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
Source: http://ansblog.com
