- [Narrator] Humans have
invented a lot of crazy things to get from point A to point B. We tied little boxes to horses and put them on wheels, shot ourselves down rails in metal tubes and pedalled about on oversized bicycles before eventually inventing the car. Since the first motorcar
graced the roads back in 1886, certain people have had some unique ideas about how to improve the concept. From flying cars to
double-wide limousines, we're about to take a look
at some of the funniest and craziest cars ever made. (upbeat music) Cramp Car. When BMW heard the phrase
"personal transportation" in the 1950s, they must have
taken it very literally, if the Isetta is anything to go by. Measuring in at just 7.4
by four and a half feet, the Isetta is one of the most
minuscule cars ever built. You might not be surprised
to learn the Isetta was originally made by
a company called ISO which designed scooters and refrigerators, seeing as it looks like
a cross between the two. BMW eagerly bought the
design and license from them, as German regulations at
the time allowed people to drive smaller cars with only a motorcycle driver's license. To make the Isetta as small as possible, the car has no trunk and only one door, which the steering wheel is attached to. The Isetta could only hold
about five gallons of gas but was surprisingly economical, and was the first car to ever achieve a fuel consumption rate
of 78 miles to the gallon. Though as you might guess, it wasn't very powerful, having a top speed of 53 miles per hour and just 12 horsepower to play with, which is less than most
lawnmowers have today. Still, people love the little Isetta and it was the best-selling
single-cylinder car in the world upon release. It cost $1,048 or about $10,366 today. Though, the little engine that could fell out of style in the '60s, Swiss company Micro Mobility
are giving it a reboot with their tiny electric
two-seat Microlino car which will be available soon. Being cramped is about
to be back in style. Mood Tube. What is the future of travel? High speed international
rail? Flying cars? Commercial space travel? According to Toyota,
it's a weird little pod that changes color when you're hungry. What you're currently looking at isn't an unused vehicle from Tron or a sci-fi Isetta redesign, but Toyota's vision of
the future, the FV2. I'd have guessed that
stood for something cool like Future Variant, but
apparently it's Fun Vehicle. Cute! The pod fits a single passenger and is driven by simply
shifting your body weight. So it's more like a Segway than a car. Although this super Segway comes with super strange features. For starters, the FV2
is able to change colors depending on the mood of the driver. If you're struggling to think of any way that could ever be useful, just you wait because the FV two can
be driven... Standing up. As far as I can tell Toyota has never actually explained
this strange decision. Maybe it's so you can stretch
your legs or get some air? Definitely more effective than
just rolling a window down. The pod was first shown off in 2013, but as far as we know there are no plans to make it commercially
available anytime soon. It's speculated that if it
went on the market tomorrow, it could go for up to $45,000. If nothing else, this mood tube is a good way of advertising
your road rage to the world or you could just stand up
and let them know yourself. Need for speed. In 1998, British car
manufacturer TVR had a dream. They wanted to win Le Man. The prestigious 24-hour race held near the French
town of the same name. To do this, they created
the Cerbera Speed 12, an absolute demon of a car. It was powered by a 7.7 liter V12 engine made by Frankenstein in two previous server engines together. To further stretch that engine's power, the car weighed only 2,200 pounds. For perspective, NASCAR
requires all their cars to weigh at least 3,300 pounds. Despite being limited to an
impressive 675 brake horsepower the car could reportedly
hit 60 miles per hour in less than three seconds. Unfortunately, the Speed
12 was never allowed to race in Le Man, as some last minute rule changes meant the car couldn't compete so TVR made the logical decision to make the Speed 12
commercially available. They needed to modify it of
course, to make it road safe. Just kidding. They actually made it faster. The modified Speed 12
had a break horsepower between 800 and 960. In a test environment, it reached speeds greater
than the McLaren 1, the fastest car in the world at that time with a top speed of 231 miles per hour. To put that in perspective , the best selling car in the US in 1998 was the Toyota Camry with a top
speed of 124 miles per hour. So why wasn't this death car
made available to the public? Well, one day Peter Wheeler, the head of TVR took his
own creation for a spin. His thoughts when he got back? Basically, holy crap! We can't let people drive this thing. It's too dangerous. You heard that right? A car company CEO actually made a decision for the common good over pure profit. Elon Musk. Take note. Water wheels. Imagine this, it's been a
long, stressful day at work. You're driving home, coming up on a bridge when you're greeted by the unholiest traffic
jam you've ever seen. Well, why not turn your car into a boat and drive across the water because that's just not possible, right? Well, tell that Quandt group who in 1961 created the
water faring Amphicar. Though on assuming from the front if you peek behind the Amphicar, you'd see two propellers in addition to the car's
