Car or Motor Bike? Jeremy tries out the EcoMobile - Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - BBC
2008 ж. 15 Сәу.
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Jeremy Clarkson travels to Switzerland to try out the EcoMobile: a motor bike with a full car body.
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I'm a bit distracted by how young Clarkson looks in this.
M Fox Uhhhhh what?
I don't know.
NachtHexe (MTB) It makes me wonder when this was made.
+Thomas Lee Mullins 1994/1995
You are the bomb :)
It all seemed great until.... FIFTY GRAND.......
Stuart K. Seels only 11k secondhand
Depends how much your life is worth
A Harley livewire is the same price
@@Lanosrep Almost nothing. But that's $50k that could go into restomodding one of my project cars. Could probably make one of my cars run low 10s maybe high 9s on the 1/4 mile for that. Hell, I could buy another car for $1000 and put the other $49k into mods. I'd totally buy one of those bubble scooter contraptions for like $500 tho and see if I can ramp it.
I feel like 15k is a decent price. I'm sure there was quite a large amount invested in research and development but I'd rather not be the one paying for that.
"over 200km/h and you feel comfortable" She's quite cool😎 The only time I felt comfortable at that speed was in the German ICE train 😊
Eschede enters the chat...
@liberalmonk839 I think she meant to say: Go and compare the feel on any powerful, naked motorcycle and an Eco at a speed over 200 kph.
@@davidr.1135- ah ok, I never drove a motorbike at that speed, so I can't imagine
0:01 Blue 4 standing by... Yellow 2 standing by... Green 8 standing by... Union Jack 0 standing by... It really looks like a fighter squadron xD. 👍👌
training wheels... the key to life
thats a part time four wheeler with a yogourt box on top no training at all just draining your wallet
Badass!
Literally
And they were not automatic at the time so as usual in Top Gear during Clarkson time- either lies or omitting some pretty important details.
Actually this thing is brilliant. Smaller engines, increased fuel economy great visibility, add air bags and this becomes the safest bike on the road. This thing help prolong the impending fuel crisis about to set in! Absolutely love it!
dude predicted the future
@@jeffkaze7 I'm about to say lmao
@@jeffkaze7 if you paid attention, you'd realize that there's quite a few people who saw most of this coming.. The great reset has now went from conspiracy to reality... if that tells you anything
@@mhjunky4278 I don't get the joke
@@jeffkaze7 we have known about peak oil and climate change for decades, people just ignored it
There's something comforting about being enclosed and protected from the weather, particularly when it is raining. I would love to drive one of these in the rain :)
_This is an interesting concept!_ 💡 _Would love to see a 2021 version_ 🏍 😆
This idea was obviously a roaring success...because i've never seen one on a road anywhere
@flip inheck And they had BMW engined machine called the Okel -again Swiss designed -this seems to be largely a copy .
I'd like one, they look very nice, but that 50k price point is probably what killed it. It's hard to justify a 50k purchase on an automobile with no boot or room for the kids that isn't an actual sports car.
Pretty sure you're 100 percent right. It's way overpriced.
For some reason I'd rather have this bike than a supercar. It comes across as efficient, until you see the price.
@@RSAnimism they are electric now 500 km range topspeed 250kmh .. I would love to own one !!! (80k)
Younger Jeremy looks like an older Benedict Cumberbatch.
461 persons agree with you
@@Kebbab.213 lol now it's 641 persons
@@LordSeth-hf8ew is it really your sur name ?
The thought of Clarkson in possesion of "the eye of Agamotto" worries me.
@@Kebbab.213 1k
This got recommended about 12 years late
And the vehicle is even older than when this was uploaded. I saw an earlier version back in the late 90s on "Beyond 2000" on the Discovery channel. The older version you were seated more like you would be in a motor cycle. They even demonstrated tipping it over and letting it set up by itself.
Well, those are actually incredibly streamlined! The most streamlined thing is a drop (teardrop, raindrop) that shape looks similar to the shape of those bikes/cars/things. It might actually make them faster than without the roof and side panels.
There must be a more streamlined and stylish shape in nature than just eggs or teardrops 😭 This concept is great but people complain it looks childish coz it's too round.
