Dymaxion Car

The Dymaxion car was designed by Buckminster Fuller in the early 1930s. The car featured highly innovative, and ultimately influential, features compared with the common car of the day including: a three wheel design with rear wheel steering and front wheel drive, a longer body (20 feet), and a highly aerodynamic design. Success of the design was realized in its performance efficiencies: the car could transport up to 11 passengers, reach speeds of up to 90 miles per hour, and ran 30 miles per gallon.

For more on the Dymaxion car, see the following websites:

• Pictures of the Dymaxion Car
• Patent Drawings of the Dymaxion Car
• Dymaxion Car Chronology
• The Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum