roadster, GT, exo-atmospheric lifting body etc.
If you look at the way the motorhome is articulated the engine and front wheels pull the thing along and the cockpit and living quarters are on the 5th wheel element! Are you sure you would rather have a Winnie instead?
Bottom line, Colanis stuff is mad as a box of frogs, which is why you don't see it around very often
...Although, spookily, I understand that Colani was consulted on the design of the dashboard for the first generation Ford Ka, so you might have been exposed to more Colani than you thought
Lauren
only Pythagoras can save me now!
i just watched a click about him.
he pretty much said ferrari doesn't know what they are talking about.
"the latest and the fastest, an american machine"
one of the best quotes i have heard in my life
http://www.colani.ch
-thestevie
Just imagine what would happen if Colani bumped into Steve McHugh at Stoneleigh???
Follow my Avante Build - Target = Stoneleigh 2012 Definitely!!