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Naro Car Concept

Here is a new concept vehicle by the folks over at Prodrive that gives you the comfort of a car but rides like a bike. The Naro concept weighs in at 300kg, is 2.5meters long (just like a smart car), and has the width of a motor bike and height of a Multi-purpose vehicle. This new cross-hybrid between a car and a bike has a high center of gravity and has to be leaned like a bike while going around turns and it has two seats just like a bike. However, this “bike” has four wheels.

Under the hood the Naro will come with a small petrol or diesel engine giving up to 100mpg or by a new generation of fuel cell engines running on hydrogen.

"Previous urban concept vehicles have been low to the ground to maintain stability, but in traffic this can leave the driver feeling very vulnerable," said Damian Harty, Prodrive chief dynamics engineer and creator of Naro. "Recent taller, leaning designs have used three wheels. However, we believe that if the motoring public is to accept such vehicles that four wheels is the best way forward."

"As traffic congestion increases and fuel costs rise, I think vehicles like Naro could soon become a familiar sight on our city roads and, who knows, you may soon be hailing one of these rather than a black cab," said Harty.

The Naro seems like a promising concept and can be put to good use…examples being instead of cabs for transport. I can help but be reminded of the rickshaws in India when they say that!

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