Making use of ULC (ultra light construction) an Austrian car enthusiast managed to build the lightest and slowest Porsche in the world.
The Ferdinand GT3 RS may look a lot like a Porsche roadster, but as we all know, appearances can often be deceiving. I’m not even sure we can call this thing a car, considering it doesn’t even have an engine, but it’s definitely an interesting concept. The Ferdinand GT3 RS weighs an astounding 99.63 kilograms, which is lighter than any other working car, but that means all the “unnecessary” components were left out. The body of this home-made sports car is made of plastic tubes, and the wheels are so slim they wouldn’t even fit on a bicycle.
The golden finish of the Ferdinand GT3 RS may look impressive, but you’ll be surprised to know it’s just gold-painted duct tape, covering the plastic tube frame of the car. Since it doesn’t even have an engine, you’re probably wondering how it works. As you can see in the video at the bottom, this DIY vehicle is powered by…(wait for it)…pedals. Just like on a bike, you’ll have to make good use of your legs, to get from A to B.
You can see a lot more photos of the building process of the Ferdinand GT3 RS, on its Flickr stream, but we’ve posted enough photos to give you a good idea of how it was made. The world’s slowest Porsche is now on display at the Lentos Museum of Art, in Linz, Austria.
This is really nice.
But it’s probably NOT the world’s slowest Porsche.
Those guys manufactured tractors in the fifties.
If it gets women, so be it.
It’s Lamborgini who made tractors, Porsche always were a racecar manufacturer. Only in World War 2 they constructed engines for tanks and planes, but still they never made tractors or tanks themselves.
@Vadim
Porsche also made tractors, even 1 cylinder diesel.
Way beynd cool. Love it.
And a link
http://www.porschetractors.com/
99 kilos is pretty bloody heavy – FOR A BICYCLE! Amirite?
Also, if I’d taken the trouble to construct this to such accurate scale and proportions, I would have found a BETTER SOLUTION to the skin of the thing than the wrinkled parcel tape. Wouldn’t you?
Seems like a Flintstones deja vu!
weak…get lance in it!
A) i love it b) its really slow even for a bicycle.
As cool as it looks and must have been to build…I would be embarrassed to be seen in it!
Porsche also produced one of the first hybrids, with massive electric motors mounted directly on the wheels. I can only imagine that thing was bloody slow.
That’s the coolest car ever!