You and 52 people that gave you a thumbs-up had better hurry up and visit an eye doctor for serious visual issues. However, I'm afraid it's gonna turn out to be a simple case of poor taste, and that's is incurable.
The German public considered it unattractive, the reason why the car did not succeed. You can see why they felt that way, but it was a good try from an engineering point of view.
@@iscadean6038 Wrong - it's the right way. Did you ever see a wing profile (the inspiration for the design)? It's exactly like that. And where's the thicker part of a falling water drop (the ideal aerodynamic form)? Yes, in the frontal area, not in the back.
I think it would have a strong tendency to lift fairly alarmingly at speed, and crash protection would be absolutely zero. It's a lovely car, though, but would have bee prohibitively expensive to manufacture in any quantity.
Alte deutsche Ingenieurskunst.Auch wenn sich dieses Muster in Gänze nicht durchgesetzt hat war es dennoch vorausschauend , vor allem innovativ und richtungsweisend.
To the creators of this video. Have you ever heared of german aerodynamics expert Baron von Koenig- Fachsenfeld, who died in 1990s (1994?). A strange rural nobleman, autodidact ( No engineer!), who in his castle did aerodynamic experiments in a very small , Windkanal ' and wrote a book about his experimen. He was a nobleman, but Not as rich as you mighty think. In 1920s he took part in some motorcycle races, and he wanted faster motorcycles and cars , without using a more powerfull engines. There are old photos of one or two BMW cars with experimental Chassis (?)/ Karosserie of Baron von König - Fachsenfeld, and when you visit the castle , in a town district of Aalen ( Fachsenfeld), you can still see an experimental motorcycle and an experimental vehicle for a (failed) speed record. During National Socialists era, he was for his aerodynamics knowledge asked to work in aircraft industry, but He refused, claiming to be no trained scientist or engineer. But in reallity he didn' t like Hitler and didn't t want to be involved in building deadly war machines. After war his ,Scientists/ inventor ' time ended, became a man, who used his wealth and reputation for doing good things in Fachsenfeld Village.
@@redtobertshateshandles : I did two guided tours in his former estates(?) , one in castle, one in park. What good things did the last Baron of this family? After lost wwll milions of ethnic german s had to leave eastern europe, but there had been no houses or factores for those german refugees. The Baron transformed a sidebuilding of his Castle into a large workshop (?)/Werkstatt, where the noted refugees could produce ladders and toys, invented by himself. When school or Kindergarten needed things, being expensive, the Baron bought it , or used his title and Reputation for getting the things cheaper. When clubs or societies of Fachsenfeld did a good job, the Baron supported then ( but Not such ones, doing their job badly) . And : He was Not married, but every person, working for him, got its wage until a year after his death!
@@iankearns774 :: This ,Windkanal'/ aerodynamic chamber-shown was very small, so he did the tests assumingly with small toysized cars , motorcycles and planes or only small parts. The guided tour covers the castle/ in this case the englich words house/manor/ hall used would be perhaps better, and the only four or five generations, this family existed as noblemen. During early Napoleon Era, a common man named König became knighted for being a good Administration official, and to have a castle he bought the ruins of a lange house, owned by a nobleman, and started to rebuild it..His son also became a high Administration official in Justice or Financial service and finished the castle..This ones son enlarged the building and supported local artists, painters...The next one was not so well educated and mannered, and the last Baron i described. So, no old family, but mostly educated men in civilian positions.
@@brittakriep2938 Did you really you just respond to an ignorant comment about a castle and Dr. Frankenstein? How old are you that you cannot grasp the simple concept of sarcasm and people not caring about what you have to say? I fear this may be a medical condition that you have that doesn't allow you to relate to other human beings well. You are easily tricked and your mind continues to have your fingers type and type defending really nothing of importance. It's fine to post a comment with excellent information. It's your mental skills in decline that do not allow you to be judicial in your responses. I hope you have better days
@@TheAsheybabe89alsmost true, the reason are over engineered laws and rules for everything thats that’s slowdowns everything. maybe the goal is we all dying in perfect beauty.
