Cars - Zort!

Nissan Pivo

zort — Sat, 12 May 2007 06:33:51 +0000

I am always a fan of exotic looking out-of-the-box design when it comes to cars. So, I kinda drool on concept cars that different car vendors come up with. But, some of them sometimes just runs a bit wild with their imagination. For example, this Nissan Pivo. Well, come to think of it, it would be cool to have a car that I could intantly turn 360 degree without really moving the entire car around.

Peugeot Moovie!

zort — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:10:37 +0000

Peugeot Moovie is an old concept car designed in 2005. But, if you look at it, it still seems very futuristic to be seen on the road. Maybe in near future we will see cars like this running frequently as car is becoming more and more a personal thing like your watch or ipod. But, Peugeot always comes up with fabulously designed cars. Even the new 407 still catches my eye among all other new cars in singapore.

Technical Specification

Length: 2.33 m
Width: 1.80 m
Height: 1.54 m
Estimated weight: 500 kg
LED lighting

More info here.

Mecedes Benz SCL600!

zort — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:30:22 +0000

No steering wheel! No pedals! What!??? Joystick? Noooooo! – Yeah that was my reaction when I saw the pictures of this new creature from Mercedes Benz. The next thought that came to my mind was, “are you sure you want people to drive it or play it?”

Source: Queen of cars.

Update: just as I thought,

These images of a futuristic “new Mercedes-Benz SCL600” automobile – including technical innovations such as a joystick in place of a steering wheel, a video monitor in place of a rear-view mirror, and swiveling gull-wing doors – are difficult to classify as “true” or “false”. They are genuine photographs of a real car, but that car was constructed as a research vehicle, not as something to be made available for purchase by consumers, and isn’t really “new” … it was introduced over ten years ago. The above-displayed photos are pictures of DaimlerChrysler’s F 200 Imagination concept study, produced by the Mercedes-Benz design team and unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in 1996 … DaimlerChrysler has continued experimenting along these lines with the three-wheeled F 300 Life-Jet, the F400 Carving two-seater, and the F500 Mind four-door sedan.