Friday, May 4, 2007

Rinspeed Splash - Amazing Engineering


Swiss creative studio Rinspeed, have created a true sports car Rinspeed Splash which transforms into a hydrofoil speed boat - the Splash is capable of 80 kmh (approx. 45 knots) on the water and 200 kmh on land

Transformation to a speed boat involves deploying a propeller at the rear, the large rear spoiler rolls under the car becoming the rear hydrofoil, and two hydrofoils integrated into the left and right sides of the splash swing down to form the front hydrofoils.

An environmentally friendly bivalent turbocharged two-cylinder four-valve 750cc engine powers the Splash, delivering maximum power of 140 bhp/103 kW at 7000rpm and peak torque of 150Nm at 3500 rpm.

Naturally Rinspeed has constructed the Splash's interior from waterproof materials


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