Our auto industry does not run like flint michigan. We are efficient, our cars are safe and don't break down all the time. The USA are our best customers. The nazis raised the whole industry dictatorial capitalism with eat or be eaten. Trade unions eliminated, maximum exploitation with low wages and slave labor. It all sounds familiar to me! Isn't that how it is in the usa? Hmm...🤔
@@B.Ies_T.Nduhey Bionics deals with the transfer of natural phenomena to technology. A well-known example of this is the Velcro fastener. Books by Werner Nachtigall are interesting.
This is a great follow-on to your video on the Dymaxion Car. But like many of us subscribing to your channel; this is the first I'm ever hearing about the Schlörwagen. I wonder how many other experimental aerodynamic, "Art Deco" concept cars were made that I've never heard about . . . ? 32nd Like.
That's absolutely beautiful and far ahead of its time. Even the rounded Ford Taurus wasn't so sleek. What's with the big fan or propeller attached to the vehicle? No explanation.
Gottingen was the place where professor Ludwig Prandtl established the MVA (Modellversuchsanstalt) research laboratory for fluid dynamics, particularly aerodynamics, in 1919 which became quite well known. Another very notable person in that context is the Austrian engineer Paul Jaray who created several designs of aerodynamic cars in the 1920ies already. The first car with an aerodynamic body shape built in series was the Tatra 77.
Target markets are usually very conservative. They don't easily take to new products that are too different or radical. I'm also guessing the costs for the manufacture of this vehicle would have gone well beyond what people were prepared to pay. Already the window glass would have cost a small fortune to make with the technology of those times.
For reference of drag coefficients: .20 is great for a modern car (Tesla Model S has .208). .30 is good (Average car). .40 is not so good (SUV) .50 is terrible (Truck) 0.000 (TicTac UFO)
Formular one goes up to 1.0 and these cars aerodynamical over engineered. But alway for what purpose. If you want high traction this will result in not the lowest numbers.
Vehicles like this, Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car (designed a few years before the Pillbug) and the Davis Divan, which came about a decade later, was cost. Curves were expensive back then.
hmm, there were quite a few other issues, like the dymaxions rear wheel steering. It was actually fabric covered like an airplane, so not an issue really to make curved surfaces.
@@PRH123 Made right here in Connecticut. But none of the very fancy (and expensive) curved glass. Bucky was on to something. It would be easy today with electronic steering and traction control.
wow way beyond its time . impressive ! . also in 2024 that design is really pretty , efficient and marketable . tier drop every high end sports car everywhere
I was suprised by the initial drag coefficient as it was even less than Aptera, but then the number for the functional model was so much more. I wonder what changed, were they initially testing it without wheels or something. Anyone interested in efficiency check out Aptera Motors in California.
Is that a supercharger on there? Looks a lot like a VW Beetle chassis. I can see this on the road soon, with modern chassis, crumple zones, etc. Maybe move the seats back some for safety! There are lots of smaller cars running around today than this one. A truly unique, and ahead of its time, design.
On October 18, 1933, the American philosopher-inventor R. Buckminster Fuller applies for a patent for his Dymaxion Car. The Dymaxion-the word itself was another Fuller invention, a combination of “dynamic,” “maximum,” and “ion”-looked and drove like no vehicle anyone had ever seen. Well worth a look .
0:45 0.113 What is a good drag coefficient for a car? The average modern automobile achieves a drag coefficient of between 0.25 and 0.3. Sport utility vehicles (SUVs), with their typically boxy shapes, typically achieve a Cd=0.35-0.45. The drag coefficient of a vehicle is. My Chevrolet Matiz 2005 has 0.342.
As far as I know, the common feature in all Low Drag, Low CX Cars, drop shaped, was a too high sensitivity to Side Wind. The going in and out complex track, the construction difficulties, are minor compared to that unstability
Aptera is a start-up that will be producing a very low-drag EV. The drag coefficient is 0.13 I believe. I hope you check it out. I have been following it for a long time and am very confident it will go into production. If you're a certified investor, you can invest through U.S. Capital. Crowdfunding was very successful but is closed now. Thank you Retro Car for this video - wonderful history.
This was created several years AFTER Fuller’s Diamaxion car. It was wind tunnel designed and had this exact tear drop type design. This design was a medication of Fuller’s and was not ahead of its time or a result of genius. It was a copy with some modifications.
