ryan Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Spotted this on my evening walk up to the town square so snapped a few photos. Later I saw it drive off, and those middle wheels folded up into the body of the vehicle kind of like airplane landing gear. Anyone else ever seen one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drilonb Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 WTF its crazy i like this one, never see any vehicle like this !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kiss Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Yes, this car is reason enough to create off topic subforum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 Yes, this car is reason enough to create off topic subforum! Actually I've been meaning to set this up for awhile, but finally got a few minutes to do it yesterday and didn't want to start it out blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkster Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 This aint no car - it's a motorcycle with an aerodynamic body and a trick kick-stand. Bet it gets near 100 mpg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kiss Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 This aint no car - it's a motorcycle with an aerodynamic body and a trick kick-stand. Bet it gets near 100 mpg... Shhhh. Let Ryan think it's a car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slkwrm Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Shhhh. Let Ryan think it's a car! lol ;D I thought "vehicle" means any transportation device in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeisa Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I thought "vehicle" means any transportation device in English. Shhhh. Don't let Adam know that he is the only one who said that one is a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kiss Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Shhhh. Don't let Adam know that he is the only one who said that one is a car. I know, right?! What an idiot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 It's not a car or a motorcycle... it's a monotracer. Did a little more research about these "monotracers", and sounds like they are made in Switzerland and built around some BMW motorcycle parts. http://monotracer.com/ http://monotracer.peraves.ch/ http://peraves.wordpress.com/ So far I can't figure out how much they cost or where/if you can even buy one. They also have the eTracer, which is an all-electric version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeisa Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 About 50k euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Wow, not cheap. Where did you find that? I'm guessing a child's car seat won't fit so well in their either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeisa Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Nothing from Switzerland is cheap Found this article (in Finnish): http://www.hilavitkutin.com/2008/04/14/monotracer-on-futuristinen-katettu-moottoripyora/ Article is written in 2008 and says that you can order one for yourself for Christmas 2008. It's not a concept design, real product manufactured in factory lines. Price 52 500 euros is without taxes. So in Finland that would be much more expensive. From some other article (or youtube comment...) I found that there are only 400 of those around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Thanks for the link. Nice photos in that story too (love the cockpit photo). Amazing there's only 400 of them. But I guess given what it is, the cost is pretty prohibitive. But for someone with money that wants a supercar for the attention, perhaps this is a much better value (and grabs more attention) than any Ferrari or Lamborghini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abu Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 But for someone with money that wants a supercar for the attention, perhaps this is a much better value (and grabs more attention) than any Ferrari or Lamborghini. issue #1: you can't get blown while driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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