Car Name: Rinspeed sQuba
Brand Name: Rinspeed
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In 1977 the film The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond came into possession of a car that can dive underwater and be guided as if it were placed on the road. About 30 years after what seemed to be science fiction becomes reality: Frank Rinderknecht, Rinspeed's number one car manufacturer based in Switzerland, has created the sQuba car aubacquea, "the first car that can move like a fish underwater." This vehicle is immersed up to 10 feet deep and moving at a speed of about 4 (quattro!) km / h.
As you can see from the photos below, the passenger cabin is open and it should be guided by wearing masks to breathe compressed air diving. The headlights light sQube has very powerful and the latest technologies to operate a mechanical engine under the water pressure. This is the third vehicle concrete diving after the one invented in 1968, the German Amphibicar Quandt, and the Gibbs Aquada made in 2004 by Gibbs Technologies.
As you can see from the photos below, the passenger cabin is open and it should be guided by wearing masks to breathe compressed air diving. The headlights light sQube has very powerful and the latest technologies to operate a mechanical engine under the water pressure. This is the third vehicle concrete diving after the one invented in 1968, the German Amphibicar Quandt, and the Gibbs Aquada made in 2004 by Gibbs Technologies.
Rinspeed is a Swiss based automobile manufacturer and tuning designer company was founded in 1979 by Frank Rinderknecht. Rinspeed have specialization in restoring the classic and vintage cars, tuning and modify the modern cars like Porsches and Subarus. Each year they design the exotic concept car for the Geneva Motor Show.
sQuba is a Rinspeed concept car debuted at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, built around the Lotus Elise is the world’s first car that can be driven both on land and underwater.
Rinspeed founder and CEO Frank M. Rinderknecht sQuba concept car were inspired by the 1977 James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me”. James bond drive the animated Lotus Esprit in the movie. Rinspeed founder wanted to build a car that could move underwater like a submarine. It took founder 30 year to accomplish his desire.
sQuba call as the first real submersible car is a zero-emission all electric vehicle. It got three electric motors one for to drive on land and two motors to drive underwater. It can be submerged to a depth of 10 metres (33 ft), the car’s top land speed is 120 km/h (75 mph). On the surface of water, the top speed is 6 km/h (3.2 kn; 3.7 mph) and underwater it is 3 km/h (1.6 kn; 1.9 mph). According to Rinspeed, sQuba is made open cockpit to allow the occupants to escape easily in case of emergency
