Harry Kraemer posted a photo in the forum of a Pontiac Fiero Trike that he had seen on Flickr. Cool idea. Merge a mid-engine car with a motorcycle front end and you have a winning combination. I did some snooping on the internet to see if I could find some info on this car and actually found a whole slew of these mutants. I prefer the ones where they kept the rear seats intact so as to make the trike a three-seater. Here are some shots I found.
Ran into this beauty while browsing the internet. It’s a 2012 ‘Telsa Roadster 2.5′
0-60mph in 3.7 and it’s all electric. The sedan starts at $50k and is one of the most beautiful cars I’ve seen in a while.
You can read about them both at http://www.teslamotors.com. Don’t get too excited though, the sedan is currently sold out.
Here is a list of other unusual cars, bikes and hybrid vehicles I found.
| Micheal Lewis drives his Open Class electric racer called Team Electrolite to new world speed record traveling 50 miles in one hour on less than 1000 watts. | www.evworld.com | |
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About 300 Litestar Pulse Fully enclosed Motorcycles were built in the 1980′s in Owosso, Michigan with a Cd=.193. | www.autocycles.org/ |
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Acabion GTBO Enclosed Motorcycle The 280 mpg, 342 mph 880#, $720,000 Fully enclosed motorcycle. | http://www.motorbikesblog.com |
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Toyota Personal Mobility Vehicle- Single person, morphing. | http://www.gizmag.com/go/2314/ |
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Aptera 200mpg Vehicle | http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/14/aptera-takes-wraps-off-200-mpg-prototype-car/ |
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1997 Mercedes F300 Life Jet. Tilting 3 Wheeler. | http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-1997-Mercedes-Benz-F-300-Life-Jet-Concept.htm |
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Website dedicated to 3 wheel vehicles! | http://www.3wheelers.com/projgal1a.html |
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3 wheel Moped Scooter Coupe | http://www.gekgo.com/scooter-coupe-gas-scooter-trike.html |
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Corbin Sparrow, Myers Motors 3 wheel Electric Car | http://myersmotors.com/ |
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T-REX 3 wheel, Motorcycle powered car | http://www.go-t-rex.com/ |
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Holland Michigan man builds his own T-REX 3 wheel, Motorcycle powered car | http://www.artechparts.com/ |
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Order your plans for how to build a Home Built T-Rex | http://www.prismz.com/xzilarator/ |
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Wrightspeed X-1 Electric Car based on Arial Atom Platform | http://www.wrightspeed.com/x1.html |
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Arial Atom – 4 wheels but REALLY cool! | http://www.arielatom.com/ |
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Tesla Motors Over the top electric car | http://www.teslamotors.com/ |
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1982 General Motors Lean machine. 200mpg concept car | http://www.3wheelers.com/gmlean.html |
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1981 Ford Cockpit. 12Hp Gas, 200cc, 75mpg, 2 person concept car | http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/ford_cockpit.html |
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Highly Aerodynamic HPV’s for Sale | http://www.bluevelo.com/ |
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Cab-Bike HPV for Sale | http://www.cab-bike.com/english/ |
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Aerorider – Human Electric Hy-brid Commuter Vehicle | http://www.aerorider.com/ |
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Leitra Fully enclosed HPV | http://leitra.dk/news.php |
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Three Wheel Car Kit – XR-3 | http://www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm |
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XR-3 in Scottsville, MI with 1100 Honda Drivetrain - | 231-757-3944 |
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BugE Personal Mobility Vehicle – Neighborhood Electric 1 person | http://blueskydsn.com/BugE_Concept.html |
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BugE Personal Mobility Vehicle – Neighborhood Electric 1 person | http://blueskydsn.com/BugE_Concept.html |
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ZENN Zero Emission, No Noise Electric Car 245mpg Neighboorhood electric vehicle 1300#, 25mph max, 35 mile range. | http://www.zenncars.com/ |
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Twike 3 wheel electric vehicle- 5kw motor, 53mph, 80mile range, 800# | http://www.twike.com/ |
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Enertia Electric Motorcycle | http://www.enertiabike.com/ |
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Vectrix Electric Motorbike For Sale Today | http://www.vectrix.com/ |
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Rail Buggy Plans – Bad Land Buggies | http://www.badlandbuggy.com/ |
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Formula SAE Competition | http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulaseries/ |
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Supermilage competition | http://smv.berkeley.edu/index.html |
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RinSpeed 2 person in line clear plastic car | http://www.rinspeed.com/pages/content/frames_e.htm |
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Burt Rutans VariEze Home built aircraft. Max speed 210 mph. Gets 35mph, while cruising at 181 mph! Weighs less than 700 pounds. | Wiki Pedia on Rutan VariEze |
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235mpg, 8.6Hp, 639lb VW concept 2 person car | Wiki Pedia VW 1 Liter Car |
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As simple as it gets. 4 wheels, a steering wheel, 125cc engine and 60mph! | www.SchultzEngineering.us |
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1959 Velorex Oskar 9hp, 452 pounds, 53mph, Vinyl over steel spaceframe | Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum |
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1957 Jurisch Motoplan Side Car Conversion | Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum |
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HMV Freeway 1 person commuter vehicle that guaranteed 100 mpg at 40 mph. 750 lbs, fully enclosed body including belly. 16-19Hp gas engines. Produced in USA from 1979-1982 | http://clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=hmvfreeway |
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Tango Electric Car high performance electric commuter vehicle 0-60 mph in 4 seconds! | http://www.commutercars.com/ |
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TriVette 2 person, 3 wheels, 50 – 65 mpg, weight=1,140 pounds, lateral cornering 1.28g. high performance kit car | http://blueskydsn.com/BugE_Concept.html |
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Old Time Microcars. For instance, the Messerschmitt KR-200 achieved 87mpg and max speed of 65mph with a 10hp engine. Production stopped in 1964 | http://www.microcar.org/ |
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CLEVER/Venure 1/Carver – three wheel concept car. 100mpg, 50mph max speed, 17 Hp | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLEVER |
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The Original Sail Car – Patents are Expired | http://home.earthlink.net/~jameslamick/press/images_from_rna/index.htm |
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2000 watt Hub Motors – That will rip your forks off! | http://www.electricrider.com/crystalyte/phoenix.htm |
While browsing the web tonight, I ran across a photographer’s site called American Pride and Passion: A Photographic Celebration of Our American Spirit. The photographer uses a process called ‘light painting’ whereby he takes multiple shots, each one while lighting a different section of the subject. The end product, as you can see above, is simply awe inspiring. Take a few minutes and look through the gallery. It’s well worth your time.