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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2015 => Topic started by: Quiller on January 03, 2015, 01:59:26 PM

Title: Q876 - solved - Colani YLEM
Post by: Quiller on January 03, 2015, 01:59:26 PM
What's the brand name and model designation of this car?
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Post by: Quiller on February 13, 2015, 12:36:23 PM
Movin' up
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Post by: Quiller on April 12, 2015, 08:12:29 AM
Pro time
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Post by: oko94 on May 04, 2015, 03:00:29 AM
Made in UK ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 05, 2015, 11:22:33 AM
Quote from: oko94 on May 04, 2015, 03:00:29 AM
Made in UK ?

Not British...
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Post by: oko94 on May 05, 2015, 11:28:16 AM
Made in Europe ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 06, 2015, 11:59:18 AM
Quote from: oko94 on May 05, 2015, 11:28:16 AM
Made in Europe ?

Yes
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Post by: oko94 on May 06, 2015, 12:04:56 PM
Made in Scandinavia ?
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Post by: pguillem on May 06, 2015, 01:16:25 PM
Any relation with the Simca Fulgur ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 07, 2015, 06:46:22 AM
Not Scandi, and no Fulgur connection...
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Post by: Oguerrerob on May 07, 2015, 08:04:31 AM
Swiss?
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Post by: oko94 on May 07, 2015, 08:08:53 AM
Made in Eastern Europe ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 07, 2015, 11:28:55 AM
Neither Swiss nor Eastern Bloc...
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Post by: oko94 on May 11, 2015, 03:35:48 AM
Made in a Mediterranean country ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 13, 2015, 11:04:28 AM
Quote from: oko94 on May 11, 2015, 03:35:48 AM
Made in a Mediterranean country ?

Nope...
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Post by: oko94 on May 13, 2015, 11:07:12 AM
Made in Germany ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 15, 2015, 08:29:20 AM
Quote from: oko94 on May 13, 2015, 11:07:12 AM
Made in Germany ?

Ja!  :)
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Post by: oko94 on May 15, 2015, 08:30:14 AM
Built in the sixties ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 15, 2015, 08:39:02 AM
Yes, 1960s
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Post by: oko94 on May 15, 2015, 08:41:51 AM
Was Colani involved ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 15, 2015, 08:47:36 AM
Indeed he was! Locked for you to find the full answer
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Post by: oko94 on May 15, 2015, 04:40:10 PM
Well, I have a 500-page book about Colani and I can't find this car in it. But it looks fairly similar to one of the projects drawn for his YLEM manifest in 1971, an electric car with tilting wheels so that it can be driven inside a tube (don't ask me why). Is it related to the puzzle ?
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Post by: Quiller on May 16, 2015, 01:11:17 PM
I think that's good enough for the point! It is indeed part of Colani's YLEM oeuvre. The mechanical basis is much less exotic than the one you describe - it's a VW Beetle!

Title: Re: Q876 - solved - Colani YLEM
Post by: oko94 on May 16, 2015, 05:09:43 PM
Thanks, but I think you forgot to add the point  ;)
Title: Re: Q876 - solved - Colani YLEM
Post by: Quiller on May 20, 2015, 09:46:09 AM
Sorry - duly added!
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Post by: oko94 on May 20, 2015, 09:57:15 AM
Thank you !
Title: Re: Q876 - solved - Colani YLEM
Post by: Arunas on May 22, 2015, 01:20:07 AM
Found the same picture!

Too late, but here's what's written above the photo:

Highway Cruiser "YLEM". Developed n 1959. Starting about this time, Colani began to aggressively apply aerodynamics into car design in strong opposition to conventional concepts about cars. This is rear-engined four-seater, using VW Beetle-engine.
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