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mh_WRX
03-21-2006, 04:54 PM
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(from Acabion) Can someone imagine a vehicle that at 110 mph is twice as efficient as a high-tech diesel compact car? Or another that achieves 280 mph with just 50% throttle? What if one could have both with the same vehicle? Well, it is possible. With the Acabion!

Horse-drawn carriages could be named “the first generation of individual vehicles“ and cars as “the second generation“. According to this context the Acabion paves the way for a third generation of individual human mobility.

A new way of thinking is expressed by the Acabion. It combines the best of different traditional approaches. Additionally it integrates certain sophisticated aeronautic and bionic concepts. This way it excels in both at the same time. The Acabion achieves more than the efficiency of a high-tech diesel compact car and the dynamics of even the most power*ful super*cars.

With the Acabion, automotive values are newly defined. The new standard means slim instead of wide. It means light instead of heavy. It means truly bionic and streamlined instead of bulky. Most of all it means to be fundamentally innovative throughout the entire concept, instead of following isolated trends just in isolated aspects.

So how does the Acabion solve traditional contradictions? It is light AND secure. It is slim AND comfortable. It is useful AND beautiful. It is tremendously effective AND extremely fast. A total weight of 359 kg combined with an engine power of 360 hp enables the Acabion to exceed 1000 hp per ton of vehicle-weight. It achieves an electronically limited 280 mph with just 50% of its engine power, accelerating from 180 mph to 280 mph in approximately 10 seconds, which is impossible even for Formula 1 cars. Even with such a performance it consumes 5 to 10 times less fuel than a state of the art two-seater supercar. More than this, cruising at a constant speed, e.g. 120 mph, it is so efficient that it even consumes half the amount of fuel than a 2006 high-tech diesel compact-car. Tailor-made versions of the Acabion can be provided anything up to 700 hp, and a range of internal fittings. All those types are even more dynamic but not less efficient.

The Acabion is a vehicle with a passenger-compartment for two adults. Its security is based on the concept of Formula 1 race-cars. On top of that the passengers are additionally protected with inno*vative passenger-shells.

More: http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2006-Acabion-GTBO.htm

SUBE555
03-21-2006, 05:32 PM
Great concept for open-road cruising for getting from point A to point Y, like traveling out west.

Rallyroo
03-21-2006, 05:52 PM
The front looks like the cockpit of a glider.

Overall, it looks like an escape pod for a spaceship.

scott_gunn
03-21-2006, 06:51 PM
It looks like a motorcycle with a cockpit and training wheels.

blubaru703
03-21-2006, 09:49 PM
Looks like it could be fun

Kostamojen
03-21-2006, 10:57 PM
I drew that thing like 15 years ago...

But it was a starfighter

I'll take one in rally blue please.

left footed whooten
03-22-2006, 05:13 PM
Didnt 007 fly one in Octopussy????

Foxy
03-22-2006, 05:48 PM
Too bad it costs 540,000 Euro...

InvertedB
03-22-2006, 11:02 PM
Would they classify it as a car in the US and require it to meet car standards since it has a shell, or would it be classified as a motorcycle?

Kostamojen
03-23-2006, 03:22 AM
Would they classify it as a car in the US and require it to meet car standards since it has a shell, or would it be classified as a motorcycle?
Motorcycle. No way it would pass US saftey standards.

GraphicWRX
03-23-2006, 07:31 PM
They were selling this type a long time ago in the 80's. I looked at one and took it for a spin. The style I drove had two stub wings for stability and a Kawasaki drive line. They came in a single and two seater. Price in 1985 was about 10k. I bought a camaro instead..lol The thing did perform well. Insurance was the stopper for me. I was in High School and the restaurant business did not pay that well. Yes it passed all the safety standards at the time.

Big_Pimpin
04-21-2006, 04:47 PM
im just a squirrel tryin to get a nut

Fuzz541
04-23-2006, 02:11 AM
Didnt 007 fly one in Octopussy????Teh Microjet:

http://www.machdiamonds.com/m200airnikon.jpg

Eyeflyistheeye
04-23-2006, 06:26 AM
Please don't put pictures of things like that at NASIOC. If anyone from Subaru sees it, they might be wacky enough to buy the rights and put this into production, then wonder how come nobody wants one for $30k

cyberpirate
04-23-2006, 11:29 AM
Please don't put pictures of things like that at NASIOC. If anyone from Subaru sees it, they might be wacky enough to buy the rights and put this into production, then wonder how come nobody wants one for $30k

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