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General Category => Microcar News => Topic started by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on November 24, 2010, 02:00:31 PM

Title: Could this bring a whole new meaning to the term Bubble Car
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on November 24, 2010, 02:00:31 PM

Italian designer proposes using lightweight, inflatable, rigid structures - like the emergency slides on aircraft - for microcar exterior.

http://www.ecoblog.it/post/10974/arriva-blow-car-lauto-gonfiabile (http://www.ecoblog.it/post/10974/arriva-blow-car-lauto-gonfiabile)

Title: Re: Could this bring a whole new meaning to the term Bubble Car
Post by: Bob Purton on November 24, 2010, 03:14:02 PM

It looks great! Does it come with a puncture repair kit?

Title: Re: Could this bring a whole new meaning to the term Bubble Car
Post by: Jonathan Poll on November 24, 2010, 03:15:32 PM

Quote from: Bob Purton on November 24, 2010, 03:14:02 PM

It looks great! Does it come with a puncture repair kit?

Haha good one! Somehow reminds me of the Fend Flitzer with the inflatable roof.

Title: Re: Could this bring a whole new meaning to the term Bubble Car
Post by: Big Al on November 24, 2010, 06:19:04 PM

Hard to beat a horse drawn Zeppelin but this is a lot smaller. With modern organic film technology inflatables might well be set for something of a return.

Title: Re: Could this bring a whole new meaning to the term Bubble Car
Post by: AndrewG on November 24, 2010, 07:15:19 PM

One has to wonder how many pedestrians would get killed by drivers who thought they would 'bounce off harmlessly'?