Spring-driven toy vehicle

A spring-driven toy vehicle comprising:

• front and rear chassis portions, each with front and rear ends;
• the front chassis portion supporting at least one front wheel at the front end and hingably connected at the rear end to the front end of the rear chassis portion;
• the rear chassis portion supporting at least one rear wheel at the rear end;
• the chassis portions coupled together by a pivot shaft and being capable of a pivotal motion relative to one another from a first undeflected position to a second deflected position;
• a drive motor mounted to one of the front and rear chassis portions, the motor containing a motor spring;
• a drive axle operably connected with the motor spring, the drive axle further being operably connected to one of the at least one front and rear wheels to rotate the at least one connected wheel;
• a rotational coupling between one of the chassis portions and the motor spring configured to transfer the pivotal motion of the chassis portions relative to one another into a rotational motion to wind the motor spring.