Wednesday, May 31, 2006

"Decent Porche" No Longer an Oxymoron

Saw this in one of the machine design rags we get at work and knew I had to share. This is the Porsche Rinspeed Bedouin. The six cylinder boxster engine has been converted to run on natural gas. Acceleration is 0-60 in 5.6 seconds. Top end is 155 mph due to electrical and mechanical inhibitors installed. The roof is lowered by electrical motors hidden in the thicker side walls of the hatch to form the bed of a truck. With tailgate extended for extra capacity, the bed is six feet long.

So it's just big enough to haul two choppers on a light weight trailer with a big dog kennel secured in the bed. And when not being used as a truck, it's a pretty kick ass little wagon. I think the El Camino has finally been usurped.

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