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Originally Posted by wumpus
At roughly the same time (maybe 85 or 86), I remember that the Epcot (GM?) exhibit included a 200mpg "car" called the "lean machine". Actually, it was more like a fully faired (and enclosed) motorcycle (thus the "leaning" nomenclature) and resembled the 100l more than anything else.
I don't think they said a word about safety (this is Disney, remember).
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GM's 38 Hp Lean Machine that got 150 MPG (body tilts but rear wheels stay upright) I can't link yet but try this:
dub dub dub wheels dot blogs dot nytimes dot com /2008/12/22/ the-original-lean-machine/
Then there was the Mother Earth news 3VG which was a enclosed three wheel (two up front) leaning tandem 2 seater built in 1983. (I have a copy the report they prepared on that thing). It had a Onan 16 hp 2 cylinder 730 cc engine mated to a CCV tansmission. They modded the engine (which was for industrial pump and generator apps not fuel economy) and got up to 50 mpg