@hagertymedia: We out here driving doohickeys This is the 1967 Gyro-X, a two-wheeled car that can seemingly defy the laws of physics by balancing itself, even while stationary. Born from the minds of stylist Alex Tremulis and gyroscope expert Thomas Summers, the Gyro-X as you may have guessed, uses a gyroscope system to maintain balance. Under the hood is an 80 horsepower Mini Cooper S engine, but just behind that sits a large gyroscope system connected to the chassis that can tilt left and right on its axis in order to balance the car when stationary or driving straight, as well as being able to lean the car into a corner like a motorcycle. As you can see from the end of the video, it doesn't always work exactly as intended, but it is still a wildly impressive thing to see. Now the question of course is, why? Well, the idea came about as a solution to high fuel consumption. The thinking was simple really. Reduce the frontal area of a car as much as possible, thus lowering aerodynamic resistance and increasing fuel economy. And you can't really make a car much narrower than this. As was the case with so many concepts from this era, the Gyro-X was nearly lost to time, but was fully restored by its current caretakers at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

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type of shi i see on my way home from the worst day of my life

theOTHERbillf :

Gyroscope keeping it upright?

Valle :

Isn’t that just a modified C3 vette

Anthony :

nice bike

dethy :

that thing is cool

whatsupdog81 :

The future was so bright back then

lewis2.0 :

waaooo

Ethan Dh :

very cool but no way you could take a sharp turn without crashing it right? even with the gyroscope. or am I wrong

Airheaded Aviator :

Why is it called a car and not a bike

Dr. Greenman :

ace and gary

Jason :

make this and I will buy it along with plenty of others.

Nick :

I think everyone drew that car as a kid !!!!

jk787007 :

gimme a motorcycle instead thanks

Jeff :

What a useless car. I want one so bad!!

ShaggyWnts2Smk :

i believe those are actually called the Whatsamacallit

rumfield :

They’ve had a single person available for more than 10 yrs! 🤔 Stands alone!

scarfaceny1985 :

Comic Dweller :

Meet the Robinson kinda ride

kindspirit0 :

this is a must for every car guy

Jas (Jazz) :

Reminds me of the scene in Batman returns Michael Keaton converting the Batmobile into something out of Ian Fleming’s 007 era vehicles

DZL :

Holy crap, find some water

.mma.black.belt. :

Is it classified as a motorcycle?

PinkestSissy :

The engineers! Wow! They tried this for a train too.

William Bailey :

giggitty giggitty😎

trikkirikki6577 :

I want 2