Okay, I’m totally drooling over this FlexFix bike rack, which is fully integrated into the bumper of the Opel Antara (a European car that’s basically the same as the 2008 Saturn Vue).
The FlexFix is essentially a drawer that you pull out from the vehicle’s rear bumper. Want to use your bike rack? Great, load them up. Done biking? Just slide the rack back into its secret hidden mount inside the base of the vehicle.
The rack can hold two bicycles, and it includes an extra rear license plate and supplemental brake lights. It just doesn’t get any better than that.
Right now this is only going to be available in Europe, but one can hope these will become common place upgrades in the near future for U.S. SUVs. I hate my current bike rack, which cost a fortune because my hybrid SUV didn’t come with a towing package, so I might even be tempted to buy a new car for something like this…
via Autoblog
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