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I've been watching old episodes of the Italian detective series 'Inspector Montalbano' upon the iPlayer.
Lots of agreeable '90s and '00s FIAT Police cars of course, and in one episode they have to go offroading, so comedy sidekick Catarella picks up the Inspector in the world's boxiest 'jeep' which turns out to be (after some looking at Wikipedia) a FIAT Nuova Campagnola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Campagnola
Lots of agreeable '90s and '00s FIAT Police cars of course, and in one episode they have to go offroading, so comedy sidekick Catarella picks up the Inspector in the world's boxiest 'jeep' which turns out to be (after some looking at Wikipedia) a FIAT Nuova Campagnola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Campagnola
Briggs and Stratton hybrid.
Jay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
Jay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
Edited by Matt Cup on Monday 16th March 06:55
Matt Cup said:
Briggs and Stratton hybrid.
Jay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
It appears to be powered by a pallet of housebricksJay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
Edited by Matt Cup on Monday 16th March 06:55
F1GTRUeno said:
Elesmart said:
I love how s
t that is.boyse7en said:
Matt Cup said:
Briggs and Stratton hybrid.
Jay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
It appears to be powered by a pallet of housebricksJay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
Edited by Matt Cup on Monday 16th March 06:55
I seem to remember that in the mid seventies there were a number of Ford Mustang II hybrids being tested with the 2.3 Pinto engine and loads of lead acid batteries. I can't find any reference on Google because it's one of those things where a search engine is being stupid and will only give me the new Mustang E details and not what I'm searching for despite me inputting specific keywords.
Edited by 21st Century Man on Monday 16th March 14:13
Blown2CV said:
boyse7en said:
Matt Cup said:
Briggs and Stratton hybrid.
Jay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
It appears to be powered by a pallet of housebricksJay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
Edited by Matt Cup on Monday 16th March 06:55
... with a whole 16hp twin cylinder up front to haul them along with!Matt Cup said:
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12 x 6V batteries as they had a better current rating all carried on that third unpowered axle.
talksthetorque said:
I’ve got one! Rather than just commenting on some of the superb finds on this thread....
I give you the Lexus ES300h.
No... hang on... Come back!
Looks like it’s the Lexus Camry. I’m sure it will be totally un-ph-worthy. It even manages to avoid the low company car BIK rates of the competition
Common Uber in the US.I give you the Lexus ES300h.
No... hang on... Come back!
Looks like it’s the Lexus Camry. I’m sure it will be totally un-ph-worthy. It even manages to avoid the low company car BIK rates of the competition
Matt Cup said:
What blew me away was the Li-ion pack the gentleman showed off around 9:30 in the video. 2 of those Li-ion packs (total size about 1/2 of one of the batteries in the car) would provide more power and range than the 12x lead-acid batteries filling the whole boot of that car. 21st Century Man said:
I seem to remember that in the mid seventies there were a number of Ford Mustang II hybrids being tested with the 2.3 Pinto engine and loads of lead acid batteries. I can't find any reference on Google because it's one of those things where a search engine is being stupid and will only give me the new Mustang E details and not what I'm searching for despite me inputting specific keywords.
That sonds vaguely familiar. In a similar vein, I remember reading about a prototype battery or hybrid car that one of the big manufacturers made, it was allocated to selected members of the public but after the trial period they were all recalled and scrapped.Edited by 21st Century Man on Monday 16th March 14:13
Halmyre said:
That sonds vaguely familiar. In a similar vein, I remember reading about a prototype battery or hybrid car that one of the big manufacturers made, it was allocated to selected members of the public but after the trial period they were all recalled and scrapped.
GM EV1?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1
Ares said:
talksthetorque said:
I’ve got one! Rather than just commenting on some of the superb finds on this thread....
I give you the Lexus ES300h.
No... hang on... Come back!
Looks like it’s the Lexus Camry. I’m sure it will be totally un-ph-worthy. It even manages to avoid the low company car BIK rates of the competition
Common Uber in the US.I give you the Lexus ES300h.
No... hang on... Come back!
Looks like it’s the Lexus Camry. I’m sure it will be totally un-ph-worthy. It even manages to avoid the low company car BIK rates of the competition
hing about the new BMW grilles, and Lexus are doing this (stateside):
Edited by BFleming on Tuesday 17th March 11:49
Matt Cup said:
Briggs and Stratton hybrid.
Jay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
The only Briggs and Stratton car I was aware of was this one:Jay Leno’s Garage just posted a video of it here.
Edited by Matt Cup on Monday 16th March 06:55
One-wheel-drive, no brakes except the driver's feet, and I think the "clutch pedal" worked by lifting the driven wheel off the ground. Possibly the cheapest new car ever sold ($125 new).
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