Looks very nice. Aerodynamic yes. Rear engined wing profile shape. OBVIOUSLY no one at the time had any idea about the lifting body effect. This thing would be a death trap at speed as it will try to fly. N has feck all downforce. In fact has negative downforce. I still want 1 though
Fun fact: The 90ties cartoon TaleSpin featured a Schlörwagen in its fifth episode, albeit art deco design elements where added to it to fit the shows artistic style.
In fact it is based on a much older Alfa Romeo, I think from the 20s or 30s, which had an even more extreme waterdrop shape. These cars looked too futuristic for their time and as you know people don't like change if its not explained to them.
How was the engine cooled? In the blow up at 0:48, I see no radiator, and there are no louvers anywhere on the car. Very interesting concept, though, nipped in the bud as were many things by WW II.
For reference as of 2024 it's drag coefficient is as good as any other ultra advanced electric car. The Light Year Zero is 0.175, and the Lucid Air achieves 0.195.
looks similar to: The Dymaxion car was designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller during the Great Depression and featured prominently at Chicago's 1933/1934 World Fair.
Had not heard of this car before. At 1:05 what is that, and how come the narrator makes no mention of it ?? Well anyway, my first thought was that it looks like the Dymaxion car.
@@hamiltonmays4256 Ok but it appears to be installed to actually push the car. Regardless, I just don't understand how anyone making a video could ignore something like that.
Great concept car but I would feel just as safe driving that than a smart car, meaning not at all! Front end collision = say goodbye to your legs, side collision = say goodbye to your brain, rear collision = say hello to the engine as your new torso. Maybe for slow traffic urban areas only.
@@YuckFoutube-e1z yeah and now it’s a 100 years later with millions of vehicles on the road, 150mph speeds and assholes in souped up pickup trucks everywhere so the danger has gone up exponentially
In cross section, it's a wing, which is bad news for higher speed stability due to it literally trying to lift off the ground. A better design would be to have the same basic shape but with the rear third curving up from below instead of downward.
World's first flying car? It would roll on the roadway up to about 85-90 kilometers per hour. Past that, it would quickly get airborne. Rudder control would be needed, also vertical and horizontal stabilizers.
The US had the Stout Scarab and the Dymaxion. Both shared some of the same ideas. While a lot of developments came out of the war, many good ideas were lost
I'll bet it was hot as hell on a sunny summer day. This was before automotive air conditioning, and how much of yhe aerodynamic fuel savings would be eaten up by the AC?
I have seen it in 50s Soviet popular science book about history of cars. It was presented as car of 1960s. Apparently author had seen it and I conclude that it ended up somewhere in russia.
Not ugly, could be made to look better with some modern tweeks. like the openess of all the glass and good amount of space. Would like it as an EV as electric mileage would benefit incredibility by its aerodynamics.
Wait just a minute here. How does this design relate in time and function to the Buckminster Fuller design - aside from the Fuller design being three wheeled?
Sensitivity to Side Wind seems a common drawback in drop shaped body cars. I endorse Janice Joplin: 'Hey, guy, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz, my friends all drive Porsches..., I'm counting in you, man...' Gesund +
actually: Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends So, oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
Best looking car I’ve seen in years
Agreed, its shape has an appeal. Also, having given attention to the seating design, in terms of space, it has a lot going for it ergonomically.
You and 52 people that gave you a thumbs-up had better hurry up and visit an eye doctor for serious visual issues. However, I'm afraid it's gonna turn out to be a simple case of poor taste, and that's is incurable.
The German public considered it unattractive, the reason why the car did not succeed. You can see why they felt that way, but it was a good try from an engineering point of view.
@@deanronson6331You have no taste yourself.
@@sorellmanNo I can't!
For the life of me I can't!!
The teardrop shape is the most aerodynamic and hydrodynamic shape...this guy seems to have gotten everything right...in the 30s!
maybe with the exception of timing ?
And while he was prescient, he got it the wrong way round.
@@iscadean6038 Wrong - it's the right way. Did you ever see a wing profile (the inspiration for the design)? It's exactly like that. And where's the thicker part of a falling water drop (the ideal aerodynamic form)? Yes, in the frontal area, not in the back.
Decades ahead of it's time. They could do it better now with carbon fiber and electric motors.
@@Fastvoice the shape as designed would cause it ‘fly’. Lift would occur and it would become unstable.
This would make an excellent car even now!
