It's hard to hold the designers of
concept cars accountable -- so few ever come close to seeing the light of day, and they are, after all -- concepts. That said, the eRinGo car is one design we seriously hope never comes to fruition. A two-seater that's capable of converting back and forth between one and three-wheeled driving, depending on the curves of the road ahead, the eRinGo looks like a half-crushed can of Heineken. Not a good thing, in our opinion. That said, we like the two steering wheel concept -- wherein the passenger on either side can take over driving duties -- great if your friends are the agreeable sort willing to hand over the keys at any moment. There isn't much more meat as to how this dude would work, but that's what your imagination is for, right? There's one more shot of this bad, bad boy after the break.
posted Oct 21st 2009 12:55PM
Well then.
ROFL! Looks like Mr. Garrison's time machine!!!
http://media.photobucket.com/image/mr%20garrison%20time%20machine/tekno2600/southpark-assmachine.jpg
it wasn't a time machine.
@kjb434: It wasn't a tapeworm.
I hope it doesn't interface with you like Mr. Garrison's!
so much FAIL I cannot stand to continue writing this comment.... good bye.
Xtole, I was thinking the same thing!
Sure looks uncomfortable. But, hey, it's better than flying!
When did FAIL become a noun?
a long time ago tuba. Try to keep up with memes.
Am I the only one that thinks this might be kind of cool?
@ Ghen
I'd rather not.
It's been done before, long ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWmeTWPN5o4
Looks like the "It" from South Park.
Except of course without the uncomfortable controls...
Was just coming here to post this. Awesome. Er, not really though.
Sure beats dealing with the airline companies!
Uncomfortable for you. Wonderful if you have a fetish for taking it up the bum.
No room for my 10s in that thing!
This is like a segway. You would never want to be seen in one in public, but you secretly always want to ride one around where ever you go.
Or maybe thats me...
If the gas mileage was good, I'd drive this everywhere and not think twice about it.
Same with Heeleys
@John
Given its size, I would never want to take this on a road with any 18 wheelers... ever been crushed inside a giant pop can?
No, but I've had Crush from a soda can.
Where's the windshield??!?
Endgadget posted a picture of its rear-end.
Hit the read link for a pic of the front.
I hate to see you go, but I love to watch you leave.
more importantly, how does braking work? you hit the brakes and keep going? parking brake = laying it on it's side
What if the driver is really skinny and the passenger extremely fat? Will it be all lopsided?
Probably not, given the rotational motion of the wheels, and how big they are, it'd take a pretty big weight difference to make it tip over. One thing I would be worried about is if you have kids and they decided to grab the passenger steering wheel, but then I'm guessing it has some kind of security feature to prevent that from happening when the driver doesn't want it to?
Wow, Mark.
Someone REALLY doesn't like you.
Paul is still reeling from the banhammer. It'll blow over in a while...
How do you get in it? Also, they probably should have chosen a more flattering color. I can't think though of what would look best.
As HammerT suggested, the best color for this thing would definitely be Pac-Man yellow.
Looks like a Heineken keg from the back.
if it was shaped like pacman it would be awesome
and think of the somersaults you would make when making a emergency stop
Yeah, if it was yellow...that'd be pretty cool.. ;)
Nothing like a somersault right before that cliff...
Now Snoop can always be hittin' that three-wheel motion.
How do you change a flat tire?!
Where's General Grievous when you need him?
My thoughts exactly. Expect eRingo vs. Jedi Dinosaur ads like the old Ford vs Chevy trucks.
You mean this?
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8192/moviebg.jpg
So when you're alone you can travel in circles until you find company of equal weight, eh? Genius, total chick magnet. Althoug... I'm not too certain if I would want to attract femals that could level out my weight...
i can haz keg?
They see me rollin' , they hatin'
I'm going on record. I want a fast 1 person sidewalk driveable version. I will be a nightmare of the streets!
Is there going to be a UK special edition called that "Star"? Wait for it.......
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/carmageddon/images/4/48/Wheel.jpg
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I hope the seat is comfortable.
Anyone else getting sick of the names that appear to be scrambled?
eDumbAssNam
It seems to by a Japanese/English play on words with 'Ringo' being Japanese for apple. Kinda reads like ElectricAppleGO