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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
61 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)
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To: JamesP81
Or with a German flair:


62 posted on 11/10/2006 9:45:07 AM PST by AnalogReigns
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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.......


63 posted on 11/10/2006 9:47:32 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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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...

64 posted on 11/10/2006 9:51:31 AM PST by AnalogReigns
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To: layman

65 posted on 11/10/2006 9:53:07 AM PST by fzx12345 (This tagline has been left blank unintentionally.)
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To: Red Badger

I've just about had my filet of this thread too.


66 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.)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like the spawn of an illicit tryst between a Prius and Paul Begala.


67 posted on 11/10/2006 9:55:08 AM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: Joe 6-pack

Then I'll quit baiting you, and just say, salmon and flounder on......


68 posted on 11/10/2006 9:58:11 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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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!)
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To: BadAndy

Well, geez...

Obviously fish get 70 mpg. It says so in the article!

:-P


70 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.)
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To: Terpin

Rainbow Fish fanatic?.........


71 posted on 11/10/2006 10:08:50 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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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.........)
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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!

73 posted on 11/10/2006 10:14:15 AM PST by twhitak
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To: Red Badger

Deathtrap...


74 posted on 11/10/2006 10:15:37 AM PST by subterfuge (Tolerance has become the greatest virtue, and hypocrisy the worst character defect.)
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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)
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To: RoadTest

I will quote you on that statement in the near future.......


76 posted on 11/10/2006 10:16:55 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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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)
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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)
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To: yooling
Box Fish
Scientific name: Ostracion cubicus


79 posted on 11/10/2006 10:23:50 AM PST by SengirV
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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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