Mazda suitcase car, a portable three-wheeled vehicle that fits in the luggage

https://www.designboom.com/technology/rediscover-mazda-suitcase-car-portable-three-wheeled-vehicle-fits-luggage-12-06-2025/

44•tlyleung•2h ago

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throw0101d•1h ago

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

shmeeed•1h ago

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?

abujazar•26m ago

My stepdad brought a chainsaw as carry-on luggage around the same time.

IAmBroom•13m ago

Pre-2001 was... different.

I was stopped by the metal detector at an airport. I didn't know why. Then the guy in the lane next to me said, "Oh, I'm wearing steel-toed boots."

I said, "Oh, I am too." (True)

Without any further questions or checking, they let us both through.

"That? It's just a giant, red, spherical Christmas ornament, with a string to hang it by, that happens to smell of gunpowder... and the monogram 'TNT' on the side."

bob1029•11m ago

A mystery meat lithium ion battery pack from Amazon is probably more hazardous than this.

jacknews•1h ago

'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?

burnt-resistor•1h ago

I think it was a fun PR joke that was cool and funny itself and showed they didn't take themselves too seriously.

PS: What I miss from growing up - being awoken about 7:35 am to my next door neighbor's Solar Gold LS Wankel rev shifting from 1st->2nd as he commuted to Spectra-Physics.

burnt-resistor•1h ago

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.

jeffwass•1h ago

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.

holdenc137•1h ago

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

andrewl-hn•1h ago

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.

eatonphil•11m ago

I think I've seen that Honda one around NYC. Had no clue what it was. It just looked like someone was riding a brief case and that's basically indeed what it is.

FieryMechanic•1h ago

This is a go cart.

jack_tripper•58m ago

BREAKING: Nintendo sues Honda for infringing Mario Kart patent.

IAmBroom•11m ago

UPDATE: They settled out of court for an undisclosed number of giant yellow stars.

otikik•1h ago

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

- So do I get an Aston Martin?

- Well ...

jack_tripper•1h ago

UK is in a recession so James Bond needs to tighten the belt. Also, only Tesco gin and tonic for him from now on.

IAmBroom•12m ago

"Be sure to keep your receipts."

jack_tripper•1h ago

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?"

IAmBroom•12m ago

And fetish "little girl" stuff. That market is still active.

xnx•43m ago

Scootcase

xaerise•41m ago

The Wikipedia article on it:

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

spacemule•8m ago

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.

voidfunc•4m ago

Yep, I just closed the tab and said fuck it.

impossiblefork•3m ago

I clicked save & exit, since save & exit obviously does not imply consent, so if they're doing something wrong with it, they're criminals.

amelius•2m ago

Missed opportunity to use the wheels for the suitcase also.

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

aidenn0•1m ago

Out of curiosity, why do you want pneumatic wheels on your suitcase?

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