RINSPEED, the topic - RINSPEED Splash record

[stmoritzer]

Well this topic is dedicated to a unique cardevelopper from Switzerland

Mr. Frank M. Rinderknecht

he's creating concept-cars, futuristic designs, explores new technologies ,... Concept-Cars (http://www.rinspeed.ch/pages/cars/cars-d.htm)

besides this, he's tuning mainly Porsches, BMWs,...
or presents the

Chopster (http://www.rinspeed.ch/pages/cars/chopster/prd-chopster_menu.htm)

or

invents a lifting device for Pick-Ups (http://www.rinspeed.ch/pages/x-tra-lift/x-tra-d.htm)

to get an idea of his work, visit his homepage
www.rinspeed.ch


one of he's recent projects is the SPLASH

Under the ultra-light carbon-composite skin lies much more than just an agile and lively sports car. The Rinspeed “Splash” is the true incarnation of a really cool and fun sports toy. At the push of a button a cleverly thought-out hydraulic mechanism transforms the sports car into an amphibious vehicle. But that alone wasn’t enough for Frank M. Rinderknecht (48), founder and boss of Rinspeed. A highly complex integrated hydrofoil system enables the “Splash” to ‘fly’ at an altitude of about 60 cm above the water.

some facts: turbocharged natural-gas engine of 750ccm (140hp, 150Nm torque) 8) , max.speed 200km/H on the road and up to 45knots/80km/h gliding on the water :mrgreen:


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a huge load of HI-RES pics (http://www.rinspeed.ch/pages/cars/splash/dwnld_splash.htm) of the record can be found here (http://www.rinspeed.ch/pages/cars/splash/dwnld_splash.htm)

and all news about the record cross-channel trip (click on the picture)

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/stmoritzer/cc_action_5_325.jpg (http://www.rinspeed.ch/pages/cars/splash/challenge/pre-splash-cc.htm)

[davide]

Yees, we saw this guy in a episode of Top Gear, didn't we?

My opinion, cars stay on roads :D

[saadie]

cool stuff ... .

like hammond said ... ' flying, on water, in a car ' :lol:

[dutchmasterflex]

I'd rather have the "Quadski" (amphibius quad bike) by gibbs ;)http://www.aquada.co.uk/mediacentre/quadski.php