bbowser Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/rolls-royces-first-ever-concept-car-autonomous-sedan-chair-future-plutocrats?utm_source=DailyDrive20160617&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=headline-center&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awdailydrive I could picture myself in one of these See link for more pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Lincoln came to my mind first when seeing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 All I see is UGLY!!!!Hope to Never see an actual one ANYWHERE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I don't care for it even a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Extremely UGLY!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I like the color,,,,,everything else about it is just plain old ugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Lincoln came to my mind first when seeing thisPuking came to my mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 And no provision for steering or suspension movement either. Oh wait...we're overpaid industrial designers. We don't need to even be aware of greasy mechanical things that have to actually function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJ6 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 That should not even be allowed here It's toxic ⚠️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) 48 Tasco. Not exactly inventive. History, it's happened before! Edited June 18, 2016 by keyser removed dup pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 And no provision for steering or suspension movement either. Oh wait...we're overpaid industrial designers. We don't need to even be aware of greasy mechanical things that have to actually function. Considering they were looking 100 years into the future here, it's probably intended to be autonomous. Not a fan of the outside, but the inside looks quite nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Considering they were looking 100 years into the future here, it's probably intended to be autonomous. Not a fan of the outside, but the inside looks quite nice!To the best of my knowledge, even "autonomous" vehicles will still be governed by the known laws of physics.Unless those known laws have been considerably expanded in 100 years and this thing levitates (and the "wheels" are just vestigial styling elements that have nothing to do with steering or suspending the vehicle) there's no room inside the front wheel fairings for them to turn for steering...though I suppose some kind of WAY overcomplicated monkey-motion linkage could be devised the allow the front wheels to steer AND bump / rebound as is generally understood to be necessary by today's primitive purveyors of vehicle dynamics. Those requisites haven't been dropped in the last 100 years of vehicle evolution. (The wheel pods on the Tasco move WITH the front wheels in steering AND suspension travel).Of course, a lot of model cars get built that couldn't possibly work in reality either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I kind of like it. I don't know why? But I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I kind of like it. I don't know why?Neither do I. It's hideous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 With how the those cut lines (round on the outside, square on the inside) in the front pontoons are positioned, I'll bet they're intended to steer with the front wheels, leaving the basic square portion in place while it turns. Not sure how it's attached on the outside, probably like a a motorcycle fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldmodelmaker Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 It's kinda kool in an ugly sense but hey, I'll have turned to dust by that time so they can have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 With how the those cut lines (round on the outside, square on the inside) in the front pontoons are positioned, I'll bet they're intended to steer with the front wheels, leaving the basic square portion in place while it turns. Not sure how it's attached on the outside, probably like a a motorcycle fender.Yes Joe, I agree with your reasoning there, completely. The problem comes in when you have to deal also with up-and-down movement of the whole thing during suspension travel.A Motorcycle front fender deals with a different set of issues, and it's mounting is very straightforward.I know this is just a "concept" but any speed bump currently known to man would shred the leading edges of those fender pontoons too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Very true, but that's likely where the 2116 Concept Car part comes into play, it just has to slowly roll around and look "good", not necessarily be driveable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Very true, but that's likely where the 2116 Concept Car part comes into play, it just has to slowly roll around and look "good", not necessarily be driveable.Yup, and what's a hoot is to look at "concept" cars of just 50 years back and see how little they actually have in common with what we're seeing on the roads now.Concept cars usually get designed using the then-current aesthetic, and reality rarely evolves to match the 'advanced' vision of an earlier time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Looks like some kinda wierd Table. Now if the Windshield and Roof were to lift up to reveal an Ice, Beer and Wine Bucket / Cooler, it might even be a useful Table - saying they flattened the Hood so the beverages wouldn't slide off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordRodnKustom Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I've seen worse. I do like a few elements of the styling, others not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 It might not even be real. may just be a computer generated photo / mockup exercise.it might even be designed to steer from the rear wheels ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Colmer Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Hosted on Fotki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 48 Tasco. Not exactly inventive. History, it's happened before! Actually, yes the TASCO was "inventive", given that Gordon Buehrig patented a feature of it that wound up giving him a pretty nice retirement income by the 1970's--the T-Top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Hosted on Fotki This is an attempt to re-create Frank Lockhart's Stutz Blackhawk LSR car (he lost his life in 1927, while running for the record at Daytona Beach. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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