usual exhaust pipe, allowing it to sail with ease. While it's impressive the
Amphicar worked at all, it was plagued with issues. After forking over up to
$28,660 in today's money, you'd have to insure the vehicle twice, once as a car and once as a boat. You need that insurance too because the Amphicar was delicate. It fill with water if
you didn't pull a lever to make the doors water tight and even then it needed to
be serviced after every flow. Additionally, you'd be
the laughing stock of car and boat owners alike because
the Amphicar was slow. It had a top speed of just
70 miles per hour on land and seven knots in the water. Assuming conditions weren't choppy, that's about three times walking speed. This is why the Amphicar
was sometimes called the fastest boat on land and
the fastest car in the water. It was discontinued in 1967, but we've come a long way with
our waterwheel since then, allow me to introduce the
Dobbertin Surface Orbiter. This bizarre rocket looking vehicle was built by Rick Dobbertin
over the course of four years using his entire life savings
and an old milk tanker. Rick spared no expense as
the Orbiter was equipped with a 250 horsepower engine, an ocean navigation system
and separate steering wheels for both land and sea. Rick built the Orbiter
so he and his wife, Karen could go on a unique romantic
journey around the world. Unfortunately for Rick, being
in a cramped, shaky tube in the middle of the ocean, didn't do wonders for his marriage. When they departed on their
grand journey in 1993, Karen quickly became seasick
and the two argued constantly. The Dobbertins divorced not
long after returning home. When asked, his wife
said, "Despite everything, she'd gladly attempted the
voyage on the orbiter again, but not with Rick." Ouch! AVTR2 The Future. There was a time not too long ago when James Cameron's
"Avatar" was everywhere. It was the highest-grossing
film of all time, had some video game adaptations and even earned a $400
million themed park. Although, the film's weirdest legacy must be the a AVTR or Avatar, one of the coolest
concept cars ever built. For starters, Mercedes-Benz
AVTR is equipped with slick glowing
wheels that could be used to indicate even from the side. These weird wheels aren't
just for show though because the AVTR is able to
move sideways like a crab. Oh my God! Imagine never having
to parallel park ever again. The Avatar theming of the car comes from its most distinctive
features, it's skin. These little panels on
the back of the car tilt and turn in response to the environment and look like little hair follicles. They're used to alter
the car's aerodynamics and increase its breaking power. But the most baffling element of the AVTR is the fact it has no steering wheel. It's entirely controlled by what could be called
a car mouse, a weird pad you rest your palm on and
tilt to control the vehicle. Great! Now I have to
worry about risk cramps even when I'm driving to work. The AVTR has a top speed
of 223 miles per hour and a 469 horsepower engine. So even though it's
based on science fiction, it has some real performance power. Though no release date
has been set for the car, it's speculated pricing will start at around $39,000 when it does. Who knows whether we'll see
it or the Avatar sequel first. I mean, come on, it's
been over a decade, James. The Suit-Car. Though, it might sound hard to believe, people only put wheels
on suitcases in 1961. That means it took humanity
the same amount of time to make a rolly bag as it did
to launch a man into space. Crazier still is the fact
that just 30 years later, some fruitcake and Mazda
decided to attach a motor and steering wheel to that rolly bag. This is the Mazda Suitcase car and it was the winner of Mazda's 1991 "Fantasyard" competition. The goal of the event was for employees to create the most unique and innovative mode transport they could and I think you'll agree. The suitcase car is at
the very least unique. The vehicle was made
from a Samsonite suitcase which could be opened and folded into a minuscule drivable car. Despite its tiny size, the Suitcase car could reach speeds about to 18 miles per hour and on a full tank of fuel
could drive for two hours. If it didn't look ridiculous, this might have made it a decent
form of inner city travel. In the end, Mazda only
commissioned a few prototypes before deeming it an unprofitable venture and today only one survives. This must have been sad
news for its inventors who apparently wanted to make
airport navigation easier. I don't know about you, but
I'd find driving a tiny car at 18 miles per hour
through airport traffic a little more stressful
than just calling a cab. PEEV'D OFF. So far, we've seen some
pretty cool future car designs but there's something a
little soulless about them. Well, here's a more wholesome
vision of the future. Introducing the Pivo 2. This adorable entirely
electric egg of a car was designed by Nissan in 2007, and at the very least presented a bold and unique conceptualization
of the future. An update of their
original 2005 Pivo concept, the Pivo 2 prioritized
convenience over flashiness. The wheels of the Pivo 2
each had their own motor and were in little pods
detached from its main body. This meant that they could
rotate allowing the car to move in any direction. The body could also
swivel around 360 degrees so it could be entered
or exited from any point. The Pivo 2's greatest feature however has to be its talking robot head. This little dude would
