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The Dymaxion car was designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller during the Great Depression and featured prominently at Chicago's 1933/1934 World's Fair. [1]
However, the car that entered production and was offered for sale from May 1935 as the Dynamic 130 came with the six-cylinder in-line sleeve-valve engine of 2,516 cc from the predecessor model, the Panhard et Levassor CS. This placed it in the French 14 CV taxation class. The "130" in the name was to indicate a claimed top speed of 130 km/h (81 ...
Dymaxion is a term coined by architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller and associated with much of his work—prominently his Dymaxion house and Dymaxion car. Dymaxion, a portmanteau of the words dy namic , max imum , and tens ion ; [ 1 ] sums up the goal of his study, "maximum gain of advantage from minimal energy input."
Pages in category "Cars introduced in 1938" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adler 2 Liter;
Pages in category "Cars discontinued in 1938" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. P. Pierce-Arrow Town Car
The Dymaxion car, c. 1933, artist Diego Rivera shown entering the car, carrying coat. The Dymaxion car was a vehicle designed by Fuller, featured prominently at Chicago's 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair. [60] During the Great Depression, Fuller formed the Dymaxion Corporation and built three prototypes with noted naval architect ...
The Last Dymaxion: Buckminster Fuller’s Dream Restored is a 2012 documentary film directed by Noel Murphy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] about Buckminster Fuller 's 1933 Dymaxion car as well as Fuller himself.
Rust Heinz planned to put the Phantom Corsair, which cost approximately $24,000 to produce in 1938 [7] (equivalent to about $370,000 in 2010), into limited production at an estimated selling price of $12,500. [4] However, Heinz's death in a car accident in July 1939 ended those plans, leaving the prototype Corsair as the only one ever built. [6]