The three-wheeled Hoffmann was described by the Lane Motor Museum as a “lethal cocktail of automotive engineering “don’ts”—extreme front track width combined with an ultra-short wheelbase giving major straight line instability, and rear-wheel steering, which can easily bring loss of control at any speed except very slowly, as any forklift driver can attest. The central location of the steering kingpin in the car means there is little room for the driver and passengers.