operate as your Satnav, cheerly giving you directions, information and even compliments, but that's not all. It would also detect what
mood the driver was in and try to cheer them up if they were sad. In 2011, Nissan demonstrated the Pivo 3 which is sadly lamer in every way. It lacked the handling of the Pivo 2 and most importantly,
ditched the robot head. What happened to those babies? Annoyingly, that was the last
we heard from the Pivo line. I know the AVTR and FV2 are cool and all but I'd much rather live in the cute singing robot
car future, wouldn't you? Let me know in the comments down below and be sure to like and subscribe for more soulful futuristic content. The Limomaster. Jay Ohrberg is a magical mechanic. He's responsible for movie vehicles such as the Flintstone's car, KITT from Knight Rider, the 1989 Batmobile and Back to the Future's classic DeLorean. With such an impressive rap sheet, it's hard to believe the man's zaniest car
creations were offscreen. Ohrberg has dedicated his free time to creating the craziest
limos you've ever seen. Take for example, his Wide Limo powered by two Cadillac FWD engines, this broad boy is 30 feet long and two and a half times
the width of a regular limo. I reckon that gives it a
girth of nearly 15 feet which is enough room to plop a king-sized
bed down in the middle. The crown jewel of his
collection must be this though, the American Dream. This beast cost $4 million to make and is the world's longest car according to the Guinness
Book of World Records. measuring in at a
mind-boggling 100 feet long the American Dream features 26 wheels, a king-sized water bed, a helipad and even a swimming pool. Talk about an impressive collection. Being that long, the American dream could only
travel at very slow speeds and obviously it couldn't
handle corners well. It had a hinge in the middle that helped it navigate tight turns, but it needed two drivers in separate compartments
to make that happen. Performing a properly tight turn with something that long
is practically impossible and even if it could, it looked just as ridiculous
as this photoshop, if not worse. Put It In H. A question for the olds in the audience, what were you doing in
your first year of college? Partying? Pulling stupid
pranks? Joining nerdy clubs? Maybe just trying to work up
the courage to do those things. My wasted youth aside, I bet you weren't
designing futuristic cars for multimillion dollar companies but that's what students at
Pforzheim University were doing. Partnering with German
car manufacturer Opel, they created this offbeat
vision of the future. Meet the Opel H. Unlike the AVTR or FV2, the Opel H is designed around the concept of long
distance autonomous travel as such it places emphasis on
comfort over everything else. As the car is completely autonomous, there's no need for a steering wheel, so there's more space for legroom. The seats in the rear of the
car are also faced backwards, enjoying a similar amount of room. This space between the front and rear seats is used for storage, as opposed to avoid between
the passengers and driver. The front and back of the car
is also entirely transparent, allowing you to really soak in the miles and miles of autobahn. The Opel H is a mere concept for now, which sucks for me as I'm always super
cramped in regular cars. What! I'm six-foot seven. You couldn't tell for my voice? Half-Pint 20Cup. Is it a bike? Is it a car? Nope! It's the Peugeot 20Cup. This amazing automobile almost looks like someone started building the back end of the car
and just suddenly gave up, but there's actually a term
for this wacky vehicle. The Peugeot 20Cup is
technically a reverse trike with a tadpole set up. What this means practically
is that the front half is your standard car, but the back half features only one wheel behind the driver's seat. You know, a car bike. The 20Cup was built to test and show off the then new motor for
the 2005 Mini Cooper. Despite its small size, the engine was a fairly
powerful collaborative effort between BMW and PSA. The four-cylinder engine generates up to 170 brake horsepower
which is significantly more than most commercially
available cars at 120 BHP. While the 20Cup's top
speed was never recorded, the 2005 Cooper reaches
up to 143 miles per hour. The 20Cup can go from not
to 60 and under five seconds which is faster than the
Cooper at 6.6 seconds unless Peugeot comes out
with official stance though, we'll never know how well this awkward looking
little brother measures up The Octo-Auto. It might surprise you to hear, but people were designing
strange future cars before most folks had even seen a car. M.O. Reeves, for example, in 1911, looked at the still new car, thought, "Man, you could stick way more wheels on that thing." This is the Octo-Auto and
no prizes for figuring out where its name comes from. To be fair to Reeves, his eight-wheeler idea did make some sense and the 1910s, roads were bumpier and car tires weren't as tough, so they didn't last as
long as they do today. Inspired by train cars, Reeves understood that
adding more wheels would mean a more even weight
distribution in an automobile and so less wear on each individual tire. The design worked incredibly well, handling bumps and potholes much better than other cars of the era but the Octo-Auto was just
