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Joel Johnson

AT 8:00 AM
Wednesday March 18, 2009

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Terrafugia Transition: The flying car exists and it is butt ugly

While I salute the ingenuity of its inventors, the $194,000 Terrafugia Transition flying car is probably not going to get a lot of love when you could buy 10 hybrids for the same price. (Or a hybrid and a considerable portion of a time share on a small plane.)

It's even relatively practical: it converts from plane to car in just 30 seconds. [via Jalopnik]

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14 Comments

Anonymous Anonymous

#1 – 8:25 AM March 18, 2009

thats not a "Flying Car" , that's a "Drive-able Plane"... huge difference.

Marcel

#2 – 8:26 AM March 18, 2009

Every Imperial Stormtrooper should have one.

ROSSINDETROIT

#3 – 8:32 AM March 18, 2009

Years ago you could buy a conversion kit that added wings, an additional engine and pusher prop to a Ford Pinto. I once saw a video of one flying. It's surprising to see it done even though it's not done well.

muteboy

#4 – 9:40 AM March 18, 2009

I look forward to the regular overhead crashes as the sky fills with flying cars and jetpacks. A side-industry will be armoured umbrellas.

jitrobug

#5 – 10:11 AM March 18, 2009

So, er, uh.. how are the crash test ratings?

Anonymous Anonymous

#6 – 1:01 PM March 18, 2009

Tesla had a waiting list, these guys will too!

Anonymous Anonymous

#7 – 4:47 PM March 18, 2009

Pft... Everyone knows that flying cars have existed for decades. The problem is that they haven't yet invented flying roads.

edgore

#8 – 8:13 PM March 18, 2009

Think about how much cooler the promo would be if you actually saw it, you know, fly!

tuckels

#9 – 12:05 AM March 19, 2009

Clearly flying car means plane with fold up wings.

harpdevil

#10 – 2:31 AM March 19, 2009

HOW is that thing practical? It's huge, it only seats one person, no boot space, you'd need to find a large area away from all over drivers to deploy the wings, and the run up space to get it in the air. This is not the future my friends.

overunger

#11 – 3:29 AM March 19, 2009

>yawwwn

Earth Man

#12 – 9:24 AM March 19, 2009

Yeah, you're going to feel really cool when one of those flimsy-ass wings snaps off in mid-flight.

GregLondon

#13 – 11:59 AM March 19, 2009

a flying-car is about as useful as a submersible-helicopter.

I want my damn jetpack already.

wil9000

#14 – 1:23 PM March 19, 2009

OHKAYE, Let's do the math.

Microwave oven + Mini Fridge + Coffee Maker =
Crummy microwave fridge coffee maker. Each piece dies a separate, ugly death.

Boat + Car =
A crummy boat that drives like a car on the water and/or a crummy car that drives like a boat on the road.

Car + Plane =
Your choice, Fiery death on the road or firey death falling from the sky.

Combining things to make other things just doesn't work.

Except for the Transformers.
Except for the Transformers movie. Which Sucked.

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