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This is probably posted here because of some similarities with Tesla's Cybertruck (namely, the square angles in an electric car).

lucideer 7y ago
On that note, the car Cybertruck has been compared most to after the DeLorean is probably the Comuta/Citicar (with one well-know Comuta-owning youtuber being invited to the Cybertruck launch, to which they brought their Model3 truck conversion). From the Gurgel wiki description: > its specifications were comparable to similar models of the time (see CitiCar). I wonder which came first.
- masklinn 7y ago
  > I wonder which came first. The citicar was produced from '74 while the gurgel was only presented in '74, and never actually commercialised. I expect the specs they're talking about were mostly bound by battery technology.
- minxomat 7y ago
  I think this 1978 design was much closer to the current Cybertruck: https://archive.org/details/penthouse-1978-10/page/n139 https://archive.org/details/penthouse-1978-10/page/n139
masklinn 7y ago
Wonder if it was for ease of manufacturing (less need to form the metal sheets) or for styllistic reasons. The Citicar / Comuta is similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar
- rmsaksida 7y ago
  In Gurgel's case I think it was both. On the one hand, it was styllistic, because all their cars had that look, from minicars to trucks. Even their logo looked as blocky as their cars. See for example the X15: https://i.imgur.com/vLiH8I1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vLiH8I1.jpg On the other hand, they were made from fiberglass or "plasteel" (a composite of fiberglass and steel), and I'm not sure how mouldable that material is.
- Anarch157a 7y ago
  Not metal, all Gurgel vehicles were made of fiberglas.
Demeisen 7y ago
Or Cheese Louise
dang 7y ago
Looks like you're right: https://twitter.com/skhaz/status/1203692470497873928 https://twitter.com/skhaz/status/1203692470497873928 (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21736419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21736419)

lucideer 7y ago

On that note, the car Cybertruck has been compared most to after the DeLorean is probably the Comuta/Citicar (with one well-know Comuta-owning youtuber being invited to the Cybertruck launch, to which they brought their Model3 truck conversion). From the Gurgel wiki description: > its specifications were comparable to similar models of the time (see CitiCar). I wonder which came first.

masklinn 7y ago
> I wonder which came first. The citicar was produced from '74 while the gurgel was only presented in '74, and never actually commercialised. I expect the specs they're talking about were mostly bound by battery technology.
minxomat 7y ago
I think this 1978 design was much closer to the current Cybertruck: https://archive.org/details/penthouse-1978-10/page/n139 https://archive.org/details/penthouse-1978-10/page/n139

masklinn 7y ago

Wonder if it was for ease of manufacturing (less need to form the metal sheets) or for styllistic reasons. The Citicar / Comuta is similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar

rmsaksida 7y ago
In Gurgel's case I think it was both. On the one hand, it was styllistic, because all their cars had that look, from minicars to trucks. Even their logo looked as blocky as their cars. See for example the X15: https://i.imgur.com/vLiH8I1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vLiH8I1.jpg On the other hand, they were made from fiberglass or "plasteel" (a composite of fiberglass and steel), and I'm not sure how mouldable that material is.
Anarch157a 7y ago
Not metal, all Gurgel vehicles were made of fiberglas.

Demeisen 7y ago

Or Cheese Louise

dang 7y ago

Looks like you're right: https://twitter.com/skhaz/status/1203692470497873928 https://twitter.com/skhaz/status/1203692470497873928 (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21736419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21736419)