'Fishy' 70-mpg diesel concept car unveiled

MSNBC ^ | 6/7/2005 | Staff

[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.

[Professional Engineer]

seats four

Four what is the question.

[bill1952]

[Red Badger]

Blind man at the fish market?...........

[Larry Lucido]

[Larry Lucido]

[Larry Lucido]

That exhaust would have been nasty.

But a good source of omega-3 fatty acids.

[Red Badger]

What the heck is that?!?!?!?!?/.........

[Larry Lucido]

I don't know, but here's my last one.

[naturalized]

[Larry Lucido]

Okay, apparently it's a "Burning Man" thing.

http://www.geektimes.com/michael/travel/2002/burningMan/14-art-cars.html

[JamesP81]

I don't think most of us will ever give up the taste for the sound of a turbo-charged big block. :)

There's just nothing like the bass slight rumble of an idling 300-400 horsepower V8 under your foot.

[JamesP81]

That's a fish car too, isn't it?

It's just named for one. They didn't make it look like one.

[JamesP81]

Continuing the cool car pic thread, for those who like imports, I've always been a fan of the Nissan Fairlady Z series.

Here we have a 300ZX, twin turbocharged goodness on 4 wheels:



And the Fairlady in her present configuration, the 350Z:



If only I could afford one...

[EX52D]

You got that right. :)

[Disambiguator]

I'd drive a car that looks like a turd if i'd get 70 mpg.

[Joe Boucher]

As a muscle car lover I know I'm gonna go out and buy one of these little turds.

[Red Badger]

Doesn't hurt to have a spare on hand............

[Joe Boucher]

I do, a Harley, and an RV6A airplane for a spare.
And hell if it comes to it I'd rather drive my tractor to the bar before I'd get into that p.o.s.

[TKDietz]

Maybe they'll design one based on a crappie...

[curmudgeonII]

Chrysler continues its well established tradition of making cars look as ugly as possible.