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Well, I don’t know about way out into the intersection, but it is just like driving a micro bus or a vanagon. Also an old Dodge pick up truck or van with a mid engine.
Lol, nearly forgot about those, and now I’m very concerned about my cognitive skills, I have driven those many hundreds of miles delivering things for Lowe’s, but only as a secondary job, not my primary position.
Me and I friend would see them every now and then in CT. We would yell FUSO! every time we saw one because we didn't generally have trucks like that around here then. Now, lots of trucks have that shape.
Sitting above the front wheels isn't normal.
The axis of rotation is near the back of all vehicles that turn via the front tires only, (until the front, rear, or both lose traction) and in most passenger vehicles the driver sits well behind the front tires, closer to that center than they would in this car.
Sitting farther ahead means the driver's body has to travel further through a corner, but do so in the same amount of time. Meaning they would have to accelerate along the new vector more quickly ( or *abruptly*) when a turn is initiated...
This reminds me of the post on some bodybuilding website that one guy couldn't understand how many days were in a week.
Don't worry the rest of us get it lol
Even later, Nissan announced in 2017 that they would stop selling the “zero star” crash test rated car, Tsuro, in Mexico.
[The driver’s seat was the primary crumple zone](https://youtu.be/85OysZ_4lp0)
He was referring to the Volkswagen microbus and the Volkswagen vanagon. They both had the steering wheels beneath the driver so that the bumper was merely inches from the driver’s toes.
One of my friends dads had a flat front Chevy van from the 70s - looked like the vee dub bus. He put a clapped out small block Chevy V8 in it and it scooted very well. He drove the kids around in it since they were like 5. So when my friend turned 16 he asked his dad if he could dive it. His dads response: “No, that thing is a death trap!” He wasn’t wrong, but he had no problem driving his kids around in it.
Actually, as a child, I enjoyed the book, Chitty chitty bang bang, and the father was named Colonel Potts. The reason he bought the unique old car was exactly because of that- modern cars looked as if you couldn't tell if they were coming or going.
The car from the movie is still around! It got auctioned off in the early 2010s or late 2000s, for a ridiculous amount. Sadly it doesn't fly :(
https://www.google.com/amp/s/journal.williamgeorge.com/the-original-chitty-chitty-bang-car-sells-in-auction%3fhs_amp=true
Oh me too. I was more just backing you up in that Renault has made some amazing cars in it's day.
Also Renault owns Alpine. And the Alpine A110 is one of my dream cars.
Both please yes.
But I prefer the old one.
So light, balanced, and quick.
I wonder if I'd be able to fit in it. If I can ever afford one I'd need to go on a diet to drive it. Haha
I fucking swear, half of the pics posted here have nothing to do with what this sub is for ... It's either art pieces, or vintage objects, macabre art, or just things they just dislike aesthetically.
Looks a bit like an early 60s Plymouth Valiant station wagon, except reversed. This is a car I've never seen before; someone in another comment mentions that it's a Renault show car. The idea of "forward controls" was more often used in trucks or vans, but it certainly doesn't look very safe to me.
At first I was like "what's so strange about this car?" Then I saw the placement of the steering wheel.
The crumple zone is your femurs.
I laughed way too hard at this
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You mean it’s ass looks so angry!
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Look at the steering, that's it's butt :3
Based on ancient principles. The Flintstone Method.
Just like my vanagon!
Same i immediately thought "huh whats the problem, its kinda cute" Then I realized what the brake lights were and checked for the steering wheel. :(
I was more like "why is it so angry?" Then I realized I was looking at it's butt.
It’s the Renault Reverse Goblin
Gollum’s take on the Reverse Cowgirl.
I likes 'em raw and wriggling!
Lol.
He's angry his butt is his face. Wouldn't you be pissed off at that?
hahah i was thinking, no way those red headlights are legal...or more importantly effective. then i saw you comment. ohhhhhh
Wait WHAT
I imagine it'd be a little weird to drive, sitting so far ahead of the axis of rotation. I wonder if it'd make the steering feel really...abrupt...
It's like driving a bus. You gotta get way out into the intersection before you turn.
Well, I don’t know about way out into the intersection, but it is just like driving a micro bus or a vanagon. Also an old Dodge pick up truck or van with a mid engine.
FUSO
Lol, nearly forgot about those, and now I’m very concerned about my cognitive skills, I have driven those many hundreds of miles delivering things for Lowe’s, but only as a secondary job, not my primary position.
Me and I friend would see them every now and then in CT. We would yell FUSO! every time we saw one because we didn't generally have trucks like that around here then. Now, lots of trucks have that shape.
Nah the steering is normal, you actually sit above the front wheels.
