The Mazda Suitcase Automobile Rides Once more

Once you arrive at your vacation spot by way of aircraft, it may be a drag ready for a rental automotive. Why not carry your personal with a duplicate of the Mazda suitcase car?

The heady days of the 90s introduced us many wild automobiles from Japan, and in 1991, Mazda constructed three prototype go carts constructed inside Samsonite suitcases as a possible rival to the Honda Motocompo. After some appearances on the speak present circuit, two of the prototypes had been destroyed, and the global community moved on. [Bucket] felt wistful in regards to the car and determined it was time to construct his personal for the reason that solely remaining instance is in collector palms, though they had been capable of attain out to the proprietor for extra info on how the unique prototypes functioned.

Using a really small fuel motor from a pocket rocket and a welded aluminum body contained in the suitcase, the builders managed to beat the acknowledged high velocity of the unique, hitting 33 kph (20 mph) earlier than the motive force determined issues had been getting too scary. The remaining construct suggestions the scales at 56.8 lbs, so some additional refinement may even get it below the 50 lb airline restrict.

Surprisingly, this isn’t the primary suitcase-sized go cart we’ve seen. We surprise if a ride-able suitcase hovercraft is subsequent?