Rinspeed Model History

Switzerland · founded 1979

Zürich-based concept studio founded in 1979 by Frank M. Rinderknecht — one radical concept per year, from the world's first submersible car to autonomous urban pods.

Models

sQuba

The world's first car that drives on land and underwater — a Lotus Elise–based, all-electric amphibious concept unveiled at Geneva 2008.

Concept car · 2008–2008
Splash

A carbon-composite hydrofoil amphibian capable of nearly 200 km/h on land and 45 knots on water — Geneva 2004, and a record English Channel crossing in 2006.

Concept car · 2004–2004
Presto

A natural-gas city car that morphs from a 2.7-metre two-seat cabrio into a 3.74-metre four-seater at the touch of a button — Geneva 2002.

Concept car · 2002–2002
Bedouin

A Porsche 996 Turbo–based all-terrain concept that transforms electrically from a two-seat pick-up into a four-seat wagon in under ten seconds — Geneva 2003.

Concept car · 2003–2003
iChange

An all-electric shape-shifting EV that reconfigures from a sleek one-seater to a three-seater at the press of a button — Geneva 2009.

Concept car · 2009–2009
Oasis

An autonomous electric two-seater with a living-room cabin, a dashboard garden, and a delivery drawer — CES 2017.

Concept car · 2017–2017
Mono Ego

A supercharged aluminium-bodied single-seat sports car built to mark Rinspeed's 20th anniversary — Geneva 1997.

Concept car · 1997–1997
E-Go Rocket

A salt-flat–inspired single-seat composite sports car with a 410 hp supercharged V8 — Geneva 1998.

Concept car · 1998–1998
microSNAP

A modular micro-mobility pod separating a reusable 'skateboard' chassis from interchangeable body units — CES / Geneva 2019.

Concept car · 2019–2019

Other makes