@@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006 well, “ugly” ages. Modern cars we would consider good looking, would be very ugly 70 years ago
@@jordy2299 thats actually not true, the most streamlined shape is not a drop, it is a spindle. Thin at the front, wide in the middle and thin in the rear again, just like modern glider planes for example, just without the tail. Makes me think, maybe one could use such a glider shell, put a steel tube chassis inside it and cut slots in the bottom for the wheels haha
a drop is only the most streamlined shape for a liquid in air being pulled by gravity and i'm not even certain that covers all liquids. there are shapes more aerodynamic than a drop that a liquid, let's say water can't retain due to surface tension and other electromagnetic phenomena of the molecules.
@@Blockbuster2033 nope, that’s BS. Gliders have that shape to be able to glide. Not aerodynamic.
I love it! It looks like a 1950's sci-fi toy from the future!
looks like a fucking stretched condom...
Yes it does, it's awesome!
How do I make the hardlight wall come out of the back like in Tron?
Mordern Clarkson wouldn't fit because of his belly
oof
I completely understand the relevance of that extra 'r'.
You mean fat guts
@@DickiMonster ha ha, yep! Maybe Richard Hammond would, James May would be too chickenshit to try it.
May drove the veyron over 250mph he would deffo try it
I guess I'm not the only one who had the idea of making a motorbike that wouldn't let you get drenched in rain
Thank you KZhead algorithm for gifting me this video today
Imagine u stop at a red light and the stabilisers malfunction looooooool
Doesn't really matter. The stabiliser wheels protrude far enough that it will land on them. If you start riding it in a circle, the centrifugal force will get it back upright again.
@@railtrolley have fun doing circles in a busy intersection
@@rickyguevara2330 It would be one hell of a show
@@cplpetergriffin1583 like a fish out of the water🤣🤣
@Danny Cooke done that in front of about 12 cars at a junction 🤦♂️ Never used clips again after that.
it looks like jelly beans on wheels :)
OMG it actually does, I just realized that... wow, the more you know...
0:00 the jelly bean army
"You've got to convince car drivers that it won't fall over and you've got to to convince motorbike riders that it won't fall over." No, "motorbike riders" know they won't fall over. Especially if they've been riding for 70 years and call themselves "motorbike riders". You've got to convince them that they won't go from looking cool to looking like a total idiot, which is naturally impossible when they're inside a jellybean.
You have no idea about the value jellybeans hold in future
That's the best part though.
His voice sounds really odd because he hasn't ruined his lungs yet edit: for all the people pointing out about how it's not his lungs, my point still stands that it's the smoking that affected his voice
He was also in his "play up the Public School accent, because I won't get any TV work if they find out I'm from Doncaster" phase.
lungs have nothing to do with voice, you meant the voice cords
you do realize that your vocal chords require air to use, which come from your lungs, right?
Get rekt
Reminds me of the light cycles from the first Tron movie
$50,000 dollars? Holy, and that was 20 years ago, adjusted for inflation that's roughly $75,000 (in USD not sure about pounds). I think i'll stick with my motorcycles haha
you can buy 300 motorcycles for that price in Malaysia after conversion rate
you can buy hundreds of mopeds with that kind of money
He said 50,000 pounds, not dollars.
manufacturing costs might have gone down during the years though, like you should be able to build one of those cheaper than a car
telestrat060 so when this was made you're looking at around $90-100,000 !
I'm from the future. this^ isn't the future
moto 850
Elon musk is the real future..
Marcelo Velarde Just couldn't hold it in could you.
Matt S Elon Musk fucked himself with his own ego there’s nobody else to blame
@@adventure_F0x in the future ELon Musk will make a ELectric version of a reliant robin/EcoMobile called the REEE-Mobile It will be a Recycled Triple Electric Mobile
Absolutely amazing piece of music used in this clip. 633 squadron.
Love the music from 633 squadron laying in the background
definitely a submarine...
You just gave me an idea...
Time to give it a go ;)
Always knew the Germans still had U-boats
Needs to be yellow
I wouldn't want to try that against the cross-winds we get in Texas.
