Thirty years after the movie thriller ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ hit the silver screen “sQuba” is the first car that can actually ‘fly’ under water.

“Dive it again, James!” If the situation gets too hot for the secret agent he’ll go underground - or under water. So demonstrated impressively by Roger Moore in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me” in 1977 when he dove below the waves in a sleek vehicle that moments before seemed to be an ordinary car. The only problem: The scene never really took place; it was an animation.

With the “sQuba,” the world’s first real submersible car, the movie fake now becomes reality for visitors of the Geneva Motor Show (March 6th - 16th, 2008). Rinspeed boss Frank M. Rinderknecht (52) is known for his extraordinary automotive creations. The acknowledged James Bond enthusiast and Swiss automobile visionary kept revisiting this scene in his mind over and over: “For three decades I have tried to imagine how it might be possible to build a car that can fly under water. Now we have made this dream come true.”

 

The “sQuba” - Foliatec.com project shares visions

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one, I hope someday you’ll join us“, Rinspeed Chief Executive, Frank M. Rinderknecht, quotes John Lennon on his Internet site. Visions that became reality also play a fundamental role in the history of the establishment of Foliatec.com, and they still do. At that time, in the early 1980s, company founder, Michael Böhm, was the first to bring car films to Germany. With products that are always new and creative, his company quickly established itself as a trendsetter. We share this innovative drive, which has continued to be maintained to this day, with Rinspeed. Already in the past, several exciting cooperation vehicles have emerged from this relationship. That is why our company is also only too happy to be in the same (u-)boat with the “sQuba”. Also, because, as a functioning diving car, it not only convinces with design and style, but also objectifies the “form follows function” philosophy, like all project vehicles of the Swiss vehicle engineer. A motto that is also a common theme in our entire product portfolio. In just the same way, Foliatec.com supports the ecological statement of the project: After all, with its electric power system, the vehicle drives and dives completely emission-free. Of course, after concluding the development work, we are also anxious to find out which other innovative ideas Rinspeed, its partners and we will come up with in future and are already looking forward to the next cooperation.

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