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Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« on: May 26, 2009, 07:50:29 PM »
Honda's Hovering Concept Car







French industrial and automotive designer Jonathan Mahieddine has created quite a stir on numerous popular tech-oriented websites with his Honda Fuzo, a futuristic design for a flying car.

The young, creative designer envisions the Fuzo as a lightweight and sturdy vehicle ? thanks to extensive use of Kevlar, carbon fiber and carbon nanotubes ? that would be capable of traveling through the air at a top speed of 350 mph, thanks to four powerful turbine engines. It would also be able to take off and land vertically, like Britain's famous Harrier jump jet and the U.S. military's own V-22 Osprey. What's more, upon landing, the Fuzo would extend its retractable wheels and tool around town like a normal automobile.

Other elements Mahieddine envisions for the Fuzo are a GPS system that not only guides the car to its predetermined destination but also communicates with other GPS-enabled vehicles for collision avoidance. Additionally, airbags would be placed both inside and outside of the vehicle to both minimize injury to its occupants and cushion the blow to pedestrians or non-GPS-equipped vehicles.







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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 04:59:40 PM »
Honda so rocks :D

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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2009, 03:30:15 AM »
Darn, I missed this thread.
Very cool concept, If only GM would give it a rest,
we'd see some of these on the road soon enough >:D :D
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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2009, 01:08:39 PM »
Looks cool...

Wonder if it makes that futurama-sound FX...

"Brrru-du-du-du-dududu..."

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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2009, 01:50:35 PM »
Wonder if it makes that futurama-sound FX...

We could always suggest it  ::)
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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2009, 08:28:51 PM »
We could always suggest it  ::)

Make that poo mandatory on all flying cars...

After all...

We DO after all have CERTAIN expectations regarding the future, don't we..?

 :D ;D :P

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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2009, 09:29:59 AM »
^ ^ ^ *snorts* the sound would be a mandatory must have


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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2009, 10:52:35 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D

Well, you can't have a shiny looking hover-craft that sounds like a broke down Toyota, can you..?

 :D :D :D

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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2009, 02:36:51 PM »
Well, you can't have a shiny looking hover-craft that sounds like a broke down Toyota, can you..?

no, or else that would make it a Hyundai.  
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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2009, 03:19:23 PM »
^ That's a signature waiting to be posted ^

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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2009, 03:21:08 PM »
I'd use it, but my bananas might get pissed. You can have it though.  ;)
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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2009, 03:42:34 PM »
Well, you can't have a shiny looking hover-craft that sounds like a broke down Toyota, can you..?
no, or else that would make it a Hyundai.  

^ Does have some cling to it...

 :D :D :D

Made me LOL at least...

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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2009, 11:11:39 AM »
damn it! I'm using it!  :D

At least until I update my nanners. ;D
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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2009, 12:05:53 PM »
Nice, now road rage gets an upgrade.

And update your nanners to baby nanners?

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Re: Honda's Hovering Concept Car
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2009, 05:14:15 PM »
Not sure yet. I kinda wanted something new.

Besides, no baby nanners around here for a while. :D
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