Concept car....or hoax?

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-09-2007, 10:15 PM

Check out this eBay entry. Make sure to watch the video.

So? Real or not? It seems way too smooth and perfect to be real...hmmm.

Morrigoon · 07-09-2007, 10:18 PM

Awfully elaborate hoax... I suspect it's real.

DreadPirateRoberts · 07-09-2007, 10:25 PM

I think it's real. Here's a patent, from the google patent search for a similar design for a minivan by Joalto Design:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=dPQ...=Joalto+Design

BarTopDancer · 07-09-2007, 10:19 PM

No idea. On one hand that would have to be an amazing (but not impossible) editing job. On the other, the seller has feedback that would be silly to risk on a hoax.

CoasterMatt · 07-09-2007, 11:01 PM

That's a groovy car...

lashbear · 07-10-2007, 03:12 AM

I would buy that right now...... if only the Drivers door worked.

scaeagles · 07-10-2007, 05:04 AM

How cool. I don't see why it wouldn't/couldn't be real. It's basically the same concept as the sliding door of a minivan, but it slides in a differnet direction. As long as you didn't drive with the door open I think it would work. Would make for some low clearance. My major question about it would be safety. How heavy and reinforced could that door be?

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-10-2007, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

How heavy and reinforced could that door be?

Supposedly they engineered this because the door was so big and heavy that they didn't want drivers to have to swing the thing back and forth. What bugs me right off is the lack of armrest - it seems so weird. The fact that the one door isn't working is not surprising, as that's a lot to keep going, and since it's a concept you can't exactly take it to your local 76 station for repair.

But wow, is that awesome.

Capt Jack · 07-10-2007, 07:52 AM

you could make it have auto-fold armrests easy enough. yeah, I think its real enough. the problem being there isnt enough room under the car for two of those doors at once I think.

you'll likely start seeing these on some elite supercars, limos and other one offs, but I think it'll be a bit before theyre mass produced.

07-09-2007, 10:15 PM	#1
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Concept car....or hoax? Check out this eBay entry. Make sure to watch the video. So? Real or not? It seems way too smooth and perfect to be real...hmmm. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Awfully elaborate hoax... I suspect it's real. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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07-09-2007, 10:25 PM	#3
DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	I think it's real. Here's a patent, from the google patent search for a similar design for a minivan by Joalto Design: http://www.google.com/patents?id=dPQ...=Joalto+Design
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	No idea. On one hand that would have to be an amazing (but not impossible) editing job. On the other, the seller has feedback that would be silly to risk on a hoax. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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07-10-2007, 05:04 AM	#7
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	How cool. I don't see why it wouldn't/couldn't be real. It's basically the same concept as the sliding door of a minivan, but it slides in a differnet direction. As long as you didn't drive with the door open I think it would work. Would make for some low clearance. My major question about it would be safety. How heavy and reinforced could that door be?
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07-10-2007, 07:52 AM	#9
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	you could make it have auto-fold armrests easy enough. yeah, I think its real enough. the problem being there isnt enough room under the car for two of those doors at once I think. you'll likely start seeing these on some elite supercars, limos and other one offs, but I think it'll be a bit before theyre mass produced. __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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