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'Fishy' 70-mpg diesel concept car unveiled
MSNBC ^
| 6/7/2005
| Staff
Posted on 11/10/2006 9:06:44 AM PST by Red Badger
DaimlerChrysler project was shaped by a tropical fish
DaimlerChrysler on Tuesday unveiled a diesel concept car that gets more than 70 miles per gallon, reduces some pollutants by 80 percent, seats four and looks like something that popped out of a Caribbean reef only magnified.
The company attributed the high mileage and lower emissions to new technology and an aerodynamic design based on the biology of a boxfish.The fully functional car was on display at a company technology exhibit in Washington, D.C. DaimlerChrysler said it had no plans to mass produce the vehicle, but that some of the technology would show up in future vehicles.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: autoshop; biodiesel; diesel; energy; engine; pollution; ugly
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:07:11 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Three hamsters under the hood, or four?
To: Red Badger
Could they make it any UGLIER?!?!
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:08:01 AM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:08:12 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: OXENinFLA
I think it's kinda cute...........
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:08:49 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
I sure would hate to get into an accident in that...instant coffin. :(
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:08:59 AM PST
by
EX52D
(Life is a stage, and we are merely players...)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
...and don't forget the Habit Trail!!!
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:09:06 AM PST
by
xc1427
(It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
To: Red Badger
Somehow, in order to disguise the fact that a car is TINY, they have to make it look STUPID.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:09:13 AM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: Red Badger
and looks like something that popped out of a Caribbean reef well, I could use another analogy....but to each his/her own...
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:09:56 AM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
To: Red Badger; speedy; LibertarianInExile; hispanarepublicana
I'll bet you could get grouper rates on your auto insurance...even if you've been in a finder bender or two. I think the mileage estimates my be a little puffered up. I hope this idea sells as I'd hate to see the dealers go belly-up...it wouldn't serve any good porpoise.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:11:30 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(You cannot live forever, so live a life that will never be forgotten.)
To: Red Badger
I like it too...but I also thought the AMC Pacer looked good too.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:13:15 AM PST
by
woofer2425
(Kerry LIED)
To: Red Badger
Oh man - is this what we get with the Democrats in power now? Ugh. Do we have to eat broccoli bars while we drive this thing?
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:14:05 AM PST
by
rjp2005
(Lord have mercy on us)
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To: Red Badger
I'd drive a car that looks like a turd if i'd get 70 mpg.
To: woofer2425
I wanted one of those when they came out, too. It was supposed to have had a Wankel engine produced by GM, but GM killed that program, so AMC had to scramble to find another engine to shoehorn under the hood. They had a lot of room inside the cabin, tho.....
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:16:01 AM PST
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Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Job One: make vehicle less goofy looking.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:16:17 AM PST
by
FormerLib
(Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
To: Red Badger
It looks like a bicycle helmet.
To: Red Badger
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to drive a fish, and he will be laughed at for life!
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:17:25 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:17:40 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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