{"id":60867,"date":"2021-01-08T02:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=60867"},"modified":"2021-01-07T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T14:48:04","slug":"renaults-backwards-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/01\/08\/renaults-backwards-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Renault&#8217;s Backwards Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ffePsYZsKM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Big Car<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 12 Oct 2020<\/p>\n<p>Renault\u2019s Project 900 is certainly an odd-looking car, but it&#8217;s also a car designed to break new ground. It used innovative new materials and gave class-leading visibility to try to leapfrog the competition. It also seems they were trying to beat their competition in the &#8220;weird&#8221; category as well, which given they were up against Citro\u00ebn was no mean feat! So, what happened to Renault&#8217;s backwards car, and what echoes of this strange but innovative design are there in today\u2019s cars?<\/p>\n<p>To get early ad-free access to new videos, or your name at the end of my videos, please consider supporting me from just $1 or 80p a month at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bigcar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bigcar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Link to my second channel &#8211; Little Car: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/littlecar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/littlecar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Big Car t-shirts, mugs or a tote bag at teespring.com\/stores\/bigcartv<\/p>\n<p>#bigcar<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-08-Renault\u2019s-Backwards-Car.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-08-Renault\u2019s-Backwards-Car-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-08-Renault\u2019s-Backwards-Car-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-08-Renault\u2019s-Backwards-Car-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-08-Renault\u2019s-Backwards-Car-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-08-Renault\u2019s-Backwards-Car.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Car Published 12 Oct 2020 Renault\u2019s Project 900 is certainly an odd-looking car, but it&#8217;s also a car designed to break new ground. 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