Name This Car.

mtelliott · 02-16-2006, 07:04 AM

Can you name this car?

Michael

Leland Pate · 02-16-2006, 07:05 AM

I think that model is known as the Swedish Fish.

norustscott · norustscott's Garage

Fred..Name it Fred.

jbripps · jbripps's Garage

looks like a proto p-car. 2010 model maybe?

RickM · RickM's Garage

Rinspeed ZaZen

http://www.rubbermag.com/news/0512/051215_04n.html

Jeff · 02-16-2006, 07:37 AM

It looks like a Cayman with the optional solar oven roof.

masraum · 02-16-2006, 07:41 AM

I name it fugly

Par911 · 02-16-2006, 07:44 AM

That's a car??

I thought it was a boat.

mtelliott · 02-16-2006, 07:45 AM

Rick gets the award.

Rinspeed shows ZaZen ahead of Geneva debut
Posted Feb 16th 2006 7:00AM by Chris Paukert
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, Sports/GTs

Designer Frank Rinderknecht has been freebasing the styling clay again. Or perhaps not. Either way, the eccentric and his posse at Rinspeed have come up with yet another wild and wacky concept, the "zAZen," which apparently is Rinspeak for "automotive enlightenment on four wheels."
Either way, the Porsche-based 997-based concept, set to debut on February 28 in Geneva, was produced in partnership with the polymer prodigies at Bayer Materialscience. The result is a gigantic transparent canopy made of Makrolon®, which turns 'into a luminous holographic area' that projects the third brake light 'as if from nowhere.' Why, we're not quite sure... but Rinderknecht's mad scientist creations have been about gloriously blue-sky thinking, and we're not about to start arguing now. Swarovski detailing, clear seat inserts, and bespoke body paneling ensure that extrovert owners will likely never encounter a similar car on the road.
(More photos and details after the jump)
For those interested in more visceral than visual drama, the zaZen weighs just under 3,300 lbs. and is motivated by the 355 bhp six-pot boxer powerplant, donated (along with many other bits) from Porsche's 997 Carrera S, all of which is lashed to a '4x adjustable chassis' designed by KW Automotive.
A small production run is being toyed with.

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/16/rinspeed-shows-zazen-ahead-of-geneva-debut/

RLJ · RLJ's Garage

I will store it here in PDX until the real owner steps foward and claims it.

Randy Jones
1971 911 "Iris"

axvel · 02-16-2006, 09:03 AM

Looks like a future 959

TRE Cup · TRE Cup's Garage

"messerschmitt bubble car mates with 997- film at eleven"

wholberg · wholberg's Garage

Now if the glass top had an Liquid crystal layer so that you could set opacity from transparent to opaque with a dial on the dash, now That would be cool.

Too bad the rest of the car would still look weird.

defcon65 · 02-16-2006, 11:52 AM

That's the 959/Miracle Grow Group B racing coupe and seed germination homologation. Spring is right around the corner.

TRE Cup · TRE Cup's Garage

Where did they put the flux capacitor?

Nine9six · Nine9six's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by TRE Cup
Where did they put the flux capacitor?

Its just aft of the dual action menthol eucalyptic converter.

RFR · 02-16-2006, 01:25 PM

A waste of good money. All the R&D costs and price of building just the prototype, should be equally distributed to pelicanites and we coud get our cars REAL nice!

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

Do any of you other guys see the Karmann Ghia body crease?

SpecCarrera · SpecCarrera's Garage

It's Micheal Jackson's car, right? He lives in a bubble... R&D would be better sealing the roofline... a solid coupe form would help... but someone will like and buy it I guess for $150K!

bento · bento's Garage

rear fenders are pure karman ghia.

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