January 31, 2011 at 20:49Porsche for the poor
The artist built a full-size Porsche GT3 model from plastic pipes, adhesive tape and golden aluminum foil. Hannes Langeder spent 1,000 hours building an environmentally friendly, full-size pedal car that cost 13,000 euros (about 11,000 pounds) for 6 months.
A “green” car does not require fuel at all, except for the food needed by the driver, and it is absolutely legal to move along the roads of Austria.
The creator in a white suit next to his creation:
Despite the fact that he looks very similar to the Porsche GT3 RS, he weighs only about 100 kg and is an art project currently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Linz, Austria.
www.wired.com/gadgetlab/wp-content/gallery/ferdinand/a_porsche_for_640_26.jpgSpecial features include a rear wing and massive front air intakes to improve aerodynamics and “prevent heavy driver fogging”. Only the base of the car is made of a steel frame. Everything else is made of plastic pipes covered with packing tape and coated with aluminum foil.
Unlike its mechanical counterpart, costing 130 thousand pounds, from accelerating to 60 km / h in 3.7 seconds, the model is not equipped with a 450 hp turbocharged engine. and is driven by pedal traction, by the driver himself.
The “bike under the hood” allows you to reach a top speed of 10 mph if you pedal hard. Hannes decided to build his Porsche when he found out that he could drive a pedal car on Austrian roads on absolutely legal grounds. “This mechanism is legally considered a bicycle, and I wanted to show that the car does not need fuel,” he said.
“I wanted to create a car that matches my idea of the future. And there is not a single original spare part in it. ”
“The most impressive thing about him is his slowness. Everyone on the street is moving faster than you. ”
“You are not the enemy of other road users, and slowness only emphasizes a kind of luxury.”
“Most drivers do not immediately realize that technically this is a bicycle.”
“Most of them like him and they take out their cameras.”
Cardboard patterns made from the original Porsche and a toy car model were used to create the shape of the future cycle car.
Original Porsche GT3 RS Ferdinand
More photos of the project on Flickr .
Artist's blog: ferdinand.johannes-l.net
via DailyMail