I think it would have a strong tendency to lift fairly alarmingly at speed, and crash protection would be absolutely zero. It's a lovely car, though, but would have bee prohibitively expensive to manufacture in any quantity.
It is the Nissan Leaf only backward... 🤣🤣👍👍
8L / 100 km is really good, especially for an old 1930s engine!
Way ahead of its time, beautiful engineering design.
More other-worldly German engineering from the period. Great find!
Everyone: There are alien civilizations out there.
Germans: Hold my beer 🍺
@@John-wd5cb Yup. Don't hold it, drink it. Thanks, man. 🍻😉
@@Mooncake-01Y09 Prost 🍻
@@John-wd5cbnot todays Germany.
Copy of Fuller’s Diamaxion car. He was American.
Looks surprisingly futuristic for the 30's!
Alte deutsche Ingenieurskunst.Auch wenn sich dieses Muster in Gänze nicht durchgesetzt hat war es dennoch vorausschauend , vor allem innovativ und richtungsweisend.
A copy of Fullers earlier Diamaxion car. He was an American.
I like it a lot!!!! Its a shame that no original exists today!!!!
To the creators of this video. Have you ever heared of german aerodynamics expert Baron von Koenig- Fachsenfeld, who died in 1990s (1994?). A strange rural nobleman, autodidact ( No engineer!), who in his castle did aerodynamic experiments in a very small , Windkanal ' and wrote a book about his experimen. He was a nobleman, but Not as rich as you mighty think. In 1920s he took part in some motorcycle races, and he wanted faster motorcycles and cars , without using a more powerfull engines. There are old photos of one or two BMW cars with experimental Chassis (?)/ Karosserie of Baron von König - Fachsenfeld, and when you visit the castle , in a town district of Aalen ( Fachsenfeld), you can still see an experimental motorcycle and an experimental vehicle for a (failed) speed record. During National Socialists era, he was for his aerodynamics knowledge asked to work in aircraft industry, but He refused, claiming to be no trained scientist or engineer. But in reallity he didn' t like Hitler and didn't t want to be involved in building deadly war machines. After war his ,Scientists/ inventor ' time ended, became a man, who used his wealth and reputation for doing good things in Fachsenfeld Village.
There are good people in Germany.
@@redtobertshateshandles : I did two guided tours in his former estates(?) , one in castle, one in park. What good things did the last Baron of this family? After lost wwll milions of ethnic german s had to leave eastern europe, but there had been no houses or factores for those german refugees. The Baron transformed a sidebuilding of his Castle into a large workshop (?)/Werkstatt, where the noted refugees could produce ladders and toys, invented by himself. When school or Kindergarten needed things, being expensive, the Baron bought it , or used his title and Reputation for getting the things cheaper. When clubs or societies of Fachsenfeld did a good job, the Baron supported then ( but Not such ones, doing their job badly) . And : He was Not married, but every person, working for him, got its wage until a year after his death!
In his castle? He sounds a bit like Dr Frankenstein.
@@iankearns774 :: This ,Windkanal'/ aerodynamic chamber-shown was very small, so he did the tests assumingly with small toysized cars , motorcycles and planes or only small parts. The guided tour covers the castle/ in this case the englich words house/manor/ hall used would be perhaps better, and the only four or five generations, this family existed as noblemen. During early Napoleon Era, a common man named König became knighted for being a good Administration official, and to have a castle he bought the ruins of a lange house, owned by a nobleman, and started to rebuild it..His son also became a high Administration official in Justice or Financial service and finished the castle..This ones son enlarged the building and supported local artists, painters...The next one was not so well educated and mannered, and the last Baron i described. So, no old family, but mostly educated men in civilian positions.
@@brittakriep2938 Did you really you just respond to an ignorant comment about a castle and Dr. Frankenstein? How old are you that you cannot grasp the simple concept of sarcasm and people not caring about what you have to say? I fear this may be a medical condition that you have that doesn't allow you to relate to other human beings well. You are easily tricked and your mind continues to have your fingers type and type defending really nothing of importance. It's fine to post a comment with excellent information. It's your mental skills in decline that do not allow you to be judicial in your responses. I hope you have better days
Beautiful car
😮i love it, its so beautiful! it looks so simple and sleek, but friendly.🥰
Another 1930s German Miracle 🙏
Hyperbole! Lol! Watch at 2:02
Of what exactly do you think here?
