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more about #futurecars more comments → Plecostomus [Tyrrell]: The perfect car for white silhouettes that aren't really people. God, just looking at it, I found myself enveloped in some kind of Orwell-ian 1984 nig... more » dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: The worst part is he parks like this everyday. more » Joe-Btfsplk: Someone is putting glycol anti-freeze in the wine again. This bunch of French cars lately is beyond weird and fast approaching ludicrus. more » Mad_Science: I agree with your thesis, Peter O. It's long been my claim that everyone driving a semi-generic people mover might as well be driving the most fuel-ef... more » combat chuck: Will women of the future be white silhouettes? more » leavethegun-takethecannoli: I see this as a slippery slope. Sure, great for people who don't like driving, and I still have the option of driving my own car if I want, so say the... more » amblito: Any recent Peugeot is a car for people who don't like cars anyway. more » Maymar: But will the transportation pods still take on the characteristics of their manufacturers? BMWpods would be programmed to follow other pods closely, a... more » .357: Imagine if they had called it MetroMorphers 2 Revenge of the Blandness. more » engineerd: Peter sounds like he's looking for the silver lining. The good that can come from the inane. The half-full glass in a half-empty world. He see's th... more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): Unlike its live ancestors in the heydays of the Roman Empire which fed on Christians At least before the era of Constantine and his Opel, which used t... more » DoctorNine: This is just one of dozens of possible kinetic capture systems. They need to be explored, as it may be possible to obtain efficiencies superior to ba... more » .357: As you can see, it runs on bullshit and ideas. Elon Musk owes his business model to these guys. more » beercheck: Nah. I'd rather see a Stirling engine used to capture waste heat and use that to power currently engine-driven accessories. more » leavethegun-takethecannoli: Are they going to have politicians and pundits placed at intervals along the road to fill the tanks with hot air? Some of those long-winded blowhard b... more » -
#conceptcars
Peugeot Metromorph: An Un-Car For People Who Don't Like Cars Anyway
Can’t stand these future-of-the-car capsules, correct? They’re not for you! But give them to the people who knit sweaters while driving Camrys and us car geeks will have more space and more petrol. More » -
#ifeelgassy
Pneumatic Hybrids: Urban Powertrain Of The Future?
Hybrid technology propels most fuel-efficient vehicles currently on sale in the U.S., but with costly battery packs and not-so-easy-on-the-wallet pricing; Are gas-electric hybrids long for this world? Could pneumatic hybrids be a cost-effective replacement? More » -
#spyphotos
2010 Dodge Charger, Chrysler 300C: Profiled!
Another peak at Chrysler's Viability Plan gave us two profile views of the 2010 Dodge Charger and 2010 Chrysler 300C we missed the first time around. Time for a new-vs-old comparison!
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#futurecars
Ford Synergy 2010: The 2010 Ford Taurus That Never Was Or Ever Will Be
The spy photo of the 2010 Ford Taurus which were so fleetingly displayed today (and which will live on in RSS readers everywhere) got the old gears turning back to memories of 1996. Ford made huge waves at the Detroit Auto Show that year with the Synergy 2010, a peek at the future of automobiles. It was "equipped" with a 1.0-liter diesel engine, advanced communication systems, super lightweight materials and state-of-the-art aerodynamics. The car was a design concept exploring ways to carry four passengers safely while returning an astonishing 80 MPG in the year 2010. More » -
