Moments in automotive history #166

monorail car

Early attempts to prove an intra-city monorail capacity, as an alternative to Elon Musk’s vision of a managed urban traffic solution offered through his Boring Company, proved to be inadequate in dealing with the weight of the average SUV combined with the weight of its’ average American driver.

Moments in automotive history #156

backseat-driver-1

Fed-up with his family’s continuous sniping at his driving ability and “route suggestions” Pete finally snapped and put together a version of his SUV that left them to do all the work, and him to sit back and enjoy the view. There were no survivors when his 6-year-old daughter decided that she wanted to “follow the bunny rabbits” and the vehicle went over the edge of a quarry.

War is hell #67

pull

Cho-Li and the guys were pretty pumped at being the Motor Pool Company selected to service and maintain the new all-terrain vehicle that that Army would be introducing next year. Their enthusiasm dimmed a little when they discovered the “locking brake problem,” the “gear-sticking problem,” and the “non-standard bolt and fastening systems.” With the new tool kits unavailable for at least another two years the team was not looking forward to the Winter.

Moments in automotive history #154

1930s SUV

In the early 1930’s manufacturers began work on the first generation of SUVs, not, it must be noted, with any great success.

Moments in automotive history #144

allterrain-porsche

To be honest Porsche’s early attempts at an all-terrain vehicle weren’t without a few teething problems, and after the commercial failure of the Mk3 (pictured above) the company decided to go with the more traditional SUV approach adopted by its competitors.

Moments in automotive history #127

Most SUVs of course are nothing of the sort, but American auto makers were prepared to go that extra mile to make sure there was no mistake about their newest models.
Most SUVs of course are nothing of the sort, but American auto makers were prepared to go that extra mile to make sure there was no mistake about their newest models.

Moments in automotive history #9

The day that the phrases "all-terrain, all-wheel-drive, SUV & 4x4" all proved to be just talk.
The terrible truth about “all-terrain” vehicles…..