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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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To: yooling
That's not a box fish. This is
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:41:50 AM PST
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: JamesP81
Or with a German flair:
To: Joe 6-pack
I hake to grunion and on, but I've about haddok to the bream. If I'm herring right, we're cod run out of puns real quick like in this plaice.......
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:47:32 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: AnalogReigns
You gotta admit the BMW 6 series from '78 to '89, AKA the "Shark," was one of the prettiest body designs out there...
If only they could make a 70 MPG car looking like this...
To: layman
65
posted on
11/10/2006 9:53:07 AM PST
by
fzx12345
(This tagline has been left blank unintentionally.)
To: Red Badger
I've just about had my filet of this thread too.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:53:19 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(You cannot live forever, so live a life that will never be forgotten.)
To: Red Badger
Looks like the spawn of an illicit tryst between a Prius and Paul Begala.
To: Joe 6-pack
Then I'll quit baiting you, and just say, salmon and flounder on......
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:58:11 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: Red Badger
Does it come with a rainbow sticker?
69
posted on
11/10/2006 10:06:03 AM PST
by
Terpin
(Missing: One very clever and insightful tagline. Reward for safe return!)
To: BadAndy
Well, geez...
Obviously fish get 70 mpg. It says so in the article!
:-P
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posted on
11/10/2006 10:07:10 AM PST
by
gogogodzilla
(I criticize everyone... and then breathe some radioactive fire and stomp on things.)
To: Terpin
Rainbow Fish fanatic?.........
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posted on
11/10/2006 10:08:50 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: Terpin
72
posted on
11/10/2006 10:10:47 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: Yo-Yo
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! We have a winner!
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posted on
11/10/2006 10:14:15 AM PST
by
twhitak
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/10/2006 10:15:37 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(Tolerance has become the greatest virtue, and hypocrisy the worst character defect.)
To: Red Badger
Forget diesel - it's for big trucks.
75
posted on
11/10/2006 10:16:03 AM PST
by
RoadTest
( He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -Rev. 3:6)
To: RoadTest
I will quote you on that statement in the near future.......
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posted on
11/10/2006 10:16:55 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: AnalogReigns
Just a fancy Corvair, I had one of each.
Wish I still had them both, but I totaled the 1969 Corvair Spyder.
77
posted on
11/10/2006 10:18:23 AM PST
by
razorback-bert
(I met Bill Clinton once but he didn?t really talk ? he was hitting on my wife)
To: Red Badger
I clicked on the thread expecting to read about biodiesel made from fish oil. That exhaust would have been nasty.
78
posted on
11/10/2006 10:22:24 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: yooling
Box Fish
Scientific name: Ostracion cubicus
79
posted on
11/10/2006 10:23:50 AM PST
by
SengirV
To: OXENinFLA
It will cost about 50,000.00.
80
posted on
11/10/2006 10:28:36 AM PST
by
chiefqc
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