Wednesday 27 April 2011

La Voiture Minimum

Aching for Jeremy Clarkson to dissect it.
Apparently Charles-Édouard Jeanneret aka "Le Corbusier" wasn't only obsessed with designing ghastly cities, he designed ghastly cars as well.

Never developed beyond the sketch phase, La Voiture Minimum never had a chance to prove that it was as uncomfortable and underpowered as it was hideous.

Thank God.

5 comments:

Ironmistress said...

And horrinbly unsafe as well. It is horribly tail-heavy, and there is just a teeny-weeny crossbar as the bumper. This thingy has rear engine, which has been always more or less a curiosity on automobiles as it has a tendency to cause unnecessary tail-skidding on tight turns.

This contraption would be a suicide machine on wintery Finnish roads.

Bryan said...

It looks like the car Jonathan Pryce drove in "Brazil".

Ironmistress said...

That car was a Messerschmitt midget car - somewhat sleeker than Reliant Robin.

eon said...

Any resemblance between this little monster and a Citroen 2CV, the legendary "deux cheveux", is probably not just a coincidence.

cheers

eon

Sergej said...

But it didn't get eight miles to the gallon, did it?