# Gas-Powered Recliners Chris Mcintosh's Motorized La-Z-Boy is Perfect for the Fat and the Furious By Michael Hines | Published 2011-05-05 | Autos Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/motorized-la-z-boy References: [popsci](http://www.popsci.com/node/53165/?cmpid=enews042811) People like Chris McIntosh make me seriously wonder what I am doing with my life. McIntosh is a student at USC who has built his own motorized La-Z-Boy that can hit speeds of up to 40 mph. McIntosh designed his first motorized chair in high school using an [electric motor](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mach-one-electric-skateboard). Deciding that a 15-mph speed limit was too slow, he set to work remodeling his chair, swapping out the electric engine for a 4-stroke, 9-horsepower [dirtbike engine](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beachman). Many man hours and a couple of tweaks later, the motorized La-Z-Boy was ready to hit the road. Despite the inclusion of a safety harness the chair isn't street legal, which is unfortunate as this chair could be the ultimate ride to school. As we all know, chicks dig convertibles, but *real women* love men who ride around in heavily padded motorized recliners. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.4/10 - Popularity: 17% | Activity: 16% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Autos](https://www.trendhunter.com/autos) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Motorized Chairs:** There is a growing trend of building motorized chairs for recreational purposes, presenting opportunities for customization and performance enhancements. - **Personal Mobility:** The development of high-speed motorized chairs showcases a trend towards personalized and unconventional means of transportation, opening up opportunities for innovative mobility solutions. - **Extreme Leisure Vehicles:** The popularity of gas-powered recliners highlights a trend in creating unique and thrilling leisure vehicles, presenting opportunities for niche market exploration and development. ### Who This Affects Most - **Recreational Vehicles:** The motorized chair trend can disrupt the recreational vehicles industry by introducing unconventional and high-performance alternatives to traditional options. - **Customization Services:** The demand for personalized motorized chairs creates opportunities in the customization services industry, catering to unique customer preferences and needs. - **Extreme Sports Equipment:** The emergence of gas-powered recliners opens up possibilities for the extreme sports equipment industry to create innovative and thrilling products for niche markets. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Voice-Enabled Recliner Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sitjoy-smartsofa.md) - [Vehicle Brand Gaming Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/volkswagen-gaming-chair.md) - [Folding Seated Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/seated-scooter.md) - [Motor-Powered Diwheels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/diy-diwheel.md) - [Automotive-Themed Gaming Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hotrod-gaming-chair.md) - [Supercar-Inspired Lounge Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prova-mo53-lounge.md) - [Dual-Posture Electric Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hybrid-escooter.md) - [Luxe Lounge Motorized Wheelchairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-resilience.md) - [Powerful Seated Electric Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/emove-roadrunner-pro.md)