Dec 11 20086-Wheeled Sports Car Makes It To Production

The Covini Six Wheeler (C6W) needs a new name but does have six wheels. It looks kind of like a Ferrari whose mother downed too much ethanol during pregnancy. So why the six wheels?
The Covini Six Wheeler takes its engineering inspiration from the 1976 Tyrell P34 race car which had two pairs of smaller front wheels that were intended to increase air penetration and have a smaller frontal area effectively reducing drag.
The ideas behind the Tyrell P34 don't necessarily translate to the C6W, though Ferruccio Covini, the company's founder, gives the following reasons for creating his modern-day six-wheeler:• Less risk of front tires deflating
• Less risk of aquaplaning
• Better braking
• Better grip
• Better comfort
• Better absorption of frontal impact
• Better stupid looking
• Better support for fatties
• Better vroom vroom (1.5x)
• Better why the f*** not?
• Better not steal my rims!
• Better to run you over with
• Better not pout, better not cry
• Or Santa will fondle you in your sleep
• The elves will take pictures
• And they will wind up on the internet
• Rule 34
Hit the jump for several more pictures and two videos, the first of which is track footage, the second of which is still photos.



Six-Wheeled Covini C6W Heading To Production [jalopnik]
Thanks to abe, who f***ed a jet plane and gave birth to the speed of sound.

Reader Comments
1. Edge - December 11, 2008 4:24 PM
this just puts my four-wheeled car to shame
also, first?
2. Ollie Williams - December 11, 2008 4:26 PM
6 wheels or not, that thing is f***ing hideous.
3. boredom - December 11, 2008 4:30 PM
yeah it's definitely retarded looking, you know with the shadows being all wrong.
Oh Daisy, I think you had a mention over in the failblog comment section. I'm almost positive someone was quoting you. Whether or not they really were with the "fake the shadows are all wrong" comment I'm sticking with you're now famous on more than this site.
4. Thumperchica - December 11, 2008 4:38 PM
This looks like the retarded baby of a Corvette/Ferrari drunken one night stand...
5. Thumperchica - December 11, 2008 4:39 PM
You can tell be the little T-Rex arms..
6. shalan - December 11, 2008 4:40 PM
hahahahah
santa will fondle you in your sleep!!!!
priceless..
7. Madgame - December 11, 2008 4:45 PM
Meh...doesn't look like there's enough room inside to assault your girlfriend with a cheezburger
8. known - December 11, 2008 4:45 PM
Yeah, I'm with most of you on this. Seems pointless. That looks about as stupid as those extra rear wheels on pickups that stick out twice as far as they should.
9. Daisy - December 11, 2008 4:49 PM
FAKE!!
The shadows are all I'm a whore.
This totally looks like that scene from Never Back Down when an angry mob finally beat my skull in.
10. Me - December 11, 2008 4:52 PM
When you turn that thing on... it most certainly will NOT return the favour...
11. Kojack - December 11, 2008 4:53 PM
Why the Daisy hate? :(
12. ciej - December 11, 2008 5:06 PM
@8 at least the trucks with the two rear wheels have a real purpose. This is just stupid.
13. known - December 11, 2008 5:09 PM
Yup, totally agree
14. che-che - December 11, 2008 5:13 PM
@8 you must be european and most likely really gay. really really gay.
15. I'm a Computer - December 11, 2008 5:20 PM
Aquaplaning huh? Here in America we call it hydroplaning. It sounds more dangerous and probably is.
16. I'm a Computer - December 11, 2008 5:22 PM
and the song in the second video made my ears bleed and made me squirt at the same time.
17. known - December 11, 2008 5:23 PM
You nailed me che-che (ghey name btw) I'm euro-pean!
18. ryan - December 11, 2008 5:29 PM
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! # 18 booyah im the best
19. CK TheJunction - December 11, 2008 5:41 PM
I dont know what this should bring but if they want to do that...
20. Moose Knuckle - December 11, 2008 5:57 PM
If the car starts to get too damaged, does the front end pop off and become a quad? That would make it worth it.
21. Gizmoduck - December 11, 2008 6:01 PM
@20
i love you so much.
let me bang the poopy out of you
YOU WA SHOCK
22. Pew³ - December 11, 2008 6:05 PM
The back end reminds me of the MacLaren F1. The hood, headlights, and roof look a little Porsche Carrera GTish. The side kind of looks like the Saleen SSR or whatever it was called. But the wheels looked, dare I say, photoshopped. This looks like an engineering nightmare. How do you align it? Do all four wheels turn? This is about as effective as an asshole on your elbow.
