Futuristic cars

cabla · 23-11-2005 4:30pm #1

Hey im going to start the ball rolling with this weird looking car.
just add more.

alias no.9 · 23-11-2005 4:38pm

Can we talk about cars that looked futuristic in the past? If so, how about this for a fall from grace

Funxy · 23-11-2005 4:51pm

Wow i love that first car, presumably a concept? What make is it?

dahamsta · 23-11-2005 5:01pm

alias no.9 wrote:

Can we talk about cars that looked futuristic in the past? If so, how about this for a fall from grace

God, I used to love the Fuego, it was a great-looking car in it's day. I reckon it still would be with a bit of a facelift.

adam

cabla · 23-11-2005 5:08pm

Not sure abt first car but shure we can look at cars that used to look futuristic in the past

bazz26 · 23-11-2005 5:25pm

Alfa Romeo 33.2 concept designed by Pininfarina in 1969.

ds20prefecture · 23-11-2005 5:26pm

cabla wrote:

Not sure abt first car but shure we can look at cars that used to look futuristic in the past

Whoo Hoo! Another reason to post a pic of my car!

jayok · 23-11-2005 5:56pm

Whoo Hoo! Another reason to post a pic of my car!

Ah ha! So I did spot you Sunday 2 weeks ago.

Nice car, very well maintained.

cabla · 23-11-2005 6:41pm

very nice car and i like the alfa

qz · 23-11-2005 6:44pm

Audi Le Mans

shagman · 23-11-2005 6:47pm

alias no.9 wrote:

Can we talk about cars that looked futuristic in the past? If so, how about this for a fall from grace

They got it spot on if you ask me, add a picnic table sized spoiler on the back and it looks just like yer average skanger banger of today!!!!

That 69 Alfa is damn nice though!!

Kersh · 23-11-2005 6:47pm

Hey DS, pity about the Porsche reg

Lovely car, a credit to you.

dahamsta · 23-11-2005 6:57pm

DS, does that have the steer-around-the-corner headlights? That's one of the funkiest features I've ever seen on a car.

adam

elexes · 23-11-2005 7:13pm

i like the car ford had for the concept becides the doors the shape of it looked excelent .

that audi looks good 2

cabla · 23-11-2005 7:18pm

The audi is savage!!!!!

cabla · 23-11-2005 7:44pm

cabla · 23-11-2005 7:45pm

check it out!!!!

el tel · 23-11-2005 7:57pm

For far-out futuristic machines Lotec GmbH are pretty hard to beat
http://www.lotec-gmbh.de/seiten/

cabla · 23-11-2005 8:02pm

yes i agree they do look futuristic

cabla · 23-11-2005 8:04pm

Now this is futuristic!!!!!

Squirrel · 23-11-2005 9:16pm

I love this car, looks very good. Designed in 1996 by Walter de Silva, who is now the Seat design chief if I'm not mistaken

ds20prefecture · 23-11-2005 11:49pm

jayok wrote:

Ah ha! So I did spot you Sunday 2 weeks ago.
Nice car, very well maintained.

Cheers - her blemishes show up close, believe me. I hope I wasn't picking my nose....

Apart from my obvious bias, the motoring journalist LJK Setright reckoned that the DS was the most futuristic car ever, because it was so far ahead of its time when launched. He reckoned that no other car before or since has been or will be that far ahead of the game. For example:
Co-effienct drag of 0.34 in 1955. This was not bettered until the Sierra in 1982 (even the CX has poorer aerodynamics)
1st mass-produced car with powered disc brakes as standard.
Self-levelling hydropneumatic suspension - completely unlike anything else then or since, except younger Citroëns, of course.
Centre-point steering geometry - the car tracks straight regardless of the condition of the road or tyre.
Directional driving lamps in 1968 - only now are they becoming a feature on mass-market cars (although Tucker and Tatra did it in the 30s)
Extensive use of nylon in the material for dash and trim - in 1955, nylon was a very expensive and adventurous material to work with.
Extensive use of aluminium and fibreglass - the bonnet is still the largest single pressing of aluminium used on a mass-market car. The original DS also had a aluminium bootlid and aluminium or fibreglass was used in the roof.
There are many other "firsts" and some feats of engineering both baffling and astonishing throughout the car.