too expensive to catch on. In order to make a profit, the Octo-Auto needed to be sold for $3,200 for over 93 grand in today's money. It's a real shame it didn't catch on too. Can you imagine how monitored cars would look today if it had? Radical Air. For some reason ever since its invention, people have been looking at cars which are clearly designed for road transportation and thinking, "But what if I could fly?" One such individual was Stefan Klein who spent the last 20 years of his life, making that dream a reality. Founding Klein vision in 2017, he worked tirelessly with
scientists and engineers around the world to bring
his sci-fi vision to life. After intense simulations were carried out at Brno University of Technology, Slovak company SKMODEL produced
special composite materials for the project and vigorous test drives were conducted in Shanghai, China. After four years and
untold sums of money later, Klein's AirCar successfully completed an inner city flight in 2021. The vehicle's wings are
foldable and retractable so it can transition easily
from driving to flight mode. The AirCar's aerodynamic
fuselage has enough room for one driver and one passenger, both of which are
equipped with parachutes, in case of emergency. Information on the AirCar's
design is protected by dozens of patents, so we don't know much about its speed, fuel consumption or cost. Still, if this is the
future, I'm excited to see what high speed police
chases are gonna look like. Hot Wheels. Remember in old cartoons when
cars would go really fast their tires would catch on fire? While this next car's wheels
aren't literally on fire, they're still a red hot
blast from the past. The 1958 Golden Sahara
got its name from the fact that its wheels glow a
bright, fiery orange. According to creator
Jim "Street" Skonzakes, these were supposed to make
it extra visible in the dark. Developed by Goodyear of blimp fame, these tires were made of Neothane, a synthetic translucent
rubber that was filled with internal lighting. Though obviously cool, the Sahara was also way ahead of its time in more practical ways. A sensor beneath the
car would hit the brakes if it detected something
move in front of it and the Sahara could
be partially controlled through a small remote control. Though exact specs aren't known, the Golden Sahara likely utilized a Capri Lincoln V8 engine
that produced 225 horsepower. As you might imagine, this bold and futuristic
car was not cheap. At that time, it was claimed to be worth
$75,000 or $635,000 today. The only known Golden Sahara in existence was bought at auction in 2018 for $350,000 and was restored to its
former glory in 2019. Talk about a hot rod. Make it Wumbo. Volkswagen's cute, compact little Beetle has charmed the world for decades. Just don't Google who
commissioned the original. Sordid past aside, Richard
Tupper and his son took one look at the tiny car, decided they liked it but that they'd like it better bigger. That's why they built the Huge Bug, a fully functional 1959 Volkswagen Beetle that's 40% larger than the original. The creation of this mockery
of Volkswagen engineering was no easy task, however. Tupper and son had to
scan every single part of the original Beetle, increase its size by 40%
in 3D editing software and then go about building the
juiced up parts themselves. Their efforts paid off though as they claim the Huge
Bug cost them three years and $15,000 to make, but is now worth an
estimated 1.25 million. An 840% return ain't bad. I mean, what else were they going to do with an old VW Beetle? Roll it into a ball and
turn it into an exhibition in a shopping mall like
this one in Amsterdam? I think I prefer it
bigger rather than baller. But in case you're wondering,
as big as the Huge Bug is, it isn't the largest
upscaling of a car on record. That honor goes to this
unbelievable behemoth. It was commissioned by
the eccentric billionaire, Sheik Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, colorfully nicknamed the Rainbow Sheik. This 1950s Dodge Power
Wagon is 64 times larger than the truck it's based on, stands around 20 feet tall and
weighs of whopping 55 tons. The interior is apparently
a fully liveable house, complete with bedroom and bathroom. What's more the truck isn't just for show, it's actually drivable. Though, it only has a
300 horsepower engine so not really a Power Wagon. The Butt-Mobile. Finally, we arrive at what must be one of the strangest, fugliest and most thoroughly
baffling cars ever built. This is the Roach Coach and in case you couldn't
tell just by looking at it, its name is indeed spelt
with alternating caps. Now this entry might be
cheating a little bit as the 1978 Roach Coach was a show car, i.e., it was never meant to
be driven, just showing off. And yes, if you can believe it, this thing was considered decorative. Designed by Ed Newton and built by Dan Brooks and Dan Woods, the car was supposedly
constructed just to impress crowds and get their company
Roach Inc., some attention. I mean, it worked because
they're still around today. The three were evidently quite
proud of their abomination, as there were dozens of pictures of embarrassed models trying
their best to pose next to it. Now some may look at the
two large cocktail bulbs and see a pair of eyes, but to me, I can't help
but see something else. - Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all. - (man screaming) - What do you think?
(upbeat music) Would you like to take a spin
in any of these kooky cars? Let me know down in the comments below and thanks for watching. (upbeat music)