Copied from the earlier Diamaxion car by American Buckminster Fuller.
The Germans and their engineering ….always way the hell ahead.
*were. That is definitely not the case now. The county is so inefficient as to make every stereotype a joke that is the opposite of reality
@@TheAsheybabe89alsmost true, the reason are over engineered laws and rules for everything thats that’s slowdowns everything. maybe the goal is we all dying in perfect beauty.
Our auto industry does not run like flint michigan. We are efficient, our cars are safe and don't break down all the time. The USA are our best customers.
The nazis raised the whole industry dictatorial capitalism with eat or be eaten. Trade unions eliminated, maximum exploitation with low wages and slave labor. It all sounds familiar to me! Isn't that how it is in the usa? Hmm...🤔
Sorry for this post!
It has been said the German tanks of WW2 were over engineered which led to lengthy repair/servicing problems.
Nice video. It's ultimate fate was - that it was never put into production.
🙋♂️THANKS RETRO FOR SHARING THE PILLBUG 🤗😎💚💚💚
Reminds me a little of the AMC Pacer from years ago. it was a goofy-looking little car but was great for driving in and around town.
This car is designed like a woodlouse.
One of the most successful primordial animals on our planet.
🤣🤣🤣
A woodlouse on wheels?
@@B.Ies_T.Nduhey Bionics deals with the transfer of natural phenomena to technology. A well-known example of this is the Velcro fastener. Books by Werner Nachtigall are interesting.
This is a great follow-on to your video on the Dymaxion Car. But like many of us subscribing to your channel; this is the first I'm ever hearing about the Schlörwagen. I wonder how many other experimental aerodynamic, "Art Deco" concept cars were made that I've never heard about . . . ?
32nd Like.
Wow, never heard of this before! Shame it didn't survive to go in a museum. Great video👏🏻🇬🇧👏🏻
Vielen Dank für dieses Video.
Excellent find.
That's absolutely beautiful and far ahead of its time. Even the rounded Ford Taurus wasn't so sleek. What's with the big fan or propeller attached to the vehicle? No explanation.
I think that's part of the wind test
2.35 sounds like that was the Soviet aero engine .
That was indeed the Soviet engine from 1942.
Close to the SAAB 92 UrSaab from 1947, which offers frontwheeldrive and a certain practicallity.
Gottingen was the place where professor Ludwig Prandtl established the MVA (Modellversuchsanstalt) research laboratory for fluid dynamics, particularly aerodynamics, in 1919 which became quite well known.
Another very notable person in that context is the Austrian engineer Paul Jaray who created several designs of aerodynamic cars in the 1920ies already.
The first car with an aerodynamic body shape built in series was the Tatra 77.
Professor Conrad von Seelhorst was one of my distant relatives.
A soil scientist.
Wow! That was interesting indeed. Never heard of such a car before.
Very interesting...Thanks for the upload!
I have never seen this before, what a masterpiece, at least in performance..!!
The pill bug is very low for it’s time, amazing design.
Target markets are usually very conservative. They don't easily take to new products that are too different or radical. I'm also guessing the costs for the manufacture of this vehicle would have gone well beyond what people were prepared to pay. Already the window glass would have cost a small fortune to make with the technology of those times.
For reference of drag coefficients: .20 is great for a modern car (Tesla Model S has .208). .30 is good (Average car). .40 is not so good (SUV) .50 is terrible (Truck)
0.000 (TicTac UFO)
Formular one goes up to 1.0 and these cars aerodynamical over engineered. But alway for what purpose. If you want high traction this will result in not the lowest numbers.
Eine sehr coole Kiste 😊
What a beautiful car!
I would buy one today!
Vehicles like this, Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car (designed a few years before the Pillbug) and the Davis Divan, which came about a decade later, was cost. Curves were expensive back then.
hmm, there were quite a few other issues, like the dymaxions rear wheel steering. It was actually fabric covered like an airplane, so not an issue really to make curved surfaces.
@@PRH123 Made right here in Connecticut.
But none of the very fancy (and expensive) curved glass.
Bucky was on to something. It would be easy today with electronic steering and traction control.
And is 5 years younger. Wonder if Bucky knew about it
wow way beyond its time . impressive ! . also in 2024 that design is really pretty , efficient and marketable . tier drop every high end sports car everywhere
Way ahead of its time
I want one now !
