Greenpeace SMILE
Hi,
Here's a ecomod project, if there ever was one: http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,1408817,00.jpg I think they started with a Renault Twingo? Pretty sweet! http://www.twingo.net/nicolas/greenpeace.htm http://www.twingo.net/nicolas/smiletwingo.jpg Notice the "zigzag" window trim: http://www.twingo.net/nicolas/detail5.jpg |
the low drag from that wiper is curious. We dont get a vehicle check passed here if a crack or bullseye is near the center of the windscreen.
I like it though, very french. |
a cracked windshield can fail so in theory that's a rather big concern especially for someone inspecting the car for safety..
the central wiper won't block much vision... most cars today have terribly obstructive A pillars and unlike the wiper they can't be moved... normal wipers pass trough your field of vision anyway, but i can imagine pedestrian collision safety might be compromised by a projecting wiper. while it's unfortunate given the relative straightforward conversion the smile never replaced the twingo the new upscaled twingo2 does have a superficial resemblance to the smile...surely not as clean, but i've seen cars that looked more offensive to the airflow as well the grill looks a little nasty but it's partly blocked, and easy enough to ziptie a back piece of coroplast in and the smooth top of the nose will surely be a welcome sight for the oncomming air http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...ult_twingo.jpg http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...wingo-2006.jpg original twingo http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...go-ii-2007.jpg new twingo... note the minimal rear tire clearance... not as clean as the smile, but surely a step in the right direction |
Tried to find a place where to buy that car.
But it seems only to be a prototype. :( |
what greenpeace should have done at the time is make some aftermarket bodykit... or at least release all the information to the public as an open source project.... there's still a number of twingo's around today so they'd still make a good FE project candidate
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Nice conversion. I heard long time before about Twingo , which do 3l/100km. Now i find it.
Guys from greenpeace have rights. Its easy and not expensive. Shame, that car factories with rich sheikh lobby built still cars like before 20 years. Example: High drag (0.3), same consumption (1986 Fiat Uno - ~5l/100km, 2006 - Fiat Punto - ~5L) See also interesting promises Car manufacturer: Greenpeace - The Dirty Track of the Car Industry Fot us is only one thing remaining: homemade ecomodding :thumbup: |
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