Totally needs more cowbell.
23. Pew³ - December 11, 2008 6:08 PM
21 made me jealous of 20.
Nobody ever bangs the poopy out of me :(
24. known - December 11, 2008 6:17 PM
nope.
25. Gizmoduck - December 11, 2008 6:17 PM
ok 23
only if you have 2 nintendo guns and i can pew pew pew on you
26. Pew³ - December 11, 2008 6:21 PM
Sweet Gizmoduk! You just made my Christmas! I knew if I saved those guns they would come in handy some day.
27. pluto - December 11, 2008 6:25 PM
I would let this car shot in my mouth!
Rule 34 FTW
28. Daisy - December 11, 2008 6:28 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like the scene in the movie Never Back Down where Baja had her twin cousin from England come to live with her.
29. Daisy - December 11, 2008 6:29 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like the scene in the movie Never Back Down where Baja had her twin cousin from England come to live with her.
30. Gizmoduck - December 11, 2008 6:31 PM
that back of that car looks like a crab face
DO NO WANT
31. QUASIMODEM - December 11, 2008 6:34 PM
GW needs to steady up on the 4chan references, he's appearing more moronic with each day.
32. LSDiesel - December 11, 2008 6:34 PM
To the troll man.
I think we started off on the wrong foot. I would like to apologize for my rude comments earlier. I didn't catch your sarcasm. You just play the part of the dumb ass piece of fecal matter so well, I thought you were actually an idiot. I see now that you just want everyone to THINK you're an idiot (or funny) which I totally understand becuase it sucks when someone doesn't recognize things about you. Well kudos my friend. You succesfully convinced me and the half of the others on here that you are complete jack off, bent on making the world a dumber place to live. Sorry man, someone already has that job, and I think he's running for president. Oh shit, he IS going to be president.
Anyway, I hope that you got your attention. God knows you needed it. Maybe now you'll feel satisfied enough not to throw yourself into the next oncoming train, which, I wouldn't be at all disapointed if you decided to go through with it anyway.
33. Ollie Williams - December 11, 2008 6:41 PM
LSDiesel for president.
34. Ollie Williams - December 11, 2008 6:42 PM
Sorry to disappoint on my last post.
LADY'S OLD!
35. Moose Knuckle - December 11, 2008 6:44 PM
Uh... where's the love?
(Except Gizmoduck, you gots much love)
36. LSDiesel - December 11, 2008 6:52 PM
@35, I have love for everyone on this site.
In fact, I love this site and everyone on it so much, that if someone says something on here that upsets me, it ruins my whole day, thus making me feel the need to explain myself because let's face it. You ALL know me personally and my feelings are so easily walked upon.
That was sarcasm, by the way. Just in case my acting was a little TOO good.
37. big brown - December 11, 2008 6:54 PM
looks like the car will transform into something..... probably some freaking weapon of mass destruction!! or to a piece of crap, oh wait, its already that
38. You Got Trolled... - December 11, 2008 6:59 PM
.28 & .29 @ Daisy. This car looks real to me. Although it is ugly and doesn't make sense. It does not look like it has been touched up with photoshop. There's even a video of the car. I'm no photoshop expert, but I'm pretty sure it doesnt do videos. Hence the name PHOTOshop.
And the movie Never Back Down has no scene with a twin from England. Even if it did, it would be irrelevant to the fact that this ugly car has too many wheels in the front.
You and your double post are confusing.
39. You Got Trolled... - December 11, 2008 7:07 PM
@32 LSDiesel. I have to confess, this IS Barack Obama. I have been frequenting this site for quite some time now. And you managed to offend my TWICE in one post.
Just for that I'm not going to keep my promises I made to get elected. I'm going to screw this nation inside and out, then move back to my homeland of Kenya where I was born. Yep, I said it here. The Hawaii certificate of live birth is a fake. I was born in Kenya. I pwned this whole nation.
40. Bernie Kosar - December 11, 2008 7:09 PM
Why doesn't it have a spare tire?
This looks like it would be a good idea because it gets you 2 x the front traction, with the wind resistance section of a single tire. It might make more sense though to put tank treads on this thing.
41. You Got Trolled... - December 11, 2008 7:10 PM
@33. Nice ass kissing move. You need the ass towel to wipe LSDiesels poo off your nose.
By the way....now that you all figured out who I was, I will no longer post under this name.
It's been fun!
42. FWD - December 11, 2008 7:11 PM
what a crappy looking car
43. You Got Trolled... - December 11, 2008 7:13 PM
Except for now because I forgot to declare that I a big fat homo and want to suck you're cock.
