It sure is tough to find flying-car news these days. (C'mon, Moller, we are you shipping?) But the Seattle Times comes through with a profile on Rafi Yoeli, the Israeli conceptualist behind the X-Hawk urban rescue vehicle, which broached our radar range back in 2004. Apparently, Yoeli's gotten a basic prototype to rise three feet, and says a marketable version could be in play by 2010, with a price tag of $1.5 million. Not quite the Volkswagen Beetle of flying cars, but any progress is good progress. – Mike Spinelli

Flying car proposed as new rescue vehicle [Seattle Times]

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A new Jeep production model based on the Rescue concept, shown at last year's Detroit Auto Show, made a recent debut in lensshot of a spy photog's rig. The four-door version of the Wrangler is the first in the line to feature a new, heavy-duty architecture, on which Jeep will build a new two-door model and likely a pickup. This model is obviously smaller than the H2-sized Rescue concept, though it appears to be a pretty faithful representation of the prototype in styling. (That's what we love about DaimlerChrysler — two-thirds less teasing than competing brands.) Gossipy types say the Rescue could have a Hemi option.

Spy Shots: 07 Jeep Rescue [The Car Connection]

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