This is like a smaller version of Buckminster Fuller’s Dimaxion Car! Beautiful
I was suprised by the initial drag coefficient as it was even less than Aptera, but then the number for the functional model was so much more. I wonder what changed, were they initially testing it without wheels or something. Anyone interested in efficiency check out Aptera Motors in California.
Is that a supercharger on there? Looks a lot like a VW Beetle chassis. I can see this on the road soon, with modern chassis, crumple zones, etc. Maybe move the seats back some for safety! There are lots of smaller cars running around today than this one. A truly unique, and ahead of its time, design.
I don’t like AI narratives
Yep, exsp when AI is not able to pronounce an Umlaut ö oder oe right, because it was programmed by native English speakers.
The narration is not really AI. It is a text to speech program. The computer probably is not writing the script. I do agree it is quite annoying.
It's the future where everything is kaput. 😂
Wow a 6 seater. Imagine that as a family saloon today. Awesome. Now make a 2 seater with all wheel drive. Yeah Baby!
It’s kind of adorable. The more I look at it the more I like it
Very nice
And a hundred year later, we get the Cybertruck...
Looks like a pacer on stairoids.
Cool car!
Reminded me of the Dymaxion car, at first thought it was 3 wheeler. The Dymaxion car was also susceptible to cross winds.
00:00:10 It looks like the Twingo's Great great grandad.
It obviously inspired the design of the B-hind of many 911's and a prolly also the Citroen DS series. Nice video :)
No, Citroën DS are close to Muntz Cars and to Kurtis Sport Car of early 50s.
But the french won't recognize this.
It looks likes a large metal bug on wheels, but it`s way cool!
On October 18, 1933, the American philosopher-inventor R. Buckminster Fuller applies for a patent for his Dymaxion Car. The Dymaxion-the word itself was another Fuller invention, a combination of “dynamic,” “maximum,” and “ion”-looked and drove like no vehicle anyone had ever seen. Well worth a look .
This reminds very much of earlier and much better known Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion.
How could they manufacture these arched glass windows already in 1938?
It is probably not glass.
0:45 0.113
What is a good drag coefficient for a car?
The average modern automobile achieves a drag coefficient of between 0.25 and 0.3. Sport utility vehicles (SUVs), with their typically boxy shapes, typically achieve a Cd=0.35-0.45. The drag coefficient of a vehicle is. My Chevrolet Matiz 2005 has 0.342.
The '30s holds some more great Aero models. Lots if design thise days was amazing, really.
Looks very much like the car proposed by Norman Bel Geddes in his book Horizons published several years earlier, 1933, in the USA.
It looks great still modern today
As far as I know, the common feature in all Low Drag, Low CX Cars, drop shaped, was a too high sensitivity to Side Wind.
The going in and out complex track, the construction difficulties, are minor compared to that unstability
Aptera is a start-up that will be producing a very low-drag EV. The drag coefficient is 0.13 I believe. I hope you check it out. I have been following it for a long time and am very confident it will go into production. If you're a certified investor, you can invest through U.S. Capital. Crowdfunding was very successful but is closed now. Thank you Retro Car for this video - wonderful history.
Yes it will, but some backers will have waited 10 years by the time they get their cars, assuming the company stays solvent,
This was created several years AFTER Fuller’s Diamaxion car. It was wind tunnel designed and had this exact tear drop type design. This design was a medication of Fuller’s and was not ahead of its time or a result of genius. It was a copy with some modifications.
Cool car. Looks like a modern version of the Alfa Romeo Aerodinamica from 1914.
Looks very nice. Aerodynamic yes. Rear engined wing profile shape. OBVIOUSLY no one at the time had any idea about the lifting body effect. This thing would be a death trap at speed as it will try to fly. N has feck all downforce. In fact has negative downforce. I still want 1 though
Beautiful thing?? Advanced!! Just as the first VW beetle from Josef Ganz and the first VW campervan of Ben Pon. They were genious,
timeless design.
It looks more futuristic than todays cars.
Fun fact: The 90ties cartoon TaleSpin featured a Schlörwagen in its fifth episode, albeit art deco design elements where added to it to fit the shows artistic style.
Pillbug is certainly an apt name! She's got a great drive train! But as they say, she's got a face only a Mother could love!
