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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
![](http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050607/050607_newcar_hmed.hmedium.jpg)
![](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050607/050607_FishDiesel_hmed.standard.jpg)
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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To: doug from upland
Please give us a full report with pics!
The new piezo-electric injectors are practically silent. Ford's 2008 Power Stroke deisels 6.4L will have them. No more chattering mechanical injectors!.......
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:28:20 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: CommandoFrank
LOL...you got that right! :)
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:28:35 AM PST
by
EX52D
(Life is a stage, and we are merely players...)
To: Lunatic Fringe
So people will notice them. Worked, didn't it?.......
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:28:55 AM PST
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Red Badger
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To: randog
I didn't think a car could get any gayer than this thing:
It is ugly, and so is this fish car. For this, we need a pic to wash these terrible images from our minds:
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:29:39 AM PST
by
JamesP81
(Rights must be enforced; rights that you're not allowed to enforce are rights that you don't have.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I did it just for the halibut, but reserve the right to clam first postings!.......
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:30:42 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
That looks like a baby turd.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:31:08 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(If the Romans had nukes, Carthage would still be glowing.)
To: Centurion2000
That's why they didn't paint it brown..........
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:32:03 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: OXENinFLA
I thought the Aztek was the ugliest thing on four wheels.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:32:39 AM PST
by
Ford4000
To: Red Badger
Looks like a Prius....
Highly aerodynamic designs all tend to resemble one another, going back to the "Scarab" concept vehicle of the 1930's.
Aerodynamics is a minor factor until road speed exceeds about 40 mph, and by the time the vehicle reaches 100 mph, this same characteristic becomes the vastly predominant most important factor in fuel consumption. Weight is only a factor when accelerating, not once the vehicle is up to speed. Friction losses, like within a reciprocating engine, or gear-to-gear, or at bearings, may be largely engineered out, but not elimated entirely with our present technology.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:33:05 AM PST
by
alloysteel
(Facts do not cease to exist, just because they are ignored. - Aldous Huxley)
To: Joe 6-pack
Joe, you said all that just for the halibut, and you didn't flounder around with it. Whale, while i'm crabby, and in my best bass voice, I'll trout along.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:36:40 AM PST
by
Lokibob
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To: OXENinFLA
I'd say they pretty much nailed it.
![](http://www.blackstone-aviaries.com/Scuba/3qunangel.jpg)
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:36:50 AM PST
by
yooling
(I don't have anything nice to say...)
To: Red Badger
car that gets more than 70 miles per gallonAnd .... it floats.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:37:03 AM PST
by
layman
(Card Carrying Infidel)
To: doug from upland
For commuting and fuel economy, I can see the logic in these vehicles, although many are priced out of most consumer's range. All that aside, I don't think most of us will ever give up the taste for the sound of a turbo-charged big block. :)
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:37:51 AM PST
by
EX52D
(Life is a stage, and we are merely players...)
To: Red Badger
"I did it just for the halibut, but reserve the right to clam first postings!" I wasn't trying to minnowmize your contributions. This post is a good oppor-tuna-ty to net some good puns, but frankly, some of your humor is making me eel....and that's hard to do for a bottom feeder like me!
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:38:35 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(You cannot live forever, so live a life that will never be forgotten.)
To: Red Badger
![](http://cdn.channel.aol.com/ch_promo/cars_movie_75)
Does it talk?
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:38:53 AM PST
by
A message
(We who care, Can Not Fail)
To: Red Badger
![](http://www.c-we.com/piranha/sleeper1.jpg)
So... Woody was right about the futuristic cars.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:40:19 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: JamesP81
I heard that...welcome to my world. :)
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:40:22 AM PST
by
EX52D
(Life is a stage, and we are merely players...)
To: JamesP81
That's a fish car too, isn't it?
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:41:02 AM PST
by
Erasmus
(Confucius say, "Woman down in cups get boob job.")
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
Probably gerbils, if you get my drift...
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:41:31 AM PST
by
Solamente
(Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out...)
To: Red Badger
And I thought the Japs had a lock on ugly-looking vehicles.
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