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Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

abgwin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:35:11 EDT

should have called it the Opel Episiotomy

abgwin

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

sos10 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:54:54 EDT

and I would love to see how thy get these segways out of the Opel on a parking lot or better.. parked in the street..

sos10

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

ZWECK — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:40:23 EDT

Whoa cool!! I can't wait until they unveil the Antarra with two ECVs in the back. Then again, I'll probably think Segways are cool 20 years from now, much like I do with the Peele at the moment.

ZWECK

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

Turboner — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:21:53 EDT

There's this couple in their 40's who tool around the Woodstock neighborhood in SE PDX on their segeways. They're both fairly portly, in a vegie-neo-hippie turned yuppie sort of way. I'm still not seeing the benefeit. It might actually burn more calories to drive, although not nearly as hip. Is hip the right word there?

Turboner

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

AuricTech — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:02:34 EDT

Mea culpa, but I couldn't resist the reference:

"In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs got nothing to do
Some machine, doing that for you"

AuricTech

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

smokyburnout — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:01:49 EDT

@Fitty7lax: this car IS a diesel series hybrid. it's based on the same E-Flex platform (hence the name Flextreme) as GM's Volt series of concepts, and like the first Volt, there is no connection between the fuel-burning engine and the wheels.

the segways would be nice when you miscalculate just how mugh range this car has, and have to go back to the last gas station you passed when you run out of juice in the middle of the Nevada desert.

smokyburnout

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

Mojonaut — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:24:37 EDT

To me, it looks like the segways should charge the Opel. God I hate Opels.

Mojonaut

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Torque — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:42:23 EDT

Bertone did the Segway-in-the-trunk thing with its Birusa concept car.

Torque

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Torque — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:37:23 EDT

Wasn't this whole Segway in the back trick done a few years ago? (I'm too lazy to Google right now.)

Torque

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Brian B — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:34:39 EDT

Wow. Imagine, we'll never have to walk. Ever. I mean, far be it from us to actually exert ourselves. :P

Brian B

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TRAMS_AM — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:56:02 EDT

I'd prefer a motor home that craps out a 4x4 Bronco, that then craps out a quad.
Why would you want a boring car that craps out a boring scooter?

TRAMS_AM

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

beercheck — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:47:49 EDT

None for me, thanks.

beercheck

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Fitty7lax — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:00:00 EDT

@Bauhaus: Yep (I just watched a discovery channel show on locomotives, so you know, I'm basically an expert :P ). I was trying to say that the way that Opel hooked up the drivetrain is identical to that of, say, a Prius.

If they had come up with a diesel series hybrid then this would be interesting. But then there's all that extra unsprung weight...

Fitty7lax

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pirate — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:50:48 EDT

Wow, so cool! Especially since those dorky Segways are selling like hot cakes!!

pirate

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

goatrope — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:48:13 EDT

Dorktastic! Will it make it off the dealer's lot before the FlexLoad door starts squeaking and rattling?

goatrope

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

LuciferV8 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:14:31 EDT

How about they create another car called the Opel Matryoshka.
It consists of a rebadged GMC Yukon with an Opel Vectra hidden inside. Inside the Vectra is a rebadged Smart. Inside the Smart is a Segway. They'll sell like hotcakes...

LuciferV8

Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel Flextreme Concept Stores Segways In Its Rear End

Mad_Science — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:56:41 EDT

Those segways would be way cooler with monogrammed pouches on the front.

Mad_Science

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Fly I-80 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:50:36 EDT

Don't these people know that when it comes to naming crud, "smart" or "nano" are the new "extreme?" Shouldn't it be the Nanosmartway or the Nanoflex Smartransporter? "Extreme" is as dated as, well, Segway tie-ins.

There's a nice rear end in that picture all right, but there aren't enough pictures of her loading that silly car.

Fly I-80

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KVHnik — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:42:15 EDT

@cgraham: Actually, when I saw the first pic I just thought Dumb + Ass = well, you know.

KVHnik

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Bauhaus — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:33:02 EDT

@Fitty7lax: Diesel-electric locomotives are what the car guys are now calling "series hybrids". There's no mechanical linkage between the diesel powerplant and the wheels. Rather, the diesel engine drives a generator, which generates electric current that's fed to the electric traction motors in the trucks. (The trucks are those big "blocks" of wheels that are all hooked together - most locomotives have a front truck and a rear truck.) The traction motors turn the wheels.

Actually, the closest analogy in the car world is the MHEV (?) system that Mitsubishi's using in their concept cars - the one with the electric motors out in the wheel hubs.

Bauhaus

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urban_ninjya — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:31:12 EDT

You know what's really going to happen is someone is just going to take that car to a shopping center and take their segways to walk between stores instead of getting off their lazy butts.

On the bright side, you can park your car very very far away so you don't have to be embarrased arriving to a trendy party with that car.

urban_ninjya

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TeacherSnake — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:25:51 EDT

anything related to segways is inherently uncool.

TeacherSnake

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a2r — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:17:42 EDT

A chrome egg with an awkward space for two segways? Brilliant! They'll sell dozens... literally dozens!

I think they were trying to top the Envoy XUV for king of smallest niche market.

a2r

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TPSreports — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:15:30 EDT

Where the hell do you put a BIKE RACK on that thing?

Stupid. Totally fricking stupid.

TPSreports

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RoninianHoon — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:09:02 EDT

The bean counters ate to many mushrooms on this one. Chickens poop eggs NOT Eggs poop chickens?

RoninianHoon

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RalphieDC — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:08:21 EDT

Wow, that really is something, I wonder what GM will pull out of their ass next year!

RalphieDC

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sos10 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:04:32 EDT

Without the heavy Segways, the car would be lighter and more fuel efficient, and the driver /passenger would be lighter, and more fuel efficient.. what's wrong with walking?
This is stupid.. it's like showing an iPod in a boring car hoping the car looks "hip"... only at Opel don't know that Segways aren't hip at all.

sos10

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cafn8 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:53:26 EDT

If you think that's cool, you should see my Subaru. It stores up to four bicycles on the roof!

cafn8

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Fitty7lax — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:52:48 EDT

haven't locomotives been diesel electric for decades? I don't see what's so revolutionary. The drivetrain is identical to a gas-electric hybrid.

More like about time.

I'm waiting for Audi to wise up and make a 700HP Q7 V10 Diesel-Electric Hybrid.

Fitty7lax

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pjsammy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:49:31 EDT

They've made a huge mistake.

pjsammy

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TampaRon — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:42:56 EDT

I wish my Lexus could poop out a Segway like that!

TampaRon

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Al Navarro — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:38:03 EDT

This reminds me of those little plastic toys where a chicken poops out an egg.

Al Navarro

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LuciferV8 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:36:14 EDT

If I had that car, I'd get a bumper sticker that read something like:
"Eatin' Fords - sh*tin' Segways"

LuciferV8

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trlstanc — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:34:58 EDT

It should charge the segways too.

trlstanc

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cgraham — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:34:28 EDT

would that not be THE definition of 'junk in the trunk'?

cgraham

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nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:34:22 EDT

I think i just heard Woz cream his jeans.

nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition

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bmoredlj — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:31:57 EDT

Is that first photo the back of Lutz's head?

bmoredlj

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varion — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:29:50 EDT

Awesome! A car that shits Segways!

varion