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This is MUCH more practical, IMHO - the occupants can get out of the vehicle much faster in an emergency. Love the styling, better than the McClunker Merc.
I think I read somewhere that if the car is on its side or roof, the driver or rescuer pulls the door handle and explosive charges in the hinges blow it away and the door falls off. I am dead serious--this is like NASA and the bolts on the rockets and space shuttle.
Great... explosive bolts and gasoline leaking as it rests upside down. I don't see any problem there at all.
+1, In the words of Homer: " DOH!". Also is it just Me or does the top picture make anyone else think of the Dodge Viper?.
When this thing was going through testing at the Long Beach Research and Test facility it did indeed have a Viper body on it for camouflage.
Video of SLS crash and rollover tests, including the door releases... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCk9bQVfzzk
So if you roll over the doors can only be released from the outside? Can you blow the bots from inside?
No and Yes. For the test, the testers had to be able to measure how much force it takes to open the door, once the hinges are blown. This made it necessary to blow the hinges via remote. In the event of a real rollover the hinges are blown by engaging either the inside, or outside door handles.
I personally find this to be one of the ugliest cars ever made. You can't even make fun of it it's so ugly.