Looks like a retro concept car for Bad Chad to hammer one out :-)
I'd buy it.
Me too !!!
Modifications would be necessary for safety regulations today.
In fact it is based on a much older Alfa Romeo, I think from the 20s or 30s, which had an even more extreme waterdrop shape. These cars looked too futuristic for their time and as you know people don't like change if its not explained to them.
1914 Aerodinamica
How was the engine cooled? In the blow up at 0:48, I see no radiator, and there are no louvers anywhere on the car. Very interesting concept, though, nipped in the bud as were many things by WW II.
For reference as of 2024 it's drag coefficient is as good as any other ultra advanced electric car. The Light Year Zero is 0.175, and the Lucid Air achieves 0.195.
"...wind-tunnel test..."
😎
It has just the shape of a
falling drop of water...
A falling water drop is ball-shaped
Note the fully enclosed driveline which is not unlike some premium modern cars! 👍🏻
Or GM's torque tube from the early 50's
Hints of Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion car.
0:19 The rear ist very similar to Citroën ID 19 and DS series - about 17 years later...
looks similar to: The Dymaxion car was designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller during the Great Depression and featured prominently at Chicago's 1933/1934 World Fair.
Genial was deutsche Ingenieure leisten.
A car this shape was already invented in 1924 by an engineer called Persu.This one is a better copy of that one.
The first Ur Saab around 1946-1949 is a other milestone...
Cool! Did you look to the RO 80 with Wankel motor..
Had not heard of this car before. At 1:05 what is that, and how come the narrator makes no mention of it ?? Well anyway, my first thought was that it looks like the Dymaxion car.
looks like a wind-tunnel fan to me.
@@hamiltonmays4256 Ok but it appears to be installed to actually push the car. Regardless, I just don't understand how anyone making a video could ignore something like that.
What an imaginative difference compared with cars today where they all look alike per class and they only come in grey or silver gray.
Looks very much like The Dymaxion Car ( Buckminster Fuller ) 1933
This looks like Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion Car (1933.)
Great concept car but I would feel just as safe driving that than a smart car, meaning not at all!
Front end collision = say goodbye to your legs, side collision = say goodbye to your brain, rear collision = say hello to the engine as your new torso.
Maybe for slow traffic urban areas only.
A lot of cars in the 30's didn't even have a roof!
@@YuckFoutube-e1z yeah and now it’s a 100 years later with millions of vehicles on the road, 150mph speeds and assholes in souped up pickup trucks everywhere so the danger has gone up exponentially
In cross section, it's a wing, which is bad news for higher speed stability due to it literally trying to lift off the ground. A better design would be to have the same basic shape but with the rear third curving up from below instead of downward.
World's first flying car? It would roll on the roadway up to about 85-90 kilometers per hour. Past that, it would quickly get airborne. Rudder control would be needed, also vertical and horizontal stabilizers.
The US had the Stout Scarab and the Dymaxion. Both shared some of the same ideas. While a lot of developments came out of the war, many good ideas were lost
I'll bet it was hot as hell on a sunny summer day. This was before automotive air conditioning, and how much of yhe aerodynamic fuel savings would be eaten up by the AC?
I have seen it in 50s Soviet popular science book about history of cars. It was presented as car of 1960s. Apparently author had seen it and I conclude that it ended up somewhere in russia.
amazing CD, hey?
Not ugly, could be made to look better with some modern tweeks. like the openess of all the glass and good amount of space. Would like it as an EV as electric mileage would benefit incredibility by its aerodynamics.
If you turn it 180* it will work better...look at 3:17🎉
The 'problem' about it turning is, that it has to transport people from one place to another 😉
Wait just a minute here. How does this design relate in time and function to the Buckminster Fuller design - aside from the Fuller design being three wheeled?
Sensitivity to Side Wind seems a common drawback in drop shaped body cars.
I endorse Janice Joplin:
'Hey, guy, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz, my friends all drive Porsches..., I'm counting in you, man...'
Gesund +
actually:
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends
So, oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
@@babagalacticus Yes! But comment was inspired in Janis Joplin song, not just a quotation. Thanks
Model 3 is the most aerodynamic Tesla ever, according to official information, with a drag coefficient of 0.219.
I want one.
Inspired the UFO Phenomenon