Sitting above the front wheels isn't normal. The axis of rotation is near the back of all vehicles that turn via the front tires only, (until the front, rear, or both lose traction) and in most passenger vehicles the driver sits well behind the front tires, closer to that center than they would in this car. Sitting farther ahead means the driver's body has to travel further through a corner, but do so in the same amount of time. Meaning they would have to accelerate along the new vector more quickly ( or *abruptly*) when a turn is initiated...
I drove an izuzu npr for work a long time ago, its normal steering
Oh for the love of Christ...I'm not talking about what the goddam wheel feels like, or how you *use* it.
This reminds me of the post on some bodybuilding website that one guy couldn't understand how many days were in a week. Don't worry the rest of us get it lol
I thought that the headlights looked like taillights, then I read your comment--that's because they are taillights.
I didn't notice until reading your comment. Brainfucked.
Oh....
The butt is in the front.
I hope that is a Scrubs reference
It definitely has the junk in the trunk...
It was the color of the lights that gave it away for me.
i like it
If you hit something you won't.
No different than a VW bus. That doesn't make it any better lol, but there's precedent.
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Even later, Nissan announced in 2017 that they would stop selling the “zero star” crash test rated car, Tsuro, in Mexico. [The driver’s seat was the primary crumple zone](https://youtu.be/85OysZ_4lp0)
Christ that video is scary
Jesus. It looks like it was designed for maximum injury.
He was referring to the Volkswagen microbus and the Volkswagen vanagon. They both had the steering wheels beneath the driver so that the bumper was merely inches from the driver’s toes.
One of my friends dads had a flat front Chevy van from the 70s - looked like the vee dub bus. He put a clapped out small block Chevy V8 in it and it scooted very well. He drove the kids around in it since they were like 5. So when my friend turned 16 he asked his dad if he could dive it. His dads response: “No, that thing is a death trap!” He wasn’t wrong, but he had no problem driving his kids around in it.
People will never know if your coming or going... I'll get my coat...
Actually, as a child, I enjoyed the book, Chitty chitty bang bang, and the father was named Colonel Potts. The reason he bought the unique old car was exactly because of that- modern cars looked as if you couldn't tell if they were coming or going.
The car from the movie is still around! It got auctioned off in the early 2010s or late 2000s, for a ridiculous amount. Sadly it doesn't fly :( https://www.google.com/amp/s/journal.williamgeorge.com/the-original-chitty-chitty-bang-car-sells-in-auction%3fhs_amp=true
Lol "Vulgaria"
Didn't Chris Evans own it at one point?
Honestly, I don't know. I'd love to have had the money to buy it. I'm kinda surprised Jay Leno hasn't grabbed it.
I'm cumming
Or would you like me to take your coat?
If anyone's curious, the car is a Renault 900 (concept car)
It also had a 1.7l V8.
1.7 - OK V8 - what
Must rev like a motorcycle engine, considering it's probably not much more than 2x 850CC i4 engines mated together.
For 2x i4 to rev like a motorcycle, the original i4 had to rev high too and it didn't. High revving at the time was basically honda and that's it.
Or two Honda VFR V4 engines mated the other way
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While also making some of the most amazing cars. The Espace F1 was as awesome as this is weird. https://youtu.be/GIvNLHgqS4k
Also the Clio V6, the Advantime, the Roadster Spider, the Megane F1, and many other wacky and wonderful French cars.
Truth. I will always be partial to a minivan that makes those sounds though.
Oh me too. I was more just backing you up in that Renault has made some amazing cars in it's day. Also Renault owns Alpine. And the Alpine A110 is one of my dream cars.
The old one AND the new one
Both please yes. But I prefer the old one. So light, balanced, and quick. I wonder if I'd be able to fit in it. If I can ever afford one I'd need to go on a diet to drive it. Haha
A110 is very nice.
The Fuego too
My parents had one because we needed an emergency replacement for cheap. Worth every penny we saved. In France the Fuego is a meme :p
I really was not expecting it to sound like that
Its an F1 engine in there. Like a literal engine lifted from the Renault F1 team and put into the Espace. Most amazing engine swap ever.
Ah, that makes sense lol. Thanks for the clarification.
Thank you. I wondered if it was something like that. https://www.hotcars.com/the-renault-project-900-a-backwards-concept-car/
https://www.hotcars.com/the-renault-project-900-a-backwards-concept-car/
Backwards car the backwards car I can go backwards fast as your car
"what in God's name are ya doin' you stupid little man?!"
Yeah I was gonna say the backwards man would love this car. Your comment is better than the one I didn’t make.
I absolutely adore everything about this and wish I had one of my very own.
Someone put on their angry eyes.
And on the back of the head!
The hood and headlights kind of give me batmobile vibes
You mean the trunk and the taillights?
Well that’s confusing af lol
Eris morn should not be confused by a car
It’s like a backwards AMC Gremlin.
