A Monster with Dual V8 Engines and a Unique Purpose ▶ The Story of the Michelin PLR

A Monster with Dual V8 Engines and a Unique Purpose ▶ The Story of the Michelin PLR
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While nowadays all brands that develop and produce parts for the automotive industry take advantage of technological advances to create testing tools, decades ago the methods for determining if something really worked were somewhat more rudimentary, to say the least. An example of this was the mobile prototypes developed by the French brand Michelin, which, while their goal was to conduct tests on tires intended for heavy-duty transport work, managed to become true iconic pieces in the history of the automotive industry.
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Timeline
00:00 Intro
01:05 The Problem
02:47 Michelin PRL
04:28 Motorization
05:43 A Mobile Laboratory
06:42 The Legacy of the Centipede
08:06 Outro

[@jamiebray8532]

When you want to make reliable power, a 350 will not let you down.

[@Urapunk]

Mine isn't reliable, but parts are cheap

[@woodchopinbeekeeper929]

Chev had 40 years to get it right

[@ericd7532]

meh

[@hybrid9mm]

Thanks for the cool slice of history 👍

[@LogiForce86]

At first I thought it was a car from the original Thunderbirds series that someone made for real. 😅

[@lewiemcneely9143]

NOW for high speed tire testing Michelin just need to get up with some of the out western bull haulers with their 600+ horsepower rigs that run over 100 m.p.h all night and maybe all day long. They're out there!

[@Trucksusa]

A 9 ton vehicle ..that's really heavy, but looks cool.

[@johnlash6511]

Cool looking car thing

[@lucherve6169]

Michelin is really the best trucks tyres brand. You can see this two vehicles in Clermont Ferrand at the Michelin Museum.
Look the screen and the roof of the WR 8 Willéme, they come from the DS too.

[@PatrikWalzer-lt2qo]

It looks like one of my son's Lego creations. Lot of wheels and motors.

[@MrDJ217]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing

[@niteshades_promise]

Interesting 🍻

[@tristanconnolly5675]

Nice.

[@lionofzion81]

2:03 I didn't know that the crocodile hunter also was a tire tester

[@Deontjie]

It it only his brother.

[@zounds010]

PLR is the abbreviation of Poids Lourd Rapide, or Fast Truck.

[@lesklower7281]

I have known about this Citroen DS what was the purpose of this Citroen bur now l know it was to test truck tyres thanks for this video

[@Patiboke]

Interesting car, no doubt, but why not make some kind of dyno system that tests tyres?

[@robertheinrich2994]

so, this is the correct way to pronounce michelin?
I always thought it was to be pronounced in a different way. glad I learned something.

[@cnoshoes7049]

Nine tonnes to emulate 25% ov average four wheeler truck, probably.x

[@petebeatminister]

A interesting vehicle. But talking about fuel efficiency - 1 litre per km is about twice as much as a Leopard 2 tank needs.

[@jimb1801]

Someone had made one of the centipedes in centerville Ohio in the 1970's and 1980's that would appear at car shows in ohio .. i think Rick prices body shop owed it at one time.

[@TheRealBigfeet]

I wonder how many people thought about what you could do with that car if you vanlife converted it. I know i did especially as you could get a car camper based on the Citroen safari.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Cool project, although I don't understand why truck tires are tested for high speed.

[@johneeboi]

Because safety.

[@RDSAlphard]

For safety, to proof its' capability above & beyond

[@robertojuarez959]

😮😯😲😍🤩💖👍‼️

[@jessewoody5772]

Why the computer voice?

[@bellytripper-nh8ox]

REAL VOICE

[@jessewoody5772]

@@bellytripper-nh8ox doesn't sound natural to me

[@bellytripper-nh8ox]

@@jessewoody5772 yes, it does

[@jessewoody5772]

@@bellytripper-nh8ox lmao, how do you know what it sounds like to me?

[@user-xd6uy1bo9g]

I'm too early for my own good.

[@goclunker]

Front: DS, side: locomotive rear: trabant

[@rukbaidad]

Ein ähnliches Fahrzeug gab es in der Schweiz. Leider finde ich überhaupt nichts darüber.

[@colonia8]

Hi, vielleicht der CX Loadrunner? Wurden wohl ca. 40 von angefertigt. Damals hauptsächlich zum transport Internationaler Druck Presse zwischen den Hauptstädten.

[@rukbaidad]

@@colonia8 Leider nein. Das Auto,das ich meine, wurde auch zum Reifen Testen verwendet und war ein Unikat. Trotzdem vielen Dank.

[@franciscojavierlazaropinel8454]

¿Qué pasa con el sonido?
Chapuzas!

[@Dudeface167]

Wtf are "litters"

[@MrGuttomek]

Previous voice over was nicer 😢

[@Bod8998]

I reached half way and don't want to

[@ReisenderBecauseOfLuv]

Bloedes ding
Dachte der is wie der 3achser CX als Transporter

[@D-FENS_]

It's pronounced "lee-ter"

[@michaelstapleford512]

Here's nothing!!!

[@mjrootz]

Absolutely the ugliest vehicle ever created.

[@IgrejaBrasilBem-aventurado8193]

BR trans-cargas. 💛 💚 🤍 💙.