Sunday, August 15, 2010

7 Amazing Alien Innovations in Automobiles


Vyrus Motorcycles


A small Italian Startup from Rimini. Vyrus was originally a part of the Tesi project for the better known Bimota motorcycles. Today Vyrus has two hub-center steered motorcycles in its portfolio namely the 984 and 985.




Ktm X-bow


This is what happens when motorcycle manufacturers turn to making cars. The KTM X-Bow is the first (and only??) car from the Austrian company. The X-bow has been realized with the help of chassis manufacturers Dallara and the German Luxury auotmobile marque Audi. This also make the fact obvious that the engine is sourced from the parent company Volkswagen which is not a bad thing. KTM didnt expect many to buy this car but they have since been forced to ramp up production to double the units from 500 to 1000.



Dodge Tomahawk


9 of them were left behind by aliens from Uranus. Built around the wet dreams of every auto enthusiast, Dodge plonked in their biggest engine... 500 hp (373 kW) 8.3 L V10 SRT10 engine from the Dodge Viper. The vehicle has two front wheels and two rear wheels, making it a kind of motorized quadricycle rather than a typical motorcycle.



(UNO) Dicycle

Welcome to the world of reduced moving parts. A genius from Canada decided to remove the first moving part he saw on a bike. Whooosh!! One o the tyres was gone. The Uno is an electric-powered vehicle that bears a resemblance to a motorized unicycle. Described in news reports as either a "one wheeled motorcycle" or "electric unicycle", it is more accurately a dicycle, created by placing two closely-spaced unaxial drive wheels side-by-side at the centre-point of the vehicle.



Segway


Aliens have not always thought on similar lines as humans when it comes to innovation. so while we designed 2-wheelers with wheels at the front and back, somewhere on a remote planted the segway was designed with wheels on the side. The Segway PT is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen. Extremely useful and green I say.




Can-AM

With two front wheels and a rear wheel resembling an ATV this invention again hails from Canada.. Too many Alien sightings around the Canuck lands I say. But Bombardier has done a commendable job. Kudos! (or is it Koodo's!!)



Rinspeed Splash


If the fusion of car and bike turns into Tomahawk and if the fusion of motorcycle and ATV turns into Can-Am Spyder, what will the fusion of car and boat turn into? Yes you guess it right. The Rinspeed Splash.

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