Granted, modern cars are much more advanced in their execution, but none have represented the quantum leap or revolution that the DS did when launched.

Anyway. I think it's class

ds20prefecture · 23-11-2005 11:54pm

Kersh wrote:

Hey DS, pity about the Porsche reg

Tell me about it. I reckon the owner of 72 D5 20 drives a Porsche 914

@Ken Shabby - It does have directional driving lamps. They're only on with the heads, so they're rarely in use. My friend lives at the top of the dublin mountains, with 6 hairpins on his driveway and no streetlights. They're cool then

. What's mildly interesting is that the modern lexus/BMW/Merc/Opel/Citroen directional lights (all apparently made by Hella) only have a sweep of about 15 degrees either side. The DS has about 75 degrees!

Squirrel · 24-11-2005 9:27am

ds20prefecture wrote:

@Ken Shabby - It does have directional driving lamps. They're only on with the heads, so they're rarely in use. My friend lives at the top of the dublin mountains, with 6 hairpins on his driveway and no streetlights. They're cool then . What's mildly interesting is that the modern lexus/BMW/Merc/Opel/Citroen directional lights (all apparently made by Hella) only have a sweep of about 15 degrees either side. The DS has about 75 degrees!

My dad's MR2 has them in the spot lights, he leaves them off, and just leaves the spots on dead ahead

ds20prefecture · 24-11-2005 9:45am

Squirrel wrote:

My dad's MR2 has them in the spot lights, he leaves them off, and just leaves the spots on dead ahead

Cool - I didn't know the MR2 had these. They actually rotate the light with the steering?

ambro25 · 24-11-2005 10:03am

Forget any other mainstream manufacturer concept cars - if you want real out-of-his-mind future, Google-Image "Sbarro" (linkie here)

Samples:

what he does with a Golf:

what he does on his own:

when he goes 2-wheels:

An acquired taste, to be sure (not quite mine - although his Citroën C2 V6 :eek: sounds fun!)

ds20prefecture · 24-11-2005 10:33am

ambro25 wrote:

Forget any other mainstream manufacturer concept cars - if you want real out-of-his-mind future, Google-Image "Sbarro" (linkie here)

Indeed - Sbarro was one of the first guys to take a long hard look at the wheel since Thag in 10000bc. His redesign, while not particularly practical, is very elegant.

Anyone for Tron?

Paul (MN) · 24-11-2005 2:03pm

TRON! Jaysus! I must see if I can get that on DVD!

EDIT: You can! and it's cheap!

Squirrel · 24-11-2005 2:06pm

ds20prefecture wrote:

Cool - I didn't know the MR2 had these. They actually rotate the light with the steering?

Yeah, the switch for the spots can be set in the middle (off), up (on fixed straight ahead), or down (on with swivel)

el tel · 24-11-2005 2:25pm

Paul (MN) wrote:

TRON! Jaysus! I must see if I can get that on DVD!

EDIT: You can! and it's cheap!

Speaking of Tron, does anyone remember Automan and his spaced-out neon Countach?
(And further speaking of the Countach, another work of genius by the god Marcello Gandini is the Citroen XM, which was pretty futurisitic in it's day.
See http://www.autozine.org/Styling/Styling2.htm for proof of his greatness)

Juan Pablo · 24-11-2005 4:15pm

Fans of Kubricks "A Clockwork Orange" will remember the Durnago 95

"The Durango-95 purred away real horrorshow - a nice, warm, vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts. Soon, it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark.
We fillied around for a while with other travellers of the night, playing hogs of the road. Then we headed west, what we were after now was the old surprise visit. That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultra-violence."

Didn't Top Gear try to rescue this one off car last year?

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