Vehicle exhibits

In 1990, Ing. A. Van Den Brink, founder and director of Eurotool Operation B.V assembled a group of gifted engineers to develop a vehicle that could meet the transportation needs of the individual person. The Carver was the result and is a tilting three wheeled vehicle using an automatic balancing technology to balance the passenger compartment under all conditions. The first commercial Carver product, the Carver One was designed to seat two people and manufactured and distributed by Carver Europe (formerly named Vandenbrink) in the Netherlands. In June 2009 Carver Europe was declared bankrupt due to lack of demand at its 30,000 euro price and ceased commercial production and sales.

On BBC’s Top Gear programme in 2002, Jeremy Clarkson said “I have to say, absolutely hand on heart, I’ve never had so much fun in a car, and truthfully, and I don’t think I’d ever tire of it”. Jenson Button tested the Carver One in 2004 saying, “this car or bike or whatever you want to call it, is possibly the weirdest thing I have ever driven”. One of only two examples in New Zealand.