BMW's 188 mpg three-wheeled concept that tilts like a bike in corners

leftlanenews.com — Must see photos and videos. BMW and the University of Bath developed an incredibly cool new concept vehicle that corners like a motorcycle via a 'hydraulic active tilt system' and runs on natural gas to get the equivalent of 188 mpg. It's also designed to be extremely safe, as evidenced by the crash test videos. Apr 23, 2006 View in Crawl 4

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haonanzhang Apr 23, 2006

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dugg! and will be bought!

adverseentropy Apr 24, 2006

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It's because the major car companies can't afford to experiment with innovation - they are too greedy to break ground. That's the problem with the auto industry. Absolutely no room for small businesses.

israel Apr 24, 2006

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TechknowPagan... I ask myself the same question... well, sometimes. It's a market thing... demand, offer, price, blah, blah.. IT HAS BEEN FOR A "WHILE". Check THIS picture from 1945: <a class="user" href="http://www.maxmatic.com/Graphics/neumann.jpg">http://www.maxmatic.com/Graphics/neumann.jpg</a>1945!!!

harlequn Apr 24, 2006

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also - if you're thinking "people will NEVER go for this thing"... If someone would have come up to my dad in 1965 and told him "Mr. Smith, in thirty years STATION WAGONS will be passé. Everybody will be driving around in LUXURY PICKUP TRUCKS with cabs attached onto the back end. They will be called SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES!", he would have roared with laughter.

stonebear Apr 24, 2006

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Three wheeled motorcycle with a lightweight enclosure! Absolutely no news there, other than it's BMW this time, and not the bike shop down the street. Same old rub applies though: It's hard to see, and it can't take a hit. Badda-Bing, Badda-Boom: It's no good on a mass scale until gas gets expensive enough for people to risk their lives for.Bikers will go for them though, and they are likely the niche market BMW is thinking of. If all it ever did was keep bikers out of their cars in inclement weather, it would still save a lot of fuel. So huzzah! Maybe trike time is finally at hand.

lbdwag Apr 24, 2006

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I think that the 50MPH limit will hurt this if it were ever to be made. 65 should be the imposed limit since that is well above most speed limits for most states (some have 70/75 on some highways). I'm sure that someone would be able to mod the speed limiter out either way.I would get one... maybe.. well can't really use it during the winter so I guess it wouldn't be very useful as a single car.

shadowvlican Apr 24, 2006