Mazda suitcase car, a portable three-wheeled vehicle that fits in the luggage (designboom.com)

See also perhaps (motorcycle channel) FortNine video/skit about Honda's equivalent (the skit ends and review ends at 9m10s):

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQAe7EtVi-4

O sweet times when it was imaginable to have a combustion engine weighing 32 kg in your check-in luggage.

I sincerely wonder if this wasn't hazmat back then?

'car' is a bit of a stretch, but it's a cool compact go-kart.

Is the ad character inspired by, or the inspiration for, Mr Bean?

There needs to be a category of "super" Chindōgu (珍道具) that fail the first rule by being possibly useful despite being impossibly impractical. Maybe 超良い奇妙な道具.

The first time after getting my driving license and having to find parking in the city, I was so jealous of George Jetson whose car collapses into a briefcase when he gets to work. Glad to see TV converging to reality.

Reminds me of Mike Jittlov's vehicle in Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)

Interesting how Japanese companies were pursuing these compact mobility solutions. One other example is Honda made two of them:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Motocompo in 1980s and

- https://motocompacto.honda.com just a few years ago. This one is electric.

This is a go cart.

- Double-o Seven, for this mission you will need a fast stealth escape vehicle.

- So do I get an Aston Martin?

- Well ...

Damn, Japan used to be the home of cool quirky consumer gadgets in the 80s-90s, I used to dream of as a kid, but sadly no more, now it's China.

Today's consumer innovations I see coming out of Japan are like "hey, wanna buy a cheaply made nostalgia-bate plastic replica of a popular 1980's digital Casio metal watch, for more than the price of a bluetooth smartwatch?"

Scootcase

The Wikipedia article on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Suitcase_Car

The cookie consent banner here is the ultimate dark pattern. No deny all option, and the options are impossible to determine. Is the first toggle to turn on or off? I assume on, but that's not labelled anywhere. Based on convention, I'd assume to the right is enabled, but it's entirely against their interests to have it default to off.

Missed opportunity to use the wheels for the suitcase also.

(By the way, I'm looking for a suitcase with air pressure wheels)

Imagine driving around a 2 stroke engine inside an airport

Remember seeing this in a Donald Duck magazine in the mid 90s. Thought it was the coolest thing ever and was sure I would get it one day.

Sadly I guess an E-folding bike beats it on all parameters now; compactness, speed, environment, etc., even if its not as neat.;

Here it is in action https://youtu.be/gQT8UhS4nXI?t=35

doesn't look very practical compared to modern electrical variants eg https://youtu.be/pILMLTcy7rI?t=8

that full screen yellow cockie consent confirmation is next level. Is there anyway to fight back against this madness. Maybe just not using the internet anymore other than through AI summaries of websites ;(

OK, but how do I load a suitcase on this thing?

Is it feasible today to build out a small motor and wheels into a luggage bag? Would love for it to follow me around the airport