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Last year, Peugeot invited designers to draw up ‘the Peugeot in the Worldwide Megalopolis of tomorrow'. By ‘tomorrow', we can only assume they meant ‘some point in the distant future that'll never actually arrive'. Rather than ‘the day after today', because obviously that'd be several yesterdays ago by now.
Anyhow, here it is, the Peugeot in the Worldwide Megalopolis of some point in the distant future that'll never actually arrive. It's called the RD concept design, and it's the work of 27-year-old Colombian designer Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar.
Yes, it's a three-wheeler, and yes, it's electric. Tovar says the RD ‘combines the sensations of a three-wheeled scooter with the driving pleasure of a saloon car', with ‘the ability to easily thread its way through urban traffic'.
Hang on. Isn't the RD just about as wide at the front as a small car? Surely it'll only ‘easily thread its way through urban traffic' so long as you're not too worried about, say, door mirrors? Or the long-term health of your fellow commuters?
And while we're on the subject, as a single seater, is this really an efficient use of space in the crowded urban cityscapes of tomorrow (sorry, ‘some point in the distant future that'll never actually arrive')? Are we missing something? Use the comment boxes below to tell us why we're deeply, deeply wrong.
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chickenfeed commented on this article
at 03:29 pm on 21 April 2009
You are deeply wrong because in the world of tomorrow (some point in the distant future that'll never actually arrive) this carcycle will be a lot larger on the inside than it is on the outside due to its TARDIS like technology. There will be a cocktail bar there once you open the (non-existant) door. There will be no wing mirrors for it to clip because people will use little cameras to see behind instead. (the same cameras that have been appearing on every concept car since 1982 before being replaced by wing mirrors in the production model) The only danger is that a flying car from the same world of tomorrow (S.P.I.T.D.F.T.N.A.A.) might land on it. You see where you went wrong there I hope.
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TiredGeek commented on this article
at 03:48 pm on 21 April 2009
Sorry, but nobody can beat Chickenfeeds comments. I'm not even gonna try.....
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MobiusOne commented on this article
at 05:12 pm on 21 April 2009
So is it powered by a Dyson vacuum?
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Laughinggas commented on this article
at 05:32 pm on 21 April 2009
I like it, but I want to see it get round a corner first.
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Kuang commented on this article
at 06:21 pm on 21 April 2009
I think it's a case of believing it's own hype / style over substance (delete where appliable) bu that's not to say it's not quite a cool design and one I'd queue to have a go in :) I'm not too sure about what looks like a drive belt running from the motor to the rear wheel, seemingly with nowhere to attach to, but I think the design looks primed to fold itself upwards in the middle so it'd need less parking space. Even with the perfectly valid criticisms mentioned, there are a couple of far bigger ones that already spell problems for such a concept. You can already buy a Carver, which does everything this claims to but in less space and with more fun, and Murray's forthcoming T25 which could potentially render all other small cars obsolete overnight and still be flexible enough as a platform to take any forthcoming drivetrain.
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