4 wheel steering

The Quadrasteer thread made me wonder what other 4WS cars I had forgotten about. So let's do a hotlink list shall we?

Quadrasteer

Prelude 4WS

Dodge Stealth R/T (IIRC, twin turbo, 4WD, 4WD, Active Aero, Tunable exhaust...I still want one)

Nissan Super HICAS

Bigfoot

What am I forgetting?

Toyota Celiac GTR

MX6/626

pinchvalve wrote: Dodge Stealth R/T (IIRC, twin turbo, 4WD, 4WD, Active Aero, Tunable exhaust...I still want one)

Add ECS (electronically controllable suspension) to your list of acronyms. It's a tech dream/nightmare and I still miss mine. I'm just scared to have another one at this point.

pinchvalve wrote: Bigfoot

USA 1

Pierce Fire Truck: I couldn't find any reference on their website of which model and if they still make it, but they did at one point. It could crab walk up to 25 mph, IIRC.

^ That's 6 or 10 wheel steering, depending on how you look at it.

Some container trailers have steerable rear wheels that are remote-controlled by a chase vehicle

Many of the vehicles mentioned above have "passive 4WS" which is basically bushings or other flexible components designed to flex in a way that steers the rear of the car under body roll - basically a large amount of rear bump steer with a purpose.

And yeah all but the earliest monster trucks are 4WS.

I'm not sure what the manufacturer was, but there was a charter bus with rear wheel steer.

I remember my father telling me about an early,(very early) 4ws truck that got alongside of a loading ramp and couldn't get away.

Galant VR4

Tiller ladder:

Not only front and rear steer but uses two drivers. Yeah, that's gotta be like a Chinese fire drill during training.

Can't believe no one has mentioned these...

Curmudgeon wrote: Tiller ladder: Not only front and rear steer but uses two drivers. Yeah, that's gotta be like a Chinese fire drill during training.

My BIL bought one of those off Ebay. Still not sure why.

He bought a tiller ladder? Lots of stuff can be repurposed, but one of those?

Toyman01 wrote:

Curmudgeon wrote: Tiller ladder: Not only front and rear steer but uses two drivers. Yeah, that's gotta be like a Chinese fire drill during training.

My BIL bought one of those off Ebay. Still not sure why.

Seriously, what kid hasn't wanted one?

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In reply to Curmudgeon:

Believe it or not, he sold it for twice what he paid for it. The guy that bought it was going to convert it to a mobile cell tower. Apparently they set them up in remote locations with a satellite up link.

dculberson wrote: I'm not sure what the manufacturer was, but there was a charter bus with rear wheel steer.

Most 45 ft MCIs have them. They allow the wheels to turn up to about 25 mph to help reduce tire wear

Passive rear steer built into a dirt late model

Porsche is developing a system for the new 991 Turbo.

2013 Lexus GS 350 F Sport has 4ws with an electric rack in the front and the rear.

The FC RX-7 had passive rear steer.