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15-02-2008, 08:44 AM
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007 inspires underwater car
Geneva - In The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond takes his sports car underwater, swaps his wheels for fins and fires a missile that knocks a pursuing helicopter out of the sky.
Roger Moore's feats as the iconic British spy may be difficult to match, but a Swiss company says it has created a vehicle that really can turn into a submarine - though without the firearms. The concept car developer Rinspeed calls its sQuba the first real submersible car. Unlike military vehicles, which can only drive slowly on a lakebed, Rinspeed says its car can provide a stable "flight" at a depth of 10 metres. "For three decades I have tried to imagine how it might be possible to build a car that can fly underwater," says Frank Rinderknecht, Rinspeed's 52-year-old CEO and a professed Bond fan. "Now we have made this dream come true." The car will be unveiled at next month's Geneva Auto Show. Rinderknecht says it is difficult to make a car watertight and pressure-resistant enough to be manoeuvrable underwater. "The real challenge, however, was to create a submersible car that moves like a fish in water," he added. Working with engineering specialists, Rinspeed removed the combustion engine from a sports car and replaced it with several electrical motors. Three are located in the rear, with one providing propulsion on land and the other driving the screw for underwater motoring. Passengers will be able to keep breathing underwater through an integrated tank of compressed air similar to what is used in scuba diving. But they will get wet. "For safety reasons we have built the vehicle as an open car so that the occupants can get out quickly in an emergency," Rinderknecht said.  I've gotta get me one of these  | ||||||||
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15-02-2008, 10:49 AM
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15-02-2008, 10:58 AM
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My first thought was, why would anyone need a car that goes underwater?
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15-02-2008, 11:15 AM
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Just think how cool it would be, to pull up at your local beach and then just drive into the ocean ... sorry... it's a guy thing... | |||||||||
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15-02-2008, 11:41 AM
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15-02-2008, 11:46 AM
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It doens't matter if you ever use it or not... the fact would be that you own a car that can go under water It's Kind of like owning a Ferrari... the point is, you'd very rarely (if ever) get to drive it to it's full potential... BUT you own a Ferrari... as I said, it's a Guy thing | |||||||||
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