Cross winds, unless exceptionally strong, wouldn't be that much of an issue. Motorcyclists have been dealing with it for all time. Sure, this thing has a larger side area but it's also way heavier than a motorcycle. Also, the faster you ride the less influence cross winds have on a vehicle.
given that lorries are abled to deal with cross-winds, I don't think an encapsulated motorcycle will struggle too much.
@@Stryke607 Here in Montana we have Lorries getting blown over quite often.
perpendurcular 720 not really the curved body and low centre of gravity will make it stable.
I've encountered some pretty good crosswinds while riding motorcycles across country. Sometimes, it is enough that in order to drive straight, you have to lean the bike into the wind a few degrees. Those ol' WIndjammer frame mounted fairings really caught the wind from the side.
I wouldn't be able to contain myself, I'd be pretending im in a fighter plane. XD
So this, or I could have a Ducati Panagale, Aprilia RSV4 and a BMW S1000RR. I'll take the 3 superbikes please.
give me a cbr1000rr over it too
Ill take an r1
Not really comparable
And you don't have to gift wrap em? So straight out of the shop on the road? Good idea! 😁
This was 1984, none of them existed yet (and this can go 197 mph)
Great concept, price needs to come way down. I know R&D was an investment, however - if they wanted this to catch on and be a reality, $200,000 is a bit much. I could buy a fleet of boxtrucks for that.
yeah I could by a tesla
+A1R5N1P3R If you're interested check out some of the work Craig Vetter has done with motorcycle fairings.
just using it not
+A1R5N1P3R A bit much? For Christ sakes, for the price of one of those I can buy 14 brand new super sport bikes.
+A1R5N1P3R ecomobile is broke again... it makes no sense building a vehicle in switzerland, we are way to expensive, i drove one the other day (1200ccm with turbo) and they are so much fun, hope someone will build them again, of course fully electric like the e-tracer.
it seems like it would be a pretty simple (and cheap) system, especially with modern gyroscope/accelerometer technology, to have the outriggers automatically come down below a certain speed/ tilt of the car/bike thing. The height could even be dynamically adjusted while going around turns and stuff at low speed so that it wouldnt rock back and forth like in the beginning of clarksons ride. I wonder if the newer model of this thing has something similar.
Assuming it does, it won't make wonders on the [already not cheap] price.
What newer model?
@@amluxgaming So to say
If someone wanted to make a new model, it would need to be better looking and cheaper. This one was way too ugly and then factor in the price it was bound to fail. Interesting concept though.
@@rlsjunior797 It didn't help that the inventor had the unbridled charisma of a hairlipped bivalve.
i find this more futuristic than what we got today. id like this. if only they still make them like this and always will
Just love the 633 Squadron Soundtrack for this awesome video!!
I knew it was a soundtrack from something, right away with the first notes playing. Did not know the movie, thank you!
I want the electric model! Imagine the acceleration in an electric one!
Lol you only have 1 like in 12 years and are verified
@@whatupcuz3688 look at how many views he has doe
I actually remember seeing a few of these on the road when I still lived in Switzerland.
WELL THEN WHY DID YOU EVER LEAVE THE SWISS LAND??
Do they still have it and if not why did they stop producing them?
No kidding!
@@amaya8227 probably didn't make enough money.
Saw one in Switzerland!! Pretty amazing vehicle
His voice has changed so much as he's got older it's unnerving x
That thing looks awesome, and I wasn't expecting it to travel that quickly:)
Once, I was passenger of one of those things. They're made with 4cyl straight BMW motorcycle engines, 1000 ... 1200 ccm. You can choose between usually fuel injection or turbo or supercharger. They develop between 120...250hp and weitgh between 450...500kg. You can get them with aircondition, Dolbs Surround system by BOSE, Navi-System... They'll accelerate faster then 95% of all supercars with a fuel consumption of far less then 10l/100km. The perfect symbiosis between bike & supersport car.
I want one of those
Yup 2020 these are everywhere what a great success !
whow ! I would love to have this for my rainy day bike ---- Hopfully the cost will come down !
