Is it just me that finds this car awesome?

"Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart) 04/10/2015 at 08:45 • Filed to: Valmet Raceabout

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Seriously, this makes me hnnng.

This is the Valmet Raceabout, designed and built by Helsinki Polytechnic with input from University of Art and Design in Helsinki, powered by a 245 hp (later 270 hp) Saab turbocharged inline 4 mounted in the middle, custom fiberglass body (later became carbon fiber), and it never made production (but it did get featured in a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which accurately replicates it, so, close enough?).

Here's a couple of the real cars in action (there's 3 cars, one from 2000, another from 2002-2003, and yet another from 2005):

pip bip - choose Corrour > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/10/2015 at 08:50

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did not know it existed till now , cheers!

Jobjoris > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/10/2015 at 08:56

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Didn't know this one! It's noot the only MR-roadster Valmet built. Production of the Boxster and Cayman is done at Valmet's as well.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Jobjoris 04/10/2015 at 09:00

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Wouldn't be surprised if this was used as the base for them.

KnowsAboutCars > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/10/2015 at 09:21

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Were you aware of its newest iteration, the ERA (Electric Raceabout)? It lapped Nurburgring in 8:23.56 few years ago.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > KnowsAboutCars 04/10/2015 at 09:26

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I have. Quite an impressive car.

kanadanmajava1 > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/10/2015 at 09:30

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The guy who used to sit in this same place where I'm currently sitting did his graduation work by building the first carbon fiber body for that thing. He left our company to manufacture electric buses.

I remember correctly the just updated the car so the 02/03 version and the 2005 version are actually the same car.

Valmet-Automotive helped them financially a lot but basically it is a student project and not Valmet-Automotive's project at all.

Party-vi > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/10/2015 at 09:36

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I liked it until I saw this. Eew.

Lime - Light > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/10/2015 at 09:48

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I imaging that the input from University of Art and Design in Helsinki was, "Do not make it look like that."

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > kanadanmajava1 04/10/2015 at 11:02

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yeah, I figured, I know this car simply as "RaceAbout" because that's what the game it's in calls it (it's also my favourite in the game), did not expect Valmet to be the "brand" for it, until I searched it up.