44. Pew³ - December 11, 2008 7:14 PM
Ouch. Ollie got PWND!
.41 Promises, promises.
45. Ollie Williams - December 11, 2008 7:16 PM
@44,
Yeah, he sure did tell me didn't he. Man oh man, with a comeback like that no wonder he's popular around here.
46. known - December 11, 2008 7:51 PM
There's no popularity with geekologie readers, none bitches
47. I Search of Toiletpaper - December 11, 2008 7:51 PM
Ya.. rule 34.... um please don't try to find those pictures of me.
48. Mike Hawk - December 11, 2008 8:06 PM
Either that guy cant drive, or that car totally blows in the corners. Either way FAIL.
49. Shenron - December 11, 2008 8:10 PM
lol rule 34.... you know there will be a dragon involved!
50. Gavern - December 11, 2008 9:13 PM
Why???
51. demi - December 11, 2008 11:18 PM
Better stupid looking ha!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/2706364915_8846e84199.jpg
http://www.carsandtuning.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/6-wheels-car.jpg
I remember hearing about this a while ago. OLD!
52. ChicagoTeacher - December 12, 2008 1:26 AM
Yay, rule 34! My two favorite geeky loves coming together.
53. Browchay - December 12, 2008 3:25 AM
Give it to the Stig. See if he can break it.
54. jism - December 12, 2008 7:44 AM
@38 haha noob. ^_^
55. Anonymous - December 12, 2008 8:44 AM
http://www.coviniengineering.com/
56. Perry - December 12, 2008 11:54 AM
They should let the guys at Top Gear give it a go. See what The Stig can do.
57. guate6 - December 12, 2008 2:06 PM
Man, I was drinking coffee and going down the list of "betters" and I got to "better stupid looking" and I almost choked laughing; haha! Good one writer.
58. ZenoZTankof - December 12, 2008 3:12 PM
Just what the world needs, more 6 wheeled vehicles I will never be able to afford.
59. Karen - December 12, 2008 7:24 PM
So excessive!!! It looks like a lizard I'm going to ask my daddy for one for xmas!
XOXO
Karen
60. Car aficianado - December 13, 2008 12:09 AM
Me?
I'm waiting for the 8 wheel model.
Better balance and better handling on ice.
61. Dr.Death - December 13, 2008 12:51 AM
either remove the middle axle or put another on the back
hell yea 8 wheel drive
62. PLEEEZE! - December 14, 2008 12:13 AM
I don't suppose anyone remembers a formula car manufacturer by the name of Elf? They managed a six wheeled racing unit like this one. It was discontinued due to the nightmarish complexity/weight of the four wheel steering.
As for the reduced aquaplaning, we here are all smart enough to know that an increase in surface area INCREASES the opportunity for aquaplaning. more surface area + same weight = more slip-n-slide. More traction/weight/rotating mass = more horsepower consumption = reduced performance. If you like to yank your car around corners at a relatively quick clip on a hot summer's post noon, then this is the petrol guzzler for you. If you really don't care about the pimp/bling factor, I'd say by a Mclaren, Vector, etc.. You'll have the exotic look with much better performance. Bag the six wheeler! It's dated technology which should have been remembered to be forgotten. Bollocks to ya!
63. Roland - December 15, 2008 9:11 AM
tires will now cost 50% more
64. feisty cadaver - December 17, 2008 1:08 AM
the dumbest looking part is the area between the front wheels. why not replace four front wheels with two tracks and eliminate the pointy area?
65. feisty cadaver - December 17, 2008 1:09 AM
btw, i know that would be worse.
66. randy m. - December 17, 2008 12:22 PM
That's an interesting concept.The sale-a-bility would not be good.People
would not enjoy a six-wheeled vehicle.Better regroup and re-think this concept.
also click on this link and enjoy.
http://ran-the-monkey.livejournal.com/5058.html
cool stuff from around the world.
67. geolemon - December 23, 2008 12:48 PM
Next "new" concept:
Radical sports car with performance tank treads.
68. Anon - March 13, 2009 5:05 PM
lol rule 34? you been on 4chan?
69. Hello My Name is Jes - March 14, 2009 4:40 AM
That car is not made for cornering...Anyone else notice the wide turning?
70. Nathan - April 22, 2009 11:23 PM
ok then
71. pete - July 19, 2009 9:25 AM
Reason why trucks and cars get it on they should use condoms :) to provent nasty accidents like this
72. origuy - October 15, 2009 1:51 AM
Anime inspired?
http://www.kent.net/robotech/vehicles/rdf/dune_buggy.shtml