Road going cars with central steering wheels?

[ikarl]

SkodaIan said:

There's the Renault Twizzy, which certainly isn't a performance car but has two seats one behind the other.
I've never driven one, but apparently they are quite fun to chuck around on a twisty road.

Whilst it was my second thought (after the McLaren Obv) I think the Twizzy is actually classed as a quadricycle rather than a car

[Watchman]

I believe it is road legal although British roads may challenge its width. It's a multi-seater with a central driving position.

[HTP99]

Messerschmitt.

[thegreenhell]

Watchman said:

I believe it is road legal although British roads may challenge it's width. It's a multi-seater with a central driving position.

Is that the one that Joey drove in the last series of Top Gear, the episode where he picked up the naked ramblers on the Isle of Man?

[Puddenchucker]

LLC Rocket:

[V10 SPM]

Aton Impulse Viking 2992

[Halmyre]

McLaren F1

[CO2000]

Caparo T1

[schmunk]

Halmyre said:

McLaren F1

...was in the first line of the first post, as the only one the OP could think of...!

[donkmeister]

V10 SPM said:

Aton Impulse Viking 2992

I like that.

As we're pushing the definition of "car" to the limits, I give you the GM Futurliner:

[thegreenhell]

CO2000 said:

Caparo T1

Wasn't central, was it? It was offset to allow space for a passenger.

[Halmyre]

schmunk said:

...was in the first line of the first post, as the only one the OP could think of...!

Er, yes, but he typed it in lower case..or something...

[robwilk]

http://www.thautomobile.de/en/th2rs.html

TH2RS

[Watchman]

thegreenhell said:

Is that the one that Joey drove in the last series of Top Gear, the episode where he picked up the naked ramblers on the Isle of Man?

It was, yes. I must have missed the last episode in the series when it was originally shown because I thought it was a new series when I caught the rerun of that episode earlier this week.

[hondansx]

Tickle said:

The Motorsport Elise had one, not sure how many were made into road variants though.




http://www.car4passion.com/listings/for-sale-lotus...

I have one of these. Not a road legal car, but a few have been modified with the necessary bits to be made road legal. It is pretty easy to do - mine was a customer car and LHD. You simply flip the rack over and re-route the gearbox cables, thanks to the simplicity of the Elise dash. It's a cool feeling being in the middle, and of course safer too!

[ianrb]

Yamaha OX99.

Only 3 built it seems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_OX99-11

[Tickle]

hondansx said:

Tickle said:

The Motorsport Elise had one, not sure how many were made into road variants though.




http://www.car4passion.com/listings/for-sale-lotus...

I have one of these. Not a road legal car, but a few have been modified with the necessary bits to be made road legal. It is pretty easy to do - mine was a customer car and LHD. You simply flip the rack over and re-route the gearbox cables, thanks to the simplicity of the Elise dash. It's a cool feeling being in the middle, and of course safer too!

Very nice!

I never really have passengers in mine either ...

[RobM77]

hondansx said:

Tickle said:

The Motorsport Elise had one, not sure how many were made into road variants though.




http://www.car4passion.com/listings/for-sale-lotus...

I have one of these. Not a road legal car, but a few have been modified with the necessary bits to be made road legal. It is pretty easy to do - mine was a customer car and LHD. You simply flip the rack over and re-route the gearbox cables, thanks to the simplicity of the Elise dash. It's a cool feeling being in the middle, and of course safer too!

Very nice Do you race it?

[PGN]

Slightly off topic but I think I remember a prototype from the sixties in which the steering wheel and pedals could be moved to either side. Sound a bit mad I know - but it may have been a Renault (which could explain it!).
Can any one shed any light?

[dannyDC2]

hondansx said:

I have one of these. Not a road legal car, but a few have been modified with the necessary bits to be made road legal. It is pretty easy to do - mine was a customer car and LHD. You simply flip the rack over and re-route the gearbox cables, thanks to the simplicity of the Elise dash. It's a cool feeling being in the middle, and of course safer too!]

Phwoar, major want!! What engine?