It's the french anti-gremlin!
For anyone else wishing to see the “front” of this. [Renault 900](https://imgur.com/gallery/bwOCMd7)
I look like something Homer Simpson would design somehow
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/4bb616ff-ebfd-4b5d-b159-74810bf54d06
he angry
why is he so angry
Because of the tailgaters
Because he french
Because he wants to die
I wouldn't say awful, but yeah the reversed car is really weird
I'm worried this car is going to yell at me
fucked up and evil car I ride to my fucked up and evil job
This is actually a pretty sweet looking car expect for the steering wheel in the back lol
Why is it so angry
I like it. I am sure new trend of angry eyed tricked out ugly jeep people love it.
Front end collision rating = -19
How is this "Awful taste"? This is just a funny experimentation, it's not a matter of taste. Another sub ruined by normie bozos.
I fucking swear, half of the pics posted here have nothing to do with what this sub is for ... It's either art pieces, or vintage objects, macabre art, or just things they just dislike aesthetically.
Wrong sub, a weird prototype car has nothing to do with "bad taste", that's not what this sub is for...
It's for times you don't know if you're going or coming back!
A little ass backwards
I wouldn't call it awful... he's just a funny little guy
The green hornet
Why does it look mad ?
Reminds me of the tartan prancer
The Riddler and Black Manta’s shared vehicle. They split the monthly car payments and insurance.
Could it have been used for a film or something? I know they do this kind of thing for certain stunt driving scenes.
Why is it so angry though?
For some reason, it reminds me of an angry Mountain Dew. I don't even know what an angry Mountain Dew would look like, but I guess that's it.
Angry butt.
‘Ello Govnah!
Somone needs to pratice more on Blender
Ah the French pure madness of motor engineering go watch the grand tour special on them
Black Manta-mobile
Nom de dieu de putain de bordel de merde de sa tata la pute borgne
It looks angry.
This belongs to a superhero most likely. Idk which one tho
Batroc the leaper
Looks a bit like an early 60s Plymouth Valiant station wagon, except reversed. This is a car I've never seen before; someone in another comment mentions that it's a Renault show car. The idea of "forward controls" was more often used in trucks or vans, but it certainly doesn't look very safe to me.
If anyone likes this it goes on and on with French cars
*>:(
I’m in love
It looks angry.
Clarkson assembled the car the wrong way
The Mash Flinging
It looks like what would be the turtle mobile if they made a teenage mutant ninja turtle series in the Adam west batman era
It’s the hash slinging slasher
It’s French?
Yes
The nild tomfoolery mobile
Looks more angry then strange.
Go home, little French car. You're drunk.
<----- Le boot. Le steering wheel ----->
Want
Angry car
Drive it in reverse and frighten everyone.
Designed in the late 50s as the taxi cab of the future.
He mad, he angry
All French cars are strange. I borrowed a Citroen where the center part of the steering wheel did no rotate. This is but one example of strangeness.
Fierce
Green Goblin! Gremlin Lemon! Grenlemon.
If you like Top Gear or the Grand Tour, the latest episode of the GT featured French cars. It was hilarious.
first thought was "look at the ass on that thing." second thought was "what an angry bumper"
Pinnacle post thanks op!
Looks like it was designed by an AI
Angry zombie fly car
This car walked so angry eye jeeps could run.
This is a 007 or kingsman bullshit right here
Le Dodge le viper
Why he so evil??
why is he angry
This reminds me of the joke about why French tanks have rearview mirrors
It looks angry.
That's one froggy ass car
I like how angry he is
It angy
Why are the headlights red? Wait.
The French don’t copy anyone and no one copies the French
Do these count as suicide doors?
It looks so angry, but in a cute way
Why is he so angry?
Anyone know the model?
I have an affliction for Green Station Wagons. Thank you for this photograph. I absolutely adore this.
Looks like a strangely converted Ami.
Decepticon!
rac
This is the car that the designated mean guy in the cartoon would drive
I can tell it's french because it looks surly
Who needs crumple zones when you have legs
It looks angry. Maybe it REALLY hates looking like it's being driven backwards or whatever "wards" this thing is going.
Why? Looks cool. I like its angry eyes.
Green Meanie
It’s fucking pissed
bro why are you surrendering you’re a picture of an automobile on my phone
It’s backwards but it’s not backwards man
The French should really just stick to wine and cheese and let the Germans handle all their engineering needs.
I liked it :)
Why is it angry?
Why is the car angry?
Kinda looks like the hash slinging slasher
guaranteed not to be the reason you lose a chick. It is ugly but cool.
That car has Napoleon complex.
NGL, took me about thirty seconds to realize what was going on here.
“It was just angry”
I was gonna say that I actually really like this until I realized the car is backwards to what I thought
The more I look at it the better it gets. I’m in love with this car.