Quadro

Sesshoumaru

Marabese Design who designed the Piaggio MP3 have started their own company to produce the Quadro 3d and Quadro 4d.

Quadro 3d

Quadro 4d

As an MP3 owner I'm already sold on the concept of the Quadro 4d being the next logical step Winters in Ireland don't seem to be getting any better!

Sacrilige!!

EvilMonkey

You car drivers are getting into some funny looking cars.

That 4d yoke looks interesting.

Sesshoumaru

http://www.gizmag.com/quadro-to-sell-four-wheeled-tesseract-style-motorcycle/16712/picture/123666/

The convergence of the car and the motorcycle we forecast last year looks set to continue with the first public showing today at EICMA 2010 in Milan of a range of three and four wheeled scooters by Italian start-up Quadro. The start-up is particularly exciting because the company is to be run by Luciano Marabese, the man who designed both the Piaggio MP3 three-wheeled scooter and the Yamaha Tesseract four-wheeled motorcycle shown in 2007. The new machines will use an hydraulic tilting system patented by Marabese. In 2011 we’ll see the 350cc three-wheeled Quadro and later in the year, a 500cc four-wheeler. The four-wheeled motorcycle will evolve into a full family of supersports, hybrid, electric and off-road models, offering better braking, faster cornering and more safety and stability than a motorcycle.

Some bold claims there! But I think this is true, eventually this type of hybrid vehicle will out perform traditional sports bikes and other categories of 2 wheeled motorcycles. Here is the companies website:

http://www.quadro4motion.com

They don't have any details yet, but the Off-Road version is listed as coming in 2012. Quadro 4D Off-Road... I'd like to see what it's going to be like

KamiKazi

Wouldn't mind one of them for when the snow and ice hits!

EGOSHEA

Check these out:

Imagine pulling up to the lights on this - Suzuki's 'Biplane':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jipktSz15fo&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Or this - Yamaha's 'Tesseract':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNrJOrfqA-E&feature=channel

Sesshoumaru

EGOSHEA wrote: »

Check these out:

Imagine pulling up to the lights on this - Suzuki's 'Biplane':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jipktSz15fo&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Or this - Yamaha's 'Tesseract':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNrJOrfqA-E&feature=channel

The Tesseract was designed by Marabese. The same guy who designed the MP3 for Piaggio and who designed the Quadro. If Quadro come out with a sports version of their 4D that looks like the Tesseract... heaven