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Rinspeed SC-R - Irish-American-Swiss roadster

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Created on February 17, 2019

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - ziemlich flach, das zeigt der Vergleich mit dem Harley-Fahrer

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - auf den Strassen von Monaco

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Frank Rinderknecht am Steuer seines Roadsters in Monte Carlo

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - anlässlich des GP von Monaco

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - am Hafen von Monte Carlo

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Boxenstopp?

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - kleine Projektor-Scheinwerfer

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Roadster für die schönen Tage

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - 258 km/h wurde damals als Höchstgeschwindigkeit genannt

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - zweimal dieselbe Transportkapazität, auf sehr unterschiedliche Weise umgesetzt

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Zwiegespräch

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Verfolgungsfahrt

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Verfolgungsfahrt

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - aus der Motorradperspektive

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - die Hand am Fünfganggetriebe

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Harley zusammen mit dem Roadster

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Roadster mit passend gestyltem Motorrad

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - zusammen mit Harley-Davidson - gemeinsam ist ihnen der V-Motor

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - nichts ist zuviel

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - eher für die wärmeren Tage gedacht

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - alles schön rund

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Chrom überall

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Zentralinstrumente

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - massiver Scheibenrahmen

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Cockpit

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Lenkrad von Momo

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - so sahen Handys damals aus

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - nach amerikanischer Art - Ladedruckmesser auf der Motorhaube

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - eingebaute Überrollbügel

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - zentral eingebaute Instrumente

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - verchromter Schaltknopf

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Motor aus dem Ford Mustang

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - zwangsbeatmeter V8

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - kleiner Kühleinlass

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - die kleinen Scheinwerfer mit Projektionstechnik

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - spezifisches Marken/Typen-Zeichen

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Buckel für den Lader

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - Hinweis auf den Kompressor

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - zwei Auspuffrohre am Heck

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - perfekt angepasstes Gepäck

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - strikt für zwei Personen

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Rinspeed SC-R (1995) - einfaches Design

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Summary

A roadster with a powerful American V8 heart, supercharger and a fighting weight of just over 1000 kg sounds like the ideal driving machine. Frank M. Rinderknecht presented the Rinspeed SC-R in 1995 and made sports car fans dream. If only there hadn't been the price tag of over DM 100,000. In the 1990s, few people knew that the roadster was already the third evolutionary stage of a car that was originally created in Ireland. This report describes the complicated history of the Rinspeed SC-R and shows it and its predecessors in many historical pictures, most of which have never been published before.

This article contains the following chapters

In front of a large audience
Traditional design and appearance
Street Cruiser
Not invented in Switzerland
To the origins in Ireland
Too ugly and too small for America
Two generations of Panoz Roadster
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Frank M. Rinderknecht is a man of big appearances. For years, his pioneering cars have met with great interest at the CES in Las Vegas and at the Geneva Motor Show, and sometimes also with incomprehension. However, while Rinderknecht and his company Rinspeed now present mobility concepts, at the beginning of his career it was sunroofs and tuning vehicles à la Rinspeed Porsche 969 or VW Golf Aliporta (with gullwing doors). In 1995, however, Frank Rinderknecht presented his own roadster, the Rinspeed R. The roadster was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show, but the even more prestigious appearance of the open-top sports car was probably at the Monaco Grand Prix, when Rinderknecht was allowed to drive around the Grand Prix circuit in the bright orange roadster.

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