It didn't. Essentially thank the car industry and anti motorcycle sentiments making lead heavy cars n lying about fuel consumption in tje name of safety. Peraves monotracer. A cool thing i want that is a bit longer n heavier than i think it should be, but super Aero and allegedly efficient 4,5l at constant 120. 0-100=5sec. Still. Plenty cool thing. Just the price. That's a problem.
@wantafanta01 winter aint too bad on a motorcycle really. Actual ice could be done with the wheels down. But id want a button to be sure they stay down n go 30kmh max. There could be a system that does that in case traction control detects you are fucked. I know it does have heated seats now
I find this awesome and I'd love to have one
This thing actually looked great, i'd like to drive one of these.
Wow. Just wow.
A car for people who can't afford flight school
flip inheck the outrigger wheels are useful for a motorcycle you can't use your legs in
It costs nowhere near fifty grand to learn to fly.
Getting your ppl is much cheaper than 50k... idk its like 10-15k. according to google even less...
Wow they took off. I saw a whole heap of them at the dump yesterday 😂 I wonder what happened when the side wheels failed and the thing just fell over leaving you stuck inside.
Amazing ...... This is why I love the 90s and early 2000s . All the manufactures worldwide we're designing crazy looks in cars and motoycles , I guess that's because autocad program came out and everybody went crazy with design ..
2020 And it looks amazing.
This reminds me of the Me 163 Komet. That craft was shaped similar to this and had similarly impractical means for holding itself upright at low speeds (i.e., drop-away take off gear. It also had great performance but was described as a deathtrap.
I remember these! I thought they would be the next big thing but that price tag killed it I guess.
It’s nice to see a new concept really take off.
633 Squadron Theme! :)
I WANT ONE.
Shut up and take my money !!!!!
😮💭 *"Costs 50K and no reverse gear?"*
Perfect music
I actually really want one of these! (Especially with the rising cost of fuel)
Whatever happened to these?
The russians stole them to use in spy missions
They’re still around ... sort of. Make the Monoracer now
@@adventure_F0x And I thought they were long gone.. lol
Wow! I would love one of these! I'm very ill now, but as an ex-cyclist, I would enjoy this!!
That is brilliant!
Seen one of these many times on the A3 around Guildford in the last 4 years.....
This is actually looks fun
I don't agree much with the creators assessment that motorcycles have too short of wheelbase and too high center of gravity. His design is quite nice where the weather is often cold and wet, but other than that I can't see how making bikes heavier and lowering the CG is an improvement. Look at Harley road kings, they're not so great at differing,especially lower speeds. Too short of wheelbase gets unstable, too long makes turning too slow. These things don't look like they'd be great in traffic at all, and especially in tight turns. And unless it's got A/C, You'd cook in hot weather.
I agree. My primary beef with things like this (I had the same argument with Royce Creasey about his Voyager many years ago) is that they lose the bike's ability to hack through traffic jams because a) they're much longer, and b) they're at maximum width for most of their length and most of their height: a bike is only widest at it's handlebars which are relatively small. Plus there's the fact that being "outside" is precisely what most bikers want.
"I can't think of anything to say." Which was probably a first for Jeremy!
I could see a modern version of that with gyroscopic balancing system, and better lines design wise.
ohh the bike from Dragon Ball!
These loosely remind me of the attack cycles from Tiberian Sun.
2019 and I didn’t even know these were a thing until I watched this video
This was actually a pretty good idea🙌🙌👏👏👌
Am I only one who would enjoy a racing league with these vehicles its like Extreme G on the N64 without the weapons
The bullet bike from Mario Kart.
Always wanted one - amazing things
Please, a racing series of these.
I like it. I've ridden motorcycles for almost 50 years now. They could make an electric version.
Pros: More Streamlined Driver won't get wet in rain. Driver won't get bugs in face. Cons: Emergency Exit in case of Crash !? Emergency Exit in case of FIRE !? I saw an Electric Vehicle like this where Running Gyros performed the Stabilization.
yup, that's the more modern version without the support wheels. I hope it will become popular
my uncle had of these but his had the extra option as turning into a submarine. it was cool man!
Recommended 12 years later. And I'm impressed.
