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unusual facts about Wheelbase


Wheelbase

While Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair was given a long wheelbase version of the Rover 75 for official use.


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Audi A6

The A6 L (built in China for the Chinese market as a long wheelbase alternative to the standard A6) was unveiled in 2012 in Guangzhou International Sports Arena.

Avatar 2000

The Avatar 2000 was an early and influential long-wheelbase recumbent bicycle designed by David Gordon Wilson.

De Vaux Continental

wheelbase and still carried the facelift that Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky did for the De Vaux in 1931.

DeSoto Powermaster

A version of the long wheelbase model was used as a basis for the DeSoto Taxi, seen in many Hollywood movies from the late 1930s through the mid-1950s.

Ferrari 195 S

The two cars, one open and one closed coupe, shared that car's 2250 mm (89 in) wheelbase but sported an enlarged 2.3 L (2341 cc/142 in³) version of the Colombo V12.

GM Fiat Small platform

The long wheelbase version is adopted by the Fiat Linea sedan models, Opel Meriva B, Fiat Doblò (with related twin Opel Combo D) and the recent Fiat 500L.

Lancia Flaminia

This model was officially called Flaminia 335 (due to its wheelbase of 335 cm, or 131.9 inches), and is also commonly referred to as Presidenziale or Quirinale (after Quirinal Palace, the residence of the President of the Italian Republic).

Mercedes-Benz W112

The LWB 300SE established the long wheelbase models that became standard in future S-Class generations.

Mobile billboard

Another trend is to use smaller but more distinctive looking mini mobile billboards often based on the Daihatsu Midget from Japan as it is a very rare and unusual looking vehicle in Europe and the USA, these one-seater vehicles have a very short wheelbase so they can be parked side on so the large advertising panels on the side are facing the traffic flow, this and the fact that they are such unusual looking vehicles makes them very effective advertising tools.

Pio Pion

The fascist regime looked favourably on Pion's company, especially after he invented the so-called camion sonoro (sound-lorry), a lorry mounted on a Fiat 508 wheelbase carrying a screen and a movie projector, which, apart from playing films, could also bring propagandist speeches around the major squares.

Plasan Sand Cat

It is based on a commercial Ford F-Series chassis shortened to a 2.84 m (112 in) wheelbase by Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier, Manning Equipment of Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

Rear-engine, front-wheel-drive layout

Although an uncommon drive layout, it has been used in the past, by Buckminster Fuller in his concept Dymaxion car, which was able to turn within its wheelbase due to rear-wheel steering.

Rolls-Royce Ghost

It is a unique version of Ghost Extended Wheelbase inspired by the Golden Sun Bird Chinese artefact, with two-tone white and gold body colour scheme, gold coachline, gold grille, gold Spirit of Ecstasy, interior gold embroidery, light brown leather upholstery with white trim.

Salvatore Diomante

A long wheelbase Fiat 131 and a Maserati Quattroporte elongated by 65 cm were some of his efforts.

Steering damper

Sport bikes have a short wheelbase and an aggressive steering geometry to provide the ability to make very quick changes in direction.

Suzuki Splash

The Splash is slotted below the Swift in the European market lineup, and uses a shortened wheelbase version of its chassis.


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