What is a Carver One (#CarverOne) ?

The Carver One is a two seater, tilting three wheeled vehicle using an automatic balancing technology to balance the passenger compartment under all conditions. For further information see WikiPedia.

There are only about 200 Carver One (#CarverOne) production models and about 24 hand built van den Brink Carvers (#VDB)

How far does it tilt?  45 degrees from vertical
What makes it tilt?  The mechanical steering and DVC (Dynamic Vehicle Control) System by Carver Technology
How fast does it tilt? 80 degrees per second
How Quick? 0-62MPH (100KM) Approx. 8 Seconds
How Fast? 115MPH (185KPH)
What driving license do you need? - Car
How much? Approximately £30K (35Euro)
How much fuel? Approximately 40-45MPG (5 litres per 100 kilometres)
How many in the UK? Approximately 40 (c.200 throughout the world)
What engine does it use? The Daihatsu 660cc with Turbo and Intercooler (the same one as their Copen car)


The Carver and DVC (Dynamic Vehicle Control) are the invention of Anton van den Brink and his son Chris Van den Brink & Harry Kroonen,
Early test van den Brink tilting three wheel vehicle
1999 van den brink Carver prototype tilting three wheel vehicle
Driving tiltiing three wheel Carver and putting hand on floor
Early Carver Prototype
First van den Brink Carver Prototype in 1999 (one of two the other was blue)
Limited run of initial c.24 hand built van den Brink Carvers 2003
A three wheel tilting Carver One resytled by Phiaro in Japan
Bright red tilting three wheel Carver One
PAL-V ONE Personal Air and Land Vehicle ONE flying car based on a Carver One
P67b Eternity
Joint project between Carver and Phiaro (a one off)
Carver One c.200 production run made 2007-2009, note different wheels, front spring, front arms etc to van den Brink Carvers
Pal-V the flying Carver only one made using a Carver One
Carver Owners Club
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