That is awesome!!!! Someone needs to mass produce these so they are available for less than 50k. I'd buy one. All the positive qualities of a car and still nearly as fun as a bike I'd imagine.
I want one. Badly.
appelpower1
saw some driving one of these not long ago always wondered about them
Damm i love this thing.
But, but, but it can't do wheelies!
I think Clarkson can make wheelies with that... ...Hopefully without making it self destruct.
Fhilip79 Clarkson cannot ride motorcycles to save his life, Hammond and May on the other hand....
+CockatooDude Probably could. It's just a motorbike with stabilisers that come out when you slow down.
elobiretv Maybe with a more powerful engine, however I am dubious, because the wheelbase is so long, and I don't think the rear tyre would have enough grip. But who knows.
Denis Franks I don't know, if I ever meet him I'll be sure to ask.
There is a huge problem with this: If the battery fails, or a fuse blows (or there is some kind of mechanical failure, broken cable etc.) and the outrigged wheels can't come down, the machine falls over. This may look safer than a motorcycle, but I think, in this case, looks are deceiving.
except if you engineer it properly. Such risks can be managed quite well with redundancies, over engineered components, spring loaded actuators (that return to the 'safe' position if the power fails) etc. Modern cars are packed full with systems that can either apply your brakes (ESP, TC) or cut back your brakes (ABS). The handbrake is often electronic. There is a sensor that can set off a small explosives in your steering wheel, a-pillar, dashboard. The throttle may be electric, no cable. The powersteering is electric and is used for crash mitigation or lane-following systems . The steering itself will soon become electric (no physical link between steeringwheel and tires). If those systems fail catastrophically you will have a nasty accident and possibly die. Yet millions of these systems are in operation every day.
They probebly thought of something i heard planes have two batteries or something in case the first one fails to get out the wheels and anything that is needed to land saftly to get the first battery starting they probebly thought of something.
Planes are fitted with two magnetos to keep the engine ticking over. A pre-flight checklist includes making sure they both work independently.
The only time the wheels come out is at a near stop. The worst that would happen is you'd fall over. It'd suck, but you would be fine.
Good. You can have it.
Reminds me of the bike from akira, I love it!!!
Looks like a blast to drive
It's actually a soviet wingless plane developed slightly before the cold war but they had numerous problems and ditched the project
In Soviet Russia you drive planes and fly tanks
Gangst3r4ever No, the planes drive you and the tanks fly you.
Sorry, but this has nothing to do with Soviet wingless planes. This is a Swiss design, and made in Switzerland. For making the body they use the same material as of the gliders. That is why it is so expensive. And of course because it is Swiss engineering. Otherwise I respect Soviet engineering as well, they used to have really fantastic designs. To be able to drive an Eco Mobile u will need the special training which is provided by the company as far as I remember.
@@parttimecripple was about to say that lmao
What an amazing concept- too bad the price is too much to make it practical.
its 2016, with proper engineering, could work
Dude, this is cool!
it's now 2019, never seen one and at £50k I think I know why!!!
Definitely a bike.
The music makes me travel back to the 90s
I remember Hammond tested a similiar one on Top Gear that was orange which would swivel around.
buy one of thse when im older
Dustin Giroux That said 4 years ago. Hows it goin today?
omg i want this for my first car
Motorcycle*
DJ ToKyO motorcar*
Neither. It's an ugly ass egg on two wheels.
Or two corvettes. Or a corvette and 4 nice motorcycles. Or a corvette, a nice motorcycle and a bass boat.
DJ ToKyO No you don’t XD
That's quite a good design!
would love a custom tron inspired one
Gran Turismo 7 needs this car
Yep
It's not a car
Haha, idiots think this is a car.
6 years later, we still don't have it lol
This is the guy that fell off a motorcycle scraped his knee and cried in front of his buddies while they pointed and laughed. Under his breath he said "one day you'll see". And here we are.
I think the only issue I really see is if the stabilisers can't get to the ground. Eg: if you stop too close to a wall or other car etc..
clarkson with nothing to say is still rare decades later,and the awesomeness of mrs wagner is refreshing
This like something a Super Sentai or Power Rangers team would drive.