1967-68 Quasar Unipower

Prototype for a city car, La Quasar, designed by Quasar Kahn. The car allows easy access from all four sides and can reach speeds of 95kph. The Quasar Unipower City Car was designed by French-Vietnamese engineer and designer Quasar Khanh. 4-cylinder 1100 cc engine with automatic transmission and suspension was borrowed from the Mini. The British company Universal Power Drives Ltd, which built sports cars on Austin Mini units, made a limited number of these cars between 1967 and 1968. The main highlight was a cubic five-seater body with sliding glass walls-doors. The motorhome is not precisely a cube; its uniqueness, as a car, is that it is more comprehensive than long.

The Quasar-Unipower was a box-like car produced in limited numbers between 1967 and 1968 by Universal Power Drives of Perivale, Middlesex, England, who also made the Unipower sports car. The vehicle was designed by Quasar Kahn, a French-Vietnamese designer, and engineer.

The car had a unique appearance, being cubelike and using sliding glass doors. It is probably unique amongst car designs in being more comprehensive than long. The seats were plastic and inflatable. The engine was a four-cylinder 1100 cc BMC model with automatic transmission. Modified Mini subframes carried the suspension components, and Mini 10-inch wheels were used.

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