Geocar 2006 Official

Consumers are irrational. When buying a car, they want the ability to carry five people and a Christmas tree, even if they drive alone 95% of the time. The Geocar 2006 offered no compromise: you couldn't take the kids to soccer practice. You couldn't haul plywood. It was a strict A-to-B commuter, and in the 2000s, Americans and Europeans were still in love with SUVs.

To understand the GEOCAR 2006, we have to travel back to the industrial parks of La Rochelle, France. In the mid-2000s, a small consortium of former engineers from the defunct Venturi projects decided to tackle a specific problem: the "last mile" logistics and intra-city congestion. geocar 2006

Development began around 2006 (prototype finished in 2008). This was their first model with a side entrance , specifically built for the Mitsubishi L200. Consumers are irrational

is a specialized, high-end truck camper manufactured by the Austrian company You couldn't haul plywood

The vehicle was sold without power steering, without sound deadening, and without air conditioning. Yet, because of the exotic Zebra battery, the price tag was ($31,000 in 2006). For that money, you could buy a brand new Renault Clio and pay for 5 years of petrol.