Innovative Vehicle Ideas That Failed Immediately

Italdesign Machimoto

When the Italdesign Machimoto first bowed at the 1986 Turin Motor Show, the press didn’t know what to make of the thing. A bizarre fusion between a car and a motorcycle, the Machimoto was built around a Volkswagen Golf chassis with the top opened up and three rows of seats added in.

Passengers would sit motorcycle-style and the vehicle could even be expanded to increase the total capacity to nine people. The steering system was also unusual – drivers could opt for a traditional wheel or motorcycle handles. The world has still never seen anything quite like it.

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