Rinspeed to unveil iChange concept – Geneva auto show

The latest crazy contraption from Swiss coachbuilder Rinspeed will bow at the Geneva motor show, and as usual, this year’s concept is more than off-the-wall.

Called the iChange, the car can be configured to seat one to three people and is powered by a 130-kilowatt electric motor. Rinspeed says the iChange is also zero-emissions, lightweight and has low aerodynamic drag.

The body design looks like something out of a 1950s vision of the cars of the future. It’s got a teardrop shape, prominent wheel wells and big headlights. It seats one person in its basic form, but the back of the car rises to allow two more to fit.

Rinspeed calls this feature an “electronic trick tail,” and didn’t offer specifics as to how this actually happens. A press releases did use the phase, “as if by magic,” to describe the process.

But based on past practices, this iChange will likely live up to its hype. Rinspeed has made Geneva its annual show of the unusual, displaying the submersible car sQuba in 2008 and the see-through eXasis in 2007.

Rinspeed’s first display in Geneva was a Volkswagen Golf Turbo in 1979, and the company has since carved a niche for itself with funky concepts and tuning.

© Source: autoweek
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