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If you do not live over in Europe and don’t have some peculiar taste when it comes to vehicles, then the mention of the name Opel Rocks-e might leave you a bit confused. Yet the moniker is now associated with one of the most insane designs we’ve seen in recent months, hence worth a closer look.
The Rocks-e is in essence the Citroen Ami, only with the Opel badge slapped onto it. It was shown for the first time a little more than a year ago as the same two-passenger electric quadricycle the French had introduced a year prior. The fun part about both of them? They can be driven in some places without a license by people born before 1988, or with just an AM license by those 14 years of age and older.
Because it targets such a young crowd, which so happens to be very imaginative, the Rocks-e has been these past few weeks at the center of a design competition over at Opel. Titled Rocks-e Design Hack, the competition just ended with 26-year-old German Lukas Wenzhöfer declared the winner.
His design is this thing here, a hardcore interpretation of the cutesy machine meant to tackle off-road courses with relative ease. Unlike the real-life tiny vehicle, this one has been imagined with outward-facing wheels for better stability, double wishbones up front, a roll bar, and a massive spoiler out back, because those are always cool.
So impressed were Opel’s top brass with this design that the carmaker officially announced the Rocks e-xtreme, as it’s called, will actually be made. Sadly, we're informed we'll only get it as a one-off, but there’s no info as to when we’ll get to see it.
"The many extraordinary design drafts for the Opel Rocks-e show how our innovative all-electric quadricycle inspires – all over the world!" said in a statement Opel CEO Florian Huettl.
"The huge interest and the unique ideas prove the potential of electric mobility and small, agile entry-level models. The Rocks-e offers locally emission-free driving fun with wow factor already from the age of 15."
Because it targets such a young crowd, which so happens to be very imaginative, the Rocks-e has been these past few weeks at the center of a design competition over at Opel. Titled Rocks-e Design Hack, the competition just ended with 26-year-old German Lukas Wenzhöfer declared the winner.
His design is this thing here, a hardcore interpretation of the cutesy machine meant to tackle off-road courses with relative ease. Unlike the real-life tiny vehicle, this one has been imagined with outward-facing wheels for better stability, double wishbones up front, a roll bar, and a massive spoiler out back, because those are always cool.
So impressed were Opel’s top brass with this design that the carmaker officially announced the Rocks e-xtreme, as it’s called, will actually be made. Sadly, we're informed we'll only get it as a one-off, but there’s no info as to when we’ll get to see it.
"The many extraordinary design drafts for the Opel Rocks-e show how our innovative all-electric quadricycle inspires – all over the world!" said in a statement Opel CEO Florian Huettl.
"The huge interest and the unique ideas prove the potential of electric mobility and small, agile entry-level models. The Rocks-e offers locally emission-free driving fun with wow factor already from the age of 15."
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